Multimodal neurophysiological evaluation of primary progressive multiple sclerosis - An increasingly valid biomarker, with limits (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Background The promising utility of multi-modality evoked potential batteries to objectively measure multi-tract dysfunction has been evaluated by several groups using different methods. Objective To independently evaluate the us... Read More about Multimodal neurophysiological evaluation of primary progressive multiple sclerosis - An increasingly valid biomarker, with limits.

Universality in ant behaviour (2015)
Journal Article

© 2014 The Authors. Prediction for social systems is a major challenge. Universality at the social level has inspired a unified theory for urban living but individual variation makes predicting relationships within societies difficult. Here, we show... Read More about Universality in ant behaviour.

Personal birth preferences and actual mode of delivery outcomes of obstetricians and gynaecologists in South West England; With comparison to regional and national birth statistics (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Objective: To determine personal birth preferences of obstetricians in various clinical scenarios, in particular elective caesarean section for maternal request. To determine actual rates of modes of... Read More about Personal birth preferences and actual mode of delivery outcomes of obstetricians and gynaecologists in South West England; With comparison to regional and national birth statistics.

SMARTPOP: Inferring the impact of social dynamics on genetic diversity through high speed simulations (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Social behavior has long been known to influence patterns of genetic diversity, but the effect of social processes on population genetics remains poorly quantified - partly due to limited community-level genetic sampling (which is increas... Read More about SMARTPOP: Inferring the impact of social dynamics on genetic diversity through high speed simulations.

Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis (2014)
Journal Article

Tandem running is a recruitment strategy whereby one ant leads a single naïve nest mate to a resource. While tandem running progresses towards the goal, the leader ant and the follower ant maintain contact mainly by tactile signals. In this paper, we... Read More about Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis.

Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 MA Healthcare Ltd. Misplacing 17-23% of nasogastric (NG) tubes above the stomach (Rollins et al, 2012; Rayner, 2013) represents a serious risk in terms of aspiration, further invasive (tube) procedures, irradiation from failed X-ray confirmati... Read More about Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect.

The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Gurberg et al. Objectives: To assess the 2008-2012 Canadian contribution to the Otolaryngology literature. Methods: All articles published from January 2008 - December 2012 in 5 Otolaryngology journals were reviewed. Nationality, number of aut... Read More about The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis.

Landmarks and ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs (2013)
Journal Article

© 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. During a tandem run, a single leading ant recruits a single follower to an important resource such as a new nest. To examine this process, we used a motorized gantry, which has not previously been u... Read More about Landmarks and ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs.

Nest-seeking rock ants (Temnothorax albipennis) trade off sediment packing density and structural integrity for ease of cavity excavation (2013)
Journal Article

We investigated excavation and nest site choice across sediment-filled cavities in the ant Temnothorax albipennis. Colonies were presented with sediment-filled cavities, covering a spectrum from ones that should be quick to excavate but will form a w... Read More about Nest-seeking rock ants (Temnothorax albipennis) trade off sediment packing density and structural integrity for ease of cavity excavation.

Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes (2013)
Journal Article

Organisms should invest more in gathering information when the pay-off from finding a profitable resource is likely to be greater. Here, we ask whether animal societies put more effort in scouting for a new nest when their current one is of low quali... Read More about Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes.

Usability of virtual-reality simulation training in obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cohort study (2013)
Journal Article

Objective To assess the usability of virtual-reality (VR) simulation for obstetric ultrasound trainees. Methods Twenty-six participants were recruited: 18 obstetric ultrasound trainees (with little formal ultrasonography training) and eight certified... Read More about Usability of virtual-reality simulation training in obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cohort study.

Learning and decision making in a social context (2013)
Book Chapter

Individual and social information gathering are fine-tuned to the internal state of the group (2013)
Journal Article

It is well known that the environment a group inhabits influences the frequency at which its members
use information gained from one another, that is, social information. However, the potential link between
internal state (i.e. individual and socia... Read More about Individual and social information gathering are fine-tuned to the internal state of the group.

Long-term effectiveness and tolerability of vagal nerve stimulation in adults with intractable epilepsy: A retrospective analysis of 100 patients (2013)
Journal Article

Data for 100 vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) patients were collected and analysed retrospectively. The mean seizure reduction was 17.86% (n = 67) at 6 months, 26.21% (n = 63) at 1 year, 30.43% (n = 53) at 2 years, 48.10% (n = 40) at 3 years, 49.44% (n... Read More about Long-term effectiveness and tolerability of vagal nerve stimulation in adults with intractable epilepsy: A retrospective analysis of 100 patients.

Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Cells and Tissues: Triple Helix Proteins as a Potential Biomarker for Tumors (2013)
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In this work, the infrared (IR) spectra of living neural cells in suspension, native brain tissue, and native brain tumor tissue were investigated. Methods were developed to overcome the strong IR signal of liquid water so that the signal from the ce... Read More about Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Cells and Tissues: Triple Helix Proteins as a Potential Biomarker for Tumors.

Police identity in a time of rapid organizational, social and political change: A pilot report, Avon and Somerset constabulary (2013)
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Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children with speech difficulties: Findings from a prospective population study (2013)
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Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children: Findings from a prospective population study (2013)
Journal Article

Speech disorder that continues into middle childhood is rarely studied compared with speech disorder in the early years. Speech production in single words, connected speech and nonword repetition was assessed for 7390 eight-year-old children within t... Read More about Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children: Findings from a prospective population study.

Climate change influenced female population sizes through time across the Indonesian archipelago (2013)
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Lying at the crossroads of Asia and the Pacific world, the Indonesian archipelago hosts one of the world's richest accumulations of cultural, linguistic, and genetic variation. While the role of human migration into and around the archipelago is now... Read More about Climate change influenced female population sizes through time across the Indonesian archipelago.

A pilot randomised controlled trial of the pelvic toner device in female stress urinary incontinence (2013)
Journal Article

Introduction and hypothesis To determine the feasibility of using the pelvic toner device (PTD) in aiding pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) Methods Forty women, aged at least 18 years with symptoms of pure stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or stres... Read More about A pilot randomised controlled trial of the pelvic toner device in female stress urinary incontinence.