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Lucas C, Charlton K, Brown L, Brock E, Cummins L. Antenatal shared care model: What do pregnant women and their healthcare providers know about iodine? JOURNAL OF NUTRITION & INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnim.2014.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Ferreira-Junior J, Vieira C, Soares S, Guedes R, Rocha Junior V, Simoes H, Brown L, Bottaro M. Effects of a Single Whole Body Cryotherapy (−110°C) Bout on Neuromuscular Performance of the Elbow Flexors during Isokinetic Exercise. Int J Sports Med 2014; 35:1179-83. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1374602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mutter R, Brown L, Hoeft K, Wurgler S, Childs S, Choo R, Petersen I, Pisansky T, Yan E, Beltran C, Remmes N. Single Field Spot-Scanning (SFSS) Is Dosimetrically Superior to 2-Field Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) for Proton Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy (PMRT). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Doke K, Bowman L, Shnayder Y, Neupane P, Yeh H, Brown L, Lominska C. Lymphedema Therapy Improves Neck Circumference, Range of Motion, and Pain Scores in Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.1729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Beben K, Brown L. Enhanced Visual Processing When Reaching for Targets Presented Near the Hands. J Vis 2014. [DOI: 10.1167/14.10.410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ferreira-Junior J, Bottaro M, Vieira C, Soares S, Vieira A, Cleto V, Cadore E, Coelho D, Simoes H, Brown L. Effects of Partial-body Cryotherapy (− 110°C) on Muscle Recovery between High-intensity Exercise Bouts. Int J Sports Med 2014; 35:1155-60. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1382057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Carnahan S, Balzer A, Panchal SK, Brown L. Prebiotics in obesity. Panminerva Med 2014; 56:165-175. [PMID: 24844456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Obesity was probably rare in ancient times, with the current increase starting in the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century, and becoming much more widespread from about 1950, so concurrent with the increased consumption of carbohydrates from cereals in the Green Revolution. However, dietary components such as oligosaccharides from plants including cereals may improve health following fermentation to short-chain carboxylic acids in the intestine by bacteria which constitute of the microbiome. Such non-digestible and fermentable components of diet, called prebiotics, have been part of the human diet since at least Palaeolithic times, and include components of the cereals domesticated in the Neolithic Revolution. If consumption of these cereals has now increased, why is obesity increasing? One reason could be lowered prebiotic intake combined with increased intake of simple sugars, thus changing the bacteria in the microbiome. Processing of food has played an important role in this change of diet composition. Since obesity is a low-grade inflammation, changing the microbiome by increased consumption of simple carbohydrates and saturated fats may lead to obesity via increased systemic inflammation. Conversely, there is now reasonable evidence that increased dietary prebiotic intake decreases inflammation, improves glucose metabolism and decreases obesity. Would widespread increases in prebiotics in the modern diet, so mimicking Palaeolithic or Neolithic nutrition, decrease the incidence and morbidity of obesity in our communities?
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Brown L. Book review: Your health mouth (5-ebook series). Br Dent J 2014. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Knight R, Brown L, Miles J. 73 Pleural fluid – Time to switch off the Light's? Lung Cancer 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(14)70073-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Brown L, Arthur A, Whiteside S, Minor C, Thomas S. Patients Using an Automated Pain Tracker Device in the Emergency Department are More Likely to Receive Analgesia. Ann Emerg Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bakali E, Brown L, Woltmann G, Tincello DG. Solitary vaginal sarcoidosis without other manifestations of systemic disease. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2013; 32:814-6. [PMID: 23075368 DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2012.710665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Webster HB, Morin D, Jarrell V, Shipley C, Brown L, Green A, Wallace R, Constable PD. Effects of local anesthesia and flunixin meglumine on the acute cortisol response, behavior, and performance of young dairy calves undergoing surgical castration. J Dairy Sci 2013; 96:6285-300. [PMID: 23972493 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study assessed the effects of flunixin meglumine (FM) and a local anesthetic block (LA) on postcastration performance, plasma cortisol concentration, and behavior in dairy calves. Thirty 2- to 3-mo-old Holstein-Friesian bull calves were allocated to 5 treatments: castration with LA (2% lidocaine injected into the testes and subcutaneously), castration with FM (1.1mg/kg, i.v.), castration with LA+FM, castration without drugs (CC), and sham castration (SC). Castration was performed using a Newberry knife and Henderson castrating tool. Feed intake and body weight gain were recorded for 10d postcastration. Plasma cortisol concentration and behavior frequency and duration were monitored for 8h postcastration. Variables with repeated measures were analyzed using PROC MIXED (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC); one-way ANOVA was used for nonrepeated measures. No differences in feed intake or body weight gain were detected among groups. Calves in the CC, LA, and FM groups had transient (<60, <60, and <45 min, respectively) increases in plasma cortisol concentration after castration, with a second increase at 120 min in the LA group, whereas cortisol concentration remained at baseline in the LA+FM and SC groups. Mean cortisol concentrations were lower for calves in the LA+FM and SC groups than in the CC group. The area under the plasma cortisol concentration curve during the first 3h postcastration was greater in CC- and LA-treated calves than in SC controls. Castration without drugs was associated with higher frequencies of crouching and statue standing and less oral activity compared with SC controls. Administering LA alone before castration was associated with higher frequencies of head turning, statue standing, and postural changes, and less feeding behavior compared with SC controls. More leg lifting to groom was seen in LA+FM-treated calves than in SC controls. Calves administered FM alone before castration exhibited less crouching than CC calves, fewer postural shifts, and more feeding behavior than LA-treated calves. In summary, FM alone tended to shorten the duration of cortisol response and reduce crouching after surgical castration. Combining LA+FM eliminated the cortisol response to castration but was associated with more leg lifting behavior. Treatment with LA alone did not mitigate the cortisol response and was associated with several behavioral differences compared with SC, FM-treated, or FM+LA-treated calves. Results suggest that LA alone did not effectively control discomfort in young dairy calves castrated using the Henderson castration tool.
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Lester R, Brown L, Foote R, Laack N. Clinical Outcomes of Children and Adults With Central Nervous System Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Brown L, Waseem A, Cruz IN, Szary J, Gunic E, Mannan T, Unadkat M, Yang M, Valderrama F, O'Toole EA, Wan H. Desmoglein 3 promotes cancer cell migration and invasion by regulating activator protein 1 and protein kinase C-dependent-Ezrin activation. Oncogene 2013; 33:2363-74. [PMID: 23752190 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Desmoglein 3 (Dsg3), the pemphigus vulgaris antigen, has recently been shown to be upregulated in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and has been identified as a good tumor-specific marker for clinical staging of cervical sentinel lymph nodes in head and neck SCC. However, little is known about its biological function in cancer. The actin-binding protein Ezrin and the activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcription factor are implicated in cancer progression and metastasis. Here, we report that Dsg3 regulates the activity of c-Jun/AP-1 as well as protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated phosphorylation of Ezrin-Thr567, which contributes to the accelerated motility of cancer cells. Ectopic expression of Dsg3 in cancer cell lines caused enhanced phosphorylation at Ezrin-Thr567 with concomitant augmented membrane protrusions, cell spreading and invasive phenotype. We showed that Dsg3 formed a complex with Ezrin at the plasma membrane that was required for its proper function of interacting with F-actin and CD44 as Dsg3 knockdown impaired these associations. The increased Ezrin phosphorylation in Dsg3-overexpressing cells could be abrogated substantially by various pharmacological inhibitors for Ser/Thr kinases, including PKC and Rho kinase that are known to activate Ezrin. Furthermore, a marked increase in c-Jun S63 phosphorylation, among others, was found in Dsg3-overexpressing cells and the activation of c-Jun/AP-1 was further supported by a luciferase reporter assay. Taken together, our study identifies a novel Dsg3-mediated c-Jun/AP-1 regulatory mechanism and PKC-dependent Ezrin phosphorylation that could be responsible for Dsg3-associated cancer metastasis.
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Grams M, de los Santos LF, Brown L, Olivier K, Brinkmann D. TH-C-137-04: Separating the Dosimetric Consequences of Changing Tumor Anatomy Vs. Positional Uncertainty for Conventionally Fractionated Lung Cancer Patients. Med Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4815747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Coleman R, Rossano M, Stowe C, Jarrett A, Grulke G, Brown L, Clark S. A state-level study of Kentucky’s equine industry: the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey. J Equine Vet Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2013.03.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Howard P, Cooke J, Fry C, McNulty C, Khoda H, Wellstead S, Stockley J, Loveday H, Brown L. CPC-128 Start Smart Then Focus – a Survey of Antimicrobial Stewardship Guidelines Implementation in England. Eur J Hosp Pharm 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000276.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Moscarella E, Rabinovitz H, Puig S, Zalaudek I, Oliviero MC, Brown L, Alarcon I, Malvehy J, Longo C, Formisano D, Carrera C, Badenas C, Piana S, Albertini G, Pellacani G, Argenziano G. Multiple primary melanomas: do they look the same? Br J Dermatol 2013; 168:1267-72. [PMID: 23374221 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND A series of studies has investigated epidemiological, clinical and genetic characteristics of patients with multiple primary melanoma (MPM). However, comparison of the clinical and dermoscopic features of MPM within a given individual has been described only in case reports. OBJECTIVES To describe the dermoscopic features of MPM for each given patient, and to evaluate the characteristics eventually associated with similar or dissimilar appearance. METHODS From the databases of three skin-lesion clinics in the U.S.A., Italy and Spain we collected the dermoscopic images of melanomas in patients diagnosed with MPM. RESULTS Among 58 patients with MPM, we found that 53% of patients had dermoscopically similar melanomas and 47% of patients had dermoscopically different melanomas. In older patients 59% of melanomas were dermoscopically similar vs. 47% in younger patients (P=0·377). Similar thickness was associated with the occurrence of dermoscopically similar melanomas (19/30 cases, 63%; P=0·039). Most (65%) of the synchronous lesions were similar, compared with 36% of nonsynchronous lesions (P=0·029), and most (69%) of the melanomas on sun-damaged skin were similar, vs. 37% of melanomas on nonsun-damaged skin (P=0·015; odds ratio 3·88, 95% confidence interval 1·11-13·98). The percentage of dermoscopically different melanomas was higher in patients with a family history of melanoma (67% vs. 48%). CONCLUSIONS MPMs in a given patient have almost the same chance of looking dermoscopically similar or different. However, a subset of elderly patients with sun-damaged skin may present multiple, similar, thin melanomas characterized by pigment-network and regression structures.
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Brown L, Sanchez F, Kosson D, Arnold J. Performance of carbon nanofiber-cement composites subjected to accelerated decalcification. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135602005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Knight R, Brown L, Hoyle J, Hanley S, Grundy S. 145 The importance of occupation in lung carcinoma. Lung Cancer 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(13)70145-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Prakash R, Pathik B, Singh A, Judd J, Balakrishnan D, Perry R, Brown L, Swan A, Lehman S, Cheng W, Joseph M, Chew D, Bennetts J, Sinhal A. Transcathether Aortic Valve Maintains Excellent Hemodynamics Based on Echocardiographic Parameters at One Year: A Single Centre Study. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ho SF, Brown L, Bamford M, Sampath R, Burns J. 5 years review of periocular basal cell carcinoma and proposed follow-up protocol. Eye (Lond) 2012; 27:78-83. [PMID: 23154501 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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AIM (1) To investigate the recurrence of periocular basal cell carcinoma (BCC) reported as completely excised on histology. (2) To identify risks associated with recurrence. (3) To recommend a rational follow-up protocol. METHODS This is a cohort study by case note review of consecutive patients undergoing excision of periocular BCC between 2000 and 2006 at University Hospitals of Leicester. All lesions were excised with 3 mm clinical margin and the defect reconstructed only after the excision margin was declared clear. RESULTS A total of 413 episodes of surgical excision were recorded for 270 patients over the 7-year period of 2000-2006. All of them have 5 years follow-up. Mean age 73.7 (±12.5). In all, 67% were nodular BCC and 45.4% located in the lower eyelid. The main outcome measure was the recurrence rate. None of the patients with primary nodular BCC suffered recurrence. The recurrence rate for primary morphoeaform BCC following complete excision is 3.8%. In total, 8.1% of patients had several lesions simultaneously whereas 7.8% patients had BCC in multiple locations subsequently (metachronous). Three patients who had previously recurrent BCC (rBCC) treated elsewhere or not using this method had orbital/lacrimal drainage system involvement requiring exenteration. CONCLUSION We recommend that patients with a single, completely excised primary solid or nodular BCC can be discharged after one 6-monthly review, although they should be instructed to monitor for the development of further lesions. The incidence of recurrence for primary morphoeaform BCC is 3.8% and for rBCC is 3.6% over 5 years and these patients should stay under review for this period.
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Smith L, McKenzie H, Ronaldson S, Bundy A, Brown L, Bonsnic-Anticevich S. The Impact of an Innovative Learning and Teaching Module of Patient Self-Management of Chronic Pain on Undergraduate Pharmacy Student Learning. Res Social Adm Pharm 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Little F, Brown L, Grotowski M, Harris D. Nourishing networks: an interprofessional learning model and its application to the Australian rural health workforce. Rural Remote Health 2012; 12:2022. [PMID: 23121159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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CONTEXT Access to continuing professional development for rural health clinicians requires strategies to overcome barriers associated with finances, travel and a lack of resources. Approaches to providing professional development need to transcend conventional educational methods and consider interprofessional educational opportunities to meet the diverse needs of the rural health workforce. Rural clinicians often work in professional isolation and frequently work collaboratively with clinicians from a range of other health disciplines. Interprofessional learning and practice is therefore important in a rural areas as clinicians working in these settings are often more reliant on each other and require an understanding of other's roles to provide effective health care. In addition, specialist services are limited in rural areas, with health professionals increasingly required to perform extended roles at an advanced-practice level. ISSUES A model for interprofessional learning has been developed to attempt to address the barriers related to the delivery of interprofessional education in the rural health setting in Australia. This model demonstrates a flexible approach to interprofessional learning which meets different educational needs across a number of health disciplines, and is tailored to varying levels of expertise. It incorporates three learning approaches: traditional learning, flexible learning and advanced practice. Each of these components of the model are described and the Nourishing Networks program is provided as an example of the application of the model in a rural setting, utilising 'eating disorders' as the educational topic. LESSONS LEARNED Interprofessional learning can be delivered effectively in a rural setting by utilising technology to help bridge the isolation experienced in rural practice. Challenges in delivering the interprofessional learning program included: engaging rural general practitioners, utilising technology and maintaining participant engagement. The use of technology is essential to access a broad group of rural clinicians however, there are limitations in its use that must be acknowledged. The pilot of the Stepped Interprofessional Rural Learning Model and its application to eating disorders has scope for use in delivering education for other health topics.
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