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Itkin B, Breen A, Turyanska L, Sandes EO, Bradshaw TD, Loaiza-Perez AI. New Treatments in Renal Cancer: The AhR Ligands. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E3551. [PMID: 32443455 PMCID: PMC7279047 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21103551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Kidney cancer rapidly acquires resistance to antiangiogenic agents, such as sunitinib, developing an aggressive migratory phenotype (facilitated by c-Metsignal transduction). The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) has recently been postulated as a molecular target for cancer treatment. Currently, there are two antitumor agent AhR ligands, with activity against renal cancer, that have been tested clinically: aminoflavone (AFP 464, NSC710464) and the benzothiazole (5F 203) prodrug Phortress. Our studies investigated the action of AFP 464, the aminoflavone pro-drug currently used in clinical trials, and 5F 203 on renal cancer cells, specifically examining their effects on cell cycle progression, apoptosis and cell migration. Both compounds caused cell cycle arrest and apoptosis but only 5F 203 potently inhibited the migration of TK-10, Caki-1 and SN12C cells as well as the migration signal transduction cascade, involving c-Met signaling, in TK-10 cells. Current investigations are focused on the development of nano-delivery vehicles, apoferritin-encapsulated benzothiazoles 5F 203 and GW610, for the treatment of renal cancer. These compounds have shown improved antitumor effects against TK-10 cells in vitro at lower concentrations compared with a naked agent.
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- Boris Itkin
- Department of Oncology, Hospital General de Agudos Juan Fernandez, C1425 CABA Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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- School of Pharmacy, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG72RD, Nottinghamshire, UK; (A.B.); (T.D.B.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG72RD, Nottinghamshire, UK;
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- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Oncología Ángel H. Roffo (IOAHR), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Área Investigación, Av. San Martin 5481, C1417 DTB Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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- School of Pharmacy, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG72RD, Nottinghamshire, UK; (A.B.); (T.D.B.)
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- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Oncología Ángel H. Roffo (IOAHR), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Área Investigación, Av. San Martin 5481, C1417 DTB Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Breen A, Haig L. Retrospective kinematic analysis of intervertebral stability in 10 patients with lytic spondylolisthesis. Physiotherapy 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2020.03.274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Kwiatkowski da Silva A, Ponge D, Peng Z, Inden G, Lu Y, Breen A, Gault B, Raabe D. Phase nucleation through confined spinodal fluctuations at crystal defects evidenced in Fe-Mn alloys. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1137. [PMID: 29555984 PMCID: PMC5859155 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03591-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Analysis and design of materials and fluids requires understanding of the fundamental relationships between structure, composition, and properties. Dislocations and grain boundaries influence microstructure evolution through the enhancement of diffusion and by facilitating heterogeneous nucleation, where atoms must overcome a potential barrier to enable the early stage of formation of a phase. Adsorption and spinodal decomposition are known precursor states to nucleation and phase transition; however, nucleation remains the less well-understood step in the complete thermodynamic sequence that shapes a microstructure. Here, we report near-atomic-scale observations of a phase transition mechanism that consists in solute adsorption to crystalline defects followed by linear and planar spinodal fluctuations in an Fe-Mn model alloy. These fluctuations provide a pathway for austenite nucleation due to the higher driving force for phase transition in the solute-rich regions. Our observations are supported by thermodynamic calculations, which predict the possibility of spinodal decomposition due to magnetic ordering. Solid-state phase transitions often involve nucleation of the new phase on defects but a detailed mechanistic understanding has not been established. Here the authors observe spinodal fluctuations at dislocations and grain boundaries in an iron alloy, which may be precursors in a multistep nucleation process.
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- A Kwiatkowski da Silva
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Database Systems and Data Mining Group, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstraße 67, 80538, München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Peck M, Breen A, Jones N, Orme R, Russell C. Focused intensive care echocardiography: 1000 participating, 300 accredited and counting. J Intensive Care Soc 2017; 18:74-75. [PMID: 28979544 DOI: 10.1177/1751143716662056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Mje Peck
- Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, UK
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Parsons S, Harding G, Breen A, Foster N, Pincus T, Vogel S, Underwood M. Will shared decision making between patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors improve patient care? Fam Pract 2012; 29:203-12. [PMID: 21982810 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is treated in primary care by a wide range of health professionals including chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists. AIMS To explore patients and chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists' beliefs about CMP and its treatment and how these beliefs influenced care seeking and ultimately the process of care. METHODS Depth interviews with a purposive sample of 13 CMP patients and 19 primary care health professionals (5 osteopaths, 4 chiropractors and 10 physiotherapists). RESULTS Patients' models of their CMP evolved throughout the course of their condition. Health professionals' models also evolved throughout the course of their treatment of patients. A key influence on patients' consulting behaviour appeared to be finding someone who would legitimate their suffering and their condition. Health professionals also recognized patients' need for legitimation but often found that attempts to explore psychological factors, which may be influencing their pain could be construed by patients as delegitimizing. Patients developed and tailored their consultation strategies throughout their illness career but not always in a strategic fashion. Health professionals also reflected on how patients' developing knowledge and changing beliefs altered their expectations. Therefore, overall within our analysis, we identified three themes: 'the evolving nature of patients and health professionals models of understanding CMP'; 'legitimating suffering' and 'development and tailoring of consultation and treatment strategies throughout patients' illness careers'. CONCLUSIONS Seeking care for any condition is not static but a process particularly for long-term conditions such as CMP. This may need to be taken into account by both CMP patients and their treating health professionals, in that both should not assume that their views about causation and treatment are static and that instead they should be revisited on a regular basis. Adopting a shared decision-making approach to treatment may be useful particularly for long-term conditions; however, in some cases, this may be easier said than done due to both patients' and health professionals' sometimes discomfort with adopting such an approach. Training and support for both health professionals and patients may be helpful in facilitating a shared decision-making approach.
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- S Parsons
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Morris-Stiff G, Baker A, Breen A, Smith A. Number of failed organs and response to therapy determine outcome in patients with acute pancreatitis requiring level 1 organ support. Crit Care 2012. [PMCID: PMC3363805 DOI: 10.1186/cc10994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Jiménez L, Breen A, Thomas N, Federle TW, Sayler GS. Mineralization of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate by a four-member aerobic bacterial consortium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 57:1566-9. [PMID: 16348496 PMCID: PMC182987 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.5.1566-1569.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A bacterial consortium capable of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) mineralization under aerobic conditions was isolated from a chemostat inoculated with activated sludge. The consortium, designated KJB, consisted of four members, all of which were gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that grew in pairs and short chains. Three isolates had biochemical properties characteristic of Pseudomonas spp.; the fourth showed characteristics of the Aeromonas spp. Cell suspensions were grown together in minimal medium with [C]LAS as the only carbon source. After 13 days of incubation, more than 25% of the [C]LAS was mineralized to CO(2) by the consortium. Pure bacterial cultures and combinations lacking any one member of the KJB bacterial consortium did not mineralize LAS. Three isolates carried out primary biodegradation of the surfactant, and one did not. This study shows that the four bacteria complemented each other and synergistically mineralized LAS, indicating catabolic cooperation among the four consortium members.
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- L Jiménez
- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, and The Graduate Program in Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932, and Environmental Safety Department, Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 45217
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Parsons S, Breen A, Foster NE, Letley L, Pincus T, Vogel S, Underwood M. Prevalence and comparative troublesomeness by age of musculoskeletal pain in different body locations. Fam Pract 2007; 24:308-16. [PMID: 17602173 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmm027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic pain has large health care costs and a major impact on the health of those affected. Few studies have also considered the severity of pain in different parts of the body across all age groups. OBJECTIVES To measure the prevalence and troublesomeness of musculoskeletal pain in different body locations and age groups, in a consistent manner, without using location specific health outcome measures. METHODS A cross-sectional postal survey of 4049 adults registered with 16 MRC General Practice Research Framework practices. Frequency of chronic pain overall and troublesome pain by location and age was calculated. Logistic regression was undertaken to explore the relationship between chronic pain and demographic factors. RESULTS We received 2504 replies; response rate 60%. The prevalence of chronic pain was 41%. The prevalence of chronic pain rose from 23% in 18-24 year olds reaching a peak of 50% in 55-64 year olds. Troublesome pain over the last 4 weeks was commonest in the lower back (25%), neck (18%), knee (17%) and shoulder (17%). Troublesome wrist, elbow, shoulder, neck and lower back pain were most prevalent in the 45- to 64-year-age groups. Troublesome hip/thigh, knee and ankle/foot pain were most prevalent in those aged 75 or more. CONCLUSIONS Great efforts have been made to develop and test treatments for low back pain. Our findings suggest that the overall prevalence of troublesome neck, knee and shoulder pain approaches that of troublesome low back pain and that similar efforts may be required to improve the management these pains.
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- S Parsons
- Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK.
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Carnes D, Parsons S, Ashby D, Breen A, Foster NE, Pincus T, Vogel S, Underwood M. Chronic musculoskeletal pain rarely presents in a single body site: results from a UK population study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2007; 46:1168-70. [PMID: 17488750 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency and health impact of chronic multi-site musculoskeletal pain, in a representative UK sample. METHOD Population postal questionnaire survey, using 16 general practices in the southeast of England, nationally representative urban/rural, ethnic and socioeconomic mix. A random selection of 4049 registered patients, aged 18 or over, were sent a questionnaire. The main outcome measures were chronic pain location, identified using a pain drawing; distress, pain intensity and disability as measured by the GHQ12 and the Chronic Pain Grade. RESULTS A total of 2445 patients (60%) responded to the survey (44% male, mean age 52 yrs); 45% had chronic musculoskeletal pain. Of those with chronic pain, three quarters had pain in multiple sites (two or more sites). Variables significantly predicting this were: age under 55, [odds ratio (OR) 0.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.4, 0.6]; psychological distress (OR 1.8, CI at 95% 1.4, 2.2) and high pain intensity (OR 5.2, CI at 95% 4.1, 6.7). Only 33% of multi-site pain distributions conformed to the American College of Rheumatology definition of chronic widespread pain. CONCLUSIONS Multi-site chronic pain is more common than single-site chronic pain and is commonly associated with other problems. Indiscriminate targeting of research and care for chronic musculoskeletal pain on single sites may often be inappropriate.
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- D Carnes
- Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2 Newark St, London, E1 2AT, UK.
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Becker A, Stockfisch N, van Tulder M, Bekkering T, Breen A, del Real MT, Hutchinson A, Koes B, Laerum E, Malmivaara A. Evidenzbasierte Physiotherapie zur Behandlung akuter unspezifischer Kreuzschmerzen - auf der Europäischen Leitlinie basierender Bericht. physioscience 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Marx G, Swaraj S, Breen A, Ritchie G, Shenkin A, Toh C, Leuwer M. Crit Care 2005; 9:P167. [DOI: 10.1186/cc3230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Foster NE, Pincus T, Underwood MR, Vogel S, Breen A, Harding G. Understanding the process of care for musculoskeletal conditions--why a biomedical approach is inadequate. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2003; 42:401-4. [PMID: 12626788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Harvey E, Burton AK, Moffett JK, Breen A. Spinal manipulation for low-back pain: a treatment package agreed to by the UK chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy professional associations. Man Ther 2003; 8:46-51. [PMID: 12635637 DOI: 10.1054/math.2002.0472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Trials of manipulative treatment have been compromised by, amongst other things, different definitions of the therapeutic procedures involved. This paper describes a spinal manipulation package agreed by the UK professional bodies that represent chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists. It was devised for use in the UK Back pain Exercise And Manipulation (UK BEAM) trial--a national study of physical treatments in primary care funded by the Medical Research Council and the National Health Service Research and Development Programme. Although systematic reviews have reported some beneficial effects of spinal manipulation for low-back pain, due to the limited methodological quality of primary studies and difficulties in defining manipulation, important questions have remained unanswered. The UK BEAM trial was designed to answer some of those questions. Early in the design of the trial, it was acknowledged that the spinal manipulation treatment regimes provided by practitioners from the three professions shared more similarities than differences. Because the trial design specifically precluded comparison of the effect between the professions, it was necessary to devise a homogenous package representative of, and acceptable to, all three. The resulting package is 'pragmatic', in that it represents what happens to most people undergoing manipulation, and 'explanatory' in that it excludes discipline-specific variations and other ancillary treatments.
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- E Harvey
- Department of Health Sciences, Alcuin College, University of York, York, UK.
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Konstantinou K, Rushton A, Foster NE, Baxter GD, Breen A. Descriptive Survey of the Use and Effects of Mobilisation with Movement (MWMs) Techniques in Low Back Pain Management. Physiotherapy 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9406(05)60457-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Breen A, Carrington M, Collier R, Vogel S. Communication between general and manipulative practitioners: a survey. Complement Ther Med 2000; 8:8-14. [PMID: 10812754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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A survey of general practitioners (GPs) in the south of England was undertaken to determine their understanding and communication needs in referring patients to practitioners of manipulation. Eighty-six out of 309 GPs replied to a postal questionnaire (28% response). The results suggest that, while routine communication is important for improving understanding, GPs appear to have a preference for disciplines of which they have personal experience. The majority of responders favoured receiving a report on one side of A5 paper when the patient completes treatment. This should contain the nature of treatment and advice given and an indication of its outcome. Those who desired an initial report wanted it to contain a summary of the nature of the problem, a brief history, a summary of relevant findings from the examination, any investigations and a prognosis. Many GPs commented that they were more comfortable in referring to physiotherapists because they felt they had a better understanding of the treatment involved. Furthermore, chiropractic and osteopathic terminologies were reported to be confusing more often than physiotherapy terminology. Bearing in mind the potential bias in responses due to its geographical limitations and low response rate, this study provides useful indicators for manipulative and GPs who wish to work more closely together.
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- A Breen
- Institute for Musculoskeletal Research and Clinical Implementation, AECC, Bournemouth, UK
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Breen A. Chiropractic for low back pain. Experts in both UK and US believe that chiropractic works. BMJ 1999; 318:261. [PMID: 9915748 PMCID: PMC1114738 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7178.261a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dhanak D, Keenan RM, Burton G, Kaura A, Darcy MG, Shah DH, Ridgers LH, Breen A, Lavery P, Tew DG, West A. Benzothiopyran-4-one based reversible inhibitors of the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) protease. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1998; 8:3677-82. [PMID: 9934494 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(98)00666-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A novel class of CMV protease inhibitors based on a benzothiopyran-S,S-dioxide nucleus has been discovered. Enzyme kinetic data supports a reversible mode of inhibition for a representative member of this class, 2-(3-pyridyl-N-oxide)benzothiopyran-4-one-S,S-dioxide, 1. Experiments in the presence and absence of the disulfide reducing agent DTT suggest that the inhibition by 1 is not due to oxidative inactivation of the enzyme. Also presented are results of some SAR studies of the benzothiopyranone ring system.
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- D Dhanak
- SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA 19426-0989, USA
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The impact of preozonation and filter contact time (depth) on microbial communities was examined in drinking water biofilters treating Ohio River water which had undergone conventional treatment (coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation) or solutions of natural organic matter isolated from groundwater (both ozonated and nonozonated). With respect to filter depth, compared to filters treating nonozonated waters, preozonation of treated water led to greater differences in community phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles, utilization of sole carbon sources (Biolog), and arbitrarily primed PCR fingerprints. PLFA profiles indicated that there was a shift toward anaerobic bacteria in the communities found in the filter treating ozonated water compared to the communities found in the filter treating nonozonated settled water, which had a greater abundance of eukaryotic markers.
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- D M Moll
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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Patil AD, Freyer AJ, Eggleston DS, Haltiwanger RC, Tomcowicz B, Breen A, Johnson RK. Daleformis, a new phytoalexin from the roots fo Dalea filiciformis: an inhibitor of endothelin converting enzyme. J Nat Prod 1997; 60:306-308. [PMID: 9157193 DOI: 10.1021/np960654e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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As part of a search for novel inhibitors of endothelin converting enzyme (ECE), the MeOH-CH2Cl2 extract of the roots of Dalea filiciformis was shown to be active. Bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract yielded a novel phytoalexin, daleformis (1), whose structure was determined by interpretation of spectral data and X-ray analysis. Daleformis (1) inhibited ECE with an IC50 of 9 microM.
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- A D Patil
- Department of Biomolecular Discovery and Analytical Sciences, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Research and Development, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0939
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Patil AD, Freyer AJ, Breen A, Carte B, Johnson RK. Halistanol disulfate B, a novel sulfated sterol from the sponge Pachastrella sp.: inhibitor of endothelin converting enzyme. J Nat Prod 1996; 59:606-608. [PMID: 8786367 DOI: 10.1021/np9601770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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As part of a search for novel inhibitors of endothelin converting enzyme (ECE), the MeOH extract of a South African sponge, Pachastrella sp., was shown to be active. Bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract yielded a novel sterol sulfate, halistanol disulfate B (1). The structure and stereochemistry of 1 was established mainly by interpretation of spectral data. Disulfate (1) was found to be active at a micromolar concentration in the ECE assay.
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- A D Patil
- Department of Biomolecular Discovery, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Research and Development, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0939, USA.
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Bennett D, Morton T, Breen A, Hertzberg R, Cusimano D, Appelbaum E, McDonnell P, Young P, Matico R, Chaiken I. Kinetic characterization of the interaction of biotinylated human interleukin 5 with an Fc chimera of its receptor alpha subunit and development of an ELISA screening assay using real-time interaction biosensor analysis. J Mol Recognit 1995; 8:52-8. [PMID: 7598953 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.300080109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The interaction of biotinylated human interleukin 5 ([BT]hIL5) with immobilized receptor was measured with a real-time biosensor, and these results were used as a basis for configuring an ELISA for screening antagonists of hIL5-receptor binding. The recombinant proteins used, hIL5 and shIL5R alpha-Fc (chimeric fusion receptor constructed by linking the soluble component of the hIL5 receptor alpha subunit to the constant domain (Fc) of immunoglobulin G), were produced by the expression of cloned vectors in Drosophila schneider (S2) cells. Initial attempts to develop a screening assay by direct immobilization of soluble IL5 receptor to microtiter plates proved unsatisfactory and led to use of the Fc chimera attached by oriented immobilization via protein A. Hence, shIL5R alpha-Fc was bound to protein A covalently immobilized on a carboxymethyl dextran (CM-5) biosensor chip. Specific binding was demonstrated of [BT]hIL5 to protein A/shIL5R alpha-Fc receptor complex. The binding was high affinity (Kdapp = 6 nM), reversible and saturable. The affinity of [BT]hIL5 was similar to that determined with the biosensor assay for unmodified hIL5. The observed kinetics of the interactions of Fc chimera with protein A (slow dissociation) and of [BT]hIL5 with immobilized Fc chimera (faster dissociation) were favorable for subsequently establishing a microtiter plate based ELISA assay. In the latter, Fc chimera was immobilized to the plate via protein A as in the biosensor experiment. Binding of [BT]hIL5 to immobilized Fc chimera in the ELISA was concentration dependent and was competed by both hIL5 and shIL5R alpha.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D Bennett
- Department of Molecular Immunology, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, PA 19406, USA
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Breen A, Rope AF, Taylor D, Loper JC, Sferra PR. Application of DNA amplification fingerprinting (DAF) to mixed culture bioreactors. J Ind Microbiol 1995; 14:10-6. [PMID: 7766062 DOI: 10.1007/bf01570059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The use of DNA amplification fingerprinting (DAF) as a tool for monitoring mixed microbial populations in bioreactors was evaluated. Short (8-mer or 10-mer) oligonucleotides were used to prime DNA extracts from various biological reactors during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. The reactors examined in this study included two sets of anaerobic stirred tank continuous flow bioreactors. One set of anaerobic reactors was operated under methanogenic conditions and one set was operated under sulfate-reducing conditions. The anaerobic reactor communities in the methanol-fed reactors showed extensive DAF homology. DAF was also applied to a fixed-film azo dye degrading reactor to examine the degree of uniformity of colonization of the substratum in representative regions of the reactor. This method is a quick and relatively inexpensive means of monitoring microbial community structure during biological processes. Since no cultivation of the sample is involved, the genetic profile of the community is not biased by outgrowth conditions. DAF profiles may be useful for comparisons of population changes over time or of bench-scale vs pilot-scale reactors but not adequate for assessing community diversity.
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- A Breen
- Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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Nadeau LJ, Menn FM, Breen A, Sayler GS. Aerobic degradation of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) by Alcaligenes eutrophus A5. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994; 60:51-5. [PMID: 8117093 PMCID: PMC201268 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.1.51-55.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Biotransformation of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) by Alcaligenes eutrophus A5 was demonstrated by analysis of ethyl acetate-extracted products from resting cell cultures. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry characterization of the neutral extracts revealed two hydroxy-DDT intermediates (m/z = 370) with retention times at 19.55 and 19.80 min that shared identical mass spectra. This result suggested that the hydroxylations occurred at the ortho and meta positions on the aromatic ring. UV-visible spectrum spectrophotometric analysis of a yellow metabolite in the culture supernatant showed a maximum A402 with, under acidic and basic conditions, spectrophotometric characteristics similar to those of the aromatic ring meta-cleavage products. 4-Chlorobenzoic acid was detected by thin-layer chromatography radiochemical scanning in samples from mineralization experiments by comparison of Rf values of [14C]DDT intermediates with that of an authentic standard. These results were further confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. This study indicates that DDT appears to be oxidized by a dioxygenase in A. eutrophus A5 and that the products of this oxidation are subsequently subjected to ring fission to eventually yield 4-chlorobenzoic acid as a major stable intermediate.
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- L J Nadeau
- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37932
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Breen A. The reliability of palpation and other diagnostic methods. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1992; 15:54-6. [PMID: 1531493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Incompatibility between levels of reliability of physical examination techniques and their clinical usefulness produces an enormous chasm, into which any hope of accurate diagnosis falls and flounders. Bridging this chasm will require validation of the examination techniques along more than just observer variability lines. Greater attention to the use of gold standards is recommended, even though they themselves must be critically evaluated for the errors which they contain and for technicalities involved in developing elaborate and accurate standards.
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- A Breen
- Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, Bournemouth, England
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Breen A, Humphries K, Rice S, Cheung P, Osborne A, Allen R. The analysis of spine kinematics using digital videofluoroscopy. J Biomech 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(91)90125-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Breen A. Low back pain: comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment. West J Med 1990. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6747.341-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Pettigrew CA, Breen A, Corcoran C, Sayler GS. Chlorinated biphenyl mineralization by individual populations and consortia of freshwater bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:2036-45. [PMID: 2117875 PMCID: PMC184557 DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.7.2036-2045.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Comparative studies were performed to investigate the contribution of microbial consortia, individual microbial populations, and specific plasmids to chlorinated biphenyl biodegradation among microbial communities from a polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated freshwater environment. A bacterial consortium, designated LPS10, was shown to mineralize 4-chlorobiphenyl (4CB) and dehalogenate 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl. The LPS10 consortium involved three isolates: Pseudomonas testosteroni (LPS10A), which mediated the breakdown of 4CB and 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl to 4-chlorobenzoic acid; an isolate tentatively identified as an Arthrobacter sp. (LPS10B), which mediated 4-chlorobenzoic acid degradation; and Pseudomonas putida bv. A (LPS10C), whose role in the consortium has not been determined. None of these isolates contained detectable plasmids or sequences homologous to the 4CB-degradative plasmid pSS50. A freshwater isolate, designated LBS1C1, was found to harbor a 41-megadalton plasmid that was related to the 35-megadalton plasmid pSS50, and this isolate was shown to mineralize 4CB. In chemostat enrichments with biphenyl and 4CB as primary carbon sources, the LPS10 consortium was found to outcomplete bacterial populations harboring plasmids homologous to pSS50. These results demonstrate that an understanding of the biodegradative capacity of individual bacterial populations as well as interacting populations of bacteria must be considered in order to gain a better understanding of polychlorinated biphenyl biodegradation in the environment.
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- C A Pettigrew
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37932
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Strain ABS10, a Gram-negative, pleomorphic bacterium isolated from a pristine aquifer in Ada, Oklahoma, was studied as a candidate for the introduction and expression of plasmid DNA in a native ground water isolate. This organism was originally typed as anArthrobacter sp. due to its morphological phase change and Gram-variable reaction upon Gram staining. The fatty acid methyl ester profile of ABS10 revealed a high similarity withPseudomonas putida. DNA-DNA hybridization showed 81% homology between ABS10 andP. putida. 16S rRNA sequence analysis showed ABS 10 to be a member of the Gamma division of the purple photosynthetic bacteria. The organism has been designatedPseudomonas geomorphus due to its isolation from a subterranean sample and the morphological phase change from rods in young cultures to cocci in older cultures. The broad host range plasmid RP4 was introduced into ABS10 and stably maintained, indicating that RP4 may serve as a vehicle for the introduction of catabolic genes into this organism.
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- A Breen
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 37919, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Steffan RJ, Breen A, Atlas RM, Sayler GS. Application of gene probe methods for monitoring specific microbial populations in freshwater ecosystems. Can J Microbiol 1989. [DOI: 10.1139/m89-111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several gene probe methods were used to monitor specific microbial populations in freshwater microcosms. Detection methods included nonselective plating – colony hybridization, selective plating – colony hybridization, most probable number – filter hybridization, and community DNA extraction – dot blot hybridization. Tests were conducted in freshwater microcosms inoculated with a 4-chlorobiphenyl degrading Alcaligenes A5 or a 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid degrading Pseudomonas cepacia AC1100. Colony hybridization performed on colonies detected on a nonselective medium sometimes failed to detect both Alcaligenes A5 and P. cepacia AC1100 when the target populations comprised less than 0.1% of the total population, even though the target populations comprised less than 0.1% of the total population, even though the target populations were present at concentrations of greater than 104 viable cells/mL as indicated by other detection methods. Selective plating – colony hybridization, most probable number – filter hybridization, and dot blot hybridization using DNA extracted from the microbial community consistently indicated persistence of the added P. cepacia AC1100 in the microcosms. Although differing in their detection reliability and sensitivity, the various gene probe detection methods indicated persistence with a slow decline of both the Alcaligenes A5 and P. cepacia AC1100 over an 8-week period.Key words: DNA probes, environmental, bacteria, detection, biodegradation.
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The kinematic behaviour of the vertebral segments under the influence of spinal injury and other mechanical problems is difficult to quantify in patients. This paper describes the use of a calibration model and human subjects to investigate the accuracy of a method for determining lumbar intervertebral rotations using images digitized from an image intensifier. The main influences were found to be observer error in marking co-ordinates, scaling of the image presented by the computer's monitor, distortion caused by out-of-plane images and loss of image quality as a result of scattered radiation from the soft tissues. The technique may be valuable in the light of its efficiency and low X-ray exposure to patients.
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- A Breen
- Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, Dorset, UK
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Sayler GS, Shields MS, Tedford ET, Breen A, Hooper SW, Sirotkin KM, Davis JW. Application of DNA-DNA colony hybridization to the detection of catabolic genotypes in environmental samples. Appl Environ Microbiol 1985; 49:1295-303. [PMID: 4004244 PMCID: PMC238545 DOI: 10.1128/aem.49.5.1295-1303.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The application of preexisting DNA hybridization techniques was investigated for potential in determining populations of specific gene sequences in environmental samples. Cross-hybridizations among two degradative plasmids, TOL and NAH, and two cloning vehicles, pLAFR1 and RSF1010, were determined. The detection limits for the TOL plasmid against a nonhomologous plasmid-bearing bacterial background was ascertained. The colony hybridization technique allowed detection of one colony containing TOL plasmid among 10(6) Escherichia coli colonies of nonhomologous DNA. Comparisons between population estimates derived from growth on selective substrates and from hybridizations were examined. Findings indicated that standard sole carbon source enumeration procedures for degradative populations lead to overestimations due to nonspecific growth of other bacteria on the microcontaminant carbon sources present in the media. Population estimates based on the selective growth of a microcosm population on two aromatic substrates (toluene and naphthalene) and estimates derived from DNA-DNA colony hybridizations, using the TOL or NAH plasmid as a probe, corresponded with estimates of substrate mineralization rates and past exposure to environmental contaminants. The applications of such techniques are hoped to eventually allow enumeration of any specific gene sequences in the environment, including both anabolic and catabolic genes. In addition, this procedure should prove useful in monitoring recombinant DNA clones released into environmental situations.
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One hundred eighty nursing home residents, not psychotic or demented, average age 82 years, were administered a 30-minute structured interview to identify and characterize their sleeping patterns, health status, medications, psychosocial environment, and living conditions. In addition, both the residents and the night nurses rated quality of sleep on a five-point scale. Residents and nurses on all shifts also rated appetite and exercise on five-point scales. Residents were classified as having a sleep disturbance if they met at least one of the following criteria and reported poor sleep quality: onset of sleep latency greater than 30 minutes, three or more nighttime awakenings, and less than six hours sleep per night. Forty-five per cent of the residents met at least one clinical research criterion. Residents with sleep disturbance rated their sleep quality significantly lower than their peers not meeting research criteria. However, the nurses' ratings did not discriminate problem sleepers, and they correlated poorly with the residents' ratings. These subjective patient evaluations are discussed in relation to nursing evaluations, prescription of hypnotic medications, and other variables.
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