Medicine: Recent submissions
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The utility of liver function tests for mortality prediction within one year in primary care using the algorithm for liver function investigations (ALFI)
(2012-12-14) - Journal articleBackground: Although liver function tests (LFTs) are routinely measured in primary care, raised levels in patients with no obvious liver disease may trigger a range of subsequent expensive and unnecessary management plans. ... -
An ethnographic exploration of influences on prescribing in general practice : Why is there variation in prescribing practices?
(2013-06-21) - Journal articleBackground: Prescribing is a core activity for general practitioners, yet significant variation in the quality of prescribing has been reported. This suggests there may be room for improvement in the application of the ... -
Crambled : a Shiny application to enable intuitive resolution of conflicting cellularity estimates
(2015-12-07) - Journal articleIt is now commonplace to investigate tumour samples using whole-genome sequencing, and some commonly performed tasks are the estimation of cellularity (or sample purity), the genome-wide profiling of copy numbers, and the ... -
Experimental models of cryptococcosis
(2012) - Journal itemCryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease that infects around one million people each year. Establishment and progression of disease involves a complex interplay between the fungus and a diverse range of host ... -
Investigating the role of Zn²⁺ in regulating the function of intracellular Ca²⁺-release channels
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - ThesisThe tightly regulated openings of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) help to ensure that intracellular Ca²⁺- release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) can only occur when heart contractions are required. Usually ...