• Open-label, cluster randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a brief letter from a GP on unscheduled medical contacts associated with the start of the school year: the PLEASANT trial 

  Julious, Steven A.; Horspool, Michelle J.; Davis, Sarah; Franklin, Matthew; Smithson, W. Henry; Norman, Paul; Simpson, Rebecca M.; Elphick, Heather; Bortolami, Oscar; Cooper, Cindy (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-04-20)

  Background Asthma is seasonal with peaks in exacerbation rates in school-age children associated with the return to school following the summer vacation. A drop in prescription collection in August is associated with an ...
• Differences in biocompatibility of microneedles from cyclic olefin polymers with human endothelial and epithelial skin cells 

  Schossleitner, Klaudia; O'Mahony, Conor; Brandstätter, Stefan; Haslinger, Michael J.; Demuth, Sabrina; Fechtig, Daniel; Petzelbauer, Peter (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2018-11-19)

  Microneedles are promising devices for transdermal delivery and diagnostic applications, due to their minimally invasive and painless nature of application. However, so far, applications are limited to small scale research ...
• Understanding care navigation by older adults with multimorbidity: mixed-methods study using social network and framework analyses 

  Vos, Jolien; Gerling, Kathrin; Linehan, Conor; Siriwardena, Aloysius N.; Windle, Karen (JMIR Publications, 2018-11-14)

  Background: Health and social care systems were designed to be used primarily by people with single and acute diseases. However, a growing number of older adults are diagnosed with multiple long-term conditions (LTCs). The ...
• Evidence-based practice education for healthcare professions: an expert view 

  Lehane, Elaine; Leahy-Warren, Patricia; O’Riordan, Cliona; Savage, Eileen; Drennan, Jonathan; O’Tuathaigh, Colm; O’Connor, Michael; Corrigan, Mark; Burke, Francis; Hayes, Martina; Lynch, Helen; Sahm, Laura; Heffernan, Elizabeth; O’Keeffe, Elizabeth; Blake, Catherine; Horgan, Frances; Hegarty, Josephine (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-11-15)

  Internationally, evidence-based practice (EBP) is recognised as a foundational element of healthcare professional education. Achieving competency in this area is a complex undertaking that is reflected in disparities between ...
• Low loss photonic nanocavity via dark magnetic dipole resonant mode near metal 

  Liu, Ning; Silien, Christophe; Sun, Greg; Corbet, Brian M. (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-11-19)

  The dielectric-semiconductor-dielectric-metal 4 layered structure is a well-established configuration to support TM hybrid plasmonic modes, which have demonstrated signifcant advantages over pure photonic modes in structures ...

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