School of Allied Health Sciences
Recent Submissions
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Results on a pedagogic approach for tailoring public health interventions to minimise opportunistic infections.
(Conference)We are performing curriculum modifications on the first year BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science module “Basic Microbiology” (De Montfort University, UK) to increase students’ knowledge of basic medical parasitology and infectious ... -
Promoting training in health care programmes for environmental monitoring of human pathogens.
(Conference)Humans are increasingly being exposed to different and emerging pathogens in urban environments that can represent a public health risk that require immediate attention. Different studies have documented the presence and ... -
Implementation of environmental recovery training response to biological incidents in a human health degree
(Conference)Agents involved in biological incidents and outbreaks of infection can spread easily, so response teams are required to quickly implement a recovery plan to decontaminate and restore the environment impacted by these ... -
Virtual libraries of tissue and clinical samples: potential role of a 3-D microscope.
(Conference)Our international innovative teaching group from different European Universities (De Montfort University, DMU, UK; and the Spanish University of Alcalá, University Miguel Hernández and University of San Pablo CEU), in ... -
Cryptosporidium spp. in Leicester (UK): an update.
(Conference)Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis are considered opportunistic emerging human parasites that can severely affect immunocompromised patients and individuals worldwide for which an early stage diagnosis is ... -
Overweight and underweight prevalence indices in a young (18-23 yrs-old) population in Leicester (UK).
(Conference)Body fatness is considered a diagnostic factor for obesity and predictive of cardiovascular and cancer disease. Different studies have described a strong correlation between body fatness determined by different methods and ... -
Reprint of: A three-dimensional in vitro HepG2 cells liver spheroid model for genotoxicity studies.
(Article)The liver's role in metabolism of chemicals makes it an appropriate tissue for toxicity testing. Current testing protocols, such as animal testing and two-dimensional liver cell systems, offer limited resemblance to in ... -
The spinal nerve transection model of neuropathic pain is associated with alterations of the molecular organisation of the nodal regions of myelinated sensory axons within the dorsal root
(Conference)Saltatory conduction in myelinated fibres depends on a specific molecular organization of axonal domains: the nodal, paranodal and juxtaparanodal regions. During development, shaker-type Kvchannels (STKC: Kv1.1 and Kv 1.2) ... -
Pharmacology of the metabotropic GluR-mediated current at the climbing fiber to Purkinje cell synapse
(Conference)Different forms of synaptic plasticity in the cerebellum are mediated by metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). At parallel fiber (PF) to Purkinje cell (PC) synapses activation of mGluR gives rise to a well known slow ... -
Investigating the regulation of a voltage-gated potassium channel in the cerebellum of a pharmacological mouse model of schizophrenia
(Conference)Schizophrenia is a debilitating neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 1% of the global population. The glutamate hypothesis poses that the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction is the key player in the development ... -
Policy Briefing: Implementing empirical ethics and rights - IDEAS for ensuring disability equity in research
(Other)In this policy briefing, we illustrate the development and potential of tools developed from commissioned public health research project where empirical ethics was combined with human rights to elucidate a critical framework ... -
Ethnicity, Disability and Chronic Illness
(Book chapter)This chapter aims to: • Understand how patterns of disablement and chronic illness may partly derive from levels of material deprivation. • Illustrate why it may be important to look at the interactions not only between ... -
Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences: Health, Racism and Disablement
(Book)Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe chronic illness and one of the world’s most common genetic conditions, with 400,000 children born annually with the disorder, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Brazil, the Middle ... -
Biomimetic hydroxyapatite nanocrystals are an active carrier for Salmonella bacteriophages
(Article)Purpose: The use of bacteriophages represents a valid alternative to conventional antimicrobial treatments, overcoming the widespread bacterial antibiotic resistance phenomenon. In this work, we evaluated whether biomimetic ... -
Motion during Acquisition is Associated with fMRI Brain Entropy
(Article)Measures of fMRI brain entropy have been used to investigate age and disease related neural changes. However, it is unclear if movement in the scanner is associated with brain entropy after geometric correction for movement. ... -
In vitro detection of in vitro secondary mechanisms of genotoxicity induced by engineered nanomaterials
(Article)Abstract BACKGROUND: It is well established that toxicological evaluation of engineered nanomaterials (NMs) is vital to ensure the health and safety of those exposed to them. Further, there is a distinct need for the ... -
Adaptability to various growth conditions and Anti-Biofilm efficacy of Garlic and Manuka honey on Carbapenem resistant bacteria associated with Urinary Tract Infection
(Conference)Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common form of bacterial infections and can be caused by several types of Gram-negative bacteria including Klebsiella pneumonia and Escherichia coli. In recent years, the emergence of ... -
Constructing better health and wellbeing? Understanding structural constraints on promoting health and wellbeing in the UK Construction Industry
(Article)The construction industry has high rates of work related ill health and early retirement due to stress, injury and illness. Whilst there have been more recent calls for a ‘health like safety’ narrative within the industry, ... -
Toxicology training to decontaminate environments affected by chemicals.
(Conference)Health professionals will be required to have some foundation knowledge in environmental toxicology to combat increasing morbidity/mortality indices due to environmental contamination. However, very little training in these ...
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