• Genotypic Identification of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL)Producing Enterobacteriaceae from Urinary Tract Infections in the Leicestershire Area, United Kingdom: A One Health Prospective 

  Reid, Ruth ; Al-Bayati, M. ; Samarasinghe, S. (Article)

  Objectives: Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infections diagnosed in the United Kingdom (UK). The prevalence of Extended-Spectrum-Β-Lactamase (ESBL) producing UTIs has dramatically risen, limiting ...
• Stage Play Review: The Egg Rumour 

  Baldwin, K. (Article)

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• Using workload measurement tools in diverse care contexts: the experience of staff in mental health and learning disability inpatient settings 

  Fanneran, Tina ; Brimblecombe, Neil ; Bradley, Eleanor ; Gregory, Steve (Article)

  Abstract Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Difficulties with the recruitment and retention of qualified nursing staff have resulted in nursing shortages worldwide with a consequential impact on the ...
• Traversing the Services: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Admission in Two Adult Acute Mental Health Inpatient Wards 

  Fanneran, Tina ; Bradley, Eleanor ; McNally, David (Article)

  It is increasingly acknowledged that service-user satisfaction and experience are fundamental to the achievement of high quality care delivery worldwide. Research in this area identifies a need to capture the experience ...
• A national survey of adult safeguarding in NHS mental health services in England and Wales 

  Fanneran, Tina ; Kingston, Paul ; Bradley, Eleanor (Article)

  Background: Following the introduction of the No Secrets (DH, 2000) guidance, the implementation and development of adult safeguarding practices and procedures across national services has become an ongoing endeavour. ...
• A 10-year history of perinatal care at the Brockington Mother and Baby Unit Stafford 

  Green, Debra J ; Hofberg, K. ; Carr, C. ; Fanneran, Tina ; Sumathipala, A. (Article)

  Perinatal mother and baby units are an essential service for women suffering from perinatal mental illness by allowing the baby to stay with the mother whilst receiving inpatient mental health care. Such units enable the ...
• Emerging human pathogenic microsporidia in built-up environments: a public health concern? 

  Hoosen, H. ; Anjum, U. ; Magnet, A. ; Izquierdo, F. ; Pena-Fernandez, A. (Conference)

  Genera of the phylum of Microsporidia that have been categorised as emergent human pathogens include Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. (E. intestinalis, E. hellem and E. cuniculi). The sources of human ...
• Are zoonotic protist parasites present in the English urban environment? 

  Anjum, U. ; Izquierdo, F. ; Magnet, A. ; Fenoy, S. ; Hoosen, H. ; Pena-Fernandez, A. (Conference)

  Giardia duodenalis (syn. G. lamblia and G. intestinalis) and Entamoeba spp. are intestinal protozoa capable of infecting a range of animal species. Giardia has potential to contaminate water and food, whereas E. histolytica ...
• Applicability of DMU e-Parasitology for learning medical parasitology. 

  Pena-Fernandez, A. ; Hoosen, H. ; Magnet, A. ; Acosta, L. ; del Aguila, C. (Conference)

  De Montfort University (DMU, Leicester, UK) is leading the development of the DMU e-Parasitology package for the teaching and learning of medical parasitology, a resource that will be freely available (http://parasitolog ...
• Exploring the presence of ESBL-producing bacteria in different aquatic ecosystems in England. 

  Anjum, U. ; Reid, R. ; Hoosen, H. ; Lobo-Bedmar, M. C. ; Pena-Fernandez, A. (Conference)

  Recent evidence has shown an increasing presence and distribution of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in the environment, which could represent a threat to public health. However, their presence in open water ...
• Presence of coccidian human parasites in animal faecal samples from an English urban environment. 

  Hoosen, H. ; Anjum, U. ; Roussou, C. ; Hartley, J. ; Ali, A. ; Magnet, A. ; Pena-Fernandez, A. (Conference)

  Cryptosporidium spp. and Cyclospora cayetanensis are protozoan emerging human parasites that can severely affect immunocompromised patients worldwide for which an early stage diagnosis is critical for appropriate prognosis. ...
• Levels of rare earth elements in hair from a group of young Spanish adults (aged 20-24 years). 

  Pena-Fernandez, A. ; Angulo, S. ; Lobo-Bedmar, M. C. (Conference)

  The rapid agricultural, medical and industrial development is occurring on a global scale and bringing with emerging environmental threats for humans. Contamination by rare earth elements (REE) has emerged as a public ...
• Training to prepare human health undergraduate students to respond to biological incidents. 

  Pena-Fernandez, A. ; Machado, F. ; Lobo-Bedmar, M. C. (Conference)

  Academics with experience from the field during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak (West Africa) have created basic competences to train human health science students how to respond to chemical/biological incidents following major ...
• Women’s experience of social egg freezing: perceptions of success, risks, and ‘going it alone’ 

  Baldwin, K. ; Culley, Lorraine (Article)

  Abstract Objective: To explore how female users of social egg freezing technology reported their experience of freezing eggs for ‘social’ reasons. Background: Very few studies have explored women’s experiences of social ...
• Targeting the affective brain-a randomized controlled trial of real-time fMRI neurofeedback in patients with depression. 

  Mehler, David M. A. ; Sokunbi, M.O. ; Habes, I. ; Barawi, K. ; Subramanian, L. ; Range, M. ; Evans, J. ; Hood, K. ; Lührs, M. ; Keedwell, P. ; Goebel, R. ; Linden, D.E.J. (Article)

  Functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback (fMRI-NF) training of areas involved in emotion processing can reduce depressive symptoms by over 40% on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). However, it remains ...
• The development and evaluation of a multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection of ESBL genes in urinary tract infections 

  Reid, Ruth ; Samarasinghe, S. (Article)

  Background Overuse of beta-lactam antibiotics has lead to selection for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae, a major cause of antibiotic resistant urinary tract infections (UTIs). Standard ...
• Effects of exposure of rat erythrocytes to a hypogeomagnetic field 

  Nadeev, A.D. ; Terpilowski, M.A. ; Bogdanov, V.A. ; Khmelevskoy, D.A. ; Schegolev, B.F. ; Surma, S.V. ; Stefanov, V.E. ; Goncharov, Nikolay V. ; Jenkins, R. O. (Article)

  Background:Hypomagnetic fields can disrupts the normal functioning of living organisms by a mechanism thought to involve oxidative stress. In erythrocytes, oxidative stress can inter alia lead to changes to hemoglobin ...
• Conversion of landfill composite to activated carbon to improve landfill sustainability 

  Adelopo, A. O. ; Haris, P. I. (Parvez I.) ; Alo, B. ; Huddersman, Katherine ; Jenkins, R. O. (Article)

  Landfills’ heterogeneous composites waste were evaluated as precursors for generation of activated carbon (AC). A single step chemical activation process was applied involving irradiation with microwave energy and impregnation ...
• Concentrations of alkaline earth elements in hair of a sample of Spanish adults aged 20-24 years from the Region of Madrid. 

  Pena-Fernandez, A. ; Gonzalez-Munoz, M. J. ; Lobo-Bedmar, M. C. (Conference)

  A low intake of alkaline-earth elements (AEEs) has been related with the risk of different syndromes including hypertension. Human hair, despite being controversial sample matrix, could be used as a tool to determine ...
• Creating a reflective pedagogic strategy to enhance human health students’ professional practice at De Montfort University. 

  Pena-Fernandez, A. ; Pena, M. A. ; Evans, M. D. (Conference)

  Reflection is a critical skill for healthcare workers as their professional practice requires undertaking continuous learning for professional development. The aims and objectives of this exercise were to assess and develop ...

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