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Facilitating the teaching of transversal competences in students of Health Sciences at De Montfort University (UK).

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

El Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior fue creado en la Declaración de Bolonia debido a la creciente globalización de la sociedad y el conocimiento. Este proceso estimula la adquisición de competencias transversales: ...

Facing uncertainty: the effects of SARS on an innovation in university coursework assessment,

Jin, Lixian (Article)

Factors contributing to the outcome of oxidative damage to nucleic acids.

Evans, M. D.; Cooke, M. S. (Article)

Factors influencing recovery and restoration strategies following a chemical incident.

Pena-Fernandez, A.; Wyke, S.; Brooke, N.; Duarte-Davidson, R. (Article)

Chemicals are an important part of our society. A wide range of chemicals are discharged into the environment every day from residential, commercial and industrial sources. Many of these discharges do not pose a threat to ...

Failing Securely: The processes and support which underpin English mentors' assessment decisions regarding underperfroming students

Hunt, Louise A.; McGee, Paula; Gutteridge, Robin; Hughes, M. (Article)

Background: This study was undertaken in response to concerns that mentors who assessed practical competence were reluctant to fail student nurses which generated doubts about the fitness to practise of some registered ...

The feasibility of using ethnicity as a primary tool for antenatal selective screening for sickle cell disorders: pointers from the research evidence

Aspinall, Peter J.; Dyson, Simon; Anionwu, Elizabeth N., 1947- (Article)

The Department of Health has announced a linked antenatal and neonatal screening programme for haemoglobinopathies by 2004 in a comprehensive national plan for the National Health Service in Britain. In response the National ...

Feasibility of using hair from school children as a biomonitor of exposition to aluminium from urban soil.

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

La relación entre la exposición a Al y desórdenes neurológicos relativos a la edad se encuentra claramente establecida. Aunque el mecanismo exacto por el cual este metal puede influir en el proceso de la enfermedad es ...

Feedback of real-time fMRI signals: From concepts and principles to therapeutic interventions

Sokunbi, M.O. (Article)

The feedback of real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtfMRI) signals, dubbed “neurofeedback”, has found applications in the treatment of clinical disorders and enhancement of brain performance. However, knowledge ...

Feedback-in-action within bedside teaching encounters: a video ethnographic study

Rizan, Chantelle; Elsey, Christopher; Lemon, Thomas; Grant, Andrew; Monrouxe, Lynn V. (Article)

Context Feedback associated with teaching activities is often synonymous with reflection on action, which comprises the evaluative assessment of performance out of its original context. Feedback in action (as correction ...

First Conference of the Worldwide Initiative on Social Studies of Haemoglobinopathies (WISSH), SICKLE CELL: THE NEXT 100 YEARS

Dyson, Simon (Article)

A multidisciplinary conference of social science researchers working on sickle cell and thalassemia attracted 80 delegates from ten countries and included psychologists, sociologists, nurses, counselors, social policy ...

First detection of Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris in different water ecosystems in Leicestershire (UK).

Anjum, U.; Magnet, A.; Lobo-Bedmar, M. C.; Pena-Fernandez, A. (Conference)

Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris can produce severe brain infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. These free‐living amoebae (FLA) have a worldwide distribution. ...

First detection of microsporidia in animal faecal samples in urban parks in Leicester, UK.

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

Microsporidia are recognised as an emerging opportunistic group of pathogens. Recent studies highlight the possible zoonotic potential of various microsporidia species but transmission routes in humans and animals are still ...

First detection of microsporidia in deer faecal samples in England.

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

Background: Animals infected with human-pathogenic microsporidia (Encephalitozoon spp., Enterocytozoon bieneusi) can release spores into the environment through their faeces representing a public health concern. However, ...

First impressions of novel training in environmental recovery and restoration for undergraduate UK Medical Science students.

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

Recent chemical and biological incidents such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa (2014-15) or the fire affecting a large tire landfill in Toledo (Spain, 2016) has highlighted the importance of training future health care ...

First trimester increase in oxidative stress and risk of small for gestational age fetus.

Potdar, N.; Singh, R.; Mistry. V.; Evans, M. D.; Farmer, P. B.; Konje, J. C.; Cooke, M. S. (Article)

Fit with good fat? The role of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on exercise performance

Da Boit, Mariasole; Hunter, Angus M.; Gray, Stuart R. (Article)

N-3 PUFA (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are a family of fatty acids mainly found in oily fish and fish oil supplements. The effects of n-3 PUFA on health are mainly derived from its anti-inflammatory proprieties ...

Flavonoid-rich fruit and vegetables improve microvascular reactivity and inflammatory status in men at risk of cardiovascular diseases—FLAVURS: a randomised controlled trial

Macready, A.L.; George, T.W.; Chong, M.F.; Alimbetov, Dauren; Jin, Yannan; Vidal, Alberto; Spencer, J.P.E.; Kennedy, O.B.; Tuohy, K.M.; Minihane, A.; Gordon, M.H.; Lovegrove, J.A. (Article)

ackground: Observed associations between increased fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption, particularly those F&Vs that are rich in flavonoids, and vascular health improvements require confirmation in adequately powered ...