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A review of novel biological tools used in screening for the early detection of lung cancer by Ghosal, R, Kloer, P, Lewis, K E

“…Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and causes more deaths per year than any other cancer. It has a very poor 5-year survival rate of 8–16%, partly…”
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Smoking habits and attitudes toward tobacco bans among United Kingdom hospital staff and students by LEWIS, K. E, SHIN, D, DAVIES, G

“…SETTING: A group of United Kingdom (UK) hospitals.OBJECTIVE: To estimate the current smoking habits of health care professionals (HCPs) in a country with…”
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Autonomic nervous system control of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in asthma by Lewis, M.J., Short, A.L., Lewis, K.E.

“…Patients with asthma have exaggerated bronchoconstriction of their airways in response to certain indirect (e.g. cold air, allergens, dust, exercise) or direct…”
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Detection of Lewis antigen structural change by FTIR spectroscopy by Lewis, A.T., Jones, K., Lewis, K.E., Jones, S., Lewis, P.D.

“…► We evaluate FTIR as a tool to identify structural changes to Lewis x antigens. ► FTIR provides distinct infrared patterns for oligosaccharides. ► FTIR can…”
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Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease by Amit Benjamin, J, Lewis, K E

“…Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) describes a group of disorders characterised by abnormalities in the frequency and/or depth of breathing while asleep. The…”
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Influence of bariatric surgery on indices of cardiac autonomic control by Alam, I, Lewis, M.J, Lewis, K.E, Stephens, J.W, Baxter, J.N

“…Abstract Background Obesity is associated with reduced heart rate variability (HRV), reflecting detrimental changes in cardiac regulation by the autonomic…”
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Pareto analysis in multiobjective optimization using the collinearity theorem and scaling method by KASPRZAK, E. M, LEWIS, K. E

“…This paper presents a method to predict the relative objective weighting scheme necessary to cause arbitrary members of a Pareto solution set to become…”
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Zebrafish smoothened functions in ventral neural tube specification and axon tract formation by Varga, Z M, Amores, A, Lewis, K E, Yan, Y L, Postlethwait, J H, Eisen, J S, Westerfield, M

“…Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling patterns many vertebrate tissues. shh mutations dramatically affect mouse ventral forebrain and floor plate but produce minor…”
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Influence of long-term oxygen therapy on cardiac acceleration and deceleration capacity in hypoxic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Lewis, M. J., Annandale, J., D'Silva, L. A., Davies, R. E., Reed, Z, Lewis, K. E

“…Summary Background:  There is increasing interest in cardiovascular co‐morbidities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Heart rate turbulence (HRT)…”
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A model for anteroposterior patterning of the vertebrate limb based on sequential long- and short-range Shh signalling and Bmp signalling by Drossopoulou, G, Lewis, K E, Sanz-Ezquerro, J J, Nikbakht, N, McMahon, A P, Hofmann, C, Tickle, C

“…It has been proposed that digit identity in chick limb bud is specified in a dose-dependent fashion by a long-range morphogen, produced by the polarising…”
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Multiple model triangulation to identify factors associated with lameness in British sheep flocks by Lewis, K.E., Green, M.J., Witt, J., Green, L.E.

“…•Multiple model triangulation identifies variables that are likely true positives.•Triangulation increases confidence in which managements to recommend in…”
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Hedgehog signaling is required for primary motoneuron induction in zebrafish by Lewis, K E, Eisen, J S

“…Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is crucial for motoneuron development in chick and mouse. However, zebrafish embryos homozygous for a deletion of the shh locus have…”
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Influence of smoking abstinence and nicotine replacement therapy on heart rate and QT time-series by Lewis, M. J., Balaji, G., Dixon, H., Syed, Y., Lewis, K. E.

“…Summary Many smokers attempt to quit without using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or pharmacotherapy, i.e. ‘cold‐turkey’. The cardiac implications of this…”
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Control of Muscle Cell-Type Specification in the Zebrafish Embryo by Hedgehog Signalling by Lewis, K.E, Currie, P.D, Roy, S, Schauerte, H, Haffter, P, Ingham, P.W

“…The specification of different muscle cell types in the zebrafish embryo requires signals that emanate from the axial mesoderm. In previous studies we and…”
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Multi-system Infection with Nocardia farcinica—Therapy with Linezolid and Minocycline by Lewis, K.E., Ebden, P., Wooster, S.L., Rees, J., Harrison, G.A.J.

“…We describe a case of disseminated infection with a multiple-resistant strain of Nocardia farcinica, probably resulting from direct inoculation during a road…”
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Characterisation of a second patched gene in the zebrafish Danio rerio and the differential response of patched genes to Hedgehog signalling by Lewis, K E, Concordet, J P, Ingham, P W

“…Hedgehog signalling has been implicated in a variety of processes in vertebrate development, and in each case, the activity of Hh proteins is thought to be…”
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Interleukin (IL) 31 induces in cynomolgus monkeys a rapid and intense itch response that can be inhibited by an IL‐31 neutralizing antibody by Lewis, K.E., Holdren, M.S., Maurer, M.F., Underwood, S., Meengs, B., Julien, S.H., Byrnes‐Blake, K.A., Freeman, J.A., Bukowski, T.R., Wolf, A.C., Hamacher, N.B., Rixon, M.W., Dillon, S.R.

“…Background Overexpression or administration of interleukin 31 (IL‐31) has been shown to induce a profound itch response in mice and dogs. The chronic pruritus…”
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Potential role of biologgers to automate detection of lame ewes and lambs by Lewis, KE, Price, E., Croft, DP, Green, LE, Ozella, L., Cattuto, C., Langford, J.

“…Lameness is an important health, welfare and economic problem in sheep flocks and early treatment is key to controlling lameness. Biologging technology…”
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Impairment magnification during dynamic trunk motions by MARRAS, W. S, LEWIS, K. E. K, FERGUSON, S. A, PARNIANPOUR, M

“…An examination of a group of patients with low back disorder and a group of healthy (asymptomatic) individuals asked to produce trunk motions under sincere and…”
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The effect of vowels on nasalance scores by LEWIS, Kerry E, WATTERSON, Thomas, QUINT, Teresa

“…Nasalance scores were compared for nine different speech stimuli with vowel content controlled. The nine speech stimuli included four vowels spoken in…”
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