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Evaluating and establishing national norms for mental wellbeing using the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS): findings from the Health Survey for England by Fat, Linda Ng, Scholes, Shaun, Boniface, Sadie, Mindell, Jennifer, Stewart-Brown, Sarah

“…Purpose The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), 14 positively worded statements, is a validated instrument to measure mental wellbeing on a…”
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The association between alcohol consumption and sleep disorders among older people in the general population by Britton, Annie, Fat, Linda Ng, Neligan, Aidan

“…The relationship between alcohol consumption and sleep disturbance is complex. The association of alcohol dependence with insomnia is likely to be…”
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A life‐time of hazardous drinking and harm to health among older adults: findings from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study by Ng Fat, Linda, Bell, Steven, Britton, Annie

“…Aims To investigate associations of life‐time hazardous and binge drinking with biomarkers of cardiometabolic health, liver function, cardiovascular disease…”
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Investigating the growing trend of non-drinking among young people; analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys in England 2005-2015 by Ng Fat, Linda, Shelton, Nicola, Cable, Noriko

“…Non-drinking among young people has increased over the past decade in England, yet the underlying factor driving this change is unknown. Traditionally…”
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An Inverse Reinforcement Learning Approach for Customizing Automated Lane Change Systems by Liu, Jundi, Boyle, Linda Ng, Banerjee, Ashis G.

“…Vehicle automation seeks to enhance road safety and improve the driving experience. However, a standard system does not account for variations in users and…”
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Sparse group regularization for semi‐continuous transportation data by Feng, Tianshu, Boyle, Linda Ng

“…Motor vehicle crashes are a global public health concern. Most analysis have used zero‐inflated count models for examining crash counts. However, few methods…”
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Comparison of the Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Assessment Questionnaire and the Short-Form International Physical Activity Questionnaire: An Analysis of Health Survey for England Data by Scholes, Shaun, Bridges, Sally, Ng Fat, Linda, Mindell, Jennifer S

“…The Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Assessment Questionnaire (PASBAQ), used within the Health Survey for England (HSE) at 5-yearly intervals, is not…”
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Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia by Shi, Zongdao, Xie, Huixu, Wang, Ping, Zhang, Qi, Wu, Yan, Chen, E, Ng, Linda, Worthington, Helen V, Needleman, Ian, Furness, Susan

“…Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia developing in persons who have received mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. VAP is a…”
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Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to assess automation by Ghazizadeh, Mahtab, Lee, John D., Boyle, Linda Ng

“…Often joint human–automation performance depends on the factors influencing the operator’s tendency to rely on and comply with automation. Although cognitive…”
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Social inequalities in prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and impaired glucose regulation in participants in the Health Surveys for England series by Moody, Alison, Cowley, Giovanna, Ng Fat, Linda, Mindell, Jennifer S

“…ObjectivesTo ascertain the extent of socioeconomic and health condition inequalities in people with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and impaired glucose…”
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Predicting Driver's Transition Time to a Secondary Task Given an in-Vehicle Alert by Hwang, Steven, Banerjee, Ashis G., Boyle, Linda Ng

“…The goal of this study is to provide a framework, using hidden semi-Markov models, for modeling a driver's response time after an alert is provided in manual…”
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Ethnic differences in multimorbidity after accounting for social-economic factors, findings from The Health Survey for England by Ng Fat, Linda, Patil, Priyanka, Mindell, Jennifer S, Manikam, Logan, Scholes, Shaun

“…Abstract Background Social-economic factors and health behaviours may be driving variation in ethnic health inequalities in multimorbidity including among…”
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The Impact of Environmental Features on Drivers' Situation Awareness Using Real-World Driving Scenarios by Xing, Yilun, Park, Sami, Akash, Kumar, Misu, Teruhisa, Boyle, Linda Ng

“…Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) need to account for the driver's awareness of the environment to be effectively used. This study examines the impact…”
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Progranulin mediates immune evasion of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma through regulation of MHCI expression by Cheung, Phyllis F., Yang, JiaJin, Fang, Rui, Borgers, Arianna, Krengel, Kirsten, Stoffel, Anne, Althoff, Kristina, Yip, Chi Wai, Siu, Elaine H. L., Ng, Linda W. C., Lang, Karl S., Cham, Lamin B., Engel, Daniel R., Soun, Camille, Cima, Igor, Scheffler, Björn, Striefler, Jana K., Sinn, Marianne, Bahra, Marcus, Pelzer, Uwe, Oettle, Helmut, Markus, Peter, Smeets, Esther M. M., Aarntzen, Erik H. J. G., Savvatakis, Konstantinos, Liffers, Sven-Thorsten, Lueong, Smiths S., Neander, Christian, Bazarna, Anna, Zhang, Xin, Paschen, Annette, Crawford, Howard C., Chan, Anthony W. H., Cheung, Siu Tim, Siveke, Jens T.

“…Immune evasion is indispensable for cancer initiation and progression, although its underlying mechanisms in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are not…”
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Does the use of prediction equations to correct self-reported height and weight improve obesity prevalence estimates? A pooled cross-sectional analysis of Health Survey for England data by Scholes, Shaun, Ng Fat, Linda, Moody, Alison, Mindell, Jennifer S

“…Adults typically overestimate height and underestimate weight compared with directly measured values, and such misreporting varies by sociodemographic and…”
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Associations between social media usage and alcohol use among youths and young adults: findings from Understanding Society by Ng Fat, Linda, Cable, Noriko, Kelly, Yvonne

“…Background and Aims Given the decline in alcohol consumption and rise in technological use among young people, there is a need to investigate whether…”
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Exploring the characteristics of newly defined at-risk drinkers following the change to the UK low risk drinking guidelines: a retrospective analysis using Health Survey for England data by Case, Philippa, Ng Fat, Linda, Shelton, Nicola

“…Alcohol guidelines enable individuals to make informed choices about drinking and assist healthcare practitioners to identify and treat at-risk drinkers. The…”
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Cognitive Impairment and Driving Skills in Youth After Concussion by Rivara, Frederick P, Ebel, Beth E, Binjolkar, Mayuree, Wang, Jin, Hanron, Amelia, Kroshus, Emily, Boyle, Linda Ng, Patrick, Kristina E

“…Concussions can impact cognitive processes necessary for driving. Young adults, a group who are more likely to engage in risky behaviors, have limited driving…”
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Persistent long-standing illness and non-drinking over time, implications for the use of lifetime abstainers as a control group by Ng Fat, Linda, Cable, Noriko, Marmot, MG, Shelton, Nicola

“…Background Non-drinkers are shown to have worse health than moderate drinkers in later life. We examine the preceding health status of non-drinkers in early…”
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The silent epidemic of obesity in The Gambia: evidence from a nationwide, population-based, cross-sectional health examination survey by Cham, Bai, Scholes, Shaun, Ng Fat, Linda, Badjie, Omar, Groce, Nora Ellen, Mindell, Jennifer S

“…Non-communicable diseases account for 70% of global deaths; 80% occur in low-income and middle-income countries. The rapid increase of obesity in sub-Saharan…”
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