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Impact of age and sex on primary preventive treatment for cardiovascular disease in the West Midlands, UK: cross sectional study by Sheppard, J P, Singh, S, Fletcher, K, McManus, R J, Mant, J

“…Objectives To establish the impact of age and sex on primary preventive treatment for cardiovascular disease in a typical primary care population.Design Cross…”
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Site-specific pre-evaluation of bioremediation technologies for chloroethene degradation by Patil, S. S., Adetutu, E. M., Sheppard, P. J., Morrison, P., Menz, I. R., Ball, A. S.

“…Groundwater systems are important sources of water for drinking and irrigation purposes. Unfortunately, human activities have led to widespread groundwater…”
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Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension-Related Multi-morbidity: Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis by Sheppard, J P, Tucker, K L, Davison, W J, Stevens, R, Aekplakorn, W, Bosworth, H B, Bove, A, Earle, K, Godwin, M, Green, B B, Hebert, P, Heneghan, C, Hill, N, Hobbs, F D R, Kantola, I, Kerry, S M, Leiva, A, Magid, D J, Mant, J, Margolis, K L, McKinstry, B, McLaughlin, M A, McNamara, K, Omboni, S, Ogedegbe, O, Parati, G, Varis, J, Verberk, W J, Wakefield, B J, McManus, R J

“…Abstract BACKGROUND Studies have shown that self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) is effective when combined with co-interventions, but its efficacy varies in…”
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Validation of the Kinetik Blood Pressure Monitor—Series 1 for use in adults at home and in clinical settings, according to the 2002 European Society of Hypertension International Protocol on the validation of blood pressure devices by Schwartz, C. L., Edwards, K., Gamble, W., Kirkham, A., Lacy, P., Lewis, P., McDonagh, S. T. J., Peers, C., Sheppard, J. P., Swales, P., Howarth, J., Williams, B.

“…The aim of this study was to assess the blood pressure (BP) measurement accuracy of the Kinetik Blood Pressure Monitor—Series 1 (BPM-1) for use in home or…”
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Dynamic weighting of multisensory stimuli shapes decision-making in rats and humans by Sheppard, John P, Raposo, David, Churchland, Anne K

“…Stimuli that animals encounter in the natural world are frequently time-varying and activate multiple sensory systems together. Such stimuli pose a major…”
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Prevalence and predictors of hospital prealerting in acute stroke: a mixed methods study by Sheppard, J P, Lindenmeyer, A, Mellor, R M, Greenfield, S, Mant, J, Quinn, T, Rosser, A, Sandler, D, Sims, D, Ward, M, McManus, R J

“…Thrombolysis can significantly reduce the burden of stroke but the time window for safe and effective treatment is short. In patients travelling to hospital…”
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Soil Temperature and Obsidian Hydration Dating: A Clarification of Variables Affecting Accuracy by Jones, M., Sheppard, P.J., Sutton, D.G.

“…The results of a year-long soil temperature monitoring programme are presented. They increase understanding of the magnitude, spatial scale and predictability…”
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Advances in the Hydration Dating of New Zealand Obsidian by Stevenson, Christopher, Sheppard, Peter, Sutton, Douglas, Ambrose, Wallace

“…Newly developed methods and calibrations for determining the age of flaked obsidian surfaces have been described and applied to New Zealand archaeological…”
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Hydrological and pedological effects of combining Italian alder and blackberries in an agroforestry windbreak system in South Africa by Hoffmeister, Svenja, Bohn Reckziegel, Rafael, du Toit, Ben, Hassler, Sibylle K, Kestel, Florian, Maier, Rebekka, Sheppard, Jonathan P, Zehe, Erwin

“…The Western Cape in South Africa is a water-scarce region which will likely receive less rainfall and higher air temperatures under projected climate change…”
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Multivariate characterisation of a blackberry–alder agroforestry system in South Africa: hydrological, pedological, dendrological and meteorological measurements by Hassler, Sibylle Kathrin, Bohn Reckziegel, Rafael, du Toit, Ben, Hoffmeister, Svenja, Kestel, Florian, Kunneke, Anton, Maier, Rebekka, Sheppard, Jonathan Paul

“…Trees established in linear formations can be utilised as windbreak structures on farms as a form of agroforestry system. We present an extensive data package…”
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Thermoluminescent Determination of Paleoindian Heat Treatment in Ontario, Canada by Pavlish, L. A., Sheppard, P. J.

“…The possibility that prehistoric peoples employed heat treatment of chert and flint as an integral part of their lithic tool production technology is a matter…”
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Impact of age and sex on primary preventive treatment for cardiovascular disease in the West Midlands, UK: cross sectional study by Sheppard, J P, Singh, S, Fletcher, K, McManus, R J, Mant, J

“…Sheppard et al examine the impact of age and sex on prescription of antihypertensive drugs and statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in…”
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Exploiting the intrinsic hydrocarbon-degrading microbial capacities in oil tank bottom sludge and waste soil for sludge bioremediation by Adetutu, E.M, Bird, C, Kadali, K.K, Bueti, A, Shahsavari, E, Taha, M, Patil, S, Sheppard, P.J, Makadia, T, Simons, K.L, Ball, A.S

“…In this study, biological methods (biostimulation and bioaugmentation) were used to treat oil tank bottom sludge contaminated soils to total petroleum…”
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Site-specific pre-evaluation of bioremediation technologies for chloroethene degradation by Patil, S.S, Adetutu, E.M, Sheppard, PJ, Morrison, P, Menz, I.R, Ball, A.S

“…Groundwater systems are important sources of water for drinking and irrigation purposes. Unfortunately, human activities have led to widespread groundwater…”
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GIS-Based Image Enhancement of Conductivity and Magnetic Susceptibility Data from Ureturituri Pa and Fort Resolution, New Zealand by Ladefoged, Thegn N., McLachlan, Sheena M., Ross, Sarah C. L., Sheppard, Peter J., Sutton, Douglas G.

“…Two geographic information system (GIS) techniques for displaying, analyzing, and interpreting geophysical data were recently applied at two archaeological…”
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Windows for the homebound by SHEPPARD, P J

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Riding the Wrong Wave Organizational Failure as a Failed Turnaround by Sheppard, Jerry Paul, Chowdhury, Shamsud D

“…This article proposes that a failing organization goes through a sequence of four stages before finally landing in the morass of death. A four-stage model is…”
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Aging Effects on Cortical Network Connectivity during Speech Perception in Noise: A Graph Theoretical Analysis by Sheppard, JP, Wang, JP, Wong, PCM

“…Specifically, we examined network parameters including degree (number of links possessed by a single node), clustering coefficient (fraction of actual versus…”
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Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Hastings, Charles, Sheppard, J. P.

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The archaeology of head-hunting in Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia: Special Issue: Essays on Head-Hunting in the Western Solomon Islands by SHEPPARD, P. J, WALTER, R, NAGAOKA, T

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