Renshaw, Ryan C. and Robinson, John P. and Dimitrakis, Georgios and Bows, John R. and Kingman, Samuel W. (2016) Characterisation of potato crisp

Assessing Practitioners’ and Patients’ Needs Regarding Shared Decision-Making and Decision Aids

       Background: As part of the process of developing a decision aid for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) according to the Ottawa Decision Support Framework, we were interested in the level of ‘decisional conflict’ of hand surgeons and patients with CTS. This study addresses the null hypothesis that there is no difference between surgeon and patient decisional conflict with respect to test and tr...

Zarankiewicz Numbers and Bipartite Ramsey Numbers

The Zarankiewicz number z(b; s) is the maximum size of a subgraph of Kb,b which does not contain Ks,s as a subgraph. The two-color bipartite Ramsey number b(s, t) is the smallest integer b such that any coloring of the edges of Kb,b with two colors contains a Ks,s in the rst color or a Kt,t in the second color.In this work, we design and exploit a computational method for bounding and computing...

Evaluation of Acrylamide Contents of Potato Crisps Sold in Iranian Markets

: Fried products derived from potato, particularly potato crisp have been widely included in food basket of the households in the recent years in Iran. Potato crisp, among other products, is of great importance and is considered as competitive products. This product is in the list of the food products with high acrylamide content. Therefore, due to the nutritional importance of this product and...

"Malignant pleural effusion: from bench to bedside." Ioannis Psallidas, Ioannis Kalomenidis, Jose M. Porcel, Bruce W. Robinson and Georgios T. Stathopoulos. Eur Respir Rev 2016; 25: 189-198.

Interventional Cardiology The Relationship Between Operator Volume and Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in High Volume Hospitals in 1994–1996 The Northern New England Experience

David J. Malenka, MD, FACC,*† Paul D. McGrath, MD, MSC, FACC,‡ David E. Wennberg, MD, MPH,†‡ Thomas J. Ryan, JR., MD, FACC,‡ Mirle A. Kellett, Jr, MD, FACC,‡ Samuel J. Shubrooks, JR., MD, FACC,\ William A. Bradley, MD, FACC,§ Bruce D. Hettlemen, MD, FACC,* John F. Robb, MD, FACC,* Michael J. Hearne, MD, FACC,§ Theodore M. Silver, MD, FACC,¶ Matthew W. Watkins, MD, FACC,# John R. O’Meara, MD, FA...