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Evaluating doctoral programmes in Africa: Context and practices

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate AND Program Evaluation

Backhouse J, Cross M.
GSID: fXbmMdhjSX4J
M Cross, J Backhouse - Higher Education Policy, 2014 - Springer

Abstract Models of doctoral education in Africa remained similar to those in European universities, well into the 2000s. However, there has been an increasing realisation that such programmes are ill-suited for the African realities. With recent efforts to revitalise...

Prevalence and microbiological characteristics of clinically infected foot-ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective exploratory study.

Journal of foot and ankle research

Fitzgerald P, Siddle HJ, Backhouse MR, Nelson EA.
PMID: 26279683
J Foot Ankle Res. 2015 Aug 16;8:38. doi: 10.1186/s13047-015-0099-0. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of foot ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported at almost 10 %. These foot ulcers often occur at multiple sites and are reoccurring, with the potential risk of infection increased due to...

Search for active neutrino disappearance using neutral-current interactions in the MINOS long-baseline experiment.

Physical review letters

Adamson P, Andreopoulos C, Arms KE, Armstrong R, Auty DJ, Ayres DS, Backhouse C, Baller B, Barr G, Barrett WL, Becker BR, Belias A, Bernstein RH, Bhattacharya D, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Boehm J, Boehnlein DJ, Bogert D, Bower C, Buckley-Geer E, Cavanaugh S, Chapman JD, Cherdack D, Childress S, Choudhary BC, Cobb JH, Coleman SJ, Culling AJ, de Jong JK, Dierckxsens M, Diwan MV, Dorman M, Dytman SA, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Harris EF, Feldman GJ, Frohne MV, Gallagher HR, Godley A, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Gran R, Grashorn EW, Grossman N, Grzelak K, Habig A, Harris D, Harris PG, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Heller K, Himmel A, Holin A, Hsu L, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Ishitsuka M, Jaffe DE, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Kim JJ, Kim MS, Koizumi G, Kopp S, Kordosky M, Koskinen DJ, Kotelnikov SK, Kreymer A, Kumaratunga S, Lang K, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Litchfield RP, Loiacono L, Lucas P, Ma J, Mann WA, Marchionni A, Marshak ML, Marshall JS, Mayer N, McGowan AM, Meier JR, Messier MD, Metelko CJ, Michael DG, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Moore CD, Morfín J, Mualem L, Mufson S, Murgia S, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nicholls TC, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Oliver WP, Ospanov R, Paley J, Paolone V, Para A, Patzak T, Pavlović Z, Pawloski G, Pearce GF, Peck CW, Petyt DA, Pittam R, Plunkett RK, Rahaman A, Rameika RA, Raufer TM, Rebel B, Reichenbacher J, Rodrigues PA, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Ryabov VA, Sanchez MC, Saoulidou N, Schneps J, Schreiner P, Shanahan P, Smart W, Smith C, Sousa A, Speakman B, Stamoulis P, Strait M, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Tavera MA, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Thron JL, Tinti G, Trostin I, Tsarev VA, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Ward DR, Watabe M, Weber A, Webb RC, Wehmann A, West N, White C, Wojcicki SG, Wright DM, Yang T, Zhang K, Zwaska R.
PMID: 19113477
Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Nov 28;101(22):221804. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.221804. Epub 2008 Nov 26.

We report the first detailed comparisons of the rates and spectra of neutral-current neutrino interactions at two widely separated locations. A depletion in the rate at the far site would indicate mixing between nu(mu) and a sterile particle. No...

Cost-utility analysis of infliximab and adalimumab for refractory ulcerative colitis.

Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E

Xie F, Blackhouse G, Assasi N, Gaebel K, Robertson D, Goeree R.
PMID: 20003364
Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2009 Dec 11;7:20. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-7-20.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate cost-utility of infliximab and adalimumab for the treatment of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC) refractory to conventional therapies in Canada.METHODS: A Markov model was constructed to evaluate incremental cost-utility ratios (ICUR) of 5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg...

Towards robust cellular image classification: theoretical foundations for wide-angle 
scattering pattern analysis.

Biomedical optics express

Pilarski PM, Backhouse CJ.
PMID: 21258544
Biomed Opt Express. 2010 Oct 26;1(4):1225-1233. doi: 10.1364/BOE.1.001225.

Clinical analysis of light scattering from cellular organelle distributions can help identify disease and predict a patient's response to treatment. This work presents a theoretical basis for the identification of important intracellular distributions from scattering patterns even in the...

First direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance.

Physical review letters

Adamson P, Andreopoulos C, Auty DJ, Ayres DS, Backhouse C, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Boehnlein DJ, Bogert D, Cavanaugh S, Cherdack D, Childress S, Choudhary BC, Coelho JA, Coleman SJ, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, Danko IZ, de Jong JK, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Dorman M, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Frohne MV, Gallagher HR, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grant N, Grzelak K, Habig A, Harris D, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Himmel A, Holin A, Howcroft C, Huang X, Hylen J, Ilic J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, Jaffe DE, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Koizumi G, Kopp S, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Lefeuvre G, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Loiacono L, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mayer N, McGowan AM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Mitchell J, Moore CD, Morfín J, Mualem L, Mufson S, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nicholls TC, Nowak JA, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Oliver WP, Orchanian M, Ospanov R, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Pearce GF, Petyt DA, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Qiu X, Ratchford J, Raufer TM, Rebel B, Rodrigues PA, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreiner P, Shanahan P, Sousa A, Stamoulis P, Strait M, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Tetteh-Lartey E, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tinti G, Toner R, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead L, Wojcicki SG, Yang T, Zwaska R.
PMID: 21797594
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Jul 08;107(2):021801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.021801. Epub 2011 Jul 05.

This Letter reports the first direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance. The MINOS experiment has taken data with an accelerator beam optimized for ν(μ) production, accumulating an exposure of 1.71 × 10²⁰ protons on target. In the Far Detector,...

Rapid self-assembly of DNA on a microfluidic chip.

Journal of nanobiotechnology

Zheng Y, Footz T, Manage DP, Backhouse CJ.
PMID: 15717935
J Nanobiotechnology. 2005 Feb 18;3(1):2. doi: 10.1186/1477-3155-3-2.

BACKGROUND: DNA self-assembly methods have played a major role in enabling methods for acquiring genetic information without having to resort to sequencing, a relatively slow and costly procedure. However, even self-assembly processes tend to be very slow when they...

Improved search for Muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS.

Physical review letters

Adamson P, Auty DJ, Ayres DS, Backhouse C, Barr G, Betancourt M, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Boehnlein DJ, Bogert D, Cao SV, Cavanaugh S, Cherdack D, Childress S, Coelho JA, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, Danko IZ, de Jong JK, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Dorman M, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Frohne MV, Gallagher HR, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Himmel A, Holin A, Huang X, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, Jaffe DE, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Koizumi G, Kopp S, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Lefeuvre G, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Loiacono L, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mathis M, Mayer N, McGowan AM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Michael DG, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Mitchell J, Moore CD, Mualem L, Mufson S, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nowak JA, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Oliver WP, Orchanian M, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Pearce GF, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Qiu X, Ratchford J, Rebel B, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Shanahan P, Sharma R, Sousa A, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Toner R, Torretta D, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Walding JJ, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead L, Wojcicki SG, Yang T, Zwaska R.
PMID: 22107623
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Oct 28;107(18):181802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.181802. Epub 2011 Oct 27.

We report the results of a search for ν(e) appearance in a ν(μ) beam in the MINOS long-baseline neutrino experiment. With an improved analysis and an increased exposure of 8.2 × 10(20) protons on the NuMI target at Fermilab,...

Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal

Gaebel K, Blackhouse G, Campbell K, Robertson D, Xie F, Assasi N, Chalk C, Levine M, Goeree R.
PMID: 21687335
Open Med. 2010;4(3):e154-66. Epub 2010 Aug 24.

BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder that targets the myelin sheaths of the peripheral nervous system. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a blood product containing immunoglobulin G pooled from many human donors. In fall...

Constraints on Oscillation Parameters from ν_{e} Appearance and ν_{μ} Disappearance in NOvA.

Physical review letters

Adamson P, Aliaga L, Ambrose D, Anfimov N, Antoshkin A, Arrieta-Diaz E, Augsten K, Aurisano A, Backhouse C, Baird M, Bambah BA, Bays K, Behera B, Bending S, Bernstein R, Bhatnagar V, Bhuyan B, Bian J, Blackburn T, Bolshakova A, Bromberg C, Brown J, Brunetti G, Buchanan N, Butkevich A, Bychkov V, Campbell M, Catano-Mur E, Childress S, Choudhary BC, Chowdhury B, Coan TE, Coelho JAB, Colo M, Cooper J, Corwin L, Cremonesi L, Cronin-Hennessy D, Davies GS, Davies JP, Derwent PF, Dharmapalan R, Ding P, Djurcic Z, Dukes EC, Duyang H, Edayath S, Ehrlich R, Feldman GJ, Frank MJ, Gabrielyan M, Gallagher HR, Germani S, Ghosh T, Giri A, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Grichine V, Group R, Grover D, Guo B, Habig A, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Hatzikoutelis A, Heller K, Himmel A, Holin A, Hylen J, Jediny F, Judah M, Kafka GK, Kalra D, Kasahara SMS, Kasetti S, Keloth R, Kolupaeva L, Kotelnikov S, Kourbanis I, Kreymer A, Kumar A, Kurbanov S, Lang K, Lee WM, Lin S, Liu J, Lokajicek M, Lozier J, Luchuk S, Maan K, Magill S, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Matera K, Matveev V, Méndez DP, Messier MD, Meyer H, Miao T, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Mohanta R, Moren A, Mualem L, Muether M, Mufson S, Murphy R, Musser J, Nelson JK, Nichol R, Niner E, Norman A, Nosek T, Oksuzian Y, Olshevskiy A, Olson T, Paley J, Pandey P, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Pershey D, Petrova O, Petti R, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Poling R, Potukuchi B, Principato C, Psihas F, Radovic A, Rameika RA, Rebel B, Reed B, Rocco D, Rojas P, Ryabov V, Sachdev K, Sail P, Samoylov O, Sanchez MC, Schroeter R, Sepulveda-Quiroz J, Shanahan P, Sheshukov A, Singh J, Singh J, Singh P, Singh V, Smolik J, Solomey N, Song E, Sousa A, Soustruznik K, Strait M, Suter L, Talaga RL, Tamsett MC, Tas P, Thayyullathil RB, Thomas J, Tian X, Tognini SC, Tripathi J, Tsaris A, Urheim J, Vahle P, Vasel J, Vinton L, Vold A, Vrba T, Wang B, Wetstein M, Whittington D, Wojcicki SG, Wolcott J, Yadav N, Yang S, Zalesak J, Zamorano B, Zwaska R.
PMID: 28644674
Phys Rev Lett. 2017 Jun 09;118(23):231801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.231801. Epub 2017 Jun 05.

Results are reported from an improved measurement of ν_{μ}→ν_{e} transitions by the NOvA experiment. Using an exposure equivalent to 6.05×10^{20} protons on target, 33 ν_{e} candidates are observed with a background of 8.2±0.8 (syst.). Combined with the latest NOvA...

Patients reported outcomes in thoracic surgery.

Journal of thoracic disease

Pompili C, Absolom K, Velikova G, Backhus L.
PMID: 29607138
J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb;10(2):703-706. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.140.

No abstract available.

The premarket assessment of the cost-effectiveness of a predictive technology "Straticyte™" for the early detection of oral cancer: a decision analytic model.

Health economics review

Khoudigian-Sinani S, Blackhouse G, Levine M, Thabane L, O'Reilly D.
PMID: 28971373
Health Econ Rev. 2017 Oct 02;7(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13561-017-0170-6.

INTRODUCTION: Approximately half of oral cancers are detected in advanced stages. The current gold standard is histopathological assessment of biopsied tissue, which is subjective and dependent on expertise. Straticyte™, a novel prognostic tool at the pre-market stage, that more...

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