Wilkinson, P., French, R., Kane, R., Lachowycz, K., Stephenson, J., Grundy, C., ...
Summary: Background: The aim of this study was to quantify the change in the number of conceptions and abortions among women younger than 18 years in England in relation to the government's national...
Process evaluation in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions (2006)
Oakley, A., Strange, V., Bonell, C., Allen, E., Stephenson, J.
Most randomised controlled trials focus on outcomes, not on the processes involved in implementing an intervention. Using an example from school based health promotion, this paper argues that...
Griffiths, C., Miles, K., Penny, N., George, B., Stephenson, J., Power, R., ...
In-house audit demonstrated that 49% (173/352) of patients attending routine HIV outpatient care are asymptomatic and have needs that could potentially be met by other health care professionals. We...
Major eruption-induced changes to the McDonald Islands, southern Indian Ocean (2005)
Stephenson, J., Budd, G. M., Manning, J.
The McDonald Islands (53 degrees S, 73 degrees E) originally comprised three small islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau, 44 km west of Heard Island. No volcanic activity was observed since their...
Major eruption-induced changes to the McDonald Islands, southern Indian Ocean (2005)
Stephenson, J., Budd, G. M., Manning, J.
The McDonald Islands (53 degrees S, 73 degrees E) originally comprised three small islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau, 44 km west of Heard Island. No volcanic activity was observed since their...
Bishop, J. F., Dewar, J., Toner, G. C., Smith, J., Tattersall, M. H. N., Olver, I. N., ...
Purpose: To determine the place of single-agent paclitaxel compared with nonanthracycline combination chemotherapy as front-line therapy in metastatic breast cancer. Patients and Methods: patients...
Why do we need randomised controlled trials to assess behavioural interventions? (1998)
Merits of randomised controlled trials in behavioural and psychosocial research do not differ fundamentally from those in clinical medicine. Interventions that target behaviour are often complex and...
Peripheral Production in X Pile, (1997)
It is proposed to fill the empty channels surrounding the active core of the X pile with thorium carbonate. Three rings of the carbonate would be put around the pile. The inner ring would be not less...
Fossil evidence for plant-arthropod interactions in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic (1991)
Chaloner, W. G., Scott, A. C., Stephenson, J.
Some of the earliest Devonian fossils of vascular plants show lesions that may be attributed to plant feeding activity by animals. This is the beginning of a more or less continuous fossil record of...
Fossil evidence for plant-arthropod interactions in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic (1991)
Chaloner, W. G., Scott, A. C., Stephenson, J.
Some of the earliest Devonian fossils of vascular plants show lesions that may be attributed to plant feeding activity by animals. This is the beginning of a more or less continuous fossil record of...
Fossil evidence for plant-arthropod interactions in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic (1991)
Chaloner, W. G., Scott, A. C., Stephenson, J.
Some of the earliest Devonian fossils of vascular plants show lesions that may be attributed to plant feeding activity by animals. This is the beginning of a more or less continuous fossil record of...
Dual-fuel operation of automotive diesel engines / (1988)
Callan, T. J., Stephenson, J. (John)
"August 1988."
HIV is HIV to me: the meanings of treatment, viral load and reinfection for gay men living with HIV
Davis, M., Hart, G., Imrie, J., Davidson, O., Williams, I., Stephenson, J.
This paper identifies some aspects of the risk management practices of HIV positive gay men in relation to HIV treatments and sexual practice. The paper uses qualitative methods to examine sexual...
Evaluation of a tanned red cell technique for thyroid microsomal antibodies
A haemagglutination test for thyroid microsomal (cytoplasmic) antibodies, using formolized tanned sheep red cells, is described and evaluated. The technique is essentially similar to the...
Acute haemolytic anaemia associated with polyagglutinability of red cells
A 7-week-old albino infant developed acute haemolytic anaemia following an operation for strangulated inguinal hernia. This was considered to be due to polyagglutinability of the red cells, the...
Howes, G P, Stephenson, J, Humphreys, S
AIMS/BACKGROUND: Fine needle aspirates (FNAs) of breast lesions are now a routine investigation and prognostic information at this stage would be useful for accurate management, p53 gene status can...
Modulation of mannose receptor activity by proteolysis.
Shepherd, V L, Abdolrasulnia, R, Stephenson, J, Crenshaw, C
Macrophages express a receptor on the cell surface that functions to clear glycoproteins from the extracellular milieu. The activity of this receptor is sensitive to treatment with trypsin. In...
Natural history of autoimmune thyroiditis.
Tunbridge, W M, Brewis, M, French, J M, Appleton, D, Bird, T, Clark, F, ...
One hundred and sixty-three asymptomatic people with thyroid antibodies or raised serum thyrotrophin (TSH) concentrations, or both, and 209 age-matched and sex-matched controls without either marker...
Evaluation of a tanned red cell technique for thyroid microsomal antibodies
A haemagglutination test for thyroid microsomal (cytoplasmic) antibodies, using formolized tanned sheep red cells, is described and evaluated. The technique is essentially similar to the...
Acute haemolytic anaemia associated with polyagglutinability of red cells
A 7-week-old albino infant developed acute haemolytic anaemia following an operation for strangulated inguinal hernia. This was considered to be due to polyagglutinability of the red cells, the...
Howes, G P, Stephenson, J, Humphreys, S
AIMS/BACKGROUND: Fine needle aspirates (FNAs) of breast lesions are now a routine investigation and prognostic information at this stage would be useful for accurate management, p53 gene status can...
Modulation of mannose receptor activity by proteolysis.
Shepherd, V L, Abdolrasulnia, R, Stephenson, J, Crenshaw, C
Macrophages express a receptor on the cell surface that functions to clear glycoproteins from the extracellular milieu. The activity of this receptor is sensitive to treatment with trypsin. In...
Natural history of autoimmune thyroiditis.
Tunbridge, W M, Brewis, M, French, J M, Appleton, D, Bird, T, Clark, F, ...
One hundred and sixty-three asymptomatic people with thyroid antibodies or raised serum thyrotrophin (TSH) concentrations, or both, and 209 age-matched and sex-matched controls without either marker...
Liston, A, Dawson, C, Stapleton, J, Stephenson, J
At the inception of a general practice well child clinic, a checklist card was introduced into the clinic notes to summarize specific and relative contraindications to immunizations. This card was...
HIV is HIV to me: the meanings of treatment, viral load and reinfection for gay men living with HIV
Davis, M., Hart, G., Imrie, J., Davidson, O., Williams, I., Stephenson, J.
This paper identifies some aspects of the risk management practices of HIV positive gay men in relation to HIV treatments and sexual practice. The paper uses qualitative methods to examine sexual...
Platelet associated immunoglobulins in primary biliary cirrhosis: a cause of thrombocytopenia?
Bassendine, M F, Collins, J D, Stephenson, J, Saunders, P, James, O F
Thrombocytopenia in cirrhotic patients is usually attributed to splenic pooling whereas in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura it is related to platelet bound immunoglobulin (PA-IgG). Since primary...
Cardiac pacing for severe childhood neurally mediated syncope with reflex anoxic seizures
McLeod, K, Wilson, N, Hewitt, J, Norrie, J, Stephenson, J
OBJECTIVE—To determine whether permanent cardiac pacing could prevent syncope and seizures in children with frequent severe neurally mediated syncope, and if so whether dual chamber pacing was...
A novel pattern of oculocerebral malformation
Clark, B., Lee, W., Doyle, D., Arngrimsson, R., Tolmie, J., Stephenson, J.
AIMS/BACKGROUND—To report a novel pattern of oculocerebral malformation related to the group of diseases characterised by cobblestone lissencephaly. METHODS—By means of a case report with...
Grun, L., Tassano-Smith, J., Carder, C., Johnson, A. M., Robinson, A., Murray, E., ...
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic women attending general practice: to assess the potential of the ligase chain reaction as a screening tool; and to...
Mercey, D, Griffioen, A, Woronowski, H, Stephenson, J
OBJECTIVE: To determine the uptake of medical interventions amongst women known to be HIV positive and in contact with service providers. SUBJECTS: 400 HIV positive women from 15 STD/HIV clinics in...
Stephenson, J, Imrie, J, Davis, M, Mercer, C, Black, S, Copas, A, ...
Background/objective: There is concern that use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may be linked to increased sexual risk behaviour among homosexual men. We investigated sexual risk...
Home screening for chlamydial genital infection: is it acceptable to young men and women?
Stephenson, J., Carder, C., Copas, A., Robinson, A., Ridgway, G., Haines, A.
Objectives: To determine the acceptability, to young men and women, of home screening for chlamydial infection.
Hyperammonaemic encephalopathy after a subureteric injection for vesicoureteric reflux
Zuberi, S, Stephenson, J, Azmy, A, Robinson, P, McWilliam, R
A 6 year old boy developed hyperammonaemic encephalopathy following a subureteric injection for treatment of vesicoureteric reflux. The hyperammonaemia may be explained by a postoperative urinary...
Gratification disorder ("infantile masturbation"): a review
Nechay, A, Ross, L, Stephenson, J, O'Regan, M
Background: Little has been published on gratification disorder ("infantile masturbation") in early childhood.
Bonell, C, Strange, V, Stephenson, J, Oakley, A, Copas, A, Forrest, S, ...
Study objective: The UK government argues that “social exclusion” increases risk of teenage pregnancy and that educational factors may be dimensions of such exclusion. The evidence cited by the...
Bonell, C, Allen, E, Strange, V, Copas, A, Oakley, A, Stephenson, J, ...
Study objective: To examine whether attitude to school is associated with subsequent risk of teenage pregnancy. To test two hypotheses that attitude to school is linked to pregnancy via pathways...
The collected editorials by Martin CO Bax from Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1961–2003
Practolol-induced autoantibodies and their relation to oculo-cutaneous complications.
Jachuck, S. J., Stephenson, J., Bird, T., Jackson, F. S., Clark, F.
Tissue auto-antibodies were investigated in fifty-one patients (twenty-five female, twenty-six male) receiving practolol for ischaemic heart disease or dysrhythmias and compared with those found in...