Walking groups for women with breast cancer: mobilising therapeutic assemblages of walk, talk and place
Journal Article
Ireland, A. V., Finnegan-John, J., Hubbard, G., Scanlon, K., & Kyle, R. G. (2019)
Walking groups for women with breast cancer: mobilising therapeutic assemblages of walk, talk and place. Social Science and Medicine, 231, 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.016
Walking is widely accepted as a safe and effective method of promoting rehabilitation and a return to physical activity after a cancer diagnosis. Little research has consider...
Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21
Journal Article
Tenesa, A., Farrington, S. M., Prendergast, J. G. D., Porteous, M. E., Walker, M., Haq, N., …Dunlop, M. G. (2008)
Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21. Nature Genetics, 40, 631-637. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.133
In a genome-wide association study to identify loci associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, we genotyped 555,510 SNPs in 1,012 early-onset Scottish CRC cases and 1,012 c...
Supportive care needs of women with breast cancer in rural Scotland.
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Venning, C., Walker, A., Scanlon, K., & Kyle, R. G. (2014)
Supportive care needs of women with breast cancer in rural Scotland. Supportive Care in Cancer, 23(6), 1523-1532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2501-z
Purpose
The aim of this study was to identify the supportive care needs and unmet needs of women with breast cancer (BC) in rural Scotland.
Methods
In 2013, a survey of sup...
Evaluating holistic needs assessment in outpatient cancer care--a randomised controlled trial: the study protocol
Journal Article
Snowden, W., Young, J., White, C., Murray, E., Richard, C., Lussier, M., …Ross, E. (2015)
Evaluating holistic needs assessment in outpatient cancer care--a randomised controlled trial: the study protocol. BMJ Open, 5(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006840
Introduction People living with and beyond cancer are vulnerable to a number of physical, functional and psychological issues. Undertaking a holistic needs assessment (HNA) is...
Mutual information inspired feature selection using kernel canonical correlation analysis
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2019)
Mutual information inspired feature selection using kernel canonical correlation analysis. Expert Systems with Applications, 4, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswax.2019.100014
This paper proposes a filter-based feature selection method by combining the measurement of kernel canonical correlation analysis (KCCA) with the mutual information (MI)-based...
Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study.
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Macmillan, I., Canny, A., Forbat, L., Neal, R. D., O’Carroll, R. E., …Kyle, R. G. (2014)
Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 14, 1117. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117
Background: Initiatives to promote early diagnosis include raising public awareness of signs and symptoms of
cancer and addressing barriers to seeking medical help about cance...
Investigation of the feasability of renewables in meeting the Moroccan primary energy demand.
Thesis
Madomercandy, R. Investigation of the feasability of renewables in meeting the Moroccan primary energy demand. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4629
Energy is undoubtedly the driving force at the core of the development of any nation. There
is a direct relation between per capita income and energy consumption. The way this...
An Integrated approach to street canyon pollution modelling.
Conference Proceeding
Addison, P. S., Currie, J., Low, D. J., & McCann, J. M. (2000)
An Integrated approach to street canyon pollution modelling. In R. S. Sokhi, R. S. José, N. Moussiopoulos, & R. Berkowicz (Eds.), Urban Air Quality: Measurement, Modelling and Management, 333-342. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0932-4_36
An integrated method for the prediction of the spatial pollution distribution within a street canyon directly from a microscopic traffic simulation model is outlined. The traf...
A focus group study exploring gynecological cancer survivors’ experiences and perceptions of participating in a RCT testing the efficacy of a home-based physical activity intervention
Journal Article
Donnelly, C. M., Lowe-Strong, A., Rankin, J. P., Campbell, A., Blaney, J. M., & Gracey, J. H. (2013)
A focus group study exploring gynecological cancer survivors’ experiences and perceptions of participating in a RCT testing the efficacy of a home-based physical activity intervention. Supportive Care in Cancer, 21(6), 1697-1708. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-012-1716-0
This study aims to explore gynecological cancer survivors' perceptions and experiences following participation in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of a...
Patient, family members and community pharmacists' views of a proposed overdose prevention intervention delivered in community pharmacies for patients prescribed high‐strength opioids for chronic non‐cancer pain: An explorative intervention development study
Journal Article
Mercer, F., Parkes, T., Foster, R., Steven, D., McAuley, A., Baldacchino, A., …Matheson, C. (in press)
Patient, family members and community pharmacists' views of a proposed overdose prevention intervention delivered in community pharmacies for patients prescribed high‐strength opioids for chronic non‐cancer pain: An explorative intervention development study. Drug and Alcohol Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13554
Introduction
Despite opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) having limited therapeutic benefits, recent evidence indicates significant increases in the prescrib...