Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Resting Heart Rate and the Risk of Microvascular Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Published 2012-09-26Background: A higher resting heart rate is associated with an increased probability of cardiovascular complications and premature death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The impact of heart rate on the risk of ...Open AccessArticle -
Sampling bias in an internet treatment trial for depression
Published 2012-10-23Internet psychological interventions are efficacious and may reduce traditional access barriers. No studies have evaluated whether any sampling bias exists in these trials that may limit the translation of the results of ...Open AccessArticle -
International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods
Published 2012-07-27Background: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the world with over-nutrition a primary cause of diet-related ill health. Excess quantities of energy, saturated fat, sugar and salt ...Open AccessArticle -
Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published 2012-08-21Background: Guidelines recommend intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering in patients at high risk. While placebo-controlled trials have demonstrated 22% reductions in coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke associated with ...Open AccessArticle -
Development and commissioning of a full-size prototype fixed-beam radiotherapy system with horizontal patient rotation.
Published 2019-03-01PURPOSE: Compared to conventional linacs with rotating gantries, a fixed-beam radiotherapy system could be smaller, more robust and more cost-effective. In this work, we developed and commissioned a prototype x-ray ...Open AccessArticle