Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the risk of diabetes in people with impaired glucose regulation : a systematic review and economic evaluation

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An Open-Label Investigation of the Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability of Oral Cysteamine in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis

This study was funded by Health Sciences Scotland (West Medical Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ. UK) and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (One Aldgate, London. EC3N 1RE. UK). The funders did not contribute to study design, data collection, analysis, this report or the decision to publish.

Special issue : The Human Intestinal Microbiota

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Histopathological Defects in Intestine in Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy Mice Are Improved by Systemic Antisense Oligonucleotide Treatment

Funding: This study is supported by the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and University College London (FM and HZ), the Medical Research Council grant (grant reference MR/L013142/1, FM), SMA-Europe grant (FM and HZ) and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity grants (FM and JM). JEM is supported by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. PS is supported by Bill Marshall Fellowship and The CP Charitable Trust at Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL. SHP is supported by SMA Trust and Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research.

Inter-Pregnancy Weight Change and the Risk of Recurrent Pregnancy Complications

Funding: Funded by the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS, Theme 7: Diet and Health). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of this manuscript. Data Availability: All relevant data are owned by the Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank. Interested parties may request access to the data by following the instructions at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/obsgynae/amnd/access.php.

Maternal smoking dysregulates protein expression in second trimester human fetal livers in a sex-specific manner

Acknowledgments The staff at Grampian National Health Service Pregnancy Counseling Service were essential for collecting fetuses. We thank the Aberdeen Proteomics Core Facility (University of Aberdeen) for their expert assistance. Support for the study was provided by the Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Executive, CZG/1/109, & CZG/4/742), National Health Service Grampian Endowments (08/02), the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under grant agreement no 212885, and the Medical Research Council, UK (MR/L010011/1).

Biological stress systems, adverse life events and the onset of chronic multisite musculoskeletal pain : a 6-year cohort study

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Co-morbidity burden in Parkinson’s disease : Comparison with controls and its influence on prognosis

Open Access funded by Parkinson's UK Financial support: This study was funded by Parkinson’s UK, the Scottish Chief Scientist Office, NHS Grampian endowments, the BMA Doris Hillier award, RS Macdonald Trust, the BUPA Foundation, and SPRING. The funders had no involvement in the study. We acknowledge funding for the PINE study from Parkinson’s UK (G-0502, G-0914 G-1302), the Scottish Chief Scientist Office (CAF/12/05), the BMA Doris Hillier award, RS Macdonald Trust, the BUPA Foundation, NHS Grampian endowments and SPRING. We thank the patients and controls for their participation and the research staff who collected data and supported the study database.

A neuroendocrine role for chemerin in hypothalamic remodelling and photoperiodic control of energy balance

We thank Donna Wallace and the animal house staff for their help with the animal studies. We thank Pat Bain for help in preparing the figures. This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) grant number BB/K001043/1 (G.H., A.W.R., P.N.S., P.J.Mc. and P.J.M.) and the Scottish Government (A.W.R., L.M.T., C.D.M. and P.J.M.).

Interventions for improving employment outcomes for workers with HIV

Acknowledgements We would like to thank Cochrane Work Trials Search Co-ordinators Leena Isotalo and Kaisa Neuvonen for developing the search strategy and Managing Editor Jani Ruotsalainen and Co-ordinating Editor Jos Verbeek for editing the text and providing helpful comments. We would also like to thank Richard Othieno for his contributions to the protocol.

Neuronal human BACE1 knock-in induces systemic diabetes in mice

Funding We would like to thank R. Simcox, Romex Oilfield Chemicals, for financial support for KP, and acknowledge additional contributions from the Scottish Alzheimer’s Research UK network for the lipidomics work. The College of Life Science and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, sponsored the imaging study. MD was funded by British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK; NM was funded by a British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellowship; KS was funded by a European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes/Lilly programme grant; and RD was funded by an Institute of Medical Sciences PhD studentship.

KDIGO-based acute kidney injury criteria operate differently in hospitals and the community—findings from a large population cohort

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We acknowledge the data management support of Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH) and the associated financial support of NHS Research Scotland, through NHS Grampian investment in the Grampian DaSH. S.S. is supported by a Clinical Research Training Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (Ref 102729/Z/13/Z). We also acknowledge the support from The Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research. The Farr Institute is supported by a 10-funder consortium: Arthritis Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Medical Research Council, the National Institute of Health Research, the National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (Welsh Assembly Government), the Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Government Health Directorates) and the Wellcome Trust (MRC Grant Nos: Scotland MR/K007017/1).

A comparison of preprepared commercial infant feeding meals with home-cooked recipes

Sources of funding: This study was funded by the Seafish Authority and Interface Food and Drink Scotland as part of a PhD scholarship for SC.

The association between older age and receipt of care and outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes : a cohort study of the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)

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Bone mineral density and incidence of stroke: European Prospective Investigation into Caner-Norfolk population-based study, systematic review and meta-analysis : European Prospective Investigation into Cancer - Norfolk population–based study, systematic review, and meta-analysis

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