Frequency-based salience of dual meanings in conventional metaphor acquisition: Evidence from toddlers in Urban England by Dorota K. Gaskins

“…To test if metaphor-related words emerge via their concrete senses and how this reflects child-directed speech, I examined 594 hours of interactional data for three English-speaking toddlers from urban middle-class England, whose speech was densely sampled between the ages of 2;00 and 3;01. …”
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Qualitative study of patients experiences and perceptions of stepping down asthma medication in primary care across England by Chloe I Bloom, Adam Lewis, Jack Middleton

“…Little is known about the experiences and views of patients regarding stepping down.Methods Patients with stable asthma, with regular use of a preventer inhaler, from general practitioner practices across England, participated in a survey and/or semi-structured interview. …”
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Beyond Determinism: Geography of Jewishness in Nathan Englander’s “Sister Hills” and Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Filip Boratyn

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Exploring variation in the six-month review for stroke survivors: a national survey of current practice in England by Rich Holmes, Suzanne Ackerley, Rebecca J Fisher, Louise A Connell

“…This study aimed to understand the current degree of variation in 6MR delivery across England and explore the potential driving factors. …”
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Peer support for adult social care in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation by Holly Walton, Efthalia Massou, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Donna Gipson, Lucy Wainwright, Paula Harriott, Pei Li Ng, Stephen Riley, Stephen Morris, Naomi J Fulop

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Béatrice Laurent (ed.), Sleeping Beauties in Victorian England: Cultural, Literary and Artistic Explorations of a Myth by Julie Sauvage

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Mental health and socio-cognitive predictors of adherence to COVID-19 social distancing rules in adolescents in England by Giacomo Bignardi, Saz P. Ahmed, Marc Bennett, Darren Dunning, Kirsty Griffiths, Jovita T. Leung, Ashok Sakhardande, Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer, Willem Kuyken, Tim Dalgleish, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

“…The current study aimed to identify individual-level influences on adherence to social distancing in a longitudinal sample of adolescents aged 11–20 years in England, who took part in a randomised controlled trial. …”
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Impact of COPD and asthma on in-hospital mortality and management of patients with heart failure in England and Wales: an observational analysis by Claudia Gulea, Rosita Zakeri, Jennifer K Quint, Constantinos Kallis

“…Objective To evaluate the association between having concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, and in-patient mortality and post-discharge management among patients hospitalised for acute heart failure (HF).Setting Data were obtained from patients enrolled in the National Heart Failure Audit.Participants 217 329 patients hospitalised for HF in England–Wales between March 2012 and 2018.Outcomes In-hospital mortality, referrals to cardiology follow-up and prescriptions for HF medications were compared between patients with comorbid COPD (COPD-HF) or asthma (asthma-HF) versus HF-alone using mixed-effects logistic regression.Results Patients with COPD-HF were more likely to die during hospitalisation, and those with asthma-HF had a reduced likelihood of death, compared with patients who had HF-alone ((adjusted)ORadj, 95% CI: 1.10, 1.06 to 1.14 and ORadj, 95% CI: 0.84, 0.79 to 0.88). …”
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Sophie Chiari et Hélène Palma (eds.), Transmission and transgression: Cultural Challenges in Early Modern England by Guillaume COATALEN

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Estimating BMI distributions by age and sex for local authorities in England: a small area estimation study by Peter Scarborough, Ben Amies-Cull, Linda Cobiac, Jane Wolstenholme

“…Objectives Rates of overweight and obesity vary across England, but local rates have not been estimated for over 10 years. …”
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Long-term health consequences and costs of changes in alcohol consumption in England during the COVID-19 pandemic by Joshua Card-Gowers, Sadie Boniface, Jamie Brown, Loren Kock, Alexander Martin, Lise Retat, Laura Webber

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Effects of Deer Settling Stimulus and Deer Density on Regeneration in a Harvested Southern New England Forest by Kevin J. Barrett, Oswald J. Schmitz

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Modified Delphi expert elicitation of the clinical and economic burden of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in England and Northern Ireland by Faizel Osman, Michael Hurst, Belinda Sandler, Taryn Krause, Carla Zema, Teresa Lemmer, Kathleen Noon, Deepak Alexander

“…Prescription of beta-blockers was higher than calcium channel blockers, irrespective of NYHA class.Conclusions Treatment of obstructive HCM is associated with a substantial clinical and economic burden in England and Northern Ireland; the burden of the disease increasing with NYHA class is driven by the need for intensive disease management, hospitalisations and the potential burden of undertaking SRTs.…”
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Long-term health consequences and costs of changes in alcohol consumption in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Joshua Card-Gowers, Sadie Boniface, Jamie Brown, Loren Kock, Alexander Martin, Lise Retat, Laura Webber

“…<h4>Background and aims</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in alcohol consumption in England. Evidence suggests that one-fifth to one-third of adults increased their alcohol consumption, while a similar proportion reported consuming less. …”
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From Skinned Cats to Angels in Fur: Feline Traces and the Start of the Cat-Human Relationship in Victorian England by Hilda Kean

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Impact of tiered restrictions in December 2020 on COVID-19 hospitalisations in England: a synthetic control study by Daniel Hungerford, Benjamin Barr, Mark Green, Marta García-Fiñana, Iain Buchan, Xingna Zhang

“…The effects were similar across different levels of neighbourhood deprivation and prevalence of the Alpha variant.Conclusions Regionally targeted Tier 3 restrictions in England had a moderate but significant effect on reducing hospitalisations. …”
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Database and geospatial mapping study of those eligible for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the Thames Valley Region, England by Oscar Millerchip, Jasper Eddison, Alex Rosenberg, Jon Bailey, James Raitt

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Impact of pandemic service changes on ethnic inequalities in maternal and perinatal outcomes in England: a population-based study by Andrew Judge, Erik Lenguerrand, Tim Draycott, Stamatina Iliodromiti, Asma Khalil, Buthaina Ibrahim, Jennifer Elizabeth Jardine

“…We aim to assess the impact of the unprecedented change in care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic on inequalities in adverse maternity outcomes.Design Retrospective cohort study using structured electronic health record data.Setting English hospital trusts providing maternity care.Participants Women giving birth and babies born in the National Health Service (NHS) in England between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2021, in three time groups: prepandemic, the first pandemic wave (26 March 2020 to 30 June 2020) and second pandemic wave (1 July 2020 to 31 March 2021). …”
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A historical introduction to the development of Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in England: Spanish as a case study by Matilde Gallardo Barbarroja, Nicola McLelland

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Practitioner, patient and public views on the acceptability of mobile stroke units in England and Wales: A mixed methods study. by Lisa Moseley, Peter McMeekin, Christopher Price, Lisa Shaw, Anna Laws, Michael Allen, Gary A Ford, Martin James, Stephen McCarthy, Graham McClelland, Laura J Park, Kerry Pearn, Daniel Phillips, Phil White, David Wilson, Jason Scott

“…Despite growing use of MSUs internationally, to date there have been no studies in NHS England and NHS Wales exploring the acceptability of MSUs to clinicians, patient and public representatives and other key stakeholders, which are important when considering potential feasibility and implementation.…”
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