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Wilson A, Coveney J, Henderson J, Meyer S, Calnan M, Caraher M, Webb T, Elliott A, Ward P. Trust makers, breakers and brokers: building trust in the Australian food system. BMC Public Health 2013; 13:229. [PMID: 23496819 PMCID: PMC3729665 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The importance of consumer trust in the food supply has previously been identified, and dimensions of consumer trust in food—who they trust and the type of trust that they exhibit—has been explored. However, there is a lack of research about the mechanisms through which consumer trust in the food supply is developed, maintained, broken and repaired. This study seeks to address this gap by exploring if, and how, consumer trust in the food supply is considered by the media, food industry and governments when responding to food scares. The aim of the research is to develop models of trust building that can be implemented following food scares. Methods Semi-structured interviews will be undertaken with media, public relations officials and policy makers in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Participants will be recruited through purposive sampling and will be asked to discuss a hypothetical case study outlining a food incident, and any experiences of specific food scares. Models of trust development, maintenance and repair will be developed from interview data. Comment on these models will be sought from experts in food-related organizations through a Delphi study, where participants will be asked to consider the usefulness of the models. Participants’ comments will be used to revise the models until consensus is reached on the suitability and usability of the models. Discussion This study will contribute to the literature about systems-based trust, and explore trust as a social and regulatory process. The protocol and results will be of interest and use to the food industry, food regulators, consumer advocate groups, media seeking to report food-related issues and policy makers concerned with public health and consumer health and well-being. This research represents an important contribution to the translation of the theoretical conceptualizations of trust into practical use in the context of food.
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Fuentes D, Elliott A, Weinberg JS, Shetty A, Hazle JD, Stafford RJ. An inverse problem approach to recovery of in vivo nanoparticle concentrations from thermal image monitoring of MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy. Ann Biomed Eng 2012; 41:100-11. [PMID: 22918665 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0638-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Quantification of local variations in the optical properties of tumor tissue introduced by the presence of gold-silica nanoparticles (NP) presents significant opportunities in monitoring and control of NP-mediated laser induced thermal therapy (LITT) procedures. Finite element methods of inverse parameter recovery constrained by a Pennes bioheat transfer model were applied to estimate the optical parameters. Magnetic resonance temperature imaging (MRTI) acquired during a NP-mediated LITT of a canine transmissible venereal tumor in brain was used in the presented statistical inverse problem formulation. The maximum likelihood (ML) value of the optical parameters illustrated a marked change in the periphery of the tumor corresponding with the expected location of NP and area of selective heating observed on MRTI. Parameter recovery information became increasingly difficult to infer in distal regions of tissue where photon fluence had been significantly attenuated. Finite element temperature predictions using the ML parameter values obtained from the solution of the inverse problem are able to reproduce the NP selective heating within 5 °C of measured MRTI estimations along selected temperature profiles. Results indicate the ML solution found is able to sufficiently reproduce the selectivity of the NP mediated laser induced heating and therefore the ML solution is likely to return useful optical parameters within the region of significant laser fluence.
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Bruhn H, Blyth A, Elliott A, Hannaford P, Holland R, Lee A, MacNamee P, Smith B, Watson M, Wright D, Bond C. Pharmacist-led management of chronic pain in primary care: The PIPPC study. Br J Soc Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.143586.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dhesi S, Rajendram R, Elliott A. Realignment of a previously dislocated intraocular lens with a secondary intraocular lens: a rare cause of severe myopia. Eye (Lond) 2009; 24:1111. [PMID: 19942942 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Boyd T, Wright C, Colby K, Sens M, Elliott A, Folkerth R, Kinney H, Odendaal H. O139 PASS stillbirth classification: Incorporating mechanism, etiology and recurrence. Prenatal alcohol stillbirth and SIDS (PASS) network, NIAAA/NICHD. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(09)60511-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Fuentes D, Oden JT, Diller KR, Hazle JD, Elliott A, Shetty A, Stafford RJ. Computational modeling and real-time control of patient-specific laser treatment of cancer. Ann Biomed Eng 2009; 37:763-82. [PMID: 19148754 PMCID: PMC4064943 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9631-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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An adaptive feedback control system is presented which employs a computational model of bioheat transfer in living tissue to guide, in real-time, laser treatments of prostate cancer monitored by magnetic resonance thermal imaging. The system is built on what can be referred to as cyberinfrastructure-a complex structure of high-speed network, large-scale parallel computing devices, laser optics, imaging, visualizations, inverse-analysis algorithms, mesh generation, and control systems that guide laser therapy to optimally control the ablation of cancerous tissue. The computational system has been successfully tested on in vivo, canine prostate. Over the course of an 18 min laser-induced thermal therapy performed at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston, Texas, the computational models were calibrated to intra-operative real-time thermal imaging treatment data and the calibrated models controlled the bioheat transfer to within 5 degrees C of the predetermined treatment plan. The computational arena is in Austin, Texas and managed at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES). The system is designed to control the bioheat transfer remotely while simultaneously providing real-time remote visualization of the on-going treatment. Post-operative histology of the canine prostate reveal that the damage region was within the targeted 1.2 cm diameter treatment objective.
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Wong R, Rajendram R, Sim D, Elliott A. Alports syndrome: a cause of Horner's syndrome due to internal carotid dissection? CASE REPORTS 2009; 2009:bcr06.2008.0171. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Langlands A, Dowdle R, Elliott A, Gaddie J, Graham A, Johnson G, Lam S, McGowan A, McNamee P, Morrison J, Murphy T, Reynard K, Rudge P, Trueland J. RCPE UK Consensus Statement on Acute Medicine, November 2008. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2009; 70:S6-S7. [PMID: 19522112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Springer A, Shetty A, Elliott A, Paquet M, Wang J, Scwartz J, Hazle J, Stafford R. SU-GG-J-136: Nanoshell-Mediated Laser Induced Thermal Therapy in An In Vivo Model. Med Phys 2008. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2961685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Elliott A, Scwartz J, Wang J, Shetty A, O'Neal D, Bourgoyne C, Hazle J, Stafford R. TU-FF-A4-04: Comparison of Optical Diffusion Approximation and Delta P1 Approximation Models for Laser Fluence in Cancer Treatment. Med Phys 2008. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2962659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Shetty A, Weinberg J, McNichols R, Gowda A, Klumpp S, Uthamanthil R, Borne A, Elliott A, Hazle J, Stafford R. SU-GG-J-152: Predictive Capabilities of Thermal Damage Model for Real Time MR Monitored Interstitial Laser Treatment in a Canine Brain Model. Med Phys 2008. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2961701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Archibald G, Bartlett W, Brown A, Christie B, Elliott A, Griffith K, Pound S, Rappaport I, Robertson D, Semple Y, Slane P, Whitworth C, Williams B. UK Consensus Conference on Early Chronic Kidney Disease--6 and 7 February 2007. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007; 22:2455-7. [PMID: 17557775 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Stewart KJ, Elliott A, Seuntjens JP. Development of a guarded liquid ionization chamber for clinical dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 2007; 52:3089-104. [PMID: 17505091 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/11/011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Liquid ionization chambers are considered superior to air-filled chambers in terms of size, energy dependence and perturbation effects. We constructed and tested a liquid ionization chamber for clinical dosimetry, the GLIC-03, with a sensitive volume of approximately 2 mm3. We also examined two methods to correct for general ion recombination in pulsed photon beams: that of Johansson et al, which modifies Boag's theory for recombination in gases, and an empirical method relating recombination to dose per pulse. The second method can be used even in cases where the first method is not applicable. The response of the GLIC-03 showed a stable, linear and reproducible decrease of 1% over 10 h. The liquid-filled GLIC-03 had a 1.1 +/- 0.4% energy dependence while that of the air-filled GLIC-03 was 2.1 +/- 0.3% between the 6 and 18 MV beams from a Clinac 21EX. The two methods for recombination correction agreed within 0.2% for measurements at 18 MV, 700 V, 100 MU min(-1). Measurements with the GLIC-03 in Solid Water in the build-up region of an 18 MV beam agreed with extrapolation chamber measurements within 1.4%, indicating that the GLIC-03 causes minimal perturbation.
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Elliott A. Infra-red spectroscopy as an aid to the investigation of polypeptide and protein structure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5010060805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Oden JT, Diller KR, Bajaj C, Browne JC, Hazle J, Babuška I, Bass J, Biduat L, Demkowicz L, Elliott A, Feng Y, Fuentes D, Prudhomme S, Rylander MN, Stafford RJ, Zhang Y. Dynamic Data-Driven Finite Element Models for Laser Treatment of Cancer. NUMERICAL METHODS FOR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 2007; 23:904-922. [PMID: 20376194 PMCID: PMC2850081 DOI: 10.1002/num.20251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Elevating the temperature of cancerous cells is known to increase their susceptibility to subsequent radiation or chemotherapy treatments, and in the case in which a tumor exists as a well-defined region, higher intensity heat sources may be used to ablate the tissue. These facts are the basis for hyperthermia based cancer treatments. Of the many available modalities for delivering the heat source, the application of a laser heat source under the guidance of real-time treatment data has the potential to provide unprecedented control over the outcome of the treatment process [7, 18]. The goals of this work are to provide a precise mathematical framework for the real-time finite element solution of the problems of calibration, optimal heat source control, and goal-oriented error estimation applied to the equations of bioheat transfer and demonstrate that current finite element technology, parallel computer architecture, data transfer infrastructure, and thermal imaging modalities are capable of inducing a precise computer controlled temperature field within the biological domain.
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Elliott A. Some uses of polarized infrared radiation in the spectroscopy of polymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/polc.5070070105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Elliott A, Stewart K, Seuntjens J. Sci-Sat AM (1) General-08: Study of Characteristics of a New Liquid Ionization Chamber. Med Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2244695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Elliott A, Stewart K, Seuntjens J. TU-C-224C-01: Investigation of Properties of a New Liquid Ionization Chamber. Med Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2241536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Shetty A, Stafford R, Esparza-Coss E, Elliott A, Hazle J. SU-FF-J-72: Growth and Initial Area Under Curve Correlation Data From DCE-MRI For Treatment Planning and Monitoring in Orthotopic Tumor Models. Med Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2240849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Elliott A. Contribution of general practice to NHS patients. J R Soc Med 2006. [DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.5.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Elliott A, Hollas C, Wellman P, Clifford S. WITHDRAWN: Augmentation of cocaine hyperlocomotion by chronic administration of ghrelin in the rat. Appetite 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.03.320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Elliott A. Isaac Godfry Watchman. West J Med 2003. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7422.1053-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Brown M, Nkurunziza P, Pickering J, Khaukha P, Kizza M, Mawa P, Watera C, Whitworth J, Elliott A. Mansonella perstans infection in a cohort of HIV-infectedadults in Uganda. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)80063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Elliott A, Ambrose EJ, Temple RB. Spectroscopy in the 3 Region of the Infra-red Spectrum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1088/0950-7671/27/1/311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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