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  1. Article: Are Biasing Factors Idiosyncratic to Measures? A Comparison of Interpersonal Conflict, Organizational Constraints, and Workload.

    Spector, Paul E / Gray, Cheryl E / Rosen, Christopher C

    Journal of business and psychology

    2022  , Page(s) 1–20

    Abstract: Widespread concern has been raised about the possibility of potential biasing factors influencing the measurement of organizational variables and distorting inferences and conclusions reached about them. Recent research calls for a measure-centric ... ...

    Abstract Widespread concern has been raised about the possibility of potential biasing factors influencing the measurement of organizational variables and distorting inferences and conclusions reached about them. Recent research calls for a measure-centric approach in which every measure is independently evaluated to assess what factor(s) may uniquely bias it. This paper examines three popular stressor measures from this perspective. Across three studies, we examine factors that may bias three popular measures of job stressors: The Interpersonal Conflict at Work Scale (ICAWS), the Organizational Constraints Scale (OCS), and the Quantitative Workload Inventory (QWI). The first study used a two-wave design to survey 276 MTurk workers to assess the three stressor scales, four strains, and five measures of potential bias sources: hostile attribution bias, negative affectivity, mood, neutral objects satisfaction, and social desirability. The second study used an experimental design with 439 MTurk workers who were randomly assigned to a positive, negative, or no mood induction condition to assess effects on means of the three stressor measures and their correlations with strains. The third study surveyed 161 employee-supervisor dyads to explore the convergence of results involving the three stressor measures across sources. Based on several forms of evidence we conclude that potential biasing factors affect the three stressor measures differently, supporting the merits of a measure centric approach, even among measures in the same domain.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2016738-6
    ISSN 1573-353X ; 0889-3268
    ISSN (online) 1573-353X
    ISSN 0889-3268
    DOI 10.1007/s10869-022-09838-8
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  2. Article: Severe COVID-19 represents an undiagnosed primary immunodeficiency in a high proportion of infected individuals.

    Gray, Paul E / Bartlett, Adam W / Tangye, Stuart G

    Clinical & translational immunology

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 4, Page(s) e1365

    Abstract: Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, a key challenge has been to define risk factors, other than age and pre-existing comorbidities, that predispose some people to severe disease, while many other SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals ... ...

    Abstract Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, a key challenge has been to define risk factors, other than age and pre-existing comorbidities, that predispose some people to severe disease, while many other SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals experience mild, if any, consequences. One explanation for intra-individual differences in susceptibility to severe COVID-19 may be that a growing percentage of otherwise healthy people have a pre-existing asymptomatic primary immunodeficiency (PID) that is unmasked by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Germline genetic defects have been identified in individuals with life-threatening COVID-19 that compromise local type I interferon (IFN)-mediated innate immune responses to SARS-CoV-2. Remarkably, these variants - which impact responses initiated through TLR3 and TLR7, as well as the response to type I IFN cytokines - may account for between 3% and 5% of severe COVID-19 in people under 70 years of age. Similarly, autoantibodies against type I IFN cytokines (IFN-α, IFN-ω) have been detected in patients' serum prior to infection with SARS-CoV-2 and were found to cause
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-17
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2694482-0
    ISSN 2050-0068
    ISSN 2050-0068
    DOI 10.1002/cti2.1365
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  3. Article ; Online: The use of Traditional Chinese Medicines to treat SARS-CoV-2 may cause more harm than good.

    Gray, Paul E / Belessis, Yvonne

    Pharmacological research

    2020  Volume 156, Page(s) 104776

    MeSH term(s) Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 Drug Treatment
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-03
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Letter ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 1003347-6
    ISSN 1096-1186 ; 0031-6989 ; 1043-6618
    ISSN (online) 1096-1186
    ISSN 0031-6989 ; 1043-6618
    DOI 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104776
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  4. Article ; Online: Use of sensory modulation approaches to improve compression garment adherence in adults after burn: An e-Delphi study.

    Crofton, Erin / Meredith, Pamela / Gray, Paul / Strong, Jennifer

    Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries

    2022  Volume 49, Issue 2, Page(s) 353–364

    Abstract: Background: Sensory over-responsiveness, identified through self-report and quantitative sensory testing, has been associated with compression garment non-adherence in a burn-injured cohort. This study sought expert consensus on the usefulness of, and ... ...

    Abstract Background: Sensory over-responsiveness, identified through self-report and quantitative sensory testing, has been associated with compression garment non-adherence in a burn-injured cohort. This study sought expert consensus on the usefulness of, and recommendations for, sensory modulation strategies to improve compression garment adherence in sensory over-responsive adults after burn.
    Method: Experts in the field of sensory modulation were invited to participate in a mixed-methods, three-round electronic Delphi study.
    Results: Experts (N = 18) agreed that sensory modulation therapy may be a useful clinical tool to improve compression garment adherence. Twenty-two items reached consensus as essential to assessment, treatment, or therapist training.
    Conclusion: With adequate therapist training and individualized assessment and treatment, sensory modulation strategies may be a useful clinical approach to improving compression garment adherence in those who are sensory over-responsive after burn. Further research is needed to gather perceptions from burns therapists, and to implement and evaluate the effectiveness in clinical practice.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Adult ; Compression Bandages ; Delphi Technique ; Burns/therapy ; Clothing ; Self Report
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-07
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 197308-3
    ISSN 1879-1409 ; 0305-4179
    ISSN (online) 1879-1409
    ISSN 0305-4179
    DOI 10.1016/j.burns.2022.04.001
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  5. Article ; Online: Pyrin variant E148Q potentiates inflammasome activation and the effect of pathogenic mutations in cis.

    Reygaerts, Thomas / Laohamonthonkul, Pawat / Hrovat-Schaale, Katja / Moghaddas, Fiona / Baker, Paul J / Gray, Paul E / Masters, Seth L

    Rheumatology (Oxford, England)

    2023  Volume 63, Issue 3, Page(s) 882–890

    Abstract: Objective: The p.E148Q variant in pyrin is present in different populations at a frequency of up to 29%, and has been associated with diseases, including vasculitis and FMF. The pathogenicity of p.E148Q in FMF is unclear, even when observed in cis or in ...

    Abstract Objective: The p.E148Q variant in pyrin is present in different populations at a frequency of up to 29%, and has been associated with diseases, including vasculitis and FMF. The pathogenicity of p.E148Q in FMF is unclear, even when observed in cis or in trans to a single, typically recessive, pathogenic mutation. We performed functional validation to determine whether p.E148Q increases the ability of pyrin to form an active inflammasome complex in cell lines.
    Methods: We interrogated the Australian Autoinflammatory Disease RegistrY (AADRY) to find candidate inheritance patterns for the p.E148Q variant in pyrin. Different pyrin variant combinations were tested in HEK293T cells stably expressing the adaptor protein apoptosis-associated speck-like (ASC), which were analysed by flow cytometry to visualize inflammasome formation, with and without stimulation by Clostridioides difficile toxin B (TcdB). Inflammasome-dependent cytokine secretion was also quantified by ELISA of supernatants from THP-1 cells transduced with lentiviral expression vectors.
    Results: In AADRY, we observed the p.E148Q allele in individuals with autoinflammatory diseases alone or in conjunction with other pyrin variants. Two FMF families harboured the allele p.E148Q-M694I in cis with dominant heritability. In vitro, p.E148Q pyrin could spontaneously potentiate inflammasome formation, with increased IL-1β and IL-18 secretion. p.E148Q in cis to classical FMF mutations provided significant potentiation of inflammasome formation.
    Conclusion: The p.E148Q variant in pyrin potentiates inflammasome activation in vitro. In cis, this effect is additive to known pathogenic FMF mutations. In some families, this increased effect could explain why FMF segregates as an apparently dominant disease.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Australia ; Bacterial Toxins/pharmacology ; HEK293 Cells ; Inflammasomes/genetics ; Mutation ; Pyrin/genetics
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Toxins ; Inflammasomes ; Pyrin ; toxB protein, Clostridium difficile
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1464822-2
    ISSN 1462-0332 ; 1462-0324
    ISSN (online) 1462-0332
    ISSN 1462-0324
    DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/kead376
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  6. Article ; Online: Infliximab Reverses Symptoms and May Protect from Developing Chronic Restrictive Ophthalmopathy in Children with Familial Orbital Myositis: A Case Report.

    Huynh, Aimee / Siggs, Owen M / Wainstein, Brynn K / Gray, Paul E

    Ocular immunology and inflammation

    2022  Volume 31, Issue 5, Page(s) 1097–1100

    Abstract: Background: Orbital myositis is a rare sporadic eye disease associated with extraocular eye muscle inflammation. To date, there have been two reports of familial orbital myositis (FOM), which demonstrate partially penetrant autosomal dominant ... ...

    Abstract Background: Orbital myositis is a rare sporadic eye disease associated with extraocular eye muscle inflammation. To date, there have been two reports of familial orbital myositis (FOM), which demonstrate partially penetrant autosomal dominant inheritance.
    Cases: We report six new Australian cases of FOM, four of whom extend one of the reported pedigrees, as well as a separate mother and daughter manifesting orbital myositis, which constitutes a third report of familial occurrence. We can confirm that the disease has onset in childhood, appearing to go into remission in adult life, and that the inflammation is corticosteroid-responsive. However, one patient went on to develop permanent diplopia in upgaze. We also report two children suffering chronic pain and diplopia who demonstrated complete resolution of symptoms with the anti-TNF-α monoclonal infliximab.
    Conclusion: Uncontrolled FOM in childhood may result in permanent extraocular eye muscle damage, while TNF-α blockade provides an excellent steroid-sparing effect.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Child ; Orbital Myositis/diagnosis ; Orbital Myositis/drug therapy ; Orbital Myositis/etiology ; Infliximab/therapeutic use ; Diplopia/complications ; Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors ; Australia ; Orbital Diseases/diagnosis ; Inflammation/complications
    Chemical Substances Infliximab (B72HH48FLU) ; Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1193873-0
    ISSN 1744-5078 ; 0927-3948
    ISSN (online) 1744-5078
    ISSN 0927-3948
    DOI 10.1080/09273948.2022.2074464
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  7. Article ; Online: The use of Traditional Chinese Medicines to treat SARS-CoV-2 may cause more harm than good

    Gray, Paul E. / Belessis, Yvonne

    Pharmacological Research

    2020  Volume 156, Page(s) 104776

    Keywords Pharmacology ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 1043-6618
    DOI 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104776
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  8. Article: Helping may be Harming: unintended negative consequences of providing social support.

    Gray, Cheryl E / Spector, Paul E / Lacey, Kayla N / Young, Briana G / Jacobsen, Scott T / Taylor, Morgan R

    Work and stress

    2023  Volume 34, Issue 4, Page(s) 359–385

    Abstract: ... higher organisational frustration, and more physical symptoms (e.g. headache, nausea, and fatigue ...

    Abstract While social support is generally considered a helpful resource for employees, it can also serve as a job stressor. Unhelpful workplace social support (UWSS) is any action taken by a supervisor and/or colleague that the recipient believes was intended to benefit him or her but is perceived as unhelpful or harmful. Two studies, one qualitative and one quantitative, identified types of UWSS and demonstrated that unhelpful support can operate as a job stressor in relating to strains. In Study 1, critical incidents were collected from 116 employees, and a content analysis revealed 11 distinct categories of UWSS. In Study 2, the taxonomy of UWSS was further refined using quantitative methods. Results of two samples (176 diverse employees and 496 registered nurses) demonstrate that UWSS is associated with higher job-related negative affect, lower competence-based self-esteem, lower coworker satisfaction, higher work-related burnout, higher organisational frustration, and more physical symptoms (e.g. headache, nausea, and fatigue) among recipients. Together, the studies demonstrate that unhelpful workplace social support is a meaningful job stressor worthy of further investigation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 645530-x
    ISSN 1464-5335 ; 0267-8373
    ISSN (online) 1464-5335
    ISSN 0267-8373
    DOI 10.1080/02678373.2019.1695294
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  9. Article ; Online: Solutions Trial: Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in 10-17-year-olds presenting at police custody: a randomised controlled trial.

    Moody, Gwenllian / Coulman, Elinor / Crocker-White, Emma / Gray, Kylie / Hastings, Richard P / Longman, Andrea / Lugg-Widger, Fiona / Playle, Rebecca / Segrott, Jeremy / Thompson, Paul / Badger, Julia / Langdon, Peter E / Flynn, Samantha

    Trials

    2024  Volume 25, Issue 1, Page(s) 159

    Abstract: Background: Within England, children and young people (CYP) who come into police custody are referred to Liaison and Diversion (L&D) teams. L&D teams have responsibility for liaising with healthcare and other support services while working to divert CYP ...

    Abstract Background: Within England, children and young people (CYP) who come into police custody are referred to Liaison and Diversion (L&D) teams. L&D teams have responsibility for liaising with healthcare and other support services while working to divert CYP away from the criminal justice system but have traditionally not provided targeted psychological interventions to CYP. Considering evidence that Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) leads to a reduction in internalising and externalising behaviour problems in CYP, the aim of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) was to determine whether there is a difference between services as usual (SAU) plus SFBT offered by trained therapists working within a L&D team, and SAU alone, in reducing offending behaviours in 10-17-year-olds presenting at police custody.
    Methods: Design: two-arm individually RCT with internal pilot and process evaluation.
    Participants: N = approximately 448 CYP aged 10-17 years presenting at one of three police custody suites in the area served by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) who are referred to the L&D team. Participants will be recruited and allocated to intervention:control on a 1:1 basis. Interviews will be performed with 30-40 CYP in the intervention arm, 15 CYP in the control arm, up to 20 parents/guardians across both arms, up to 15 practitioners, and up to 10 site staff responsible for screening CYP for the trial. Intervention and control: Those allocated to the intervention will be offered SAU plus SFBT, and control participants will receive SAU only.
    Primary outcome: CYP frequency of offending behaviours assessed through the Self-Report Delinquency Measure (SRDM) at 12 months post-randomisation.
    Secondary outcomes: criminal offence data (national police database); emotional and behavioural difficulties (self-report and parent/guardian reported); gang affiliation (self-report). Process evaluation: evaluation of acceptability and experiences of the CYP, parents/guardians, site staff and practitioners; fidelity of SFBT delivery.
    Discussion: This two-arm individually RCT will evaluate the effectiveness of SFBT in reducing offending behaviours in CYP presenting at police custody suites within the area served by LSCFT. Our process evaluation will assess the fidelity of delivery of SFBT, the factors affecting implementation, the acceptability of SFBT in CYP aged 10-17 years and recruitment and reach. We will also examine systems and structures for future delivery, therefore assessing overall scalability.
    Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov  ISRCTN14195235 . Registered on June 16, 2023.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Humans ; Adolescent ; Police ; Psychotherapy, Brief ; England ; Self Report ; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Randomized Controlled Trial ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2040523-6
    ISSN 1745-6215 ; 1468-6694 ; 1745-6215
    ISSN (online) 1745-6215
    ISSN 1468-6694 ; 1745-6215
    DOI 10.1186/s13063-024-07904-5
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