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Robert West

- Verified email at ucl.ac.uk - Cited by 80046

Robert West, PhD

- Verified email at udel.edu - Cited by 12448

[HTML][HTML] The behaviour change wheel: a new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions

S Michie, MM Van Stralen, R West - Implementation science, 2011 - Springer
Background Improving the design and implementation of evidence-based practice depends
on successful behaviour change interventions. This requires an appropriate method for …

An application of prefrontal cortex function theory to cognitive aging.

RL West - Psychological bulletin, 1996 - psycnet.apa.org
The purpose of this review is to extend the existing application of the frontal lobe hypothesis
of cognitive aging beyond the limited work on inhibitory control (FN Dempster, see record …

Theory of addiction

R West, J Brown - 2013 - books.google.com
The word 'addiction'these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is an
unhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by …

Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR reprograms chromatin state to promote cancer metastasis

RA Gupta, N Shah, KC Wang, J Kim, HM Horlings… - nature, 2010 - nature.com
Large intervening non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) are pervasively transcribed in the genome,,
yet their potential involvement in human disease is not well understood,. Recent studies of …

The prognostic landscape of genes and infiltrating immune cells across human cancers

AJ Gentles, AM Newman, CL Liu, SV Bratman… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Molecular profiles of tumors and tumor-associated cells hold great promise as biomarkers of
clinical outcomes. However, existing data sets are fragmented and difficult to analyze …

[DOC][DOC] The behaviour change wheel

S Michie, L Atkins, R West - A guide to designing interventions …, 2014 - researchgate.net
The BCW is a synthesis of 19 frameworks of behaviour change identified in a systematic
literature review (Michie et al., 2014; Michie, van Stralen, et al., 2011). As noted earlier, none …

Neuropsychiatric safety and efficacy of varenicline, bupropion, and nicotine patch in smokers with and without psychiatric disorders (EAGLES): a double-blind …

RM Anthenelli, NL Benowitz, R West, L St Aubin… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Substantial concerns have been raised about the neuropsychiatric safety of the
smoking cessation medications varenicline and bupropion. Their efficacy relative to nicotine …

Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report

A Peacock, J Leung, S Larney, S Colledge… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This review provides an up‐to‐date curated source of information on alcohol, tobacco
and illicit drug use and their associated mortality and burden of disease. Limitations in the …

Smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals: an update

R West, A McNeill, M Raw - Thorax, 2000 - thorax.bmj.com
This paper updates the evidence base and key recommendations of the Health Education
Authority (HEA) smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals published in Thorax …

Integrated digital error suppression for improved detection of circulating tumor DNA

AM Newman, AF Lovejoy, DM Klass, DM Kurtz… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
High-throughput sequencing of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) promises to facilitate
personalized cancer therapy. However, low quantities of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the blood …