Publications by authors named "L R Hepworth"

Background: Hemianopia is common after stroke. We aimed to evaluate clinical effectiveness of visual scanning training vs sham training, for homonymous hemianopia.

Design: Randomised controlled, parallel, double-blind, two-arm trial.

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Purpose: The Brain Injury associated Visual Impairment - Impact Questionnaire (BIVI-IQ) was developed to assess the impact of post-stroke visual impairment. The development of the questionnaire used robust methods involving stroke survivors and clinicians. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of the BIVI-IQ in a stroke population.

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Despite the increasing use of biocatalysis for organic synthesis, there are currently no databases that adequately capture synthetic biotransformations. The lack of a biocatalysis database prevents accelerating biocatalyst characterization efforts from being leveraged to quickly identify candidate enzymes for reactions or cascades, slowing their development. The RetroBioCat Database (available at retrobiocat.

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Background: Visual inattention is common following right hemisphere stroke, with up to 80% of patients being affected. Visual inattention following stroke is linked to poorer outcomes. There is no clear evidence for how visual inattention should be treated in the hospital inpatient setting.

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Background: Despite an appetite among UK veterinarians (vets) and farmers to improve calf health, vets face challenges in delivering and sustaining proactive calf health services.

Methods: Forty-six vets and 10 veterinary technicians (techs) participated in a project to determine what makes calf health services successful while improving their own services. In four facilitated workshops and two seminars, carried out between August 2021 and April 2022, participants described their approaches to calf work, discussed measures of success, identified challenges and success factors, and addressed knowledge gaps.

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