David Clark

Jan 17, 2025 | digitalcameraworld.com | David Clark

Influential British fine-art photographer John Blakemore has died aged 88. Born in Coventry in 1936, Blakemore was completely self-taught. He started out as a freelance news photographer and ran a portrait studio before going on to teach creative photography at the University of Derby from 1970 onwards. During this time, he developed his own personal projects. Blakemore worked on several series, concentrating on different aspects of the landscape and the elements that shape it.

Aug 23, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Madeleine Kelly |Amy Cao |Ruben Rajan |David Clark

Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second highest cause of cancer mortality in Australia.1 Colorectal cancer currently accounts for about 11% of cancer diagnoses with an overall incidence in Queensland of 3000–3500 cases per annum.1, 2 Anastomotic leak (AL) rates vary considerably in the literature and may in part be due to differing definitions and how diligently the investigators search for the AL.3, 4 The definition and grading of AL has been...

Jul 29, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David Clark

The accumulation of evidence by which we make decisions can be slow and the accrual can create potential temporary deviations away from the final outcome as the journey continues. In this perspective is presented an important example involving ileocolic resection and Crohn's disease for consideration.

Jul 22, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ashley Jenkin |David Clark |Aleksandra Edmundson

Introduction The incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) is increasing in industrialized societies.1, 2 While CD most commonly affects the ileocaecal region it may secondarily affect the sigmoid as a bystander in up to 40% of patients with the penetrating phenotype.3-7 Many internal fistulas are not diagnosed until surgery, highlighting the limitations of diagnostic modalities and the lack of symptoms exhibited by most patients.3, 8, 9 Diarrhoea may be attributed to the underlying inflammatory...

Apr 3, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | David Clark

Fear, despair, optimism, anxiety – for much of the last year, all these emotions and more have been referenced when generative AI has been mentioned. We know that this technology, driven by large language models, will shape all our futures, not least as a tool for the discovery and retrieval of knowledge. This might feel like it is out of our hands but scholarly publishers, and the researchers we partner with, are at a crossroads – do we resist or do we engage?