Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England by Richard G Kyle, Jane Wills, Catherine Mahoney, Louise Hoyle, Muireann Kelly, Iain M Atherton

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Construction on the Degenerate Poly-Frobenius-Euler Polynomials of Complex Variable by Ghulam Muhiuddin, Waseem Ahmad Khan, Deena Al-Kadi

“…We give some relationships between degenerate poly-Frobenius-Euler polynomials and degenerate Whitney numbers and Stirling numbers of the first kind. Moreover, we define degenerate poly-Frobenius-Euler polynomials of complex variables and then we derive several properties and relations.…”
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Improving the Detection, Assessment, Management and Prevention of Delirium in Hospices (the DAMPen-D study): protocol for a co-design and feasibility study of a flexible and scalab... by Najma Siddiqi, Chao Huang, Maureen Twiddy, Miriam Johnson, Margaret Ogden, Kathryn Sartain, Imogen Featherstone, Jason Boland, Mark Pearson, Catriona Jackson, Gillian Jackson

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Women and birth partners’ experiences of cervical ripening at home and in hospital by Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Helen Cheyne, Boo Charkin, Monica Ferreira, Eloise Price, Amarnath Bhide, Mairead Black, Kathleen Boyd, Neelam Heera-Shergill, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Sarah J. Stock, Rosemary Townsend, Linda J. Williams, Christine McCourt

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Non-communicable airway disease and air pollution in three African Countries: Benin, Cameroon and The Gambia by B. Awokola, H. Lawin, O. Johnson, A. Humphrey, D. Nzogo, L. Zubar, G. Okello, S. Semple, E. Awokola, G. Amusa, N. Mohammed, C. Jewell, A. Erhart, K. Mortimer, G. Devereux, B.H. Mbatchou-Ngahane

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Increased Insular Connectivity and Enhanced Empathic Ability Associated with Dance/Music Training by Li Gujing, He Hui, Li Xin, Zhang Lirong, Yao Yutong, Ye Guofeng, Lu Jing, Zhou Shulin, Yang Lei, Luo Cheng, Yao Dezhong

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Keeping Active with Texting after Stroke (KATS): a single-arm feasibility and acceptability study of a behavioural intervention to promote community-based physical activity after s... by Gozde Ozakinci, Stephan U Dombrowski, Andrew Murphy, Albert Farre, Jenna Breckenridge, Jacqui H Morris, Linda A Irvine, Keith Jenkinson

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Persons in Context. A Model to Represent Observations and Reconstructions of Historical Persons in Linked Data by Pieter E. Woltjer, Ivo Zandhuis, Bob Coret, Mark Lindeman, Jeroen D. Balkenende, Richard L. Zijdeman, Rick J. Mourits

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(Re)constructing Homelands Between Precarity and Intentionality: Syrian Armenians in Armenia by Sossie Kasbarian

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Design of Heat Exchanger for Ericsson-Brayton Piston Engine by Peter Durcansky, Stefan Papucik, Jozef Jandacka, Michal Holubcik, Radovan Nosek

“…Among machines gaining energy by unconventional way belong mainly the steam engine, Stirling engine, and Ericsson engine. In these machines, the energy is obtained by external combustion and engine performs work in a medium that receives and transmits energy from combustion or flue gases indirectly. …”
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Responses of Ammonia-Oxidising Bacterial Communities to Nitrogen, Lime, and Plant Species in Upland Grassland Soil by Deirdre C. Rooney, Nabla M. Kennedy, Deirdre B. Gleeson, Nicholas J. W. Clipson

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Modulatory effect of Echium plantagineum oil on the n-3 LC-PUFA biosynthetic capacity of chicken (Gallus gallus) by Jesús Villora, José Antonio Pérez, Nieves Guadalupe Acosta, Deiene Rodríguez-Barreto, Pedro Juan Alonso, Mónica B. Betancor, Alexandr Torres, Sergio Álvarez, Covadonga Rodríguez

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COVID-19 and Decision-Making for Pregnant Women: Taking or Relinquishing Control in Response to a Pandemic by Elizabeth Kaselitz, Chelsea Finkbeiner, Sarah Javaid, Sarah Barringer, Sarah D. Compton, Maria Muzik, Cheryl A. Moyer

“…Open-ended qualitative responses from an anonymous, online survey of pregnant women in the United States, conducted on April 3-24, 2020, were analyzed using the Attride-Stirling qualitative framework. A conceptual framework for understanding the impact of COVID-19 on women’s birth plans was generated. 2,320 pregnant women (mean age 32.7 years, mean weeks pregnant 24.6 weeks) responded to the open-ended prompts, reflecting the following themes: the impact(s) of COVID-19 on pregnant women (including unanticipated changes and uncertainty), the effect of COVID-19 on decision-making (including emotional reactions and subsequent questioning of the healthcare system), and how both of those things led women to either exercise or relinquish their agency related to their birth plan. …”
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A human capability approach to transformative innovation policy. Theoretical insights and practical implications for directionality by Alejandra Boni, Diana Velasco, Bipashyee Ghosh

“…We begin by discussing the TIP’s directionality principle, adopting a more politically nuanced view that sees innovation as irreducible pluralities of possibility in balanced ways ([Stirling, A. 2024. “Responsibility and the hidden politics of directionality: opening up ‘innovation democracies’ for sustainability transformations.” …”
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Beyond bronchial thermoplasty – where to now? by Peter B. Noble, David Langton, Chuan T. Foo, Bruce R. Thompson, Alvenia Cairncross, Michael J. Hackmann, Francis Thien, Graham M. Donovan

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Quality of life, work motivation, burn-out and stress perceptions benefits of a stress management program by autogenic training for emergency room staff: A pilot study by Pasquale Caponnetto, Rosanna Magro, Lucio Inguscio, Maria Concetta Cannella

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Identification and validation of a novel autoantibody biomarker panel for differential diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Metoboroghene O. Mowoe, Metoboroghene O. Mowoe, Hisham Allam, Joshua Nqada, Marc Bernon, Karan Gandhi, Sean Burmeister, Urda Kotze, Miriam Kahn, Christo Kloppers, Suba Dharshanan, Zafirah Azween, Pamela Maimela, Paul Townsend, Eduard Jonas, Jonathan M. Blackburn, Jonathan M. Blackburn

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Cold Water Swimming and Pregnancy: A Scoping Review and Consensus Recommendations by J Shawe, M Felton, JC Harper, C Mark Harper, R Stidson, M Tipton, S Blowers, K Fraser, S Hingley, E McGrath, G Bainbridge, Massey Heather

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LINKS. A System for Historical Family Reconstruction in the Netherlands by Kees Mandemakers, Gerrit Bloothooft, Fons Laan, Joe Raad, Rick J. Mourits, Richard L. Zijdeman

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