Orthoplastic surgery research: Three decades of growth and future directions by Alexander F. Dagi, Michael B. Amrami, Nikhil A. Gangoli, Dylan K. Kim, Jarrod T. Bogue

“…Key opportunities to strengthen the field include conducting prospective studies, expanding research beyond lower extremity trauma to areas such as upper extremity reconstruction, oncologic applications, and paediatric care, addressing healthcare access disparities, evaluating cost-effectiveness across different healthcare systems, and developing standardized guidelines beyond the UK.…”
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Dynamics of the relationship between stock markets and exchange rates during quantitative easing and tightening by Farzaneh Ahmadian-Yazdi, Amin Sokhanvar, Soheil Roudari, Aviral Kumar Tiwari

“…The countries examined are Canada and Australia (major commodity exporters) and the UK and Germany (major commodity importers). An essential contribution of this paper is new empirical insights into the dynamics of stock market returns and the transmission of volatility between these markets and exchange rates during the QE and QT periods. …”
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Exploring language learning and corrective feedback in an eTandem project by Tang Jinlan, Qian Kan, Wang Na, Hu Xiaona

“…Against this backdrop, a small-scale, six-week Chinese-English eTandem project focusing on learners’ language learning processes and experiences was undertaken between nine Chinese university students learning English in China and nine British university students learning Chinese in the UK. Multiple datasets were collected from learners’ diaries, synchronous Skype communication recordings, email exchanges, interviews and a post-project survey. …”
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Five principles to prioritise in small-scale surgical quality improvement: a qualitative study of the views of surgical improvement leaders by Mary Dixon-Woods, Graham Martin, Alessandra Giusti, Clifford Y Ko

“…We aimed to identify experienced leaders’ views on the principles that should guide small-scale QI projects in surgery.Methods Two rounds of virtual focus groups were conducted with 10 QI leaders, comprising surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses from three countries (Ireland, the UK and the USA). All participants had formal training in improvement techniques and at least 10 years’ experience leading small-scale QI efforts in surgery. …”
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Broker bureaucracies: The subsidiary offices of the digitalizing state by Fenna Imara Hoefsloot, Neha Gupta, Dennis Mbugua Muthama, José de Jesús Flores Durán

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Enhanced methane and energy generation from sewage water using microbial fuel cells with paddy field soil substrate by Zeshan Abbas, Hafiza Yousra Bibi, Usman Khalid, Saad Saleem Khan, Stephen Larkin, Muther Mansoor Qaisrani, Ali Ahmad, Hussain Shareef, Naeem Akhtar Qaisrani

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Navigating from ‘heroic’ leadership to a distributed leadership model in a virtual community of practice by Ian Johnson, Ed Bickle, Ralitsa Kantcheva

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Audit Partner Characteristics and Their Impacts on Audit Quality: Evidence from around the World by Lingting Jiang, Janean Rundo, Linna Shi, Nan Zhou

“…Commonwealth countries, such as the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Continental European countries, along with Asian economic entities, mandate the disclosure of audit partner names. …”
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Modeling and Optimization of Aloe-Vera Static Shearing by Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Methods by Hekmat Rabbani, Rashid Gholami, Negin Sohrabi

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Russia and the West: Contradictory Dialogue by T. V. Zonova, A. Giannotti

“…The West, mainly the United States and UK, has launched anti-Russian campaign. As a mirror response Russian media also dazzles with speculations about "the decay and decline of the West". …”
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Stereotyped accent judgements in forensic contexts: listener perceptions of social traits and types of behaviour by Alice Paver, David Wright, Natalie Braber, Nikolas Pautz

“…Results indicate that evaluations of perceived characteristics based on accent translate into evaluations of likely behaviours. Non-standard UK regional accents are generally perceived more negatively than a standard one, but not universally; non-English accents elicited more positive trait and behaviour ratings than English accents. …”
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Enhanced testing can substantially improve defense against several types of respiratory virus pandemic by James Petrie, James A. Hay, Oraya Srimokla, Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Charles Whittaker, Joanna Masel

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Prediction of protein biophysical traits from limited data: a case study on nanobody thermostability through NanoMelt by Aubin Ramon, Mingyang Ni, Olga Predeina, Rebecca Gaffey, Patrick Kunz, Shimobi Onuoha, Pietro Sormanni

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Unleashing Dairy Manure's Biogas Potential: A Michaelis-Menten Modeling Approach by Javad Rezaeifar, Abbas Rohani, Mohammadali Ebrahimi-Nik

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Why is Mouth Self-Examination Still Not Recommended for Early Detection of Oral Cancer and Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders? by Beatriz Monteiro da Silva, José Alexandre da Rocha Curvelo, Ruteléia dos Santos Assumpção Barroso, João Vitor Silveira de Azevedo, Andreia Cristina de Melo, Daniel Cohen-Goldemberg

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Application value of different imaging methods in the early diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma: a network meta-analysis by Jian Dong, Zhen Wang, Si-Rui Wang, Huan Zhao, Jun Li, Ting Ma

“…There was significant inconsistency and high heterogeneity in this study.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier CRD42024507883.…”
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An Alternative Method for Traffic Accident Severity Prediction: Using Deep Forests Algorithm by Jing Gan, Linheng Li, Dapeng Zhang, Ziwei Yi, Qiaojun Xiang

“…Motivated by this benefit, this study employs the UK road safety dataset to propose a novel method for predicting the severity of traffic accidents based on the Deep Forests algorithm. …”
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Prediction of Survival Outcomes in Patients with Glioma Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mingfang Hu, Jinge Li, Zhangyu Li, Jian Shen

“…The PROSPERO Registration: CRD42023489535, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=489535.…”
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Work Changes Caused by the Pandemic: A Threat to Identification and Compliance With Health Regulations? by Eva Selenko, Anahi Van Hootegem, Mindy Shoss, Hans De Witte

“…Three-country survey data from Belgium, the UK and the US collected at the height of the pandemic supports that people who reported changes that were in line with what most people experienced (e.g., a decrease in social contacts at work) and changes that symbolised more importance (e.g., an increase in workload due to the pandemic) identified more strongly with the working population. …”
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Exploring the association between khat use and psychiatric symptoms: a systematic review by Betsy Edwards, Naomi Atkins

“…The quality of this meta-analysis was appraised using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) scoring system.Results 35 studies were eligible for inclusion (total participants=31 893), spanning 5 countries (Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, UK). Meta-analysis suggests that khat use is associated with an 122% increased prevalence of psychiatric symptoms (OR 2.22, 95% CIs 1.76 to 2.79, p<0.00001, GRADE score: ‘very low’).Conclusions The high heterogeneity of the meta-analysis is likely due to the wide variation between the studies within the evidence base. …”
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