Rhododendron diversity conservation in global botanic gardens: a case study of Maddenia species by Ling Hu, Marion MacKay, Susan E. Gardiner, Jennifer A. Tate

“…There are 12 Data Deficient taxa: these await further field investigation of wild populations and nine of them require wild collections to conserve genetic diversity. The UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and China are the top five countries holding ex situ collections of subsection Maddenia; in these countries nearly 66% of the ex situ sites hold > 86% of the global living collections of subsection Maddenia. …”
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Lived experiences of social support in Paralympic swimmers: A protocol for a qualitative study by Paul Martin, Alison Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Andrew Soundy, Beth Aitchison

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Infant outcomes after exposure to Tdap vaccine in pregnancy: an observational study by Helen Petousis-Harris, Tony Walls, Patricia Graham, Nicola Austin, Linda Hill

“…Objective Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy has recently been recommended in both the USA and UK to prevent pertussis infection in infants. While there are no apparent safety concerns about the administration of Tdap vaccine during pregnancy, there is only limited safety data available. …”
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Evaluation of the carrot gene pool for yield and quality indicators at Volgograd Experiment Station of VIR by V. E. Pryanishnikova, T. V. Khmelinskaya

“…High-yielding cultivars with relatively stable yields were identified: ‘Nesravnennaya’ (k-1528, Russia), ‘Leninakanskaya’ (k-1936, Armenia), ‘Asmer Early market’ (k-2304, UK), and ‘Konservnaya-63’ (k-2320, Moldova). High yields and good marketability were shown by cvs. …”
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LOFAR Observations of Substructure Within a Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance at Mid‐Latitude by Gareth Dorrian, Richard Fallows, Alan Wood, David R. Themens, Ben Boyde, Andrzej Krankowski, Mario Bisi, Bartosz Dąbrowski, Christian Vocks

“…The observations were made under geomagnetically quiet conditions, between 0400 and 0800 on 7 January 2019, over the UK. In combination with ionograms and Global Navigation Satellite System Total Electron Content anomaly data we estimate the TID velocity to ∼60 ms−1, in a North‐westerly direction. …”
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STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS ON DIVORCES IN ROMANIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BY RESIDENCE, REGIONS, AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS by Marius I. STUPARIU, Marcu Simion STAȘAC, Ribana LINC

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Multi-parametric characterization of proton bunches above 50 MeV generated by helical coil targets by P. Martin, H. Ahmed, O. Cavanagh, S. Ferguson, J. S. Green, B. Greenwood, B. Odlozilik, M. Borghesi, S. Kar

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Clusters of diet, physical activity, screen-time and sleep among adolescents and associations with 3-year change in indicators of adiposity. by Noura Alosaimi, Lauren B Sherar, Paula Griffiths, Mark Hamer, Natalie Pearson

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study were utilised when participants were aged 14 and 17 years respectively. …”
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Engineered bamboo bridge structure - Report on 3rd International Collaboration on Bamboo Construction by Haitao Li, Zixian Feng, Xinqi Shen, Yifan Wang, Xin Xue, Rodolfo Lorenzo, Mahmud Ashraf, Zhenhua Xiong, Chungui Zhou, Ningjun Chen, Jian Zhang, Kewei Liu, Edwin Zea Escamilla

Patient Experience Regarding Medication-Related Information Received in a Rural Private Polyclinic Setting in Vietnam by Quang Loc Duyen Vo MSc, BPharm, Minh Trung Nguyen BMed, Thi Ngoc Yen Dang MSc, BPharm, Thi Hong Dung Quach MSc, BPharm, Huynh Kim Ngoc Truong MSc, BPharm, Rebecca Susan Dewey MPhys, PhD, Thi Thu Tran BPharm, Van De Tran PhD

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Effectiveness of integrated chronic care interventions for older people with different frailty levels: a systematic review protocol by Gurch Randhawa, David Hewson, Nimra Khan

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Systematic review of 99 extremity bone malignancy survival prediction models by Cheng-Yo Lai, Hung-Kuan Yen, Hao-Chen Lin, Olivier Quinten Groot, Wei-Hsin Lin, Hao-Ping Hsu

“…Trial registration This study was registered in PROSEPRO (CRD42022373391, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=373391 ).…”
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Shared genetic factors and the interactions with fresh fruit intake contributes to four types squamous cell carcinomas. by Mengqing Mo, Can Hou, Huangbo Yuan, Renjia Zhao, Mingyang Chen, Yanfeng Jiang, Kelin Xu, Tiejun Zhang, Xingdong Chen, Chen Suo

“…By integrating a large-scale genotype data of 1,928 Pan-SCCs cases and 7,712 age- and sex-matched controls in the UK Biobank cohort, as well as multiple transcriptome and protein databases, we conducted a multi-omics analysis. …”
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Oral Antibacterial Drug Prescribing in Primary Care Out-of-Hours Services: A Scoping Review by Sarah Khalid Al Hussain, Rhian Deslandes, Deborah Edwards, Karen Louise Hodson

“…Results: The search identified 28 studies from nine high-income countries, mainly the UK (n = 6) and Belgium (n = 5). Most were quantitative studies (n = 23). …”
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A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Brentuximab Vedotin in Relapsed or Refractory Systemic Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma by Margaret Hux, Denise Zou, Esprit Ma, Peter Sajosi, Andreas Engstrom, Ross Selby, Eugene Benson, Andrew Briggs, Vijayveer Bonthapally

“…**Objective:** To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of brentuximab vedotin in patients with R/R sALCL from a UK NHS perspective. **Methods:** A partitioned survival model used clinical outcomes for brentuximab vedotin from the pivotal phase-2 single-arm trial of brentuximab vedotin in 58 patients with R/R sALCL (SG035-0004; NCT00866047), over a lifetime (30-year) time horizon. …”
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The Impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on Healthcare Delivery: A Systematic Literature Review by Bismark Atta Frimpong, Cláudia Barbosa, Raed A Abd-Alhameed

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Experience of Contraceptive Denial, Perceived Ease of Future Access to Contraception, and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes in Polish Women by Jade M, Mijas ME, Jasienska G, Galbarczyk A

“…Morgan Jade,1 Magdalena Ewa Mijas,2 Grazyna Jasienska,2 Andrzej Galbarczyk2,3 1School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; 2Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland; 3Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, GermanyCorrespondence: Andrzej Galbarczyk, Department of Environmental Health, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 8 Skawinska St., Krakow, 31-066, Poland, Tel +48 693 02 55 27, Fax +48 12 632 48 81, Email agalbarczyk@gmail.comPurpose: While several studies demonstrate an association between reproductive coercion or a lack of reproductive autonomy and decreased mental health in women, little is known about potential mental health impacts when women are denied prescription contraceptives. …”
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The role of anti-inflammatory diets and supplementation in metabolic syndrome and symptom remission in adults with schizophrenia: a systematic review by Elizabeth Suschana, Thea Anderson, Catriona Hong, Arun Narikatte, Jillian Silverberg, Manu Suresh Sharma

“…These findings underscore the need for larger trials with standardized dietary protocols and consistent metabolic and symptom outcome measures in order to better understand the potential role of anti-inflammatory interventions in this population.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42024511596.…”
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Correlation between Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology and Histology for Palpable Breast Masses in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Institution by Adetola Olubunmi Daramola, Mosebolatan Olatokunboh Odubanjo, Fred John Obiajulu, Nzechukwu Zimudo Ikeri, Adekunbiola Aina Fehintola Banjo

“…Our results compare favourably with the measures of test performance of the UK NHS Breast Screening Programme shown in brackets: absolute sensitivity 95.4% (>70%), complete sensitivity 99.2% (>90%), full specificity 88.9% (>65%), positive predictive value 99.6% (>99%), false-negative rate 0.8% (<4%), false-positive rate 0.4% (<0.5%), inadequate rate 3.2% (<15%), and suspicious rate 10.2% (<15%). …”
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Effect of leisure-time physical activity on depression and depressive symptoms in menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Rong Liu, Xun Tang

“…However, further high-quality studies are needed to confirm these findings and better understand the specific effects of physical activity on depression in this population.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42024581087.…”
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