Impact of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic on the patient journeys of those with a newly diagnosed paediatric brain tumour in the UK: a qualitative study by Rachel Isba, Donald MacArthur, Liz Brewster, Ibrahim Jalloh, John-Paul Kilday, Kalsoom Akhter, Roland Casson, G A Amos Burke

“…Objectives To explore the impact of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis, management and patient journey for children and young people with a newly diagnosed brain tumour in the UK.Design Exploratory qualitative study focused on patient journeys from multiple perspectives, conducted as part of a wider mixed-methods study.Setting Three paediatric oncology tertiary centres in the UK.Participants 10 children and young people with brain tumours (n=6 females, n=4 males), 20 caregivers (n=16 females, n=4 males) and 16 stakeholders (specialist nurses, consultant neurosurgeons and oncologists, and representatives from brain tumour charities) were interviewed between January 2022 and June 2023.Results The paper incorporates multiple perspectives, including those of children and young people, parents/caregivers, clinical staff and charity representatives, to explore the patient journey. …”
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Information systems strategy formation in Higher Education Institutions by D.K. Allen

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COVID-Subsidiarity as A New Political Phenomenon by S. P. Arteev

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Supporting undergraduate learning through the collaborative promotion of e-journals by library and academic departments. Electronic journals, E-journals, Higher education,

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Review of ophthalmology undergraduate teaching curriculum by Sivanthi Kanagasundaram

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Future risk of falls induced by ankle-foot sprains history: An observational and mendelian randomization study by Xiao'ao Xue, Weichu Tao, Qianru Li, Yi Li, Yiran Wang, Le Yu, Xicheng Gu, Tian Xia, Rong Lu, Ru Wang, He Wang, Yinghui Hua

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Downsystem grain-size trends and mass balance of an ancient wave-influenced sediment routing system: Middle Jurassic Brent Delta, northern North Sea, offshore UK and Norway by Ikenna C. Okwara, Gary J. Hampson, Alexander C. Whittaker, Gareth G. Roberts

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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

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Planning for the unexpected: Exploring the 2024 Global IT Outage (GITO) impact on critical infrastructures by Jaime Santos-Reyes

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Barriers and facilitators of loaded self-managed exercises and physical activity in people with patellofemoral pain: understanding the feasibility of delivering a multicentred randomised controlled trial, a UK qualitative study by Michael Skovdal Rathleff, Phillipa Logan, Marcus Bateman, Benjamin E Smith, Fiona Moffatt, Paul Hendrick, James Selfe, Toby O Smith

“…The trial investigated a loaded self-managed exercise intervention, which included education and advice on physical activity versus usual physiotherapy as the control.Design Qualitative study, embedded within a mixed-methods design, using semi-structured interviews.Setting A UK National Health Service physiotherapy clinic in a large teaching hospital.Participants Purposively sampled 20 participants within a feasibility RCT study; 10 patients with a diagnosis of patellofemoral pain, aged between 18 and 40 years, and 10 physiotherapists delivering the interventions.Results In respect to barriers and facilitators, the five overlapping themes that emerged from the data were: (1) locus of control; (2) belief and attitude to pain; (3) treatment expectations and preference; (4) participants’ engagement with the loaded self-managed exercises and (5) physiotherapists’ clinical development. …”
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Exploring the experiences of minoritised groups at life sciences conferences in the UK: new perspectives and actions to improve inclusivity in the sector [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Tinu Cornish, Hayley Clissold, Ashlee Christoffersen, Janice Prentice, Kathlyn Wilson, Victor Penda, Ireena Dutta, Julian C. Rayner, Michelle Bishop, Saher Ahmed, Treasa Creavin

“…Attending and participating in scientific research meetings and conferences is a key mechanism for researchers to share information and knowledge, build networks, and establish relationships and collaborations to support career development. In the UK, researchers from minoritised or underrepresented groups may have a different experience at a conference than their peers. …”
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Safety and effectiveness of appropriately and inappropriately dosed rivaroxaban or apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study with nested case–control analyses from UK primary care by Luis Alberto García Rodríguez, Pareen Vora, Luke Roberts, Gunnar Brobert, Samuel Fatoba, María Eugenia Sáez, Antonio González-Pérez

“…Objectives To investigate effects of appropriately and inappropriately dosed apixaban/rivaroxaban versus warfarin on effectiveness and safety outcomes in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).Design Cohort study with nested case–control analyses using primary care electronic health records (IQVIA Medical Research Data UK database).Setting UK primary care.Participants Patients aged ≥18 years with NVAF newly prescribed apixaban (N=14 701), rivaroxaban (N=14 288) or warfarin (N=16 175) between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2018, and followed up to 31 December 2018.Primary and secondary outcome measures Incident cases of ischaemic stroke/systemic embolism (IS/SE) and intracranial bleeding (ICB). …”
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Knowledge mobilisation: a UK co-creation study to devise strategies to amend lay and practitioner atopic eczema mindlines to improve consultation experiences and self-management practices in primary care by Fiona Cowdell, Taheeya Ahmed, Carron Layfield

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Acute effect of a Mediterranean-style dietary pattern (MDP) on mood, anxiety and cognition in UK adults with mild to moderate anxiety and depression: the MediMood randomised controlled trial protocol by Emma Stevenson, Amy Jennings, Anne Marie Minihane, Rachel Gillings, Alpar Lazar, M Hornberger, Saber Sami, Latife Esgunoglu, Marrium Liaquat, Adrian Leddy, Jon Brooks, William Penny

“…The current intervention aims to examine whether an MDP, compared with a Western diet (WD), improves mood, cognition and anxiety symptoms, postprandially, at 24-hour and after 5 days in adults with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.Methods and analysis Twenty-five UK adults (aged 18 or over) with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression and low adherence to an MDP were recruited to a cross-over randomised controlled trial. …”
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Newly identified single-nucleotide polymorphism associated with the transition from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to liver fibrosis: results from a nested case-control study in the UK biobank by Yitong Ling, Yu Xuan Yang, Yan Chun Chen, Jing Hao Wang, Dong Ge Feng, Shi Jian Xiang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jun Lyu, Sha Sha Li

“…The present study was conducted to explore how single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) impacts the development of fibrosis in those suffering from NAFLD.Materials and methods Utilizing the UK Biobank dataset, we conducted a nested case-control analysis among NAFLD participants, defining the case group as those with liver fibrosis and cirrhosis during follow-up. …”
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Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019 by Jean Adams, Martin White, Stephen J Sharp, Harry Rutter, David Pell, Steven Cummins, Richard D Smith, Nina Trivedy Rogers

“…We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to household income and composition, 19 months following the implementation of the UK soft drinks industry levy.Methods Data were from the Kantar Fast Moving Consumer Goods panel, a market research panel which collects data on weekly household purchases (mean weekly number of households=21 908), March 2014–November 2019. …”
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Airborne Transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant and the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant by Byung Uk Lee

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Two managerial public relations roles in the South African context by Benita Steyn, Tery Everett

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