SpongeScapes: Understanding the role of nature-based solutions in improving sponge functioning of landscapes – the case of regenerative agriculture by Sah Neeraj, Blake James, D’Acunha Brenda, Bell Vicky, Evans Jon, Morrison Ross, Dussaillant Alejandro

“…By inferring changes in saturated water content (proxy for porosity), findings from trend analyses on UK case studies provide insights into the potential of RAPs as an NBS for enhancing landscape water resilience through improved soil sponge functioning.…”
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Cellular signalling protrusions enable dynamic distant contacts in spinal cord neurogenesis by Joshua Hawley, Robert Lea, Veronica Biga, Nancy Papalopulu, Cerys Manning

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Rheumatology training in India compared to the United Kingdom by Parthajit Das, Arumugan Moorthy, Balebail Dharmanand

“…Rheumatology training in the UK is structured and comprehensive. This study was aimed to explore the strengths and weaknesses in the rheumatology training in India as compared to the UK. …”
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Peer support for discharge from hospital to community mental healthcare: a cost analysis by Mike Lucock, Stephen Bremner, Steve Gillard, Sarah White, Michael Ussher, Alan Simpson, Andrew Healey, Lucy Pollyanna Goldsmith, Akshaykumar Patel, Jacqueline Marks, Rhiannon Foster, Sarah L Gibson, Julie Repper, Miles Rinaldi

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Climate change policies reduce air pollution and increase physical activity: Benefits, costs, inequalities, and indoor exposures by Sean Beevers, Nosha Assareh, Andrew Beddows, Gregor Stewart, Mike Holland, Daniela Fecht, Yunzhe Liu, Anna Goodman, Heather Walton, Christian Brand, Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Dylan Wood, Tuan Vu, David Dajnak

“…The study focused on two of the largest UK sources, road transport and building heating, with comparisons made between NZ and UK existing policy, referred to as Business as Usual (BAU). …”
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ImmunoglobuliN in the Treatment of Encephalitis (IgNiTE): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial by R Kneen, M Lim, A Vincent, A J Pollard, W K Chong, L-M Yu, M A Iro, M Sadarangani, M Absoud, C A Clark, A Easton, V Gray, M Pike, T Solomon, L Willis

“…Safety, radiological, other autoimmune and tertiary outcomes will also be assessed.Ethics and dissemination This trial has been approved by the UK National Research Ethics committee (South Central—Oxford A; REC 14/SC/1416). …”
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What strategies are used to select patients for direct admission under acute medicine services? A protocol paper for a systematic review of the literature by Elizabeth Sapey, Catherine Atkin, Samuel Evans, Austin Hunt, Georgina Ball, Charlotte Cassidy, Alexander Costley-White, Louise Toy, Rebecca Wilding

“…Introduction Despite unprecedented pressures on urgent and emergency care services, there is no clear consensus on how to provide acute medical care delivery in the UK. These pressures can lead to significant delays in care for patients presenting with emergencies when admitted via traditional routes through the emergency department. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of metacognitive therapy for cardiac rehabilitation participants with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression: analysis of a randomised controlled trial by David Reeves, Calvin Heal, Patrick Joseph Doherty, Gemma E Shields, Adrian Wells, Lora Capobianco, Anthony Heagerty, Deborah Buck, Linda M Davies, Elizabeth Camacho

“…The objective of this within-trial economic evaluation was to compare the cost-effectiveness of metacognitive therapy (MCT) plus usual care (UC) to UC, from a health and social care perspective in the UK.Methods A multicentre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN74643496) was conducted in the UK involving 332 patients with CR with elevated symptoms of anxiety and/or depression and compared group-based MCT with UC. …”
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The Crisis of English Local Governance During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Breakdown of Central Control by Patrick Diamond, Martin Laffin

“…The UK’s policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic reveals the problems that arise in a highly centralised polity where the executive faces few countervailing political pressures. …”
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Progressive Palaeontology 2024 conference report by Hady George, Thomas Farrell, James R. G. Rawson, Isaura Aguilar-Pedrayes, Benton Walters, Kirsten E. Flett

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Promoting physical activity in vulnerable adults ‘at risk’ of homelessness: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Sarah E Jackson, Lee Smith, Charlotte Stringer, Mike Loosemore, Eloise Moller, Guillermo Felipe López-Sánchez, Joseph Firth, James Johnstone, Brendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort

“…The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of a group exercise intervention on activity levels in people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in central London, UK. The secondary aim is to evaluate the impact of the intervention on mental and physical health outcomes.Method and analysis A 2-arm, individually randomised controlled trial in people who are homeless and those vulnerable and at risk of homelessness in central London, UK. …”
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Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) in Wales and England: results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by Fiona V Lugg-Widger, Chris Bonell, James White, Honor Young, Ruth Lewis, Rachel Brown, Jason Madan, Julia Townson, Lauren Copeland, Philip Pallmann, G J Melendez-Torres, Rhys Williams-Thomas, Muhammad Riaz, Gemma S Morgan

“…Objectives To examine the acceptability of implementing, trialling and estimating the cost of the Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) intervention.Design Two-arm repeated cross-sectional pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) of SaFE compared with usual practice, including a process evaluation and an economic assessment.Setting Eight further education (FE) settings in South Wales and the West of England, UK.Participants FE students, staff and sexual health nurses.Intervention SaFE had three components: (1) onsite access to sexual health and relationship services provided by sexual health nurses available for 2 hours on 2 days per week; (2) publicity about onsite sexual health and relationship services and (3) FE staff training on how to promote sexual health, and recognise, prevent and respond to dating and relationship violence (DRV) and sexual harassment.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was feasibility, assessing whether the study met progression criteria relating to: (a) FE setting and student recruitment; (b) the acceptability of the intervention and (c) qualitative data, and documentary evidence from students, staff and sexual health nurses on acceptability, fidelity of implementation and receipt. …”
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Spatial proteomics identifies a CRTC-dependent viral signaling pathway that stimulates production of interleukin-11 by Benjamin J. Ravenhill, Marisa Oliveira, George Wood, Ying Di, Joanne Kite, Xinyue Wang, Colin T.R. Davies, Yongxu Lu, Robin Antrobus, Gill Elliott, Nerea Irigoyen, David J. Hughes, Paul A. Lyons, Betty Chung, Georg H.H. Borner, Michael P. Weekes

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Tracking Persistent Symptoms in Scotland (TraPSS): a longitudinal prospective cohort study of COVID-19 recovery after mild acute infection by Jane Ormerod, Nicholas F Sculthorpe, Marie McLaughlin, Luke Cerexhe, Eilidh Macdonald, Antonio Dello Iacono, Nilihan E M Sanal-Hayes, Joanne Ingram, Rachel Meach, David Carless, Lawrence D Hayes

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Decisions about the use of psychotropic medication during pregnancy: a qualitative study by Irene Petersen, Vanessa Pinfold, Sarah Hamilton, Fiona Stevenson, Charlotte Walker, Ceri R J Dare, Harminder Kaur, Ruth Lambley, Paulina Szymczynska, Vicky Nicolls

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The Use of Cerami Sequences in Critical Point Theory by Martin Schechter

“…The concept of linking was developed to produce Palais-Smale (PS) sequences G(uk)→a, G'(uk)→0 for C1functionals G that separate linking sets. …”
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A publicly accessible global data repository – the WHO TB-IPD platform by R.L. Goodall, S.M. Fabiane, A. Hakiman, A.M. Crook, F. Mirzayev, S. Schumacher, M.X. Rangaka, on behalf of the WHO TB-IPD Platform at University College London

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The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years by Sarah J. Bray, Stephen J. Royle, Holly A. Shiels, Daniel St Johnston

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The Protocol for the Multi-Ethnic, multi-centre raNdomised controlled trial of a low-energy Diet for improving functional status in heart failure with Preserved ejection fraction (... by Noelle Robertson, Melanie J Davies, Thomas Yates, Gerry P McCann, Gaurav Singh Gulsin, Emer M Brady, Joanne V Wormleighton, Eylem Levelt, Oliver Rider, Jiliu Pan, Christopher Miller, Iain Squire, Mehak Asad, Fardad Soltani, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Rachel L Brown, Joanna M Bilak

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Impact of Financial Toxicity on the Health‐Related Quality of Life and Financial Well‐Being of Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and United S... by Tran Thu Ngan, Emily Tonorezos, Michael Donnelly, Ciaran O'Neill

“…ABSTRACT Background This study investigated and compared the impact of financial toxicity (FT) on the health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and financial well‐being of cancer patients and survivors in the United Kingdom (UK) and United States (US). Methods UK & US participants (n = 600) completed an online questionnaire that consisted of a validated FT instrument (COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity‐COST), a standardised HRQoL instrument (EQ‐5D‐5L) and questions related to their financial well‐being. …”
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