Syrian refugee and diaspora healthcare professionals: Case studies from the eastern mediterranean and European regions by Aula Abbara, Munzer Alkhalil, Kinan Wihba, Omer Abdrabbuh, Diana Rayes, Andrew Ghobrial, Manar Marzouk, Fadi Halabi, Mahmoud Hariri, Abdulkarim Ekzayez

“…Results: We explore through case studies from countries near Syria (Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt) and in Europe (Germany, UK) different policies which support or restrict entry into the health workforce. …”
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Uptake and 4-week outcomes of an ‘opt-out’ smoking cessation referral strategy in a London-based lung cancer screening setting by Anthony Edey, Neal Navani, Kitty Chan, Graham Robinson, Janine Zylstra, Paul Robinson, Laura Green, Anand Devaraj, Jane Rowlands, Allan Hackshaw, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, Sam M Janes, Kate Davies, Jeannie Eng, Mamta Ruparel, Samantha L Quaife, Jennifer L Dickson, Magali Taylor, Angshu Bhowmik, Hasti Robbie, Joseph Jacob, Laura Farrelly, Sophie Tisi, Tanya Patrick, Andrew Creamer, Helen Hall, Samanjit Hare, Jon Teague, Samuel M Janes, Esther Arthur-Darkwa, Thea Buchan, Stephen Ellis, Thomas Callender, Rachael Sarpong, John McCabe, Zaheer Mangera, Ethaar El-Emir, Terry O'Shaughnessy, Geoff Bellingan, Nick Screaton, Priyam Verghese, William M Ricketts, Vicky Bowyer, Kylie Gyertson, Fanta Bojang, Claire Levermore, Tania Anastasiadis, Ruth Prendecki, Amyn Bhamani, Malavika Suresh, Judy Airebamen, Alice Cotton, Kaylene Phua, Elodie Murali, Simranjit Mehta, Karen Parry-Billings, Columbus Ife, April Neville, Zahra Hanif, Helen Kiconco, Ricardo McEwen, Dominique Arancon, Nicholas Beech, Derya Ovayolu, Christine Hosein, Sylvia Patricia Enes, Qin April Neville, Aashna Samson, Urja Patel, Fahmida Hoque, Hina Pervez, Sofia Nnorom, Moksud Miah, Julian McKee, Mark Clark, Anant Patel, Sara Lock, Rajesh Banka, Ugo Ekeowa, Charlotte Cash, Tunku Aziz, Alberto Villanueva, Elena Stefan, Charlie Sayer, Navinah Nundlall, Andrew Crossingham, Tanita Limani, Kate Gowers, Andrew Perugia, James Rusius, Anne-Marie Hacker, Monica L Mullin, Evangelos Katsampouris, Chuen R Khaw, Chuen Khaw, Sheetal Karavadra, Alan Shaw, Chris Valerio, Ali Mohammed, Lynsey Gallagher, Mehran Azimbagirad, Burcu Ozaltin, Maureen Browne, Eleanor Hellier, Catherine Nestor

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Gaza, armed conflict and child health by Tony Waterston, Ayesha Kadir, Delanjathan Devakumar, Christian Harkensee, Prudence Jarrett, Amy Stevens, Kerry Blackett, Hadjer Nacer, Erva Nur Cinar, Yamina Boukari, Erin Dexter

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Short- and long-term effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on autonomic cardiovascular control and arm-crank exercise capacity in individuals with a spinal cord injury... by Samuel J E Lucas, Tom E Nightingale, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Shin-Yi Chiou, Alex J Wadley, Rebekah A I Lucas, Daniel D Hodgkiss, Shane J T Balthazaar, Joseph F Welch, Phoebe A Cox

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Protocol for a first-in-human feasibility study of T regulatory cells (TR004) for inflammatory bowel disease using (ex vivo) Treg expansion (TRIBUTE) by Jennifer Clough, Peter Irving, A Toby Prevost, Graham M Lord, Joana Vasconcelos, James B Canavan, Beverley Rodger, D Macallan

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Semiclassical Estimates of Pressure-induced Line Widths for Infrared Absorption in Hot (Exo)planetary Atmospheres by Jeanna Buldyreva, Kathleen Stehlin, Sergei N. Yurchenko, Elizabeth R. Guest, Jonathan Tennyson

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Comparative temporal response of toxicity for the neonicotinoid clothianidin and organophosphate dimethoate insecticides in two species of solitary bee (Osmia bicornis and Osmia co... by Helen Hesketh, Jan Baas, Elma Lahive, Alexander G. Robinson, David J. Spurgeon, Matthew S. Heard

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Multi-level encoding of reward, effort, and choice across the frontal cortex and basal ganglia during cost-benefit decision-making by Oliver Härmson, Isaac Grennan, Brook Perry, Robert Toth, Colin G. McNamara, Timothy Denison, Hayriye Cagnan, Sanjay G. Manohar, Mark E. Walton, Andrew Sharott

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Delphi consensus survey: the opinions of patients living with refractory ulcerative proctitis and the health care professionals who care for them by Philip Smith, Stuart Bloom, Christian Selinger, Ailsa Hart, Christopher Lamb, Anjan Dhar, Helen Steed, Matthew Brookes, Jonathan Macdonald, Ian Arnott, Shellie Radford, Gordon W Moran, Susan Ritchie, Victoria Fletcher, Jonathan Segal, N Sharma, Shahida Din, Daniel Gaya, J Butterworth, S Andrews, P Adams, Deborah Morris, Pearl Avery, Philip Oppong, Mario Guslandi, Maro Kyriacou, Rachel Linger, Madhoor Ramdeen, John Appleton, John Anneh, B Kussel

“…The aim of this study was to establish a consensus on the thoughts and opinions related to refractory proctitis disease burden and best practice for management.Methods A three-round Delphi consensus survey was conducted among patients living with refractory proctitis and the healthcare experts with knowledge on this disease from the UK. A brainstorming stage involving a focus group where the participants came up with an initial list of statements was completed. …”
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One step further: improving paediatric TB diagnosis through user-centred research approaches by F.W. Basile, E.M. Bijker, M. Sekadde, S.E. Dorman, J.J. Ellner, N. Engel, M. Ruhwald, R. Song

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Correction: Can computer simulation support strategic service planning? Modelling a large integrated mental health system on recovery from COVID-19 by Livia Pierotti, Jennifer Cooper, Charlotte James, Kenah Cassels, Emma Gara, Rachel Denholm, Richard Wood

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Measurement and analysis of fatigue crack deformation at the micro-scale by D. Nowell, K.I. Dragnevski, S.J. O’Connor

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PMMB COVID-19 Bulletin: United Kingdom (22nd April 2020) by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Hooi-Leng Ser, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Learn-Han Lee

“…Despite the lockdown is in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, UK death toll continues to surge. As of 21st April 2020, more than 120,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16,000 deaths had been recorded in UK.…”
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“love : necessity : anti-fa”: Hostile Environments and Necropolitics in Nat Raha’s Of Sirens, Body & Faultlines and Jay Bernard’s Surge by Juha Virtanen

“…The UK’s legislation on immigration in the 2010s has been defined by a hostile environment. …”
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Investigation of Uncoordinated Coexisting IEEE 802.15.4 Networks with Sleep Mode for Machine-to-Machine Communications by Chao Ma, Jianhua He, Zuoyin Tang, Wenyang Guan, Yue Li

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CEO Characteristics and Earnings Management: A Study of Manager Tenure, Age, Gender, and Overconfidence by Chen Sitao, Tzavara Dionisia, Argyropoulou Maria, Koufopoulos Dimitrios, Argyropoulou Rachel

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Postpartum changes in maternal physiology and milk composition: a comprehensive database for developing lactation physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models by Neel Deferm, Neel Deferm, Jean Dinh, Jean Dinh, Amita Pansari, Masoud Jamei, Khaled Abduljalil

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Ulitníky pseudokrasovej tiesňavy Parkaň v pohorí Bachureň na východnom Slovensku by Jakub Repaský, Dagmar Říhová, Kateřina Kubíková, Radovan Coufal, Jan Oravec, Lucie Juřičková

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Measuring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diagnostic Delay in Rare Disease by Caitlin Hampson, William Evans, Lucy McKay, Lara Menzies

“…Currently, there is a lack of systematic recording and reporting of rare disease diagnosis in the UK, which created challenges in directly measuring diagnosis rates. …”
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An exploration of clinically meaningful definitions of cough bouts by Kimberley J. Holt, Rachel J. Dockry, Kevin McGuinness, Emma Barrett, Jaclyn A. Smith

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