Identifying research priorities in cardiac surgery: a report from the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in adult heart surgery by Tracy Kumar, Florence Y Lai, Riccardo G Abbasciano, Bethany Tabberer, Gavin J Murphy

“…Objective To identify research priorities that address the needs of people affected by cardiac surgery and those who support and care for them.Design James Lind Alliance (JLA) process—two surveys and a consensus workshop guided by an independent JLA adviser.Setting The UK with international participation.Participants Three stakeholder groups—heart surgery patients, carers and healthcare professionals involved in care delivery.Methods The initial survey was set to collect potential research questions in cardiac surgery as identified by stakeholders. …”
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Are deprivation-specific cancer survival patterns similar according to individual-based and area-based measures? A cohort study of patients diagnosed with five malignancies in Engl... by Lucy Elliss-Brookes, Aurélien Belot, Matthew Baker, Fiona C Ingleby, Laura M Woods, Iain M Atherton

“…Objective To investigate if measured inequalities in cancer survival differ when using individual-based (‘person’) compared with area-based (‘place’) measures of deprivation for three socioeconomic dimensions: income, deprivation and occupation.Design Cohort study.Setting Data from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study of England and Wales, UK, linked to the National Cancer Registration Database.Participants Patients diagnosed with cancers of the colorectum, breast, prostate, bladder or with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma during the period 2008–2016.Primary and secondary outcome measures Differentials in net survival between groups defined by individual wage, occupation and education compared with those obtained from corresponding area-level metrics using the English and Welsh Indices of Multiple Deprivation.Results Survival was negatively associated with area-based deprivation irrespective of the type analysed, although a trend from least to most deprived was not always observed. …”
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Adverse drug reactions, multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a prospective analysis of 1 month of medical admissions by Girvan Burnside, Munir Pirmohamed, Rostam Osanlou, Dyfrig A Hughes, Lauren Walker

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Needs and views on eye health and women’s empowerment and theory of change map: implication on the development of a women-targeted eyecare programme for older Zanzibari craftswomen... by Ving Fai Chan, Fatma Omar, Eden Mashayo, Damaris Mulewa, Ai Chee Yong, Christine Graham, Ronnie Graham, Carlos Price-Sanchez, Omar Othman, Kayleigh McCluskey

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Elucidation of novel, alternative, fiber-reinforced iron-based pozzolanic composites as SCMs by Hafiz Muhammad Nadir, Ash Ahmed, Ikram Moshi

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Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS): protocol for an observational case–control study focusing on the patient interval in ovarian cancer diagnosis by Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Sudha Sundar, Yasemin Hirst, Hannah R Brewer, James M Flanagan

“…We propose a case–control study, as part of a larger project called the Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS), to investigate whether a significant change in medication purchases could be an indication for early signs of ovarian cancer, using data already collected through store loyalty cards.Methods and analysis Using a retrospective case–control design, we aim to recruit 500 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer (cases) and 500 women without ovarian cancer (controls) in the UK who hold a loyalty card with at least one participating high street retailer. …”
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Bakker and Montesano Montessori (eds.) (2016) Complexity in Education: From Horror to Passion. by Jacqueline Dodding

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Reflections on Priest’s Reflections by Timothy Williamson

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Gaza, 2014: understanding the israeli-palestinian conflict by Antonio Perra

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GWAS of CRP response to statins further supports the role of APOE in statin response: A GIST consortium study by Emma F. Magavern, Harshal Deshmukh, Geraldine Asselin, Elizabeth Theusch, Stella Trompet, Xiaohui Li, Raymond Noordam, Y.-D. Ida Chen, Teresa E. Seeman, Kent D. Taylor, Wendy S. Post, Jean-Claude Tardif, Dirk S. Paul, Emelia J. Benjamin, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Jerome I. Rotter, Ronald M. Krauss, J.Wouter Jukema, Paul M. Ridker, Patricia B. Munroe, Mark J. Caulfield, Daniel I. Chasman, Marie-Pierre Dubé, Graham A. Hitman, Helen R. Warren

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Editorial: Mobilizing Museum Minerals by Eleanor Armstrong, Camille-Mary Sharp

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