Protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis for risk factors for lung cancer in individuals with lung nodules identified by low-dose CT screening by Matthew Callister, Harry J de Koning, Robert C Rintoul, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, John K Field, Christine D Berg, Samantha Quaife, Rhian Gabe, Stephen Duffy, Sam Janes, Philip AJ Crosbie, Mark M Hammer, Panos Alexandris, Michael PA Davies

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Cohort profile: Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle (OPAL) Study, a prospective cohort study of older adults in England by Sarah E Lamb, Christian D Mallen, M Watson, Julie Bruce, S Dutton, S Petrou, Lesley Ward, Maria T Sanchez Santos, Esther Williamson, Angela Garrett, Alana Morris, O Conway, F Darton, D Hagan, D Haywood, A Hewitt, I Marian, L Nevay, P Nicolson, M Slark, K Vadher, E Williamson, N Arden, K Barker, G Collins, J Fairbank, J Fitch, D French, F Griffiths, Z Hanson, C Hutchinson

“…The majority of participants (n=5367) also consented for research team to access their UK National Health Service (NHS) Digital and primary healthcare records.Findings to date Mean participant age was 74.9 years (range 65–100); 51.5% (n=2784/5409) were women. 94.9% of participants were white, and 28.8% lived alone. …”
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes and myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-ana... by Huzaifa Ul Haq Ansari, Muhammad Ammar Samad, Eman Mahboob, Eeshal Zulfiqar, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, Areeba Ahsan, Mushood Ahmed, Faizan Ahmed, Raheel Ahmed, Shafaqat Ali, Mahboob Alam, Jamal S. Rana, Gregg C. Fonarow

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Protocol for the economic evaluation of metacognitive therapy for cardiac rehabilitation participants with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression by Patrick Doherty, David Reeves, Gemma E Shields, Adrian Wells, Lora Capobianco, Anthony Heagerty, Deborah Buck, Linda M Davies

“…The PATHWAY Group MCT study has been prospectively designed to collect comprehensive self-reported resource use and health outcome data, including the EQ-5D, within a randomised controlled trial study design (UK Clinical Trials Gateway). A within-trial economic evaluation and economic model will compare the cost-effectiveness of MCT plus usual care (UC) to UC, from a health and social care perspective in the UK. …”
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Eliciting Preferences for the Uptake of Smoking Cessation Apps: Discrete Choice Experiment by Dorothy Szinay, Rory A Cameron, Andy Jones, Jennifer A Whitty, Tim Chadborn, Jamie Brown, Felix Naughton

“…Participants were willing to pay a single payment of up to an additional US $6.96 (UK £5.49) for 4.8-star ratings, US $3.58 (UK £2.82) for 4-star ratings, and US $2.61(UK £2.06) for an app developed by a trusted organization. …”
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Patient and public involvement in the design and protocol development for a platform randomised trial to evaluate diagnostic tests to optimise antimicrobial therapy (PROTECT) [vers... by Sammy Ainsworth, Cherry-Ann Waldron, Sarah Jones, Julie Carman, Martina Svobodova, Graham Prestwich, Margaret Ogden, Melanie Gager, Liza Keating

“…This project was a good practice example of how public involvement groups and practitioners across the UK can work together to deliver public involvement that is inclusive of relevant groups.…”
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Clinical validation of an artificial intelligence-based decision support system for diagnosis and risk stratification of heart failure (STRATIFYHF): a protocol for a prospective, m... by Prithwish Banerjee, Guy A MacGowan, Frans H Rutten, Iacopo Olivotto, Petar M Seferović, Jonathan Mant, Djordje G Jakovljevic, Oscar Fernandez, Josep Darbà, Nduka C Okwose, Jose Zamorano, Duncan Edwards, David Sinclair, Lazar Velicki, Amy Groenewegen, Lars S Maier, Dimitris Fotiadis, Sarah Jane Charman, Annamaria Del Franco, Maria Tafelmeier, Andrej Preveden, Cristina Garcia Sebastian, Amy S Fuller, Anne Pauline Nelissen, Petros Malitas, Aikaterini Zisaki, Zoran Bosnic, Petar Vracar, Fausto Barlocco, Marta Jiménez-Blanco Bravo, Nenad Filipovic, Bano Fatima, Williams Kate, Fornaro Alessandra, Milovancev Aleksandra, Ascanio Meritxell, Aguera Ainoa, Pičulin Matej, Flis Borut, Boucharas Dimitrios, Manousos Dimitris, Tsiknakis Manolis, Kassiotis Thomas, Sustersic Tijana, Milicevic Bogdan, Hobbs FD Richard, Kaagman Onno

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Traumatic brain injury series - Introduction by Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Colette Griffin

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Emergent Scale-free Social Networks in History: Burning and the Rise of English Protestantism by Ormerod Paul, Roach Andrew P.

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Spinal muscular atrophy in Brazil: from individual treatment to global management by Laurent Servais, Cristiane Araujo Martins Moreno

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Ethical approval of studies involving humans and other animals by Birte L. Nielsen, T. Bas Rodenburg

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Research priorities to improve cancer care for people with intellectual disabilities across the cancer continuum by Kathryn A Robb, Deborah Cairns, Maarten Cuypers

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The Book of Why by Stephen Powell

“… A review of the book The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie, published in 2018 by Hachette UK. …”
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Task- and Response Related Dissociations between Neglect in Near and Far Space: A Morphometric Case Study by Lina Aimola, Igor Schindler, Annalena Venneri

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GABA𝐀 Receptor Subtypes: Novel Targets for Novel Medicines by Naheed R. Mirza, John Atack, Keith Wafford

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Determining organizational information needs: the Critical Success Factors approach.

“…Reports on a series of investigations in the UK and Finland, in both academic and business institutions. …”
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Cardiac rehabilitation in ACHD: Further investment is now due by Ioannis Kasouridis, Heather Probert, Michael A. Gatzoulis

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Masochism of Play by Samantha Close

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The Lithium Handbook By Jonathan M. Meyer and Stephen M. Stahl. Cambridge University Press. 2024. £39.99 (pb). 470 pp. ISBN 9781009225052 by Aysha Zabin, Sumeet Gupta

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Bill Adams’ scholarship has profoundly changed the way conservationists see the world by Julia P.G. Jones, E.J. Milner-Gulland

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