Enhancing maternity healthcare workers’ wellbeing using insider participatory action research by Claire M. Wood, Mary Chambers, Jayne E. Marshall

“…Abstract Background Good healthcare worker (HCW) wellbeing positively impacts service user outcomes, yet the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) is suffering workforce burnout and retention issues. …”
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Systematic review of the impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on mortality and adverse clinical outcomes for individuals with chronic kidney disease by Paul Roderick, Julie Parkes, Theresa Hydes, Ryan Buchanan, Oliver J Kennedy, Simon Fraser

“…Objectives To investigate if non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) impacts mortality and adverse outcomes for individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD).Design Systematic review.Data sources PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched up to 1 February 2020 with no restriction on the earliest date.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Observational cohort studies that reported either the risk of all-cause mortality, incidence of non-fatal cardiovascular events (CVE) or progression of kidney disease among adults with established CKD who have NAFLD compared with those without.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers extracted data and assessed bias independently.Results Of 2604 records identified, 3 studies were included (UK (n=852), South Korea (n=1525) and USA (n=1413)). …”
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Infusion of Autologous Retrodifferentiated Stem Cells into Patients with Beta-Thalassemia by Ilham Saleh Abuljadayel, Tasnim Ahsan, Huma Quereshi, Shakil Rizvi, Tamseela Ahmed, Sabiha Mirza Khan, Jawaid Akhtar, Ghazi Dhoot

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Variability in Test Interval Is Linked to Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Trajectory over Time by Anthony A. Fryer, David Holland, Michael Stedman, Christopher J. Duff, Lewis Green, Jonathan Scargill, Fahmy W. F. Hanna, Pensée Wu, R. John Pemberton, Christine Bloor, Adrian H. Heald

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Cadaveric simulation versus standard training for postgraduate trauma and orthopaedic surgical trainees: protocol for the CAD:TRAUMA study multicentre randomised controlled educati... by Damian Griffin, Hannah K James, Giles T R Pattison, Joanne D Fisher

“…Introduction The quantity and quality of surgical training in the UK has been negatively affected by reduced working hours and National Health Service (NHS) financial pressures. …”
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The homologous recombination factors BRCA2 and PALB2 interplay with mismatch repair pathways to maintain centromere stability and cell viability by Emily Graham, Lucia Rampazzo, Chin Wei Brian Leung, Jacob Wall, Emőke Zsanett Gerőcz, Mikhail Liskovykh, Nikolay Goncharov, Xanita Saayman, Ramazan Gundogdu, Masato T. Kanemaki, Hiroshi Masumoto, Vladimir Larionov, Natalay Kouprina, Fumiko Esashi

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Integrating social narratives of flood events into a text network analysis-based decision support framework to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Africa by Thomas E. O’Shea, Lena C. Grobusch, Mary Zhang, Jeff Neal, Joseph Daron, Richard G. Jones, Christopher Jack, Alice McClure, Gilbert Siame, Dorothy Ndhlovu, Sukaina Bharwani

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A forestry investigation: Exploring factors behind improved tree species classification using bark images by Gokul Kottilapurath Surendran, Deekshitha, Martin Lukac, Martin Lukac, Jozef Vybostok, Martin Mokros

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Efficacy of tezepelumab in patients with severe asthma and persistent airflow obstruction by Elliot Israel, Mario Castro, Christopher S. Ambrose, Jean-Pierre Llanos, Nestor A. Molfino, Nicole L. Martin, Sandhia S. Ponnarambil, Neil Martin

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Enterocyte-like differentiation defines metabolic gene signatures of CMS3 colorectal cancers and provides therapeutic vulnerability by Arezo Torang, Aleksandar B. Kirov, Veerle Lammers, Kate Cameron, Valérie M. Wouters, Rene F. Jackstadt, Tamsin R. M. Lannagan, Joan H. de Jong, Jan Koster, Owen Sansom, Jan Paul Medema

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Cohort profile: the East London Health and Care Partnership Data Repository: using novel integrated data to support commissioning and research by George Howard, Kamaldeep Bhui, Amy Ronaldson, Evangelos Chandakas, Qiongwen Kang, Katie Brennan, Aminat Akande, Irene Ebyarimpa, Eleanor Wyllie, Richard Fradgley, Mark Freestone

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Towards a conceptual framework of the working alliance in a blended low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for depression in primary mental health care: a qualita... by Sarah Smith, Caroline Free, Daniel Michelson, Jesus Montero-Marin, Ricardo Araya, Asmae Doukani, Arlinda Cerga-Pashoja, Ritsuko Kakuma

“…A thematic analysis was conducted using a constant comparative method informed by grounded theory.Setting Recruitment was carried out in four psychological primary care services across the UK.Participants Nineteen trial participants with major depressive disorder who completed at least one computerised program and face-to-face session with a PWP in the b-CBT arm were recruited to the study.Results Qualitative interviews that were guided by WA theory and patient involvement, revealed four themes: (1) a healthcare provider (PWP and computerised program) with good interpersonal competencies for building a working relationship with the client (‘bond’); (2) collaborative efforts between the client and the provider to appropriately identify what the client hopes to achieve through therapy (‘goals’); (3) the selection of acceptable therapeutic activities that address client goals and the availability of responsive support (‘task’) and (4) the promotion of active engagement and autonomous problem solving (‘usability heuristics’). …”
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Optimising fatigue, abdominal pain and faecal incontinence in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD-BOOST Optimise): feasibility study of a checklist and algorithm for initia... by Thomas Hamborg, John McLaughlin, Ailsa Hart, Christine Norton, Sonia Bouri, Laura Miller, Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Asma Fikree, Imogen Stagg, Fionn Cléirigh Büttner

“…Three nurses interviewed found the Optimise algorithm easy to administer.Conclusion Implementing the Optimise checklist and algorithm appears feasible in UK clinical practice, with adjustments needed to minimise missing items. …”
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Identification of individual-level clinical factors associated with increased risk of death during heatwaves: a time-stratified case-crossover study using national primary care rec... by Shakoor Hajat, Ross Thompson, Sari Kovats, Emer O’Connell, Helen Macintyre

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Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and seizure control in children with nodding syndrome; a cross-sectional study by Charles R J C Newton, Albert Ningwa, Kevin Marsh, Richard Idro, Rodney Ogwang, Ronald Anguzu, Pamela Akun, Edward Kayongo

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Emigration and tobacco smoking among those staying behind by Artjoms Ivlevs, Roswitha M. King

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School of English for Business Administration by S. N. Ledenyova

“…Most of them have received their education at leading universities in the UK and the USA. Over the past few years the Department published eight textbooks and other learning materials…”
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Some properties of finite generalized-groups by Nosratollah Shajareh Poursalavati

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Why can’t higher education agree on terminology for third-space professionals? by Colin Simpson

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Some inequalities for eigenvalues of an elliptic differential operator by Shahroud Azami, Mosayeb Zohrehvand, Ghodratallah Fasihi-Ramandi

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