Finding quality in quality improvement: creativity and credibility in higher education by Nevena Martinović, Emma McCallum

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L’après-guerre du peuple ? La Grande-Bretagne sous les Travaillistes vue par Britain To-day (1945-1950) by Alice Byrne

“…Britain To-day continued to present an image of the UK which aimed at making its overseas readers supportive of British policy. …”
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Association of exposure to second-hand smoke during childhood with blood DNA methylation by Marta Cosin-Tomas, Thanh Hoang, Cancan Qi, Giulietta S. Monasso, Ryan Langdon, Simon Kebede Merid, Lucinda Calas, Paula de Prado-Bert, Rebecca Richmond, Vincent VW Jaddoe, Liesbeth Duijts, John Wright, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Regina Grazuleviciene, Marianna Karachaliou, Gerard H. Koppelman, Erik Melén, Olena Gruzieva, Martine Vrijheid, Paul Yousefi, Janine F. Felix, Stephanie J. London, Mariona Bustamante

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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…The sensitivity of most MCED tests to detect solid tumour cancers without a current screening programme in the UK was higher than their sensitivity to detect cancers with a screening programme in the UK (breast, cervical and colorectal). …”
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Complex high-risk indicated PCI (CHIP-PCI): is it safe to let fellows-in-training perform it as primary operators? by Tim Kinnaird, Zia Ul-Haq, Holly Morgan, Anirban Choudhury, Majd B Protty, Alexander Chase, David Hildick-Smith, Shantu Bundhoo, Saad Hasan, Diluka Premawardhana, Ahmed Hailan, Mohammed Shugaa Addin, Hussain Hussain

“…Whether the outcomes of these cases differ if the primary operator is a supervised FIT compared with a consultant is unknown.Methods Using multicentre PCI data from three cardiac centres in South Wales, UK (2018–2022), we identified 2295 CHIP-PCI cases with a UK-BCIS CHIP Score of 3 or more. …”
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Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews by Keith Wilson, Nigel Westwood, Catherine Wloch, Pauline Harrington, Luke J Rogers, Judith Tanner, Gavin Murphy, Colin S Brown, Jeremy Dearling, Ricky Vaja, Melissa Rochon, Lyn Brierley Jones

“…Objectives To explore patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring.Design Explanatory mixed methods study with an online survey followed by online interviews.Setting The online survey was distributed via the Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network and cardiac surgery patient and public involvement groups in London and Leicester, UK. Participants were invited to share the survey link with other patients and carers. …”
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Alcohol use among populations with autism spectrum disorder: narrative systematic review by William Barber, Betul Aslan, Tim Meynen, John Marsden, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Vigneshwar Paleri, Julia M.A. Sinclair

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Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach by Anita Lazurko, Michele-Lee Moore, L. Jamila Haider, Simon West, Daniel D. P. McCarthy

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Benefits and harms of pregabalin in the management of neuropathic pain: a rapid review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials by Igho J Onakpoya, Elizabeth T Thomas, Joseph J Lee, Ben Goldacre, Carl J Heneghan

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Long-Term Outcomes of Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excisions: A Propensity-Score Matched Cohort study of 5-year survival outcomes by Rauand Duhoky, MsC, Marieke L. W. Rutgers, MsC, Thijs A. Burghgraef, MsC, Samuel Stefan, MD, Shamsul Masum, PhD, Guglielmo N. Piozzi, MD, Filippos Sagias, MD, Jim S. Khan, MD, PhD

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Study protocol for the development and pilot-testing of a Self-assessment tool for the implementation of the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health (ESCNH) by James Webbe, Helmut Hummler, Luc J I Zimmermann, Ylva Thernström Blomqvist, Nicholas Lack, Dietmar Schlembach, Julia Hoffmann, Silke Mader, Eleni Vavouraki, Sarah Lehmann, Gina Ancora, Esther Schouten, Ilaria Simonelli, Isabel Geiger

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Pyrolysis-catalytic gasification of plastic waste for hydrogen-rich syngas production with hybrid-functional Ni-CaOCa2SiO4 catalyst by Tian Heng Qin, Guozhao Ji, Boyu Qu, Alan J McCue, Shaoliang Guan, Jos Derksen, Ye Shui Zhang

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Renal transplant recipient and deceased-donor risk profiles at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa: A 9-year review by F van der Schyff, M Barnard, B Ströbele, M de Jager, R Britz, P Gaylard, J Loveland

“…The Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) and the UK KDRI were calculated for each donor. Recipients who were allocated these grafts were characterised, and the Hennepin Transplant Risk Score and the Kidney Transplant Morbidity Index (KTMI) were calculated. …”
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Effects of nintedanib on circulating biomarkers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by R. Gisli Jenkins, Vincent Cottin, Yasuhiko Nishioka, Imre Noth, Eric S. White, Carina Ittrich, Claudia Diefenbach, Klaus B. Rohr, Moisés Selman, Toby M. Maher

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The epidemiology and unmet need of migraine in five european countries: results from the national health and wellness survey by Gianluca Coppola, Joshua D. Brown, Amanda R. Mercadante, Sheila Drakeley, Nikoletta Sternbach, Aaron Jenkins, Karin Hygge Blakeman, Astrid Gendolla

“…Spain had the highest prevalence (14.0%), followed by Italy, France, UK, and Germany. Migraine prevalence was highest in the age group of 30–39 years, and females had nearly twice the prevalence compared to males. …”
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Dynamic Complement Protein Changes in Aqueous Humor and Plasma of Patients With Retinal Vein Occlusion During Ranibizumab Treatment by Guo T, Zhao Y, Liang S, Wang J, Liu H, Zhou Y, Xu H, Chen Z

“…Tingting Guo,1,2,* Yanying Zhao,2,3,* Shengnan Liang,2,3 Jie Wang,2 Hengwei Liu,2 Yufan Zhou,2 Heping Xu,3– 5 Zhongping Chen1– 3,6 1Aier Eye Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Changsha Aier Eye Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of China; 3Aier Academy of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China; 4Aier Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, Aier Eye Hospital Group, Changsha, People’s Republic of China; 5The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK; 6School of Stomatology and Ophthalmology, Xianning Medical College, Xianning, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhongping Chen; Heping Xu, Email chenzhongping@csu.edu.cn; heping.xu@qub.ac.ukPurpose: To assess dynamic changes of complement protein in aqueous humor (AH) and plasma of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) patients during ranibizumab treatment, and to explore the differential expression of complement proteins in branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).Patients and Methods: This prospective, consecutive case series study collected AH and plasma samples from 27 RVO patients at baseline, 1 and 2 months after ranibizumab treatment, including 19 BRVO and 8 CRVO patients. …”
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Psychological detachment from work predicts mental wellbeing of working-age adults: Findings from the 'Wellbeing of the Workforce' (WoW) prospective longitudinal cohort study. by Holly Blake, Juliet Hassard, Louise Thomson, Wei Hoong Choo, Teixiera Dulal-Arthur, Maria Karanika-Murray, Lana Delic, Richard Pickford, Lou Rudkin

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Wellbeing of the Workforce (WoW) was a prospective longitudinal cohort study, with two waves of data collection (Time 1, April-June 2020: T1 n = 337; Time 2, March-April 2021: T2 = 169) corresponding with the first and third national COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK. Participants were >18 years, who were employed or self-employed and working in the UK. …”
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Are school-based violence prevention interventions inclusive and effective for children with disabilities? A systematic review of global evidenceResearch in context by Emily Eldred, Karen Devries, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Rizwana Mallick, Waliyah Mughis, Lena Morgon Banks, Amiya Bhatia

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“If that would have lessened my symptoms, that would have been great...”: a qualitative study about the acceptability of tecovirimat as treatment for mpox by Sara Paparini, Rosalie Hayes, Benjamin Weil, Will Nutland, Ismael Maatouk, Teodora Wi, Chloe M. Orkin, Rosamund Lewis

“…Inclusion criteria were as follows: experience of mpox illness; age 18 and over; living in the United Kingdom (UK); living in the UK during 2022 mpox outbreak. …”
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Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial (ASSSIST): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories... by Dean McMillan, Victoria Allgar, Barry Wright, David Marshall, Shehzad Ali, Joy Adamson, Chris Williams, Elizabeth Littlewood, Dominic Trépel, Lisa Dyson, Hannah Ainsworth, Liz Cook, Lisa Hackney, Danielle Collingridge Moore, Rebecca Hargate, Anne McLaren, Jo Whitehead

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