INTRODUCTION TO SOCIETY REGISTER by Mariusz Baranowski, Anna Odrowąż-Coates

“…There are papers from authors based in Algeria, India, Iran, UK, USA, Vietnam, Turkey and Poland, who are all social researchers and active observers of social life at different stages of their academic and professional career. …”
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Designing an online business communication course in English by responding to student needs through an evidence-based approach by Shrestha Prithvi N.

“…This paper reports on the evidence-based design of an award-winning online business communication course in English which responded to changing needs of distance business management students at The Open University, UK. It draws on student needs analysis data (student surveys, online forum posts, industry skills survey reports and a content analysis of business management courses and assignments) and course evaluation surveys to investigate how the online course addressed student needs in terms of course content, teaching and learning and assessment. …”
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Additions to the Mycosphaerella complex by P.W. Crous, K. Tanaka, B.A. Summerel, J.Z. Groenewald

“…., Australia), and C. silenes (on Silene maritima, UK). Finally, the phylogenetic position of two genera are newly confirmed, namely Camarosporula (based on C. persooniae, teleomorph Anthracostroma persooniae), which is a leaf pathogen of Persoonia spp. in Australia, belongs to the Teratosphaeriaceae, and Sphaerulina (based on S. myriadea), which occurs on leaves of Fagaceae (Carpinus, Castanopsis, Fagus, Quercus), and belongs to the Mycosphaerel/aceae.…”
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Connectivism, Chaos and Chaoids by Peter Shukie

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Key considerations in setting up a therapeutic plasma exchange service for neurology patients  by Nicole Japzon, Aneliya Takova, Viva Levee, Ruth Han, Jenny McDonald, Benjamin Sacks, Sinead Rosser, Katharine Hunt, Laura Zambreanu, Michael Lunn, Jennifer Spillane

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Understanding the Effects of Social Cohesion on Social Wellbeing: A Scoping Review by Sally Fowler Davis, Megan Davies, Megan Davies

“…ObjectivesTo describe objective social wellbeing in relation to social cohesion.MethodsA literature search that sought to understand the contribution of social cohesion in the community as a means of achieving social wellbeing in the UK, published in the last 10 years.ResultsSocial cohesion is widely associated with community assets, trust, and a sense of belonging at neighbourhood level. …”
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Datafied ageing futures: Regimes of anticipation and participatory futuring by Juliane Jarke, Helen Manchester

“…We draw on data from a series of design fiction workshops with older adults, civil society organisations and civil servants in Germany, Austria and the UK. Our analysis explores how participatory futuring might allow participants to question their own assumptions and anticipations about the futures of data-driven technologies in ageing societies but that, due to ‘discursive closure’, this may not lead to radically different futures imaginaries.…”
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ESRC Research Data Policy in a Changing Landscape by Paul Allanson, Angela Daly, Awais Elahi, Alistair Geddes, Maeve Malone, Niamh Nic Daeid, Lucille Tetley-Brown

“… The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK’s largest funder of economic, social, behavioural, and human data science. …”
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An Assessment of the Utility of a Bayesian Framework to Improve Response Propensity Models in Longitudinal Data by Eliud Kibuchi, Gabriele B Durrant, Olga Maslovskaya, Patrick Sturgis

“…In this paper we apply this approach and analyse data from the UK household longitudinal study, Understanding Society (first five waves) and estimate informative priors from previous waves data. …”
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THE DIGITALIZATION STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR by Emilia STOICA, Liviu RADU

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‘It would not be tolerated in any other profession except medicine’: survey reporting on undergraduates’ exposure to bullying and harassment in their first placement year by Anja Timm

“…Objectives To determine the extent to which undergraduate medical students experience (and/or witness) bullying and harassment during their first year on full-time placements and to compare with new General Medical Council (GMC) evidence on bullying and harassment of doctors in training.Setting A UK university offering medical and nursing undergraduate programmes.Participants 309 medical and nursing undergraduate students with 30–33 weeks’ placement experience (123 medical students and 186 nursing students); overall response rate: 47%.Primary and secondary outcome measures (A) students’ experience of bullying and harassment; (B) witnessing bullying and harassment; (C) actions taken by students; (D) comparison of medical and nursing students’ data.Results Within 8 months of starting clinical placements, a fifth of medical and a quarter of nursing students reported experiencing bullying and harassment. …”
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Post infectious fatigue and circadian rhythm disruption in long-COVID and other infections: a need for further research by Achilleas Livieratos, Steven W. Lockley, Sotirios Tsiodras

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Mechanism of action of 5-arninosalicylic acid by N. A. Punchard, S. M. Greenfield, R. P. H. Thompson

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Trade-off between pollinator-wildflower diversity & grassland yields by Nicholas J. Balfour, Ciaran Harris, Jonathan Storkey, Francis L. W. Ratnieks

“…Abstract This is a critical moment for land use policy globally, with many countries (e.g. the UK and the European Union) currently undertaking significant green reforms of their agricultural policies. …”
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Learning Through Reflection: A Team’s Reflection on a Digital, Text-based Positive Health Coaching Intervention for Healthcare Professionals by Croia Loughnane, Róisín O’Donovan, Ashley P. Duggan, Pádraic Dunne

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Fostering toleration in secondary school students through Enlightenment philosophical tales by Matt Sharpe

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Controversies in thyroid disease management in pregnancy by Pushpa Singh, Kristien Boelaert

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Homicides and Suicides by Mentally Ill People by Said Shahtahmasebi

“…This proportion is consistent with the U.K. national figures. Records show that 46% of the sample's first contact with the psychiatric services was through a first failed attempted suicide. …”
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Developing indoor heat-health warning systems for vulnerable populations by Choo-Yoon Yi, Chengzhi Peng

“…As a proof-of-principle study, we first introduce an indoor heat-health warning system developed for the general population in the UK, demonstrating its use case based on the 2013 heatwave event. …”
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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder increases cognitive inflexibility in people with coronary artery disease by Agne Stanyte, Naomi A. Fineberg, Julija Gecaite-Stonciene, Aurelija Podlipskyte, Julius Neverauskas, Alicja Juskiene, Vesta Steibliene, Nijole Kazukauskiene, Julius Burkauskas

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