Health-Related Quality of Life in Long COVID: Mapping the Condition-Specific C19-YRSm Measure Onto the EQ-5D-5L by Smith AB, Greenwood DC, Williams P, Kwon J, Petrou S, Horton M, Osborne T, Milne R, Sivan M

“…Adam B Smith,1 Darren C Greenwood,1,2 Paul Williams,3 Joseph Kwon,4 Stavros Petrou,4 Mike Horton,5 Thomas Osborne,5 Ruairidh Milne,6 Manoj Sivan5,7,8 On behalf of LOCOMOTION Consortium1Leeds Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; 2Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; 3COVID Assessment and Rehabilitation Service, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, Welwyn Garden City, UK; 4Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 5Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; 6Person with Long COVID; Public Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; 7COVID Rehabilitation Service, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds, UK; 8National Demonstration Centre of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UKCorrespondence: Adam B Smith, Leeds Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Email a.b.smith@leeds.ac.ukBackground: Long COVID (LC) is a clinical syndrome with persistent, fluctuating symptoms subsequent to COVID-19 infection. …”
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Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data by Robin J. Boyd, Marc Botham, Emily Dennis, Richard Fox, Collin Harrower, Ian Middlebrook, David B. Roy, Oliver L. Pescott

“…Abstract Biodiversity monitoring schemes periodically measure species' abundances and distributions at a sample of sites to understand how they have changed over time. Often, the aim is to infer change in an average sense across some wider landscape. …”
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Empowering newcomers? Power asymmetries and negotiations between newly arrived migrants and volunteers within buddy programmes by Gaëlle Mortier, Stijn Oosterlynck, Peter Raeymaeckers

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Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life—we can do better every time in every child by Rebeccah Slater, Suellen Walker, Christopher Eccleston, Carlo Bellieni, Tanvi Hirekodi, Ricardo Carbajal, Lucinda Smart, William Laughey, Maria M. Cobo, Stefan Friedrichsdorf

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Learning from collaborative ‘conversations’ on the Students as Producer Pedagogic model: students’ views by Kate Strudwick, Phil Johnson

“… This paper explores and reflects on the outcomes of the application of two different pedagogic models at two Higher Education institutions in the UK, University Centre at Blackburn College and the University of Lincoln. …”
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Information management and technology strategy in healthcare: local timescales and national requirements by Les Smith, Hugh Preston

“…The UK National Health Services strategic switch-back is well documented and each centrally originated change results in various attempts to record the repercussions and predict the outcomes. …”
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Protocol for perfusing human axillary lymph nodes ex vivo to study structure and function in real time by Amy Llewellyn, Rachel Barrow-McGee, Julia Stevenson, Jasmine Gore, Kalnisha Naidoo

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Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol... by Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Abdedayem Khelifi

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Seeing through the Ground: The Potential of Gravity Gradient as a Complementary Technology by N. Metje, D. N. Chapman, C. D. F. Rogers, K. Bongs

“…In the UK there is a huge legacy of buried utility service pipelines and cables beneath our streets and new services, such as fibre optic cables, are being added all the time. …”
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Evaluation of two electronic-rehabilitation programmes for persistent knee pain: protocol for a randomised feasibility trial by Philip G Conaghan, Kim L Bennell, Mark Conner, Rana S Hinman, Sarah R Kingsbury, Elizabeth M A Hensor, Gretl A McHugh, Christine Comer, Dawn Groves-Williams, Rachel K Nelligan

“…Participants will be randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 allocation ratio. The ‘My Knee UK’ intervention arm will receive a self-directed unsupervised internet-based home exercise programme plus short message service support (targeting exercise behaviour change) for 12 weeks; the ‘Group E-Rehab’ intervention arm will receive group-based physiotherapist-prescribed home exercises delivered via videoconferencing accompanied by internet-interactive educational sessions for 12 weeks; the control arm will receive usual physiotherapy care or continue with their usual self-management (depending on their recruitment path). …”
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Disrupting the third space through playfulness, mattering, and unbounded perspectives by Ian Fellows, Gill Gilbert, Leoarna Mathias, Sarah Parkes

“… This paper explores the evolving landscape of higher education in the UK, emphasising the diversity of the student population and the ensuing challenges for traditional university frameworks. …”
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Infant neural processing of mother’s face is associated with falling reactivity in the first year of life by Silvia Rigato, Manuela Stets, Henrik Dvergsdal, Karla Holmboe

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Snapshot of health-related behaviours in adults living with disabilities 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey study by Syeda F Hussain, Nikki Heinze, Claire L Castle, Lauren R Godier-McBard, Theofilos Kempapidis, Renata S M Gomes

“…Mann-Whitney U and Χ2 tests were used to compare a range of health behaviours including time spent self-isolating, smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise frequency and diet in adults with and without disabilities.Setting A convenience sample of UK adults was recruited through the researchers’ personal and professional networks including UK-based sight loss sector charities, social media platforms and professional forums.Participants A total of 123 UK participants completed the survey.Outcome measures COVID-19 diagnosis, time spent self-isolating, alcohol consumption frequency, exercise frequency, change in smoking habit and eating habits.Results No significant differences were found in alcohol consumption, smoking, water intake, breakfast, or fruit and vegetable intake. …”
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Evaluation of the digital diabetes prevention programme pilot: uncontrolled mixed-methods study protocol by William Henley, Elizabeth Murray, Kerry Daff, Anthi Lavida, Jenny Irwin, Jonathan Valabhji

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Effect of bicarbonate buffer on artificial membrane permeation of drugs by Shiori Ishida, Sam Lee, Balint Sinko, Karl Box, Kiyohiko Sugano

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Process evaluation of the New Interventions for independence in Dementia Study (NIDUS) Family stream randomised controlled trial: protocol by Julie Barber, Laurie Butler, Claudia Cooper, Sarah Morgan-Trimmer, Danielle Laura Wyman, Peter Bright

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Five-year carry-over effects in dune slack vegetation response to hydrology by Lisanne van Willegen, Hilary Wallace, Angela Curreli, Ciara Dwyer, John Ratcliffe, Davey L. Jones, Graham Williams, Martin Hollingham, Laurence Jones

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Female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan: A unique journey by Davide Filingeri, Hannah Blount, Alessandro Valenza

“…Abstract Women are a group of individuals that undergo unique anatomical, physiological and hormonal changes across the lifespan. For example, consider the impact of the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause, all of which are accompanied by both short‐ and long‐term effects on female body morphology (e.g., changes in breast size) and temperature regulation, heat tolerance, thermal sensitivity and comfort. …”
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Developing indoor heat-health warning systems for vulnerable populations by Choo-Yoon Yi, Chengzhi Peng

“…With respect to the changing environmental conditions and extreme heat events associated with climate change, this article presents a review of existing heat-health warning systems* and discusses how such systems can be further augmented to account for indoor environmental conditions. …”
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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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