Datatype ornamentation and the Dutch National Flag problem by Ko, H

“…<p>In his seminal book <em>A Discipline of Programming</em>, one of the concluding remarks made by Dijkstra was:</p> <blockquote>[...] that it does not suffice to design a mechanism of which we hope that it will meet its requirements, but that we must design it in such a form that we can convince ourselves — and anyone else for that matter — that it will, indeed, meet its requirements. …”

Applicable law in investor-state arbitration: the interplay between national and international law by Kjos, H

“…In light of the freedom that the disputing parties and the arbitrators have when designating the applicable law, and because of the hybrid nature of legal relationship between investors and states, there is significant interplay between the national and the international legal order in investor-state arbitration. …”

University teachers’ perspectives on the impact of quality assurance policies in Chinese higher education: three institutional case studies by Huang, S

“…<p>In the light of growing concerns regarding the quality of higher education after a period of rapid expansion, in 2003, the Chinese government launched the Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation (UTE), the first nation-wide evaluation of universities. In 2008, the UTE was replaced by the Quality Project, which signalled a change in its quality assurance approach, with a move from evaluations to the issuing of awards.…”

Safer and more efficient vital signs monitoring to identify the deteriorating patient: an observational study towards deriving evidence-based protocols for patient surveillance on... by Briggs, J, Kostakis, I, Meredith, P, Darbyshire, J, Gerry, S, Watkinson, P, Redfern, O

“…<p><strong>Funding</p></strong> This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (NIHR award ref: 17/05/03) and is published in full in Health and Social Care Delivery Research; Vol. 12, No. 6. …”

Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for encephalitis in children aged 6 months to 16 years: the IgNiTE RCT by Iro, MA, Sadarangani, M, Absoud, M, Cantrell, L, Chong, WK, Clark, C, Easton, A, Gray, V, Hill, M, Kneen, R, Lim, M, Liu, X, Pike, M, Solomon, T, Vincent, A, Willis, L, Yu, L-M, Pollard, AJ, IgNiTE Study Team

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Funding:</strong> This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) programme (NIHR award ref: 12/212/15) and is published in full in Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation; Vol. 11, No. 6. …”

Benefits and harms of antenatal and newborn screening programmes in health economic assessments: the VALENTIA systematic review and qualitative investigation by Rivero-Arias, O, Png, ME, White, A, Yang, M, McNiven, A, Ratushnyak, S, Roberts, N, Shilton Osborne, J, Petrou, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Funding:</strong> This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme (NIHR award ref: NIHR127489) and is published in full in <em>Health Technology Assessment</em>; Vol. 28, No. 25. …”

Nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy to improve insomnia disorder in primary care: the HABIT RCT by Kyle, SD, Bower, P, Yu, L-M, Siriwardena, AN, Yang, Y, Petrou, S, Ogburn, E, Begum, N, Maurer, L, Robinson, B, Gardner, C, Armstrong, S, Pattinson, J, Espie, CA, Aveyard, P

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Funding:</strong> The award was funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme (NIHR award ref: 16/84/01) and is published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 28, No. 36. …”

Improving the understanding and management of back pain in older adults: the BOOST research programme including RCT and OPAL cohort by Williamson, E, Sanchez-Santos, MT, Marian, IR, Maredza, M, Srikesavan, C, Garrett, A, Morris, A, Boniface, G, Dutton, SJ, Griffiths, F, Collins, GS, Petrou, S, Bruce, J, Fairbank, J, Hansen, Z, Barker, K, Hutchinson, C, Mallen, C, Ward, L, Gagen, R, Fitch, J, French, DP, Lamb, SE

“…</p> <p><strong>Funding:</strong> This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (NIHR award ref: PTC-RP-PG-0213-20002) and is published in full in <i>Programme Grants for Applied Research</i>; Vol. 11, No. 9. …”

Protocol for the development of a core outcome set for stillbirth care research (iCHOOSE Study) by Bakhbakhi, D, Fraser, A, Siasakos, D, Hinton, L, Davies, A, Merriel, A, Duffy, JMN, Redshaw, M, Lynch, M, Timlin, L, Flenady, V, Heazell, AE, Downe, S, Slade, P, Brookes, S, Wojcieszek, A, Murphy, M, de Oliveira Salgado, H, Pollock, D, Aggarwal, N, Attachie, I, Leisher, S, Kihusa, W, Mulley, K, Wimmer, L, Burden, C

“…There is emerging momentum to design and evaluate interventions for care after stillbirth and in subsequent pregnancies. …”

Cognitive therapy compared with CBT for social anxiety disorder in adolescents: a feasibility study by Creswell, C, Leigh, E, Larkin, M, Stephens, G, Violato, M, Brooks, E, Pearcey, S, Taylor, L, Stallard, P, Waite, P, Reynolds, S, Taylor, G, Warnock-Parkes, E, Clark, DM

“…<br>FUNDING: <br>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme. …”

Protocol for developing a core outcome set for male infertility research: an international consensus development study by Rimmer, MP, Howie, RA, Anderson, RA, Coward, K

“…<p>WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY</p> Research into male infertility can be challenging to design, conduct and report. Evidence from randomized trials can be difficult to interpret and of limited ability to inform clinical practice for numerous reasons. …”

Long-term healthcare utilization and costs of babies born after assisted reproductive technologies (ART): a record linkage study with 10-years’ follow-up in England by Hua, X, Rivero-Arias, O, Quigley, M, Kurinczuk, J, Carson, C

“…</p> <p><strong>STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION:&nbsp;</strong>We conducted a longitudinal study of 368&nbsp;088 mother and baby pairs in England using a bespoke linked dataset. …”

Randomised controlled trial with economic and process evaluations of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socioeconomically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary health... by Haighton, C, Moffatt, S, Howel, D, Steer, M, Becker, F, Bryant, A, Lawson, S, McColl, E, Vale, L, Milne, E, Aspray, T, White, M

Elective Freezing of embryos versus Fresh embryo transfer in In-vitro fertilisation – a multicentre randomised controlled trial in the UK (E-Freeze) by Maheshwari, A, Bell, JL, Bhide, P, Cole, C, Hardy, P, Juszczak, E, Kurinczuk, J, Linsell, L, Stanbury, K

“…This research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (NIHR unique award identifier) using UK aid from the UK Government to support global health research. …”