British women's experiences of drinking alcohol: Dynamics of emotional proximity and distance by Stepney, M

“…Research on alcohol consumption suggests that friendship and peer relations are highly influential and have a decisive impact on drinking behaviours. …”

Adolescent girls’ explanations of high rates of low mood and anxiety in their population: a co-produced qualitative study by Demkowicz, O, Jefferson, R, Nanda, P, Foulkes, L, Lam, J, Pryjmachuk, S, Evans, R, Dubicka, B, Neill, L, Winter, LA, Nnamani, G

“…Analysis: Participants framed low mood and anxiety among adolescent girls as “normal”, and discussed potential explanations including persistent reiteration and expectation of gendered norms, intense educational pressures in ways that can be gendered, difficulties within peer relationships, and comparison and insecurity in social media contexts. …”

Perspectives of UK catering staff on Adolescents' Food Choices at School by Gilmour, A, Gill, S, Loudon, G

“…Catering staff perceived a multitude of factors as influencing adolescents’ food choices at school: staff encouragement, peer pressure, parenting, education, health consciousness, vegan and vegetarianism, taste preferences, price consciousness, and convenience.…”

Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology by Gould, E, Fraser, HS, Parker, TH, Nakagawa, S, Griffith, SC, Vesk, PA, Fidler, F, Hamilton, DG, Abbey-Lee, RN, Abbott, JK, Aguirre, LA, Alcaraz, C, Aloni, I, Altschul, D, Arekar, K, Atkins, JW, Atkinson, J, Baker, CM, Barrett, M, Bell, K, Bello, SK, Beltrán, I, Berauer, BJ, Bertram, MG, Wood, A

“…In other words, analyses with results that were far from the mean were no more or less likely to have dissimilar variable sets, use random effects in their models, or receive poor peer reviews than those analyses that found results that were close to the mean. …”

Design and comparative analysis of different pricing mechanisms and energy allocation policies for energy trading by Lim, Jerand Ze Hui

“…As a result, the dependency on fossil fuels, natural gas, and coals to produce electricity will be minimized. Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading has been proposed as a solution to this problem. …”
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"Target trial emulation" for observational studies - potential and pitfalls by Hubbard, RA, Gatsonis, CA, Hogan, JW, Hunter, DJ, Normand, S-LT, Troxel, AB

“…To improve the quality of observational studies, target trial emulation requires careful specification of design elements, analytic methods for addressing confounding, and reporting of sensitivity analyses.…”

Hormone replacement therapy and cancer survival: a longitudinal cohort study: protocol paper by Ranger, TA, Burchardt, J, Clift, AK, Mei, WX, Coupland, C, Tan, PS, Dixon, S, Cardwell, CR, Hippisley-Cox, J

“…We intend to the submit the findings for peer-reviewed publication in an academic journal and disseminate them to the public through Cancer Research UK.…”

How economic crises affect alcohol consumption and alcohol-related health problems: A realist systematic review by de Goeij, MCM, Suhrcke, M, Toffolutti, V, van de Mheen, D, Schoenmakers, TM, Kunst, AE

“…Medical, psychological, social, and economic databases were used to search for peer-reviewed qualitative or quantitative empirical evidence (published January 1, 1990-May 1, 2014) linking economic crises or stressors with alcohol consumption and alcohol-related health problems. …”

Connecting the dots: the state of arts and health in Singapore by Tan, Michael Koon Boon, Tan, Chao Min, Tan, Soon Guan, Yoong, Joanne, Gibbons, Brent

“…Results: We find that the field in Singapore is rapidly growing, with a proliferation of activities across the arts and culture, healthcare, and social care sectors in recent decades fostered by various policy developments, increased funding and new peer-to-peer networking. …”
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The vision and missions of the Centre for Applied Respiratory Research Innovation and Impact by Fletcher, M, Siddall, R

“…It delivers a call to action for stakeholders to support and participate in efforts to significantly reduce respiratory deaths, alleviate the burden of unscheduled care on the NHS and to address respiratory health inequalities.…”

Improving outcomes in panic disorder and carer support in psychosis: a triad of studies on theory, practice and innovations by Aslam, SY

“…Once the changes were made, carers and care coordinators were approached again to evaluate them. …”

A systematic review of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptomatology in religious people of Abrahamic faiths: implications for clinical practice by Hassan, H

“…Studies that did not report original peer-reviewed research written in English were excluded. …”

Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…We searched eight electronic databases for peer-reviewed academic papers published in any country describing or evaluating these interventions between 2013–2023. …”

A multi-omics strategy to understand PASC through the RECOVER cohorts: a paradigm for a systems biology approach to the study of chronic conditions by Sun, J, Aikawa, M, Ashktorab, H, Beckmann, ND, Enger, ML, Espinosa, JM, Gai, X, Horne, BD, Keim, P, Lasky-Su, J, Letts, R, Maier, CL, Mandal, M, Nichols, L, Roan, NR, Russell, MW, Rutter, J, Saade, GR, Sharma, K, Shiau, S, Thibodeau, SN, Yang, S, Miele, L, NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Consortium

“…Many of our recommendations have already been considered by the NIH through the peer-review process, resulting in the creation of a systems biology panel that is currently designing the studies we proposed. …”

The political psychology of personality and attitudes towards immigrants by Buettner, N

“…First, I review the existing peer-reviewed academic literature that has so far attempted to link variation in natives’ Big Five personality traits to their immigration attitudes, and embed it into a more comprehensive discussion of the academic literatures on the causes and correlates of immigration attitudes. …”

Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…We searched eight electronic databases for peer-reviewed academic papers published in any country describing or evaluating these interventions between 2013–2023.…”

Chatalone : crowd chat application by How, Yi De

“…This project aims to develop a cross-platform mobile-based messaging application that will allow users to chat with other users anonymously in a local area, through a peer-to-peer mesh network, without requiring internet or mobile network coverage.…”
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100 UMPSA athletes to compete in 10 events at the 2024 SUKUM Championship by Siti Nur Azwin, Zulkapri

“…PEKAN, 6 August 2024 – The enthusiastic cheers of “UMPSA! Minda Juara!” echoed as 100 athletes, comprising 65 men and 35 women from Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), prepared to represent their university in the upcoming 2024 SUKUM Championship.…”
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Ebola disease: bridging scientific discoveries and clinical application by Rojek, A, Fieggen, J, Apiyo, P, Caluwaerts, S, Fowler, RA, Kaleebu, P, Kojan, R, Lado, M, Lambe, T, Dunning, J, Horby, P

“…The west Africa Ebola disease epidemic (2014–16) marked a historic change of course for patient care during emerging infectious disease outbreaks. …”

Volunteering with Singapore’s vulnerable seniors : what is influencing the youths’ willingness? by Keh, Jun Yee

“…As a non-welfare state, Singapore’s rapidly ageing population will require more volunteers to care for the country’s growing number of live-alone seniors. …”
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