Joint modelling of longitudinal data: a scoping review of methodology and applications for non-time to event data by Ouko, RK, Mukaka, M, Ohuma, EO

“…Ultimately, 74 studies met inclusion criteria and spanned from 2001 to 2024, with the majority (64 studies; 86%) published between 2014 and 2024. …”

Ethnicity and anthropometric deficits in children: A cross-sectional analysis of national survey data from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa by Tusting, LS, Mishra, S, Gibson, HS, Lindsay, SW, Weiss, DJ, Flaxman, S, Bhatt, S

“…The study population comprised 138,312 children spanning 45 ethnic groups across 18 countries. In pairwise comparisons (accounting for multiple comparisons) between ethnic groups, height-for-age z-scores differed by at least 0.5 standard deviations in 29% of comparisons, weight-for-height z-scores in 36% of comparisons and weight-for-age z-scores in 20% of comparisons. …”

The COVID guidelines India project: a rapid living evidence synthesis during a pandemic in a LMIC setting by Singh, B, Alexander, H, Tharyan, P, Mathew, JL, Covid Management Guidelines India Group, Garner, P, Rupali, P, Core Committee, Rupali, P, Ryan, H, Steering Committee, Methodology Committee, External Advisory Panel, Expert Working Group – Antiviral, Expert Working Group – Anti-inflammatory, Expert Working Group - Antibody, Expert Working Group - Anticoagulation, Expert Working Group - Respiratory support, Expert Working Group - Other Supportive Therapy, Evidence Synthesis Team, Dissemination Team

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Since May 2021, a total of 20 guidelines have been developed spanning pharmacological, respiratory and other supportive interventions for management of COVID-19, with over 83,600 unique page views up to December 2023. …”

On shear adhesion of adhesive fibrils by Linghu, Changhong, Du, Zihao, Sun, Yi, Chen, Weiqiu, Hsia, K. Jimmy

“…These biological and bioinspired adhesive fibrils exhibit a wide range of aspect ratios spanning four orders of magnitude. Accurate prediction of their adhesion performance is crucial for their practical applications. …”
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Identification of offshore wind turbine foundation properties from monitoring data by Anderson, EF

“…Use of mode shape correlation criteria shows that despite poor identification of some of the mode shapes, qualified using the MAC, the mode shape subspaces spanned by the close mode pairs, qualified using the S2MAC, are identified successfully. …”

Imagined futures and relational agency in nurses' writing transitions: a qualitative study across two writing group interventions in a higher education setting by Waite, M

“…</p> <p>I collected data through participant observation, samples of writing-in-development, and individual narratives spanning up to three years. I analysed the data through a conceptual framework that draws theoretically from a sociocultural understanding of developmental transitions and a cultural-historical perspective on relational agency.…”

Jurisdictional approaches to high conservation value area designation using regulatory instruments: an Indonesian pilot project by Padmanaba, Michael, Sloan, Sean, Watts, John D., Irawan, Silvia, Lee, Janice Ser Huay, Pasaribu, Katryn N., Wiratama, Cokorda Gde Wisnu, Watson, Ellen, Utami, Nadia Putri

“…Likely HCV areas were generally similar between the ECCA and HCV Screening method, as each set spanned ∼90% of the district. However, higher-confidence HCV areas according to the ECCA were much less extensive, at 51% of the district, and uniquely extensive across oil-palm concessions. …”
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Nation in action : making Chinese in the rural borderland between China and North Korea by Chen, Shiwei

“…Data collection is based on multi-sited fieldwork over the span of three years, utilizing participant observation and in-depth interviews. …”
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Upper mantle rheology from GRACE and GPS postseismic deformation after the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake by Banerjee, Paramesh, Panet, I., Mikhailov, V., Diament, M., Grijalva, K., Pollitz, Fred F.

“…To fit the remaining misfit to the GRACE data, larger at the smaller spatial scales, cumulative afterslip of about 75 cm at depth should be added over the period spanned by the GRACE models. It produces only small crustal displacements. …”
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Remote digital cognitive assessment reveals cognitive deficits related to hippocampal atrophy in autoimmune limbic encephalitis: a cross-sectional validation study by Shibata, K, Attaallah, B, Tai, X-Y, Trender, W, Hellyer, PJ, Hampshire, A, Irani, SR, Manohar, SG, Husain, M

“…No impairments in digit &amp; spatial span, target detection (attention) and emotion discrimination were observed. …”

Challenges and applications to operando and in situ TEM imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in a cryogenic temperature range by Tyukalova, Elizaveta, Vas, Joseph Vimal, Ignatans, Reinis, Mueller, Aaron David, Medwal, Rohit, Imamura, Masaaki, Asada, Hironori, Fukuma, Yasuhiro, Rawat, Rajdeep Singh, Tileli, Vasiliki, Duchamp, Martial

“…Such studies are promising for studying the pinning of the ferroelectric and magnetic domains versus temperature, spin-polarized current, and externally applied magnetic field to better manipulate the domain walls. …”
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From cosmos to cell: constructing a paradoxical selfhood through planetary and biological bodies in the poetry of Diane Ackerman and Jane Hirshfield by Tan, Jasmine Hui Jun

“…The research project will analyze fourteen poems by Ackerman and Hirshfield, collectively published over the span of approximately four decades and across nine different collections, focusing on poetic journeys that oscillate between material and immaterial reality, traveling into and through the body and beyond. …”
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君绍的散文研究 ：本土的观察、记忆与反思 = A study of Jun Shao’s prose: local observation, memory and reflection by 陈姿潔 Tan, Zi Jie

“…He started writing in the 1950s and his writing career spanned more than half a century. Jun Shao often drew his inspirations from the nature, and with his keen observations and profound knowledge in botany, he had made a name for himself with his extraordinary depiction of nature through his writings. …”
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The development and validation of digital medical education environment (digimee) instrument in measuring online learning environment for undergraduate medical students by Haris, Noor-I-Kiran

“…The study was designed as a multi-phase mixed- methods research project conducted in online settings involving a diverse group of experts, teachers, and instructional designers and multiple medical colleges in Pakistan ( Phase 2 and 3), spanning 18 months. In Phase 1, experts in medical education and technology-enhanced learning identified and validated components of online learning environments through a scoping review and a modified e-Delphi study. …”
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Digital problem-based learning in health professions : systematic review and meta-analysis by the digital health education collaboration by Car, Lorainne Tudor, Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Dunleavy, Gerard, Smart, Neil A., Semwal, Monika, Rotgans, Jerome Ingmar, Low-Beer, Naomi, Campbell, James

“…Digital technology modalities spanned online learning, offline learning, virtual reality, and virtual patients. …”
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A type of novel energy harvesting device by Deng, J

“…However, these traditional energy sources are impractical for powering wireless devices due to their inherent limitations, e.g., the high setup cost of wiring power and the finite life span of batteries. In view of these facts, more attentions have been drawn on vibration energy sources existing in ambient environment where sensors operate. …”

Strategies to modulate Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor properties for low temperature transparent transistors by Kulkarni, Mohit Rameshchandra

“…Such surface modifications can achieve a change in the carrier concentration by change in work function or shifting- pinning of the Fermi level, or additional field generated due to dipoles created at the surface. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…The reinforcing mechanism was due to the lubrication and pinning effects of rGO, which resulted in high resistance to penetration, elastic recovery capability, low-cycle fatigue resistance, and microcrack propagation inhibition properties. …”
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Dynamics in blue emitting metal halide perovskites for light emitting diodes by Karlsson, Max

“…Simple bandgap-tunability is easily achieved by compositional and dimensional engineering, allowing perovskite emission to span a broad wavelength region from ultraviolet to near infrared. …”
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Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…The combination of in-situ alloying and compositionally graded alloy is promising to accelerate the composition screening/alloy designing for AM, as it can rapidly examine the printability, micro-/meso-structure, and properties of the AM-produced parts and therefore shorten the time span between conceptualization of new alloys and their deployment in service. …”
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