Heterogeneity in definitions of surgical site infection after cranial surgery limits the validity of research findings in neurosurgery: a systematic review by Majidi, N, Sivakumar, A, Vogt, A, Ranganathan, S, Ashkan, K, Price, SJ, Lee, KS

“…This heterogeneity has hindered the ability to draw conclusions about the effects of interventions, with only 4.0% of authors accounting for this in their findings. It is important to be cautious when reviewing studies that report SSI-CRAN outcomes without acknowledging this heterogeneity, as the validity of their reported evidence may be limited. …”

Using knowledge translation to support the use of evaluation findings: A case study of the linda mama free maternity program in Kenya by Guleid, FH, Orangi, S, Kairu, A, Arwa, B, Keru, J, Musuva, A, Vilcu, I, Pattnaik, A, Ravishankar, N, Barasa, E

“…Using program evaluation findings is crucial in improving health programs and realising the program’s benefits. …”

Improving the well-being outcomes via decent work and job engagement: a findings from Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Malaysia by Norizan Baba Rahim, Rasidah Arshad, Zulnaidi Yaacob

“…Using purposive sampling technique which involved 143 PWDs in Malaysia via SurveyMonkey, the measurement items were adopted from past research with acceptable reliability, and the hypothesis were tested via Partial Least Squares (PLS) 2.0. The findings revealed that decent work was related to well-being outcomes. …”
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Burnout in humanitarian work: A qualitative study on the life experiences of workers in Malaysia by Cheong, Sue Jen, Ng, Chong Guan, Shoesmith, Wendy Diana, Yau Koh, Eugene Boon, Ping Pang, Nicholas Tze, Wider, Walton, Udang, Lester Naces

“…The study emphasizes the need for improved support and resources for humanitarian workers, as well as enhanced organizational policies and practices to prevent and mitigate burnout. The findings suggest that culturally adapted interventions, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), can help humanitarian workers address their unique psychological challenges. …”
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Condition assessment and life cycle cost analysis framework for reinforced concrete building / by Muhammad Zubair Tajol Anuar, 1991-, author 568249

15 UMPSA students explore culture, technology, and life of the Islamic community in Japan by Muhammad Aizat, Azed

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Assessing the Intersectional Risks Associated with the Full Life Cycle of the U.S. Housing Stock by Manav, Ipek Bensu

“…Later, this is integrated into building life cycle assessment (LCA) to incorporate hazard vulnerability into building embodied emissions. …”
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Passive Monitoring of Parkinson Tremor in Daily Life: A Prototypical Network Approach by Evers, Luc J. W., Raykov, Yordan P., Heskes, Tom M., Krijthe, Jesse H., Bloem, Bastiaan R., Little, Max A.

“…We used wrist accelerometer data and synchronous expert video annotations for the presence of tremor, captured during unscripted daily life activities in and around the participants’ own homes. …”
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16.423J Space Biomedical Engineering & Life Support, Fall 2002 by Newman, Dava J.

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An evaluation framework for second-life EV/PHEV battery application in power systems by Chai, Songjian, Xu, Ning Zhou, Niu, Ming, Chan, Ka Wing, Chung, Chi Yung, Jiang, Hui, Sun, Yuxin

“…They show that battery usage and retirement criterion in its first life directly affect the performance in its second life application. …”
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Millimeter wave radar based non-contact vital life sign monitor by Zheng, WenBin

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Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life by Liu, Shuming, Zhou, Ying, Zuo, Zhou, Liu, Shuqi, Wang, Qian, Chen, Zhong, Liang, Xidong

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The end of the “time of the streets”: temporality in the life course of a Russian ex-gangster by Stephenson, Svetlana, Safin, Rustem

“…We address the different times in Tsigan’s life – his childhood, youth and adulthood, his time on the streets, his decision to leave the gang and his reflexions and memories of his past as reconstructed through the narratives presented at two different points of his biography. …”
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Random walk models in the life sciences: including births, deaths and local interactions by Plank, M, Simpson, M, Baker, R

Life is uncertain: inherent variability exhibited by organisms, and at higher levels of biological organization by Bull, JW

“…Important practical implications arise if organisms can indeed be defined by an association with specific classes of inherent uncertainty: not least that isolating those signatures then provides a potential means for detecting life, for considering the forms that life could theoretically take, and for exploring the wider limits to how life might become distributed. …”

Proterozoic microfossils continue to provide new insights into the rise of complex eukaryotic life by Anderson, RP, Mughal, S, Wedlake, GO

Visualising human life in volumetric cities: city digital twins and other disasters by Rose, G

“…This paper examines how CDTs visibly coconstitute a number of digitally-mediated forms of human life, including its user and its human inhabitants. …”

Effects of "Thursdays at the Museum" at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on the mental and physical health of older community dwellers : the art-health randomized clinical trial protocol by Beauchet, Olivier, Cooper-Brown, Liam, Hayashi, Yoko, Galery, Kevin, Vilcocq, Christine, Bastien, Thomas

“…Background: Recently, we demonstrated that the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ (MMFA) participatory art-based activity, known as “Thursdays at the Museum,” improved the well-being, quality of life, and physical health (i.e., frailty) of older community dwellers by using a pre-post intervention, single arm, prospective and longitudinal experimental design. …”
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Academic support as a ‘third space’: a team’s reflection on post-pandemic practice by Baldwin, Jon, Charles, Bonita, Davenport, Emma, Keefe, John, Mina, Debora

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Mixed-Deciduous Beam (Wood Awards 2023) by Fereday, George

Subjects: “…700 The arts; fine & decorative arts…”
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