Statistical analysis plan for a cluster randomised controlled trial to compare screening, feedback and intervention for child anxiety problems to usual school practice: identifying... by Ball, S, Reardon, T, Creswell, C, Taylor, L, Brown, P, Ford, T, Gray, A, Hill, C, Jasper, B, Larkin, M, Macdonald, I, Morgan, F, Pollard, J, Sancho, M, Sniehotta, FF, Spence, SH, Stainer, J, Stallard, P, Violato, M, Ukoumunne, OC

“…<p><strong>Background</strong></p> The Identifying Child Anxiety Through Schools-identification to intervention (iCATS-i2i) trial is being conducted to establish whether ‘screening and intervention’, consisting of usual school practice plus a pathway comprising screening, feedback and a brief parent-led online intervention (OSI: Online Support and Intervention for child anxiety), bring clinical and health economic benefits compared to usual school practice and assessment only — ‘usual school practice’, for children aged 8–9 years in the following: (1) the ‘target population’, who initially screen positive for anxiety problems according to a two-item parent-report child anxiety questionnaire — iCATS-2, and (2) the ‘total population’, comprising all children in participating classes. …”

Chimpanzee self-medication in Budongo Forest: investigating the use of putative self-medicative resources in the Sonso and Waibira communities by Freymann, E

“…The study spans eight and a half months of multidisciplinary data from two wild chimpanzee communities, Sonso and Waibira, supplemented by thirty years of longitudinal data. The literature review contextualizes Zoopharmacognosy, the study of non-human self-medication, tracing its epistemic origins. …”

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

“…The research focused on pupils in Key Stage Three (aged 11 to 14 years old) enrolled at three schools. Data from interviews with the catering managers based at the schools (n=6), observations in school dining centers (n=3), and focus groups with catering staff (n=3) were thematically analyzed together.…”

What can literature do that philosophy can't? Entering the hybrid worlds of Simone de Beauvoir and Iris Murdoch by Holt, N

“…I offer a detailed analysis of their thinking in this area and challenge some common misconceptions that have built up over recent years. In particular I challenge the view, in the case of Beauvoir, that she was advocating a new literary way of ‘doing’ philosophy and, in the case of Murdoch, that the close connection she perceived between art and morals was to do with the moral effects of art. …”

Essays on commodities and international macroeconomic interactions by Kim, M

“…Chapter 1 sheds light on the fact that as trading in commodity derivatives tied to commodity prices has increased massively since the 2000s, they have begun to act as an asset class in recent years. It shows that financial intermediaries’ investments in commodities play an important role in the recent reduction in the impacts of commodity price shocks on the economy. …”

A dormant overmassive black hole in the early Universe by Juodžbalis, I, Maiolino, R, Baker, WM, Tacchella, S, Scholtz, J, D’Eugenio, F, Witstok, J, Schneider, R, Trinca, A, Valiante, R, DeCoursey, C, Curti, M, Carniani, S, Chevallard, J, de Graaff, A, Arribas, S, Bennett, JS, Bourne, MA, Bunker, AJ, Charlot, S, Jiang, B, Koudmani, S, Perna, M, Robertson, B

“…Recent observations have found a large number of supermassive black holes already in place in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang, many of which seem to be overmassive relative to their host galaxy stellar mass when compared with local relation1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8–9. …”

Rethinking how development assistance for health can catalyse progress on primary health care by Kasper, T, Yamey, G, Dwyer, S, McDade, KK, Lidén, J, Lüdemann, C, Diab, MM, Ogbuoji, O, Poodla, P, Schrade, C, Thoumi, A, Zimmerman, A, Assefa, Y, Allen, LN, Basinga, P, Garcia, PJ, Jackson, D, Mwanyika, H, Nugent, R, Ofosu, A, Rawaf, S, Reddy, KS, Settle, D, Tritter, B, Benn, C

“…We estimate that with an additional international investment of between US<span>$</span>1.87 billion in a low-investment scenario and <span>$</span>3.85 billion in a high-investment scenario annually over the next 3 years, the international community could support the scale-up of this evidence-based package of investments in the 59 low-income and middle-income countries that are eligible for external financing from the World Bank Group's International Development Association.…”

Young adolescents’ experiences and views on eating and food by Gilmour, A, Gill, S, Loudon, G

“…</p> <p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>In total, 42 11- to 13-years-old (24 men and 18 women) from three secondary schools in Wales participated in five focus group discussions. …”

DiffuSeg: domain-driven diffusion for medical image segmentation by Zhang, L, Wu, F, Bronik, K, Papiez, BW

“…In recent years, the deployment of supervised machine learning techniques for segmentation tasks has significantly increased. …”

An exploratory study on the development of a sensory wheel affiliated with the emotional lexicon for chrysanthemum infusion by Xia, Y, Hou, J, Chen, J, Spence, C, Qian, J, Zhao, F, Dong, G, Zhong, F

“…Chrysanthemum infusion has gained popularity outside of the East Asian market in recent years. However, despite the growing international demand, standardized methods to evaluate the sensory attributes of chrysanthemum tea, which are essential for guiding consumers and ensuring quality control, remain underdeveloped. …”

Cost-effectiveness of quality improvement intervention to reduce time between CT-detection and ureteroscopic laser fragmentation in acute symptomatic ureteric stones management by Khopekar, F, Nabi, S, Shiva, M, Stewart, M, Rajendran, B, Nabi, G

“…Patients and methods: 100 consecutive patients with an average (median) age 55.6 (57.5) years and average (median) stone size of 8.2 mm (± 7 mm) between October 2018 and December 2021 who underwent emergency ureteroscopy and laser fragmentation formed the study cohort as part of a clinical service quality improvement. …”

Criminality in patients with autoimmune encephalitis: a case series by Michael, S, Varley, J, Williams, R, Bajorek, T, Easton, A, Irani, SR

“…Criminal behaviours began a median of 18 months (range = 15 months–12 years) after encephalitis onset. At the time of crimes, two patients were immunotherapy-naïve, three had been administered late immunotherapies (at 5 weeks–4 months), many neurobehavioural features persisted, and new obsessive behaviours had appeared. …”

Global burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias attributed to metabolic risks from 1990 to 2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Zhang, X, Guo, T, Zhang, Y, Jiao, M, Ji, L, Dong, Z, Li, H, Chen, S, Zheng, W, Jing, Q

“…Methods: The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021 collected data on the number of deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) related to AD and other dementias caused by metabolic risks, including high fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and high body mass index (BMI). …”

From mechanisms to future therapy: a synopsis of isolated REM sleep behavior disorder as early synuclein-related disease by Stefani, A, Antelmi, E, Arnaldi, D, Arnulf, I, During, E, Högl, B, Hu, MMT, Iranzo, A, Luke, R, Peever, J, Postuma, RB, Videnovic, A, Gan-Or, Z

“…Neurodegeneration begins however several years before clinical onset of motor, cognitive or autonomic symptoms. …”

Water resources and extreme events in the Awash basin: economic effects and policy implications: report prepared for the Global Green Growth Institute by Smale, R, Walker, O, Vadheim, B, Hope, R, Hope, R, Charles, K, Hall, J, Dadson, S, Borgomeo, E, Kebede, S, Alamirew, T, Bekele, F, Mengistu, A, Beyene, S

“…Furthermore, as the economy is projected to grow sharply in coming years so is the degree of water scarcity. Unless rapid and very substantial policy changes are enacted to mitigate this sensitivity, these estimates will serve as lower bound estimates of future impacts.…”

Patient-physician agreement on function and pain is associated with long-term outcomes in sarcoma: findings from a longitudinal study by Košir, U, van de Wal, D, Husson, O, Zablith, N, Turcotte, RE

“…Results: Data were available for 806 patients (57.7% male, x̄ = 53.3 years) who completed at least one questionnaire. …”

Phonological acquisition process in hearing-impaired children: a systematic review by Jhanani S.Nagaraja, Badrulzaman Abdul Hamid, Nashrah Maamor

“…The inclusion criteria focused on research papers that involved children with hearing impairment in various degrees, aged between 0 to 12 years old, and interventions that included both cochlear implant and hearing aid users. …”
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Utilizing Social Return on Investment (SROI) as a framework for sustainable social investment: insights from flood mitigation by Dona Raihana Don Ramli, Kadaruddin Aiyub, Sarina Yusoff

“…In recent years, the increasing scarcity of resources and rising demands have created substantial challenges for social investment, impacting both profit-oriented and nonprofit organizations. …”
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Ultra-processed food consumption and its relationship with diet quality among Malaysian young adults by Asma’ Ali, Xinyee, Natalie Ding, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Khairil Shazmin Kamarudin, Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed, Ahmad Ali Zainuddin, Hayati Mohd Yusof

“…This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between UPF consumption and diet quality among 177 young adults aged 18 to 29 years from Terengganu, Johor, and Perak. A two-day 24-hour dietary recall was used to assess UPF intake, classified by the NOVA system, while diet quality was evaluated using the Standardised-Malaysian Healthy Eating Index (S-MHEI). …”
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Enhancing indoor photovoltaic performance of inverted type organic solar cell by controlling photoactive layer solution concentration by Mohamed Nafeer Wajidh, Nour Attallah Issa, Kam, Sheng Lau, Sin, Tee Tan, Chin, Hua Chia, Muslizainun Mustapha, Mohammad Hafizuddin Hj Jumali, Chi, Chin Yap

“…With the development of various low-power indoor electronic devices, indoor photovoltaics, particularly organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted a lot of interest in recent years. Increasing the light absorption and suppressing the leakage current are pivotal to improve the indoor photovoltaic performance of OSCs. …”
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