Childhood trajectories of internalising and externalising problems associated with a polygenic risk score for neuroticism in a UK birth cohort study by Ilaria Costantini, Hannah Sallis, Kate Tilling, Daniel Major‐Smith, Rebecca M. Pearson, Daphne‐Zacharenia Kounali

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The characteristics of summer sub-hourly rainfall over the southern UK in a high-resolution convective permitting model by S C Chan, E J Kendon, N M Roberts, H J Fowler, S Blenkinsop

“…Here, we examine southern UK sub-hourly 10 min rainfall from Met Office state-of-the-art convective-permitting model simulations for the present and future climate. …”
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ENDOCRINE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR ADVANCED BREAST CANCER — THE ROLE OF FULVESTRANT by J.F.R. Robertson, S.E. Come, S.E. Jones, L. Beex, M. Kaufmann, A. Makris, J.W.R. Nortier, K. Possinger, L.-E. Rutqvist

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Optimising ePrescribing in hospitals through the interoperability of systems and processes: a qualitative study in the UK, US, Norway and the Netherlands by Catherine Heeney, Matt Bouamrane, Stephen Malden, Kathrin Cresswell, Robin Williams, Aziz Sheikh

“…Methods We undertook n = 54 qualitative interviews with key stakeholders at nine digitally advanced hospital sites across the UK, US, Norway and the Netherlands. …”
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Sustainable waste management through synergistic utilisation of commercial and domestic organic waste for efficient resource recovery and valorisation in the UK by Ng, K, Yang, A, Yakovleva, N

“…Therefore, a more integrated, circular and advanced technological approach in waste management should be undertaken as it can lead to a wider range of socio-economic and environmental advantages to the local community, highly essential in the UK.…”

Economic model of community-based falls prevention: seeking methodological solutions in evaluating the efficiency and equity of UK guideline recommendations by Joseph Kwon, Hazel Squires, Tracey Young

“…Model parameterisation used publicly available data including English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and UK-based falls prevention trials. Key methodological developments in operationalising a discrete individual simulation model included: (1) incorporating societal outcomes including productivity, informal caregiving cost, and private care expenditure; (2) parameterising dynamic falls-frailty feedback loop whereby falls influence long-term outcomes via frailty progression; (3) incorporating three parallel prevention pathways with unique eligibility and implementation conditions; and (4) assessing equity impacts through distributional cost-effectiveness analysis (DCEA) and individual-level lifetime outcomes (e.g., number reaching ‘fair innings’). …”
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The Push to Integrate Mid-Level Providers into Dentistry by Angelica Dallas

“… Photo by lafayett zapata montero on Unsplash INTRODUCTION Mid-level providers are not new to the field of medicine. …”
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Advanced in-situ and laboratory characterisation of the ALPACA chalk research site by Vinck, K, Liu, T, Jardine, RJ, Kontoe, S, Ahmadi-Naghadeh, R, Buckley, RM, Byrne, BW, Lawrence, JA, McAdam, RA, Schranz, F

Climate change and health scorecard: What are UK professional and regulatory health organizations doing to tackle the climate and ecological emergency? by Eleanor Cooke, Amelia Cussans, Alice Clack, Chester Cornford

“…However, there was evidence of some excellent work and growing levels of engagement. Conclusion: This report identifies positive climate action alongside opportunities for growth among UK health organizations. …”
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Advance Statements for Black African and Caribbean people (AdStAC): protocol for an implementation study by Abigail Babatunde, Alex Ruck Keene, Alan Simpson, Steven Gilbert, Lucy Stephenson, Kia-Chong Chua, Gareth Owen, Adelabu Jonathan Simpson, Shubulade Smith, Claire Henderson

“…Abstract Background The UK government committed to legislating for Advance Choice Documents/Advance Statements (ACD/AS) following their recommendation by the Independent Review of the MHA (2018). …”
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UK-wide major trauma center tertiary trauma survey pro forma review and aggregation and consolidation into a redesigned document by Mark Parson, Lisa Rampersad, Adam Pickard, Dan Simpson, Michael Treece

“…For example, pregnancy test and DNACPR discussions were found in 1 MTC TTS each (4%).Conclusion This article presents a review of the existing documents at 21 MTCs in the UK, identification of features used and proposes a gold standard TTS which can be used by any doctor to perform the tertiary survey and reduce the risk of missed injuries in trauma patients.Level of Evidence 3.…”
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Changes in UK pre‐schooler's mental health symptoms over the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Data from Co‐SPYCE study by Peter J. Lawrence, Simona Skripkauskaite, Adrienne Shum, Polly Waite, Helen Dodd

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Synergistic Integration of Hydrogen Energy Economy with UK’s Sustainable Development Goals: A Holistic Approach to Enhancing Safety and Risk Mitigation by He Li, Mohammad Yazdi, Rosita Moradi, Reza Ghasemi Pirbalouti, Arman Nedjati

“…Hydrogen is gaining prominence as a sustainable energy source in the UK, aligning with the country’s commitment to advancing sustainable development across diverse sectors. …”
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Innovative Approaches Using ICT to Support Teaching and Learning Advanced Mathematics by Oldknow, Adrian, Tetlow, Linda

“…A class in a Further Education college is likely to be much larger and to include students from a wide range of previous institutions whose experiences both with regards to teaching and learning styles and to their use of ICT could vary widely.Catering for the individual teacher and student in these diverse circumstances can be a big deterrent to the use of technology, so in the ICTAM (Interactive Companion to Advanced Mathematics) project [3] the authors have put together a unique collection of software which has been designed to offer something to every A-level mathematics teacher and student, whatever their background institution or technological expertise.The paper considers a range of activities from ICTAM which includes:- • Activities based on files for a wide range of powerful mathematics software…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services for patients with chronic kidney disease: findings of a national survey of UK kidney centres by Lucy Mackintosh, Amanda Busby, Ken Farrington, Janine Hawkins, Sarah Afuwape, Paul Bristow, Maria Da Silva-Gane, Natalie Hall, Tess Harris, Joanna Hudson, Sam Norton, Paula Ormandy, Christina J. Pearce, Shalini Santhakumaran, Shivani Sharma, Sivakumar Sridharan, Retha Steenkamp, Julie Slevin, David Wellsted, Joseph Chilcot

“…We undertook an online national survey of UK kidney centres to understand the nature, range, and degree of variation in these changes and to explore factors contributing to differing practice. …”
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Advances and current methodological problems in understanding depression: a sociogenomic approach by Akimova, ET

“…</p> <p>This thesis bridges a gap in our knowledge on the historical, social, and biological predictors of depression by adopting a sociogenomic approach, focusing on the highly relevant context of the UK. The scope of the thesis is unique as I aim to not only expand on empirical evidence of the complex interplay between individual- and macro-level risk factors of depression, but also raise methodological concerns that arise due to such interplay. …”

Exploring barriers and solutions in advancing cross-centre population data science by Kerina H Jones, Sharon M Heys, Helen Daniels, David V Ford

“…Introduction It is widely acknowledged that population health and administrative data, especially when linked at the individual level, hold great value for research. Cross-centre working between data centres providing access to such data has the potential to further increase this value by effectively expanding the data available for research. …”
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Advanced control systems for fast orbit feedback of synchrotron electron beams by Kempf, I

“…Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron facility that produces synchrotron radiation for research. …”

Compacting the city centre: densification in two Newcastles by Bob Giddings, Robert Rogerson

“…Support is needed to develop a virtual city model for all cities, and funding to advance city information modelling for all aspects of sustainability, to encourage optimum levels of densification to be achieved.…”
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The INSIGHT project: reflections on the co-production of a quality recognition programme to showcase excellence in public involvement in health and care research by Steven Blackburn, Rachele Hine, Samantha Fairbanks, Phillip Parkes, Darren Murinas, Andrew Meakin, Robert Taylor, Linda Parton, Marilyn Jones, Jessica Tunmore, Jennifer Lench, Nicola Evans, Katharine Lewney, Lucy O’Mara, Anthony A. Fryer

“…We aimed to co-produce the Insight | Public Involvement Quality Recognition and Awards programme, based on the UK Standards for Public Involvement (UKSPI) alongside an incremental scale designed by Expert Citizens (a lived experience-led community group), to incentivise and celebrate continuous improvement in PPI. …”
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