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Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Athletes Versus Non-Athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2025)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Bardazzi, T., Ramasubramanian, S., Jeyaraman, N., & Jeyaraman, M. (in press). Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Athletes Versus Non-Athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Healthcare, 13(5), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13050470

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a frequently observed hip condition among young, active individuals—especially athletes—that can result in pain, restricted mobility, and a heightened risk of osteoarthritis. Hip arthroscopy has incre... Read More about Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Athletes Versus Non-Athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Depression Self-Care Apps' Characteristics and Applicability to Older Adults: Systematic Assessment. (2025)
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Yin, R., Rajappan, D., Martinengo, L., Chan, F. H. F., Smith, H., Griva, K., …Tudor Car, L. (in press). Depression Self-Care Apps' Characteristics and Applicability to Older Adults: Systematic Assessment. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, Article e56418. https://doi.org/10.2196/56418

Depression affects 32% of older adults. Loneliness and social isolation are common risk factors for depression in older adults. Mobile apps can connect users and are also effective in depression management in the general population. However, older ad... Read More about Depression Self-Care Apps' Characteristics and Applicability to Older Adults: Systematic Assessment..

Variations in the Medical Device Authorization and Reimbursement Landscape: A Case Study of 2 Cardiovascular Devices Across 4 Countries. (2025)
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Williams, M. M., Smith, N. R., Uyl-de Groot, C. A., den Uil, C. A., Ross, J. S., Mohamed, M. O., …Cram, P. (in press). Variations in the Medical Device Authorization and Reimbursement Landscape: A Case Study of 2 Cardiovascular Devices Across 4 Countries. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Article e011636. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011636

The authorization process and coverage/reimbursement mechanisms for medical devices play critical roles in device adoption and usage. However, international variation in these processes remains poorly characterized, especially with regard to data tra... Read More about Variations in the Medical Device Authorization and Reimbursement Landscape: A Case Study of 2 Cardiovascular Devices Across 4 Countries..

Poor glycemic control and its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
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Azagew, A. W., Mekonnen, C. K., Lambie, M., Shepherd, T., & Babatunde, O. O. (in press). Poor glycemic control and its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21828-y

Introduction: Variability in blood glucose remains a challenge in diabetic management. Therefore, this review aimed to estimate the overall poor glycemic control and identify its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income... Read More about Poor glycemic control and its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (2025)
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Ibrahim, A., Shalabi, L., Zreigh, S., Ramadan, S., Mourad, S., Eljadid, G., …Mamas, M. (in press). Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.31461

Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is an alternative to chronic oral anticoagulation (OAT) for stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients with contraindications to OAT. Postprocedure antithrombotic therapy (ATT) is essen... Read More about Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis..

Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK (2025)
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Wisniewski, K., Pringle, J., Doyle, P., Barton, N., Stimpson, I., & Hobson, L. (in press). Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2025.2464568

In 1937, the British government implemented a strategy to strengthen UK air defences, constructing a network of decoy sites to mislead enemy aircraft from bombing Allied airfields, industrial centres and major cities. This paper reports on investigat... Read More about Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK.

Association of Smoking and Young Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke (2025)
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Ferdinand, P., Bajpai, R., Von Sarnowski, B., Ylikotila, P., Zedde, M., Sarkanen, T., …Roffe, C. (2025). Association of Smoking and Young Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke. Neurology Open Access, 1(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1212/wn9.0000000000000003

Background and Objectives
The incidence of ischemic stroke in the young is increasing and driven by cryptogenic strokes. Smoking is a well-documented risk factor with a high prevalence in young ischemic strokes. We sought to determine the associatio... Read More about Association of Smoking and Young Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke.

Implementation of decarbonisation actions in general practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis (2025)
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Nunes, A. R., Karaba, F., Geddes, O., Bickerton, A., Atherton, H., Dahlmann, F., …Dale, J. (2025). Implementation of decarbonisation actions in general practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMJ Open, 15(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091404

Objectives: To summarise and synthesise existing literature on the implementation of decarbonisation actions in general practice, to outline the actions being implemented, factors influencing decarbonisation, identify evidence gaps and questions for... Read More about Implementation of decarbonisation actions in general practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Schäfer, L., Manocchio, N., Bossa, M., Foti, C., …Kubach, J. (in press). Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 51(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-025-02788-9

Introduction: Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders in modern society, with a lifetime incidence of up to 90%. According to most national and international guidelines, educational interventions play a central role... Read More about Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gender-based differences in the prevalence and types of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with psychological distress and perceived lack of safety among adolescents in Qatar (2025)
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Akram, H., Abdul Rahim, H. F., Daher-Nashif, S., Alsayed Hassan, D., Elshaikh, U., & Khaled, S. M. (in press). Gender-based differences in the prevalence and types of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with psychological distress and perceived lack of safety among adolescents in Qatar. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 30(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2025.2461232

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are detrimental to well-being, but gender-specific data in Arab countries is scarce. We explored gender differences in prevalence and associations of ACEs with psychological distress and feeling unsafe among Qatar... Read More about Gender-based differences in the prevalence and types of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with psychological distress and perceived lack of safety among adolescents in Qatar.

Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers (2025)
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Paudyal, P., Wasti, S. P., Neupane, P., Sapkota, J. L., Watts, C., Kulasabanathan, K., …Cassell, J. (2025). Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers. BMJ Open, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086280

Objective: This study aimed to coproduce a culturally adaptive storytelling video intervention to support the psychosocial well-being of Nepalese migrant workers. Design: A multimethods participatory study was conducted involving three different but... Read More about Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers.

Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0-3 years across three countries. (2025)
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Merchant, A. N., Kaur, R., McCray, G., Cavallera, V., Weber, A., Gladstone, M., …Lancaster, G. (in press). Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0-3 years across three countries. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.60692/gf3pc-gbc92

Background
To assess the neurodevelopment of children under three years, a multinational team of subject matter experts (SMEs) led by the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). The measures include... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0-3 years across three countries..

Outcomes of conversion total hip arthroplasty following previous hip fracture surgery (2025)
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Selim, A., Dass, D., Govilkar, S., Brown, A. J., Bonde, S., Burston, B., & Thomas, G. (2025). Outcomes of conversion total hip arthroplasty following previous hip fracture surgery. Bone & Joint Open, 6(2), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.62.bjo-2024-0188.r1

AimsThe conversion of previous hip fracture surgery to total hip arthroplasty (CTHA) can be surgically challenging with unpredictable outcomes; reported complication rates vary significantly. This study aimed to establish the medium-term survival and... Read More about Outcomes of conversion total hip arthroplasty following previous hip fracture surgery.

Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples (2025)
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Scott, R., Lyburn, I. D., Cornford, E., Bouzy, P., Stone, N., Greenwood, C., …Rogers, K. (2025). Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples. Scientific reports, 15(1), Article 5478. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88940-2

X-ray diffraction is widely used to characterise the mineral component of calcified tissue. Broadening of the diffraction peaks yields valuable information on the size of coherently diffracting domains, sometimes loosely described as crystallite size... Read More about Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples.

Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples (2025)
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Scott, R., Lyburn, I. D., Cornford, E., Bouzy, P., Stone, N., Greenwood, C., …Rogers, K. (in press). Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples. Scientific reports, 15(1), Article 5478. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88940-2

X-ray diffraction is widely used to characterise the mineral component of calcified tissue. Broadening of the diffraction peaks yields valuable information on the size of coherently diffracting domains, sometimes loosely described as crystallite size... Read More about Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples.

Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0–3 years across three countries (2025)
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Nizar Merchant, A., Kaur, R., McCray, G., Cavallera, V., Weber, A., Gladstone, M., …Lancaster, G. (in press). Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0–3 years across three countries. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-024-01583-4

Background: To assess the neurodevelopment of children under three years, a multinational team of subject matter experts (SMEs) led by the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). The measures include... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0–3 years across three countries.

The EBLM project – XIV. TESS light curves for eclipsing binaries with very low mass companions (2025)
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Fitzpatrick, J., Maxted, P. F. L., Freckelton, A. V., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Martin, D. V., & Duck, A. (in press). The EBLM project – XIV. TESS light curves for eclipsing binaries with very low mass companions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(4), 3943–3953. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf268

Accurate limb-darkening models are needed for accurate characterisation of eclipsing binary stars and transiting exoplanets from the analysis of their light curves. The limb-darkening observed in solar-type stars from the analysis of light curves for... Read More about The EBLM project – XIV. TESS light curves for eclipsing binaries with very low mass companions.

Comparing two ground-based seed count methods and their effect on masting metrics (2025)
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Foest, J. J., Bogdziewicz, M., Caignard, T., Hadad, M., Thomas, P. A., & Hacket-Pain, A. (in press). Comparing two ground-based seed count methods and their effect on masting metrics. Forest Ecology and Management, 581, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122551

Masting, i.e. interannually variable and synchronized seed production, plays a crucial role in forest ecosystems, influencing wildlife dynamics, pathogen prevalence, and forest regeneration. Accurately capturing masting variability is important for e... Read More about Comparing two ground-based seed count methods and their effect on masting metrics.