This work is the continuation of a ‘revolution’ started with "Research Counts, Not the Journal". Own and published opinions from worldwide scientists on critical issues of peer-reviewed publishing are presented. In my opinion, peer-reviewed publishing is a quite flawed process (in many way) that has greatly harmed Science for a long time – it has b...
Ce travail de thèse se concentre sur l’optimisation des matériaux cellulosiques (papiers, carton et matériaux à base de cellulose). Nous cherchons à améliorer ces matériaux dans le cadre d’applications hautes fréquences : radiofréquences et térahertz. Actuellement les propriétés diélectriques des matériaux cellulosiques, et notamment leurs pertes d...
Published in BMJ global health
Low-income and middle-income countries are struggling with a growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, their healthcare systems need to be strengthened and redesigned. The Starfield 4Cs of primary care-first-contact access, care coordination, comprehensiveness and continuity-offer practical, high-q...
Objectives The study aimed to qualitatively examine the perspectives of US-based physicians and academic global health programme leaders on how global health work shapes their viewpoints, values and healthcare practices back in the USA.DesignA prospective, qualitative exploratory study that employed online questionnaires and open-ended, semi-struct...
BACKGROUND: There is a recognised need for the identification of factors that might be protective against the development of depression in older adults. Over the past decade, there has been growing research demonstrating the effects of cultural engagement (which combines a number of protective factors including social interaction, cognitive stimula...
BACKGROUND: Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH) are major public health concerns that affect millions of young people worldwide. Consequently, there is a strong need for up-to-date epidemiological data in this population. AIMS: To provide prevalence and trend estimates of suicidal thoughts and behaviours and NSSH thoughts and behavio...
BACKGROUND: Patients with serious mental disorders have poorer healthcare outcomes at the end of life and are at greater risk of dying from unnatural causes. AIMS: To explore place of death and demographic and clinical correlates of unnatural causes of death in patients with serious mental disorders. METHOD: Routinely collected patient data were us...
BACKGROUND: Paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), an umbrella term that includes PANDAS (paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections) is suggested to be a psychiatric disorder of autoimmune aetiology. PANS is characterised by an acute onset of obsessive–compulsive disorder or restrict...
BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the treatment of choice for severe mental illness including treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Increases in volume of the hippocampus and amygdala following ECT have consistently been reported. AIMS: To investigate neuroplastic changes after ECT in specific hippocampal subfields and amygdala nuclei ...
BACKGROUND: There is little investigation on the interaction effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social support on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in community adolescent populations, or gender differences in these effects. AIMS: To examine the individual and interaction effects of ACEs and soc...
