IMPORTANCE: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) represent an important, potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia. Despite frequently observed vascular imaging changes in individuals with TBI, the relationships between TBI-associated changes in brain imaging and clinical outcomes have largely been overlooked in community cases of TBI. OBJECTIVE: T...
BACKGROUND: Cemiplimab was licensed in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019 for the treatment of patients with locally advanced and metastatic CSCC not suitable for curative surgery or radiotherapy (advanced CSCC [aCSCC]). No UK multi-center studies have investigated the real-world experience of cemiplimab post marketing authorization in aCSCC. METHODS:...
Published in BMC women's health
Urinary incontinence (UI) negatively affects the well-being of women globally. Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) is a complex intervention that aims to decrease UI symptoms. Information about how the multiple complex components involved in PFMT achieve and maintain the desired effect are rarely studied as a whole. The evidence base lacks data abo...
BACKGROUND: Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely used in mental health services. Case registers using EHRs from secondary mental healthcare have the potential to deliver large-scale projects evaluating mental health outcomes in real-world clinical populations. METHODS: We describe the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) Research ...
Published in Frontiers in Physics
We analyze the results of the test of π/2 qubit rotations on a public quantum computer provided by IBM. We measure a single qubit rotated by π/2 about a random axis, and we accumulate vast statistics of the results. The test performed on different devices shows systematic deviations from the theoretical predictions, which appear at level 10–3. Some...
peer reviewed / Ontocetus is one of the most notable extinct odobenines owing to its global distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. Originating in the Late Miocene of the western North Pacific, this lineage quickly spread to the Atlantic Ocean during the Pliocene, with notable occurrences in England, Belgium, The Netherlands, Morocco and the easte...
Sebastian Walsh and colleagues consider the role of doctors in effective advocacy and recommend strategies to maximise trustworthiness “Scientists advise, ministers decide.”1 The chief medical officer for England has repeated this phrase many times in recent years, including during the covid-19 pandemic inquiry, when explaining the role that scient...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Communication is important in determining how patients understand the diagnostic process. Empirical studies involving direct observation of communication within diagnostic processes are relatively limited. This ethnographic study aimed to identify communicative practices facilitating or inhibiting shared understanding between p...
Published in Frontiers in Education
Introduction This research project examines student perspectives on independent learning in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Independent learning describes learning undertaken by students outside of standard institutional learning environments. Prior research has suggested that motivations to undertake independent learning and the strategies invol...
Published in Journal of Radiological Protection
Exposure to the radon gas within a building can result in an increased risk of lung cancer. To minimise the health risk, indoor radon concentrations can be reduced using well-established mitigation methods. The performance of various radon reduction methods, their combination as well as other factors that can impact the efficiency of radon mitigati...
