Introduction: Osteoporotic hip fractures are common in older adults and are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. Structured geriatric care for older adults with hip fracture is known to improve outcomes. A ...

Despite the growth in bodies which play a role in prison accountability, limited data exists on how prisoners experience structures set up to achieve accountability, in particular inspection and monitoring bodies, and those ...

Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an evolving global healthcare emergency, of which a significant driver is the use and overuse of antimicrobials. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a multi-component, multidisciplinary ...

Abutment screw fracture is a common mechanical complication that can sometimes lead to dental implant failure. A number of clinical reports have been published, presenting a plethora of different techniques for the management ...

From 2003 onwards, faced with burgeoning insurgencies and widespread violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, US military policy underwent a cultural turn . This shift in policy emphasised the need for the collection of knowledge ...

Additive manufacturing of titanium provides many advantages over traditional methodologies such as the ability to produce complex parts at no additional cost. One such AM method, selective laser melting (SLM) is a powder ...

Dignity is an important concept in human rights legislation and medical ethics but is under-studied in psychiatric settings. It is a nuanced concept which is considered difficult to define, but nevertheless has a prominent ...

This dissertation substantiates in a collection of essays that examine the variation of rebels and insurgents violence in civil conflict. Building on the literature on the micro-foundations of civil war, we examine the ...

Background: Gynaecological malignancy and surgery are independently associated with the highest risks of VTE. However, factors influencing the rate of recurrent VTE in patients with gynaecological malignancy are unknown. ...

Conformal supersymmetric Yang--Mills theories play an important role in the gauge-gravity correspondence and, despite being highly non-physical, have been a driving force for many new approaches in more realistic theories ...