Charting water quality improvements and practice reversion with pesticide interventions at catchment scale.

Freshwater quality, and the impacts of farming practice on drinking water supplies, are of concern in many countries and time-limited catchment management interventions are commonly used to improve water quality. However, ending such schemes may result in practice reversion. This study adopts an interdisciplinary approach combining evidence from water quality monitoring data with a behavioural study of farmers to explore changes in land use practice with reference to the pesticide MCPA (2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid) following a catchment-based management scheme delivered in the cross-border Derg catchment in Northern Ireland/Ireland between 2018 and 2021.

A systematic review of short- compared with standard-length Exeter stems in primary total hip arthroplasty.

Aims: The Exeter femoral stem has a cemented, polished taper-slip design, and an excellent track record. The current range includes short-length options for various offsets, but less is known about the performance of these stems. The aim of this study was to compare the survival of short-length stems with standard-length Exeter stems.

Stakeholder prioritization preferences for individuals awaiting hip and knee arthroplasty.

Aims: Prolonged waits for hip and knee arthroplasty have raised questions about the equity of current approaches to waiting list prioritization for those awaiting surgery. We therefore set out to understand key stakeholder (patient and surgeon) preferences for the prioritization of patients awaiting such surgery, in order to guide future waiting list redesign.

Methods: A combined qualitative/quantitative approach was used.

Distrust and reflexive impotence in the net zero transition: findings from a longitudinal deliberative mini-public.

Unlabelled: Responding to climate change requires that people engage in different forms of climate citizenship. These span from individual consumption choices, to taking part in forms of collective action to steer the behaviour of governments and in the private sector. Here we analyse data from the Net Zero Diaries project to explore how attitudes to different forms of climate citizenship develop as people become more aware about the scale of societal change required to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Complications and Radiographic Outcomes of Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy at Minimum 5-Year Follow-up.

Background: Tibial tubercle osteotomy (TTO) is a commonly utilized surgery in the treatment of patellofemoral instability and chondrosis. A number of case series studies have reported on the mid- and long-term outcomes with varying complication rates.

Purpose: To report the incidence of major complications after TTO and the rate of progression of knee osteoarthritis at midterm follow-up.