Mating proximity blinds threat perception.

Romantic engagement can bias sensory perception. This 'love blindness' reflects a common behavioural principle across organisms: favouring pursuit of a coveted reward over potential risks. In the case of animal courtship, such sensory biases may support reproductive success but can also expose individuals to danger, such as predation.

Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial.

Background: Moderately severe or major trauma (injury severity score (ISS) > 8) is common, often resulting in physical and psychological problems and leading to difficulties in returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can improve return to work/education in some injuries (e.g.

Engagement with a youth violence intervention programme is associated with lower re-attendance after violent injury: A UK major trauma network observational study.

The hospital based Redthread Youth Violence Intervention Programme (YVIP) utilises experienced youth workers to support 11-24 year olds following an episode of violent injury, assault or exploitation who present to the Emergency Department (ED) at the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre (MTC), Nottingham, UK. The YVIP aims to promote personal change with the aim of reducing the incidence of further similar events. We conducted a retrospective, observational, cohort study to examine the association between engagement with the YVIP and re-attendance rates to the ED following a referral to Redthread.

Improvements over time for patients following liver trauma: A 17-year observational study.

Background: Centralisation of trauma care has been shown to be associated with improved patient outcomes. The establishment of Major Trauma Centres (MTC) and networks in England in 2012 allowed for centralisation of trauma services and specialties including hepatobiliary surgery. We aimed to investigate the outcomes for patients with hepatic injury over the last 17 years at a large MTC in England in relation to the MTC status of the centre.

Injuries among children attributed to violence and social funding: a 10-year observational study.

Background: Mechanisms and patterns of injury in children are changing, with violent mechanisms becoming more prevalent over time. Government funding of services for children and young people has reduced nationally over the last decade. We aimed to investigate the trends in admissions of injured children to a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) and examine the relationship between injuries sustained by violent mechanisms and local authority funding of children and youth services within the same catchment area.

Injury by knife crime amongst children is associated with socioeconomic deprivation: an observational study.

Purpose: Children who live in areas of socioeconomic deprivation may be at higher risk of being victims of violent crime such as knife wounds. The current study investigated whether socioeconomic disparity was associated with higher risk of knife crime.

Methods: An observational study included patients aged ≤ 17 years at a UK Major Trauma Centre injured by knife trauma from 2016 to 2022.

Patterns and mechanisms of major trauma injuries during and after the UK Covid-19 Nationwide lockdown: analysis from a UK Major Trauma Centre.

Purpose: To compare patterns and mechanisms of injuries during and after the UK Nationwide lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included all major trauma admissions during the 10-week period of the nationwide lockdown (09/03/2020-18/05/2020), compared with admissions in the 10-weeks following the full lifting of lockdown restrictions (04/07/20-12/09/2020). Differences in the volume, spectrum and mechanism of injuries presenting during and post-lockdown were compared using Fisher's exact and Chi-squared tests as appropriate.

A neuronal mechanism controlling the choice between feeding and sexual behaviors in Drosophila.

Animals must express the appropriate behavior that meets their most pressing physiological needs and their environmental context. However, it is currently unclear how alternative behavioral options are evaluated and appropriate actions are prioritized. Here, we describe how fruit flies choose between feeding and courtship; two behaviors necessary for survival and reproduction.

The ICON Trauma Study: the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on major trauma workload in the UK.

Background: The global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has impacted population health and care delivery worldwide. As information emerges regarding the impact of "lockdown measures" and changes to clinical practice worldwide; there is no comparative information emerging from the United Kingdom with regard to major trauma.

Methods: This observational study from a UK Major Trauma Centre matched a cohort of patients admitted during a 10-week period of the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic (09/03/2020-18/05/2020) to a historical cohort of patients admitted during a similar time period in 2019 (11/03/2019-20/05/2019).

Projecting non-diffracting waves with intermediate-plane holography.

We introduce intermediate-plane holography, which substantially improves the ability of holographic trapping systems to project propagation-invariant modes of light using phase-only diffractive optical elements. Translating the mode-forming hologram to an intermediate plane in the optical train can reduce the need to encode amplitude variations in the field, and therefore complements well-established techniques for encoding complex-valued transfer functions into phase-only holograms. Compared to standard holographic trapping implementations, intermediate-plane holograms greatly improve diffraction efficiency and mode purity of propagation-invariant modes, and so increase their useful non-diffracting range.