Publications by authors named "R J Middleton"

This Letter presents a search for highly ionizing magnetic monopoles in 262  μb^{-1} of ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collision data at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.36  TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. A new methodology that exploits the properties of clusters of hits reconstructed in the innermost silicon detector layers is introduced to study highly ionizing particles in heavy-ion data.

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Aims: The risk of mortality after a hip fracture has been extensively investigated, but there is little high-quality information available dealing with the overall risk of complications. The aim of this study was to report the risk of complications in the first 120 days after a hip fracture.

Methods: This was a multicentre, prospective cohort study of patients aged > 60 years with a hip fracture, involving 77 hospitals in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, between January 2015 and 2022.

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Belief in pseudoscience, especially astrology, is common and can have negative consequences (e.g., financial and psychological) for the believer.

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Aim: To explore the experiences of healthcare educators in providing support for student well-being / mental health whilst undertaking formal health professional training programs, including clinical placement and identify educator concerns, strategies and preparedness.

Background: With increasing evidence of well-being concerns within the healthcare student population and the need for resilience and well-being cultures within healthcare, much literature proposes what healthcare educators must and should do to support student well-being. A healthcare educator's role encompasses well-being support; however, little is known about the impact supporting student well-being has on the educator.

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Z boson events at the Large Hadron Collider can be selected with high purity and are sensitive to a diverse range of QCD phenomena. As a result, these events are often used to probe the nature of the strong force, improve Monte Carlo event generators, and search for deviations from standard model predictions. All previous measurements of Z boson production characterize the event properties using a small number of observables and present the results as differential cross sections in predetermined bins.

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