Trials and tribulations: a qualitative exploration of researcher perspectives on navigating the challenges of health system implementation research by Natalie Taylor, April Morrow, Julia Steinberg, Emily Hogden, Deborah Debono, Elijah Tyedmers, Priscilla Chan, Gabriella Tiernan

“…Barriers and facilitators identified within themes were deductively coded to domains of the updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.Setting Participants were recruited from a research organisation based in Sydney, Australia.Participants A total of seven researcher and administering institution participants took part in four focus groups.Results Analysis highlighted the following themes: navigating bureaucracy, distinguishing implementation trials from clinical trials, the impact of COVID-19, balancing rigour and pragmatism in implementation trials, data access and complexity of analysis, and key learnings and future directions (subthemes: building relationships with ethics committees, communicating implementation concepts, streamlining of the implementation and research approach).Conclusions Findings highlight the need for streamlining current administrative and ethical review processes, as well as procedures that allow greater flexibility for researchers to respond to challenges as they arise. …”
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ESTRO guidelines for developing questionnaires in survey-based radiation oncology research by Amanda Webster, Lotte S. Fog, Emma Hall, Peter S.N. van Rossum, Daan Nevens, Pierre Montay-Gruel, Pierfrancesco Franco, Elizabeth Joyce, Nuria Jornet, Catharine H. Clark, Jenny Bertholet

“…Tailored to professionals, it emphasizes the importance of methodological rigour to ensure reliable and actionable data collection. …”
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Introduction by Anne Marie Devlin, Katie Ní Loingsigh, T.J. Ó Ceallaigh, Aisling O'Donnell

“…This strong engagement from the scholarly community is a testament to the hard work of our predecessors, who have advanced the journal’s commitment to scientific rigour and international visibility. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the outgoing team for all their support and for making the transition so smooth which enabled us to build upon a solid foundation of excellence. …”
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Attributing heatwave-related mortality to climate change: a case study of the 2009 Victorian heatwave in Australia by Sarah E Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Linda Selvey, Philipp Aglas-Leitner, Nina Lansbury, Samuel Hundessa, Dáithí Stone, Kristie L Ebi, Nicholas John Osborne

“…As research, planning and policy interest in the role of climate change behind the burden health—and other adverse impacts of weather and climate extremes—continues to grow, it is vital that interdisciplinary collaborations are nurtured, so that the resulting science is of high-quality rigour, and policy relevance.…”
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Zero-BertXGB: An Empirical Technique for Abstract Classification in Systematic Reviews by Mohammad Shariful Islam, Mohammad Abu Tareq Rony, Md Rasel Hossain, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

“…Five diverse datasets are utilized: Aceves-Martins (2021), comprising 1,258 excluded and 230 included abstracts on the utilization of animal models in depressive behaviour studies; Bannach-Brown (2016), with 896 excluded and 73 included abstracts focusing on the methodological rigour of environmental health systematic reviews; Meijboom (2021), containing 599 excluded and 32 included abstracts on the retransitioning of Etanercept in rheumatic disease patients; Menon (2022), with 896 excluded and 73 included abstracts on environmental health reviews; and a custom Clinical Review Paper Abstract (CRPA) dataset, featuring 500 excluded and 50 included abstracts. …”
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Koro Ve Orkestra /Oda Müziğinde Seslendirme/Yorumlama Başarım Gücü Üzerine Program Odaklı Bir İnceleme - A Program Based Analysis Of Performing Success In Choir And Orchestra/Chamb... by H. Seval Köse, M. Can Çiftçibaşı

“…“Choir and orchestra/chamber music performing success interview form” was prepared to be filled in by the instructors of related courses (participants).Research results show that definitional curricula of the choir and orchestra/chamber music courses among the A coded courses in music teaching undergraduate program do focus on performance target; that the students often come to classes unprepared; that they do not show sufficient understanding and rigour for making music together; their grade-oriented view of studying is underlined; their attendance to concerts, festivals etc. is found beneficial in terms of their motivation; and it is emphasized that the level differences between students have a negative effect on making music together and their performing success.In this regard, it is recommended that, being the two most effective components of choir and orchestra/chamber music performing success, the individual instrumental and vocal education courses’ implementation and outcome characteristics would be reviewed along with the effective research results.Keywords: Music teaching, undergraduate program, performance, performing success.…”
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SPIRIT-DEFINE explanation and elaboration: recommendations for enhancing quality and impact of early phase dose-finding clinical trials protocolsResearch in context by Moreno Ursino, Guillermo Villacampa, Jan Rekowski, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Olga Solovyeva, Deborah Ashby, Jordan Berlin, Oliver Boix, Melanie Calvert, An-Wen Chan, Courtney H. Coschi, Thomas R. Jeffry Evans, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Robert M. Golub, Christina Guo, Kathryn S. Hayward, Sally Hopewell, John D. Isaacs, S. Percy Ivy, Thomas Jaki, Olga Kholmanskikh, Andrew Kightley, Shing Lee, Rong Liu, Adrian Mander, Lynley V. Marshall, James Matcham, Dhrusti Patel, Richard Peck, Khadija Rerhou Rantell, Dawn P. Richards, Mahtab Rouhifard, Lesley Seymour, Yoshiya Tanaka, Christopher J. Weir, Johann de Bono, Christina Yap

“…We recommend utilising this paper alongside the SPIRIT statement, and any relevant extensions, to enhance the development and review of EPDF trial protocols.By facilitating adoption of the SPIRIT-DEFINE statement for EPDF trials, this E&E document can promote enhancement of methodological rigour, patient safety, transparency, and facilitate the generation of high-quality, reproducible evidence that will strengthen the foundation of early phase research and ultimately improve patient outcomes. …”
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Catalysing change in health and medical research policy: an Australian case study of deliberative democracy to reform sex and gender policy recommendations by Sue Haupt, Cheryl Carcel, Lily Halliday, Saraid Billiards, Lyn Carson, Kyle Redman, Scott Lappan-Newton, Karin R. Aubrey, Xander Bickendorf, Jane E. Bourke, Michael Buchert, Jessica Da Gama Duarte, Ayan Dasvarma, Thomas F. E. Drake-Brockman, Thomas F. E. Drake-Brockman, Thomas F. E. Drake-Brockman, Thomas F. E. Drake-Brockman, Kerryn Drysdale, Stephen C. C. Dymock, Laura N. Eadie, Laura N. Eadie, Melanie Eckersley-Maslin, Melanie Eckersley-Maslin, Melanie Eckersley-Maslin, Moritz Falk Eissmann, James Fazio, Bridget G. Haire, Melinda Holder, Nicole Kleppe, Ken Knight, Jonathan Mauclair, Celine Northcott, Brian G. G. O. Oliver, Tracy A. O'Mara, Ken Pang, Steven Philpot, Tertia D. Purves-Tyson, Jacob Stewart-Olsen, Lauren Ursich, Natalia Vukelic, Marina H. Yakou, Bronwyn Graham, Bronwyn Graham, Severine Lamon, Rachel Huxley, Kelly Thompson, Kelly Thompson, Keziah Bennett-Brook, Christine Jenkins, Christine Jenkins, Zoe Wainer, Zoe Wainer, Mark Woodward, Mark Woodward, Louise Chappell, Robyn Norton, Robyn Norton

“…Inadequate policy frameworks to guide the comprehensive inclusion of sex and gender in research jeopardises scientific rigour and ultimately the practices they underpin. …”
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Une marrane devant le Saint-Office de l’Inquisition, México, 1642-1649. Isabel Tristán, « La Tristana » by Solange Alberro

“…All of her family of Jewish origin suffered the rigours of the Saint Office, first from the peninsular one and then from the one in New Spain. …”
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Style adaptacji uczniów do szkoły. Inspiracje dla nauczycieli wczesnej edukacji by Anna Babicka-Wirkus

“…In the text, school is defined as an institution which strives to subjugate the subjects operating within it while, paradoxically, giving them conditions for resisting the imposed rigours. While trying to deal with this complex reality, students have developed three main styles of adapting to its conditions. …”
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De l’accompagnement des pratiques au contrôle des enseignants : quels enjeux pour quel métier ? by Marie-Ange Barthassat, Danielle Bonneton

“…Furthermore, it aims at defining to what extent the rigourous coaching design, as it was conceived at that time helped accompanying teacher pratices is necessary. …”
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Fever and Shock in a Child: How 'good' is a Good Blood Test? by Nevin Kollannoor Chinnan, Pragnyadipta Mishra, GD Puri

“…CASE PRESENTATION A 12-year-old girl presented with a history of intermittent fever (38.3°C to 40°C) for 10 days that was not associated with chills and rigours, and was relieved by antipyretics. She also had nonbilious and nonprojectile vomiting (seven days), shortness of breath (four days) and watery diarrhea (two days). …”
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Texts by Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz in the context of the late medieval ars poetriae by Bartosz Awianowicz

“…All the other compositions represent poesis rithmica, and none of them follows the rigours of Classical patterns. As for the works with the acrostic PETRVS, rhytmi compositi prevail, usually with the rhyme patterns abab or aab ccb. …”
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