A pathway to improved maternity research in Northern Ireland? Novel linkage of Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study and Northern Ireland Maternity Services System

Objective Our primary objective was to determine the social and demographic determinants of interpregnancy weight change.A secondary aim is to highlight the novel linkage of two data resources in Northern Ireland (NI) and the potential for transformative research in maternal health.Approach We piloted a process to link two datasets in a Competition

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Didymocyrtis pertusariae: A new species from Central Himalaya, India and a worldwide key to all recognized Didymocyrtis (Phaeosphaeriaceae; Pleosporales) species

From the alpine region of India, a hitherto undocumented Embossed lichenicolous species of Didymocyrtis colonizing the thallus and soredia of Pertusaria species thriving on rocky substrates is meticulously described as a novel taxon (D.pertusariae), Ornament from the Indian subcontinent, and is compared with other lichenicolous Didymocyrtis species

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