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Background: Developing a shared agenda is an important step in ensuring future research has the necessary relevance.Objective: To characterise research priority setting partnerships (PSPs) relevant to women's health.Search Strategy: Included studies were identified by searching MEDLINE and the James Lind Alliance (JLA) database.Selection Criteria: Priority setting partnerships using formal consensus methods.Data Collection and Analysis: Descriptive narrative to describe the study characteristics, methods, and results.Main Results: Ten national and two international PSPs were identified. All PSPs used the JLA method to identify research priorities. Nine PSPs had published a protocol. Potential research uncertainties were gathered from guidelines (two studies), Cochrane reviews (five studies), and surveys (12 studies). The number of healthcare professionals (31-287), patients (44-932), and others (33-139) who responded to the survey, and the number of uncertainties submitted (52-4767) varied. All PSPs entered confirmed research uncertainties (39-104) into interim priority setting surveys and healthcare professionals (31-287), patients (44-932), and others (33-139) responded. All PSPs entered a short list of research uncertainties into a consensus development meeting, which enabled healthcare professionals (six to 21), patients (eight to 14), and others (two to 13) to identify research priorities (ten to 15). Four PSPs have published their results.Conclusion: Future research priority setting studies should publish a protocol, use formal consensus development methods, and ensure their methods and results are comprehensively reported.Tweetable Abstract: Research published in @BJOGtweets highlights future research priorities across women's health, including @FertilityTop10, @jamesmnduffy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine Mycoplasma genitalium infection and correlates among young women undergoing population-based screening or clinic-based testing for Chlamydia infection. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) and two London sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics. Participants: 2441 women aged 15-64 years who participated in the NCSP and 2172 women who attended two London STI clinics over a 4-month period in 2009. Outcome measures: (1) M genitalium prevalence in defined populations (%). (2) Age-adjusted ORs (aORs) for correlates of M genitalium infection. Results: The overall frequency of M genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis was 3% and 5.4%, respectively. Co-infection was relatively uncommon (0.5% of all women); however 9% of women with C trachomatis also had M genitalium infection. M genitalium was more frequently detected in swab than urine samples (3.9 vs 1.3%, p<0.001) with a significantly higher mean bacterial load (p ≤ 0.001). Among NCSP participants, M genitalium was significantly more likely to be diagnosed in women of black/black British ethnicity (aOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.2 to 4.5, p=0.01). M genitalium and C trachomatis and were both significantly associated with multiple sexual partners in the past year (aOR 2.4, 95% CI 1.3 to 4.4, p=0.01 and aOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.4 to 2.8, p<0.01). Among STI clinic attendees, M genitalium was more common in women who were less than 25 years in age. Conclusions: M genitalium is a relatively common infection among young women in London. It is significantly more likely to be detected in vulvovaginal swabs than in urine samples. Co-infection with Chlamydia is uncommon. The clinical effectiveness of testing and treatment strategies for M genitalium needs further investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper describes the first phase of a project to improve the prediction and modelling of iron loss for use in the design of switched-reluctance (SR) machines. Earlier models are reviewed and the development of a comprehensive model is described. Its parameters are obtained from commonly available manufacturers' data and this allows the prediction of not only average loss but also instantaneous power flow for a given flux waveform. Its validation against experimental measurements for sinusoidal and triangular fluxes up to 2 kHz, including superimposed DC bias, is demonstrated. The measurement work using toroidal specimens reveals some unexpected behaviour and a challenge to the measurement technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A ball-catching task in which the ball was caused to enter on a parabolic flight path by means of a mechanical apparatus was administered to 36 male students between the ages of 18 and 40 years. An electronic device enabled the ball to be illuminated for predetermined temporal intervals during its flight. Results indicated that in this relatively unpredictable task opportunity to watch the ball for longer periods of time resulted in increased catching success. Results are discussed in relation to previous experimental work in which the ball was on a more predictable trajectory (since output information was available) and are related to the perceptual moment hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]