Early life stages are vulnerable to environmental hazards and present important windows of
opportunity for lifelong disease prevention. This makes early life a relevant starting point for …

The risk for a global transmission of flu‐type viruses is strengthened by the physical contact
between humans and accelerated through individual mobility patterns. The Air …

Background Studies examining associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with
childhood asthma have reported inconsistent results. Several factors could explain these …

Research suggests that maternal exposure to natural environments (ie, green and blue
spaces) promotes healthy fetal growth. However, the available evidence is heterogeneous …

In disciplines such as biomedicine and social sciences, sharing and combining sensitive
individual-level data is often prohibited by ethical-legal or governance constraints and other …

Combined analysis of multiple, large datasets is a common objective in the health- and
biosciences. Existing methods tend to require researchers to physically bring data together in …

Data visualizations are a valuable tool used during both statistical analysis and the interpretation
of results as they graphically reveal useful information about the structure, properties …

Background Energy balance‐related behaviours (EBRBs), that is, dietary intake, screen,
outdoor play and sleep, tend to combine into ‘lifestyle patterns’, with potential synergistic …

Background Data privacy is one of the biggest challenges for any organisation which processes
personal data, especially in the area of medical research where data include sensitive …

Background Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality and is
associated with adverse developmental and long-term health outcomes, including several …