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eLife is publishing a collection of articles and interviews with scientists who are parents to explore how to get the best of both worlds.

This editorial introduces the special Biomed Central cross-journal collection The Many Meanings of ‘Quality’ in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, setting out the context for the development of the collection, and presenting brief summaries of all the included papers in three broad themes 1) the practices of assuring quality in healthcare 2) giving ‘space to the story’ 3) addressing moral complexity in the clinic, the classroom and the academy. The editorial concludes with reflections on some of the key messages that emerge from the papers which are relevant to policymakers and practitioners who seek to improve the quality of healthcare.

The interplay between the workflow for clinical tasks and research data collection is often overlooked, ultimately making it ineffective.

In recent years, the UK debt collection industry has taken steps to improve its policies and practices in relation to customers with mental health problems. Little data, however, have been collected to evidence change.

The early history of Kyoto Collection of Human Embryos and Fetuses was briefly described including reasons for planning the collection, ethical considerations, procedures for the collection, procedures for obtained specimens, research grants, participating members, and Professor Nishimura’s Motto Anat Rec, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Improving the design and targeting of interventions is important for alleviating loneliness among older adults. This requires identifying which correlates are the most important predictors of loneliness. This study demonstrates the use of recursive partitioning in exploring the characteristics and assessing the relative importance of correlates of loneliness in older adults.

A collection of recently published news items.

A collection of recently published news items.

Understanding the reliability and precision of the data obtained using three-dimensional body scanners is very important if it is intended to replace the traditional data collection methods. If the collection of anthropometric data with three-dimensional body scanners is a fast and reliable process that produces precise data at a low price, it could be used for numerous applications worldwide. Many studies have addressed data collected by white light and laser based scanners.

A collection of recently published news items.