In this edition, covering a variety of topics across medical and dental research, as well as materials science and historical epidemiology, we see a strong representation of the value of international and interspecialty collaboration. This issue includes many such collaborative projects,
including several projects that utilise developments in technology to further desired medical outcomes, combining the skills of experts in fields as varied as image and gesture interpretation research, systems and information engineering, rehabilitation engineering, medicine and occupational
therapy.
