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Poetic professional learning through self-study in educational research (2025)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., Madondo, S., & Hiralaal, A. (2025). Poetic professional learning through self-study in educational research. In D. L. Mulligan, M. Forbes, E. A. Anteliz, & P. Alan Danaher (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Autoethnographic and Self-Study Education Research Methods. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter explores the integration of poetic professional learning within self-study research, as illustrated by the doctoral inquiries of S’phiwe Madondo (2021) and Anita Hiralaal (2018), guided by Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan. It examines how poetry... Read More about Poetic professional learning through self-study in educational research.

Experimental study of liquid optical filtration PV/T modules with different working fluids (2025)
Journal Article
Cui, Y., Tian, S., & Zhu, J. (in press). Experimental study of liquid optical filtration PV/T modules with different working fluids. Renewable Energy,

The working fluid influences on energy performance of a solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) module are investigated experimentally, the MXene, ethylene glycol (EG) and distilled water (DIW) are considered in this study. The effects of a liquid optical... Read More about Experimental study of liquid optical filtration PV/T modules with different working fluids.

Public health spatial planning in practice. Understanding the local spatial planning for health system in England through a narrative synthesis of systems approaches (2025)
Journal Article
Chang, M., Carhart, N., Lee, S., & Stewart-Evans, J. (2025). Public health spatial planning in practice. Understanding the local spatial planning for health system in England through a narrative synthesis of systems approaches. Planning Practice and Research, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2025.2472114

The planning system can help to address the complexity of determinants of our health which are driven by a combination of factors. A growing body of evidence and practice suggest taking systems perspectives can help tackle such complexity. Local plan... Read More about Public health spatial planning in practice. Understanding the local spatial planning for health system in England through a narrative synthesis of systems approaches.

Deep in the knotted black hole (2025)
Journal Article
Spadafora, M., Naeem, M., Preciado-Rivas, M. R., Mann, R. B., & Louko, J. (2025). Deep in the knotted black hole. Physical Review D, 111(6), Article 065013. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.065013

We consider the transition rate of a freely falling Unruh-DeWitt detector, coupled linearly to a massless scalar quantum field prepared in the Hartle-Hawking-Israel state, as a probe of the interior of a black hole. Specifically, we consider the tran... Read More about Deep in the knotted black hole.

Coloured Petri Nets-based Approach for Modelling Effects of Variation on the Reliability of the Newborn Life Support Procedure (2025)
Journal Article
Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Egede, J., Sharkey, D., & Valstar, M. (2025). Coloured Petri Nets-based Approach for Modelling Effects of Variation on the Reliability of the Newborn Life Support Procedure. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 260, Article 111001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2025.111001

About 10% of newborns need a life support procedure following birth. However, this procedure has a considerable error rate of more than 25%, which may compromise its safety and reliability. Continuous studies to improve its performance are carried ou... Read More about Coloured Petri Nets-based Approach for Modelling Effects of Variation on the Reliability of the Newborn Life Support Procedure.

Sex-specific attenuation of constant light-induced memory impairment and Clock gene expression in brain in hepatic Npas2 knockout mice (2025)
Journal Article
CHRISP, R., MASTERSON, M., POPE, R., ROBERTS, C. J., COLLINS, H. M., WATSON, D. J. G., O'NEIL, D., AAGAARD, K. M., GIBSON, C. L., HEERY, D. M., & MORAN, P. M. (2025). Sex-specific attenuation of constant light-induced memory impairment and Clock gene expression in brain in hepatic Npas2 knockout mice. Scientific Reports, 15, Article 8347. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92938-1

NPAS2 (Neuronal PAS Domain Protein 2) is a component of the core circadian clock and the coordinated activity between central brain and peripheral liver clock proteins postulated to be instrumental for linking behaviour and metabolism. We investigate... Read More about Sex-specific attenuation of constant light-induced memory impairment and Clock gene expression in brain in hepatic Npas2 knockout mice.

The hazards of chasing subgroups in neutral stroke trials (2025)
Journal Article
Bath, P. M., Howard, G., & Hacke, W. (2025). The hazards of chasing subgroups in neutral stroke trials. Neurological Research and Practice, 7, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-025-00369-0

Background
The majority of randomised controlled trials in acute stroke and many for prevention are neutral, i.e. they failed to reach statistical significance. However, many of these will find apparent benefit in a component of a subgroup, finding... Read More about The hazards of chasing subgroups in neutral stroke trials.

Primordial Black Hole stellar microlensing constraints: understanding their dependence on the density and velocity distributions (2025)
Journal Article
Green, A. (in press). Primordial Black Hole stellar microlensing constraints: understanding their dependence on the density and velocity distributions. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics,

Microlensing surveys of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud constrain the fraction of the Milky Way halo in Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) with mass 10^−9 < M/M⊙ < 10^4. Various studies have reached different conclusions on the uncertainties in these c... Read More about Primordial Black Hole stellar microlensing constraints: understanding their dependence on the density and velocity distributions.

Biowaste to biochar: a techno-economic and life cycle assessment of biochar production from food-waste digestate and its agricultural field application (2025)
Journal Article
Gamaralalage, D., Rodgers, S., Gill, A., Meredith, W., Bott, T., West, H., Alce, J., Snape, C., & McKechnie, J. (2025). Biowaste to biochar: a techno-economic and life cycle assessment of biochar production from food-waste digestate and its agricultural field application. Biochar, 7(1), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-025-00456-0

Biochar has high potential for long-term atmospheric carbon storage in terrestrial environments, contributing to meeting the UK and global greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. This study investigates the greenhouse gas emissions and techno-econ... Read More about Biowaste to biochar: a techno-economic and life cycle assessment of biochar production from food-waste digestate and its agricultural field application.

Construct validity of measures of care home resident quality of life: Cross-sectional analysis using data from a pilot Minimum Data Set in England (2025)
Journal Article
Allan, S., Rand, S., Towers, A.-M., De Corte, K., Tracey, F., Crellin, E., Lloyd, T., Carroll, R. E., Palmer, S., Webster, L., Gordon, A., Smith, N., Akdur, G., Killett, A., Spilsbury, K., & Goodman, C. (in press). Construct validity of measures of care home resident quality of life: Cross-sectional analysis using data from a pilot Minimum Data Set in England. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes,

Material characterization and engineering performance evaluation of phosphogypsum as a high-performance filler for bituminous pavements (2025)
Journal Article
Xu, X., Xu, G., Huang, X., Alam, G. B., Chen, X., & Sreeram, A. (2025). Material characterization and engineering performance evaluation of phosphogypsum as a high-performance filler for bituminous pavements. Fuel, 393, Article 134977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.134977

The effective recycling of waste materials as alternatives to traditional mineral fillers in asphalt mixtures has both economic and environmental benefits. Phosphogypsum (PG), as one of the industrial solid wastes is a promising alternative to be use... Read More about Material characterization and engineering performance evaluation of phosphogypsum as a high-performance filler for bituminous pavements.

Combination of Wall Insulation and PCMs in External Walls of Typical Residential Buildings in the UK and Their Impact on Building Energy Consumption (2025)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., OMER, S., & Hu, R. (2025). Combination of Wall Insulation and PCMs in External Walls of Typical Residential Buildings in the UK and Their Impact on Building Energy Consumption. Buildings, 15(6), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3390/++buildings15060854

With growing concerns over global warming and the significant contribution of buildings to energy consumption, reducing energy demand in buildings has become crucial. This study addresses this issue by investigating the integration of phase-change... Read More about Combination of Wall Insulation and PCMs in External Walls of Typical Residential Buildings in the UK and Their Impact on Building Energy Consumption.

Anthropogenic increase in organic carbon production and burial in two tropical crater lakes from central Mexico (2025)
Journal Article
Rantala, M., Israde-Alcántara, I., Safaierad, R., Tylmann, W., Lepoint, G., Francus, P., Smol, J. P., Meyer-Jacob, C., Grooms, C., Mattielli, N., Metcalfe, S., Etmański, P., & Fagel, N. (2025). Anthropogenic increase in organic carbon production and burial in two tropical crater lakes from central Mexico. Science of the Total Environment, 971, Article 179041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179041

Lakes bury significant amounts of organic carbon (OC) in their sediments contributing to the removal of carbon from the short-term carbon cycle. Mounting evidence points to broadscale increases in lake OC burial rates under growing human perturbation... Read More about Anthropogenic increase in organic carbon production and burial in two tropical crater lakes from central Mexico.

Mechanism of Diabetes Remission or Improvement in Glucose Control Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Versus Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Wilmington, R., Ardavani, A., Hasan, N., Alhindi, Y., Ramzan, I., Anyiam, O., & Idris, I. (2025). Mechanism of Diabetes Remission or Improvement in Glucose Control Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Versus Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Obesities, 5(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5010014

Background: The mechanisms of diabetes remission following bariatric surgery independent of calorie restriction and weight loss remain unclear. Objectives: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate mechanisms underpinning diab... Read More about Mechanism of Diabetes Remission or Improvement in Glucose Control Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Versus Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Molten base carbonisation and activation of non-lignin-rich biomass into hierarchically porous carbon with surface-rich functionalities for supercapacitor electrodes (2025)
Journal Article
Egun, I. L., Akinwolemiwa, B., He, H., Ma, M., Chen, Z., Chen, G. Z., & Hu, D. (2025). Molten base carbonisation and activation of non-lignin-rich biomass into hierarchically porous carbon with surface-rich functionalities for supercapacitor electrodes. Chemical Engineering Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.161386

Non-lignin-rich biomass has abundant reserves but remains underutilised as a sustainable carbon source for producing functional carbon materials in energy storage applications. The primary challenge is to develop an efficient and sustainable process... Read More about Molten base carbonisation and activation of non-lignin-rich biomass into hierarchically porous carbon with surface-rich functionalities for supercapacitor electrodes.

The anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D on offspring brain development during pregnancy: critical review (2025)
Journal Article
Kozhevnikova, S. V., Elmes, M. J., Brameld, J. M., & Jethwa, P. H. (in press). The anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D on offspring brain development during pregnancy: critical review. Academia, Nutrition and Dietetics, 2(1), Article 7573. https://doi.org/10.20935/acadnutr7573

Vitamin D (VD) plays a pivotal role in fetal brain development by regulating essential processes such as neuronal proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Despite the critical role of VD in maternal and fetal health, studies have shown that alm... Read More about The anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D on offspring brain development during pregnancy: critical review.

Programming of pluripotency and the germline co-evolved from a Nanog ancestor (2025)
Journal Article
Crowley, D., Simpson, L., Chatfield, J., Forey, T., Allegrucci, C., Sang, F., Holmes, N., Genikhovich, G., Technau, U., Cunningham, D., Silva, E., Mullin, N., Dixon, J. E., Loose, M., Alberio, R., & Johnson, A. D. (2025). Programming of pluripotency and the germline co-evolved from a Nanog ancestor. Cell Reports, 44(3), Article 115396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115396

Francois Jacob proposed that evolutionary novelty arises through incremental tinkering with pre-existing genetic mechanisms. Vertebrate evolution was predicated on pluripotency—the ability of embryonic cells to form somatic germ-layers and primordial... Read More about Programming of pluripotency and the germline co-evolved from a Nanog ancestor.

Losing touch: class, social capital, and out of area housing (2025)
Journal Article
Iafrati, S. (2025). Losing touch: class, social capital, and out of area housing. Critical Policy Studies, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2025.2476960

Whilst the conceptualization of a housing crisis has become a common narrative within politics, research, and the media, its nebulous nature can risk failing to recognize the breadth of experiences or its exact relationship to inequality. By looking... Read More about Losing touch: class, social capital, and out of area housing.