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When unlikely outcomes occur: the role of communication format in maintaining communicator credibility (2018)
Journal Article

The public expects science to reduce or eliminate uncertainty (Kinzig & Starrett, 2003), yet scientific forecasts are probabilistic (at best) and it is simply not possible to make predictions with certainty. Whilst an ‘unlikely’ outcome is not expect... Read More about When unlikely outcomes occur: the role of communication format in maintaining communicator credibility.

Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician (2018)
Journal Article

The oxygen isotope composition of well-preserved trilobite eye calcite, retaining its original optical properties, represents a possible source of information on Paleozoic sea temperatures. Species of the epipelagic telephinid genera Carolinites and... Read More about Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician.

Proportion of sewage sludge to soil influences the survival of Salmonella Dublin, and Escherichia coli (2018)
Journal Article

The survival of enteric pathogens in sewage sludge could lead to their transferral into the soil environment and subsequent contamination of crops and water courses. This, in turn, could increase the potential spread of gastrointestinal disease. This... Read More about Proportion of sewage sludge to soil influences the survival of Salmonella Dublin, and Escherichia coli.

Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps (2018)
Journal Article

Dyadic contests for possession of resources occur across a wide range of animal taxa, with contest outcome often being heavily influenced by the energetic reserves of the competitors. The majority of studied parasitoid wasps lack de novo lipogenesis,... Read More about Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps.

The impacts of copper, iron and manganese metal ions on the EPR assessment of beer oxidative stability. (2018)
Journal Article

Beer flavour stability is a key quality parameter as brewers seek to maintain the quality of their product throughout the supply chain. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) oxidative stability assay is one method that brewers are utilising to op... Read More about The impacts of copper, iron and manganese metal ions on the EPR assessment of beer oxidative stability..

Multimeric recombinant antibody (scFv) for ELISA detection of allergenic walnut: an alternative to animal antibodies (2018)
Journal Article

Walnuts are classified as an important allergenic ingredient that can cause severe reactions in sensitized individuals. To prevent unintended exposure to products containing walnut, food manufacturers have the responsibility to declare its presence i... Read More about Multimeric recombinant antibody (scFv) for ELISA detection of allergenic walnut: an alternative to animal antibodies.

Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK (2018)
Journal Article

Differences in performance among the areas of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can provide some insight into the resilience of UK milk supplies from forage-based dairy herds. This study used a Markov Chain approach to model the average h... Read More about Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK.

How should a spatial-coverage sample design for a geostatistical soil survey be supplemented to support estimation of spatial covariance parameters? (2018)
Journal Article

We use an expression for the error variance of geostatistical predictions, which includes the effect of uncertainty in the spatial covariance parameters, to examine the performance of sample designs in which a proportion of the total number of observ... Read More about How should a spatial-coverage sample design for a geostatistical soil survey be supplemented to support estimation of spatial covariance parameters?.

Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK) (2018)
Journal Article

The late Early Jurassic Toarcian Stage represents the warmest interval of the Jurassic Period, with an abrupt rise in global temperatures of up to ∼7 °C in mid-latitudes at the onset of the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE; ∼183 Ma). The T-... Read More about Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK).