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Advancements in Electrical Machines for Aircraft Propulsion (2025)
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Gerada, D., Zhang, F., Jiang, J., Zhang, X., Zou, T., Xu, Z., & Gerada, C. (2025). Advancements in Electrical Machines for Aircraft Propulsion. IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications, 14(3), 468-476. https://doi.org/10.1541/ieejjia.24010320

Electrical machines are at the center of future aircraft propulsion architectures, and their improvement is key in increasing the market uptake of cleaner transport. This paper investigates recent/ongoing improvements within the constituent technolog... Read More about Advancements in Electrical Machines for Aircraft Propulsion.

Two for the road: an exploratory study investigating driver and co-passenger interactions during automation and the transition of control in a level 3 automated vehicle (2025)
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Large, D., Harvey, C., Shaw, E., Khandeparker, S., Burnett, G., & Box, E. (2025). Two for the road: an exploratory study investigating driver and co-passenger interactions during automation and the transition of control in a level 3 automated vehicle. Advances in Transportation Studies, 66, 125-144

To explore the impact of a front-seat passenger during SAE level 3 (L3) automation, eighteen established driver-passenger pairings undertook three 30-minute journeys framed as ‘days-out’ in a L3 driving simulator. Participants were reminded of their... Read More about Two for the road: an exploratory study investigating driver and co-passenger interactions during automation and the transition of control in a level 3 automated vehicle.

The content of Recovery College courses in England: a 71 college document analysis (2025)
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Takhi, S. K., Brown, H. H., Ronaldson, A., Lawrence, V., McPhilbin, M., Ingall, B. R., Daryanani, R., Simpson, J., Jebara, T., Lawrence, S., Kapka, A., Kotera, Y., Dunnett, D., Hayes, D., Stepanian, K., Yeo, C. F., Meddings, S., Rennison, J., Barrett, K., Rowles, J. G., …Slade, M. (2025). The content of Recovery College courses in England: a 71 college document analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1605498

Introduction: Recovery Colleges (RCs) exist in 28 countries and across five continents. The concept of recovery and recovery-oriented care has become widespread internationally and embedded in policy documentation and mental health services. As a res... Read More about The content of Recovery College courses in England: a 71 college document analysis.

Thermal blood flowmeter based on cascaded Fabry-Pérot Interferometers utilising the enhanced harmonic Vernier effect (2025)
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Gong, R., Morgan, S. P., Korposh, S., He, C., Hayes-Gill, B. R., & Correia, R. (2025). Thermal blood flowmeter based on cascaded Fabry-Pérot Interferometers utilising the enhanced harmonic Vernier effect. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 194, Article 109145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2025.109145

Localised accurate blood flow measurement is crucial in various clinical scenarios for diagnosing and treating vascular conditions. An innovative thermal blood flowmeter that comprises cascaded Fabry-Pérot Interferometer (CFPI) and a multimode fibre... Read More about Thermal blood flowmeter based on cascaded Fabry-Pérot Interferometers utilising the enhanced harmonic Vernier effect.

Ex Vivo investigation of a Smart Endotracheal Tube for Identifying Oesophageal Intubation (2025)
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Gadsby, B., Korposh, S., Correia, R., He, C., Hayes-Gill, B. R., Norris, A. M., Hardman, J. G., Hewson, D. W., & Morgan, S. P. (2025). Ex Vivo investigation of a Smart Endotracheal Tube for Identifying Oesophageal Intubation. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 30(6), Article 067003. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.30.6.067003

Significance
Unrecognized intubation of the esophagus instead of the trachea results in rapid and severe consequences for the patient. Utilizing the spectral properties of the tissues could reduce incidents of these events.

Aim
We aim to investi... Read More about Ex Vivo investigation of a Smart Endotracheal Tube for Identifying Oesophageal Intubation.

Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling (2025)
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Stein, A., Caulfield, K. A., Singh, M., Riddle, J., Friehs, M. A., Craven, M. P., Groom, M. J., Iyer, K. K., & Barlow, K. M. (2025). Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling. Pediatric Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.06.005

Background
Approximately 1 in 4 children who sustain an acquired brain injury (ABI) have attention difficulties impacting education, employment, and community participation. These difficulties arise from dysfunction in attention-related brain networ... Read More about Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling.

Failure modes of CF-PEEK overmoulded onto unidirectionally reinforced CF-LM-PAEK: Multi-scale pull-off testing and microscopy investigation of rib stiffened geometries (2025)
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Parsons, A. J., Molinar-Díaz, J., Koptelov, A., Darby, W., Hooshmand, H., Hernandez Ledezma, F. U., Thomsen, O. T., Belnoue, J. P., & Harper, L. T. (2025). Failure modes of CF-PEEK overmoulded onto unidirectionally reinforced CF-LM-PAEK: Multi-scale pull-off testing and microscopy investigation of rib stiffened geometries. Composites Part B: Engineering, 305, Article 112700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2025.112700

Overmoulding is a manufacturing technique used to create structural composite components with complex shapes, combining regions of continuous and short fibre reinforcement. It is possible to produce structural parts at high rates, whilst minimising m... Read More about Failure modes of CF-PEEK overmoulded onto unidirectionally reinforced CF-LM-PAEK: Multi-scale pull-off testing and microscopy investigation of rib stiffened geometries.

Characterising and propagating the sources of error and uncertainty in the optical measurement of gears using designed experiments (2025)
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Sexton, D. G., Catalucci, S., Sharpe, A., Frazer, R., & Piano, S. (2025). Characterising and propagating the sources of error and uncertainty in the optical measurement of gears using designed experiments. Measurement Science and Technology, 36(6), Article 065014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/addd40

In recent years, the growth of optical techniques has introduced the possibility of allowing several alternative methods for non-contact gear measurement to be utilised. Optical methods can offer many advantages over tactile, such as the potential to... Read More about Characterising and propagating the sources of error and uncertainty in the optical measurement of gears using designed experiments.

Come rain or shine: effects of external conditions on the properties of linyphiid silk (2025)
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Wharton, D., Weston, N., & Goodacre, S. (2025). Come rain or shine: effects of external conditions on the properties of linyphiid silk. Frontiers in Arachnid Science, 4, Article 1580992. https://doi.org/10.3389/frchs.2025.1580992

Spiders have adapted to a wide range of ecological niches, accompanied by the diversification of their silk, which performs various ecological functions under different environmental conditions. This study investigates the physical properties of silk... Read More about Come rain or shine: effects of external conditions on the properties of linyphiid silk.

Reducing Cooling Energy Demand in Saudi Arabian Residential Buildings Using Passive Design Approaches (2025)
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Rodrigues, L., Cherian, B. A., & Tokbolat, S. (2025). Reducing Cooling Energy Demand in Saudi Arabian Residential Buildings Using Passive Design Approaches. Buildings, 15(11), Article 1895. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15111895

In Saudi Arabia’s hot and arid climate, residential buildings account for over half of national electricity consumption, with cooling demands alone responsible for more than 70% of this use. This paper explores the hypothesis that contemporary villa... Read More about Reducing Cooling Energy Demand in Saudi Arabian Residential Buildings Using Passive Design Approaches.

Poly(ε-l-lysine)-decorated particles with a tunable morphology by a combination of Ugi multicomponent polymerisation and RAFT-mediated PISA (2025)
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Phuong Thu Nguyen, T., Lei, L., Dixon, E. G., Le Coeur, C., Taresco, V., Debuigne, A., & Couturaud, B. (2025). Poly(ε-l-lysine)-decorated particles with a tunable morphology by a combination of Ugi multicomponent polymerisation and RAFT-mediated PISA. Polymer Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5PY00384A

We report herein the unprecedented combination of the Ugi multicomponent reaction (Ugi MCR) and Polymerisation-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) to fabricate poly(ε-L-lysine) (PεLL) decorated amphiphilic nanoparticles. First, using the one-pot Ugi MCR of... Read More about Poly(ε-l-lysine)-decorated particles with a tunable morphology by a combination of Ugi multicomponent polymerisation and RAFT-mediated PISA.

A facile methodology to identify microstructural grains on etched surfaces using panoptic segmentation (2025)
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Girerd, T., Martínez-Arellano, G., Clare, A. T., & Speidel, A. (2025). A facile methodology to identify microstructural grains on etched surfaces using panoptic segmentation. Materials Characterization, 227, Article 115224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2025.115224

The advancement of manufacturing processes demands the deployment of new innovative solutions to control polycrystalline material microstructures in cheap, safe and rapid manner. Analysing polycrystalline microstructures requires grain segmentation,... Read More about A facile methodology to identify microstructural grains on etched surfaces using panoptic segmentation.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy-for Life (MBCT-L) versus Stress-Reduction Psychoeducation (SRP) for the improvement of mental wellbeing in healthcare and other public sector staff: Protocol for the ‘Well at Work’ randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Nixon, E., Patel, S., Patel, P., Roe, J., Nixon, N., Sweeney, T., Bernard, P., Strauss, C., Craven, M., Malins, S., Goodwin, R., Astill Wright, L., Guo, B., & Morriss, R. (2025). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy-for Life (MBCT-L) versus Stress-Reduction Psychoeducation (SRP) for the improvement of mental wellbeing in healthcare and other public sector staff: Protocol for the ‘Well at Work’ randomised controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, Article e67695. https://doi.org/10.2196/67695

Background:

Recently published guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have recommended both mindfulness-based and stress-reduction approaches as effective preventative mental wellbeing interventions for healthca... Read More about Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy-for Life (MBCT-L) versus Stress-Reduction Psychoeducation (SRP) for the improvement of mental wellbeing in healthcare and other public sector staff: Protocol for the ‘Well at Work’ randomised controlled trial.

Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial (2025)
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Stein, A., Riddle, J., Caulfield, K. A., Dux, P. E., Friehs, M. A., Schroeder, P. A., Craven, M. P., Groom, M. J., Iyer, K. K., & Barlow, K. M. (2025). Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial. Brain Sciences, 15(6), Article 561. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15060561

Background/Objectives: Chronic attention problems occur in approximately 25% of children after acquired brain injury (ABI). When delivered daily, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may improve attention; however, access to daily in-clinic... Read More about Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial.

Highly efficient and rapid dechlorination of polyvinyl chloride via microwave pyrolysis (2025)
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Lee, C. S., Adam, M., Robinson, J. P., & Binner, E. R. (2025). Highly efficient and rapid dechlorination of polyvinyl chloride via microwave pyrolysis. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 383(2297), Article 20240064. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2024.0064

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) waste recycling is challenging due to its high chlorine content, which generates hazardous chlorinated pollutants if treated improperly. A safe and promising PVC dechlorination method is urgently needed to address this issue.... Read More about Highly efficient and rapid dechlorination of polyvinyl chloride via microwave pyrolysis.

Study on molecular orientation and stratification in RNA-lipid nanoparticles by cryogenic orbitrap secondary ion mass spectrometry (2025)
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Kotowska, A. M., Fay, M., Watts, J. A., Gilmore, I. S., Scurr, D. J., Howe, A., Capka, V., Perez, C., Doud, D., Patel, S., Umbarger, M., Langer, R., & Alexander, M. R. (2025). Study on molecular orientation and stratification in RNA-lipid nanoparticles by cryogenic orbitrap secondary ion mass spectrometry. Communications Chemistry, 8, Article 160. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-025-01526-x

Lipid nanoparticle RNA (LNP-RNA) formulations are used for the delivery of vaccines and other therapies. RNA molecules are encapsulated within their interior through electrostatic interactions with positively charged lipids. The identity of the lipid... Read More about Study on molecular orientation and stratification in RNA-lipid nanoparticles by cryogenic orbitrap secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Microwaves in clean energy technologies (2025)
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Hefford, S., Barter, M., Azam, M. U., Singh, B., Dimitrakis, G., Jie, X., Edwards, P., & Slocombe, D. R. (2025). Microwaves in clean energy technologies. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 383(2297), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2024.0394

Energy in the microwave spectrum is increasingly applied in clean energy technologies. This review discusses recent innovations using microwave fields in hydrogen production and synthesis of new battery materials, highlighting the unique properties o... Read More about Microwaves in clean energy technologies.

Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps (2025)
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Cull, W. J., Ramasse, Q. M., Biskupek, J., Rance, G. A., Cardillo‐Zallo, I., Weare, B. L., Fay, M. W., Roy Whitney, R., Scammell, L. R., Alves Fernandes, J., Kaiser, U., Patanè, A., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2025). Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps. Advanced Materials, Article 2501821. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202501821

Manipulating semiconductor properties without altering their chemical composition holds promise for electronic and optical materials. However, linking atomic positions in nanomaterials to their functional properties is challenging due to their polydi... Read More about Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps.

The evolution of contact conditions during fretting wear tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations (2025)
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Gichuki, A. J., Shipway, P. H., Rouse, J. P., Bennett, C. J., Koti, D., & Coll, E. (2025). The evolution of contact conditions during fretting wear tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations. Tribology International, 210, Article 110820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2025.110820

This study examines the dependence of fretting wear of a high strength steel using four non-conforming specimen configurations: cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinders, with both 6 mm and 160 mm radii cylinders. In each configuration, the wear of the... Read More about The evolution of contact conditions during fretting wear tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations.