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Towards Inferring Network Properties from Epidemic Data (2023)
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Kiss, I. Z., Berthouze, L., & KhudaBukhsh, W. R. (2024). Towards Inferring Network Properties from Epidemic Data. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-023-01235-3

Epidemic propagation on networks represents an important departure from traditional mass-action models. However, the high-dimensionality of the exact models poses a challenge to both mathematical analysis and parameter inference. By using mean-field... Read More about Towards Inferring Network Properties from Epidemic Data.

Understanding the experience of stigma in care homes: A qualitative case study in northeast Thailand. (2023)
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Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2023). Understanding the experience of stigma in care homes: A qualitative case study in northeast Thailand. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.13005

What is known on the subject?: Stigma associated with care homes has been found to influence residents' lives, and it is a known risk factor for depression among older adults worldwide. Older residents in Asia and particularly, in Thai care homes com... Read More about Understanding the experience of stigma in care homes: A qualitative case study in northeast Thailand..

Pet ownership and grief - Exploring how pet ownership effects owners' mental wellbeing during times of grief, a qualitative pilot study (2023)
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French, B., Anctil, Z., Brown, B., & Hall, S. (2023). Pet ownership and grief - Exploring how pet ownership effects owners' mental wellbeing during times of grief, a qualitative pilot study. Pet Behaviour Science, 15, 1-19

Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) have exhibited encouraging outcomes in enhancing human mental health. However, research has investigated the potential benefits of untrained pets for human mental wellbeing, as training animals for AAI can be cost... Read More about Pet ownership and grief - Exploring how pet ownership effects owners' mental wellbeing during times of grief, a qualitative pilot study.

Agroecologies defined by species distribution models improve model fit of genotype by environment interactions to identify the best performing chicken breeds for smallholder systems (2023)
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Kebede, F. G., Komen, H., Dessie, T., Hanotte, O., Kemp, S., Alemu, S. W., & Bastiaansen, J. W. M. (2023). Agroecologies defined by species distribution models improve model fit of genotype by environment interactions to identify the best performing chicken breeds for smallholder systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, Article 1305799. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1305799

Animal performance is an outcome of genetic effects, environmental influences, and their interaction. Understanding the influences of the environment on performance is important to identify the right breeds for a given environment. Agroecological zon... Read More about Agroecologies defined by species distribution models improve model fit of genotype by environment interactions to identify the best performing chicken breeds for smallholder systems.

Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model (2023)
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Gould, O., & Xie, C. (2023). Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(12), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282023%29049

We perform a state-of-the-art global study of the cosmological thermal histories of a simple Yukawa model, and find higher perturbative orders to be important for determining both the presence and strength of strong first-order phase transitions. Usi... Read More about Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model.

Experimental and numerical investigations of sliding wear behaviour of an Fe-based alloy for PWR wear resistance applications (2023)
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Bastola, A., McCarron, R., Shipway, P., Stewart, D., & Dini, D. (2024). Experimental and numerical investigations of sliding wear behaviour of an Fe-based alloy for PWR wear resistance applications. Wear, 540–541, Article 205186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.205186

The excellent wear and corrosion resistance of Co-based alloys make them desirable for tribological applications in the nuclear industry. However, neutron activation of the Co-based alloys leads to significant occupational radiation doses. An alterna... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigations of sliding wear behaviour of an Fe-based alloy for PWR wear resistance applications.

A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils (2023)
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Garforth, J. M., Tye, A. M., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., & Lofts, S. (2024). A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils. Environmental Chemistry, 21, Article EN23075. https://doi.org/10.1071/en23075

Environmental context It is useful to know the concentration of ‘labile’, or chemically active, metal in soils because it can be used to predict metal solubility and environmental impact. Several methods for extracting the labile metal from soils... Read More about A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils.

Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms (2023)
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Rodrigues, L. G., Barbosa, A. R., Sinha, A., Higgins, C., Breneman, S., Zimmerman, R. B., …Neves, L. C. (2023). Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms. Journal of Structural Engineering, 150(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-12265

While the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels for building construction has increased over the last several decades, current standards and existing literature provide limited information regarding the design of CLT diaphragms or the prediction... Read More about Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms.

360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review (2023)
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Alammary, M. A., Halliday, L., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2023). 360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review. Virtual Worlds, 2(4), 396–421. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2040023

Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) is a promising tool for improving the teaching and learning of nursing and midwifery students. However, the preexisting literature does not comprehensively examine scenario development, theoretical underpinnings, durat... Read More about 360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review.

An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking (2023)
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Valman, S. J., Boyd, D. S., Carbonneau, P. E., Johnson, M. F., & Dugdale, S. J. (2024). An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking. Remote Sensing of Environment, 301, Article 113932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113932

Monitoring rivers is vital to manage the invaluable ecosystem services they provide, and also to mitigate the risks they pose to property and life through flooding and drought. Due to the vast extent and dynamic nature of river systems, Earth Observa... Read More about An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking.

Enhancement of thermal and mechanical properties of microencapsulated phase change materials with graphene oxide (2023)
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Hu, M., Wang, D., Kokogiannakis, G., Darkwa, J., Li, Y., Wang, L., …Su, W. (2024). Enhancement of thermal and mechanical properties of microencapsulated phase change materials with graphene oxide. Chemical Engineering Journal, 479, 147855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147855

The low thermal conductivity of microencapsulated phase change materials (MEPCMs) limits the latent heat charging and discharging rates for various applications. To overcome this limitation, we prepared MEPCM by co-surfactants of polyvinyl alcohol an... Read More about Enhancement of thermal and mechanical properties of microencapsulated phase change materials with graphene oxide.

Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England (2023)
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Dodd, G. (2023). Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 67, 85-117

By the start of the fourteenth century the petition was established as one of the most important modes of communication between towns and cities on the one hand, and the English crown on the other. Petitions underscored the need of urban communities... Read More about Town and Crown: Self-Representation and Signification in Fourteenth Century England.

A Fast and Accurate GaN Power Transistor Model and Its Application for Electric Vehicle (2023)
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Li, K., & Sen, S. (2024). A Fast and Accurate GaN Power Transistor Model and Its Application for Electric Vehicle. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73(4), 4541-4553. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2023.3340297

In order to overcome the challenge of balancing accuracy with simulation speed of power electronics converters for system-level simulation, the paper proposes a GaN power transistor model that can accurately and rapidly predict power losses, which is... Read More about A Fast and Accurate GaN Power Transistor Model and Its Application for Electric Vehicle.

Optimizing mood prior to influenza vaccination in older adults: A three-arm randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Ayling, K., Brown, M., Carlisle, S., Bennett, R., Buchanan, H., Dumbleton, J., …Vedhara, K. (2023). Optimizing mood prior to influenza vaccination in older adults: A three-arm randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 43(2), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001267

Objective: This trial explored the psychological and immunological effects of two brief interventions, targeting improving positive mood, administered to older adults immediately prior to influenza vaccination. The primary aim was to examine whether... Read More about Optimizing mood prior to influenza vaccination in older adults: A three-arm randomized controlled trial.

Betwixt and between creativity and heritage: remaking a traditional festival and creating festivals to remake traditions in a historic neighbourhood in Taiwan (2023)
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Sham, D. H. (2024). Betwixt and between creativity and heritage: remaking a traditional festival and creating festivals to remake traditions in a historic neighbourhood in Taiwan. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 30(2), 242-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.2289433

This article endeavours to advance scholarship on the relationship among festivals, cultural heritage, sustainable development, and the connection between cultural heritage and creativity. The article positions festivals as sites to negotiate creativ... Read More about Betwixt and between creativity and heritage: remaking a traditional festival and creating festivals to remake traditions in a historic neighbourhood in Taiwan.

The stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies in 2 < z < 2.5 protoclusters (2023)
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Edward, A. H., Balogh, M. L., Bahé, Y. M., Cooper, M. C., Hatch, N. A., Marchioni, J., …Xie, L. (2024). The stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies in 2 < z < 2.5 protoclusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 8598–8617. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3751

We present an analysis of the galaxy stellar mass function (SMF) of 14 known protoclusters between 2.0 < z < 2.5 in the COSMOS field, down to a mass limit of 10 9.5 M⊙. We use existing photometric redshifts with a statistical background subtraction,... Read More about The stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies in 2 < z < 2.5 protoclusters.

Flexural and cracking behavior of corroded RC continuous beams strengthened with energized C-FRCM system (2023)
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Feng, R., Tang, J., Liu, P., Wang, F., Zeng, J., & Zhu, J. (2024). Flexural and cracking behavior of corroded RC continuous beams strengthened with energized C-FRCM system. Structural Concrete, 25(1), 659-676. https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.202300397

This paper presents an experimental investigation into the flexural and cracking behavior of corroded reinforced concrete continuous beams with 11-month wet–dry cycles strengthened by anodic polarized carbon-fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (C-F... Read More about Flexural and cracking behavior of corroded RC continuous beams strengthened with energized C-FRCM system.

Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems (2023)
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Snelling, A. M., Lamond, J., Everett, G., O’Donnell, E. C., Ahilan, S., & Thorne, C. (2023). Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems. Urban Water Journal, 21(2), 181-189 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062x.2023.2281310

The UK’s abundant municipal water supply has resulted in slow progress with the uptake of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems within the home. Research has indicated that exploring public preferences for domestic RWH are necessary for increasing deman... Read More about Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems.