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Emollient application from birth to prevent eczema in high-risk children: the BEEP RCT (2024)
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Wyatt, L. A., Bradshaw, L. E., Brown, S. J., Haines, R. H., Montgomery, A. A., Perkin, M. R., Sach, T. H., Lawton, S., Flohr, C., Ridd, M. J., Chalmers, J. R., Brooks, J., Swinden, R., Mitchell, E. J., Tarr, S., Jay, N., Thomas, K. S., Allen, H., Cork, M. J., Kelleher, M. M., …Williams, H. C. (2024). Emollient application from birth to prevent eczema in high-risk children: the BEEP RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 28(29), 1-116. https://doi.org/10.3310/rhdn9613

Background Atopic eczema is a common childhood skin problem linked with asthma, food allergy and allergic rhinitis that impairs quality of life. Objectives To determine whether advising parents to apply daily emollients in the first year can... Read More about Emollient application from birth to prevent eczema in high-risk children: the BEEP RCT.

‘Grass, Rice, and Aubergine’: A Case Study of an Islamic Eco-Pesantren in Indonesia (2024)
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Wijaya Mulya, T., & Salvi, F. (in press). ‘Grass, Rice, and Aubergine’: A Case Study of an Islamic Eco-Pesantren in Indonesia. Pedagogy, Culture and Society,

Twenty-first century environmental movements and education have been criticised as predominantly secular, middle-class, and Western-originated. As such, their ability to generate momentum and increase uptake can be limited to individuals and groups w... Read More about ‘Grass, Rice, and Aubergine’: A Case Study of an Islamic Eco-Pesantren in Indonesia.

Thin Ga2O3 Layers by Thermal Oxidation of van der Waals GaSe Nanostructures for Ultraviolet Photon Sensing (2024)
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Cottam, N. D., Dewes, B. T., Shiffa, M., Cheng, T. S., Novikov, S. V., Mellor, C. J., Makarovsky, O., Gonzalez, D., Ben, T., & Patanè, A. (in press). Thin Ga2O3 Layers by Thermal Oxidation of van der Waals GaSe Nanostructures for Ultraviolet Photon Sensing. ACS Applied Nano Materials,

Two-dimensional semiconductors (2DSEM) based on van der Waals crystals offer important avenues for nanotechnologies beyond the constraints of Moore's law and traditional semiconductors, such as silicon (Si). However, their application necessitates pr... Read More about Thin Ga2O3 Layers by Thermal Oxidation of van der Waals GaSe Nanostructures for Ultraviolet Photon Sensing.

Correlating Wear with the Lubricant Properties of Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Oils (2024)
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Kirkby, T., Pacino, A., Smith, J. J., Fowell, M., Berryman, J., Frennfelt, C., La Rocca, A., & Reddyhoff, T. (2024). Correlating Wear with the Lubricant Properties of Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Oils. Tribology International, Article 110018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.110018

Wear volumes were correlated with the lubricant properties of 11 used, heavy duty engine oil samples. The most important oil property in predicting wear volume is Total Acid Number, TAN. Here, the TAN value may be indicating ZDDP in its oxidised form... Read More about Correlating Wear with the Lubricant Properties of Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Oils.

One-dimensional components in the K-moduli of smooth Fano 3-folds (2024)
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Abban, H., Cheltsov, I., Denisova, E., Etxabarri Alberdi, E., Kaloghiros, A.-S., Jiao, D., Martinez Garcia, J., & Papazachariou, T. (in press). One-dimensional components in the K-moduli of smooth Fano 3-folds. Journal of Algebraic Geometry,

ZrO2-CeO2/WO3 heterostructure films prepared by magnetron sputtering for humidity-tolerant triethylamine sensing (2024)
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Gao, W., Chang, X., Ola, O., Han, J., Dai, C., Li, C., Zhu, X., Li, J., Jiang, Y., Wang, D., & Sun, S. (2024). ZrO2-CeO2/WO3 heterostructure films prepared by magnetron sputtering for humidity-tolerant triethylamine sensing. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2024.136334

Up to now, the development of gas sensors based on metal oxide semiconductors (MOSs) that can detect triethylamine (TEA) under high humidity conditions remains a significant challenge. In this study, we present the ZrO2-CeO2/WO3 (ZCW) heterostructure... Read More about ZrO2-CeO2/WO3 heterostructure films prepared by magnetron sputtering for humidity-tolerant triethylamine sensing.

Snakes and Ladders: The experience of being referred to and seen by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (2024)
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Newman, K., Sayal, K., Ewart, C., Lang, A., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Marshall, T., & THOMSON, L. (2024). Snakes and Ladders: The experience of being referred to and seen by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. SSM - Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100343

Background: Referral processes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have been reported as stressful and inadequate by young people and parents/carers, who struggle during waiting periods for the referral outcome decision. The Covid1... Read More about Snakes and Ladders: The experience of being referred to and seen by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

Modelling the influence of climate and vector control interventions on arbovirus transmission (2024)
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Fairbanks, E. L., Daly, J. M., & Tildesley, M. J. (in press). Modelling the influence of climate and vector control interventions on arbovirus transmission. Viruses,

Most mathematical models that assess the vectorial capacity of disease-transmitting insects typically focus on the influence of climatic factors to predict variations across different times and locations, or examine the impact of vector control inter... Read More about Modelling the influence of climate and vector control interventions on arbovirus transmission.

Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia (2024)
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Baigaliyeva, M., Mount, N., Gosling, S. N., & McGowan, S. (2024). Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0305721. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305721

Endorheic lakes, lacking river outflows, are highly sensitive to environmental changes and human interventions. Central Asia (CA) has over 6000 lakes that have experienced substantial water level variability in the past century, yet causes of recent... Read More about Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia.

Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate (2024)
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Ewers, R. M., Orme, C. D. L., Pearse, W. D., Zulkifli, N., Yvon-Durocher, G., Yusah, K. M., Yoh, N., Yeo, D. C. J., Wong, A., Williamson, J., Wilkinson, C. L., Wiederkehr, F., Webber, B. L., Wearn, O. R., Wai, L., Vollans, M., Twining, J. P., Turner, E. C., Tobias, J. A., Thorley, J., …Banks-Leite, C. (2024). Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07657-w

Logged and disturbed forests are often viewed as degraded and depauperate environments compared with primary forest. However, they are dynamic ecosystems1 that provide refugia for large amounts of biodiversity2,3, so we cannot afford to underestimate... Read More about Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate.

Functional Characterization of Six Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System (2024)
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Kou, Y.-J., Gao, J., Li, R., Ma, Z.-Y., Elsheikha, H. M., Wu, X.-J., Zheng, X.-N., Wang, M., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2024). Functional Characterization of Six Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(14), Article 7834. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25147834

Eukaryotic translation initiation factors (eIFs) are crucial for initiating protein translation and ensuring the correct assembly of mRNA-ribosomal subunit complexes. In this study, we investigated the effects of deleting six eIFs in the apicomplexan... Read More about Functional Characterization of Six Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System.

Research into digital health intervention for mental health: a 25-year retrospective on the ethical and legal challenges (2024)
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Hall, C. L., Gómez Bergin, A. D., & Rennick-Egglestone, S. (in press). Research into digital health intervention for mental health: a 25-year retrospective on the ethical and legal challenges. Journal of Medical Internet Research, https://doi.org/10.2196/58939

Digital mental health interventions are routinely integrated into mental health services internationally, and can contribute to the reduction of the global mental health treatment gap that has been identified by the World Health Organisation. Researc... Read More about Research into digital health intervention for mental health: a 25-year retrospective on the ethical and legal challenges.

Radiogenomics as an Integrated Approach to Glioblastoma Precision Medicine (2024)
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Sanchez, I., & Rahman, R. (2024). Radiogenomics as an Integrated Approach to Glioblastoma Precision Medicine. Current Oncology Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-024-01580-z

Purpose of Review Isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain tumour in adults. Its infiltrative nature and heterogeneity confer a dismal prognosis, despite multimodal treatment. Precision medicine is increa... Read More about Radiogenomics as an Integrated Approach to Glioblastoma Precision Medicine.

Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development (2024)
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Yeo, C., Charles, A., Lewandowski, F., Lichtenberg, P., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., Tang, Y., Voronka, J., & Rodrigues, L. (in press). Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development. Journal of Mental Health, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2361233

Background Soteria houses and peer respites, collectively called Healing Houses, are alternatives to psychiatric hospitalisation. Aims The aim of this research is to review Healing Houses in relation to design characteristics (architectural and... Read More about Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development.

Scalable simulation of nonequilibrium quantum dynamics via classically optimized unitary circuits (2024)
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Causer, L., Jung, F., Mitra, A., Pollmann, F., & Gammon-Smith, A. (2024). Scalable simulation of nonequilibrium quantum dynamics via classically optimized unitary circuits. Physical Review Research, 6(3), Article 033062. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.033062

The advent of near-term digital quantum computers could offer us an exciting opportunity to investigate quantum many-body phenomena beyond that of classical computing. To make the best use of the hardware available, it is paramount that we have metho... Read More about Scalable simulation of nonequilibrium quantum dynamics via classically optimized unitary circuits.