Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (40456)

Gender as an issue of curricular (in)justice: A review of national early childhood education curriculum documents in England from 1996-2021 (2025)
Journal Article
Dixon, K., Lehner-Mear, R., Gripton, C., Xu, Y., & Cooker, L. (in press). Gender as an issue of curricular (in)justice: A review of national early childhood education curriculum documents in England from 1996-2021. The Curriculum Journal,

In England, gender is currently a controversial issue, with debates in social and political spheres increasingly impacting educational policy. Simultaneously, scholarship on gender in Early Childhood Education (ECE) advocates more gender-sensitive pe... Read More about Gender as an issue of curricular (in)justice: A review of national early childhood education curriculum documents in England from 1996-2021.

Synthesis of 2-Arylphenols via Formal Bismuth(V)-Mediated C-O Arylation of Guaiacols (2025)
Journal Article
Ansarian, N., & Ball, L. (2025). Synthesis of 2-Arylphenols via Formal Bismuth(V)-Mediated C-O Arylation of Guaiacols. Organic Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00593

We report a new C-O arylation strategy for the synthesis of 2-arylphenols from bio-abundant guaiacols. Functionalization of the strong C-O bond is achieved through a sequence of arylative dearomatization – mediated selectively by an electrophilic bis... Read More about Synthesis of 2-Arylphenols via Formal Bismuth(V)-Mediated C-O Arylation of Guaiacols.

Multimodal analysis of stories told by mental health influencers on TikTok (2025)
Journal Article
Crawford, P. (in press). Multimodal analysis of stories told by mental health influencers on TikTok. Health Expectations,

• Background Social media influencers are powerful storytellers who function as conduits of public health communication and may contribute significantly to young people's mental health literacy. Influencers who discuss mental health include Health Pr... Read More about Multimodal analysis of stories told by mental health influencers on TikTok.

A mixed methods protocol for an impact and implementation evaluation of the Pharmacy First Services for management of common conditions in England (2025)
Journal Article
Glover, R. E., Lalani, M., Sonnex, K., Allen, T., Anderson, C., Ashiru-Oredope, D., Avery, A., Coupland, C., Elliott, R., Goulding, J., Higgins, H., Johnson, S., Mackenna, B., Muller-Pebody, B., O’Neill, S., Pacho, A., Taylor, A., Thornley, T., & Mays, N. (2025). A mixed methods protocol for an impact and implementation evaluation of the Pharmacy First Services for management of common conditions in England. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riaf004

Objectives
In response to high levels of demand for primary medical services in England, characterized by longer appointment waiting times and delayed referrals, the Government developed its National Health Service (NHS) Primary Care Recovery Plan.... Read More about A mixed methods protocol for an impact and implementation evaluation of the Pharmacy First Services for management of common conditions in England.

Practical paths towards quantifying and mitigating agricultural methane emissions (2025)
Journal Article
Nisbet, E. G., Manning, M. R., Lowry, D., Fisher, R. E., Lan, X. (., Michel, S. E., France, J. L., Nisbet, R. E. R., Bakkaloglu, S., Leitner, S. M., Brooke, C., Röckmann, T., Allen, G., Denier van der Gon, H. A. C., Merbold, L., Scheutz, C., Woolley Maisch, C., Nisbet-Jones, P. B. R., Alshalan, A., Fernandez, J. M., & Dlugokencky, E. J. (2025). Practical paths towards quantifying and mitigating agricultural methane emissions. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 481, Article 20240390. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2024.0390

This review summarizes the rapid advances in direct practical methods to quantify and reduce agricultural methane emissions worldwide. Major tasks are location, identification, quantification and distinction between different specific sources (often... Read More about Practical paths towards quantifying and mitigating agricultural methane emissions.

Purpose and Providence in Evolutionary Perspective: Considerations for Theological Anthropology in Light of Biocultural Evolution and Genetic Engineering (2025)
Journal Article
BURDETT, M., & Jackson, A. (in press). Purpose and Providence in Evolutionary Perspective: Considerations for Theological Anthropology in Light of Biocultural Evolution and Genetic Engineering. The Heythrop Journal,

We argue here that bringing insights from evolution and bioengineering to bear on traditional accounts of divine providence helps to illustrate just how complex providence is and how difficult it is to achieve. While other non‐human animals might exh... Read More about Purpose and Providence in Evolutionary Perspective: Considerations for Theological Anthropology in Light of Biocultural Evolution and Genetic Engineering.

Exploring the spatial composition of UK social housing (2025)
Journal Article
Clare, N., Kearsey, J., & French, S. (in press). Exploring the spatial composition of UK social housing. Radical Housing Journal,

This paper explores the potentials and challenges of organising in (and at times against-and-beyond) social housing. Drawing on extended research across the UK with a range of tenants, activists, and housing staff we illustrate the need for fine-grai... Read More about Exploring the spatial composition of UK social housing.

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. (in press). Coloured Petri Nets-based Approach for Modelling Effects of Variation on the Reliability of the Newborn Life Support Procedure. Reliability Engineering & System Safety,

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.

FAIR African brain data: challenges and opportunities (2025)
Journal Article
Wogu, E., Ogoh, G., Filima, P., Nsaanee, B., Caron, B., Pestilli, F., & Eke, D. (2025). FAIR African brain data: challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 19, Article 1530445. https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2025.1530445

Introduction: The effectiveness of research and innovation often relies on the diversity or heterogeneity of datasets that are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). However, the global landscape of brain data is yet to achieve desi... Read More about FAIR African brain data: challenges and opportunities.

Preparing pharmacists for disaster management and practice: protocol for a scoping review with a participatory approach (2025)
Journal Article
Lydon, E., Scahill, S. L., Arakawa, N., Cox, A., Schneider, C. R., & Hanning, S. M. (2025). Preparing pharmacists for disaster management and practice: protocol for a scoping review with a participatory approach. BMJ Open, 15(3), Article e093033. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093033

Introduction Emergency humanitarian situations can be caused by extreme weather events, natural disasters, civil conflicts, international wars, terrorism and pandemics, which threaten our health and compromise health systems worldwide. Pharmacists ar... Read More about Preparing pharmacists for disaster management and practice: protocol for a scoping review with a participatory approach.

Morphological and Chemical Changes in the Trophozoites and Cysts of Acanthamoeba Castellanii Induced by Camellia Sinensis Extracts (2025)
Journal Article
Fakae, L. B., Zhong, J., Chan, K. L. A., Mekapothula, S., Cave, G. W., Zhu, X.-Q., Stevenson, C. W., & Elsheikha, H. M. (2025). Morphological and Chemical Changes in the Trophozoites and Cysts of Acanthamoeba Castellanii Induced by Camellia Sinensis Extracts. Acta Parasitologica, 70(2), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00941-9

Purpose Acanthamoeba castellanii is an important opportunistic human protozoal pathogen that can cause both skin, ocular and brain infections. Recent studies have established that brews and solvent extract (SE) of green tea (Camellia sinensis) can in... Read More about Morphological and Chemical Changes in the Trophozoites and Cysts of Acanthamoeba Castellanii Induced by Camellia Sinensis Extracts.

Children and young people at the intersection of chronic illness and migration: a scoping review (2025)
Journal Article
Agyeiwaa Poku, B., Hunt, L., Pilnick, A., Michael Atkin, K., Evans, C., Pulsford, E., & Kirk, S. (2025). Children and young people at the intersection of chronic illness and migration: a scoping review. BMC Global and Public Health, 3, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025-00131-3

Background: Chronic illnesses (CIs) are increasingly prevalent among children/young people (CYP) globally. For migrant CYP with CIs, achieving a stable life in a new country can be particularly challenging due to additional barriers such as cultural... Read More about Children and young people at the intersection of chronic illness and migration: a scoping review.

Unit Root Tests for Explosive Financial Bubbles in the Presence of Deterministic Level Shifts (2025)
Journal Article
Harvey, D. I., Leybourne, S. J., Tatlow, B. S., & Zu, Y. (2025). Unit Root Tests for Explosive Financial Bubbles in the Presence of Deterministic Level Shifts. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12668

This paper considers the issue of testing for an explosive bubble in financial time series in the presence of deterministic level shifts. We demonstrate that the sign-based variants of the Phillips, Shi, and Yu (2015) test, proposed by Harvey, Leybou... Read More about Unit Root Tests for Explosive Financial Bubbles in the Presence of Deterministic Level Shifts.

Providing life-sustaining treatments at home for those with Motor Neurone Disease: A qualitative study of bereaved family members’ experiences of responsibility (2025)
Journal Article
Wilson, E., Palmer, J., Kaltsakas, G., Lee, J.-S., & Faull, C. (in press). Providing life-sustaining treatments at home for those with Motor Neurone Disease: A qualitative study of bereaved family members’ experiences of responsibility. Palliative Medicine,

Background: Motor neurone disease is an incurable neurodegenerative condition that progressively impairs motor function. It affects mobility, speech, swallowing, and breathing, leading to significant dependence on others. Home mechanical ventilation... Read More about Providing life-sustaining treatments at home for those with Motor Neurone Disease: A qualitative study of bereaved family members’ experiences of responsibility.

Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR for the endogenous koala retrovirus reveals an association between plasma viral load and neoplastic disease in koalas (2025)
Journal Article
Tarlinton, R., Meers, J., Hanger, J., & Young, P. (2025). Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR for the endogenous koala retrovirus reveals an association between plasma viral load and neoplastic disease in koalas. Journal of General Virology, 86(3), 783-787. https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.80547-0

Koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a newly described endogenous retrovirus and is unusual in that inserts comprise a full-length replication competent genome. As koalas are known to suffer from an extremely high incidence of leukaemia/lymphoma, the associati... Read More about Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR for the endogenous koala retrovirus reveals an association between plasma viral load and neoplastic disease in koalas.

H is for Human and How (Not) To Evaluate Qualitative Research in HCI (2025)
Journal Article
Crabtree, A. (in press). H is for Human and How (Not) To Evaluate Qualitative Research in HCI. Human-Computer Interaction,

Concern has recently been expressed by HCI researchers as to the inappropriate treatment of qualitative studies through a positivistic mode of evaluation that places emphasis on measurement and metrics. This contrasts with the nature of qualitative r... Read More about H is for Human and How (Not) To Evaluate Qualitative Research in HCI.

Enhancing Health Outcomes through Optimized Body Composition in Prehabilitation (2025)
Journal Article
Kutnik, P., Da Silva, B. R., Shoemaker, M. E., Barbosa-Silva, T. G., Cristina Gonzalez, M., Lobo, D. N., & Prado, C. M. (in press). Enhancing Health Outcomes through Optimized Body Composition in Prehabilitation. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism,

Background
Prehabilitation, the process of optimizing a patient's physical and nutritional status before surgery, has gained increasing attention for its potential to improve outcomes by enhancing physiological reserves and functional capacity. Whil... Read More about Enhancing Health Outcomes through Optimized Body Composition in Prehabilitation.