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Managing Minds at Work: A Feasibility Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a Web-based Interactive Training for Managers to Promote Mental Health at Work (2025)
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Hassard, J., Blake, H., Dulal-Arthur, T., Frost, A., Bartle, C., Yarker, J., Munir, F., Vaughan, B., Daly, G., Meyer, C., Russell, S., & Thomson, L. (in press). Managing Minds at Work: A Feasibility Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a Web-based Interactive Training for Managers to Promote Mental Health at Work. JMIR Mental Health,

Enhancing Care Coordination for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Primary Care: Insights and Applications for Rare Diseases (2025)
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Evans, W., Chauhan, J., Imam, A., & Hayward, J. (2025). Enhancing Care Coordination for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Primary Care: Insights and Applications for Rare Diseases. Journal of Community Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-025-00811-5

Introduction
Patients with rare diseases often encounter significant challenges, including poor coordination of healthcare services. The UK Rare Disease Framework emphasizes key priorities such as faster diagnoses, greater awareness among healthcar... Read More about Enhancing Care Coordination for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Primary Care: Insights and Applications for Rare Diseases.

Mapping the adaptive landscape of Batesian mimicry using 3D-printed stimuli (2025)
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Taylor, C. H., Watson, D. J. G., Skelhorn, J., Bell, D., Burdett, S., Codyre, A., Cooley, K., Davies, J. R., Dawson, J. J., D’Cruz, T., Gandhi, S. R., Jackson, H. J., Lowe, R., Ogilvie, E., Pond, A. L., Rees, H., Richardson, J., Sains, J., Short, F., Brignell, C., …Reader, T. (2025). Mapping the adaptive landscape of Batesian mimicry using 3D-printed stimuli. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09216-3

In a classic example of adaptation, harmless Batesian mimics gain protection from predators through resemblance to one or more unpalatable models. Mimics vary greatly in accuracy, and explaining the persistence of inaccurate mimics is an ongoing chal... Read More about Mapping the adaptive landscape of Batesian mimicry using 3D-printed stimuli.

What is Knowledge Exchange for Educators and Students? A Framework Based on Findings from a Literature Search and Veterinary Education Conference Workshop (2025)
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Brennan, M. L., Tötemeyer, S., Sherwin, V. E., Blanchard, R. N., Heritage, A. J., Millar, C. M., Aktan, Í., Rosser, S., Pollard, P., & Roshier, A. L. (2025). What is Knowledge Exchange for Educators and Students? A Framework Based on Findings from a Literature Search and Veterinary Education Conference Workshop. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0123

There has been growing interest in knowledge exchange (KE) activities as a result of recent calls for higher education establishments in the UK to provide more evidence of how they serve society for the benefit of the economy, the public and the comm... Read More about What is Knowledge Exchange for Educators and Students? A Framework Based on Findings from a Literature Search and Veterinary Education Conference Workshop.

Maternal, childhood and adolescent influences on Leydig cell functional capacity and circulating INSL3 concentration in young adults: Importance of childhood infections and body mass index (2025)
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Ivell, R., Tilumcu, B., Alhujaili, W., & Anand‐Ivell, R. (2025). Maternal, childhood and adolescent influences on Leydig cell functional capacity and circulating INSL3 concentration in young adults: Importance of childhood infections and body mass index. Andrology, https://doi.org/10.1111/andr.70091

Background: The constitutive Leydig cell hormone insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) is considered a good estimate of the adult Leydig cell functional capacity and appears to remain relatively consistent throughout adult male life, only gradually declinin... Read More about Maternal, childhood and adolescent influences on Leydig cell functional capacity and circulating INSL3 concentration in young adults: Importance of childhood infections and body mass index.

Exploring stroke survivor and employer experiences of disruption within the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial during the COVID-19 pandemic (2025)
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Trusson, D., Powers, K., Radford, K., Bowen, A., Craven, K., Farrin, A., McKevitt, C., Murray, J., Phillips, J., Stevens, J., & Clarke, D. (2025). Exploring stroke survivor and employer experiences of disruption within the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, Article 1434353. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1434353

Introduction: Returning to work is a goal for many stroke survivors, with benefits for individuals and society. The ReTurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial, which aimed to improve stroke survivors’ work outcomes through early stroke-specific vocat... Read More about Exploring stroke survivor and employer experiences of disruption within the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grow to Last or Grow to Sell? Strategy Making and Narrative Identity Refocussing in Business Support Programmes (2025)
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Greenman, A., Holstein, J., & Marlow, S. (2025). Grow to Last or Grow to Sell? Strategy Making and Narrative Identity Refocussing in Business Support Programmes. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2524542+

Venture growth creates tensions that, in turn, cause entrepreneurial identities (EI) to evolve as entrepreneurs have to engage with new forms of strategic thinking in order to scale up. However, little is known about these tensions inform emergent en... Read More about Grow to Last or Grow to Sell? Strategy Making and Narrative Identity Refocussing in Business Support Programmes.

A comparison of the molecular pharmacological properties of current short, long and ultra-long-acting β2-agonists used for asthma and COPD (2025)
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Proudman, R. G. W., & Baker, J. G. (in press). A comparison of the molecular pharmacological properties of current short, long and ultra-long-acting β2-agonists used for asthma and COPD. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174560615.57789698/v1

β-agonists have been used in asthma for 120 years. There are two recent changes: ultra-long-acting agonists for COPD and new asthma guidelines recommending formoterol/ICS inhalers phasing out short-acting salbutamol inhalers. Few studies directly com... Read More about A comparison of the molecular pharmacological properties of current short, long and ultra-long-acting β2-agonists used for asthma and COPD.

Assessing morphological changes in the choroid plexus between standing and supine positions using a rotatable MRI system (2025)
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Wang, Y., Ke, S., Li, J., Zeng, J., Zhang, J., Niu, S., Yao, C., Zheng, J., Meersmann, T., Liu, G., Zhu, H., Zhao, L., & Wang, C. (2025). Assessing morphological changes in the choroid plexus between standing and supine positions using a rotatable MRI system. Scientific Reports, 15, Article 22329. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-07985-5

The choroid plexus (ChP) is crucial for most cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) secretion. However, few studies have explored the morphology of ChP in a natural upright posture. This study investigated the positional, areal, and volumetric changes of the ChP... Read More about Assessing morphological changes in the choroid plexus between standing and supine positions using a rotatable MRI system.

CFFormer: Cross CNN-Transformer channel attention and spatial feature fusion for improved segmentation of heterogeneous medical images (2025)
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Li, J., Xu, Q., He, X., Liu, Z., Zhang, D., Wang, R., Qu, R., & Qiu, G. (2026). CFFormer: Cross CNN-Transformer channel attention and spatial feature fusion for improved segmentation of heterogeneous medical images. Expert Systems with Applications, 295, Article 128835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128835

Medical image segmentation plays an important role in computer-aided diagnosis. Existing methods mainly utilize spatial attention to highlight the region of interest. However, due to limitations of medical imaging devices, medical images exhibit sign... Read More about CFFormer: Cross CNN-Transformer channel attention and spatial feature fusion for improved segmentation of heterogeneous medical images.

Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols (2025)
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Jones, B., Iddon, C., Zaatari, M., Wargocki, P., & Bruns, R. (2025). Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols. Building and Environment, Article 113318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113318

This paper describes the risk assessment modeling used to establish airflow requirements in ASHRAE Standard 241 (2023) – Control of Infectious Aerosols. The standard sets minimum equivalent clean airflow rates per person (ECAi) to reduce long-range a... Read More about Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols.

Helix-bundle and C-terminal GPCR domains differentially influence GRK-specific functions and β-arrestin-mediated regulation (2025)
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Matthees, E. S. F., Haider, R. S., Klement, L., Reichel, M., Blum, N. K., Weitzel, V., Trüpschuch, T., Ziegler, C., Drube, J., Schulz, S., & Hoffmann, C. (2025). Helix-bundle and C-terminal GPCR domains differentially influence GRK-specific functions and β-arrestin-mediated regulation. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 5430. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61281-4

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) orchestrate diverse physiological responses via signaling through G proteins, GPCR kinases (GRKs), and arrestins. While most G protein functions are well-established, the contributions of GRKs and arrestins remain... Read More about Helix-bundle and C-terminal GPCR domains differentially influence GRK-specific functions and β-arrestin-mediated regulation.

Collapse of Lipid Membranes into Distended Lipidic Cubic Phases at High Solvent Levels, Membrane Remodelling, and Self-Repair (2025)
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Yeh, V., Goode, A., Khunti, N., Watts, J., Parmenter, C., Fay, M., Johnson, D., Cowieson, N., & Bonev, B. (2025). Collapse of Lipid Membranes into Distended Lipidic Cubic Phases at High Solvent Levels, Membrane Remodelling, and Self-Repair. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(28), 24235–24240. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c07146

Performance plastics, such as poly(methyl methacrylate), underpin the modern economy. Global manufacturing of plastic precursors relies on fossil carbon sources, and the urgently needed shift toward renewable carbon use through biofermentation is hin... Read More about Collapse of Lipid Membranes into Distended Lipidic Cubic Phases at High Solvent Levels, Membrane Remodelling, and Self-Repair.

Angiotensin II and Cardiovascular Disease: Balancing Pathogenic and Protective Pathways (2025)
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Bayraktutan, U. (2025). Angiotensin II and Cardiovascular Disease: Balancing Pathogenic and Protective Pathways. Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 47(7), Article 501. https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb47070501

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is a hormone system that controls blood pressure and fluid and electrolyte balance. Angiotensin II, a key effector, is produced from angiotensin I by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and exerts its e... Read More about Angiotensin II and Cardiovascular Disease: Balancing Pathogenic and Protective Pathways.

Low–Cost 3D–Printed Standard Gain Horn Antennas for Millimetre–Wave Applications (2025)
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Alkaraki, S., Khan, Z. U., Jilani, S. F., Sarker, A. A., Kelly, J. R., & Alomainy, A. (2025). Low–Cost 3D–Printed Standard Gain Horn Antennas for Millimetre–Wave Applications. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 9(7), Article 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp9070222

This paper presents additively manufactured (3D printed) several standard gain horn antennas which have been designed to ensure simple and low-cost fabrication. In order to validate the proposed manufacturing approach, we have designed a number of an... Read More about Low–Cost 3D–Printed Standard Gain Horn Antennas for Millimetre–Wave Applications.

A mixed-methods evaluation of targeted leadership development training to support the career progression of the Black and Minority Ethnic NHS workforce (2025)
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Blake, H., Scarlett, K., Khulumula, S., & Chouliara, N. (2025). A mixed-methods evaluation of targeted leadership development training to support the career progression of the Black and Minority Ethnic NHS workforce. BMJ Leader, https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2024-001175

Introduction: Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers within the National Health Service (NHS) experience barriers to attainment of senior leadership roles. The NHS Leadership Academy delivered two Leadership Programmes addressing barriers to progres... Read More about A mixed-methods evaluation of targeted leadership development training to support the career progression of the Black and Minority Ethnic NHS workforce.

Reducing lung cancer mortality by providing smoking cessation support in the lung cancer screening setting: Missed opportunities and lessons learned on both sides of the Atlantic (2025)
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Taylor, K. L., Williams, R. M., Meza, R., Smith, P., & Murray, R. L. (2025). Reducing lung cancer mortality by providing smoking cessation support in the lung cancer screening setting: Missed opportunities and lessons learned on both sides of the Atlantic. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 20(7), 847-855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2025.03.030

National guidelines for the implementation of lung cancer screening (LCS) for high-risk older adults have been issued by several countries, largely in Europe, North America, and Australia. Typically, these guidelines recommend, but do not specify how... Read More about Reducing lung cancer mortality by providing smoking cessation support in the lung cancer screening setting: Missed opportunities and lessons learned on both sides of the Atlantic.

Standards and Methods of Proof : An English Perspective on Della Torre’s Comparative Legal History (2025)
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Roberts, P. (2025). Standards and Methods of Proof : An English Perspective on Della Torre’s Comparative Legal History. Quaestio facti: Revista internacional sobre razonamiento probatorio, 9(2025), 1-15

This Comment responds to Jacopo Della Torre's recent article advocating Taking the Evolution of the Standards of Proof for Criminal Conviction Seriously. Having summarised Della Torre's central thesis and clarified (and largely endorsed) his contextu... Read More about Standards and Methods of Proof : An English Perspective on Della Torre’s Comparative Legal History.

Characterisation of dynamic changes in nutritional components and aroma compound formation in natto during fermentation and post-ripening (2025)
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Sun, M., Yang, N., He, Y., Miao, X., Niu, H., Hua, M., Wang, J., & Li, D. (2025). Characterisation of dynamic changes in nutritional components and aroma compound formation in natto during fermentation and post-ripening. Food Research International, 219, Article 116961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2025.116961

Fermentation and post-ripening plays a significant role in shaping the nutritional value, taste, and aroma of natto. This study aimed to analyse nutritional trends in natto during fermentation and ripening, identify its characteristic volatile organi... Read More about Characterisation of dynamic changes in nutritional components and aroma compound formation in natto during fermentation and post-ripening.

How Early Trauma Shapes CEO Risk Appetite for Public Debt Versus Bank Debt (2025)
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Li, H., Li, Y., Song, W., Verousis, T., & Yang, H. (2025). How Early Trauma Shapes CEO Risk Appetite for Public Debt Versus Bank Debt. Financial Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.70008

This study examines the impact of CEOs’ early disaster experiences on the choice of debt structure. We find that firms led by CEOs who have endured disasters are more inclined to shift from bank debt to public debt. This evidence remains robust acros... Read More about How Early Trauma Shapes CEO Risk Appetite for Public Debt Versus Bank Debt.