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Neurosurgical application of olaparib from a thermo-responsive paste potentiates DNA damage to prolong survival in malignant glioma (2024)
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Serra, R., Smith, S. J., Rowlinson, J., Gorelick, N., Moloney, C., McCrorie, P., Veal, G. J., Berry, P., Chalmers, A. J., Suk, I., Shakesheff, K. M., Alexander, C., Grundy, R. G., Brem, H., Tyler, B. M., & Rahman, R. (2024). Neurosurgical application of olaparib from a thermo-responsive paste potentiates DNA damage to prolong survival in malignant glioma. British Journal of Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-024-02878-2

Background: There is increased pan-cancer specific interest in repurposing the poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase-1 (PARP-1) inhibitor, olaparib, for newly diagnosed or recurrent isocitrate dehydrogenase wild type glioblastoma. We explore w... Read More about Neurosurgical application of olaparib from a thermo-responsive paste potentiates DNA damage to prolong survival in malignant glioma.

Smart Wireless Environment Enhanced Telecommunications: An Industrial Review on Network Stabilisation (2024)
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Zhang, Y., Ziwenjere, K. M., Walker, A., Chen, T., You, M., Burton, F., Gradoni, G., & Zheng, G. (2024). Smart Wireless Environment Enhanced Telecommunications: An Industrial Review on Network Stabilisation. IEEE Network, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/MNET.2024.3484573

The 5G wireless network is now part of the critical national infrastructure of developed nations. Wireless network operators must strive to improve performance in order to be competitive, whilst reducing costs in order to be profitable. State-of-the-... Read More about Smart Wireless Environment Enhanced Telecommunications: An Industrial Review on Network Stabilisation.

Mental Health Pluralism (2024)
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FRENCH, C. (in press). Mental Health Pluralism. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy,

‘You're not supposed to be gay, you're black’: Analysing race and LGBTQ+ youth identity through an intersectional lens (2024)
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Jones, L. (2024). ‘You're not supposed to be gay, you're black’: Analysing race and LGBTQ+ youth identity through an intersectional lens. Journal of Sociolinguistics, https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12676

In this article, I build upon calls for an intersectional approach in sociocultural linguistic research-particularly in the context of language, gender and sexuality-which attends robustly to the question of race. Through the analysis of four moments... Read More about ‘You're not supposed to be gay, you're black’: Analysing race and LGBTQ+ youth identity through an intersectional lens.

Fiscal and Macroprudential Policies in a Monetary Union (2024)
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Rubio, M., Ferri, J., & Bosca, J. E. (in press). Fiscal and Macroprudential Policies in a Monetary Union. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting,

In the European Monetary Union (EMU), monetary policy is determined by the European Central Bank (ECB). This arrangement can give rise to certain national economic imbalances that may potentially be addressed through national policies. Traditionally,... Read More about Fiscal and Macroprudential Policies in a Monetary Union.

Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films (2024)
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Sharp, J. S., Roberts, N. M., & Walker, S. (2024). Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films. Soft Matter, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm01035c

Video imaging was used to study large-slope folded telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen films of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers. Chlorobenzene, chloroform, heptane and toluene were used to swell PDMS films with thickness values... Read More about Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films.

Attention Utility: Evidence from Individual Investors (2024)
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Quispe–Torreblanca, E., Gathergood, J., Loewenstein, G., & Stewart, N. (in press). Attention Utility: Evidence from Individual Investors. Review of Economic Studies,

We study attention utility, the hedonic pleasure or pain derived purely from paying attention to information, which differs from the news utility that arises from gaining new information. The main, field, study examines brokerage account login data t... Read More about Attention Utility: Evidence from Individual Investors.

Metagenomic profiling of cecal microbiota and antibiotic resistome in rodents (2024)
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Shang, K.-M., Elsheikha, H. M., Ma, H., Wei, Y.-J., Zhao, J.-X., Qin, Y., Li, J.-M., Zhao, Z.-Y., & Zhang, X.-X. (2024). Metagenomic profiling of cecal microbiota and antibiotic resistome in rodents. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 286, Article 117186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117186

The rodent gut microbiota is a known reservoir of antimicrobial resistance, yet the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) within rodent cecal microbial communities and the specific bacterial species harboring these ARGs remain largely un... Read More about Metagenomic profiling of cecal microbiota and antibiotic resistome in rodents.

Interactions between antibiotic removal, water matrix characteristics and layered double hydroxide sorbent material (2024)
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Johnston, A.-L., Lester, E., Williams, O., & Gomes, R. L. (2024). Interactions between antibiotic removal, water matrix characteristics and layered double hydroxide sorbent material. Chemosphere, 367, Article 143546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143546

Sorption by layered double hydroxides (LDH) is gaining substantial interest for remediating emerging contaminants, including pharmaceuticals from wastewaters. Findings from a sorbent material performing successfully in lab-based studies using non-env... Read More about Interactions between antibiotic removal, water matrix characteristics and layered double hydroxide sorbent material.

Hidden Cooling Flows IV: More Details on Centaurus and the Efficiency of AGN Feedback in Clusters (2024)
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Fabian, A. C., Ferland, G. J., Sanders, J. S., Russell, H. R., Mcnamara, B. R., Pinto, C., Hlavacek-Larrondo, J., Walker, S., & Ivey, L. R. (in press). Hidden Cooling Flows IV: More Details on Centaurus and the Efficiency of AGN Feedback in Clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,

Cooling flows are common in galaxy clusters which have cool cores. The soft X-ray emission below 1 keV from the flows is mostly absorbed by cold dusty gas within the central cooling sites. Further evidence for this process is presented here through a... Read More about Hidden Cooling Flows IV: More Details on Centaurus and the Efficiency of AGN Feedback in Clusters.

Doctoral memes as public pedagogy? Or, heaven knows I’m miserable now (2024)
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Thomson, P. (2024). Doctoral memes as public pedagogy? Or, heaven knows I’m miserable now. Studies in Continuing Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2024.2417095

Social media afford the proliferation of doctoral memes across numerous, generally anonymous, accounts spread over multiple platforms-the timeline where the PhD candidate starts off gleaming with health and beaming in delight and ends up an overweigh... Read More about Doctoral memes as public pedagogy? Or, heaven knows I’m miserable now.

Closing the equity gap: A call for policy and programmatic reforms to ensure inclusive and effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for persons with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa (2024)
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Dzinamarira, T., Peta, C., Moyo, E., Madziva, R., Eghtessadi, R., Makoni, T., & Musuka, G. (2024). Closing the equity gap: A call for policy and programmatic reforms to ensure inclusive and effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for persons with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa. 00 Journal not listed, 7, Article 100131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2024.100131

In this paper, we explore the critical barriers that persons with disabilities face in accessing HIV services in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region, despite significant advancements in overall accessibility. We highlight the intersectional... Read More about Closing the equity gap: A call for policy and programmatic reforms to ensure inclusive and effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for persons with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Tumour Heterogeneity and Disease Infiltration as Paradigms of Glioblastoma Treatment Resistance (2024)
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Malhotra, P., & Rahman, R. (2024). Tumour Heterogeneity and Disease Infiltration as Paradigms of Glioblastoma Treatment Resistance. Onco, 4(4), 349-358. https://doi.org/10.3390/onco4040024

Isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type glioblastoma, a Grade 4 malignant brain neoplasm, remains resistant to multimodal treatment, with a median survival of 16 months from diagnosis with no geographical bias. Despite increasing appreciation of intra-tum... Read More about Tumour Heterogeneity and Disease Infiltration as Paradigms of Glioblastoma Treatment Resistance.

State-of-the-art review on the integration of BIM with pavement management systems (2024)
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Utami, R., Osorio-Sandoval, C., & Thom, N. (2024). State-of-the-art review on the integration of BIM with pavement management systems. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 29, 810-825. https://doi.org/10.36680/j.itcon.2024.035

Pavement management systems require comprehensive data, including design and existing conditions. These data may be utilised to forecast conditions and determine the optimal timing for implementing maintenance measures to reduce expenses. On the othe... Read More about State-of-the-art review on the integration of BIM with pavement management systems.

PIMMS-Dash: Accessible analysis, interrogation, and visualisation of high-throughput transposon insertion sequencing (TIS) data (2024)
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Blanchard, A. M., Taylor, A., Warry, A., Shephard, F., Curwen, A., Leigh, J. A., Emes, R. D., & Egan, S. A. (2024). PIMMS-Dash: Accessible analysis, interrogation, and visualisation of high-throughput transposon insertion sequencing (TIS) data. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 23, 3780-3783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.10.025

Motivation: Current methods for visualising and interrogating high-throughput transposon insertion mutagenesis sequencing (TIS) data requires a significant time investment in learning bioinformatics, often producing static figures that do not facilit... Read More about PIMMS-Dash: Accessible analysis, interrogation, and visualisation of high-throughput transposon insertion sequencing (TIS) data.

From outskirts to core: the suppression and activation of radio AGN around galaxy clusters (2024)
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de Vos, K., Hatch, N. A., & Merrifield, M. R. (2024). From outskirts to core: the suppression and activation of radio AGN around galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 535(1), 217–222. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2391

To investigate how the radio-identified active galactic nuclei (AGN) fraction varies with cluster-centric radius, we present the projected and de-projected distributions of a large sample of LOFAR-identified radio AGN out to 30𝑅500 around galaxy clus... Read More about From outskirts to core: the suppression and activation of radio AGN around galaxy clusters.

Advanced documentation technologies for people-centred preparedness and re-construction in Bela, India (2024)
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Devilat, B. M., Lanuza, F., Mane, M., & Pithawalla, Z. (2024). Advanced documentation technologies for people-centred preparedness and re-construction in Bela, India. Disaster Prevention and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-12-2023-0316

Purpose: Despite the recurrence of earthquakes, responses are usually triggered afterwards, lacking mitigation strategies to diminish risks. Damaged dwellings cannot be immediately reinforced to continue inhabitation, generating disruption. Repairs a... Read More about Advanced documentation technologies for people-centred preparedness and re-construction in Bela, India.

Climate justice beliefs related to climate action and policy support around the world (2024)
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Ogunbode, C. A., Doran, R., Ayanian, A. H., Park, J., Utsugi, A., van den Broek, K. L., Ghorayeb, J., Aquino, S. D., Lins, S., Aruta, J. J., Reyes, M. E., Zick, A., & Clayton, S. (2024). Climate justice beliefs related to climate action and policy support around the world. Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02168-y

Climate justice is increasingly prominent in climate change communication and advocacy but little is known about public understanding of the concept or how widely it resonates with different groups. In our global survey of 5,627 adults in 11 countrie... Read More about Climate justice beliefs related to climate action and policy support around the world.

Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in university students and support staff in Pakistan: A machine learning and statistical analysis [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2024)
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Naseem, A., Rasool, F., Haashmi, F. K., Shoaib, M. . H., & Carter, W. G. (in press). Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in university students and support staff in Pakistan: A machine learning and statistical analysis [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research, 13, Article 1241. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.155659.1

Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium-Temperature Heat Storage: A Molecular Dynamics Approach and Experimental Validation (2024)
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Kur, A., Darkwa, J., Worall, M., Calautit, J., & Boukhanouf, R. (2024). Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium-Temperature Heat Storage: A Molecular Dynamics Approach and Experimental Validation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(20), Article 11139. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252011139

Magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2, is recognized as a promising material for medium-temperature heat storage, but its low thermal conductivity limits its full potential application. In this study, thermal enhancement of a developed magnesium hydroxide-pot... Read More about Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium-Temperature Heat Storage: A Molecular Dynamics Approach and Experimental Validation.