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TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project (2024)
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Borrelli, S., Konstantinidis, S., Fumagalli, S., Kärema, A., Mets-Oja, S., Nespoli, A., …Spiby, H. (2024). TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project. Nurse Education Today, 138, Article 106186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106186

Background: Contemporary midwifery curricula require that student midwives have insight and understanding of global health practice and intercultural sensitivity. The current mobility model excludes large numbers of students from engaging in transnat... Read More about TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project.

Discovery of α-Amidobenzylboronates as Highly Potent Covalent Inhibitors of Plasma Kallikrein (2024)
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Allison, M., Davie, R. L., Mogg, A. J., Hampton, S. L., Emsley, J., & Stocks, M. J. (2024). Discovery of α-Amidobenzylboronates as Highly Potent Covalent Inhibitors of Plasma Kallikrein. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 15(4), 501–509. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00572

Hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare genetic disorder, is associated with uncontrolled plasma kallikrein (PKa) enzyme activity leading to the generation of bradykinin swelling in subcutaneous and submucosal membranes in various locations of the body.... Read More about Discovery of α-Amidobenzylboronates as Highly Potent Covalent Inhibitors of Plasma Kallikrein.

The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions (2024)
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Alkhaldi, R. S., Sheppard, E., Ellerby, Z., Burdett, E. R. R., & Mitchell, P. (2024). The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0301003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301003

This study investigated the relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability (both actual and perceived), social favourability, and likability. Sixty participants designated as ‘targets’ were video recorded in a range of social scena... Read More about The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions.

‘Kindling the fire’ of NHS patient data exploitations: The care.data controversy in news media discourses (2024)
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Vezyridis, P. (in press). ‘Kindling the fire’ of NHS patient data exploitations: The care.data controversy in news media discourses. Social Science and Medicine, Article 116824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116824

This paper explores news media discourse about care.data: an NHS England programme of work for amalgamating and sharing patient data from primary care for planning and research. It was scrapped in 2016 after three years of public outcry, delays and a... Read More about ‘Kindling the fire’ of NHS patient data exploitations: The care.data controversy in news media discourses.

Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms (2024)
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Bossert, S. A., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., & Cole, V. T. (2024). Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms. Journal of Research in Personality, 110, Article 104488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104488

Current research provides conflicting views of the relationship between cumulative lifetime adversity and dispositional functioning. We examined this relationship in a sample of adults (N = 1009), conducting the analysis three ways: by utilizing a su... Read More about Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms.

Experts’ views on translating NHS support to stop smoking in pregnancy into a comprehensive digital intervention (2024)
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McDaid, L., Belderson, P., Emery, J., Coleman, T., Leonardi-Bee, J., & Naughton, F. (in press). Experts’ views on translating NHS support to stop smoking in pregnancy into a comprehensive digital intervention. PLOS Digital Health, 3(3), Article e0000472. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000472

Many pregnant smokers need support to quit successfully. In the United Kingdom, trained smoking cessation advisors deliver structured behavioural counselling alongside access to free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); known as the ‘Standard Treatmen... Read More about Experts’ views on translating NHS support to stop smoking in pregnancy into a comprehensive digital intervention.

Reduced disclosure and default risk: analysis of smaller reporting companies (2024)
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Yin, S., Yao, K., Chevapatrakul, T., & Huang, R. (2024). Reduced disclosure and default risk: analysis of smaller reporting companies. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-024-01262-8

We examine the causal effect of reduced disclosure levels on the risk of default. Employing regression discontinuity (RD) design as our main identification strategy and the Smaller Reporting Company rule (SRC rule) as the exogenous source of variatio... Read More about Reduced disclosure and default risk: analysis of smaller reporting companies.

A qualitative survey approach to investigating beef and dairy veterinarians’ needs in relation to technologies on farms (2024)
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Doidge, C., Burrell, A., van Schaik, G., & Kaler, J. (2024). A qualitative survey approach to investigating beef and dairy veterinarians’ needs in relation to technologies on farms. Animal, 18(4), Article 101124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101124

Globally, farmers are being increasingly encouraged to use technologies. Consequently, veterinarians often use farm data and technologies to provide farmers with advice. Yet very few studies have sought to understand veterinarians’ perceptions of dat... Read More about A qualitative survey approach to investigating beef and dairy veterinarians’ needs in relation to technologies on farms.

‘Requeiro huma duas e tres vezes’: the confrontation between Ruy López de Villalobos and Jorge de Castro over the Maluku Islands in 1543-4. (2024)
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Andrews, J. (2024). ‘Requeiro huma duas e tres vezes’: the confrontation between Ruy López de Villalobos and Jorge de Castro over the Maluku Islands in 1543-4. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 30(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14701847.2024.2325291

This article examines in detail the exchange of letters between Ruy López de Villalobos, captain general of a significant Spanish fleet which landed on the island of Mindanao in February 1543 and the captain of the Portuguese fort on the Malukan isla... Read More about ‘Requeiro huma duas e tres vezes’: the confrontation between Ruy López de Villalobos and Jorge de Castro over the Maluku Islands in 1543-4..

Driving next generation manufacturing through advanced metals characterisation capability (2024)
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Clare, A., Seita, M., Speidel, A., Collins, P., & Clark, M. (2024). Driving next generation manufacturing through advanced metals characterisation capability. Scripta Materialia, 246, Article 116009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2024.116009

Understanding the effects of manufacturing methods upon materials has driven constant innovation for over 300 years. While our ability to fabricate metallurgical wonders extends into the annals of history our ability to understand the scientific prin... Read More about Driving next generation manufacturing through advanced metals characterisation capability.

The European Securitization Market: Effects of an Uneven Regulatory Playing Field (2024)
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Papadogiannis Varouchakis, T. (2024). The European Securitization Market: Effects of an Uneven Regulatory Playing Field. Journal of Financial Regulation, https://doi.org/10.1093/jfr/fjae002

This article critically assesses the European securitization industry’s claim of the existence of an uneven regulatory playing field for securitization structures vis-à-vis financial instruments deemed ‘neighbouring’ to securitization by the industry... Read More about The European Securitization Market: Effects of an Uneven Regulatory Playing Field.

Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK (2024)
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Khan, K., Hall, C. L., Babbage, C., Dodzo, S., Greenhalgh, C., Lucassen, M., …Hollis, C. (2024). Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-024-01475-7

Background : A serious game called SPARX (Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-factor thoughts), originally developed in New Zealand and incorporating cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles, has been shown to help reduce symptoms of depressi... Read More about Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK.

Prospective study of change in skin autofluorescence over time and mortality in people receiving hemodialysis (2024)
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Viramontes-Hörner, D., Selby, N. M., & Taal, M. W. (2024). Prospective study of change in skin autofluorescence over time and mortality in people receiving hemodialysis. Kidney International Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.03.020

Introduction: Elevated skin autofluorescence (SAF), a measure of tissue accumulation of advanced glycation end-products, is a strong predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the hemodialysis population. However, prospective studies inve... Read More about Prospective study of change in skin autofluorescence over time and mortality in people receiving hemodialysis.

Climate change and economic prosperity: Evidence from a flexible damage function (2024)
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Desbordes, R., & Eberhardt, M. (2024). Climate change and economic prosperity: Evidence from a flexible damage function. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125, Article 102974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102974

The damage function used to assess the economic impact of secular changes in temperature is one of the most speculative components of integrated assessment models of climate change. Existing work informing this debate is based on pooled empirical mod... Read More about Climate change and economic prosperity: Evidence from a flexible damage function.

Deep Reinforcement Learning Assisted Genetic Programming Ensemble Hyper-Heuristics for Dynamic Scheduling of Container Port Trucks (2024)
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Chen, X., Bai, R., Qu, R., Dong, J., & Jin, Y. (2024). Deep Reinforcement Learning Assisted Genetic Programming Ensemble Hyper-Heuristics for Dynamic Scheduling of Container Port Trucks. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2024.3381042

Efficient truck dispatching is crucial for optimizing container terminal operations within dynamic and complex scenarios. Despite good progress being made recently with more advanced uncertainty-handling techniques, existing approaches still have gen... Read More about Deep Reinforcement Learning Assisted Genetic Programming Ensemble Hyper-Heuristics for Dynamic Scheduling of Container Port Trucks.

Coherent Spin-Phonon Scattering in Facilitated Rydberg Lattices (2024)
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Magoni, M., Nill, C., & Lesanovsky, I. (2024). Coherent Spin-Phonon Scattering in Facilitated Rydberg Lattices. Physical Review Letters, 132(13), Article 133401. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.132.133401

We investigate the dynamics of a one-dimensional spin system with facilitation constraint that can be studied using Rydberg atoms in arrays of optical tweezer traps. The elementary degrees of freedom of the system are domains of Rydberg excitations t... Read More about Coherent Spin-Phonon Scattering in Facilitated Rydberg Lattices.

Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles: Intersectional Experiences of Ethnic Minority Women Councillors in UK Local Government (2024)
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Begum, N., & Sobolewska, M. (in press). Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles: Intersectional Experiences of Ethnic Minority Women Councillors in UK Local Government. Politics and Gender, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x24000047

When the analytical lens of intersectionality was first applied to descriptive representation, it documented the increased level of disadvantage for those belonging to more than one underrepresented group. Although ethnic minority women have been slo... Read More about Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles: Intersectional Experiences of Ethnic Minority Women Councillors in UK Local Government.

Upholding social hierarchies: Social Dominance Orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism (2024)
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Schrader, T., Jolley, D., Jolley, R., & Krahenbuhl, S. (in press). Upholding social hierarchies: Social Dominance Orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations,

Across two experimental studies, we explored whether exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories can increase violent reactions towards targeted groups. We also examined how ideological attitudes may moderate the effect. In Study 1 (N = 160, pre-regis... Read More about Upholding social hierarchies: Social Dominance Orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism.

A study of membrane correction accounting for both curvature and tension in DEM simulations of triaxial tests of sand and ballast with two alternative flexible membrane models (2024)
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Tolomeo, M., & McDowell, G. R. (2024). A study of membrane correction accounting for both curvature and tension in DEM simulations of triaxial tests of sand and ballast with two alternative flexible membrane models. Granular Matter, 26(2), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-024-01419-1

In DEM simulations of triaxial tests, modelling a flexible lateral membrane is crucial and challenging. It is essential for the correct application of a uniform lateral pressure and for an accurate measurement of sample volume. Here, we introduce a m... Read More about A study of membrane correction accounting for both curvature and tension in DEM simulations of triaxial tests of sand and ballast with two alternative flexible membrane models.