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Design and Control of a Multiple-Section Continuum Robot With a Hybrid Sensing System (2023)
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After decades of development, the technology of continuum robots continues to mature gradually and is used for various applications, e.g., inspection and repair in high-value-added industries such as aerospace & nuclear. However, such robots are inva... Read More about Design and Control of a Multiple-Section Continuum Robot With a Hybrid Sensing System.

A large bioassay identifies Stb resistance genes that provide broad resistance against Septoria tritici blotch disease in the UK (2023)
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Introduction: Septoria tritici blotch (STB) is one of the most damaging fungal diseases of wheat in Europe, largely due to the paucity of effective resistance genes against it in breeding materials. Currently dominant protection methods against this... Read More about A large bioassay identifies Stb resistance genes that provide broad resistance against Septoria tritici blotch disease in the UK.

Chloroplast/thylakoid-rich material: A possible alternative to the chemically synthesised flow enhancer polyglycerol polyricinoleate in oil-based systems (2023)
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Chloroplasts are abundant organelles in a diverse range of plant materials; they are predominantly composed of multicomponent thylakoid membranes which are lipid and protein rich. Intact or unravelled thylakoid membranes should, in principle, have in... Read More about Chloroplast/thylakoid-rich material: A possible alternative to the chemically synthesised flow enhancer polyglycerol polyricinoleate in oil-based systems.

Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype (2023)
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Pain is common in people with dementia, and pain can exacerbate the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Effective pain management is challenging, not least in people with dementia. Impairments of cognition, communication and abstract... Read More about Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype.

International business and Africa: Theoretical and applied challenges, and future directions (2023)
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In response to Nachum et al.’s (J Int Bus Stud, 2023) call for further research in Africa by international business (IB) scholars, we argue that while IB scholars may have been slow to engage with Africa, the same cannot be said of related and IB-rel... Read More about International business and Africa: Theoretical and applied challenges, and future directions.

Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: managing risk, or fostering agency? (2023)
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More than half of Australia’s prison population have experienced prior incarceration. Factors such as homelessness, mental illness, and poverty compound the challenges of reentry. Reentry support in Victoria, Australia is state funded, yet delivered... Read More about Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: managing risk, or fostering agency?.

Towards Handling Uncertainty-at-Source in AI – A Review and Next Steps for Interval Regression (2023)
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Most of statistics and AI draw insights through modelling discord or variance between sources (i.e., inter-source) of information. Increasingly however, research is focusing on uncertainty arising at the level of individual measurements (i.e., within... Read More about Towards Handling Uncertainty-at-Source in AI – A Review and Next Steps for Interval Regression.

Increasing the build rate of high-strength aluminium alloys produced by laser powder bed fusion (2023)
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Aluminium alloys from the 2xxx series represent important structural materials due to their optimal combination of strength and corrosion resistance. However, their production by means of laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) is hampered by the presence... Read More about Increasing the build rate of high-strength aluminium alloys produced by laser powder bed fusion.

Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm (2023)
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Thermally annealed DC sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were investigated for improvement in properties. The structural and optoelectronic characteristics of as-grown and air annealed films were studied and correlated to the film deposition... Read More about Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm.

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in care home staff: A survey of Liverpool care homes (2023)
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Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine first doses in UK care homes has been higher among residents compared to staff. We aimed to identify causes of lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake amongst care home staff within Liverpool. An anonymised online survey was distribu... Read More about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in care home staff: A survey of Liverpool care homes.

Solid–Gas Thermochemical Energy Storage Materials and Reactors for Low to High-Temperature Applications: A Concise Review (2023)
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Thermochemical energy storage materials and reactors have been reviewed for a range of temperature applications. For low-temperature applications, magnesium chloride is found to be a suitable candidate at temperatures up to 100 °C, whereas calcium hy... Read More about Solid–Gas Thermochemical Energy Storage Materials and Reactors for Low to High-Temperature Applications: A Concise Review.

Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates (2023)
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The patch-plug configuration has been widely used to repair composite structures and restore the structural integrity of damaged composites. In the present research, single-sided CFRP patch-repaired panels, with different patch-plug configurations, a... Read More about Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates.

Machining of long ceramic fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How could temperature influence the cutting mechanisms? (2023)
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Metal matrix composites (MMCs) offer a unique set of properties due to the ductile-brittle combination produced by the matrix and the reinforcements. Conventional MMCs are usually particle-reinforced, and their cutting mechanisms have been thoroughly... Read More about Machining of long ceramic fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How could temperature influence the cutting mechanisms?.

The Connection between Imported Inputs and Exports: The Importance of Strategic Interdependence (2023)
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Ignoring strategic interactions among final goods producers, the extant theoretical literature shows that lower costs of imported inputs increase the exports of the final goods using those inputs. Hence, it does not explain the empirically relevant p... Read More about The Connection between Imported Inputs and Exports: The Importance of Strategic Interdependence.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia prediction models: a systematic review and meta-analysis with validation (2023)
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Abstract: Prediction models could identify infants at the greatest risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and allow targeted preventative strategies. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis with external validation of identified models.... Read More about Bronchopulmonary dysplasia prediction models: a systematic review and meta-analysis with validation.

Political uncertainty and stock market liquidity, size, and transaction cost: The role of institutional quality (2023)
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Using panel data of 42 countries from 2001 to 2019, we examine whether political uncertainty (caused by uncertainty about national elections) explains variations in cross-country liquidity, market size, and transaction cost. We also investigate wheth... Read More about Political uncertainty and stock market liquidity, size, and transaction cost: The role of institutional quality.

Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study (2023)
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Background: There is a pressing need to create resources to promote mental health literacy among young people. Digital media is one of the methods that can be used to successfully promote mental health literacy. Although digital mental health resour... Read More about Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study.

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 9-N-substituted-13-alkylberberine derivatives from Chinese medicine as anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents (2023)
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A series of novel 9-N-substituted-13-alkylberberine derivatives from Chinese medicine were designed and synthesized with improved anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) activities. The optimal compound 4d showed strong activities against HepG2, Sk-Hep-1... Read More about Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 9-N-substituted-13-alkylberberine derivatives from Chinese medicine as anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents.

Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China (2023)
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Over the past 2 years, the world has been living through the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. Children have had to adapt to online classrooms and lessons of some sort, and many parents have been forced to work from home while supervising their child'... Read More about Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China.

An 1800-year oxygen-isotope record of short- and long-term hydroclimate variability in the northern neotropics from a Jamaican marl lake (2023)
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Hydroclimate variability on multi-decadal timescales has been a prominent feature of the circum-Caribbean region over the common era, with marked dry intervals noted in particular for the period 800–950 CE coinciding with the Terminal Classic Period... Read More about An 1800-year oxygen-isotope record of short- and long-term hydroclimate variability in the northern neotropics from a Jamaican marl lake.