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Consensus Statement for Protocols of Factorial Randomized Trials: Extension of the SPIRIT 2013 Statement (2023)
Journal Article

Importance Trial protocols outline a trial’s objectives as well as the methods (design, conduct, and analysis) that will be used to meet those objectives, and transparent reporting of trial protocols ensures objectives are clear and facilitates... Read More about Consensus Statement for Protocols of Factorial Randomized Trials: Extension of the SPIRIT 2013 Statement.

Understanding how management can prevent degradation of the structurally fragile soils of the Amazonian periphery (2023)
Journal Article

The dynamics and responses to mulching management processes, which affect sustainability in tropical agroecosystems, remain poorly understood. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate and distinguish the short-and long-term effects of... Read More about Understanding how management can prevent degradation of the structurally fragile soils of the Amazonian periphery.

Indigenous or biomedical ethics, or both? A consideration from health-related ethnographic research conducted in a rural setting (2023)
Journal Article

Generally, conventional biomedically rooted ethical guidelines developed in Western countries for ethnographic research in non-Western countries are often impractical and raise contention. Ethical approval from research ethics committees (RECs) is a... Read More about Indigenous or biomedical ethics, or both? A consideration from health-related ethnographic research conducted in a rural setting.

An inverse application of unit cells for extracting fibre properties from effective properties of composites (2023)
Journal Article

A semi-analytical solution is obtained in this paper for the micromechanical analysis of the square and hexagonal unit cells using complex potentials. It provides a means of numerical characterisation of unidirectionally fibre-reinforced composites f... Read More about An inverse application of unit cells for extracting fibre properties from effective properties of composites.

Reporting of Factorial Randomized Trials: Extension of the CONSORT 2010 Statement (2023)
Journal Article

Importance Transparent reporting of randomized trials is essential to facilitate critical appraisal and interpretation of results. Factorial trials, in which 2 or more interventions are assessed in the same set of participants, have unique method... Read More about Reporting of Factorial Randomized Trials: Extension of the CONSORT 2010 Statement.

Evaluation of E10 and NH3 co-fuelling in a modern spark ignition engine (2023)
Book Chapter

Ammonia (NH3) is emerging as a potential favoured fuel for longer range decarbonised heavy transport, particularly in the marine sector, predominantly due to highly favourable characteristics as an effective hydrogen carrier. This is despite generall... Read More about Evaluation of E10 and NH3 co-fuelling in a modern spark ignition engine.

Seeing Your Stories: Visualization for Narrative Medicine (2023)
Journal Article

Importance: Narrative medicine (NM), in which patient stories play a crucial role in their diagnosis and treatment, can potentially support a more holistic approach to patient care than traditional scientific ones. However, there are some challenges... Read More about Seeing Your Stories: Visualization for Narrative Medicine.

‘Smart’ BLE wearables for digital contact tracing in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic—a process evaluation of the CONTACT feasibility study (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Rapid and mass transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus amongst vulnerable people led to devastating effects from COVID-19 in care homes. The CONTACT intervention introduced Bluetooth Low Energy ‘smart’ wearable devices (BLE wearables) as a b... Read More about ‘Smart’ BLE wearables for digital contact tracing in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic—a process evaluation of the CONTACT feasibility study.

Quantum reaction-limited reaction-diffusion dynamics of annihilation processes (2023)
Journal Article

We investigate the quantum reaction-diffusion dynamics of fermionic particles which coherently hop in a one-dimensional lattice and undergo annihilation reactions. The latter are modelled as dissipative processes which involve losses of pairs 2A→∅, t... Read More about Quantum reaction-limited reaction-diffusion dynamics of annihilation processes.

Impaired reversal learning in the Dlg2+/− rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder: Important questions regarding the neuro-behavioral mechanisms of reversal learning (2023)
Journal Article

In this issue, Griesius et al report that heterozygous Dlg2+/- rats showed a reversal learning impairment on a specific bowl-digging task, whereas other reversal tasks were unaffected. The study suggests that Dlg2 gene disruption, which has been link... Read More about Impaired reversal learning in the Dlg2+/− rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder: Important questions regarding the neuro-behavioral mechanisms of reversal learning.

On a Dynamic Variant of the Iteratively Regularized Gauss–Newton Method with Sequential Data (2023)
Journal Article

For numerous parameter and state estimation problems, assimilating new data as they become available can help produce accurate and fast inference of unknown quantities. While most existing algorithms for solving those kind of ill-posed inverse prob... Read More about On a Dynamic Variant of the Iteratively Regularized Gauss–Newton Method with Sequential Data.

A comparison of the bioaccessible calcium supplies of various plant-based products relative to bovine milk (2023)
Journal Article

Calcium deficiency is widespread globally, especially in diets with minimal consumption of dairy. It is therefore important to identify plant-based sources of calcium that can make a meaningful contribution to calcium intakes for populations followin... Read More about A comparison of the bioaccessible calcium supplies of various plant-based products relative to bovine milk.

Machine Learning for Ultra High Throughput Screening of Organic Solar Cells: Solving the Needle in the Haystack Problem (2023)
Journal Article

Over the last two decades the organic solar cell community has synthesized tens of thousands of novel polymers and small molecules in the search for an optimum light harvesting material. These materials are often crudely evaluated simply by measuring... Read More about Machine Learning for Ultra High Throughput Screening of Organic Solar Cells: Solving the Needle in the Haystack Problem.

Toward Comprehensive Analysis of the 3D Chemistry of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms (2023)
Journal Article

Bacterial biofilms are structured communities consisting of cells enmeshed in a self-generated extracellular matrix usually attached to a surface. They contain diverse classes of molecules including polysaccharides, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, a... Read More about Toward Comprehensive Analysis of the 3D Chemistry of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms.

The effect of nucleating agent on the multiphase change materials for energy storage in buildings (2023)
Journal Article

Phase change materials (PCMs) have the potential to be used for widespread energy storage applications in buildings. However, available PCMs can only function at fixed phase transitional temperatures, restricting their seasonal applicability. To this... Read More about The effect of nucleating agent on the multiphase change materials for energy storage in buildings.

The impact of conspiracy beliefs on a targeted group: Perceived popularity of Jewish‐targeted conspiracy beliefs elicits outgroup avoidant behaviours (2023)
Journal Article

In three studies with Jewish participants, we explored the consequences of intergroup conspiracy theories on those targeted. In Study 1 (N = 250), perceived Jewish conspiracy theory popularity was positively associated with intergroup threat and nega... Read More about The impact of conspiracy beliefs on a targeted group: Perceived popularity of Jewish‐targeted conspiracy beliefs elicits outgroup avoidant behaviours.

Glutaredoxin regulation of primary root growth confers early drought stress tolerance in pearl millet (2023)
Working Paper

Seedling root traits impact plant establishment under challenging environments. Pearl millet is one of the most heat and drought tolerant cereal crops that provides a vital food source across the sub-Saharan Sahel region. Pearl millet’s early root sy... Read More about Glutaredoxin regulation of primary root growth confers early drought stress tolerance in pearl millet.

Exploring a novel tubular-type modular reactor for solar-driven thermochemical energy storage (2023)
Journal Article

Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) has gained extensive attention as a potential solution to address the mismatch between solar thermal energy production and demand. In this study, a novel tubular-type modular TCES reactor is introduced. COMSOL mod... Read More about Exploring a novel tubular-type modular reactor for solar-driven thermochemical energy storage.

Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production (2023)
Book Chapter

Unlike its place-oriented cousin, wine, beer production has a complicated relationship with geographic concepts of place and scale. The act of brewing and beer itself both simultaneously exhibits qualities of placelessness and rootedness. Therefore,... Read More about Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production.

Biologic therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: Real-world comparative effectiveness and impact of drug sequencing in 13,222 patients within the UK IBD BioResource (2023)
Journal Article

Background and Aims To compare effectiveness of different biologic therapies and sequences in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) using real-world data from a large cohort with long exposure. Methods Demographic, disease, treatment an... Read More about Biologic therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: Real-world comparative effectiveness and impact of drug sequencing in 13,222 patients within the UK IBD BioResource.