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On education and the role of intellectuals (2023)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, H. (2023). On education and the role of intellectuals. In Educational leadership and Antonio Gramsci: the organising of ideas. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505102-3

In this chapter, Gramsci’s key ideas relating to education are presented. Central to Gramsci’s thinking was the relationship between education and political change, and much of his own political activity was defined by his integration of intellectual... Read More about On education and the role of intellectuals.

Antonio Gramsci: his life and ideas (2023)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, H. (2023). Antonio Gramsci: his life and ideas. In Educational leadership and Antonio Gramsci: the organising of ideas. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505102-2

This chapter presents a brief intellectual biography of Antonio Gramsci to show both the breadth of his intellectual thinking and the important links between his intellectual contribution and his political activism. The chapter begins with an overvie... Read More about Antonio Gramsci: his life and ideas.

Gramsci's contemporary relevance: working ‘in and against’ the neoliberal state (2023)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, H. (2023). Gramsci's contemporary relevance: working ‘in and against’ the neoliberal state. In Educational leadership and Antonio Gramsci: the organising of ideas. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505102-4

In this chapter, the intention is to connect Gramsci’ intellectual legacy with the contemporary contexts and issues, and to respond to the cultural theorist Stuart Hall’s exhortation to ‘think our problems in a Gramscian way’. The chapter opens by se... Read More about Gramsci's contemporary relevance: working ‘in and against’ the neoliberal state.

Education and transformation: rethinking educational leadership (2023)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, H. (2023). Education and transformation: rethinking educational leadership. In Educational leadership and Antonio Gramsci: the organising of ideas. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505102-1

In this chapter, key ideas relating to educational leadership, and specifically transformational leadership, are presented. Transformational leadership as presented within mainstream educational leadership and management literature is critiqued as co... Read More about Education and transformation: rethinking educational leadership.

Leadership across partnerships and networks (2023)
Book Chapter
Greany, T. (2023). Leadership across partnerships and networks. In P. A. Woods, A. Roberts, M. Tian, & H. Youngs (Eds.), Handbook on Leadership in Education (143-156). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880429.00017

This chapter focuses on leadership across inter-school partnerships and networks. It argues that existing research and policy has prioritised a focus on leadership within individual schools, but that this is insufficient in the context of contemporar... Read More about Leadership across partnerships and networks.

The end of history?: Contesting the legacy of the 1960s and 1970s in The X-Files (2023)
Book Chapter
Frame, G. (2023). The end of history?: Contesting the legacy of the 1960s and 1970s in The X-Files. In J. Fenwick, & D. A. Rodgers (Eds.), The Legacy of The X-Files (135-147). Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter examines how The X-Files offered a revisionist historical perspective of the political upheaval the United States experienced through the 1960s and 1970s. It shows how in its relentless questioning of the official record on the assassina... Read More about The end of history?: Contesting the legacy of the 1960s and 1970s in The X-Files.

Methodology for CubeSat Debris Collision Avoidance Based on Its Active ADCS System (2023)
Journal Article
González-Rodríguez, D., Orgeira-Crespo, P., Cappelletti, C., & Aguado-Agelet, F. (2023). Methodology for CubeSat Debris Collision Avoidance Based on Its Active ADCS System. Applied Sciences, 13(22), Article 12388. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212388

This research assesses the feasibility of a collision avoidance methodology for CubeSats lacking propulsion. The approach involves altering the satellite’s orientation to modify its cross-sectional area and, subsequently, the drag force. Examining al... Read More about Methodology for CubeSat Debris Collision Avoidance Based on Its Active ADCS System.

Understanding spelling conflicts in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian: Insights from speakers’ attitudes and beliefs (2023)
Journal Article
Stojanov, T. (2023). Understanding spelling conflicts in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian: Insights from speakers’ attitudes and beliefs. Lingua, 296, Article 103622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103622

This article analyzes spelling-change conflicts linked to Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian. These standard languages share a long history of common sociopolitical identity and high mutual intelligibility, and the spelling standardization p... Read More about Understanding spelling conflicts in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian: Insights from speakers’ attitudes and beliefs.

A new flexible multi-point incremental sheet forming process with multi-layer sheets (2023)
Journal Article
Zhao, X., & Ou, H. (2023). A new flexible multi-point incremental sheet forming process with multi-layer sheets. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 322, Article 118214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2023.118214

In this research, a new flexible multi-point incremental sheet forming process with multi-layer sheets (F-MPIF-MLS) was proposed. The novelty of this new forming process is demonstrated by two specific aspects of contribution. The first is the develo... Read More about A new flexible multi-point incremental sheet forming process with multi-layer sheets.

Impact of contrasting poultry exposures on human, poultry, and wastewater antibiotic resistomes in Bangladesh (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, A. D., Rousham, E., Neal, A. L., Amin, M. B., Hobman, J. L., Stekel, D., & Islam, M. A. (2023). Impact of contrasting poultry exposures on human, poultry, and wastewater antibiotic resistomes in Bangladesh. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(6), e0176323. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01763-23

Interactions between humans, animals, and the environment are considered critical foci for addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, One Health data on AMR in low- and middle-income countries are presently scarce. Using metagenomics, we inv... Read More about Impact of contrasting poultry exposures on human, poultry, and wastewater antibiotic resistomes in Bangladesh.

Rare and extreme outcomes in risky choice (2023)
Journal Article
Mason, A., Ludvig, E. A., Spetch, M. L., & Madan, C. R. (2024). Rare and extreme outcomes in risky choice. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31, 1301-1308. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02415-x

Many real-world decisions involving rare events also involve extreme outcomes. Despite this confluence, decisions-from-experience research has only examined the impact of rarity and extremity in isolation. With rare events, people typically choose as... Read More about Rare and extreme outcomes in risky choice.

Assessing the influence of affective attitudes, demography and blood donor status on organ donor registration active decisions in opt-out systems (2023)
Journal Article
Shepherd, L., O'Carroll, R., & Ferguson, E. (2024). Assessing the influence of affective attitudes, demography and blood donor status on organ donor registration active decisions in opt-out systems. Journal of Health Psychology, 29(8), 825-835. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231208531

In contrast to opt-in systems, relatively little is known about what influences whether or not people register a decision about organ donation in opt-out systems. We address this gap in the literature. Participants (N = 756) living in a country with... Read More about Assessing the influence of affective attitudes, demography and blood donor status on organ donor registration active decisions in opt-out systems.

Property enhancement of recycled concrete aggregates through surface treatment (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, H., Fang, Y., Wang, F., & Airey, G. D. (2023). Property enhancement of recycled concrete aggregates through surface treatment. In Advances in Functional Pavements - Proceedings of the 7th Chinese-European Workshop on Functional Pavements, CEW 2023 (116-121). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003387374-23

Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) retrieved from construction demolition and excavation waste is widely used as an alternative to natural aggregate (NA) in the construction industry. However, the weak adhered mortar adversely affects the properties o... Read More about Property enhancement of recycled concrete aggregates through surface treatment.

How do clinicians prescribe bridging glucocorticoids in people starting or escalating disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a service evaluation survey (2023)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Roddy, E., Solis-Trapala, I., Cornwall, N., Jinks, C., Abhishek, A., …Hider, S. (2023). How do clinicians prescribe bridging glucocorticoids in people starting or escalating disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a service evaluation survey. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(3), Article rkad102. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad102

Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience (2023)
Journal Article
Shotton, R., Broadbent, R., Alchawaf, A., Mohamed, M. B., Gibb, A., Martinez-Calle, N., Fox, C. P., Bishton, M., Pender, A., Gleeson, M., Cunningham, D., Davies, A. J., Yadollahi, S., Eyre, T. A., Collins, G. P., Djebbari, F., Kassam, S., Garland, P., Watts, E., Osborne, W., …Linton, K. M. (2024). Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience. Blood Advances, 8(4), 878-888. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011305

Bendamustine is among the most effective chemotherapeutics for indolent B-cell non- Hodgkin lymphomas (iNHL), but trial reports of significant toxicity, including opportunistic infections and excess deaths, led to prescriber warnings. We conducted a... Read More about Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience.

Associations between endogenous spike cytokinins and grain-number traits in spring wheat genotypes (2023)
Journal Article
Love, B., Molero, G., Rivera-Amado, C., Müller, M., Munné-Bosch, S., Reynolds, M. P., & Foulkes, M. J. (2024). Associations between endogenous spike cytokinins and grain-number traits in spring wheat genotypes. European Journal of Agronomy, 152, Article 127011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.127011

Genetic variation in grain number has been positively associated with levels of cytokinins in inflorescences in cereals, although studies quantifying endogenous levels in the field are currently lacking. The present study, using a spring wheat associ... Read More about Associations between endogenous spike cytokinins and grain-number traits in spring wheat genotypes.

Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity (2023)
Journal Article
Swets, M. C., Kerr, S., Scott-Brown, J., Brown, A. B., Gupta, R., Millar, J. E., …ISARIC4C Investigators. (2023). Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 7374. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42205-6

Choosing optimal outcome measures maximizes statistical power, accelerates discovery and improves reliability in early-phase trials. We devised and evaluated a modification to a pragmatic measure of oxygenation function, the S/F ratio. Because of the... Read More about Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity.

Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers (2023)
Journal Article
Stone, J., Advento, A. D., Pashkevich, M. D., Aryawan, A. A. K., Caliman, J., Hood, A. S. C., …Turner, E. C. (2023). Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4(4), Article e12293. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12293

The expansion of oil palm agriculture across Southeast Asia has caused significant biodiversity losses, with the reduction in habitat heterogeneity that accompanies the conversion of forest to oil palm being a major contributing factor. However, owin... Read More about Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers.

Event probabilities have a different impact on early and late electroencephalographic measures regarded as metrics of prediction (2023)
Journal Article
Saurels, B. W., Johnston, A., Yarrow, K., & Arnold, D. H. (2024). Event probabilities have a different impact on early and late electroencephalographic measures regarded as metrics of prediction. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36(1), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02076

The oddball protocol has been used to study the neural and perceptual consequences of implicit predictions in the human brain. The protocol involves presenting a sequence of identical repeated events that are eventually broken by a novel "oddball" pr... Read More about Event probabilities have a different impact on early and late electroencephalographic measures regarded as metrics of prediction.