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An 1800-year oxygen-isotope record of short- and long-term hydroclimate variability in the northern neotropics from a Jamaican marl lake (2023)
Journal Article
Holmes, J., Burn, M., Cisneros-Dozal, L. M., Jones, M., & Metcalfe, S. (2023). An 1800-year oxygen-isotope record of short- and long-term hydroclimate variability in the northern neotropics from a Jamaican marl lake. Quaternary Science Reviews, 301, Article 107930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107930

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.

Formulation engineering of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions for salt reduction with sucrose oleate as a PGPR-alternative lipophilic emulsifier (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Gould, J., & Wolf, B. (2023). Formulation engineering of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions for salt reduction with sucrose oleate as a PGPR-alternative lipophilic emulsifier. Food Structure, 35, Article 100309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foostr.2023.100309

Sucrose oleate was assessed as an alternative lipophilic emulsifier to polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) for the stabilisation of the internal aqueous phase of a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion formulation designed for salt release from the internal... Read More about Formulation engineering of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions for salt reduction with sucrose oleate as a PGPR-alternative lipophilic emulsifier.

A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (2023)
Journal Article
Barnes, M., Ebanks, B., MacColl, A., & Chakrabarti, L. (2023). A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Fishes, 8(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010042

Submersion in the anaesthetic MS-222 is a well-established and effective method used during the euthanasia of fish, but the consequences of treatment with this anaesthetic for mitochondrial respiration are yet to be established. This is important to... Read More about A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship (2023)
Journal Article
Greenwood, A., Mold, A., & Wardle, H. (2023). Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship. Lancet, 401(10370), 18-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2822%2902579-X

Professional sport has been criticised for its role as a vehicle to market addictive products or services. Despite the harmful health effects on society, football audiences are inured to seeing sponsors of such products not only on pitch-side hoardin... Read More about Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship.

Negotiating the necessity of biomedical animal use through relations with vulnerability (2023)
Journal Article
McGlacken, R. (2024). Negotiating the necessity of biomedical animal use through relations with vulnerability. BioSocieties, 19(1), 130-148. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41292-022-00295-3

In the UK, claims are often made that public support for animal research is stronger when such use is categorised as for medical purposes. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of writing from the Mass Observation Project, a national writing project docu... Read More about Negotiating the necessity of biomedical animal use through relations with vulnerability.

Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems (2023)
Book Chapter
Russon, J.-A., & Wedekind, V. (2023). Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems. In Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective (97-117). Bristol: Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529224658.ch006

Vocational teachers are at the centre of complex social ecosystems, albeit often without adequate resources and recognition. The skills ecosystem literature to date does not engage with the concept of vocational teachers and their role, positionality... Read More about Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems.

A metaphor analysis of older adults' lived experience of household isolation during COVID-19 (2023)
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Wilding, E., Bartl, S., Littlemore, J., Clark, M., & Brooke, J. (2023). A metaphor analysis of older adults' lived experience of household isolation during COVID-19. Frontiers in Communication, 7, Article 1015562. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.1015562

In March 2020, Public Health England provided social distancing and shielding guidance for all adults aged 70 and over in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article seeks to provide insight into the lived experiences of older people during this... Read More about A metaphor analysis of older adults' lived experience of household isolation during COVID-19.

Analysis of tail morphology and osteology in Ethiopian indigenous sheep (2023)
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Amane, A., Belay, G., Kebede, A., Dessie, T., Worku, S., Hanotte, O., & Vila, E. (2023). Analysis of tail morphology and osteology in Ethiopian indigenous sheep. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 47, Article 103776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103776

Sheep adaptive diversity, including tail morphology, has been shaped by various factors, including natural and/or artificial selection for different traits. The Horn of Africa has historically been a major livestock entry point on the African contine... Read More about Analysis of tail morphology and osteology in Ethiopian indigenous sheep.

Design of a dynamic multi-topological charge graphene orbital angular momentum metalens (2023)
Journal Article
Cao, G., Lin, H., Jia, B., Yuan, X., Somekh, M., & Wei, S. (2023). Design of a dynamic multi-topological charge graphene orbital angular momentum metalens. Optics Express, 31(2), 2102-2111. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.480946

Traditional OAM generation devices are bulky and can generally only create OAM with one specific topological charge. Although metasurface-based devices have overcome the volume limitations, no tunable metasurface-based OAM generators have been demons... Read More about Design of a dynamic multi-topological charge graphene orbital angular momentum metalens.

Oxidation of Monoterpenes to Form Diols and Triols: A Versatile Toolbox for Polymer Synthesis (2023)
Journal Article
Fowler, H. R., O'Brien, D. M., Keddie, D. J., Alexander, C., Irvine, D. J., Stockman, R. A., …Taresco, V. (2023). Oxidation of Monoterpenes to Form Diols and Triols: A Versatile Toolbox for Polymer Synthesis. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 224(8), Article 2200446. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202200446

Polyols and polyacrylates have a wide range of applications in polymer synthesis as monomers, initiators, or building blocks in a variety of polymerization reaction types. With an ever-growing need to reduce the global dependency on fossil fuels, fin... Read More about Oxidation of Monoterpenes to Form Diols and Triols: A Versatile Toolbox for Polymer Synthesis.

Dying in the Sun: Direct evidence for elevated UV-B radiation at the end-Permian mass extinction (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, F., Peng, H., Marshall, J. E., Lomax, B. H., Bomfleur, B., Kent, M. S., …Jardine, P. E. (2023). Dying in the Sun: Direct evidence for elevated UV-B radiation at the end-Permian mass extinction. Science Advances, 9(1), Article eabo6102. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo6102

Land plants can adjust the concentration of protective ultraviolet B (UV-B)-absorbing compounds (UACs) in the outer wall of their reproductive propagules in response to ambient UV-B flux. To infer changes in UV-B radiation flux at Earth's surface dur... Read More about Dying in the Sun: Direct evidence for elevated UV-B radiation at the end-Permian mass extinction.

Radical technology innovations for high‐speed transport; ePlanes to replace rail? (2023)
Journal Article
Riley, P. H., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2023). Radical technology innovations for high‐speed transport; ePlanes to replace rail?. IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, 13(1), Article 12061. https://doi.org/10.1049/els2.12061

This paper evaluates various modes of transport against the dual requirements of Net-Zero carbon emissions and user convenience, in particular, speed of travel and cost of transportation. Results show that when operated across a whole country, batter... Read More about Radical technology innovations for high‐speed transport; ePlanes to replace rail?.

Substitutional effect of Ti-based AB2 hydrogen storage alloys: A density functional theory study (2023)
Journal Article
Loh, S. M., Grant, D. M., Walker, G. S., & Ling, S. (2023). Substitutional effect of Ti-based AB2 hydrogen storage alloys: A density functional theory study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(35), 13227-13235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.083

Stability of AB2 alloy in Laves phases C14 and C15 were studied by first-principle density functional theory simulations. A range of different combinations of B and C elements in the Ti1−xCxB2 alloys were considered. The formation energies of these a... Read More about Substitutional effect of Ti-based AB2 hydrogen storage alloys: A density functional theory study.

Benchmark exercise on image-based permeability determination of engineering textiles: Microscale predictions (2023)
Journal Article
Syerko, E., Schmidt, T., May, D., Binetruy, C., Advani, S., Lomov, S., …Vorobyev, R. (2023). Benchmark exercise on image-based permeability determination of engineering textiles: Microscale predictions. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 167, Article 107397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107397

Permeability measurements of engineering textiles exhibit large variability as no standardization method currently exists; numerical permeability prediction is thus an attractive alternative. It has all advantages of virtual material characterization... Read More about Benchmark exercise on image-based permeability determination of engineering textiles: Microscale predictions.

Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties (2023)
Journal Article
Gosling, J., Morozov, S. V., Vdovin, E. E., Greenaway, M. T., Khanin, Y. N., Kudrynskyi, Z., …Makarovsky, O. (2023). Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties. Nanotechnology, 34(12), Article 125702. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aca981

We use phenomenological modelling and detailed experimental studies of charge carrier transport to investigate the dependence of the electrical resistivity,ρ, on gate voltage,Vg, for a series of monolayer graphene field effect transistors with mobili... Read More about Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties.

Systematic review and citation content analysis of the CHIME framework for mental health recovery processes: recommendations for developing influential conceptual frameworks (2023)
Journal Article
Hare-Duke, L., Charles, A., Slade, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Dys, A., & Bijdevaate, D. (2023). Systematic review and citation content analysis of the CHIME framework for mental health recovery processes: recommendations for developing influential conceptual frameworks. Journal of Recovery in Mental Health, 6(1), 38-44. https://doi.org/10.33137/jrmh.v6i1.38556

Objectives To identify design features of the CHIME conceptual framework of mental health recovery which are associated with high rates of citation. Research Design and Methods Systematic review of all citations of the Connectedness, Hope, I... Read More about Systematic review and citation content analysis of the CHIME framework for mental health recovery processes: recommendations for developing influential conceptual frameworks.

Dual atomic catalysts from COF-derived carbon for CO2RR by Suppressing HER through Synergistic Effects (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Liu, S., Xu, Q., Miao, Q., Yang, S., Hanson, S., …Zeng, G. (2023). Dual atomic catalysts from COF-derived carbon for CO2RR by Suppressing HER through Synergistic Effects. Carbon Energy, 5(6), Article e300. https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.300

The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) for high-value-added products is a promising strategy to tackle excessive CO2 emissions. However, the activity of and selectivity for catalysts for CO2RR still need to be improved because... Read More about Dual atomic catalysts from COF-derived carbon for CO2RR by Suppressing HER through Synergistic Effects.

A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty (2023)
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Murtagh, F. E., Okoeki, M., Ukoha-kalu, B. O., Khamis, A., Clark, J., Boland, J. W., …Johnson, M. J. (2023). A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty. BMC Geriatrics, 23, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03727-2

Background Integrated care may improve outcomes for older people living with frailty. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a new, anticipatory, multidisciplinary care service in improving the wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) of older people li... Read More about A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty.

The influence of various induction methods on adverse outcomes in small for gestational age neonates: A secondary analysis of the PROBAAT 1 and 2 trials (2023)
Journal Article
de Vaan, M. D., Croll, D. M., Verhoeven, C. J., de Boer, M. A., Jozwiak, M., ten Eikelder, M. L., …de Heus, R. (2023). The influence of various induction methods on adverse outcomes in small for gestational age neonates: A secondary analysis of the PROBAAT 1 and 2 trials. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 282, 89-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.01.003

Objective: To evaluate the safety aspects of different induction methods in pregnancies with small-for-gestational-age neonates. Study design: This was a secondary analysis of two previously reported multicenter, randomized controlled trials conducte... Read More about The influence of various induction methods on adverse outcomes in small for gestational age neonates: A secondary analysis of the PROBAAT 1 and 2 trials.