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Past Answers to Present Concerns. The Relevance of the Premodern Past for 21st Century Policy Planners: Comments on the State of the Field (2024)
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Haldon, J., Mordechai, L., Dugmore, A., Eisenberg, M., Endfield, G., Izdebski, A., Jackson, R., Kemp, L., Labuhn, I., McGovern, T., Metcalfe, S., Morrisson, K. D., Newfield, T., & Trump, B. (2024). Past Answers to Present Concerns. The Relevance of the Premodern Past for 21st Century Policy Planners: Comments on the State of the Field. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.923

How is history relevant to the present, or indeed the future? Governments around the world have used history to inform planning and decision‐making in various fields for years, but more recently it has taken on a renewed importance as governments gra... Read More about Past Answers to Present Concerns. The Relevance of the Premodern Past for 21st Century Policy Planners: Comments on the State of the Field.

Flexural performance of seawater sea sand concrete composite beams enhanced by dual-functional C-FRCM jackets (2024)
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Feng, R., Hou, L., Wang, F., Thermou, G., Xu, Y., & Zhu, J.-H. (2024). Flexural performance of seawater sea sand concrete composite beams enhanced by dual-functional C-FRCM jackets. Journal of Building Engineering, 95, Article 110252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110252

The flexural performance of seawater sea sand concrete (SSC) composite beams enhanced by the dual-functional carbon-fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (C-FRCM) jackets was experimentally investigated. Five SSC composite beams were constructed and... Read More about Flexural performance of seawater sea sand concrete composite beams enhanced by dual-functional C-FRCM jackets.

Functional variation in human CAZyme genes in relation to the efficacy of a carbohydrate-restricted diet in IBS patients (2024)
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Zamfir-Taranu, A., Löscher, B.-S., Carbone, F., Hoter, A., Blanco, C. E., Bozzarelli, I., Torices, L., Routhiaux, K., Van den Houte, K., Bonfiglio, F., Mayr, G., Corsetti, M., Naim, H. Y., Franke, A., Tack, J., & D’Amato, M. (2024). Functional variation in human CAZyme genes in relation to the efficacy of a carbohydrate-restricted diet in IBS patients. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.004

Background and aims
Limiting the dietary intake of certain carbohydrates has therapeutic effects in some but not all irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. We investigated genetic variation in human Carbohydrate-Active enZYmes (hCAZymes) genes in... Read More about Functional variation in human CAZyme genes in relation to the efficacy of a carbohydrate-restricted diet in IBS patients.

Cross ownership under strategic tax policy (2024)
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Can, G., & Mukherjee, A. (in press). Cross ownership under strategic tax policy. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy,

We provide a new reason for the consumer surplus and welfare raising cross ownership. We show that cross ownership reduces the tax rate, and increases consumer surplus and welfare under Cournot and Bertrand competition when the marginal social cost/b... Read More about Cross ownership under strategic tax policy.

Museum as Object: From Postcard to Post (2024)
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Hale, J., Hanks, L., & Simpson, C. (in press). Museum as Object: From Postcard to Post. DEPARCH Journal of Design, Planning and Aesthetics Research,

Whether it’s through sharing picture postcards or visitor-produced photographs of museums on social media, these processes of image sharing, often dismissed as trivial, are acts which create and sustain relationships between the visitor, museum, and... Read More about Museum as Object: From Postcard to Post.

The value of a comparative approach with equine vaccine development for the development of human influenza DNA vaccines (2024)
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Abdelkhalek, A. F., & Daly, J. M. (2024). The value of a comparative approach with equine vaccine development for the development of human influenza DNA vaccines. Zoonoses, 4(4), 245-258. https://doi.org/10.3390/zoonoticdis4040021

Abstract: A comparative medicine approach, whereby similarities and differences in biology between human and veterinary species are used to enhance understanding for the benefit of both, is highly relevant to the development of viral vaccines. Human... Read More about The value of a comparative approach with equine vaccine development for the development of human influenza DNA vaccines.

Yttrium-Enriched Phosphate Glass-Ceramic Microspheres for Bone Cancer Radiotherapy Treatment (2024)
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Milborne, B., Arjuna, A., Islam, T., Arafat, A., Layfield, R., Thompson, A., & Ahmed, I. (in press). Yttrium-Enriched Phosphate Glass-Ceramic Microspheres for Bone Cancer Radiotherapy Treatment. Journal of the American Chemical Society,

This study presents the development and characterisation of high yttrium-content phosphate-based glass-ceramic microspheres for potential applications in bone cancer radiotherapy treatment. The microspheres produced via flame spheroidisa-tion, follow... Read More about Yttrium-Enriched Phosphate Glass-Ceramic Microspheres for Bone Cancer Radiotherapy Treatment.

Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring (2024)
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Turner, A., & Sharkey, D. (2024). Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring. Sensors, 24(20), Article 6619. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24206619

Neurodevelopment is a highly intricate process, and early detection of abnormalities is critical for optimizing outcomes through timely intervention. Accurate and cost-effective diagnostic methods for neurological disorders, particularly in infants,... Read More about Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring.

A Scoping Review of Electronic Health Records Based Screening Algorithms for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (2024)
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Osei, J., Razavi, A. C., Otchere, B., Bonful, G., Akoto, N., Akyea, R. K., Qureshi, N., Coronado, F., Moonesinghe, R., Kolor, K., Mensah, G. A., Sperling, L., & Khoury, M. J. (2024). A Scoping Review of Electronic Health Records Based Screening Algorithms for Familial Hypercholesterolemia. JACC: Advances, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101297

Background
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder that is strongly associated with premature cardiovascular disease. Effective diagnosis and appropriate treatment of FH can reduce cardiovascular disease risk; however, FH is... Read More about A Scoping Review of Electronic Health Records Based Screening Algorithms for Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing (2024)
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Sudulich, L., Trumm, S., & Makropoulos, I. (in press). Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing. European Journal of Political Research,

Women are not a demographic minority, but they certainly are a minority in politics. Most legislative bodies across the world are still overwhelmingly male. Female candidates cite lack of resources as one of the main deterrents to run. Using data on... Read More about Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing.

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Grammar of Schools in Project-Based Learning Contexts (2024)
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Woods, P., Anderson, E., & Hira, A. (in press). Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Grammar of Schools in Project-Based Learning Contexts. Journal of Educational Change,

While scholars and public figures have positioned the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for school reform, the response to this potential for change by teachers remains underexplored. In turn, we attend to the following research question: how do te... Read More about Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Grammar of Schools in Project-Based Learning Contexts.

The Memory in Return Volatility: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Returns (2024)
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Yao, K., Duan, K., Huang, R., & Chevapatrakul, T. (2024). The Memory in Return Volatility: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Returns. International Journal of Finance and Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.3050

This paper examines long memory in the return volatility in the cross-section of U.S. mutual funds. Our results provide evidence of this phenomenon. Through univariate analysis, we find that the long memory in mutual fund return volatility is more pr... Read More about The Memory in Return Volatility: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Returns.

Social Preferences and the Variability of Conditional Cooperation (2024)
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Baader, M., Gächter, S., Lee, K., & Sefton, M. (in press). Social Preferences and the Variability of Conditional Cooperation. Economic Theory,

We experimentally examine how incentives affect conditional cooperation (i.e., cooperating in response to cooperation and defecting in response to defection) in social dilemmas. In our first study, subjects play eight Sequential Prisoner's Dilemma ga... Read More about Social Preferences and the Variability of Conditional Cooperation.

Maximizing charging/discharging capabilities of horizontal shell-and-tube latent heat storage systems with innovative curved fin inserts (2024)
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Khedher, N. B., Mohammed, H. I., Abed, A. M., Biswas, N., Togun, H., Hammoodi, K. A., Mahdi, J. M., & Talebizadehsardari, P. (2025). Maximizing charging/discharging capabilities of horizontal shell-and-tube latent heat storage systems with innovative curved fin inserts. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 236(Part 1), Article 126289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126289

Inherent fluctuations in the availability of energy from renewables, remain a substantial drawback to their widespread deployment worldwide which can be solved by energy storage solution. Energy storage can also help to bridge the mismatch between th... Read More about Maximizing charging/discharging capabilities of horizontal shell-and-tube latent heat storage systems with innovative curved fin inserts.

Efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women (ROSHNI-2): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (2024)
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Husain, N., Lunat, F., Lovell, K., Miah, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Bee, P., Waqas, A., Pierce, M., Sharma, D., Atif, N., Aseem, S., Bhui, K., Bower, P., Brugha, T., Chaudhry, N., Ullah, A., Davies, L., Gire, N., Kai, J., Morrison, J., …Morriss, R. (2024). Efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women (ROSHNI-2): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 404(10461), 1430-1443. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2824%2901612-x

Background: Postnatal depression necessitates timely and effective interventions to mitigate adverse maternal and child outcomes in the short term and over the life course. British south Asian women with depression are often underserved and undertrea... Read More about Efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women (ROSHNI-2): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Global co-regulatory cross talk between m6A and m5C RNA methylation systems coordinate cellular responses and brain disease pathways (2024)
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Chukwuma Orji, O., Stones, J., Bagia, S., Markus, R., Demirbugen Öz, M., & Knight, H. (in press). Global co-regulatory cross talk between m6A and m5C RNA methylation systems coordinate cellular responses and brain disease pathways. Molecular Neurobiology,

N6 adenosine and C5 cytosine modification of mRNAs, tRNAs and rRNAs are regulated by the behaviour of distinct sets of writer, reader and eraser effector proteins which are conventionally considered to function independently. Here, we provide evidenc... Read More about Global co-regulatory cross talk between m6A and m5C RNA methylation systems coordinate cellular responses and brain disease pathways.

Integration of the passive energy balancing based actuation system into a camber morphing design (2024)
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Wang, C., Zhao, Y., Huang, K., Zhang, J., Shaw, A. D., Gu, H., Amoozgar, M., Friswell, M., & Woods, B. (2024). Integration of the passive energy balancing based actuation system into a camber morphing design. Aerospace Science and Technology, 155, Article 109641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2024.109641

A spiral pulley mechanism can be used to passively balance the energy between the morphing structure and actuation system. Applying the energy balancing concept has the potential to improve the performance of the actuation system by reducing the exte... Read More about Integration of the passive energy balancing based actuation system into a camber morphing design.

Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains (2024)
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Tichenor Blackstone, N., Battaglia, K., Rodríguez-Huerta, E., Bell, B. M., Decker Sparks, J. L., Cash, S. B., Conrad, Z., Nikkhah, A., Jackson, B., Matteson, J., Gao, S., Fuller, K., Zhang, F. F., & Webb, P. (2024). Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains. Nature Food, 5(10), 818–824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01048-0

The social dimension of sustainable diets, which addresses the impacts of food value chains on people, animals and communities, is under-represented in the food systems field. We present a definition of the social dimension of sustainable diets, clar... Read More about Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains.