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Inkjet Printing Magnetostrictive Materials for Structural Health Monitoring of Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composite (2024)
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Ahmed, N., Smith, P. J., & Morley, N. A. (2024). Inkjet Printing Magnetostrictive Materials for Structural Health Monitoring of Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composite. Sensors, 24(14), Article 4657. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24144657

Inkjet printing of magnetic materials has increased in recent years, as it has the potential to improve research in smart, functional materials. Magnetostriction is an inherent property of magnetic materials which allows strain or magnetic fields to... Read More about Inkjet Printing Magnetostrictive Materials for Structural Health Monitoring of Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composite.

Multiscale Simulation of Laser-Based Direct Energy Deposition (DED-LB/M) Using Powder Feedstock for Surface Repair of Aluminum Alloy (2024)
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Zhou, X., Pei, Z., Liu, Z., Yang, L., Yin, Y., He, Y., Wu, Q., & Nie, Y. (2024). Multiscale Simulation of Laser-Based Direct Energy Deposition (DED-LB/M) Using Powder Feedstock for Surface Repair of Aluminum Alloy. Materials, 17(14), Article 3559. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17143559

Laser-based direct energy deposition (DED-LB/M) has been a promising option for the surface repair of structural aluminum alloys due to the advantages it offers, including a small heat-affected zone, high forming accuracy, and adjustable deposition m... Read More about Multiscale Simulation of Laser-Based Direct Energy Deposition (DED-LB/M) Using Powder Feedstock for Surface Repair of Aluminum Alloy.

Development of resident and migratory three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus (2024)
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Barnes, M., Chakrabarti, L., & MacColl, A. D. C. (2024). Development of resident and migratory three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0295485. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295485

The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a teleost fish and a model organism in evolutionary ecology, useful for both laboratory and natural experiments. It is especially valued for the substantial intraspecific variation in morpholog... Read More about Development of resident and migratory three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.

Research on the well-being experience of rural China’s post-relocation settlement communities in the public realm (2024)
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Guo, S., Zheng, X., & Tang, Y. (2024). Research on the well-being experience of rural China’s post-relocation settlement communities in the public realm. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2024.2380825

With economic development and changes in the industrial structure of cities in China, the transformation of industries from agricultural to non-agricultural has brought about significant changes in the living spaces, economic growth, ideology, and cu... Read More about Research on the well-being experience of rural China’s post-relocation settlement communities in the public realm.

Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation (2024)
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Lorito, C. D., Pollock, K., Booth, V., Howe, L., Goldberg, S., Godfrey, M., Dunlop, M., Harwood, R. H., Van Der Wardt, V., & Lorito, C. D. (2024). Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), Article 615. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05086-y

Background: Interventions promoting social activity may reduce behavioural psychological symptoms and improve quality of life in people living with dementia. This study aimed to identify social benefits for participants living with dementia in the co... Read More about Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation.

Impact of patient demographics on treatment outcomes in AML: a population-based registry in England, 2013-2020 (2024)
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Liu, H., Stanworth, S. J., McPhail, S., Bishton, M., Rous, B., Bacon, A., & Coats, T. (2024). Impact of patient demographics on treatment outcomes in AML: a population-based registry in England, 2013-2020. Blood Advances, https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013102

We report 1- and 5-year survival following AML diagnosis and early mortality, within 30 days of systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) treatments, using national cancer registry data in England. Patients aged 18-99 years diagnosed between 2013 and 2... Read More about Impact of patient demographics on treatment outcomes in AML: a population-based registry in England, 2013-2020.

Attitudes and Preferences Towards Screening for Dementia with a Focus on Ethnic Minority and Low Socio-Economic Groups: A Systematic Review of Research Studies Written in the English Language (2024)
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Brar, M., Mc Ardle, R., Hagan, A., Al-Oraibi, A., Hanjari, M., Stephan, B., Brayne, C., Lafortune, L., Bains, M., Qureshi, N., & Robinson, L. (2024). Attitudes and Preferences Towards Screening for Dementia with a Focus on Ethnic Minority and Low Socio-Economic Groups: A Systematic Review of Research Studies Written in the English Language. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 100(4), 1315-1331. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-240315

Background: Increased understanding of dementia risk-reduction and early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders has spurred interest in the identification of risks for dementia, underlying putative biologies, or dementia itself. Impl... Read More about Attitudes and Preferences Towards Screening for Dementia with a Focus on Ethnic Minority and Low Socio-Economic Groups: A Systematic Review of Research Studies Written in the English Language.

A classical hypothesis test for assessing the homogeneity of disease transmission in stochastic epidemic models (2024)
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Aristotelous, G., Kypraios, T., & O'Neill, P. D. (2024). A classical hypothesis test for assessing the homogeneity of disease transmission in stochastic epidemic models. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1111/sjos.12743

This paper addresses the problem of assessing the homogeneity of the disease transmission process in stochastic epidemic models in populations that are partitioned into social groups. We develop a classical hypothesis test for completed epidemics whi... Read More about A classical hypothesis test for assessing the homogeneity of disease transmission in stochastic epidemic models.

Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia (2024)
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Baigaliyeva, M., Mount, N., Gosling, S. N., & McGowan, S. (2024). Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0305721. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305721

Endorheic lakes, lacking river outflows, are highly sensitive to environmental changes and human interventions. Central Asia (CA) has over 6000 lakes that have experienced substantial water level variability in the past century, yet causes of recent... Read More about Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia.

Bayesian inversion for in-situ thermal characterisation of walls in the presence of thermal anomalies (2024)
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Iglesias, M., Li, X., Sovetova, M., & Wu, Y. (2024). Bayesian inversion for in-situ thermal characterisation of walls in the presence of thermal anomalies. Energy and Buildings, 319, Article 114558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114558

This paper develops a Bayesian inverse modelling framework for the in-situ characterisation of walls' thermal performance in the presence of thermal anomalies subject to uncertainty. For any given wall, the proposed framework uses in-situ contact mea... Read More about Bayesian inversion for in-situ thermal characterisation of walls in the presence of thermal anomalies.

Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate (2024)
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Ewers, R. M., Orme, C. D. L., Pearse, W. D., Zulkifli, N., Yvon-Durocher, G., Yusah, K. M., Yoh, N., Yeo, D. C. J., Wong, A., Williamson, J., Wilkinson, C. L., Wiederkehr, F., Webber, B. L., Wearn, O. R., Wai, L., Vollans, M., Twining, J. P., Turner, E. C., Tobias, J. A., Thorley, J., …Banks-Leite, C. (2024). Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate. Nature, 631(8022), 808-813. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07657-w

Logged and disturbed forests are often viewed as degraded and depauperate environments compared with primary forest. However, they are dynamic ecosystems1 that provide refugia for large amounts of biodiversity2,3, so we cannot afford to underestimate... Read More about Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate.

Functional Characterization of Six Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System (2024)
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Kou, Y.-J., Gao, J., Li, R., Ma, Z.-Y., Elsheikha, H. M., Wu, X.-J., Zheng, X.-N., Wang, M., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2024). Functional Characterization of Six Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(14), Article 7834. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25147834

Eukaryotic translation initiation factors (eIFs) are crucial for initiating protein translation and ensuring the correct assembly of mRNA-ribosomal subunit complexes. In this study, we investigated the effects of deleting six eIFs in the apicomplexan... Read More about Functional Characterization of Six Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System.

Speaking on one's own terms Oracy and orality as partners in classroom talk (2024)
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Knight, R. (2024). Speaking on one's own terms Oracy and orality as partners in classroom talk. FORUM, 66(2), 34-43. https://doi.org/10.3898/forum.2024.66.2.06

Spoken language in schools, now often branded as oracy, is seeing something of a resurgence of interest. This is well-founded and to be welcomed. Nevertheless, the policy-level coopting of oracy, as a concept open to various interpretations, raises q... Read More about Speaking on one's own terms Oracy and orality as partners in classroom talk.

The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes (2024)
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Hassard, J., Dulal-Arthur, T., Bourke, J., Wishart, M., Roper, S., Belt, V., Leka, S., Pahl, N., Bartle, C., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2024). The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0306065. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306065

Background: Line manager (LM) training in mental health is gaining recognition as an effective method for improving the mental health and wellbeing of workers. However, research predominantly focuses on the impacts of training at the employee-level,... Read More about The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes.

The 4T and 7T introgressions from Amblyopyrum muticum and the 5A u introgression from Triticum urartu increases grain zinc and iron concentrations in Malawian wheat backgrounds (2024)
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Guwela, V. F., Maliro, M. F., Broadley, M. R., Hawkesford, M. J., Bokosi, J. M., Grewal, S., Coombes, B., Hall, A., Yang, C., Banda, M., Wilson, L., & King, J. (2024). The 4T and 7T introgressions from Amblyopyrum muticum and the 5A u introgression from Triticum urartu increases grain zinc and iron concentrations in Malawian wheat backgrounds. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, Article 1346046. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1346046

Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) particularly zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) remain widespread in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to low dietary intake. Wheat is an important source of energy globally, although cultivated wheat is inherently low in grain micr... Read More about The 4T and 7T introgressions from Amblyopyrum muticum and the 5A u introgression from Triticum urartu increases grain zinc and iron concentrations in Malawian wheat backgrounds.

Systematic Review of the Prevalence and Presentation of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autistic Traits in First Episode of Psychosis: Identification of Behavioural Markers for Screening and Implications for Early Intervention (2024)
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Adebayo, S. J., & Baker, C. (in press). Systematic Review of the Prevalence and Presentation of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autistic Traits in First Episode of Psychosis: Identification of Behavioural Markers for Screening and Implications for Early Intervention. Nursing Research and Practice,

Design and Analysis of an Improved Tubular Permanent Magnet Linear Machine with a T-type Magnet Array (2024)
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Guo, R., Bian, Y., Guo, B., Zhang, F., & Wang, W. (2024). Design and Analysis of an Improved Tubular Permanent Magnet Linear Machine with a T-type Magnet Array. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2024.3429183

The surface-mounted tubular permanent magnet linear machine (SM-TPMLM) is widely used in many industrial applications. However, the PMs are fragile and easily fall off when linear machines are operated at reciprocating oscillation speed over long per... Read More about Design and Analysis of an Improved Tubular Permanent Magnet Linear Machine with a T-type Magnet Array.

Research into digital health intervention for mental health: a 25-year retrospective on the ethical and legal challenges (2024)
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Hall, C. L., Gómez Bergin, A. D., & Rennick-Egglestone, S. (in press). Research into digital health intervention for mental health: a 25-year retrospective on the ethical and legal challenges. Journal of Medical Internet Research, https://doi.org/10.2196/58939

Digital mental health interventions are routinely integrated into mental health services internationally, and can contribute to the reduction of the global mental health treatment gap that has been identified by the World Health Organisation. Researc... Read More about Research into digital health intervention for mental health: a 25-year retrospective on the ethical and legal challenges.

Iodine and selenium: dietary sources and nutritional status of the population of the Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq (2024)
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Karim, A. B., Young, S. D., Hawrami, K. A., & Bailey, E. H. (2024). Iodine and selenium: dietary sources and nutritional status of the population of the Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 85, Article 127495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2024.127495

Aim The primary aim of this study was to determine the selenium (Se) and iodine (I) food concentrations and dietary intake of the population living in the Kurdish controlled region of northern Iraq. We also assessed the extent to which iodised salt... Read More about Iodine and selenium: dietary sources and nutritional status of the population of the Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq.