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Smoothed asymptotics: from number theory to QFT (2024)
Journal Article
Padilla, A., & Smith, R. G. (2024). Smoothed asymptotics: from number theory to QFT. Physical Review D, 110(2), Article 025010. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.025010

Inspired by the method of smoothed asymptotics developed by Terence Tao, we introduce a new ultraviolet regularisation scheme for loop integrals in quantum field theory which we call η regularisation. This reveals a connection between the elimination... Read More about Smoothed asymptotics: from number theory to QFT.

Why bother with arts education in schools? (2024)
Journal Article
Thomson, P. (2025). Why bother with arts education in schools?. Australian Educational Researcher, 52, 781–801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00741-0

Enrolments in school arts subjects are falling in both England and Australia. There are various arguments made in an attempt to reverse the situation. The arts are said to be vital for the economy, linked to success in core school subjects, are educa... Read More about Why bother with arts education in schools?.

Machine Learning for Evolutionary Computation - the Vehicle Routing Problems Competition (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meng, W., Qu, R., & Pillay, N. (2023, July). Machine Learning for Evolutionary Computation - the Vehicle Routing Problems Competition. Presented at GECCO '24 Companion: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, Melbourne VIC Australia

The Competition of Machine Learning for Evolutionary Computation for Solving Vehicle Routing Problems (ML4VRP) seeks to bring together machine learning and evolutionary computation communities to propose innovative techniques for vehicle routing prob... Read More about Machine Learning for Evolutionary Computation - the Vehicle Routing Problems Competition.

Cultivating Sustainable Development Through Food Systems-Based Initiatives in Central Appalachia (2024)
Book Chapter
Engle, E. W., & Higgins, A. K. (2024). Cultivating Sustainable Development Through Food Systems-Based Initiatives in Central Appalachia. In M. Hendryx (Ed.), Sustainable Development and Rural Public Health: From Fossil Fuels to Greener Futures (165-178). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62509-1_13

In the past century, economies and livelihoods in the rural United States have undergone rapid changes, driven by various global and local processes. These processes have contributed to growing inequalities in many areas across both the urban and rur... Read More about Cultivating Sustainable Development Through Food Systems-Based Initiatives in Central Appalachia.

Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality (2024)
Journal Article
Mõtus, K., Viidu, D.-A., Kaart, T., & Ferguson, E. (2024). Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 230, Article 106283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106283

This study aimed to describe the attitudes and personalities of farm managers (FMs) in large Estonian dairy herds and analyse the potential associations with calf mortality. The study included FMs from 114 free-stall farms with at least 100 cows. Eac... Read More about Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality.

Reconciling 22,000 years of landscape openness in a renowned wilderness (2024)
Journal Article
Fletcher, M., Romano, A., Lisé‐Pronovost, A., Mariani, M., Henriquez, W., Gadd, P., Heijnis, H., Hodgson, D., Blaauw, M., & Sculthorpe, A. (2024). Reconciling 22,000 years of landscape openness in a renowned wilderness. Geographical Research, 62(4), 503-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12658

Here, we explore the profound impact of the Tasmanian Aboriginal (Palawa) people on Tasmanian landscapes by examining a 22,000-year record of landscape change from Lake Selina in western Tasmania, Australia. We analysed a sediment core for palaeoecol... Read More about Reconciling 22,000 years of landscape openness in a renowned wilderness.

Carbon-based films: a review on mechanical and tribology properties (2024)
Journal Article
Venturi, F. (2024). Carbon-based films: a review on mechanical and tribology properties. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 325, Article 129716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.129716

Carbon films have attracted widespread interest for decades thanks to their superior tribomechanical properties. As new carbon allotropes were discovered over time, measurements of elastic modulus reached terapascals, and coefficient of friction thou... Read More about Carbon-based films: a review on mechanical and tribology properties.

An adaptive lumped-mass dynamic model and its control application for continuum robots (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Yang, C., Song, Z., Khanesar, M. A., Branson, D. T., Dai, J. S., & Kang, R. (2024). An adaptive lumped-mass dynamic model and its control application for continuum robots. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 201, Article 105736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2024.105736

Dynamic modeling for continuum robots remains challenging due to their large nonlinear deformation and the variation of dynamic parameters during movement. In this paper, a lumped-mass dynamic model (LMD) for a continuum robot is constructed includin... Read More about An adaptive lumped-mass dynamic model and its control application for continuum robots.

Footbathing and Foot Trimming, and No Quarantine: Risks for High Prevalence of Lameness in a Random Sample of 269 Sheep Flocks in England, 2022 (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, K. E., Green, M., Clifton, R., Monaghan, E., Prosser, N., Nabb, E., & Green, L. (2024). Footbathing and Foot Trimming, and No Quarantine: Risks for High Prevalence of Lameness in a Random Sample of 269 Sheep Flocks in England, 2022. Animals, 14(14), Article 2066. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14142066

Since 2004, the prevalence of lameness in sheep flocks in England has reduced as farmers have adopted evidence-based management practices to control lameness. In 2011, the Farm Animal Welfare Council proposed a target prevalence of <2% lameness in sh...

Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies (2024)
Journal Article
Engle, E. W., Larkins, M., Bratman, E., & Higgins, A. K. (2024). Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 14, 469-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-00952-y

The imperative to (re)center diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) touches nearly every aspect of higher education today. The multidisciplinary fields of environmental studies and sciences (ESS) are no exception; mired in questions of land... Read More about Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies.

Theoretical and computational aspects of Hilbert-Maass forms (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Singh, S., & Strömberg, F. Theoretical and computational aspects of Hilbert-Maass forms

We introuce algorithms for computing Hilbert - Maass forms and present results obtained by using these algorithms. We also give an overview of the explicit Hecke theory for Hilbert -Maaass forms in the case of narrow class number one.

What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel (2024)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., Radford, K., Timmons, S., Jones, T., Fallon, S., Westley, R., White, S., & Kendrick, D. (2024). What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel. Injury, Article 111722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.111722

Objective: Major trauma 'Rehabilitation Prescriptions' aim to facilitate continuity of care and describe patient needs following discharge from UK Major Trauma Centre (MTCs), however research suggests rehabilitation prescriptions are not being implem... Read More about What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel.

Evaluating a model of best practice in primary care led post-diagnostic dementia care: feasibility and acceptability findings from the PriDem study (2024)
Journal Article
Griffiths, S., Spencer, E., Flanagan, K., O'Keeffe, A., Hunter, R., Wiegand, M., D'Andrea, F., Benjamin, L., Poole, M., Hagan, A. J., Brar, M., Wilcock, J., Walters, K. R., Robinson, L., & Rait, G. (2024). Evaluating a model of best practice in primary care led post-diagnostic dementia care: feasibility and acceptability findings from the PriDem study. BMJ Open, 14(7), Article e083175. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083175

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a primary care-based intervention for improving post-diagnostic dementia care and support (PriDem), and implementation study procedures. Design: A non-randomised, mixed methods, feasibility... Read More about Evaluating a model of best practice in primary care led post-diagnostic dementia care: feasibility and acceptability findings from the PriDem study.

A Pictorial Essay of Coronary Artery Anomalies on Coronary CT Angiography: A Single-Centre Observational Study (2024)
Journal Article
Ahmad, A., Roplekar, S., & Podlasek, A. (2024). A Pictorial Essay of Coronary Artery Anomalies on Coronary CT Angiography: A Single-Centre Observational Study. Cureus, 16(7), Article e64398. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.64398

Background

Congenital anomalies of the coronary artery anatomy (CAAs) encompass a spectrum of disorders, often asymptomatic but potentially carrying severe clinical implications such as arrhythmia, chest pain, myocardial infarction, or sudden dea... Read More about A Pictorial Essay of Coronary Artery Anomalies on Coronary CT Angiography: A Single-Centre Observational Study.

Are we focusing on the right parameters? Insights from Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Functional-Structural Plant Model (2024)
Journal Article
Rutjens, R. J. L., Evers, J. B., Band, L. R., Jones, M. D., & Owen, M. R. (2024). Are we focusing on the right parameters? Insights from Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Functional-Structural Plant Model. in silico Plants, 6(2), Article diae011. https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diae011

Performing global sensitivity analysis on functional-structural plant models (FSP models) can greatly benefit both model development and analysis by identifying the relevance of parameters for specific model outputs. Setting unimportant parameters to... Read More about Are we focusing on the right parameters? Insights from Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Functional-Structural Plant Model.

Erratum: Radiative first-order phase transitions to next-to-next-to-leading order [Phys. Rev. D 106, 036012 (2022)] (2024)
Journal Article
Ekstedt, A., Gould, O., & Löfgren, J. (2024). Erratum: Radiative first-order phase transitions to next-to-next-to-leading order [Phys. Rev. D 106, 036012 (2022)]. Physical Review D, 110(1), Article 019901. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.110.019901

We develop new perturbative tools to accurately study radiatively induced first-order phase transitions. Previous perturbative methods have suffered internal inconsistencies and been unsuccessful in reproducing lattice data, which is often attributed... Read More about Erratum: Radiative first-order phase transitions to next-to-next-to-leading order [Phys. Rev. D 106, 036012 (2022)].

Aptamer BT200 blocks interaction of K1405-1408 in the VWF-A1 domain with macrophage LRP1 (2024)
Journal Article
Chan Kwo Chion, A., Byrne, C., Atiq, F., Doherty, D., Aguila, S., Fazavana, J., Lopes, P., Karampini, E., Amin, A., Preston, R. J., Baker, R. I., McKinnon, T. A., Zhu, S., Gilbert, J. C., Emsley, J., Jilma, B., & O'Donnell, J. S. (2024). Aptamer BT200 blocks interaction of K1405-1408 in the VWF-A1 domain with macrophage LRP1. Blood, 144(13), 1445-1456. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2024024055

Rondaptivan pegol (previously BT200) is a PEGylated RNA aptamer that binds to the A1 domain of VWF. Recent clinical trials demonstrated that BT200 significantly increased plasma VWF-FVIII levels by attenuating VWF clearance. The biological mechanism(... Read More about Aptamer BT200 blocks interaction of K1405-1408 in the VWF-A1 domain with macrophage LRP1.

Ligand-Directed Labeling of the Adenosine A1 Receptor in Living Cells (2024)
Journal Article
Comeo, E., Goulding, J., Lin, C.-Y., Groenen, M., Woolard, J., Kindon, N. D., Harwood, C. R., Platt, S., Briddon, S. J., Kilpatrick, L. E., Scammells, P. J., Hill, S. J., & Kellam, B. (2024). Ligand-Directed Labeling of the Adenosine A1 Receptor in Living Cells. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 67(14), 12099–12117. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00835

The study of protein function and dynamics in their native cellular environment is essential for progressing fundamental science. To overcome the requirement of genetic modification of the protein or the limitations of dissociable fluorescent ligands... Read More about Ligand-Directed Labeling of the Adenosine A1 Receptor in Living Cells.

Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal (2024)
Journal Article
Veasey, C. M., Lieu, J., Aledeh, M., Lawson, A., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal. International Journal of Spa and Wellness, 7(3), 300-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/24721735.2024.2374525

This study aimed to examine the experiences of Japanese martial arts (JMA) practitioners during the COVID-19 to understand how JMA impacted on their mental wellbeing. Using online semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, we explored the firs... Read More about Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal.

A scoping review on intraoperative and postoperative surgical castration complications in domesticated equids (2024)
Journal Article
Rodden, E. B., Suthers, J. M., Busschers, E., Burford, J. H., & Freeman, S. L. (2024). A scoping review on intraoperative and postoperative surgical castration complications in domesticated equids. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14122

Background: Castration is the most common surgical procedure in domesticated equids; surgical techniques used and perioperative management vary considerably. Objectives: To identify and chart the current evidence on perioperative complications associ... Read More about A scoping review on intraoperative and postoperative surgical castration complications in domesticated equids.