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Investigating Neurometabolite Changes in Response to Median Nerve Stimulation (2025)
Journal Article
Houlgreave, M. S., Dyke, K., Berrington, A., & Jackson, S. R. (2025). Investigating Neurometabolite Changes in Response to Median Nerve Stimulation. Brain and Behavior, 15(1), Article e70250. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70250

Background: Rhythmic median nerve stimulation (MNS) at 10Hz has been shown to cause a substantial reduction in tic frequency in individuals with Tourette syndrome. The mechanism of action is currently unknown but is hypothesized to involve entrainmen... Read More about Investigating Neurometabolite Changes in Response to Median Nerve Stimulation.

Effectiveness of SRG in shear strengthening of deep and slender concrete beams (2025)
Journal Article
Liu, X., & Thermou, G. E. (2025). Effectiveness of SRG in shear strengthening of deep and slender concrete beams. Structures, 71, Article 108197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108197

This study investigates Steel-Reinforced Grout (SRG) jackets’ efficiency in enhancing the shear strength in Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams with various shear span-to-depth (a/d) ratios, comparing them with Carbon Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Mortar... Read More about Effectiveness of SRG in shear strengthening of deep and slender concrete beams.

Prospects of a statistical detection of the 21-cm forest and its potential to constrain the thermal state of the neutral IGM during reionization (2025)
Journal Article
Šoltinský, T., Kulkarni, G., Tendulkar, S. P., & Bolton, J. S. (2025). Prospects of a statistical detection of the 21-cm forest and its potential to constrain the thermal state of the neutral IGM during reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(1), 364-378. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf026

The 21-cm forest signal is a promising probe of the Epoch of Reionization complementary to other 21-cm line observables and Ly α forest signal. Prospects of detecting it have significantly improved in the last decade thanks to the disco very of more... Read More about Prospects of a statistical detection of the 21-cm forest and its potential to constrain the thermal state of the neutral IGM during reionization.

Five year mortality in an RCT of a lung cancer biomarker to select people for low dose CT screening (2025)
Journal Article
Sullivan, F. M., Mair, F. S., Anderson, W., Chew, C., Dorward, A., Haughney, J., Hogarth, F., Kendrick, D., Littleford, R., McConnachie, A., McCowan, C., McMeekin, N., Patel, M., Rauchhaus, P., Daly, F., Ritchie, L., Robertson, J., Sarvesvaran, J., Sewell, H., Taylor, T., …Schembri, S. (2025). Five year mortality in an RCT of a lung cancer biomarker to select people for low dose CT screening. PLoS ONE, 20(1), Article e0306163. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306163

The role of biomarkers in risk-based early detection of lung cancer may enable screening to become cost effective and widely accessible. EarlyCDT-Lung is an example of such a blood-based autoantibody biomarker which may improve accessibility to Low d... Read More about Five year mortality in an RCT of a lung cancer biomarker to select people for low dose CT screening.

Industry 4.0 technologies in support of Circular Economy: a 10R- based integration framework (2025)
Journal Article
Ciano, M. P., Peron, M., Panza, L., & Pozzi, R. (2025). Industry 4.0 technologies in support of Circular Economy: a 10R- based integration framework. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 201, Article 110867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.110867

The urgency of addressing global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation has positioned the Circular Economy (CE) as a crucial strategy for sustainable development. Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies have bee... Read More about Industry 4.0 technologies in support of Circular Economy: a 10R- based integration framework.

Diet Quality and Caloric Accuracy in AI-Generated Diet Plans: A Comparative Study Across Chatbots (2025)
Journal Article
Kaya Kaçar, H., Kaçar, Ö. F., & Avery, A. (2025). Diet Quality and Caloric Accuracy in AI-Generated Diet Plans: A Comparative Study Across Chatbots. Nutrients, 17(2), Article 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020206

Background/Objectives: With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in nutrition and healthcare, AI-driven chatbots are increasingly recognised as potential tools for generating personalised diet plans. This study aimed to evaluate the capabilities... Read More about Diet Quality and Caloric Accuracy in AI-Generated Diet Plans: A Comparative Study Across Chatbots.

Other '68s: Lineages and Legacies of May ’68 (2025)
Book
Vidal Bouzon, Á. J., Sharman, A., & Shingler, K. (Eds.). (2025). Other '68s: Lineages and Legacies of May ’68. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3726/b15667

May ’68 has inspired cultural, social and political movements across the world but has been used also to criticise them. This book interrogates the consideration of the revolts in France as the pinnacle or even paradigm of a particular avatar in a re... Read More about Other '68s: Lineages and Legacies of May ’68.

Increasing Tephra Deposition in Northeastern North America Points to Atmospheric Circulation Changes at the Early Mid Holocene Transition (2025)
Journal Article
Monteath, A. J., Jensen, B. J., Davies, L. J., Bolton, M. S., Hughes, P. D., Mackay, H., Edwards, M. E., Finkenbinder, M., Booth, R. K., Cwynar, L. C., Harvey, J., Pyne-O’Donnell, S., Papp, C. N., Froese, D. G., Mallon, G., Amesbury, M. J., & Mayfield, R. J. (2025). Increasing Tephra Deposition in Northeastern North America Points to Atmospheric Circulation Changes at the Early Mid Holocene Transition. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130(1), Article e2024JD042135. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024jd042135

The number of cryptotephra (non-visible volcanic ash) records from northeastern North America is unique in the continent. The resulting tephrostratigraphic framework includes ash deposits sourced from volcanic arcs across the Northern Hemisphere and... Read More about Increasing Tephra Deposition in Northeastern North America Points to Atmospheric Circulation Changes at the Early Mid Holocene Transition.

Robust Series Arc Detection for DC MEA Power Systems Using Windowed Fractal Dimension (2025)
Journal Article
Seeley, D., Sumner, M., Thomas, D. W., & Greedy, S. (2025). Robust Series Arc Detection for DC MEA Power Systems Using Windowed Fractal Dimension. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2025.3526674

The rapid development of more-electric transportation has led to increased use of higher voltage DC circuit architecture and battery storage. These developing technologies create a higher risk of DC arc failure resulting from component or insulation... Read More about Robust Series Arc Detection for DC MEA Power Systems Using Windowed Fractal Dimension.

Data integration framework for multi-level information modelling and numerical analysis of deteriorated RC bridges (2025)
Journal Article
Alsharif, M. A., Thermou, G., Ninic, J., & Tizani, W. (2025). Data integration framework for multi-level information modelling and numerical analysis of deteriorated RC bridges. Advances in Engineering Software, 202, Article 103860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2024.103860

Structural assessment of deteriorated bridges is a vital step in the decision-making process for asset management. This paper proposes a novel Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Finite Element (FE) integration framework to analyse and retrofit... Read More about Data integration framework for multi-level information modelling and numerical analysis of deteriorated RC bridges.

Untrustworthiness (2025)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2025). Untrustworthiness. Ratio, 38(1), 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12435

Discussions of trustworthiness are not ubiquitous in the philosophical literature (compare remarks by Jones 2012, 61). Nonetheless, there are some attempted analyses and there is excellent work ongoing. The goal of this paper is to focus on trustwort... Read More about Untrustworthiness.

COLOFIT: Development and Internal-External Validation of Models Using Age, Sex, Faecal Immunochemical and Blood Tests to Optimise Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer in Symptomatic Patients (2025)
Journal Article
Crooks, C. J., West, J., Jones, J., Hamilton, W., Bailey, S. E., Abel, G., Banerjea, A., Rees, C. J., Tamm, A., Nicholson, B. D., Benton, S. C., Hunt, N., COLOFIT, R. G., & Humes, D. J. (2025). COLOFIT: Development and Internal-External Validation of Models Using Age, Sex, Faecal Immunochemical and Blood Tests to Optimise Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer in Symptomatic Patients. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 61(5), 852-864. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.18459

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in the United Kingdom and the second largest cause of cancer death. Aim: To develop and validate a model using available information at the time of faecal immunochemical testing (FIT... Read More about COLOFIT: Development and Internal-External Validation of Models Using Age, Sex, Faecal Immunochemical and Blood Tests to Optimise Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer in Symptomatic Patients.

The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties (STADIA); multi- centre randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Sayal, K., Wyatt, L., Partlett, C., Ewart, C., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Marshall, T., Gledhill, J., Lang, A., Sprange, K., Thomson, L., Moody, S., Holt, G., Bould, H., Upton, C., Keane, M., Cox, E., James, M., & Montgomery, A. (2025). The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties (STADIA); multi- centre randomised controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(6), 805-820. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14090

Background

Standardised Diagnostic Assessment tools, such as the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA), may aid detection and diagnosis of emotional disorders but there is limited real-world evidence of their clinical or cost effectiveness... Read More about The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties (STADIA); multi- centre randomised controlled trial.

How 'international' are sociology journals? Analysis of stated aims and editorial board networks (2025)
Journal Article
Brown, E., Vega Castillo, M. A., & Hordósy, R. (2025). How 'international' are sociology journals? Analysis of stated aims and editorial board networks. Sociological Research Online, https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804241281455

This article analyses leading international sociology journals regarding the global relations as observed within their aims and editorial boards. As such, it explores the geographies and power relations of knowledge production in the context of socio... Read More about How 'international' are sociology journals? Analysis of stated aims and editorial board networks.

Elevating the public realm: a framework for designing resilient urban green spaces in hyperdense cities (2025)
Journal Article
Ehab, A., Burnett, G., & Heath, T. (2025). Elevating the public realm: a framework for designing resilient urban green spaces in hyperdense cities. Discover Sustainability, 6(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00755-9

This study examines the critical role of elevated urban spaces in fostering urban resilience and enhancing public well-being in the post-pandemic era. Through a detailed literature review and contextual analysis, the research explores how these space... Read More about Elevating the public realm: a framework for designing resilient urban green spaces in hyperdense cities.

Overcoming expectations: Electrophysiological effects of inhibitory control demands in a non-linguistic task on subsequent semantic relatedness judgements (2025)
Journal Article
Rataj, K., Kakuba, P., & van Heuven, W. J. (2025). Overcoming expectations: Electrophysiological effects of inhibitory control demands in a non-linguistic task on subsequent semantic relatedness judgements. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2024.2440909

This event-related potentials study focussed on whether extensive practice of inhibitory control in a conflict task affects semantic processing/decisions in a subsequent language task. Participants took part in two 40-min sessions of the Simon task w... Read More about Overcoming expectations: Electrophysiological effects of inhibitory control demands in a non-linguistic task on subsequent semantic relatedness judgements.

Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport (2025)
Journal Article
Partridge, T., Leslie, A., Mistry, A., Simpson, R. B., Morris, D. E., McNally, D., Crowe, J., & Sharkey, D. (2025). Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 110(4), 395-400. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327758

Objective To assess the utility of a bespoke smartphone app to map noise and vibration exposure across neonatal road ambulance journeys.

Design and setting Prospective observational study of ambulance journeys across a large UK neonatal transport... Read More about Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport.

Arterial spin labelling perfusion MRI analysis for the Human Connectome Project Lifespan Ageing and Development studies (2025)
Journal Article
Kirk, T. F., McConnell, F. A. K., Toner, J., Craig, M. S., Carone, D., Li, X., Suzuki, Y., Coalson, T. S., Harms, M. P., Glasser, M. F., & Chappell, M. A. (2025). Arterial spin labelling perfusion MRI analysis for the Human Connectome Project Lifespan Ageing and Development studies. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, Article imag_a_00444. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00444

The Human Connectome Project Lifespan studies cover the Development (5-21) and Aging (36-100+) phases of life. Arterial spin labelling (ASL) was included in the imaging protocol, resulting in one of the largest datasets collected to-date of high spat... Read More about Arterial spin labelling perfusion MRI analysis for the Human Connectome Project Lifespan Ageing and Development studies.

Forging Local Coherence: LocalEd project evaluation report (2025)
Report
Greany, T., & Cousin, S. (in press). Forging Local Coherence: LocalEd project evaluation report. Association of Education Committees

The LocalED project (2022 - 2024) was designed to test new locality models for the English school system led by local authorities, combined authorities and school led partnerships. Each of the nine localities involved focussed on one of three ‘pilot’... Read More about Forging Local Coherence: LocalEd project evaluation report.

Rapid gram-scale microwave-assisted synthesis of organic anodes for sodium-ion batteries with environmental impact assessment (2025)
Journal Article
Puscalau, C., Desai, A. V., Lizundia, E., Ettlinger, R., Adam, M., Morris, R. E., Armstrong, A. R., Tokay, B., & Laybourn, A. (2025). Rapid gram-scale microwave-assisted synthesis of organic anodes for sodium-ion batteries with environmental impact assessment. Green Chemistry, 27(7), 2035-2045. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4gc05530f

Development of sustainable synthesis methods of organic electrode materials (OEMs) for sodium (Na)-ion batteries must take hold rapidly in large scale-synthesis if subsequent commercialisation is to occur. We report a facile and rapid gram-scale synt... Read More about Rapid gram-scale microwave-assisted synthesis of organic anodes for sodium-ion batteries with environmental impact assessment.