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Mixed-methods study to develop extensions to the SPIRIT and CONSORT statements for factorial randomised trials: the Reporting Factorial Trials (RAFT) study (2025)
Journal Article
Hall, S. S., Juszczak, E., Birchenall, M., Elbourne, D., Beller, E., Chan, A.-W., Little, P., Montgomery, A. A., & Kahan, B. C. (2025). Mixed-methods study to develop extensions to the SPIRIT and CONSORT statements for factorial randomised trials: the Reporting Factorial Trials (RAFT) study. BMJ Open, 15(2), Article e082917. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082917

Background Extensions to Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) reporting recommendations specifically for factorial trials have been developed by the Repor... Read More about Mixed-methods study to develop extensions to the SPIRIT and CONSORT statements for factorial randomised trials: the Reporting Factorial Trials (RAFT) study.

Optimising a novel biofilm-based process using Neurospora discreta for enhanced treatment of lignin-rich wastewater (2025)
Journal Article
Taneja, H., Tabraiz, S., & Ahmed, A. (2025). Optimising a novel biofilm-based process using Neurospora discreta for enhanced treatment of lignin-rich wastewater. Water Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2025.02.001

Paper and pulp mills generate substantial volumes of wastewater containing lignin-derived compounds that are challenging to degrade using conventional wastewater treatment methods. This study presents a novel biofilm-based process for enhanced lignin... Read More about Optimising a novel biofilm-based process using Neurospora discreta for enhanced treatment of lignin-rich wastewater.

Gastroenterology Training and Career in Women: Challenges and Opportunities (2025)
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Manthopoulou, E., Catalan‐Serra, I., Corsetti, M., Nowak, A., Perugorria, M. J., Simsek, C., & Ciacci, C. (2025). Gastroenterology Training and Career in Women: Challenges and Opportunities. United European Gastroenterology Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12764

This review highlights gender gaps in training, career, and work-life balance in gastroenterology. Stereotypes and biases toward women’s abilities and commitment to their careers can influence evaluations, advancement in gastroenterology training, an... Read More about Gastroenterology Training and Career in Women: Challenges and Opportunities.

Harnessing MOF-based and derived catalysts for efficient BTEX oxidation: Progress, challenges, and future directions (2025)
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Murindababisha, D., Wang, Z., Xiao, Z., Yusuf, A., Chen, G. Z., Li, J., & He, J. (2025). Harnessing MOF-based and derived catalysts for efficient BTEX oxidation: Progress, challenges, and future directions. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(2), Article 115781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.115781

Metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived catalysts have emerged as promising materials for the catalytic oxidation of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) pollutants due to their high surface area, customizable pore structures, and uniform... Read More about Harnessing MOF-based and derived catalysts for efficient BTEX oxidation: Progress, challenges, and future directions.

Solitary bubbles rising in quiescent liquids: A critical assessment of experimental data and high-fidelity numerical simulations, and performance evaluation of selected prediction methods (2025)
Journal Article
Cioncolini, A., & Magnini, M. (2025). Solitary bubbles rising in quiescent liquids: A critical assessment of experimental data and high-fidelity numerical simulations, and performance evaluation of selected prediction methods. Physics of Fluids, 37(2), Article 021304. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0253636

Bubbles are ubiquitous in industrial applications and in the natural environment. The dynamics of solitary bubbles rising through quiescent liquids, in particular, underpins the physics of two-phase bubbly flows, which are commonplace in industrial,... Read More about Solitary bubbles rising in quiescent liquids: A critical assessment of experimental data and high-fidelity numerical simulations, and performance evaluation of selected prediction methods.

Functional Signatures of Surface Pollen and Vegetation Are Broadly Similar: Good News for Past Reconstructions of Vegetation (2025)
Journal Article
Dugerdil, L., Peyron, O., Violle, C., Joannin, S., Ménot, G., Denelle, P., Bruelheide, H., Chytrý, M., Field, R., Hatim, M. Z., Gholizadeh, H., Dolezal, J., Pillar, V. D., Shaltout, K. H., Schrodt, F., & Garnier, E. (2025). Functional Signatures of Surface Pollen and Vegetation Are Broadly Similar: Good News for Past Reconstructions of Vegetation. Journal of Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15100

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Pollen assemblages are widely used to infer paleoenvironment features, aiming at reconstructing both past climates and biomes. However, the functional link between environmental conditions and pollen assemblages is not straightforward and requir... Read More about Functional Signatures of Surface Pollen and Vegetation Are Broadly Similar: Good News for Past Reconstructions of Vegetation.

Programming of pluripotency and the germline co-evolved from a Nanog ancestor (2025)
Journal Article
Crowley, D., Simpson, L., Chatfield, J., Forey, T., Allegrucci, C., Sang, F., Holmes, N., Genikhovich, G., Technau, U., Cunningham, D., Silva, E., Mullin, N., Dixon, J. E., Loose, M., Alberio, R., & Johnson, A. D. (in press). Programming of pluripotency and the germline co-evolved from a Nanog ancestor. Cell Reports,

Francois Jacob proposed that evolutionary novelty arises through incremental tinkering with pre-existing genetic mechanisms. Vertebrate evolution was predicated on pluripotency—the ability of embryonic cells to form somatic germ-layers and primordial... Read More about Programming of pluripotency and the germline co-evolved from a Nanog ancestor.

The Benefits of Being Greener: Unravelling the Association Between Carbon Performance and Market Value (2025)
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Morrison, E. A., Adegbite, E., Mangena, M., Kimani, D., & Adu, D. A. (in press). The Benefits of Being Greener: Unravelling the Association Between Carbon Performance and Market Value. Business Strategy and the Environment,

This study examines the interrelations among pay incentives, board sustainability committee initiative, carbon performance, and market value. Using data from listed firms in emerging economies, we find that pay incentives and board sustainability com... Read More about The Benefits of Being Greener: Unravelling the Association Between Carbon Performance and Market Value.

Highly sensitive and selective detection of ppb-level acetone sensor using WO3/Au/SnO2 ternary composite gas sensor (2025)
Journal Article
Zhu, X., Ola, O., Li, C., Gao, W., Wang, Z., Dai, C., Jiang, Y., Sun, S., & Chang, X. (2025). Highly sensitive and selective detection of ppb-level acetone sensor using WO3/Au/SnO2 ternary composite gas sensor. Ceramics International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.173

Developing acetone sensors with high sensitivity and selectivity at ppb level is critical for medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring while facing serious challenges. In this work, we presented a ppb-level acetone sensor based on a WO3/Au/Sn... Read More about Highly sensitive and selective detection of ppb-level acetone sensor using WO3/Au/SnO2 ternary composite gas sensor.

Too little and too much: medial prefrontal functional inhibition impairs early acquisition of operant reversal learning, whereas medial prefrontal disinhibition impairs established serial-reversal performance in rats (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Renstrom, J. G., Taylor, C. J. L., Grasmeder Allen, R., Loayza, J., O'Hara, L., von Heimendahl, M., Deiana, S., Moran, P. M., Stevenson, C. W., Maggi, S. G., & Bast, T. (2025). Too little and too much: medial prefrontal functional inhibition impairs early acquisition of operant reversal learning, whereas medial prefrontal disinhibition impairs established serial-reversal performance in rats

Schizophrenia has been linked to hypofrontality (reduced prefrontal activation) and neural disinhibition (reduced GABAergic inhibition) within the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), as well as reversal learning deficits. Interestingly, whilst re... Read More about Too little and too much: medial prefrontal functional inhibition impairs early acquisition of operant reversal learning, whereas medial prefrontal disinhibition impairs established serial-reversal performance in rats.

Oral Hyoscine butylbromide exerts spasmolytic effects both in gastrointestinal and urogenital tissues (2025)
Journal Article
Traserra, S., Appelqvist, T., Lange, R., Corsetti, M., & Jimenez, M. (2025). Oral Hyoscine butylbromide exerts spasmolytic effects both in gastrointestinal and urogenital tissues. British Journal of Pharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.17474

Background and Purpose: Hyoscine butylbromide (HBB) has a low oral (PO) bioavailability. Further, limited data on its activity on non-gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscle spasms after oral dosing are available, meaning its effect outside the GI tract... Read More about Oral Hyoscine butylbromide exerts spasmolytic effects both in gastrointestinal and urogenital tissues.

The impact of life story work during peer worker training: Identity reconstruction, social connection, and recovery (2025)
Journal Article
Agergaard Jensen, R. A., Lehn Brand, S., Holm, T., Slade, M., & Kirkegaard Thomsen, D. (2025). The impact of life story work during peer worker training: Identity reconstruction, social connection, and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000639

Objective: Personal recovery has become a guiding vision in mental health care, and peer workers play a key role in assisting individuals on their recovery journey. As a component of training to prepare for this role, peer workers need to engage with... Read More about The impact of life story work during peer worker training: Identity reconstruction, social connection, and recovery.

Oral Hyoscine butylbromide exerts spasmolytic effects both in gastrointestinal and urogenital tissues in rats (2025)
Journal Article
Traserra, S., Appelqvist, T., Lange, R., Corsetti, M., & Jimenez, M. (2025). Oral Hyoscine butylbromide exerts spasmolytic effects both in gastrointestinal and urogenital tissues in rats. British Journal of Pharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.17474

Background and Purpose: Hyoscine butylbromide (HBB) has a low oral (PO) bioavailability. Further, limited data on its activity on non-gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscle spasms after oral dosing are available, meaning its effect outside the GI tract... Read More about Oral Hyoscine butylbromide exerts spasmolytic effects both in gastrointestinal and urogenital tissues in rats.

The conversationality index: A quantitative assessment of conversation in social media interactions (2025)
Journal Article
Cotgrove, L., Thul, R., & Conklin, K. (2025). The conversationality index: A quantitative assessment of conversation in social media interactions. Internet Pragmatics, https://doi.org/10.1075/ip.00119.cot

There has been an explosion in social media use, with Statista estimating that worldwide, Facebook has over 3 billion regular active users, YouTube 2.5 billion, and Instagram and WhatsApp 2 billion. While social media allows one to connect and intera... Read More about The conversationality index: A quantitative assessment of conversation in social media interactions.

Cognitive Outcomes in Children Treated for Ependymoma Diagnosed Under 36 Months: A Systematic Review (2025)
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Thomas, S., Morley, E., Ritzmann, T., Clayton, C., Powers, K., Airdrie, J., Robinson, L., Fifield, K., Packham, A., Oprandi, M. C., Lui, J., Whitfield, G., Thorp, N., Limond, J., & Grundy, R. (in press). Cognitive Outcomes in Children Treated for Ependymoma Diagnosed Under 36 Months: A Systematic Review. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, Article e31588. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31588

It is crucial to understand the morbidity associated with treatments for young children with ependymoma given this is a high incidence age group also known to be at risk of poorer cognitive outcomes. This review aimed to identify the quality of exist... Read More about Cognitive Outcomes in Children Treated for Ependymoma Diagnosed Under 36 Months: A Systematic Review.

Influence of Baseline Kidney Function on Patient and Kidney Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19: A Multi-National Observational Study (2025)
Journal Article
Rhee, H., Macedo, E., Cutter, G., Judd, E., Parameswaran, S., Maccariello, E., Liu, W.-J., Selby, N. M., Bouchard, J., Garcia-Garcia, G., Neyra, J. A., Manjusha, Y., Abraham, J., Doi, K., Villamizar, G., Hurtado, A., & Mehta, R. L. (2025). Influence of Baseline Kidney Function on Patient and Kidney Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19: A Multi-National Observational Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(4), Article 1212. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14041212

Background/Objectives: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), but the impact of baseline kidney function and care processes on outcomes is not well understood. We hypothesized that baseline kidney hea... Read More about Influence of Baseline Kidney Function on Patient and Kidney Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19: A Multi-National Observational Study.

Kerr metric from two commuting complex structures (2025)
Journal Article
Krasnov, K., & Shaw, A. (in press). Kerr metric from two commuting complex structures. Classical and Quantum Gravity, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/adb531

The main aim of this paper is to simplify and popularise the construction from the 2013 paper by Apostolov, Calderbank, and Gauduchon, which (among other things) derives the Pleba´nskiPleba´nski-Demia´nskiDemia´nski family of solutions of GR using id... Read More about Kerr metric from two commuting complex structures.