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Synergistic state governance of labour standards in global value chains: Forced labour in the Malaysia–Nepal–UK medical gloves supply chain (2024)
Journal Article
Brown, J. A., Hughes, A., Bhutta, M. F., Trautrims, A., & Trueba, M. L. (2024). Synergistic state governance of labour standards in global value chains: Forced labour in the Malaysia–Nepal–UK medical gloves supply chain. Competition and Change, https://doi.org/10.1177/10245294241272190

Drawing on research into medical gloves global value chains (GVCs), this article examines the interacting roles that states differently positioned in GVCs have played in preventing and eliminating forced labour. Our case study, based on a worker surv... Read More about Synergistic state governance of labour standards in global value chains: Forced labour in the Malaysia–Nepal–UK medical gloves supply chain.

Bringing the voice of social housing tenants into shaping the health and care research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Phillips, O. R., Mardell, D., Stephenson, K., Hussain, S., Burton, D., Bernard, B., Stevenson, S., & Morling, J. R. (2024). Bringing the voice of social housing tenants into shaping the health and care research agenda. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10, Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00613-y

Background: A larger percentage of social housing tenants have poorer physical and mental health outcomes compared to private renters and homeowners. They are also at a greater risk of respiratory conditions, cardiovascular disease, communicable dise... Read More about Bringing the voice of social housing tenants into shaping the health and care research agenda.

Understanding how nurses can effectively utilise social media for increasing public involvement, recruitment, and impact dissemination of Clinical Research Trials (2024)
Journal Article
Jackson, J., Moreton, J., Barnett, N., & Hurst, M. (2024). Understanding how nurses can effectively utilise social media for increasing public involvement, recruitment, and impact dissemination of Clinical Research Trials. Journal of Research in Nursing,

Background
The methodologies for clinical research trials are evolving to greater usage of social media platforms, providing opportunities to incorporate smart technologies in their delivery. Research Nurses should consider how they can utilise pla... Read More about Understanding how nurses can effectively utilise social media for increasing public involvement, recruitment, and impact dissemination of Clinical Research Trials.

Identifying tinnitus in mice by tracking the motion of body markers in response to an acoustic startle (2024)
Journal Article
Wallace, M. N., Berger, J. I., Hockley, A., Sumner, C. J., Akeroyd, M. A., Palmer, A. R., & McNaughton, P. A. (2024). Identifying tinnitus in mice by tracking the motion of body markers in response to an acoustic startle. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18, Article 1452450. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1452450

Rodent models of tinnitus are commonly used to study its mechanisms and potential treatments. Tinnitus can be identified by changes in the gap-induced prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle (GPIAS), most commonly by using pressure detectors to m... Read More about Identifying tinnitus in mice by tracking the motion of body markers in response to an acoustic startle.

Neurovascular coupling methods in healthy individuals using transcranial doppler ultrasonography: A systematic review and consensus agreement (2024)
Journal Article
Ball, J. D., Hills, E., Altaf, A., Ramesh, P., Green, M., Surti, F. B., Minhas, J. S., Robinson, T. G., Bond, B., Lester, A., Hoiland, R., Klein, T., Liu, J., Nasr, N., Junejo, R. T., Müller, M., Lecchini-Visintini, A., Mitsis, G., Burma, J. S., Smirl, J. D., …Beishon, L. . C. (2024). Neurovascular coupling methods in healthy individuals using transcranial doppler ultrasonography: A systematic review and consensus agreement. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678x241270452

Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is the perturbation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) to meet varying metabolic demands induced by various levels of neural activity. NVC may be assessed by Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD), using task activation pro... Read More about Neurovascular coupling methods in healthy individuals using transcranial doppler ultrasonography: A systematic review and consensus agreement.

Epitaxial growth of excitonic single crystals and heterostructures: Oxides and nitrides (2024)
Journal Article
Rajpoot, P., Ghosh, A., Kaur, A., Arora, S., Henini, M., Dhar, S., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2024). Epitaxial growth of excitonic single crystals and heterostructures: Oxides and nitrides. MRS Bulletin, 49(9), 885-898. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-024-00760-3

Excitons in a semiconductor are Coulomb interaction-bound pairs of excited electrons in the conduction band and holes in the valence band, which can either be free bosonic particles with well-defined integer spins, called the free excitons or bound a... Read More about Epitaxial growth of excitonic single crystals and heterostructures: Oxides and nitrides.

Reactive prodrug strategy for addictive manufactured controlled release devices (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di, M., Cuzzucoli Crucitti, V., Krumins, E., Lion, A., Wildman, R., Taresco, V., & He, Y. (2024, August). Reactive prodrug strategy for addictive manufactured controlled release devices. Paper presented at International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences 2024, Singapore

Pollutant cross-transmission in courtyard buildings: Wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Sun, H., Owen, J. S., Almazmumi, S., Liu, C., Mohammadi, M., Dik, A., Jimenez-Bescos, C., & Calautit, J. K. (2024). Pollutant cross-transmission in courtyard buildings: Wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) evaluation. Building and Environment, 264, Article 111919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111919

Courtyards, a historical architectural feature surrounded by buildings, are common in urban housing and residential complexes. These spaces, often open-air and with rooms facing them, are crucial for daylight and natural ventilation. While courtyards... Read More about Pollutant cross-transmission in courtyard buildings: Wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) evaluation.

Gase: graph attention sampling with edges fusion for solving vehicle routing problems (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, Z., Bai, R., Khan, F., Özcan, E., & Zhang, T. (2024). Gase: graph attention sampling with edges fusion for solving vehicle routing problems. Memetic Computing, 16(3), 337–353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12293-024-00428-0

Learning-based methods have become increasingly popular for solving vehicle routing problems (VRP) due to their near-optimal performance and fast inference speed. Among them, the combination of deep reinforcement learning and graph representation all... Read More about Gase: graph attention sampling with edges fusion for solving vehicle routing problems.

The PI3Kδ inhibitor zandelisib on intermittent dosing in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma: Results from a global phase 2 study (2024)
Journal Article
Zelenetz, A. D., Jurczak, W., Ribrag, V., Linton, K., Collins, G. P., Jiménez, J. L., Bishton, M., Dholaria, B., Mengarelli, A., Phillips, T. J., Sungala, N., Musuraca, G., Sheehy, O., Van Den Neste, E., Odera, M., Miao, L., Gold, D. P., Ghalie, R. G., & Zinzani, P. L. (2024). The PI3Kδ inhibitor zandelisib on intermittent dosing in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma: Results from a global phase 2 study. HemaSphere, 8(8), Article e138. https://doi.org/10.1002/hem3.138

In this global phase 2 study in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma (FL), zandelisib was administered on intermittent dosing to mitigate immune‐related adverse events and infections that have been reported with oral PI3Kδ inhibitors... Read More about The PI3Kδ inhibitor zandelisib on intermittent dosing in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma: Results from a global phase 2 study.

Visual Management in Collaboration (2024)
Book Chapter
Tezel, A., Demirkesen, S., Pedó, B., & Brandalise, . F. (2024). Visual Management in Collaboration. In S. Moradi, K. Kahkonen, L. Koskela, O. Jonny Klakegg, & K. Aaltonen (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Collaboration in Construction. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003379553

Collaboration is of utmost importance for dynamic and complex environments with multiple interfaces and interdependencies between system elements and humans. Collaboration enables effectively working systems where many people provide timely feedback,... Read More about Visual Management in Collaboration.

Topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema: network meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Lax, S. J., Van Vogt, E., Candy, B., Steele, L., Reynolds, C., Stuart, B., Parker, R., Axon, E., Roberts, A., Doyle, M., Chu, D. K., Futamura, M., Santer, M., Williams, H. C., Cro, S., Drucker, A. M., & Boyle, R. J. (2024). Topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema: network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(8), Article CD015064. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015064.pub2

BackgroundEczema (atopic dermatitis) is the most burdensome skin condition worldwide and cannot currently be prevented or cured. Topical anti-inflammatory treatments are used to control eczema symptoms, but there is uncertainty about the relative eff... Read More about Topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema: network meta-analysis.

Foreign direct investment and technology licensing in a polluting industry (2024)
Journal Article
Cao, J., & Mukherjee, A. (2024). Foreign direct investment and technology licensing in a polluting industry. Environmental and Resource Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00886-7

We consider a firm's incentive for foreign direct investment (FDI) and international technology licensing in a polluting industry. We explain the rationale and the welfare implications of complementarity between FDI and licensing, i.e., the firm's st... Read More about Foreign direct investment and technology licensing in a polluting industry.

Bonferroni-Type Tests for Return Predictability with Possibly Trending Predictors (2024)
Journal Article
Astill, S., Harvey, D. I., Leybourne, S. J., & Robert Taylor, A. M. (in press). Bonferroni-Type Tests for Return Predictability with Possibly Trending Predictors. Journal of Applied Econometrics,

The Bonferroni Q test of Campbell and Yogo (2006) is widely used in empirical studies investigating predictability in asset returns by strongly persistent and endogenous predictors. Its formulation, however, only allows for a constant mean in the pre... Read More about Bonferroni-Type Tests for Return Predictability with Possibly Trending Predictors.

A High Capacity Gas Diffusion Electrode for Li–O2 Batteries (2024)
Journal Article
Jenkins, M., Dewar, D., Lagnoni, M., Yang, S., Rees, G. J., Bertei, A., Johnson, L. R., Gao, X., & Bruce, P. G. (2024). A High Capacity Gas Diffusion Electrode for Li–O2 Batteries. Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202405715

The very high theoretical specific energy of the lithium–air (Li–O2) battery (3500 Wh kg−1) compared with other batteries makes it potentially attractive, especially for the electrification of flight. While progress has been made in realizing the Li–... Read More about A High Capacity Gas Diffusion Electrode for Li–O2 Batteries.

Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance (2024)
Journal Article
Cruces, G., Tortarolo, D., & Vazquez-Bare, G. (in press). Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance. Review of Economics and Statistics,

We develop a framework to analyze partial population experiments, a generalization of the cluster experimental design where clusters are assigned to different treatment intensities. Our framework allows for heterogeneity in cluster sizes and outcome... Read More about Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance.

Deep NURBS—admissible physics-informed neural networks (2024)
Journal Article
Saidaoui, H., Espath, L., & Tempone, R. (2024). Deep NURBS—admissible physics-informed neural networks. Engineering with Computers, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-024-02040-9

In this study, we propose a new numerical scheme for physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) that enables precise and inexpensive solutions for partial differential equations (PDEs) in case of arbitrary geometries while strongly enforcing Dirichlet... Read More about Deep NURBS—admissible physics-informed neural networks.

Nine months of daily LiDAR, orthophotos and MetOcean data from the eroding soft cliff coast at Happisburgh, UK (2024)
Journal Article
Pennington, C., Shaw, M., Brooks, T., Briganti, R., Gómez-Pazo, A., Ruffini, G., Appleton, M., & Payo, A. (2024). Nine months of daily LiDAR, orthophotos and MetOcean data from the eroding soft cliff coast at Happisburgh, UK. Scientific Data, 11, Article 846. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03499-3

The dynamic interaction between cliff, beach and shore-platform is key to assessing the sediment balance for coastal erosion risk assessments, but this is poorly understood. We present a dataset containing daily, 3D, colour LiDAR scans of a 450 m coa... Read More about Nine months of daily LiDAR, orthophotos and MetOcean data from the eroding soft cliff coast at Happisburgh, UK.