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Computational prediction of a phage cocktail active against multidrug-resistant bacteria [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2024)
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Nawaz, R., Husnain, A., Arif, M. A., Hassan, Z., Ahad, A., Amat, H., Rasool, U., Shahid, M., Mehmood, U., Razzaq, A., Idrees, M., & Carter, W. G. (2024). Computational prediction of a phage cocktail active against multidrug-resistant bacteria [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research, 13, Article 1292

Background
Antibiotic misuse and overuse have contributed to the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, posing a serious public health problem across the globe. Phage cocktails, which combine multiple phages, provide an efficient method t... Read More about Computational prediction of a phage cocktail active against multidrug-resistant bacteria [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review].

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital (2024)
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Hu, X., Zimmermann, A., & Marlow, S. (2024). Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2422368

We take a new mechanism-based approach to explain how social entre-preneurship emerges from the interaction of multilevel elements, based on case study evidence from China. Informed by Coleman's 'boat model' of social mechanisms, social capital theor... Read More about Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital.

Drop-on-Demand 3D Printing of Programable Magnetic Composites for Soft Robotics (2024)
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Bastola, A., Parry, L., Worsley, R., Ahmed, N., Lester, E., Hague, R., & Tuck, C. (2024). Drop-on-Demand 3D Printing of Programable Magnetic Composites for Soft Robotics. Additive Manufacturing Letters, 11, Article 100250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addlet.2024.100250

Soft robotics have become increasingly popular as a versatile alternative to traditional robotics. Magnetic composite materials, which respond to external magnetic fields, have attracted significant interest in this field due to their programmable tw... Read More about Drop-on-Demand 3D Printing of Programable Magnetic Composites for Soft Robotics.

A novel dataset of annotated oyster mushroom images with environmental context for machine learning applications (2024)
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Duman, S., Elewi, A., Hajhamed, A., Khankan, R., Souag, A., & Ahmed, A. (2024). A novel dataset of annotated oyster mushroom images with environmental context for machine learning applications. Data in Brief, Article 111074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111074

State-of-the-art technologies such as computer vision and machine learning, are revolutionizing the smart mushroom industry by addressing diverse challenges in yield prediction, growth analysis, mushroom classification, disease and deformation detect... Read More about A novel dataset of annotated oyster mushroom images with environmental context for machine learning applications.

The Poetics of Sexual Violence in Three African-American Women's Neo-Slave Narratives: Margaret Walker's Jubilee, Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Toni Morrison's Beloved (2024)
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Whitt, R. (in press). The Poetics of Sexual Violence in Three African-American Women's Neo-Slave Narratives: Margaret Walker's Jubilee, Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Toni Morrison's Beloved. Journal of Literary Semantics, 54(1),

This paper focuses on the representation of sexual violence in the neo-slave narratives of Margaret Walker, Octavia E. Butler and Toni Morrison. Through an exploration of mind-modelling in three key scenes, a range of linguistic techniques are employ... Read More about The Poetics of Sexual Violence in Three African-American Women's Neo-Slave Narratives: Margaret Walker's Jubilee, Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Toni Morrison's Beloved.

Experimental and numerical validation of tape-based metasurfaces in guiding high-frequency surface waves for efficient power transfer (2024)
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Suzuki, K., Dang, P. T., Homma, H., Fathnan, A. A., Ashikaga, Y., Tsuchiya, Y., Phang, S., & Wakatsuchi, H. (2024). Experimental and numerical validation of tape-based metasurfaces in guiding high-frequency surface waves for efficient power transfer. Applied Physics Letters, 125(18), Article 181701. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0226667

We present an effective method for transmitting electromagnetic waves as surface waves with a tape-based metasurface design. This design incorporates silver square patches periodically patterned on an adhesive tape substrate. Specifically, our study... Read More about Experimental and numerical validation of tape-based metasurfaces in guiding high-frequency surface waves for efficient power transfer.

Consensus-Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress (2024)
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Baufeldt, A. L., Evangelou, N., Moghaddam, N., Gresswell, M., & Nair, R. D. (2024). Consensus-Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress. Brain and Behavior, 14(10), Article e70109. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70109

Background
Multiple sclerosis (MS) misdiagnosis is common, and when discovered, frequently leads to substantial disruption to patients’ lives and anxiety for clinicians. Our objective was to develop expert consensus-based guidelines about how to com... Read More about Consensus-Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress.

Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) Under Static and Fatigue Loading (2024)
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Liu, X., & Thermou, G. E. (2024). Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) Under Static and Fatigue Loading. Materials, 17(21), Article 5227. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17215227

This study experimentally assessed the shear performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with U-shaped High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) under static and fatigue loading. Key parameters included HPFRC jacket thickness... Read More about Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) Under Static and Fatigue Loading.

Augmenting Musical Instruments with Digital Identities (2024)
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Benford, S., Mcgarry, G., Hazzard, A., Gibson, R., Avila, J., Chamberlain, A., & Mcgarry, G. (in press). Augmenting Musical Instruments with Digital Identities. Journal of New Music Research,

We explore how augmenting musical instruments with digital identities can enhance their provenance, utility during creative practice, and personal meaning. A literature review reveals the importance of object identities in general and instrument iden... Read More about Augmenting Musical Instruments with Digital Identities.

Comparison of rigorous scattering models to accurately replicate the behaviour of scattered electromagnetic waves in optical surface metrology (2024)
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Hooshmand, H., Pahl, T., Hansen, P.-E., Fu, L., Birk, A., Karamehmedović, M., Lehmann, P., Reichelt, S., Leach, R., & Piano, S. (2024). Comparison of rigorous scattering models to accurately replicate the behaviour of scattered electromagnetic waves in optical surface metrology. Journal of Computational Physics, Article 113519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113519

Norman Gash: Political Historian (2024)
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Gaunt, R. A. (2024). Norman Gash: Political Historian. Parliamentary History, 43(3), 338-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12766

This article commemorates the 40th anniversary of the publication of Lord Liverpool by Norman Gash (1912–2009). It considers Gash as a historian who both wrote about 19th-century politics and expressed political views of his own. These views became i... Read More about Norman Gash: Political Historian.

Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies (2024)
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Wang, F., Cooper, N., He, Y., Hopton, B., Johnson, D., Zhao, P., Tuck, C. J., Hague, R., Fromhold, T. M., Wildman, R., Turyanska, L., & Hackermueller, L. (in press). Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies. Quantum Science and Technology, 10(1), Article 015019. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ad8678

Atomic vapour cells are an indispensable tool for quantum technologies (QT), but potential improvements are limited by the capacities of conventional manufacturing techniques. Using an additive manufacturing (AM) technique—vat polymerisation by digit... Read More about Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies.

The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes (2024)
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Mills, R., Merz, E.-M., Croucher, M., Masser, B., Brailsford, S., Smith, R., & Ferguson, E. (in press). The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes. Transfusion Medicine,

Background: The UK’s Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI) highlighted a major public health scandal, with at least 30,000 people infected and more than 3,000 deaths attributable to infected blood and blood products. This study investigates the impact of the... Read More about The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes.

Advancing Carbon Dioxide Capture: Investigation into the Kinetics and Efficiency of Absorption in Molten Calcium Oxide-Chloride (2024)
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Hall, M., Rigby, S. P., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Advancing Carbon Dioxide Capture: Investigation into the Kinetics and Efficiency of Absorption in Molten Calcium Oxide-Chloride. RSC Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4su00354c

One promising carbon capture technology is the absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) by molten salt, specifically the molten mixture of calcium oxide and chloride (CaO + CaCl2, COC), as it solves some of the key issues with alternative methods, includin... Read More about Advancing Carbon Dioxide Capture: Investigation into the Kinetics and Efficiency of Absorption in Molten Calcium Oxide-Chloride.

Humans: an integrative review exploring dehumanisation in advanced dementia (2024)
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Bøgmose, J., Olivares Bøgeskov, B. M., Dening, T., & Martinsen, B. (2024). Humans: an integrative review exploring dehumanisation in advanced dementia. Nursing Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330241277989

Background: People living with advanced dementia risk being seen as someone without personhood in contemporary societies, an understanding that has been described and challenged for decades in dementia scholarly literature. Such perception can be cha... Read More about Humans: an integrative review exploring dehumanisation in advanced dementia.

A multi-scale uncertainty quantification model encompassing minimum-size unit cells for effective properties of plain woven composites (2024)
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Yang, Y.-C., Gou, J.-J., Gong, C.-L., Sun, Y.-E., & Li, S. (2024). A multi-scale uncertainty quantification model encompassing minimum-size unit cells for effective properties of plain woven composites. Composite Structures, Article 118648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118648

The uncertainty quantification is crucial to the high-precision prediction of composites’ effective properties. However, the unclear input uncertainties of multiscale parameters, complex uncertainty propagations of inter-scale correlations, and unaff... Read More about A multi-scale uncertainty quantification model encompassing minimum-size unit cells for effective properties of plain woven composites.

Optimal timing of anticoagulation after acute ischaemic stroke with atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAS): a multicentre, blinded-endpoint, phase 4, randomised controlled trial (2024)
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Werring, D. J., Dehbi, H.-M., Ahmed, N., Arram, L., Best, J. G., Balogun, M., Bennett, K., Bordea, E., Caverly, E., Chau, M., Cohen, H., Cullen, M., Doré, C. J., Engelter, S. T., Fenner, R., Ford, G. A., Gill, A., Hunter, R., James, M., Jayanthi, A., …Freemantle, N. (2024). Optimal timing of anticoagulation after acute ischaemic stroke with atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAS): a multicentre, blinded-endpoint, phase 4, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2824%2902197-4

Background
The optimal timing of anticoagulation for patients with acute ischaemic stoke with atrial fibrillation is uncertain. We investigated the efficacy and safety of early compared with delayed initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs)... Read More about Optimal timing of anticoagulation after acute ischaemic stroke with atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAS): a multicentre, blinded-endpoint, phase 4, randomised controlled trial.

Hydroxyacid oxidase 1, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in luminal breast cancer (2024)
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Erkan, B., Macintyre, S., Brown, C., Fakroun, A., Lashen, A. G., Mongan, N. P., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (in press). Hydroxyacid oxidase 1, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in luminal breast cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,

Background
Breast cancer (BC), which remains the most prevalent malignancy among women, is characterised by significant heterogeneity across its molecular subtypes. Oestrogen Receptor-positive (ER+) (luminal) BC represents approximately 75% cases an... Read More about Hydroxyacid oxidase 1, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in luminal breast cancer.

A parametrization of nonassociative cyclic algebras of prime degree (2024)
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Nevins, M., & Pumplün, S. (2024). A parametrization of nonassociative cyclic algebras of prime degree. Journal of Algebra, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2024.10.021

We determine and explicitly parametrize the isomorphism classes of nonassociative quaternion algebras over a field of characteristic different from two, as well as the isomorphism classes of nonassociative cyclic algebras of odd prime degree m when t... Read More about A parametrization of nonassociative cyclic algebras of prime degree.

Cosmic‐Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station (2024)
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Tran, Q. D., Spooner, N., Geoghehan, S., Thavarajah, S. R., Rahman, S., Tran, N. N., Williams, P. M., Jarquin, S. M., Kim, D., Davey, K., Buell, J., Shumbera, M., Gittleman, M., Clements, T., Stoudemire, J., Fisk, I., & Hessel, V. (2024). Cosmic‐Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station. Advanced Healthcare Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202402361

In extreme environments people will have different needs for medicine(s), making it crucial to understand how such environments affect drug efficacy. Ibuprofen, commonly used in tablet formulation on Earth, could fail in space despite standard pharma... Read More about Cosmic‐Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station.