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Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii (2024)
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Grewal, S., Yang, C., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., Ghosh, S., Swarbreck, D., …King, J. (2024). Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii. Scientific Data, 11(1), Article 420. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03260-w

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the most important food crops with an urgent need for increase in its production to feed the growing world. Triticum timopheevii (2n = 4x = 28) is an allotetraploid wheat wild relative species containing the At and... Read More about Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii.

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives (2024)
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Tucker, R., Vickers, R., Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Goldberg, S. E., …Harwood, R. H. (2024). Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

Background Despite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine clinical practice. There is limited evidence of the barriers and facilitators for... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives.

Complementary inputs, outsourcing and vertical integration: price versus quantity competition (2024)
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Mukherjee, A., & Senalp, B. (in press). Complementary inputs, outsourcing and vertical integration: price versus quantity competition. Manchester School,

We compare the effects of price and quantity competition in an industry with complementary inputs, outsourcing and a vertically integrated firm where vertical integration occurs between a final goods producer and a subset of input suppliers. The prof... Read More about Complementary inputs, outsourcing and vertical integration: price versus quantity competition.

Accounting for the power of nature: Using flume and field studies to compare the capacities of bio-energy and fluvial energy to move surficial gravels (2024)
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Johnson, M. F., Albertson, L. K., Everall, N. C., Harvey, G. L., Mason, R., Pledger, A., …Thorne, C. R. (2024). Accounting for the power of nature: Using flume and field studies to compare the capacities of bio-energy and fluvial energy to move surficial gravels. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,

River channels, riparian and floodplain forms and dynamics are all influenced strongly by biological processes. However, the influence of macroinvertebrates on entrainment and transport of river sediments remains poorly understood. We use an energy-b... Read More about Accounting for the power of nature: Using flume and field studies to compare the capacities of bio-energy and fluvial energy to move surficial gravels.

Is any job better than no job? Utilising Jahoda's latent deprivation theory to reconceptualise underemployment (2024)
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Beck, V., Warren, T., & Lyonette, C. (in press). Is any job better than no job? Utilising Jahoda's latent deprivation theory to reconceptualise underemployment. Work, Employment and Society,

Underemployment is a widely discussed but complex concept. This article progresses discussions and provides a new sociological conceptualization. It builds on a classic theory of unemployment, Jahoda et al's 'latent deprivation theory' (LDT), that id... Read More about Is any job better than no job? Utilising Jahoda's latent deprivation theory to reconceptualise underemployment.

A mixed-methods study of women's birthplace preferences and decisions in England (2024)
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Clancy, G., Boardman, F., & Rees, S. (2024). A mixed-methods study of women's birthplace preferences and decisions in England. Women and Birth, 37(4), Article 101616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101616

Problem: Choice has been a key aspect of maternity care policy in England since 1993, however a gap remains between the birthplaces women want and where they actually give birth. Background: The latest maternity care policy in England acknowledges... Read More about A mixed-methods study of women's birthplace preferences and decisions in England.

US–UK–France relations amid the Russia–Ukraine war: a new strategic alignment? (2024)
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Rees, W., & Xu, R. (in press). US–UK–France relations amid the Russia–Ukraine war: a new strategic alignment?. International Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae075

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the recognition of the rising challenge from China have resulted in a closer alignment of American, British and French strategic interests. This policy paper explores how the strategic relationship between the Unit... Read More about US–UK–France relations amid the Russia–Ukraine war: a new strategic alignment?.

Tests for Equal Forecast Accuracy Under Heteroskedasticity (2024)
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Harvey, D. I., Leybourne, S. J., & Zu, Y. (2024). Tests for Equal Forecast Accuracy Under Heteroskedasticity. Journal of Applied Econometrics, https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.3050

Heteroskedasticity is a common feature in empirical time series analysis, and in this paper we consider the e¤ects of heteroskedasticity on statistical tests for equal forecast accuracy. In such a context, we propose two new Diebold-Mariano-type test... Read More about Tests for Equal Forecast Accuracy Under Heteroskedasticity.

Machine learning-based method for predicting C-V-T characteristics and electrical parameters of GaAs/AlGaAs Multi-Quantum Wells Schottky diodes (2024)
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Garoudja, E., Baouta, A., Derbal, A., Filali, W., Oussalah, S., Khelladi, M., …Henini, M. (2024). Machine learning-based method for predicting C-V-T characteristics and electrical parameters of GaAs/AlGaAs Multi-Quantum Wells Schottky diodes. Physica B: Condensed Matter, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2024.415998

In this work, two models of artificial neural networks are developed to predict the electrical parameters and capacitance-voltage characteristics of GaAs/AlGaAs multi-quantum wells Schottky diodes at different temperatures. Capacitance-Voltage-Temper... Read More about Machine learning-based method for predicting C-V-T characteristics and electrical parameters of GaAs/AlGaAs Multi-Quantum Wells Schottky diodes.

Cross-cultural insights from two global mental health studies: self-enhancement and ingroup biases (2024)
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Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., McPhilbin, M., Dunnett, D., …Slade, M. (in press). Cross-cultural insights from two global mental health studies: self-enhancement and ingroup biases. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,

This Commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: Selfenhancement and ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintain... Read More about Cross-cultural insights from two global mental health studies: self-enhancement and ingroup biases.

Tripartite quantum Rabi model with trapped Rydberg ions (2024)
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Hamlyn, T. J., Zhang, C., Lesanovsky, I., & Li, W. (in press). Tripartite quantum Rabi model with trapped Rydberg ions. Physical Review Research,

We investigate a tripartite quantum Rabi model (TQRM) wherein a bosonic mode concurrently couples to two spin-1/2 particles through a spin-spin interaction, resulting in a spin-spin-boson coupling-a departure from conventional quantum Rabi models fea... Read More about Tripartite quantum Rabi model with trapped Rydberg ions.

Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers (2024)
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Luo, M., & Gan, G. (2024). Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 248(Part A), Article 123215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123215

The thermal performance of a slinky ground heat exchanger has been investigated using a validated transient 3D model for different trench separations, installation depths, soil properties, and daily operation hours. The effect of trench separation on... Read More about Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers.

Development and validation of a new algorithm for improved cardiovascular risk prediction (2024)
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Hippisley-Cox, J., Coupland, C. A., Bafadhel, M., Russell, R. E., Sheikh, A., Brindle, P., & Channon, K. M. (2024). Development and validation of a new algorithm for improved cardiovascular risk prediction. Nature Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02905-y

QRISK algorithms use data from millions of people to help clinicians identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Here, we derive and externally validate a new algorithm, which we have named QR4, that incorporates novel risk fac... Read More about Development and validation of a new algorithm for improved cardiovascular risk prediction.

Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements (2024)
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Liu, J., Hooshmand, H., Piano, S., Leach, R., Coupland, J., Ren, M., …Su, R. (2024). Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements. Precision Engineering, 88, 699-706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2024.04.016

Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI), based on the principle of interference, can achieve sub-nanometer precision for height measurements. On the other hand, focus variation microscopy (FVM), combining the small depth of field of the objective, is... Read More about Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements.

Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups (2024)
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Taylor, L. J., Lawson, E. E., Cordes, D. B., Athukorala Arachchige, K. S., Slawin, A. M. Z., Chalmers, B. A., & Kilian, P. (2024). Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups. Molecules, 29(8), Article 1841. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29081841

Two mixed peri-substituted phosphine-chlorostibines, Acenap(PiPr2)(SbPhCl) and Acenap(PiPr2)(SbCl2) (Acenap = acenaphthene-5,6-diyl) reacted cleanly with Grignard reagents or nBuLi to give the corresponding tertiary phosphine-stibines Acenap(PiPr2)(S... Read More about Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups.

Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach (2024)
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Hiltensperger, R., Ryan, G., Ben-Dor, I. A., Charles, A., Epple, E., Kalha, J., …Nakku, J. (2024). Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach. BMC Health Services Research, 24, Article 480. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10990-5

Background Stakeholder engagement is essential to the design, implementation and evaluation of complex mental health interventions like peer support. Theory of Change (ToC) is commonly used in global health research to help structure and promote sta... Read More about Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach.

Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (2024)
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Murray, R. L., Alexandris, P., Baldwin, D., Brain, K., Britton, J., Crosbie, P. A. J., …Callister, M. E. (2024). Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial. European Respiratory Journal, 63(4), Article 2301768. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01768-2023

Background Up to 50% of those attending for low dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer continue to smoke, and co-delivery of smoking cessation services alongside screening may maximise clinical benefit. Here we present data from an opt-o... Read More about Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial.