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A novel prediction model for integrated district energy system based on secondary decomposition and artificial rabbits optimization (2024)
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Guo, Y., Tang, Q., Darkwa, J., Duan, X., Su, W., Jia, M., & Mu, J. (2024). A novel prediction model for integrated district energy system based on secondary decomposition and artificial rabbits optimization. Energy and Buildings, 310, Article 114106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114106

Energy predictions for buildings are the basis for energy efficiency and the implementation of smart technologies to cope with operational and energy planning issues in buildings, playing a crucial role in the implementation of environmental protecti... Read More about A novel prediction model for integrated district energy system based on secondary decomposition and artificial rabbits optimization.

Future malaria environmental suitability in Africa is sensitive to hydrology (2024)
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Smith, M. W., Willis, T., Mroz, E., James, W. H. M., Klaar, M. J., Gosling, S. N., & Thomas, C. J. (in press). Future malaria environmental suitability in Africa is sensitive to hydrology. Science,

Changes in climate shift the geographic locations that are suitable for malaria transmission owing to thermal constraints on vector Anopheles mosquitos and Plasmodium spp. malaria parasites and the availability of surface water for vector breeding. P... Read More about Future malaria environmental suitability in Africa is sensitive to hydrology.

Taking Back Control: Human Rights and Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom (2024)
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Landman, T., Brewster, B., & Thornton, S. (2024). Taking Back Control: Human Rights and Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom. Societies, 14(4), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14040047

Modern slavery and human trafficking are well recognized as significant problems in need of legislation, policies, and actions from a wide range of stakeholders in the United Kingdom. The passage of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 is a hallmark of the... Read More about Taking Back Control: Human Rights and Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom.

The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact (2024)
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Brooks, R. A., Liu, J., Hall, Z. E., Joesbury, A. M., Harper, L. T., Liu, H., …Dear, J. P. (2024). The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact. Applied Composite Materials, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-024-10223-2

The present paper investigates the low-velocity impact behaviour of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) composite panels and the damage incurred when they are subjected to a single impact. The relationship between the depth of permanent surface in... Read More about The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact.

Design of trials in lacunar stroke and cerebral small vessel disease: review and experience with the LACunar Intervention Trial 2 (LACI-2) (2024)
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Blair, G., Appleton, J. P., Doubal, F. N., Mhlanga, I. I., Woodhouse, L. J., Bath, P. M., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2024). Design of trials in lacunar stroke and cerebral small vessel disease: review and experience with the LACunar Intervention Trial 2 (LACI-2). Stroke and Vascular Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1136/svn-2023-003022

Background: Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) causes lacunar stroke (25% of ischaemic strokes), haemorrhage, dementia, physical frailty, or is ‘covert’, but has no specific treatment. Uncertainties about the design of clinical trials in cSVD, whic... Read More about Design of trials in lacunar stroke and cerebral small vessel disease: review and experience with the LACunar Intervention Trial 2 (LACI-2).

Improving immersive consumption contexts using virtual & mixed reality (2024)
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Barker, I., Yang, Q., Flintham, M., Ankeny, R., & Ford, R. (2024). Improving immersive consumption contexts using virtual & mixed reality. Science Talks, 10, Article 100346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sctalk.2024.100346

Immersive technologies, such as Virtual Reality (VR), provide a great opportunity to create relevant contexts in consumer studies. However, challenges persist in consuming food and drink during immersion and ensuring effective data collection. This s... Read More about Improving immersive consumption contexts using virtual & mixed reality.

The effect of diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes following colorectal resections: a national cohort study (2024)
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Gysling, S., Lewis-Lloyd, C. A., Lobo, D. N., Crooks, C. J., & Humes, D. J. (in press). The effect of diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes following colorectal resections: a national cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia,

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a significant modulator of postoperative outcomes and is an important risk factor in the patient selection process. We aimed to investigate the effect of diabetes mellitus and use of insulin on outcomes following colo... Read More about The effect of diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes following colorectal resections: a national cohort study.

The Temporal Structuring of Corporate Sustainability (2024)
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Mena, S., & Parker, S. (2024). The Temporal Structuring of Corporate Sustainability. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05648-5

Research on corporate sustainability has started to acknowledge the role of temporality in creating more sustainable organizations. Yet, these advances tend to treat firms as monolithic and we have little understanding of how different temporal patte... Read More about The Temporal Structuring of Corporate Sustainability.

Investor Logins and the Disposition Effect (2024)
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Quispe-Torreblanca, E., Gathergood, J., Loewenstein, G., & Stewart, N. (in press). Investor Logins and the Disposition Effect. Management Science, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.00359

Using data from an online brokerage, we examine the role of investor logins in trading behavior. We find that a new reference point is created when an investor logs in and views the investor’s portfolio. We observe this as a disposition effect on ret... Read More about Investor Logins and the Disposition Effect.

Revealing localized excitons in WSe2/β-Ga2O3 (2024)
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Cavalini, C., Rabahi, C., de Brito, C. S., Lee, E., Toledo, J. R., Cazetta, F. F., …Galvão Gobato, Y. (2024). Revealing localized excitons in WSe2/β-Ga2O3. Applied Physics Letters, 124(14), Article 142104. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0203628

We have investigated the optical and magneto-optical properties of monolayer (ML) WSe2 on flakes of β-Ga2O3 under high magnetic fields. Remarkably, sharp emission peaks were observed and associated with localized excitons related to point defects. A... Read More about Revealing localized excitons in WSe2/β-Ga2O3.

Thermal properties and calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS) interaction of novel γ-phase ytterbium-doped yttrium disilicate (γ-Y1.5Yb0.5Si2O7) environmental barrier coating material (2024)
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Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Bai, M., Du, A., Owusu, E. B., B. Owusu, E. B., …Hussain, T. (2024). Thermal properties and calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS) interaction of novel γ-phase ytterbium-doped yttrium disilicate (γ-Y1.5Yb0.5Si2O7) environmental barrier coating material. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 7(2), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-024-00879-6

Rare-earth disilicates are promising candidates for thermal and environmental barrier coatings (TEBC) in gas turbines that safeguard SiCf/SiC ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) from thermal degradation and environmental attacks. Here, we report a syste... Read More about Thermal properties and calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS) interaction of novel γ-phase ytterbium-doped yttrium disilicate (γ-Y1.5Yb0.5Si2O7) environmental barrier coating material.

Salt-Dependent Self-Association of Trinucleotide Repeat RNA Sequences (2024)
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Maity, H., Nguyen, H. T., Hori, N., & Thirumalai, D. (in press). Salt-Dependent Self-Association of Trinucleotide Repeat RNA Sequences. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15(14), 3820–3827. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03553

Repeat RNA sequences self-associate to form condensates. Simulations of a coarse-grained single-interaction site model for (CAG)n (n = 30 and 31) show that the salt-dependent free energy gap, ΔGS, between the ground (perfect hairpin) and the excited... Read More about Salt-Dependent Self-Association of Trinucleotide Repeat RNA Sequences.

Case Series: Efficacy of Polyclonal Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Refractory Clostridioides difficile Infection (2024)
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Ragan, S. A., Doyle, C., Datta, N., Abdic, H., Wilcox, M. H., Montgomery, R., …Monaghan, T. M. (2024). Case Series: Efficacy of Polyclonal Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Refractory Clostridioides difficile Infection. Antibodies, 13(2), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/antib13020026

Background: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) no longer features in treatment guidelines. However, IVIg is still used by some clinicians for severe or recurrent CDI (rCDI) cases. The main objective of this... Read More about Case Series: Efficacy of Polyclonal Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Refractory Clostridioides difficile Infection.

Randfiguren? The methodological usefulness of marginal figures - Ernst Brandes’ and Franz Josias von Hendrich’s Assessments of the French Revolution as new perspectives on German conceptions of the Bürgertum (2024)
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Oergel, M. (2024). Randfiguren? The methodological usefulness of marginal figures - Ernst Brandes’ and Franz Josias von Hendrich’s Assessments of the French Revolution as new perspectives on German conceptions of the Bürgertum. Publications of the English Goethe Society, 93(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593683.2024.2308914

The article discusses two marginal political writers who were widely read and well respected by their contemporaries but are now either forgotten (Hendrich) or reduced to a historical footnote in the history of conservatism (Brandes). The aim is to i... Read More about Randfiguren? The methodological usefulness of marginal figures - Ernst Brandes’ and Franz Josias von Hendrich’s Assessments of the French Revolution as new perspectives on German conceptions of the Bürgertum.

Knowns and unknowns of TiLV-associated neuronal disease (2024)
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Kembou-Ringert, J. E., Hotio, F. N., Steinhagen, D., Thompson, K. D., Surachetpong, W., Rakus, K., …Adamek, M. (in press). Knowns and unknowns of TiLV-associated neuronal disease. Virulence, 15(1), Article 2329568. https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2024.2329568

Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) is associated with pathological changes in the brain of infected fish, but the mechanisms driving the virus's neuropathogenesis remain poorly characterized. TiLV establishes a persistent infection in the brain of infected fi... Read More about Knowns and unknowns of TiLV-associated neuronal disease.

The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation (2024)
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Dodsworth, L., Ahearne, G., Dingwall, R., Easthope, L., Riordan, M., & Townsend, E. (2024). The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(2), Article e2972. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2972

Introduction: We consider the UK Independent Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours' (SPI‐B) support for fear messaging during the global COVID‐19 pandemic, evaluate the consequences and make recommendations for the future. Analysis: Using... Read More about The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation.

National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise: Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (NURTuRE-INS) study (2024)
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Colby, E., Hayward, S., Benavente, M., Robertson, F., Bierzynska, A., Osborne, A., …Saleem, M. A. (2024). National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise: Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (NURTuRE-INS) study. Clinical Kidney Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfae096

Background Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (INS) is a heterogenous disease and current classification is based on observational responses to therapies or kidney histology. The National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise (NURTuRE)-INS coho... Read More about National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise: Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (NURTuRE-INS) study.