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Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. J., & Bao, H. (2024). Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

This introduction to the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality provides an overview of the edited volume. In this chapter, the co-editors of the Handbook discuss the book’s disciplinary interventions and scholarly contribution, as well a... Read More about Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies.

When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2024). When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

Tracing a brief genealogy of the emergence of queer theory in Mainland China, this chapter identifies three key historical moments when queer theory travelled to the People’s Republic of China at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of... Read More about When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China.

The origin of the characteristic shape and scatter of intergalactic damping wings during reionization (2024)
Journal Article
Keating, L. C., Puchwein, E., Bolton, J. S., Haehnelt, M. G., & Kulkarni, G. (2024). The origin of the characteristic shape and scatter of intergalactic damping wings during reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 531(1), L34-L39. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slae022

Ly α damping wings in the spectra of bright objects at high redshift are a useful probe of the ionization state of the intergalactic medium during the reionization epoch. It has recently been noted that, despite the inhomogeneous nature of reionizati... Read More about The origin of the characteristic shape and scatter of intergalactic damping wings during reionization.

How the pandemic changed Recovery Colleges: A multi-site qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
McPhilbin, M., Stepanian, K., Yeo, C., Elton, D., Dunnett, D., Jennings, H., …Lawrence, V. (in press). How the pandemic changed Recovery Colleges: A multi-site qualitative study. BJPsych Open,

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems increased whilst access to clinical mental health services reduced. Recovery Colleges (RCs) are recovery-focussed adult education initiatives delivered by people with professional and l... Read More about How the pandemic changed Recovery Colleges: A multi-site qualitative study.

Unlocking the Dual Helical Ribbon for rotational viscosity measurements of highly heterogeneous fluids (2024)
Journal Article
Giancontieri, G., Hargreaves, D., Partal, P., & Lo Presti, D. (in press). Unlocking the Dual Helical Ribbon for rotational viscosity measurements of highly heterogeneous fluids. Materials and Design, Article 112920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112920

Road bituminous binders are becoming more complex since, to enhance properties and/or engineer circular economy, the conventional binder is enriched with modifiers of different nature giving birth to a final-product recognisable as highly heterogeneo... Read More about Unlocking the Dual Helical Ribbon for rotational viscosity measurements of highly heterogeneous fluids.

On The Myth of Psychotherapy * (2024)
Journal Article
French, C. (in press). On The Myth of Psychotherapy *. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology,

Thomas Szasz famously argued that mental illness is a myth. Less famously, Szasz argued that since mental illness is a myth, so too is psychotherapy. Szasz' claim that mental illness is a myth has been much discussed, but much less attention has been... Read More about On The Myth of Psychotherapy *.

The impact of conflict on infectious disease: a systematic literature review (2024)
Journal Article
Marou, V., Vardavas, C. I., Aslanoglou, K., Nikitara, K., Plyta, Z., Leonardi-Bee, J., …Suk, J. E. (2024). The impact of conflict on infectious disease: a systematic literature review. Conflict and Health, 18(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-023-00568-z

Background: Conflict situations, armed or not, have been associated with emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. This review aims to identify the pathways through which infectious diseases emerge within conflict situations and to outline a... Read More about The impact of conflict on infectious disease: a systematic literature review.

Every quantum helps: Operational advantage of quantum resources beyond convexity (2024)
Journal Article
Kuroiwa, K., Takagi, R., Adesso, G., & Yamasaki, H. (2024). Every quantum helps: Operational advantage of quantum resources beyond convexity. Physical Review Letters, 132(15), Article 150201 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.150201

Identifying what quantum-mechanical properties are useful to untap a superior performance in quantum technologies is a pivotal question. Quantum resource theories provide a unified framework to analyze and understand such properties, as successfully... Read More about Every quantum helps: Operational advantage of quantum resources beyond convexity.

Robustness-and weight-based resource measures without convexity restriction: Multi-copy witness and operational advantage in static and dynamical quantum resource theories (2024)
Journal Article
Kuroiwa, K., Takagi, R., Adesso, G., & Yamasaki, H. (2024). Robustness-and weight-based resource measures without convexity restriction: Multi-copy witness and operational advantage in static and dynamical quantum resource theories. Physical Review A, 109(4), Article 042403 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.042403

Quantum resource theories (QRTs) provide a unified framework to analyze quantum properties as resources for achieving advantages in quantum information processing. The generalized robustness and the weight of resource have been gaining increasing att... Read More about Robustness-and weight-based resource measures without convexity restriction: Multi-copy witness and operational advantage in static and dynamical quantum resource theories.

Let's Talk About Green (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Montague-Hellen, B., & Fraser, K. (2024, April). Let's Talk About Green. Presented at UKSG Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland

Open Access is a foundational topic in Scholarly Communications. However, when information professionals and publishers talk about its future, it is nearly always Gold open access we discuss. Green was seen as the big solution for providing access to... Read More about Let's Talk About Green.

A Joint Sustainable Order-Packing Vehicle Routing Optimisation for the Cold Chain E-Fulfilment (2024)
Journal Article
Tsang, Y., Ma, H., Tan, K., & Lee, C. (in press). A Joint Sustainable Order-Packing Vehicle Routing Optimisation for the Cold Chain E-Fulfilment. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-05949-y

Due to the new normal caused by the pandemic, consumer behaviour has now shifted to online shopping not only for general commodities but also for food and other perishable products. Therefore, e-commerce fulfilment is now integrated with cold chain c... Read More about A Joint Sustainable Order-Packing Vehicle Routing Optimisation for the Cold Chain E-Fulfilment.

Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
Martínez-Rives, N. L., Martín Chaparro, M. D. P., Dhungel, B., Gilmour, S., Colman, R. D., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review. Healthcare, 12(7), Article 792. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070792

(1) Background: This systematic review presents an overview of psychological interventions in suicide published between 2013 and 2023 in Spain and Japan, sparked by Spain’s alarming recent increase in suicide rates and the potential exemplar of Japan... Read More about Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review.

The tales of contradiction: A thematic analysis of British sheep farmers’ perceptions of managing sheep scab in their flocks (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, A. E. O., Doidge, C., Knific, T., Lovatt, F., & Kaler, J. (2024). The tales of contradiction: A thematic analysis of British sheep farmers’ perceptions of managing sheep scab in their flocks. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 227, Article 106194

Sheep scab is endemic in Great Britain with an estimated national herd-level prevalence of 10.9% from a surveyed population of sheep farms. Previous studies have investigated how sheep farmers manage sheep scab on their farms in Great Britain, but th... Read More about The tales of contradiction: A thematic analysis of British sheep farmers’ perceptions of managing sheep scab in their flocks.

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Current Challenges and Future Landscapes (2024)
Journal Article
Yadegar, A., Bar-Yoseph, H., Monaghan, T. M., Severino, A., Pakpour, S., Kuijper, E. J., …Kao, D. (in press). Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Current Challenges and Future Landscapes. Clinical Microbiology Reviews,

Given the importance of gut microbial homeostasis in maintaining health, there has been considerable interest in developing innovative therapeutic strategies for restoring gut microbiota. One such approach, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), is... Read More about Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Current Challenges and Future Landscapes.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital episodes for falls and fractures associated with new-onset disability and frailty in England: a national cohort study (2024)
Journal Article
Thomas, S., Littleboy, K., Foubert, J., Nafilyan, V., Bannister, N., Routen, A., …Gordon, A. L. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital episodes for falls and fractures associated with new-onset disability and frailty in England: a national cohort study. Age and Ageing, 53(4), Article afae071. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae071

Background Older people with frailty are at risk of harm from immobility or isolation, yet data about how COVID- 19 lockdowns affected them are limited. Falls and fractures are easily measurable adverse outcomes correlated with frailty. We invest... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital episodes for falls and fractures associated with new-onset disability and frailty in England: a national cohort study.

Understanding the effects of spatially variable riparian tree planting strategies to target water temperature reductions in rivers (2024)
Journal Article
Dugdale, S. J., Malcolm, I. A., & Hannah, D. M. (2024). Understanding the effects of spatially variable riparian tree planting strategies to target water temperature reductions in rivers. Journal of Hydrology, Article 131163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131163

Climate change is increasing river temperature globally, altering the thermal suitability for iconic cold-water adapted fishes. In regions with low tree cover, the impacts of projected climate change on river temperature will be particularly pronounc... Read More about Understanding the effects of spatially variable riparian tree planting strategies to target water temperature reductions in rivers.

The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance (2024)
Journal Article
Kishimoto, K., Asano, K., Colman, R., Kameo, Y., Aledeh, M., Barnes, K., & Kotera, Y. (2024). The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2024.2313462

People with high self-criticism tend to suffer from poor mental health whereas those with high self-reassurance tend to have good mental health. Poor mental health is a great cause for concern in Japan. Many people in Japan live with mental health is... Read More about The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance.

Improved Numerical Estimation Method for Surface Wave Attenuation on Metasurfaces (2024)
Journal Article
Suzuki, K., Dang, P. T., Homma, H., Fathnan, A. A., Phang, S., & Wakatsuchi, H. (2024). Improved Numerical Estimation Method for Surface Wave Attenuation on Metasurfaces. Advanced Theory and Simulations, https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202301173

Comprehensive numerical tools to investigate and analyze the surface wave attenuation on a metasurface waveguide that consists of periodic patches deposited on a dielectric substrate are presented. The surface wave attenuation is evaluated in both wa... Read More about Improved Numerical Estimation Method for Surface Wave Attenuation on Metasurfaces.

Mechano-sensitivity of β2-adrenoceptors enhances constitutive activation of cAMP generation that is inhibited by inverse agonists (2024)
Journal Article
Cullum, S. A., Platt, S., Dale, N., Isaac, O. C., Wragg, E. S., Soave, M., …Hill, S. J. (2024). Mechano-sensitivity of β2-adrenoceptors enhances constitutive activation of cAMP generation that is inhibited by inverse agonists. Communications Biology, 7(1), Article 417. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06128-2

The concept of agonist-independent signalling that can be attenuated by inverse agonists is a fundamental element of the cubic ternary complex model of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activation. This model shows how a GPCR can exist in two conform... Read More about Mechano-sensitivity of β2-adrenoceptors enhances constitutive activation of cAMP generation that is inhibited by inverse agonists.

A latter day Judas? Security, diplomatic protection, and the Foreign Office Security Department, 1955 – 1987 (2024)
Journal Article
LOMAS, D. (in press). A latter day Judas? Security, diplomatic protection, and the Foreign Office Security Department, 1955 – 1987. International History Review,

This article looks at the response of the British Foreign Office to security threats to HMG diplomats and diplomatic posts, placing security at the heart of the study of UK diplomacy. It explores the response of the Foreign Office’s Security Departme... Read More about A latter day Judas? Security, diplomatic protection, and the Foreign Office Security Department, 1955 – 1987.