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Is Television reformable? The ‘reformist tendency’ in EDI research in the cultural and creative industries (2024)
Journal Article
Newsinger, J., Kennedy, H., & Aust, R. (in press). Is Television reformable? The ‘reformist tendency’ in EDI research in the cultural and creative industries. Media, Culture and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437241254331

This article engages with research on UK Television (UKTV) and the wider cultural and creative industries by interrogating the role of academic research in industrial and social change. We argue that a ‘reformist tendency’ implicitly structures much... Read More about Is Television reformable? The ‘reformist tendency’ in EDI research in the cultural and creative industries.

Impact of Business Strategy on Carbon Emissions: Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firms (2024)
Journal Article
Abdelfattah, T., Ullah, S., Houqe, N., & Zahir-ul-Hassan, M. (in press). Impact of Business Strategy on Carbon Emissions: Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firms. Business Strategy and the Environment,

This study examines the nexus between business strategy and carbon emissions by utilising a dataset of U.S. firms from 2007 to 2020. It focuses on two broad types of firms, that is, prospectors and defenders. Regarding carbon emissions, we consider t... Read More about Impact of Business Strategy on Carbon Emissions: Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firms.

Belief in White Replacement (2024)
Journal Article
Klofstad, C., Christley, O., Diekman, A., Kuebler, S., Enders, A., Funchion, J., …Uscinski, J. (in press). Belief in White Replacement. Politics, Groups and Identities, https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2024.2342834

The "White Replacement" conspiracy theory, that government and corporate leaders are "replacing" white people, is linked to several mass shootings. Given its recent ubiquity in mainstream elite rhetoric, concerns have arisen about how widespread beli... Read More about Belief in White Replacement.

Mobilizing Metaphors in Criminological Analysis: A Case Study of Emotions in the Penal Voluntary Sector (2024)
Journal Article
Quinn, K., Buck, G., & Tomckzak, P. (in press). Mobilizing Metaphors in Criminological Analysis: A Case Study of Emotions in the Penal Voluntary Sector. British Journal of Criminology,

Metaphors pervade media and political constructions of crime and justice, provoking responses and shaping actions. Scholarship in adjacent disciplines illustrates that emotion-metaphors offer unique insight into emotional and interpretive processes,... Read More about Mobilizing Metaphors in Criminological Analysis: A Case Study of Emotions in the Penal Voluntary Sector.

Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of Ergonomics/Human Factors communities in UK (2024)
Journal Article
Hermawati, S., Correa, R., Mohan, M., Lawson, G., & Houghton, R. (in press). Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of Ergonomics/Human Factors communities in UK. Ergonomics,

There is a lack of a clear and consistent definition of human-centricity in Industry 5.0. This study identified the definition of human-centricity in Industry 5.0 through a systematic literature review and used it to assess the readiness of Ergonomic... Read More about Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of Ergonomics/Human Factors communities in UK.

Optimisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 ascospore formation and recovery for heat inactivation experiments (2024)
Journal Article
Raleigh, C., Lawrence, S., & Rachon, G. (2024). Optimisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 ascospore formation and recovery for heat inactivation experiments. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 130(2), 70-82. https://doi.org/10.58430/jib.v130i2.48

Why was the work done: Ascospores from Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 are useful biological indicators for validating the pasteurisation of beer. Ascospores are formed by yeast in response to low nutrient conditions and are characterised by greate... Read More about Optimisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 ascospore formation and recovery for heat inactivation experiments.

Neural network emulation of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential for more efficient computations in pharmacological studies (2024)
Journal Article
Grandits, T., Augustin, C. M., Haase, G., Jost, N., Mirams, G. R., Niederer, S. A., …Jung, A. (2024). Neural network emulation of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential for more efficient computations in pharmacological studies. eLife, 12, Article RP91911. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.91911.3

Computer models of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential (AP) have reached a level of detail and maturity that has led to an increasing number of applications in the pharmaceutical sector. However, interfacing the models with experimen... Read More about Neural network emulation of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential for more efficient computations in pharmacological studies.

Describing financial crisis propagation through epidemic modelling on multiplex networks (2024)
Journal Article
Bozhidarova, M., Ball, F., van Gennip, Y., O'Dea, R. D., & Stupfler, G. (2024). Describing financial crisis propagation through epidemic modelling on multiplex networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2287), Article 20230787. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2023.0787

This paper proposes a novel framework for modelling the spread of financial crises in complex networks, combining financial data, Extreme Value Theory and an epidemiological transmission model. We accommodate two key aspects of contagion modelling: f... Read More about Describing financial crisis propagation through epidemic modelling on multiplex networks.

Objective QC for diffusion MRI data: artefact detection using normative modelling (2024)
Journal Article
Cirstian, R., Forde, N. J., Andersson, J. L., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Beckmann, C. F., & Marquand, A. F. (2024). Objective QC for diffusion MRI data: artefact detection using normative modelling. Imaging Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00144

Diffusion MRI is a neuroimaging modality used to evaluate brain structure at a microscopic level and can be exploited to map white matter fibre bundles and microstructure in the brain. One common issue is the presence of artefacts, such as acquisitio... Read More about Objective QC for diffusion MRI data: artefact detection using normative modelling.

Recommendations for quantitative cerebral perfusion MRI using multi‐timepoint arterial spin labeling: Acquisition, quantification, and clinical applications (2024)
Journal Article
Woods, J. G., Achten, E., Asllani, I., Bolar, D. S., Dai, W., Detre, J. A., …the ISMRM Perfusion Study Group. (2024). Recommendations for quantitative cerebral perfusion MRI using multi‐timepoint arterial spin labeling: Acquisition, quantification, and clinical applications. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.30091

Accurate assessment of cerebral perfusion is vital for understanding the hemodynamic processes involved in various neurological disorders and guiding clinical decision-making. This guidelines article provides a comprehensive overview of quantitative... Read More about Recommendations for quantitative cerebral perfusion MRI using multi‐timepoint arterial spin labeling: Acquisition, quantification, and clinical applications.

COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Brooke-Sumner, C., Rapiya, B., Myers, B., Petersen, I., Hanlon, C., Repper, J., & Asher, L. (2024). COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 30, Article a2207. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v30i0.2207

Background: People with severe mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, and their family caregivers are underserved in low- and middle-income countries where structured psychosocial support in the community is often lacking. This can present... Read More about COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa.

Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family adhesin (2024)
Journal Article
Tyson, J., Radford, P., Lambert, C., Till, R., Huwiler, S. G., Lovering, A. L., & Sockett, R. E. (2024). Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family adhesin. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 3078. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47412-3

The bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predator of other Gram-negative bacteria. The predator invades the prey’s periplasm and modifies the prey’s cell wall, forming a rounded killed prey, or bdelloplast, containing a live B. bacteriovorus. Re... Read More about Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family adhesin.

A Commentary review on Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: Indications, outcomes, and future implications (2024)
Journal Article
Abuawwad, M., Tubude, A., Bansi, D., Idris, I., & Madhok, B. (in press). A Commentary review on Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: Indications, outcomes, and future implications. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism,

Metabolic and Bariatric surgeries (MBS) have been shown to be the most effective strategy to induce and maintain significant weight loss for people living with severe obesity. However, ongoing concerns regarding operative risks, irreversibility and e... Read More about A Commentary review on Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: Indications, outcomes, and future implications.

Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family (2024)
Journal Article
Tyson, J., Radford, P., Lambert, C., Till, R., Huwiler, S. G., Loverering, A. L., & Sockett, R. E. (2024). Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family. Nature Communications, 15, Article 3078. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47412-3

The bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predator of other Gram-negative bacteria. The predator invades the prey’s periplasm and modifies the prey’s cell wall, forming a rounded killed prey, or bdelloplast, containing a live B. bacteriovorus. Re... Read More about Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family.

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

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.