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Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades (2025)
Journal Article
Nunn, A. D., Ainsworth, R. F., Qu, Y., Keller, V. D., Bachiller-Jareno, N., Antoniou, V., Eastman, M., Rizzo, C., Peirson, G., Eley, F., Johnson, A. C., & Cowx, I. G. (2025). Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades. Water Research, 274, Article 123163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123163

Globally, fish have been severely affected by the widespread, chronic degradation of fresh waters, with a substantial proportion of species declining in abundance or range in recent decades. This has especially been the case in densely populated coun... Read More about Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades.

The impact of term spread volatility on economic activity (2025)
Journal Article
Megaritis, A., Bakas, D., Bermpei, T., & Triantafyllou, A. (2025). The impact of term spread volatility on economic activity. Economics letters, 247, Article 112190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112190

We examine the impact of the volatility of the US Treasury yield curve slope (term spread volatility) on US economic activity within a VAR framework. Our findings show that a positive shock to term spread volatility leads to a persistent decline in U... Read More about The impact of term spread volatility on economic activity.

Geotechnical Properties of Urmia Saltwater Lake Bed Sediments (2024)
Journal Article
Akbarimehr, D., Rahai, M., Ahmadpour, M., & Sheng, Y. (2025). Geotechnical Properties of Urmia Saltwater Lake Bed Sediments. Geotechnics, 5(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/geotechnics5010001

Urmia Lake (UL) is the sixth-largest saltwater lake in the world; however, there is a dearth of geotechnical studies on this region. Geotechnical characteristics of a site are considered important from different engineering perspectives. In this rese... Read More about Geotechnical Properties of Urmia Saltwater Lake Bed Sediments.

Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America (2025)
Journal Article
Urbina-Garcia, A. (2025). Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 20(1), Article 2454518. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2454518

Traditional research on parenthood and wellbeing often employs a positivist perspective and focuses on non-LA samples -limiting our knowledge and understanding of the influence that strong components of the LA culture such as Machismo and Marianismo,... Read More about Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America.

Behind Bars: HMPPS Education and Higher Education Policy Framework: Critiques and recommendations from a lifer’s lived experience (2025)
Journal Article
Thomas, S. (2025). Behind Bars: HMPPS Education and Higher Education Policy Framework: Critiques and recommendations from a lifer’s lived experience. Prison service journal, 28-33