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Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England (2025)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B., Worthen, H., & Mottram, S. (2025). Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England. Journal of Historical Geography, 89, 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.12.001

The paper explores how early modern people lived with and responded to extraordinary flood events at a time of environmental, social and political crisis. By focusing on a period when flood risk management ‘failed’ and houses, land and businesses sat... Read More about Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England.

Platelets Image Classification Through Data Augmentation: A Comparative Study of Traditional Imaging Augmentation and GAN-Based Synthetic Data Generation Techniques Using CNNs (2025)
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Abidoye, I., Ikeji, F., Coupland, C. A., Calaminus, S. D. J., Sander, N., & Sousa, E. (2025). Platelets Image Classification Through Data Augmentation: A Comparative Study of Traditional Imaging Augmentation and GAN-Based Synthetic Data Generation Techniques Using CNNs. Journal of Imaging, 11(6), 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging11060183

Platelets play a crucial role in diagnosing and detecting various diseases, influencing the progression of conditions and guiding treatment options. Accurate identification and classification of platelets are essential for these purposes. The present... Read More about Platelets Image Classification Through Data Augmentation: A Comparative Study of Traditional Imaging Augmentation and GAN-Based Synthetic Data Generation Techniques Using CNNs.

Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT (2025)
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Waldron, C.-A., Pallmann, P., Schoenbuchner, S., Harris, D., Brookes-Howell, L., Mateus, C., Bernatoniene, J., Cathie, K., Faust, S. N., Henley, J., Hinds, L., Hood, K., Huang, C., Jones, S., Kotecha, S., Milosevic, S., Nabwera, H., Patel, S., Paulus, S., Powell, C. V., …Carrol, E. D. (in press). Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 29(16), https://doi.org/10.3310/mbva3675

Background
Procalcitonin is a biomarker specific for bacterial infection, with a more rapid response than other commonly used biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein, but it is not routinely used in the National Health Service.

Objective
To deter... Read More about Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT.

Exploring supply chain sustainability practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council Petrochemical Sector (2025)
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Alsaif, A., Grant, D., & Shaw, S. (2025). Exploring supply chain sustainability practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council Petrochemical Sector. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2025.2508998

Oil & gas companies in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are critical to improving their sustainability through enacting regulation, developing standards and practices, and monitoring environmental performance. The study investigated h... Read More about Exploring supply chain sustainability practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council Petrochemical Sector.

Conceptual design and thermodynamic investigation of novel energy and fuel generation systems from municipal waste coupled with carbon capture and storage (2025)
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Arifianti, Q. A. M. O., Michailos, S., Michaga, M. F. R., Rabea, K., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2025). Conceptual design and thermodynamic investigation of novel energy and fuel generation systems from municipal waste coupled with carbon capture and storage. Energy Nexus: Water. Food. Power, 18, Article 100460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100460

Waste generation and energy demand are increasing and both require innovative energy symbiosis strategies to meet climate targets. Traditional waste-to-energy processes rely on incineration, but more efficient and sustainable solutions are needed. Th... Read More about Conceptual design and thermodynamic investigation of novel energy and fuel generation systems from municipal waste coupled with carbon capture and storage.

Palliative care – what’s the evidence? (2025)
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Pask, S., Murtagh, F. E., & Boland, J. W. (2025). Palliative care – what’s the evidence?. Clinical Medicine, 25(4), Article 100320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinme.2025.100320

Palliative care is essential for people with an advanced life-limiting illness. Most palliative care is delivered by healthcare professionals who do not specialise in palliative care (‘non-specialists’). Multidisciplinary specialist palliative care s... Read More about Palliative care – what’s the evidence?.

What Constitutes High-Quality Paediatric Palliative Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspectives of Children, Young People, and Parents (2025)
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Braybrook, D., Coombes, L., Scott, H. M., Harðardóttir, D., Roach, A., Bariuan, J., Ellis-Smith, C., Downing, J., Murtagh, F. E. M., Bluebond-Langner, M., Fraser, L. K., Harding, R., & Bristowe, K. (2025). What Constitutes High-Quality Paediatric Palliative Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspectives of Children, Young People, and Parents. Patient, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-025-00744-8

Background
Globally, over 21 million children need palliative care each year. Although guidelines exist to support paediatric palliative care delivery, they are not informed by the experiences of children themselves.

Objective
We aimed to determ... Read More about What Constitutes High-Quality Paediatric Palliative Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspectives of Children, Young People, and Parents.

Registered Report Stage 2. How Well Do Children Remember Fast-Mapped Words? A Pre-Registered Meta-Analysis of Retention Following the Mutual Exclusivity Response (2025)
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Mather, E., & Lindsay, S. (2025). Registered Report Stage 2. How Well Do Children Remember Fast-Mapped Words? A Pre-Registered Meta-Analysis of Retention Following the Mutual Exclusivity Response. Infant and Child Development, 34(3), Article e70019. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70019

There is widespread evidence that children display a mutual exclusivity response upon encountering new words. Children displaying this behaviour will select a novel, name-unknown object in response to a novel label, rather than a familiar, name-known... Read More about Registered Report Stage 2. How Well Do Children Remember Fast-Mapped Words? A Pre-Registered Meta-Analysis of Retention Following the Mutual Exclusivity Response.

A psychometric study of the Flourishing Scale for people living with dementia (2025)
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Clarke, C., Baird, K., Moniz-Cook, E., Mountain, G., Wolverson, E., Lee, E., & Hewitt, C. (2025). A psychometric study of the Flourishing Scale for people living with dementia. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 11(2), Article e70097. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.70097

INTRODUCTION
There are few validated strengths-based outcome measures for evaluations of psychosocial interventions in dementia and measurement of the concept of flourishing has not been directly explored. This study therefore examined the psychomet... Read More about A psychometric study of the Flourishing Scale for people living with dementia.

Optimizing Vertical Unidirectional Airflow in Cleanrooms: An Integrated Approach to Floor Perforation, Plenum, and Fan Filter Unit Configurations (2025)
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Huang, Z., Zeng, C., Wang, Z., Lu, J., Xiang, Q., Huo, X., Tan, T., Li, Y., Feng, W., & Zhang, G. (2025). Optimizing Vertical Unidirectional Airflow in Cleanrooms: An Integrated Approach to Floor Perforation, Plenum, and Fan Filter Unit Configurations. Atmosphere, 16(6), Article 632. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16060632

Maintaining vertically unidirectional airflow in cleanrooms is crucial for achieving air cleanness and protecting occupants inside, from industrial semiconductor technicians to hospital surgeons and patients. This study investigates airflow inclinati... Read More about Optimizing Vertical Unidirectional Airflow in Cleanrooms: An Integrated Approach to Floor Perforation, Plenum, and Fan Filter Unit Configurations.

Onset of large-scale terrestrial organic carbon burial driven by Early Devonian changes in vascular plants and environments (2025)
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Yin, L., Yang, M., Lu, J., Ling, Z., Hu, X., Bian, X., Zhou, K., Zhang, P., Liu, L., Shao, L., Hilton, J., & Bond, D. (2025). Onset of large-scale terrestrial organic carbon burial driven by Early Devonian changes in vascular plants and environments. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 674, Article 113039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113039

The Early Devonian witnessed a major phase in the terrestrialization of land by plants. Understanding the implications for organic matter formation and accumulation during this interval is key to understanding global carbon burial. Existing research... Read More about Onset of large-scale terrestrial organic carbon burial driven by Early Devonian changes in vascular plants and environments.

Postoperative remote first care for financially and environmentally sustainable healthcare (2025)
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Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Walshaw, J., Ravindhran, B., Carradice, D., Smith, G., Chetter, I., & Yiasewmidou, M. (2025). Postoperative remote first care for financially and environmentally sustainable healthcare. npj Digital Medicine, 8, Article 299. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01585-3

This study aims to quantify the financial and environmental savings associated with remote follow up in patients undergoing lower limb arterial surgery. A prospective observational study evaluating financial cost(fC) and environmental cost(eC) of pos... Read More about Postoperative remote first care for financially and environmentally sustainable healthcare.

A comprehensive survey for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The evolution from conventional to transformers and Mamba models (2025)
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Ahmad, M., Distefano, S., Khan, A. M., Mazzara, M., Li, C., Li, H., Aryal, J., Ding, Y., Vivone, G., & Hong, D. (2025). A comprehensive survey for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The evolution from conventional to transformers and Mamba models. Neurocomputing, 644, Article 130428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2025.130428

Hyperspectral Image Classification (HSIC) presents significant challenges owing to the high dimensionality and intricate nature of Hyperspectral data. While traditional Machine Learning (TML) approaches have demonstrated effectiveness, they often enc... Read More about A comprehensive survey for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The evolution from conventional to transformers and Mamba models.

(Un)intentionality bias in action observation revisited (2025)
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Tidoni, E., Merritt, A., Adeyemi, E., Scandola, M., Tree, J., Riggs, K., & George, D. (in press). (Un)intentionality bias in action observation revisited. Cognition, 262, 106191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106191

When observing individuals in action, we often infer their goals and intentions. Yet, in situations where actions are ambiguous and could be either intentionally generated or not, there is a tendency to perceive these actions as internally driven. Th... Read More about (Un)intentionality bias in action observation revisited.

Maximising E-waste leachate adsorption: multi-component isotherm models and mechanisms with scalable mesoporous sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar (2025)
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Al-Gailani, A., Bongosia, J. G., Hornsby, K., & Taylor, M. J. (2025). Maximising E-waste leachate adsorption: multi-component isotherm models and mechanisms with scalable mesoporous sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 75, Article 107979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.107979

Heavy metal contamination is a primary environmental and health concern contributing to organ damage, neurological disorders and developmental issues. Adsorption is an efficient, cost-effective method for removing heavy metals from contaminated water... Read More about Maximising E-waste leachate adsorption: multi-component isotherm models and mechanisms with scalable mesoporous sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar.

Stratified/risk-based screening for colorectal cancer in the UK: an overview (2025)
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Maxwell, S., Weller, D., Dennison, B., Taylor, L., Miles, H., Cairns, J., Von Wagner, C., Smith, J., & Usher-Smith, J. (in press). Stratified/risk-based screening for colorectal cancer in the UK: an overview. Colorectal Cancer, 14(1), Article 2501851. https://doi.org/10.1080/1758194X.2025.2501851

while colorectal cancer screening is well-established in the UK, at present, it uses a ‘one-sizefits-all’ approach – that is, individual risk is not considered when determining screeningregimens (except for some specific conditions such as lynch synd... Read More about Stratified/risk-based screening for colorectal cancer in the UK: an overview.

Optimising Digital Advance Care Planning Implementation in Palliative and End-of-life Care: A multi-phase mixed-methods national research programme and recommendations (2025)
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Allsop, M. J., Birtwistle, J., Bennett, M. I., Bradshaw, A., Carder, P., Evans, C. J., Foy, R., Heavin, C., Hibbert, B., Martin, P. M., Relton, S. D., Richards, S. H., Twiddy, M., & Sleeman, K. E. (2025). Optimising Digital Advance Care Planning Implementation in Palliative and End-of-life Care: A multi-phase mixed-methods national research programme and recommendations. BMC medicine, 23, Article 291. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04114-x

Background: Digital advance care planning (DACP) is increasingly used globally for patients with life-limiting conditions to support real-time documentation and the sharing of preferences for care. There has been low engagement with DACP systems, wit... Read More about Optimising Digital Advance Care Planning Implementation in Palliative and End-of-life Care: A multi-phase mixed-methods national research programme and recommendations.

Dextromethorphan versus Dextrorphan: A Quantitative Comparison of Antitussive Potency following Separate Administration of Metabolite (2025)
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Rezaee, S., Wright, C. E., Morice, A. H., & Rostami-Hodjegan, A. (2025). Dextromethorphan versus Dextrorphan: A Quantitative Comparison of Antitussive Potency following Separate Administration of Metabolite. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcph.70049

To assess the antitussive effects of dextrorphan (DOR) relative to its parent compound, dextromethorphan (DEX) a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study was conducted in 23 healthy volunteers using citric acid cough challenge tes... Read More about Dextromethorphan versus Dextrorphan: A Quantitative Comparison of Antitussive Potency following Separate Administration of Metabolite.

Does firm internationalization improve ESG performance? Evidence from China (2025)
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Zhou, J., Wu, K., & Li, Y. (2025). Does firm internationalization improve ESG performance? Evidence from China. International Review of Economics and Finance, 101, Article 104168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.104168

Amidst the current era of economic globalization, the internationalization of emerging market firms (EMFs) and their sustainable development are increasingly prominent. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has received widespread attention as... Read More about Does firm internationalization improve ESG performance? Evidence from China.

Behaviours of pyroclastic and analogue materials, in dry and wet environments, for use in experimental modelling of pyroclastic density currents (2025)
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Walding, N., Williams, R., Rowley, P., Dowey, N., Parsons, D., & Bird, A. (2025). Behaviours of pyroclastic and analogue materials, in dry and wet environments, for use in experimental modelling of pyroclastic density currents. Volcanica, 8(1), 261-285. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol/oxkm9163

Modelling pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) is a challenging yet essential element of hazard assessment. PDCs are unpredictable and internal processes are often difficult to measure directly. Analogue experiments have been an important tool for inv... Read More about Behaviours of pyroclastic and analogue materials, in dry and wet environments, for use in experimental modelling of pyroclastic density currents.