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Why do endemic livestock diseases persist? An interdisciplinary perspective [SocArXiv 28 Oct 2024] (2024)
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Black, A., Bradley, S., Clark, B., Colman, E., Gosling, N., Hanley, N., Holloway, L., Kao, R., Mahon, N., Proctor, A., Rodrigues, M., Sayer, K., & Woods, A. Why do endemic livestock diseases persist? An interdisciplinary perspective [SocArXiv 28 Oct 2024]

Epidemiology is a field in which the aim is to identify the characteristics, causes and means of control of conditions that exist outside of physiological norms. For both infectious and non-infectious diseases, genetic, physiological, environmental,... Read More about Why do endemic livestock diseases persist? An interdisciplinary perspective [SocArXiv 28 Oct 2024].

Constraining SN Ia Progenitors from the Observed Fe-peak Elemental Abundances in the Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites (2024)
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Alexander, R., & Vincenzo, F. Constraining SN Ia Progenitors from the Observed Fe-peak Elemental Abundances in the Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites

Chemical abundances of iron-peak elements in the red giants of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFD) and dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSph) are among the best diagnostics in the cosmos to probe the origin of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia). We incorporate metal... Read More about Constraining SN Ia Progenitors from the Observed Fe-peak Elemental Abundances in the Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites.

The trade of the port of Hull under the Hull Dock Company, 1830-1860 (2024)
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Wright, S. The trade of the port of Hull under the Hull Dock Company, 1830-1860

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From the 1770s to 1894, the port of Hull found itself under the almost exclusive control of the Hull Dock Company [hereafter HDC] a private enterprise formed during the port’s desperate attempts to construct its first commercial d... Read More about The trade of the port of Hull under the Hull Dock Company, 1830-1860.

A catalogue of chromosome counts for Phylum Nematoda (2024)
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Blaxter, M., Leech, C., & Lunt, D. H. A catalogue of chromosome counts for Phylum Nematoda

Nematodes are important biological models in genetics and genomics, with research driven by basic biological as well as applied questions. The presence of holocentric chromosomes, clades with frequent polyploidy and the phenomenon of programmed DNA e... Read More about A catalogue of chromosome counts for Phylum Nematoda.

CONVEX microfluidic devices: a new microscale agile manufacturing pipeline for material extrusion additive manufacturing (2022)
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Moetazedian, A., Nasrollahi, V., Candeo, A., Cox, L., Grover, L., & Poologasundarampillai, G. CONVEX microfluidic devices: a new microscale agile manufacturing pipeline for material extrusion additive manufacturing

This study is the first to report the fabrication of complex microfluidic devices based on CONtinuously Varied EXtrusion (CONVEX) of extruded filament in material extrusion additive manufacturing (MEAM). A range of complex geometries and channel widt... Read More about CONVEX microfluidic devices: a new microscale agile manufacturing pipeline for material extrusion additive manufacturing.

CNO dredge-up in a sample of APOGEE/Kepler red giants: Tests of stellar models and Galactic evolutionary trends of N/O and C/N (2022)
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Vincenzo, F., H. Weinberg, D., Montalbán, J., Miglio, A., Khan, S., J. Griffith, E., Hasselquist, S., W. Johnson, J., A. Johnson, J., Nitschelm, C., & H. Pinsonneault, M. CNO dredge-up in a sample of APOGEE/Kepler red giants: Tests of stellar models and Galactic evolutionary trends of N/O and C/N

Surface abundances of C, N, and O in red giants are affected by processed material mixed into the stars' convective envelopes. Using a sample of $\sim 5100$ stars with elemental abundances from APOGEE and asteroseismic masses from {\it Kepler}, we te... Read More about CNO dredge-up in a sample of APOGEE/Kepler red giants: Tests of stellar models and Galactic evolutionary trends of N/O and C/N.

Integrated single-cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals alterations of ageing human lung endothelium heterogeneity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2022)
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Faulkner, E. C., Moverley, A. A., Hart, S. P., & Nikitenko, L. L. Integrated single-cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals alterations of ageing human lung endothelium heterogeneity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Increasing age is the main risk factor for chronic lung diseases (CLD) including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Halting or reversing progression of IPF remains an unmet clinical need due to limited knowledge of underlying mechanisms. In particu... Read More about Integrated single-cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals alterations of ageing human lung endothelium heterogeneity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Education at the intersection of environmental, epistemic and transitional justices: An initial scoping review (2021)
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Milligan, L. O., Ajok, P., Balarin, M., Espinal, S., Karki, M., Komakech, D., Kurawa, G., Monge, C., Nuwategeka, E., Paudel, M., Paulson, J., Ranabhat, S., Sarmiento, P., Shields, R., Singh, A., Bahadur Singh, G., & Wilder, R. (2021). Education at the intersection of environmental, epistemic and transitional justices: An initial scoping review

This paper is the final of four theoretical background papers for JustEd – a research project that aims to understand how secondary school learners' knowledge and experiences of environmental, epistemic and transitional justice, in and out of school,... Read More about Education at the intersection of environmental, epistemic and transitional justices: An initial scoping review.

Rapid realist review: Anxiolytic effects of music therapy on mechanically ventilated patients (2021)
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Watson, H., & Marshall, P. Rapid realist review: Anxiolytic effects of music therapy on mechanically ventilated patients

Aims
To review the literature focusing on anxiety and music therapy as a non-pharmacological anxiolytic for patients receiving mechanical ventilation and to determine the contexts, mechanisms and outcomes of what works for whom and under what circu... Read More about Rapid realist review: Anxiolytic effects of music therapy on mechanically ventilated patients.

Exploring transitional justice in educational research (2021)
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Paulson, J., Espinal, S., Karki, M., Komakech, D., Kurawa, G., & Ranabhat, S. (2021). Exploring transitional justice in educational research

This paper provides an overview of the development of transitional justice as a field of practice and area of scholarly research before exploring the relationships between education and transitional justice. It has been drafted by members of the Just... Read More about Exploring transitional justice in educational research.

How reproducible should research software be? (2021)
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Harrison, S., Dasgupta, A., Waldman, S., Henderson, A., & Lovell, C. How reproducible should research software be?

How reproducible should research software be? In this article, we attempt to answer this question by defining four levels of reproducibility, suggesting criteria to help you decide which level your research software should be at, and recommended prac... Read More about How reproducible should research software be?.

The Horizon Run 5 Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulation: Probing Galaxy Formation from Kilo- to Giga-parsec Scales (2020)
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Lee, J., Shin, J., Snaith, O. N., Kim, Y., Few, C. G., Devriendt, J., Dubois, Y., Cox, L. M., Hong, S. E., Kwon, O.-K., Park, C., Pichon, C., Kim, J., Gibson, B. K., & Park, C. The Horizon Run 5 Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulation: Probing Galaxy Formation from Kilo- to Giga-parsec Scales

Horizon Run 5 (HR5) is a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation which captures the properties of the Universe on a Gpc scale while achieving a resolution of 1kpc. Inside the simulation box we zoom-in on a high-resolution cuboid region with a volume o... Read More about The Horizon Run 5 Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulation: Probing Galaxy Formation from Kilo- to Giga-parsec Scales.

Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on Alcohol-Related Emergency Department Attendances in Scotland: A Natural Experiment Study (2020)
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So, V., Millard, A. D., Katikireddi, S. V., Deluca, P., Drummond, C., Eadie, D., Fitzgerald, N., Ford, A., Forsyth, R., Graham, L., Hilton, S., Ludbrook, A., McCartney, G., Molaodi, O., Open, M., Owens, L., Perry, S., Phillips, T., Stead, M., Yap, C., …Leyland, A. H. Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on Alcohol-Related Emergency Department Attendances in Scotland: A Natural Experiment Study

Background: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) was introduced in Scotland at 50p per unit (8g) of alcohol on 1st May 2018 to reduce alcohol consumption and associated harms. We assessed its impact on alcohol-related emergency department (ED) attendances, dri... Read More about Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on Alcohol-Related Emergency Department Attendances in Scotland: A Natural Experiment Study.

The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of sexual and reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review (2020)
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Onukwugha, F., Smith, L., Kaseje, . D., Wafula, . C., Kaseje, . M., Were, V., Orton, B., Hayter, M., Jomeen, . J., & Magadi, . M. The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of sexual and reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review

Application of extracellular flux analysis for determining mitochondrial function in mammalian oocytes and early embryos (2019)
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Muller, B., Lewis, N., Adeniyi, T., Leese, H. J., Brison, D., & Sturmey, R. G. Application of extracellular flux analysis for determining mitochondrial function in mammalian oocytes and early embryos

Background Mitochondria provide the major source of ATP for mammalian oocyte maturation and early embryo development. Oxygen Consumption Rate (OCR) is an established measure of mitochondrial function. OCR by mammalian oocytes and embryos has generall... Read More about Application of extracellular flux analysis for determining mitochondrial function in mammalian oocytes and early embryos.

The Mälardalen University Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation: A Report to the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (2017)
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Midgley, G. The Mälardalen University Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation: A Report to the Swedish Knowledge Foundation

Executive Summary:
Over a period of a year (1.4.16 to 31.3.17), the Swedish Knowledge Foundation funded a Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation based at Mälardalen University (MDH), Eskilstuna, Sweden. The position was taken by Gerald Midgle... Read More about The Mälardalen University Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation: A Report to the Swedish Knowledge Foundation.