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Influence of Steric Effects on the Emission Behavior of Pyrene-Based Blue Luminogens (2024)
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Xie, Z., Liu, W., Liu, Y., Song, X., Zheng, H., Su, X., …Feng, X. (2024). Influence of Steric Effects on the Emission Behavior of Pyrene-Based Blue Luminogens. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 89(3), 1681-1691. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c02372

Pyrene-based derivatives have been widely deployed in organic luminescent materials because of their bright fluorescence, high charge carrier mobility, and facile modification. Nevertheless, the fluorescence output of conventional pyrenes is prone to... Read More about Influence of Steric Effects on the Emission Behavior of Pyrene-Based Blue Luminogens.

A LDA-Based Social Media Data Mining Framework for Plastic Circular Economy (2024)
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Xue, Y., Kambhampati, C., Cheng, Y., Mishra, N., Wulandhari, N., & Deutz, P. (2024). A LDA-Based Social Media Data Mining Framework for Plastic Circular Economy. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 17, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44196-023-00375-7

The mass production of plastic waste has caused an urgent worldwide public health crisis. Although government policies and industrial innovation are the driving forces to meet this challenge, trying to understand public attitudes may improve the effi... Read More about A LDA-Based Social Media Data Mining Framework for Plastic Circular Economy.

A participatory approach to understand what might be most meaningful to people living with dementia in a positive psychology intervention (2024)
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Jackman, V., Wolverson, E., Clarke, C., & Quinn, C. (in press). A participatory approach to understand what might be most meaningful to people living with dementia in a positive psychology intervention. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2299967

ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aimed to understand which character strengths are most important for people living with dementia and therefore which strengths-based psychological interventions could be most meaningful and acceptable. Methods: A par... Read More about A participatory approach to understand what might be most meaningful to people living with dementia in a positive psychology intervention.

The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR (2024)
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Rotchell, J. M., Mendrik, F., Chapman, E., Flintoft, P., Panter, I., Gallio, G., …Schofield, J. (2024). The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR. The Science of the total environment, 914, Article 169941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169941

Background: Microplastics (MPs) are found in all environments: aquatic, airborne, and terrestrial. While their presence is not disputed, their potential impacts are not yet known. Objective: To undertake a pilot analysis of MP contamination in archae... Read More about The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR.

Early ultrasound surveillance of newly-created haemodialysis arteriovenous fistula (2024)
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Richards, J., Summers, D., Sidders, A., Allen, E., Thomas, H., Hossain, M. A., …Walker, A. (2024). Early ultrasound surveillance of newly-created haemodialysis arteriovenous fistula. Kidney International Reports, 9(4), 1005-1019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.01.011

Introduction We assess if ultrasound surveillance of newly-created arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) can predict nonmaturation sufficiently reliably to justify randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation of ultrasound-directed salvage intervention. Me... Read More about Early ultrasound surveillance of newly-created haemodialysis arteriovenous fistula.

Climate Change Exposure and Bankruptcy Risk (2024)
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Feng, F., Han, L., Jin, J., & Li, Y. (in press). Climate Change Exposure and Bankruptcy Risk. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12792

This research documents that a firm's bankruptcy risk increases with its climate change exposure. This study further investigates the underlying mechanisms and finds that this effect is stronger for firms with lower operating cash flows or tighter fi... Read More about Climate Change Exposure and Bankruptcy Risk.

Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme (2024)
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Sabatini, S., Martyr, A., Hunt, A., Gamble, L. D., Matthews, F., Thom, J. M., …Clare, L. (2024). Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme. BMC Geriatrics, 24, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04601-x

Background Most people with dementia have multiple health conditions. This study explores (1) number and type of health condition(s) in people with dementia overall and in relation to age, sex, dementia type, and cognition; (2) change in number of h... Read More about Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme.

Bioassay complexities—exploring challenges in aquatic chemosensory research (2024)
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Hardege, J. D., Fletcher, N., Burnett, J., Ohnstad, H., & Bartels-Hardege, H. D. (2024). Bioassay complexities—exploring challenges in aquatic chemosensory research. Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 11, Article 1293585. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1293585

Chemosensory science, the study of how organisms produce and assess olfactory information, is central to our understanding of how organisms interact and gain information about their environment. Signaling cue identification in aquatic systems lags be... Read More about Bioassay complexities—exploring challenges in aquatic chemosensory research.

A Cross-Sectional Study of Alzheimer-Related Proteins in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (2024)
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Butler, A. E., Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., & Atkin, S. L. (2024). A Cross-Sectional Study of Alzheimer-Related Proteins in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(2), Article 1158. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25021158

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine condition in women of reproductive age, and several risk factors found in PCOS are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Proteins increased in AD have been reporte... Read More about A Cross-Sectional Study of Alzheimer-Related Proteins in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe (2024)
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Zhang, T. T., Lu, Y., Lu, J. H., Zhao, A. T., Redshaw, C., & Xiao, X. (2024). Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 309, Article 123835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.123835

pH plays a crucial part in numerous chemical and physiological processes. In this work, a new perylene diimide derivative that acts as a pH-sensitive dye with Bay Area Carboxylic Acid functionality. The derivative utilizes the outstanding thermal, ch... Read More about Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe.

Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’ (2024)
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Karkou, V., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Thurston, S., Clark, R., Perris, E., Kaehne, A., & Pearson, M. (2024). Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’. PLoS ONE, 19(1), Article e0296178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296178

Place-based arts initiatives are regarded as rooted in local need and as having capacity to engage local assets. However, many place-based arts initiatives remain poorly funded and short-lived, receiving little attention on how to scale up and sustai... Read More about Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’.

Clinical features of type 1 diabetes in older adults and the impact of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring: An Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) study (2024)
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Deshmukh, H., Adeleke, K., Wilmot, E. G., Folwell, A., Barnes, D., Walker, N., …Sathyapalan, T. (2024). Clinical features of type 1 diabetes in older adults and the impact of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring: An Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(4), 1333-1339. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15434

Aims: To evaluate the clinical features and impact of flash glucose monitoring in older adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) across age groups defined as young-old, middle-old, and old-old. Materials and Methods: Clinicians were invited to submit anonym... Read More about Clinical features of type 1 diabetes in older adults and the impact of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring: An Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) study.

Using outlier elimination to assess learning-based correspondence matching methods (2024)
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Ding, X., Luo, Y., Jie, B., Li, Q., & Cheng, Y. (2024). Using outlier elimination to assess learning-based correspondence matching methods. Information Sciences, 659, Article 120056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2023.120056

Recently, deep learning (DL) technology has been widely used in correspondence matching. The learning-based models are usually trained on benign image pairs with partial overlaps. Since DL model is usually data-dependent, non-overlapping images may b... Read More about Using outlier elimination to assess learning-based correspondence matching methods.

Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting (2024)
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Mohd Nasir, D., Hughes, B. R., & Ibrahim, A. (2024). Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting. Energy Proceedings, 43, https://doi.org/10.46855/energy-proceedings-11026

This paper introduces "SmartTURVENT," a hybrid windcatcher and turbine roof ventilator system with triple benefits: enhancing indoor environmental quality (IEQ), harnessing renewable energy, and reducing carbon emissions. Utilising a transient state... Read More about Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting.

The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data (2024)
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Ahmed, W., Aiyenitaju, O., Chadwick, S., Hardey, M., & Fenton, A. (2024). The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data. Journal of medical Internet research, 26, Article e49921. https://doi.org/10.2196/49921

Background: Social media (SM) was essential in promoting physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among people confined to their homes. Joe Wicks, a fitness coach, became particularly popular on SM during this time, posting daily wo... Read More about The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data.

Emigration of post-spawned twaite shad Alosa fallax, an anadromous and iteroparous fish, in a highly fragmented river (2024)
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Yeldham, M. I., Britton, J. R., Crundwell, C., Davies, P., Dodd, J. R., Nunn, A. D., …Bolland, J. D. (2024). Emigration of post-spawned twaite shad Alosa fallax, an anadromous and iteroparous fish, in a highly fragmented river. Journal of fish biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15713

Anthropogenic barriers are widely known to negatively impact the spawning migrations of anadromous fishes, by delaying or preventing passage upstream. Although the impacts of barriers on emigrating post-spawned adults are less well studied, they coul... Read More about Emigration of post-spawned twaite shad Alosa fallax, an anadromous and iteroparous fish, in a highly fragmented river.

Human capital in the financial sector and corporate innovation: Evidence from China (2024)
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Liu, G., He, F., Zhang, C., Akbar, S., & Li, Y. (2024). Human capital in the financial sector and corporate innovation: Evidence from China. The British accounting review, Article 101370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2024.101370

This paper investigates how human capital in the financial sector affects corporate innovation. Based on China's National Economic Census in 2008, we construct a measure of the financial sector's human capital across prefecture-level cities and then... Read More about Human capital in the financial sector and corporate innovation: Evidence from China.