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‘We Are Making No Sailors’: Apprenticeship and the British mercantile marine 1840–1914 (2024)
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Wilcox, M. (2024). ‘We Are Making No Sailors’: Apprenticeship and the British mercantile marine 1840–1914. Mariner's Mirror, 110(2), 190-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2024.2331916

For more than a century and a half, apprenticeship was of fundamental importance to the recruitment and training of British seafarers. From the introduction of compulsory apprenticeship in 1703, through the removal of compulsion in 1850 and up to the... Read More about ‘We Are Making No Sailors’: Apprenticeship and the British mercantile marine 1840–1914.

The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma – a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Kanakopoulos, D., Lacey, H., Payne, A., Houlihan, M., Riyat, H., Wheelan, R., Cubitt, J., & Totty, J. (2024). The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 12(4), Article e5760. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005760

Background: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous malignancy with high metastatic potential. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is used to assess locoregional spread, facilitate staging, and inform prognosis. Positive nodal status is assoc... Read More about The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma – a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The implicit power of positive thinking: The effect of positive episodic simulation on implicit future expectancies (2024)
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Anderson, R. J., Clayton McClure, J. H., Bishop, E., Howe, D., Riggs, K. J., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2024). The implicit power of positive thinking: The effect of positive episodic simulation on implicit future expectancies. PLoS ONE, 19(4 April), Article e0298817. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298817

Previous research demonstrating that positive episodic simulation enhances future expectancies has relied on explicit expectancy measures. The current study investigated the effects of episodic simulation on implicit expectancies. Using the Future Th... Read More about The implicit power of positive thinking: The effect of positive episodic simulation on implicit future expectancies.

Improving the Detection, Assessment, Management and Prevention of Delirium in Hospices (the DAMPen-D study): Feasibility study of a flexible and scalable implementation strategy to deliver guideline-adherent delirium care (2024)
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Jackson, G. P., Jackson, C., Boland, J. W., Featherstone, I., Huang, C., Ogden, M., …Johnson, M. J. (2024). Improving the Detection, Assessment, Management and Prevention of Delirium in Hospices (the DAMPen-D study): Feasibility study of a flexible and scalable implementation strategy to deliver guideline-adherent delirium care. Palliative medicine, 38(4), 447-456. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241236325

Background: Delirium is a complex condition, stressful for all involved. Although highly prevalent in palliative care settings, it remains underdiagnosed and associated with poor outcomes. Guideline-adherent delirium care may improve its detection, a... Read More about Improving the Detection, Assessment, Management and Prevention of Delirium in Hospices (the DAMPen-D study): Feasibility study of a flexible and scalable implementation strategy to deliver guideline-adherent delirium care.

Health and lifestyle advisors in support of primary care: An evaluation of an innovative pilot service in a region of high health inequality (2024)
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Ingle, L., Martindale, R., Salami, B., Fakorede, F. I., Harvey, K., Capes, S., …Chipperfield, S. (2024). Health and lifestyle advisors in support of primary care: An evaluation of an innovative pilot service in a region of high health inequality. PLoS ONE, 19(4 April), Article e0298955. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298955

Introduction A health and lifestyle advisor service embedded within primary care was piloted in Kingston-upon-Hull from January 2021. We aimed to evaluate the first two years of service delivery by identifying patient demographics referred to the ser... Read More about Health and lifestyle advisors in support of primary care: An evaluation of an innovative pilot service in a region of high health inequality.

Hand and Wrist Trauma: AntimicrobIals and Infection – Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII - ACP) (2024)
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Shafi, S., Yoshimura, R., Harrison, C., Wade, R., Shaw, A., Totty, J., …Wormald, J. (2024). Hand and Wrist Trauma: AntimicrobIals and Infection – Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII - ACP). Bone & Joint Open, 5(4), 361-366. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.54.BJO-2023-0144.R1

Aims Hand trauma, consisting of injuries to both the hand and the wrist, are a common injury seen worldwide. The global age-standardized incidence of hand trauma exceeds 179 per 100,000. Hand trauma may require surgical management and therefore resu... Read More about Hand and Wrist Trauma: AntimicrobIals and Infection – Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII - ACP).

Bottom and Suspended Sediment Backscatter Measurements in a Flume—Towards Quantitative Bed and Water Column Properties (2024)
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Van Dijk, T. A., Roche, M., Lurton, X., Fezzani, R., Simmons, S. M., Gastauer, S., …Parsons, D. R. (2024). Bottom and Suspended Sediment Backscatter Measurements in a Flume—Towards Quantitative Bed and Water Column Properties. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12(4), Article 609. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12040609

For health and impact studies of water systems, monitoring underwater environments is essential, for which multi-frequency single- and multibeam echosounders are commonly used state-of-the-art technologies. However, the current scarcity of sediment r... Read More about Bottom and Suspended Sediment Backscatter Measurements in a Flume—Towards Quantitative Bed and Water Column Properties.

Association between protein intake and muscle wasting in critically ill children: a prospective cohort study (2024)
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Tume, L. N., Simons, C., Latten, L., Huang, C., Comfort, P., Compton, V., …Valla, F. V. (in press). Association between protein intake and muscle wasting in critically ill children: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.2627

Background: Survival from pediatric critical illness in high-income countries is high, and the focus now must be on optimizing the recovery of survivors. Muscle mass wasting during critical illness is problematic, so identifying factors that may redu... Read More about Association between protein intake and muscle wasting in critically ill children: a prospective cohort study.

An Unusual Pulse Shape Change Event in PSR J1713+0747 Observed with the Green Bank Telescope and CHIME (2024)
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Jennings, R. J., Cordes, J. M., Chatterjee, S., McLaughlin, M. A., Demorest, P. B., Arzoumanian, Z., …Witt, C. A. (2024). An Unusual Pulse Shape Change Event in PSR J1713+0747 Observed with the Green Bank Telescope and CHIME. The Astrophysical journal, 964(2), Article 179. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2930

The millisecond pulsar J1713+0747 underwent a sudden and significant pulse shape change between 2021 April 16 and 17 (MJDs 59320 and 59321). Subsequently, the pulse shape gradually recovered over the course of several months. We report the results of... Read More about An Unusual Pulse Shape Change Event in PSR J1713+0747 Observed with the Green Bank Telescope and CHIME.

Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK (2024)
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Simanovic, T., McFarlane, P., Brennan, I., Sutherland, A., & Graham, W. (2024). Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0301023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301023

Introduction Focused deterrence (FD) is a frequently cited intervention for preventing violence, particularly against violent urban gangs. The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) believes it could be effective in the UK, based primarily on research conducted... Read More about Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK.

Molecular Engineering toward Broad Color-Tunable Emission of Pyrene-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (2024)
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Liu, W., Li, S., Xie, Z., Huang, K., Yan, K., Zhao, Y., Redshaw, C., Feng, X., & Tang, B. Z. (in press). Molecular Engineering toward Broad Color-Tunable Emission of Pyrene-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens. Advanced Optical Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202400301

A molecular design strategy for the precise regulation of full-color-tunable emission organic luminescence materials is not yet systematically established for pyrene chemistry. To fabricate color-tunable and highly-efficiency pyrene-based emitters, t... Read More about Molecular Engineering toward Broad Color-Tunable Emission of Pyrene-Based Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens.

Making a mark on the farm: The marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England (2024)
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Mahon, N., Finan, S., Holloway, L., Clark, B., & Proctor, A. (in press). Making a mark on the farm: The marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England. Scottish Geographical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2024.2343951

Farmed animals are expected to move through farmed spaces in certain ways to maximise their productivity. These spaces are also designed to limit the movement of disease-causing organisms. However, both types of lifeform do not always move in expecte... Read More about Making a mark on the farm: The marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England.

Computation Tree Logic Model Checking of Multi-Agent Systems Based on Fuzzy Epistemic Interpreted Systems (2024)
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Li, X., Ma, Z., Mian, Z., Liu, Z., Huang, R., & He, N. (2024). Computation Tree Logic Model Checking of Multi-Agent Systems Based on Fuzzy Epistemic Interpreted Systems. Computers, Materials & Continua, 78(3), 4129-4152. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.047168

Model checking is an automated formal verification method to verify whether epistemic multi-agent systems adhere to property specifications. Although there is an extensive literature on qualitative properties such as safety and liveness, there is sti... Read More about Computation Tree Logic Model Checking of Multi-Agent Systems Based on Fuzzy Epistemic Interpreted Systems.

Phenanthrothiophene-Triazine Star-Shaped Discotic Liquid Crystals: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescence Properties (2024)
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Zeng, C. Y., Deng, W. J., Zhao, K. Q., Redshaw, C., & Donnio, B. (in press). Phenanthrothiophene-Triazine Star-Shaped Discotic Liquid Crystals: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescence Properties. Chemistry: a European journal, Article e202400296. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400296

Lipophilic biphenylthiophene- and phenanthrothiophene-triazine compounds, BPTTn and CPTTn, respectively, were prepared by a tandem procedure involving successive Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and Scholl cyclodehydrogenation reactions. These compounds displ... Read More about Phenanthrothiophene-Triazine Star-Shaped Discotic Liquid Crystals: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescence Properties.

Under threat: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights (2024)
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Beyrer, C., Kamarulzaman, A., Isbell, M., Amon, J., Baral, S., Bassett, M. T., Cepeda, J., Deacon, H., Dean, L., Fan, L., Giacaman, R., Gomes, C., Gruskin, S., Goyal, R., Mon, S. H. H., Jabbour, S., Kazatchkine, M., Kasoka, K., Lyons, C., Maleche, A., …Rubenstein, L. (2024). Under threat: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights. Lancet, 403(10434), 1374-1418. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2824%2900302-7

2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration articulates an inspiring vision of a world that is just, equitable, tolerant, and strategically focused on actions to address the most vulne... Read More about Under threat: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights.

Faster identification of faster Formula 1 drivers via time-rank duality (2024)
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Fry, J., Brighton, T., & Fanzon, S. (2024). Faster identification of faster Formula 1 drivers via time-rank duality. Economics letters, 237, Article 111671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111671

Two natural ways of modelling Formula 1 race outcomes are a probabilistic approach, based on the exponential distribution, and econometric modelling of the ranks. Both approaches lead to exactly soluble race-winning probabilities. Equating race-winni... Read More about Faster identification of faster Formula 1 drivers via time-rank duality.

Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach (2024)
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Lyddon, C., Chien, N., Vasilopoulos, G., Ridgill, M., Moradian, S., Olbert, A., …Robins, P. (2024). Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24(3), 973-997. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-973-2024

Estuarine compound flooding can happen when extreme sea level and river discharges occur concurrently, or in close succession, inundating low-lying coastal regions. Such events are hard to predict and amplify the hazard. Recent UK storms, including S... Read More about Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach.

The cost of keeping warm: the relationship between a rise in the cost of domestic energy and burn injuries caused by personal heating equipment (2024)
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Totty, J. P., Austin, O., Umair Anwar, M., Muthayya, P., & Phipps, A. R. (2024). The cost of keeping warm: the relationship between a rise in the cost of domestic energy and burn injuries caused by personal heating equipment. Burns, 50(6), 1475-1479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2024.03.025

INTRODUCTION During 2022-2023, the UK found itself in the midst of a domestic energy crisis, with the average domestic gas and electricity bill rising by 75% between 2019 and 2022. As a result, the use of hot water bottles, radiant heaters, and elec... Read More about The cost of keeping warm: the relationship between a rise in the cost of domestic energy and burn injuries caused by personal heating equipment.

Playing, Viewing, Touching, Modelling, Mentalizing: Theoretical Reflections on PQ 2023 (2024)
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Drabek, P. (in press). Playing, Viewing, Touching, Modelling, Mentalizing: Theoretical Reflections on PQ 2023. Theatre and performance design, 10(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1080/23322551.2024.2334614

Artefacts exhibited at PQ 2023 challenge our disciplinary heritage in several ways: What is scenography now? How does it engage the viewer/spectator/participant? How does it change our conceptions of theatre, performance, and scenography? How should... Read More about Playing, Viewing, Touching, Modelling, Mentalizing: Theoretical Reflections on PQ 2023.

Investigating the role of non-helpers in group living thrips (2024)
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Gilbert, J. (in press). Investigating the role of non-helpers in group living thrips. The journal of animal ecology,

1. Behavioural variation among individuals is a hallmark of cooperative societies, which commonly contain breeders and non-breeders, helpers and non-helpers. In some cases labour is divided, with non-breeders “helping”. Conversely, in some societies... Read More about Investigating the role of non-helpers in group living thrips.