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Evaluating Models of the Ageing BOLD Response (2024)
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Henson, R. N., Olszowy, W., Tsvetanov, K. A., Yadav, P. S., Tyler, L. K., Brayne, C., Bullmore, E. T., Calder, A. C., Cusack, R., Dalgleish, T., Duncan, J., Matthews, F. E., Marslen-Wilson, W. D., Rowe, J. B., Shafto, M. A., Campbell, K., Cheung, T., Davis, S., Geerligs, L., Kievit, R., …Zeidman, P. (2024). Evaluating Models of the Ageing BOLD Response. Human Brain Mapping, 45(15), Article e70043. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70043

Neural activity cannot be directly observed using fMRI; rather it must be inferred from the hemodynamic responses that neural activity causes. Solving this inverse problem is made possible through the use of forward models, which generate predicted h... Read More about Evaluating Models of the Ageing BOLD Response.

Improving Generalization for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The Impact of Disjoint Sampling on Deep Models (2024)
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Ahmad, M., Mazzara, M., Distefano, S., Khan, A. M., & Altuwaijri, H. A. (2024). Improving Generalization for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The Impact of Disjoint Sampling on Deep Models. Computers, Materials & Continua, 81(1), 503-532. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.056318

Disjoint sampling is critical for rigorous and unbiased evaluation of state-of-the-art (SOTA) models e.g., Attention Graph and Vision Transformer. When training, validation, and test sets overlap or share data, it introduces a bias that inflates perf... Read More about Improving Generalization for Hyperspectral Image Classification: The Impact of Disjoint Sampling on Deep Models.

Embedding Reverse Electron Transfer Between Stably Bare Cu Nanoparticles and Cation-Vacancy CuWO4 (2024)
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Wang, X., Li, Z., Li, X., Gao, C., Pu, Y., Zhong, X., Qian, J., Zeng, M., Chu, X., Chen, Z., Redshaw, C., Zhou, H., Sun, C., Regier, T., King, G., Dynes, J. J., Zhang, B., Zhu, Y., Li, G., Peng, Y., …Wu, Y. A. (online). Embedding Reverse Electron Transfer Between Stably Bare Cu Nanoparticles and Cation-Vacancy CuWO4. Advanced materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202412570

Cu nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted widespread attention in electronics, energy, and catalysis. However, conventionally synthesized Cu NPs face some challenges such as surface passivation and agglomeration in applications, which impairs their funct... Read More about Embedding Reverse Electron Transfer Between Stably Bare Cu Nanoparticles and Cation-Vacancy CuWO4.

Evaluation of Natural Organic Additives as Eco-friendly Inhibitors for Calcium and Magnesium Scale Formation in Water Systems (2024)
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Al-Gailani, A., Taylor, M. J., Zaheer, M. H., & Barker, R. (online). Evaluation of Natural Organic Additives as Eco-friendly Inhibitors for Calcium and Magnesium Scale Formation in Water Systems. ACS Environmental Au, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.4c00076

Mineral scale formation reduces heat transfer efficiency and clogs pipes and valves, increasing power consumption. To address the environmental concerns of conventional scale inhibitors, this paper explores biodegradable and eco-friendly alternatives... Read More about Evaluation of Natural Organic Additives as Eco-friendly Inhibitors for Calcium and Magnesium Scale Formation in Water Systems.

Utilizing the metal coordination and supramolecular chemistry of macrocycles to tackle medicinal issues (2024)
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Redshaw, C. (2025). Utilizing the metal coordination and supramolecular chemistry of macrocycles to tackle medicinal issues. Coordination chemistry reviews, 523(pt.1), Article 216147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2024.216147

In this review, recent (post-2018) prominent examples of metal coordination and/or supramolecular chemistry of macrocycles, which have been employed against a variety of diseases are highlighted. The broad range of macrocycles available as well as th... Read More about Utilizing the metal coordination and supramolecular chemistry of macrocycles to tackle medicinal issues.

An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals. (2024)
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Hatfield, J., Walker, J., Spencer Grey, S., Oxley, L., & Cowperthwaite, L. (2024). An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 18(10), 371-403. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2024.18.10.372

Access to higher education in health and social care is vital for supporting local communities and the future workforce. Traditionally, efforts to widen participation in higher education targeted socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. However, it is... Read More about An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals..

Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment (2024)
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Chapman, E., Liddle, C. R., Williams, B., Hilmer, E., Quick, L. J., Garcia, A. G., Suárez, D. C., White, D., Bunting, M. J., Walker, P., Cabaneros, S. M. S., Kinnersley, R., Hansen, M. F., Atherall, C. A., & Rotchell, J. M. (2024). Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment. Journal of hazardous materials, 480, Article 136129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136129

A novel, yet simple, airborne microplastic (MP) sampling approach using global pollen monitoring equipment was applied to identify, characterise and quantify outdoor airborne MPs for the first time. Modification of Burkard spore trap tape adhesive pr... Read More about Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment.

Play Your Way Into Production: Game-based Skills Development for the Screen Industries (2024)
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Brereton, J., Jones, B., Reeve, C., Zborowski, J., & Bramwell-Dicks, A. (2024). Play Your Way Into Production: Game-based Skills Development for the Screen Industries. European Conference on Games Based Learning, 18(1), 124-132. https://doi.org/10.34190/ecgbl.18.1.2765

Screen industry employers report they are unable to recruit graduates with the right skills for entry level roles in film and television (e.g. runners or production assistants), citing a lack of business awareness and various ‘soft skills’ as barrier... Read More about Play Your Way Into Production: Game-based Skills Development for the Screen Industries.

Ways forward: More inclusive teacher education in England (2024)
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Glazzard, J., & Thomas, S. (in press). Ways forward: More inclusive teacher education in England. Support for Learning, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.12498

This paper underscores the need to address matters of inclusion and social justice within the teacher education curriculum in England. Current curricula for teacher education emphasises subject and pedagogical knowledge for teaching including support... Read More about Ways forward: More inclusive teacher education in England.

“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes (2024)
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Fleming, D. J. M., & Dorsch, T. E. (in press). “There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2024.2410282

Perfectionistic reactivity is a characteristic style of responding to adversity that elicits a bio-psychosocial response. Those with elevated levels of perfectionistic tendencies are thought to react disproportionately in the face of successes or fai... Read More about “There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes.

Interventions to improve clinical trial recruitment with a focus on clinical staff from the recruiting site: a systematic review (2024)
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Hermann, L., Arundel, C., Thomas, A., Twiddy, M., & Clark, L. (in press). Interventions to improve clinical trial recruitment with a focus on clinical staff from the recruiting site: a systematic review. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1177/26320843241289094

Abstract
Background
Difficulties recruiting to clinical trials are well-documented. Strategies to engage staff from the clinical site where recruitment takes place may be helpful in increasing recruitment rates.
Aim
To systematically review the l... Read More about Interventions to improve clinical trial recruitment with a focus on clinical staff from the recruiting site: a systematic review.

Immunotherapeutic Potential of Mutated NPM1 for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (2024)
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Greiner, J., Mohamed, E., Fletcher, D. M., Schuler, P. J., Schrezenmeier, H., Götz, M., & Guinn, B.-A. (2024). Immunotherapeutic Potential of Mutated NPM1 for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancers, 16(20), Article 3443. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16203443

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignant disease of the blood and bone marrow that is characterized by uncontrolled clonal proliferation of abnormal myeloid progenitor cells. Nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) gene mutations are the most common genetic abnorm... Read More about Immunotherapeutic Potential of Mutated NPM1 for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Cleaning up metal contamination after decades of energy production and manufacturing: reviewing the value in use of biochars for a sustainable future (2024)
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Taylor, M., Al-Gailani, A., Kolosz, B., Wood, I., Cheah, K. W., ., P., Vashisht, D., & Mehta, S. (2024). Cleaning up metal contamination after decades of energy production and manufacturing: reviewing the value in use of biochars for a sustainable future. Sustainability, 16(20), Article 8838. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16208838

The lasting impact of ancestral energy production operations and global manufacturing has not only generated substantial CO2 emissions, but it has also led to the release of metal-based pollutants into Earth’s water bodies. As we continue to engineer... Read More about Cleaning up metal contamination after decades of energy production and manufacturing: reviewing the value in use of biochars for a sustainable future.

Do Sex Ratio Distorting Microbes Inhibit the Evolution of Pesticide Resistance? An Experimental Test (2024)
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Fisher, A., McKenzie, A., Price, T., Bonsall, M., & Knell, R. (2024). Do Sex Ratio Distorting Microbes Inhibit the Evolution of Pesticide Resistance? An Experimental Test. Evolutionary Applications, 17(10), Article e70003. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70003

We are still largely reliant on pesticides for the suppression of arthropod pests which threaten human health and food production, but the recent rise of evolved resistance among important pest species has reduced pesticide efficacy. Despite this, ou... Read More about Do Sex Ratio Distorting Microbes Inhibit the Evolution of Pesticide Resistance? An Experimental Test.

A feasibility study on active sound reduction across an acoustic plenum window by cancelling source clusters on internal periphery of the window cavity (2024)
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Chan, P. Y., Tang, S. K., Cheung, C. C., Mui, K. W., & Fu, S. C. (2024). A feasibility study on active sound reduction across an acoustic plenum window by cancelling source clusters on internal periphery of the window cavity. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(4), 2155-2168. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0030407

The possibility of applying active control to reduce sound transmission across a practical plenum window is examined experimentally in the present study using measured transfer functions of all related sound transmission paths. As a result of the lim... Read More about A feasibility study on active sound reduction across an acoustic plenum window by cancelling source clusters on internal periphery of the window cavity.

Investigation of a Novel Thermochemical Reactor for Medium- and Low-Temperature Heating Applications in Buildings (2024)
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Han, X., Zeng, C., Zhu, Z., Sun, Y., & Zhao, X. (2024). Investigation of a Novel Thermochemical Reactor for Medium- and Low-Temperature Heating Applications in Buildings. Buildings, 14(10), Article 3192. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14103192

This research paper investigates a novel triangular honeycomb thermochemical energy storage reactor for low- and medium-temperature applications in buildings, emphasizing its potential to enhance sustainable heating. Using a validated 3D numerical mo... Read More about Investigation of a Novel Thermochemical Reactor for Medium- and Low-Temperature Heating Applications in Buildings.

Re-evaluating Water Column Reoxygenation during the End Permian Mass Extinction (2024)
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Yang, F., Li, S., An, K. Y., Bond, D. P., Ao, R., Wu, X. B., Ma, L. L., & Sun, Y. D. (2024). Re-evaluating Water Column Reoxygenation during the End Permian Mass Extinction. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems G³, 25(10), Article e2024GC011779. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC011779

Ocean anoxia is considered a key driver of the end-Permian mass extinction (EPME). However, it is much debated whether there was an ocean reoxygenation phase during, and in the aftermath, of the EPME. Evidence for ocean reoxygenation is often inferre... Read More about Re-evaluating Water Column Reoxygenation during the End Permian Mass Extinction.