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Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia (2024)
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Alharthi, I. G., Cowx, I. G., & Harvey, J. P. (2024). Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE, 19(12 December), Article e0311743. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311743

Species presence/absence data in different water bodies in different regions of Saudi Arabia were collated from the literature and collected from field surveys to determine the geographical distribution of fish species in the country. Freshwater fish... Read More about Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia.

Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon (2024)
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Moccetti, P., Bolland, J. D., Adams, C. E., Rodger, J. R., Honkanen, H. M., Newton, M., Lothian, A. J., Nunn, A. D., & Joyce, D. A. (2024). Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon. Ecology and Evolution, 14(12), Article e70682. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70682

Migratory species typically undertake demanding long-distance journeys, across different habitat types during which they are exposed to multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors. Mortality during migration is typically high and may be human induce... Read More about Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon.

Establishing the Hydrological Controls on Water Surface Area Variations in Oxbow Lakes (2024)
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Ahmed, J. (2024). Establishing the Hydrological Controls on Water Surface Area Variations in Oxbow Lakes. Hydrological Processes, 38(12), Article e70013. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70013

Oxbow lakes are iconic fluvial landforms found in the floodplains of meandering rivers around the world. Their formation is associated with meander cutoff, a process that excises sections of river channel to optimise the downstream transmission of wa... Read More about Establishing the Hydrological Controls on Water Surface Area Variations in Oxbow Lakes.

The Lyα Dependence on Nebular Properties from the HETDEX and MOSDEF Surveys (2024)
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Chávez Ortiz, Ó. A., Leung, G. C. K., Finkelstein, S. L., Davis, D., Sutherland, R. S., Nicholls, D. C., Stephenson, M., Mentuch Cooper, E., Bagley, M., Gebhardt, K., House, L. R., Liu, C., Ciardullo, R., Gronwall, C., Hill, G. J., Farrow, D., & Schneider, D. P. (2024). The Lyα Dependence on Nebular Properties from the HETDEX and MOSDEF Surveys. The Astrophysical journal, 977(1), Article 107. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7a00

Investigating the impact of galaxy properties on emergent Lyα emission is crucial for reionization studies, given the sensitivity of Lyα to neutral hydrogen. This study presents an analysis of the physical characteristics of 155 star-forming galaxies... Read More about The Lyα Dependence on Nebular Properties from the HETDEX and MOSDEF Surveys.

Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning (2024)
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George, D. N., Dwyer, D. M., Haselgrove, M., & Le Pelley, M. E. (online). Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241305622

Johnston et al. report results which they argue demonstrate that crows engage in statistical inference during decision-making. They trained two crows to associate a set of stimuli with different reward probabilities (from 10% to 90%) before choice te... Read More about Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning.

Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review (2024)
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Killingback, C., Tomlinson, A., & Stern, J. (in press). Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, https://doi.org/10.53761/7yvrw787

Compassion was a theme of the COVID-19 pandemic era scholarship. The traumatic nature of the pandemic experience for many led to a greater humanising discourse around education, alongside the need to be embracing pedagogies of compassion. This scopin... Read More about Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review.

End of life care in paediatric settings: UK national survey (2024)
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Bedendo, A., Papworth, A., Beresford, B., Phillips, B., Vasudevan, C., Walker, G. L., Weatherly, H., Feltbower, R., Hinde, S., Hewitt, C. E., Murtagh, F., Noyes, J., Hackett, J., Hain, R., Oddie, S., Subramanian, G., Haynes, A., & Fraser, L. (online). End of life care in paediatric settings: UK national survey. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, Article spcare-2023-004673. https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004673

Objectives To describe end of life care in settings where, in the UK, most children die; to explore commonalities and differences within and between settings; and to test whether there are distinct, alternative models of end of life care. Methods An... Read More about End of life care in paediatric settings: UK national survey.

Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees (2024)
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Pimbblet, K., & Morrell, L. (2025). Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees. European Journal of Physics, 46(1), Article 015702. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ad9874

The emergence of conversational natural language processing models presents a significant challenge for Higher Education. In this work, we use the entirety of a UK Physics undergraduate (BSc with Honours) degree including all examinations and coursew... Read More about Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees.

Seabed seismographs reveal duration and structure of longest runout sediment flows on Earth (2024)
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Baker, M. L., Talling, P. J., Burnett, R., Pope, E. L., Ruffell, S. C., Urlaub, M., Clare, M. A., Jenkins, J., Dietze, M., Neasham, J., Silva Jacinto, R., Hage, S., Hasenhündl, M., Simmons, S. M., Heerema, C. J., Heijnen, M. S., Kunath, P., Cartigny, M. J., McGhee, C., & Parsons, D. R. (2024). Seabed seismographs reveal duration and structure of longest runout sediment flows on Earth. Geophysical research letters, 51(23), Article e2024GL111078. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111078

Turbidity currents carve the deepest canyons on Earth, deposit its largest sediment accumulations, and break seabed telecommunication cables. Powerful canyon-flushing turbidity currents break sensors placed in their path, making them notoriously chal... Read More about Seabed seismographs reveal duration and structure of longest runout sediment flows on Earth.

Metal-organic frameworks of p-hydroxybenzoic acid: synthesis, structure and ring opening polymerization capability (2024)
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Gong, Y., Sharp, S. J., Elsegood, M. R., & Redshaw, C. (2024). Metal-organic frameworks of p-hydroxybenzoic acid: synthesis, structure and ring opening polymerization capability. RSC advances, 14(51), 37895-37901. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra06361a

Two new, isostructural, metal-organic frameworks {[Co(O2CC6H4O)(DMF)]2}n and {[Mn(O2CC6H4O)(DMF)]2}n have been synthesised and structurally characterized. Use of p-hydroxybenzoic acid resulted in a three-dimensional MOF featuring a linker with a carb... Read More about Metal-organic frameworks of p-hydroxybenzoic acid: synthesis, structure and ring opening polymerization capability.

Tissue factor signalling modifies the expression and regulation of G1/S checkpoint regulators: Implications during injury and prolonged inflammation (2024)
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Featherby, S., Faulkner, E., & Ettelaie, C. (2025). Tissue factor signalling modifies the expression and regulation of G1/S checkpoint regulators: Implications during injury and prolonged inflammation. Molecular Medicine Reports, 31(2), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2024.13404

Tissue factor (TF) possesses additional physiological functions beyond initiating the coagulation cascade. Cellular signals initiated by cellular TF or on contact with TF-containing microvesicles, contribute to wound healing through regulating a numb... Read More about Tissue factor signalling modifies the expression and regulation of G1/S checkpoint regulators: Implications during injury and prolonged inflammation.

Humans and great apes visually track event roles in similar ways (2024)
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Wilson, V. A. D., Sauppe, S., Brocard, S., Ringen, E., Daum, M. M., Wermelinger, S., Gu, N., Andrews, C., Isasi-Isasmendi, A., Bickel, B., & Zuberbü Hler, K. (2024). Humans and great apes visually track event roles in similar ways. PLoS Biology, 22(11), Article e3002857. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002857

Human language relies on a rich cognitive machinery, partially shared with other animals. One key mechanism, however, decomposing events into causally linked agent-patient roles, has remained elusive with no known animal equivalent. In humans, agent-... Read More about Humans and great apes visually track event roles in similar ways.

The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review (2024)
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Gouseti, A., James, F., Fallin, L., & Burden, K. (in press). The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2024.2428601

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are becoming integrated into the domains of teaching, learning, assessment and administration of educational institutions. While these advances are seen to provide opportunities, new concerns have arisen about the e... Read More about The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review.

Measuring Gender Disaggregated Human Capital Development as Determinants Of Economic Growth In Nigeria (2024)
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Tontu-Gukat, B., & Bhattarai, K. (2024). Measuring Gender Disaggregated Human Capital Development as Determinants Of Economic Growth In Nigeria. Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 5(2), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.47509/JDEF.2024.v05i02.02

This study is a gender disaggregated analysis to investigate impact of human capital development on economic growth in Nigeria. The ARDL approach was applied in order to examine the gender disaggregated education, health and gender gap index as deter... Read More about Measuring Gender Disaggregated Human Capital Development as Determinants Of Economic Growth In Nigeria.

Accommodation and critique: A necessary tension (2024)
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Smith, A., & Midgley, G. (online). Accommodation and critique: A necessary tension. Systems research and behavioral science, 42(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3096

A dilemma in critical systems thinking is how to balance a desire for critique to inspire far-reaching transformations in society with the requirement for people to reach accommodations to enable on-the-ground change. Both critique and accommodation... Read More about Accommodation and critique: A necessary tension.

The nexus of overnight trend and asset prices in China (2024)
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Guo, J., Han, X., Li, K., & Li, Y. (2025). The nexus of overnight trend and asset prices in China. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 170, Article 104997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2024.104997

Leveraging the systematic variations in investor clientele within a day, we validate an adapted version of the Hong and Stein (1999) model that addresses the consequences of slow information diffusion in China. The model predicts that overnight retur... Read More about The nexus of overnight trend and asset prices in China.

Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers (2024)
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Ainsworth, R. F., Vickers, L. H., Bolland, J. D., Taylor, M. J., Harvey, J. P., Noble, R. A., Cowx, I. G., & Nunn, A. D. (2024). Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers. Scientific Data, 11, Article 1271. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04127-w

Long-term datasets provide context and understanding of complex ecological processes, including temporal variations in species diversity and ecosystem dynamics. This dataset is comprised of body length measurements (mm) of more than 380,000 larval or... Read More about Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers.

The impact of home institutions on the internationalization of emerging market SMEs: a systematic review (2024)
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Kumari, S., Shirodkar, V., & McGuire, S. (online). The impact of home institutions on the internationalization of emerging market SMEs: a systematic review. Multinational business review, https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-03-2024-0045

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review literature on home-country institutional factors influencing the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from emerging markets. Based on the analysis, the authors propose a res... Read More about The impact of home institutions on the internationalization of emerging market SMEs: a systematic review.

Communicating treatment options to older patients with advanced kidney disease: a conversation analysis study (2024)
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Selman, L. E., Shaw, C. B., Sowden, R., Murtagh, F. E., Tulsky, J. A., Parry, R., Caskey, F. J., & Barnes, R. K. (2024). Communicating treatment options to older patients with advanced kidney disease: a conversation analysis study. BMC Nephrology, 25(1), Article 417. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-024-03855-w

Background: Choosing to have dialysis or conservative kidney management is often challenging for older people with advanced kidney disease. While we know that clinical communication has a major impact on patients’ treatment decision-making, little is... Read More about Communicating treatment options to older patients with advanced kidney disease: a conversation analysis study.