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Estimating the household secondary attack rate and serial interval of COVID-19 using social media (2024)
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Dhiman, A., Yom-Tov, E., Pellis, L., Edelstein, M., Pebody, R., Hayward, A., House, T., Finnie, T., Guzman, D., Lampos, V., Virus Watch Consortium, & Cox, I. J. (2024). Estimating the household secondary attack rate and serial interval of COVID-19 using social media. npj Digital Medicine, 7(1), Article 194. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01160-2

We propose a method to estimate the household secondary attack rate (hSAR) of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom based on activity on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Conventional methods of hSAR estimation are resource intensive,... Read More about Estimating the household secondary attack rate and serial interval of COVID-19 using social media.

Spatial Spectral Transformer with Conditional Position Encoding for Hyperspectral Image Classification (2024)
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Ahmad, M., Usama, M., Khan, A. M., Distefano, S., Altuwaijri, H. A., & Mazzara, M. (2024). Spatial Spectral Transformer with Conditional Position Encoding for Hyperspectral Image Classification. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2024.3431188

In Transformer-based Hyperspectral Image Classification (HSIC), predefined positional encodings (PEs) are crucial for capturing the order of each input token. However, their typical representation as fixed-dimension learnable vectors makes it challen... Read More about Spatial Spectral Transformer with Conditional Position Encoding for Hyperspectral Image Classification.

British idealist engagements with Mazzinianism, 1858 to 1929 (2024)
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Tyler, C. (online). British idealist engagements with Mazzinianism, 1858 to 1929. Journal of political ideologies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2024.2369304

This article contributes to the scholarship on Giuseppe Mazzini’s impact on British radicalism, through an analysis of British idealist engagements with his life and writings between 1858 and 1929. Section one introduces the topic. Section two sketch... Read More about British idealist engagements with Mazzinianism, 1858 to 1929.

Development of a Resource for Health Professionals to Raise Advance Care Planning Topics During Kidney Care Consultations: A Multiple User-Centered Design (2024)
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Winterbottom, A., Hurst, H., Murtagh, F. E., Bekker, H. L., Ormandy, P., Hole, B., Russon, L., Murphy, E., Bucknall, K., & Mooney, A. (2024). Development of a Resource for Health Professionals to Raise Advance Care Planning Topics During Kidney Care Consultations: A Multiple User-Centered Design. Kidney Medicine, 6(9), Article 100874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2024.100874

Rationale & Objective: Planning and delivering treatment pathways that integrate end-of-life care, frailty assessment, and enhanced supportive care is a service priority. Despite this, people with kidney failure are less likely to have an advance car... Read More about Development of a Resource for Health Professionals to Raise Advance Care Planning Topics During Kidney Care Consultations: A Multiple User-Centered Design.

Linking marine habitats and economic values: A spatial scaling methodology for valuing societal benefits (2024)
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Burdon, D., Barnard, S., Strong, J. A., & Atkins, J. P. (2024). Linking marine habitats and economic values: A spatial scaling methodology for valuing societal benefits. Ecological economics : the journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics, 224, Article 108316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108316

There is a growing call to better understand society's relationship with the natural environment and the environment's economic contribution to the economy and human well-being. This paper presents a new methodology for estimating the spatial monetar... Read More about Linking marine habitats and economic values: A spatial scaling methodology for valuing societal benefits.

Carbon dioxide removal could result in the use of lower-grade iron ore in a decarbonized net-negative emission steel industry (2024)
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Renforth, P., Campbell, J., Foteinis, S., Cosgun, E., Young, J., Strunge, T., Riley, A. L., Mayes, W. M., & van der Spek, M. W. (2024). Carbon dioxide removal could result in the use of lower-grade iron ore in a decarbonized net-negative emission steel industry. Journal of cleaner production, 468, Article 142987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142987

Reducing the emissions from steel production is essential in meeting climate targets while maintaining economic prosperity. Here we show that applying deep emissions mitigation to the steel industry together with the reaction of by-product slag with... Read More about Carbon dioxide removal could result in the use of lower-grade iron ore in a decarbonized net-negative emission steel industry.

Wound Healing Promotion via Release of Therapeutic Metallic Ions from Phosphate Glass Fibers: An In Vitro and Ex Vivo Study (2024)
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Hoxha, A., Nikolaou, A., Wilkinson, H. N., Hardman, M. J., Gutierrez-Merino, J., Felipe-Sotelo, M., & Carta, D. (2024). Wound Healing Promotion via Release of Therapeutic Metallic Ions from Phosphate Glass Fibers: An In Vitro and Ex Vivo Study. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(29), 37669-37682. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07035

Biomaterials capable of promoting wound healing and preventing infections remain in great demand to address the global unmet need for the treatment of chronic wounds. Phosphate-based glasses (PG) have shown potential as bioresorbable materials capabl... Read More about Wound Healing Promotion via Release of Therapeutic Metallic Ions from Phosphate Glass Fibers: An In Vitro and Ex Vivo Study.

Techno economic and life cycle assessment of olefin production through CO2 hydrogenation within the power-to-X concept (2024)
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Cuevas-Castillo, G. A., Michailos, S., Akram, M., Hughes, K., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2024). Techno economic and life cycle assessment of olefin production through CO2 hydrogenation within the power-to-X concept. Journal of cleaner production, 469, Article 143143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143143

The paper deals with exhaustive process modelling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment (TEA/LCA) of olefin (ethylene and propylene) production through captured CO2 and electrolytic hydrogen. Olefins are important building block chemicals with s... Read More about Techno economic and life cycle assessment of olefin production through CO2 hydrogenation within the power-to-X concept.

Silver Nanoparticle-Immobilized Schiff-Base Macrocycles as Nanozymes with Peroxidase Mimic Activity for Antibacterial Films (2024)
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Wang, K., Redshaw, C., Zhao, X., Wang, A., Chen, K., & Qiao, Y. (2024). Silver Nanoparticle-Immobilized Schiff-Base Macrocycles as Nanozymes with Peroxidase Mimic Activity for Antibacterial Films. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7(14), 16274–16282. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c02258

The development of nanozymes has emerged as a promising pathway for combating bacterial infections. In this work, Ag/Schiff base nanozymes are obtained through the in situ reduction method on [2 + 3] Schiff base macrocycles using eco-friendly reducta... Read More about Silver Nanoparticle-Immobilized Schiff-Base Macrocycles as Nanozymes with Peroxidase Mimic Activity for Antibacterial Films.

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 lifeforms do not always move in expect... Read More about Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England.

Novel triphenylamine-pyrene-based AIEgens: Specific detection and imaging of H2O2 in aqueous solution and cells (2024)
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Zhou, X., Shen, L., Tan, X., Wang, X., Liang, X., Shan, X., Xu, H., Wang, Z. Y., Redshaw, C., & Zhang, Q. L. (2024). Novel triphenylamine-pyrene-based AIEgens: Specific detection and imaging of H2O2 in aqueous solution and cells. Journal of molecular structure, 1318(pt.1), Article 139262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.139262

H2O2 plays a key regulatory role as a bioendogenous reactive oxygen species in cells and organisms. However, excessive production or accumulation of H2O2 during mitochondrial oxidative stress may lead to oxidative damage of cellular proteins and trig... Read More about Novel triphenylamine-pyrene-based AIEgens: Specific detection and imaging of H2O2 in aqueous solution and cells.

Cancer screening attendance rates in transgender and gender-diverse patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Chan, A., Jamieson, C., Draper, H., O'Callaghan, S., & Guinn, B. A. (online). Cancer screening attendance rates in transgender and gender-diverse patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112719

Objectives: To examine disparities in attendance rates at cancer screening services between transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people in comparison with their cisgender (CG) counterparts, and to determine whether these differences were based on the... Read More about Cancer screening attendance rates in transgender and gender-diverse patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines (2024)
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Domingo, J. P. T., Jenkin, G. R., Quick, L., Williams, R. D., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Tortajada, C., Byrne, P., Coulthard, T. J., Padrones, J. T., Crane, R., Gibaga, C. R. L., Vasilopoulos, G., Tungpalan, K., Samaniego, J. O., Biles, E., Tanciongco, A. M., Chambers, J. E., Quimado, M. O., Bautista, A. T., Gonzalvo, F. I. P., …Arcilla, C. A. (2024). Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines. Journal of cleaner production, 468, Article 143114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143114

The rising demand for critical metals presents a major economic opportunity for mineral-rich countries. For a sustainable transition to a low-carbon future, it is essential to minimise impacts of mineral resource development to the environment, ecosy... Read More about Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines.

A Scoping Review of Stigma Related to Prostate Cancer in Black Men (2024)
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Bamidele, O., Greenley, S., Ukoha-Kalu, B. O., Titus, O. F., & Nanton, V. (2024). A Scoping Review of Stigma Related to Prostate Cancer in Black Men. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02070-5

Background: Prostate cancer (CaP) disproportionately affects 1-in-4 Black men and is a stigmatised disease within their communities. Yet, Black men are underrepresented in CaP research concerning stigma, which necessitates a scoping review to map ava... Read More about A Scoping Review of Stigma Related to Prostate Cancer in Black Men.

User Engagement Triggers in Social Media Discourse on Biodiversity Conservation (2024)
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Dethlefs, N., & Cuayáhuitl, H. (online). User Engagement Triggers in Social Media Discourse on Biodiversity Conservation. ACM Transactions on Social Computing, https://doi.org/10.1145/3662685

Studies in digital conservation have increasingly used social media in recent years as a source of data to understand the interactions between humans and nature, model and monitor biodiversity, and analyse online discourse about the conservation of s... Read More about User Engagement Triggers in Social Media Discourse on Biodiversity Conservation.

How can interventions more directly address drivers of unprofessional behaviour between healthcare staff? (2024)
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Aunger, J. A., Abrams, R., Mannion, R., Westbrook, J. I., Jones, A., Wright, J. M., Pearson, M., & Maben, J. (2024). How can interventions more directly address drivers of unprofessional behaviour between healthcare staff?. BMJ Open Quality, 13(3), Article e002830. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2024-002830

Unprofessional behaviours (UBs) between healthcare staff are widespread and have negative impacts on patient safety, staff well-being and organisational efficiency. However, knowledge of how to address UBs is lacking. Our recent realist review analys... Read More about How can interventions more directly address drivers of unprofessional behaviour between healthcare staff?.

An empirical analysis of agricultural and rural carbon emissions under the background of rural revitalization strategy–based on machine learning algorithm (2024)
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Niu, X. Y., Tian, Y. Z., Tang, M. L., & Mian, Z. B. (2024). An empirical analysis of agricultural and rural carbon emissions under the background of rural revitalization strategy–based on machine learning algorithm. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-024-01606-2

Agricultural and rural carbon (ARC) emissions are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in China and have profound implications for implementing the rural revitalization strategy. This study takes Shandong Province, a leading agricultural provin... Read More about An empirical analysis of agricultural and rural carbon emissions under the background of rural revitalization strategy–based on machine learning algorithm.

"Here’s Why you should use the Reflective Approach to Teaching Practicum Debriefing (RATPD): Insights into its Usefulness, Benefits, and Challenges from over a decade of research. (2024)
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Minott, M. (2024). "Here’s Why you should use the Reflective Approach to Teaching Practicum Debriefing (RATPD): Insights into its Usefulness, Benefits, and Challenges from over a decade of research. Essays in Education, 30(2), Article 2

Presently, a common occurrence is seeking customers’ views on products and services. Recently, I contacted my local bank for a replacement bank card, and within a few days, I got a “we value your feedback” email in my inbox. This essay, which aims to... Read More about "Here’s Why you should use the Reflective Approach to Teaching Practicum Debriefing (RATPD): Insights into its Usefulness, Benefits, and Challenges from over a decade of research..

Can a human right to good mental health be justified? (2024)
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Bielby, P. (online). Can a human right to good mental health be justified?. Bioethics, https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13329

Can a human right to good mental health be justified? This is an under-explored question: until recently, rights in relation to mental health have been framed and debated primarily in terms of their relevance to psychosocial disability and mental ill... Read More about Can a human right to good mental health be justified?.

Streaming with the Mouse: Disney's Entrance into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming and Implications for the Future of Entertainment (2024)
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Havard, C. T., & Davis, A. (2024). Streaming with the Mouse: Disney's Entrance into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming and Implications for the Future of Entertainment. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 27(1), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.27.07

Throughout its one-hundred-year history, The Walt Disney Company has utilised many innovative tactics for promoting their products and engaging with consumers. This article highlights the use of direct-to-consumer streaming by the company as a way to... Read More about Streaming with the Mouse: Disney's Entrance into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming and Implications for the Future of Entertainment.