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Stressors and Coping Strategies in Esports: A Systematic Review (2024)
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Leis, O., Sharpe, B. T., Pelikan, V., Fritsch, J., Nicholls, A. R., & Poulus, D. (online). Stressors and Coping Strategies in Esports: A Systematic Review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2024.2386528

In this systematic review, we provide an overview of stressors and coping strategies in esports, emphasizing the goal of informing applied practice and guiding future research. Guided by the PRISMA guidelines and employing the SPIDER framework, we sy... Read More about Stressors and Coping Strategies in Esports: A Systematic Review.

Electrochemical Goniometry: Keystone Reactivity at the Three-Phase Boundary (2024)
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Wadhawan, J., Lawrence, N., & Varley, T. (2024). Electrochemical Goniometry: Keystone Reactivity at the Three-Phase Boundary. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-024-05932-4

Contact angles of liquid, spherical cap droplets immobilised on an electrode surface and bathed by a fluid are important, quantifiable measures of the liquid/fluid interfacial tension. Optical goniometry, even if computer assisted, suffers when the c... Read More about Electrochemical Goniometry: Keystone Reactivity at the Three-Phase Boundary.

The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies (2024)
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Hunt, K., Patel, M., Croft, D., Franks, D., Green, P., Thompson, F., Johnstone, R., Cant, M., & Sankey, D. (2024). The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies. Nature communications, 15, Article 6583. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50621-5

A major goal in evolutionary biology is to elucidate common principles that drive human and 26 other animal societies to adopt either a warlike or peaceful nature. One proposed explanation 27 for the variation in aggression between human societies is... Read More about The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies.

Lively commodities and endemic diseases: shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms (2024)
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Holloway, L., Mahon, N., Clark, B., & Proctor, A. (2024). Lively commodities and endemic diseases: shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms. Journal of rural studies, 110, Article 103367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103367

The concept of ‘lively commodities’ captures how aspects of the life of certain entities affect their commodification and exchange within capitalist economic systems. Their status as being, or comprised of, living things matters to their commodificat... Read More about Lively commodities and endemic diseases: shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms.

The ten-year anniversary of public procurement reforms: a critical assessment of the European Union public procurement Directives (2024)
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Bovis, C. (2024). The ten-year anniversary of public procurement reforms: a critical assessment of the European Union public procurement Directives. ERA-Forum, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-024-00798-5

This article evaluates the objectives of the legal framework on public procurement in the European Union and assesses its contribution to the internal market. The author provides for a critical analysis of the evolution of the public procurement acqu... Read More about The ten-year anniversary of public procurement reforms: a critical assessment of the European Union public procurement Directives.

Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education (2024)
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da Silva, S.-M., & Hubbard, K. (2024). Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 23(3), https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.23-10-0195

Society and education is inherently ableist. Disabled people are routinely excluded from education, or have poorer outcomes within educational systems. Improving educational experiences and outcomes for people of colour have required educators to des... Read More about Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education.

Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action (2024)
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Smith, K., McDonagh, B., & Brookes, E. (in press). Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2382473

Artistic works informed by the global climate emergency are now common. Yet research typically focuses on the role of art in climate communication, rather than evaluating opportunities for large-scale public art to drive climate action and behavioral... Read More about Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action.

Responding to Incentives or Gaming the System? How UK Business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide (2024)
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Hudson, R. (2024). Responding to Incentives or Gaming the System? How UK Business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide. Research Policy, 53(9), Article 105082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105082

Journal lists for the assessment of academic performance are widely used worldwide and inform many important decisions, such as, academic workload, salary, hiring, promotion, and tenure. The use of such lists, however, has long been a very controver... Read More about Responding to Incentives or Gaming the System? How UK Business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide.

Social responsibility and corporate borrowing (2024)
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Liu, H., Li, Y., Xiao, Y., Xiong, X., & Zhang, W. (in press). Social responsibility and corporate borrowing. The European journal of finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847x.2024.2377356

We study the impact of social capital, measured by corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance, on corporate borrowing. Using a sample of 120,204 bank loan applications of China's listed firms, we find that an increase in CSR performance increa... Read More about Social responsibility and corporate borrowing.

Green Pathways for Biomass Transformation: A Holistic Evaluation of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) through Life Cycle and Techno-economic Assessment (2024)
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Yiin, C. L., Lai, Z. Y., Chin, B. L. F., Lock, S. S. M., Cheah, K. W., Taylor, M. J., Al-Gailani, A., Kolosz, B. W., & Chan, Y. H. (online). Green Pathways for Biomass Transformation: A Holistic Evaluation of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) through Life Cycle and Techno-economic Assessment. Journal of cleaner production, Article 143248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143248

The utilization of renewable biomass resources to manufacture biofuels, chemicals, and materials has garnered considerable attention. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have surfaced as a promising instrument within the realm of biomass conversion, owing... Read More about Green Pathways for Biomass Transformation: A Holistic Evaluation of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) through Life Cycle and Techno-economic Assessment.

Optimising species detection probability and sampling effort in lake fish eDNA surveys (2024)
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Sellers, G. S., Jerde, C. L., Harper, L. R., Benucci, M., Di Muri, C., Li, J., Peirson, G., Walsh, K., Hatton-Ellis, T., Duncan, W., Duguid, A., Ottewell, D., Willby, N., Law, A., Bean, C. W., Winfield, I. J., Read, D. S., Lawson Handley, L., & Hänfling, B. (2024). Optimising species detection probability and sampling effort in lake fish eDNA surveys. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 8, 121–143. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.8.104655

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is transforming biodiversity monitoring in aquatic environments. Such an approach has been developed and deployed for monitoring lake fish communities in Great Britain, where the method has repeatedly shown a co... Read More about Optimising species detection probability and sampling effort in lake fish eDNA surveys.

The experiences of patients attending the emergency department who were managed by physiotherapists: a person-centred perspective (2024)
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Naylor, J., Killingback, C., & Green, A. (in press). The experiences of patients attending the emergency department who were managed by physiotherapists: a person-centred perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2382311

Purpose: The expectation for all clinicians to deliver person-centred practices extends to the growing number of primary contact physiotherapists based in United Kingdom emergency departments (ED). Research on ED patients’ experience of this physioth... Read More about The experiences of patients attending the emergency department who were managed by physiotherapists: a person-centred perspective.

Network meta-analysis of upfront fixed-duration therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (2024)
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Molica, S., Allsup, D., & Giannarelli, D. (online). Network meta-analysis of upfront fixed-duration therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. American Journal of Hematology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.27437

The emergence of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors marked a significant advancement in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) management, especially for high-risk patients. 1 Ibrutinib, the pioneering BTK inhibitor, has undergone extensive study.... Read More about Network meta-analysis of upfront fixed-duration therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Effectiveness of Social Technical Assistance (STA) Program for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction 4 (2024)
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Bhusal, N. P., Bhattarai, K., & Walkley, F. (2024). Effectiveness of Social Technical Assistance (STA) Program for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction 4. Sustainability, 16(5), Article 6284. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156284

This research assesses the effectiveness of the Socio-Technical Assistance (STA) program 8 combined with Owner-Driven Housing Reconstruction for rural private housing recovery after Ne-9 pal's 2015 earthquake, particularly targeting vulnerable househ... Read More about Effectiveness of Social Technical Assistance (STA) Program for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction 4.

Tests of subgrid models for star formation using simulations of isolated disk galaxies (2024)
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Nobels, F. S. J., Schaye, J., Schaller, M., Ploeckinger, S., Chaikin, E., & Richings, A. J. (online). Tests of subgrid models for star formation using simulations of isolated disk galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Article stae1390. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1390

We use smoothed-particle hydrodynamics simulations of isolated Milky Way-mass disk galaxies that include cold, interstellar gas to test subgrid prescriptions for star formation (SF). Our fiducial model combines a Schmidt law with a gravitational inst... Read More about Tests of subgrid models for star formation using simulations of isolated disk galaxies.

Sustainable syngas production: Economic and circular economy benefits of PET waste gasification (2024)
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Okoye, I. J., Zein, S. H., Oko, E., & Jalil, A. A. (2024). Sustainable syngas production: Economic and circular economy benefits of PET waste gasification. Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology, https://doi.org/10.1177/14777606241262888

This paper promotes awareness of the circular economy as a superior waste disposal system alternative. The novelty of this study is to model cleaner energy generation from the gasification of polyethene terephthalate (PET) waste accompanied by a deta... Read More about Sustainable syngas production: Economic and circular economy benefits of PET waste gasification.

Spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in reservoirs and headwater tributaries (2024)
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Dodd, J. R., Noble, R. A., Nunn, A. D., Owen, H. M., Moccetti, P., Harvey, J. P., Wallace, L., Gillespie, B., Joyce, D. A., & Bolland, J. D. (online). Spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in reservoirs and headwater tributaries. Journal of fish biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15814

This investigation compared the spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. between reservoirs with (impact; Langsett Reservoir) and without (control; Grimwith Reservoir) barriers to fish movements into headwater tributarie... Read More about Spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in reservoirs and headwater tributaries.