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Scalable mesoporous biochars from bagasse waste for Cu (II) removal: Process optimisation, kinetics and techno-economic analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Bongosia, J., Al-Gailani, A., Kolosz, B. W., Loy Chun Minh, A., Sow Mun Lock, S., Cheah, K. W., & Taylor, M. J. (2024). Scalable mesoporous biochars from bagasse waste for Cu (II) removal: Process optimisation, kinetics and techno-economic analysis. Journal of environmental management, 370, Article 122558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122558

As the world faces the brink of climatological disaster, it is crucial to utilize all available resources to facilitate environmental remediation, especially by accommodating waste streams. Lignocellulosic waste residues can be transformed into mesop... Read More about Scalable mesoporous biochars from bagasse waste for Cu (II) removal: Process optimisation, kinetics and techno-economic analysis.

Gendered farmer perceptions towards soil nutrition and willingness to pay for a cafetière-style filter system for in-situ soil testing: evidence from Central Kenya (2024)
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Kamau, P., Ndirangu, I., Richardson, S., Pamme, N., & Gitaka, J. (2024). Gendered farmer perceptions towards soil nutrition and willingness to pay for a cafetière-style filter system for in-situ soil testing: evidence from Central Kenya. Heliyon, 10(18), Article e37568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37568

Soil nutrition is a key pillar in agricultural productivity. However, point-of-need testing for soil nutrition is not readily available in resource-limited settings such as Kenya. We set out to study the perceived need for soil testing among farmers... Read More about Gendered farmer perceptions towards soil nutrition and willingness to pay for a cafetière-style filter system for in-situ soil testing: evidence from Central Kenya.

Policing Psychiatric Illness: An Organisational Paradox for Health & Law (2024)
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Wondemaghen, M. (2024). Policing Psychiatric Illness: An Organisational Paradox for Health & Law. International journal of law and psychiatry, 97, Article 102017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.102017

This conceptual article examines the organisational crisis in England's National Health Service in light of the recently launched model of policing called Right Care Right Person introduced to reduce police hours spent dealing with mental health cris... Read More about Policing Psychiatric Illness: An Organisational Paradox for Health & Law.

Substituent effects on the mechanochromic behaviour of pyrene-based AIEgens (2024)
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Yang, G., Xue, Z. M., Liang, L., Meng, F., Liu, K. Y., Wang, J. H., Lin, H. T., Zhao, W. X., Chen, S. H., Yamato, T., Redshaw, C., & Wang, C. Z. (2025). Substituent effects on the mechanochromic behaviour of pyrene-based AIEgens. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 459, 116020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.116020

It is extremely significant and desirable to integrate the fascinating properties of mechanochromism and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) in one simple molecule. Herein, pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) with mechanoflu... Read More about Substituent effects on the mechanochromic behaviour of pyrene-based AIEgens.

A transdisciplinary co-conceptualisation of marine identity (2024)
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Buchan, P., Glithero, L., McKinley, E., Strand, M., Champion, G., Kochalski, S., Velentza, K., Praptiwi, R., Jung, J., Márquez, M., Marra, M., Abels, L., Neilson, A., Spavieri, J., Whittey, K., Samuel, M., Hale, R., Čermák, A., Whyte, D., West, L., …Payne, D. (2024). A transdisciplinary co-conceptualisation of marine identity. People And Nature, https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10715

1. Challenge 10 of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) calls for the restoration of society's relationship with the ocean. Research suggests that the relationship people have with marine environments can... Read More about A transdisciplinary co-conceptualisation of marine identity.

Meaningful patient and public engagement in dissemination—embedding co-production in dementia research (2024)
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de Wolf-Linder, S., Kramer, I., Hersperger, M., Schubert, M., Bachi, S., Stolz, M., Wolverson, E., & Ramsenthaler, C. (2024). Meaningful patient and public engagement in dissemination—embedding co-production in dementia research. Frontiers in Dementia, 3, Article 1426019. https://doi.org/10.3389/frdem.2024.1426019

Background: Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) is still underutilised in both dementia research and corresponding dissemination activities.

Aim: To describe the methods, format, and lessons learned in co-creating and co-producing... Read More about Meaningful patient and public engagement in dissemination—embedding co-production in dementia research.

Explainable Deep Learning Approach for High Impedance Fault Localization in Resonant Distribution Networks Considering Quantization Noise (2024)
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Gao, J.-H., Guo, M.-F., Lin, S., & Hong, Q. (online). Explainable Deep Learning Approach for High Impedance Fault Localization in Resonant Distribution Networks Considering Quantization Noise. International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.4260

In addressing the quantization noise challenge in high impedance fault (HIF) localization within resonant distribution networks, we propose a cutting-edge, explainable deep learning approach that significantly advances existing methods. This approach... Read More about Explainable Deep Learning Approach for High Impedance Fault Localization in Resonant Distribution Networks Considering Quantization Noise.

Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing (2024)
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Rodriguez-Barucg, Q., Garcia, A. A., Garcia-Merino, B., Akinmola, T., Okotie-Eboh, T., Francis, T., Bringas, E., Ortiz, I., Wade, M., Dowle, A., Joyce, D. A., Hardman, M. J., Wilkinson, H. N., & Beltran-Alvarez, P. (2024). Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing. Environmental pollution, 362, Article 124952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124952

This study investigates the effects of environmentally-relevant concentrations of fluoxetine (FLX, commercial name: Prozac) on wound healing. Pollution of water systems with pharmaceutical and personal care products, including antidepressants such as... Read More about Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing.

Mega El Niño instigated the end-Permian mass extinction (2024)
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Sun, Y., Farnsworth, A., Joachimski, M. M., Wignall, P. B., Krystyn, L., Bond, D. P., Ravidà, D. C., & Valdes, P. J. (2024). Mega El Niño instigated the end-Permian mass extinction. Science, 385(6714), 1189-1195. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado2030

The ultimate driver of the end-Permian mass extinction is a topic of much debate. Here, we used a multiproxy and paleoclimate modeling approach to establish a unifying theory elucidating the heightened susceptibility of the Pangean world to the prolo... Read More about Mega El Niño instigated the end-Permian mass extinction.

Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases (2024)
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Simon, S. T., Higginson, I. J., Bausewein, C., Jolley, C. J., Bajwah, S., Maddocks, M., Wilharm, C., Oluyase, A. O., & Pralong, A. (online). Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241270945

Background: Severe and refractory chronic breathlessness is a common and burdensome symptom in patients with advanced life-limiting disease. Its clinical management is challenging because of the lack of effective interventions. Aim: To provide practi... Read More about Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases.

Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model (2024)
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Meddick‐Dyson, S. A., Boland, J. W., Pearson, M., Greenley, S., Gambe, R., Budding, J. R., & Murtagh, F. E. (online). Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model. Intensive care medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07623-0

Purpose: The importance and effectiveness of palliative care (PC) in intensive care units (ICU) are known. Less is known about the implementation and integration of ICU-based PC interventions. This systematic review aims to use a modified implementat... Read More about Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model.

Exploring the superior mild temperature performance of nickel-infused fibrous titania silica for enhanced dry reforming of methane (2024)
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Alhassan, M., Jalil, A. A., Bahari, M. B., Hambali, H. U., Tran, T. V., Zein, S. H., & Rajendran, S. (online). Exploring the superior mild temperature performance of nickel-infused fibrous titania silica for enhanced dry reforming of methane. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.09.062

Carbon (IV) oxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. One potential approach for reducing their environmental impact is transforming these gases into synthesis gas (CO + H2). This study ill... Read More about Exploring the superior mild temperature performance of nickel-infused fibrous titania silica for enhanced dry reforming of methane.

In Conversation: LGBT+ Transitions Before and During Prison (2024)
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Glazzard, J., & Thomas, S. (2024). In Conversation: LGBT+ Transitions Before and During Prison. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, 3(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijelt.85

Prison environments can be dangerous places in which hypermasculine discourses prevail. They are often dehumanising, inflexible and viewed as places of punishment rather than rehabilitation. Regimes of power circulate to reinforce informal hierarchie... Read More about In Conversation: LGBT+ Transitions Before and During Prison.

Predictive GAM seabed maps can account for defined and fuzzy boundaries to improve accuracy in a scottish sea loch seascape (2024)
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Burns, N. M., Bailey, D. M., & Hopkins, C. R. (2024). Predictive GAM seabed maps can account for defined and fuzzy boundaries to improve accuracy in a scottish sea loch seascape. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 309, Article 108939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108939

Marine seabed mapping is an important element in marine spatial and conservation planning. Recent large scale mapping programmes have greatly increased our knowledge of the seafloor, yet at finer resolutions, large gaps remain. Loch Eriboll, Scotland... Read More about Predictive GAM seabed maps can account for defined and fuzzy boundaries to improve accuracy in a scottish sea loch seascape.

Enhancing hexavalent chromium removal from textile effluent with low-cost adsorbent: simulation and a techno-economic study (2024)
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Esmati, F., Holliday, M. C., Zein, S. H., Jabbar, K. J., Tan, S. H., & Putranto, A. (in press). Enhancing hexavalent chromium removal from textile effluent with low-cost adsorbent: simulation and a techno-economic study. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05958-1

This paper simulated hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) adsorption using cocoa pod husk biosorbent in a fixed bed column using Aspen Adsorption. This study was designed to show the effectiveness of computational methods in designing, optimising and evaluat... Read More about Enhancing hexavalent chromium removal from textile effluent with low-cost adsorbent: simulation and a techno-economic study.

How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK? (2024)
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Hudson, R. (in press). How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK?. Accounting education, https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2024.2399556

This paper revisits the debate about the potential effect of poor journal quality rankings on accounting education and accounting history scholarship in the UK to see what can be learnt from approximately a decade of subsequent publishing experience.... Read More about How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK?.

Inter-annual variation in movements and passage of seaward migrating European eels at a shrouded Archimedean screw pumping station (2024)
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Evans, O. J., Carter, L. J., Hutchinson, T., Don, A., Wright, R. M., Baktoft, H., Pauwels, I. S., & Bolland, J. D. (2024). Inter-annual variation in movements and passage of seaward migrating European eels at a shrouded Archimedean screw pumping station. Ecological engineering, 209, Article 107389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107389

The construction of less damaging (here called fish-friendly) pumping stations has taken place in recent years, but it is unknown if they provide efficient and timely passage to migratory fish, such as European eel (Anguilla anguilla (L.)). The pump... Read More about Inter-annual variation in movements and passage of seaward migrating European eels at a shrouded Archimedean screw pumping station.

“Starting to think that way from the start”: approaching deprescribing decision-making for people accessing palliative care - a qualitative exploration of healthcare professionals views (2024)
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Robinson-Barella, A., Richardson, C. L., Bayley, Z., Husband, A., Bojke, A., Bojke, R., Exley, C., Hanratty, B., Elverson, J., Jansen, J., & Todd, A. (in press). “Starting to think that way from the start”: approaching deprescribing decision-making for people accessing palliative care - a qualitative exploration of healthcare professionals views. BMC Palliative Care, 23(1), Article 221. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-024-01523-2

Background
Deprescribing has been defined as the planned process of reducing or stopping medications that may no longer be beneficial or are causing harm, with the goal of reducing medication burden while improving patient quality of life. At presen... Read More about “Starting to think that way from the start”: approaching deprescribing decision-making for people accessing palliative care - a qualitative exploration of healthcare professionals views.

Ensuring children have the right knowledge and skills at the right time (2024)
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Dockerty, K. (2024). Ensuring children have the right knowledge and skills at the right time. Primary science review : the primary science journal of the ASE, 15-17

Dr. Kelly Dockerty shares her thoughts on the implications for teacher training and practice, when considering the challenges highlighted by the Primary STEM Education Consultancy publication 'Links and Discrepancies between Maths and Science’ (2023)... Read More about Ensuring children have the right knowledge and skills at the right time.

mm-CUR: A Novel Ubiquitous, Contact-free, and Location-aware Counterfeit Currency Detection in Bundles Using Millimeter-Wave Sensor (2024)
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Niaz, F., Zhang, J., Zheng, Y., Khalid, M., & Niaz, A. (online). mm-CUR: A Novel Ubiquitous, Contact-free, and Location-aware Counterfeit Currency Detection in Bundles Using Millimeter-Wave Sensor. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, https://doi.org/10.1145/3694970

Target material sensing in non-invasive and ubiquitous contexts plays an important role in various applications. Recently, a few wireless sensing systems have been proposed for material identification. In this paper, we introduce mm-CUR, A Novel Ubiq... Read More about mm-CUR: A Novel Ubiquitous, Contact-free, and Location-aware Counterfeit Currency Detection in Bundles Using Millimeter-Wave Sensor.