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Arx: City of Broken Minds (2024)
Book
Hurst, E. (in press). Arx: City of Broken Minds. Plymouth, UK: Barbican Press

Publisher's promotional text: Inhale the memory. Exhale the truth. Arx: City of Broken Minds is a standalone epic of grimdark fantasy. In Arx, no-one remembers anything. Not the Flame Protests. Not the Sightless executioner. Not even themselves.... Read More about Arx: City of Broken Minds.

Freedom From Religion: Multiculturalism and the Rights of Women and Children (2024)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2024). Freedom From Religion: Multiculturalism and the Rights of Women and Children. In M. J. H. Bhuiyan, & A. Black (Eds.), Religious Freedom and Accommodating Religious Diversity: Challenges and Responses (20-39). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003458128

This chapter examines the limits of state interference in proscribing cultural norms by considering the right of people to leave their community free of penalties and practices that deny education to vulnerable populations, particularly women and chi... Read More about Freedom From Religion: Multiculturalism and the Rights of Women and Children.

Computational simulation of SE-SR of methane in a bench-scale circulating fluidised bed reactor: Insights into the effects of bed geometry design and catalyst-sorbent ratios (2024)
Journal Article
Udemu, C., & Font Palma, C. (2024). Computational simulation of SE-SR of methane in a bench-scale circulating fluidised bed reactor: Insights into the effects of bed geometry design and catalyst-sorbent ratios. Fuel, 377, Article 132817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132817

Operating sorbent-enhanced steam reforming (SE-SR) of methane in fluidised bed reactors presents a promising pathway for industrial low-carbon hydrogen production. However, further understanding of its complex multi-phase behaviours under certain ope... Read More about Computational simulation of SE-SR of methane in a bench-scale circulating fluidised bed reactor: Insights into the effects of bed geometry design and catalyst-sorbent ratios.

Culture-led regeneration and the contestation of local discourses and meanings: the case of European maritime port cities (2024)
Journal Article
Tommarchi, E., & Jonas, A. (online). Culture-led regeneration and the contestation of local discourses and meanings: the case of European maritime port cities. Urban Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2387944

Culture-led regeneration, understood as a range of policies using cultural activity as catalyst for urban regeneration, has been widely implemented by many European cities. The interest of local businesses and politicians in these processes seems und... Read More about Culture-led regeneration and the contestation of local discourses and meanings: the case of European maritime port cities.

Monopile-induced turbulence and sediment redistribution form visible wakes in offshore wind farms (2024)
Journal Article
Bailey, L. P., Dorrell, R., Kostakis, I., McKee, D., Parsons, D. R., Rees, J., Strong, J. A., Simmons, S., & Forster, R. M. (2024). Monopile-induced turbulence and sediment redistribution form visible wakes in offshore wind farms. Frontiers in Earth Science, 12, Article 1383726. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1383726

Offshore wind farms are becoming an increasingly common feature in the marine environment as a renewable energy source. There is a growing body of evidence on the effects of wind farms on the seabed and its organisms. However, an important and unders... Read More about Monopile-induced turbulence and sediment redistribution form visible wakes in offshore wind farms.

Nurses with dyslexia: overcoming challenges and thriving in the profession (2024)
Journal Article
Butler, S. (2024). Nurses with dyslexia: overcoming challenges and thriving in the profession. British Journal of Nursing, 33(15), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.0119

Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty impacting reading, writing and spelling. Practising nursing requires a unique set of skills that encompass effective communication, critical thinking, and organisational skills. This article focuses on the e... Read More about Nurses with dyslexia: overcoming challenges and thriving in the profession.

Unique Co-existence of Two Resistive Switching Modes in a Memristor Device Enables Multifunctional Neuromorphic Computing Properties (2024)
Journal Article
Jaafar, A. H., Khalfan Suroor Al Habsi, S., Braben, T., Venables, C., Francesconi, M. G., Stasiuk, G. J., & Kemp, N. T. (online). Unique Co-existence of Two Resistive Switching Modes in a Memristor Device Enables Multifunctional Neuromorphic Computing Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07820

We report on hybrid memristor devices consisting of germanium dioxide nanoparticles (GeO2 NP) embedded within a poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) thin-film. Besides exhibiting forming-free resistive switching and an uncommon “ON” state in the pristin... Read More about Unique Co-existence of Two Resistive Switching Modes in a Memristor Device Enables Multifunctional Neuromorphic Computing Properties.

AIE-active Photosensitizers for Concomitant Fluorescence Visualization and Efficient Photodynamic Elimination of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria (2024)
Journal Article
Li, S., Peng, S., Yu, S., Zhi, M., Su, X., Zhang, Q., Redshaw, C., & Feng, X. (2024). AIE-active Photosensitizers for Concomitant Fluorescence Visualization and Efficient Photodynamic Elimination of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 231, 112388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2024.112388

Multidrug resistance (MDR) bacterial infection is a serious hazard to human health. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been deployed as an emerging tactic to combat pathogenic bacteria, but the development of efficient photosensitizers against MDR bacter... Read More about AIE-active Photosensitizers for Concomitant Fluorescence Visualization and Efficient Photodynamic Elimination of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria.

The origins of mammal growth patterns during the Jurassic mammalian radiation (2024)
Journal Article
Newham, E., Corfe, I. J., Brewer, P., Bright, J. A., Fernandez, V., Gostling, N. J., Hoffmann, S., Jäger, K. R. K., Kague, E., Lovric, G., Marone, F., Panciroli, E., Schneider, P., Schultz, J. A., Suhonen, H., Witchell, A., Gill, P. G., & Martin, T. (2024). The origins of mammal growth patterns during the Jurassic mammalian radiation. Science Advances, 10(32), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado4555

We use synchrotron x-ray tomography of annual growth increments in the dental cementum of mammaliaforms (stem and crown fossil mammals) from three faunas across the Jurassic to map the origin of patterns of mammalian growth patterns, which are intrin... Read More about The origins of mammal growth patterns during the Jurassic mammalian radiation.

Being There - XR Performance at PQ23 (2024)
Journal Article
Fergusson-Baugh, C. (2024). Being There - XR Performance at PQ23. Theatre and performance design, 10(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1080/23322551.2024.2343602

This article presents a personal, critical reflection on the XR work presented at PQ23 that explores virtual aesthetics, emergent cognitive paradigms and their impact on the art-function of performance. The discussion considers the impact and potenti... Read More about Being There - XR Performance at PQ23.

Playing, Viewing, Touching, Modelling, Mentalizing: Theoretical Reflections on PQ 2023 (2024)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2024). Playing, Viewing, Touching, Modelling, Mentalizing: Theoretical Reflections on PQ 2023. Theatre and performance design, 10(1-2), 88-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322551.2024.2334614

Artefacts exhibited at PQ 2023 challenge our disciplinary heritage in several ways: What is scenography now? How does it engage the viewer/spectator/participant? How does it change our conceptions of theatre, performance, and scenography? How should... Read More about Playing, Viewing, Touching, Modelling, Mentalizing: Theoretical Reflections on PQ 2023.

Stressors and Coping Strategies in Esports: A Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
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.

A New Class of Zero-truncated Counting Models and Its Application (2024)
Journal Article
Tang, X.-P., Tian, Y.-Z., Wu, C.-H., Wang, Y., & Mian, Z.-B. (2024). A New Class of Zero-truncated Counting Models and Its Application. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation,

Count data is a type of data derived from the number of times an event occurs per unit of time, and zero-truncated count data refers to count data without zero, which often appears in various fields. In this paper, a new zero-truncated Bell (ZTBell)... Read More about A New Class of Zero-truncated Counting Models and Its Application.

Electrochemical Goniometry: Keystone Reactivity at the Three-Phase Boundary (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Failure analysis of unidirectional CFRP composites with the coupled effects of initial fibre waviness and voids under longitudinal compression (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, J., Wan, L., Nelms, K., Allegri, G., & Yang, D. (2024). Failure analysis of unidirectional CFRP composites with the coupled effects of initial fibre waviness and voids under longitudinal compression. Composite Structures, 347, Article 118451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118451

This research delves into the failure mechanisms exhibited by unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composites under longitudinal compression, while considering the interplay of three types of manufacturing-induced defects: initial wa... Read More about Failure analysis of unidirectional CFRP composites with the coupled effects of initial fibre waviness and voids under longitudinal compression.

The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Rethinking fish-friendliness of pumps by shifting focus to both safe and timely fish passage for effective conservation (2024)
Journal Article
Evans, O. J., Norman, J., Carter, L. J., Hutchinson, T., Don, A., Wright, R. M., Tuhtan, J. A., Toming, G., & Bolland, J. D. (2024). Rethinking fish-friendliness of pumps by shifting focus to both safe and timely fish passage for effective conservation. Scientific reports, 14(1), Article 17888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67870-5

Globally, catadromous freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla are of conservation concern, including critically endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Pumping stations that move river water to a higher elevation severely impact eels during their... Read More about Rethinking fish-friendliness of pumps by shifting focus to both safe and timely fish passage for effective conservation.

Enquiry-based learning pedagogy – Design, development and delivery of a reproducible robotics framework (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, A., Regina Vasquez Diaz, K., Mckie, D., & Iqbal, J. (2024, February). Enquiry-based learning pedagogy – Design, development and delivery of a reproducible robotics framework. Presented at Ninth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT 2024), London

Hardware-inspired enquiry-based learning (EBL) is an emerging pedagogy to develop transferable engineering skills in students. This paper is aimed at unleashing the potential of this pedagogy via the multidisciplinary domain of robotics to learn the... Read More about Enquiry-based learning pedagogy – Design, development and delivery of a reproducible robotics framework.

Lively commodities and endemic diseases: shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Benefits of specialist palliative care by identifying active ingredients of service composition, structure, and delivery model: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression (2024)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Rutterford, L., Sunny, A., Pask, S., de Wolf-Linder, S., Murtagh, F. E., & Ramsenthaler, C. (2024). Benefits of specialist palliative care by identifying active ingredients of service composition, structure, and delivery model: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression. PLoS Medicine, 21(8), Article e1004436. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004436

Background AU Specialist: Pleaseconfirmthatallheadinglevelsarerepresentedcorrectly palliative care (SPC) services address the needs :of people with advanced illness. Meta-analyses to date have been challenged by heterogeneity in SPC service models an... Read More about Benefits of specialist palliative care by identifying active ingredients of service composition, structure, and delivery model: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression.