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The impact of frequent wildfires during the Permian–Triassic transition: Floral change and terrestrial crisis in southwestern China (2024)
Journal Article
Hua, F., Shao, L., Wang, X., Jones, T., Jones, T. P., Zhang, T., Bond, D. P., Yan, Z., & Hilton, J. (2024). The impact of frequent wildfires during the Permian–Triassic transition: Floral change and terrestrial crisis in southwestern China. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 641, Article 112129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112129

Wildfires are considered to have played an important role in the land plants crisis during the Permian–Triassic (P–T) transition. However, the nature and impact of wildfires in the P–T terrestrial crisis remains unclear. Organic petrology data from a... Read More about The impact of frequent wildfires during the Permian–Triassic transition: Floral change and terrestrial crisis in southwestern China.

Capital inflow liberalization and bank credit risk (2024)
Journal Article
Li, K., Chen, Z., & Andrikopoulos, A. (2024). Capital inflow liberalization and bank credit risk. Journal of International Money and Finance, 142, Article 103047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103047

Using a panel of annual data, covering 2207 banks operating in 45 emerging, and developing economies, over the period of 2009–2020, we study the impact of liberalization on capital inflows. Our results indicate that capital inflow liberalization has... Read More about Capital inflow liberalization and bank credit risk.

Tabernacles in the Wilderness: The US Christian Commission on the Civil War Battlefront (2024)
Book
Williams, R. (2024). Tabernacles in the Wilderness: The US Christian Commission on the Civil War Battlefront. Kent State University Press

Tabernacles in the Wilderness discusses the work of the United States Christian Commission (USCC), a civilian relief agency established by northern evangelical Protestants to minister to Union troops during the American Civil War. USCC workers saw in... Read More about Tabernacles in the Wilderness: The US Christian Commission on the Civil War Battlefront.

Wind Turbine Fault-Tolerant Control via Incremental Model-Based Reinforcement Learning (2024)
Journal Article
Xie, J., Dong, H., Zhao, X., & Lin, S. (in press). Wind Turbine Fault-Tolerant Control via Incremental Model-Based Reinforcement Learning. IEEE transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3372713

A reinforcement learning (RL) based fault-tolerant control strategy is developed in this paper for wind turbine torque & pitch control under actuator & sensor faults subject to unknown system models. An incremental model-based heuristic dynamic progr... Read More about Wind Turbine Fault-Tolerant Control via Incremental Model-Based Reinforcement Learning.

‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition (2024)
Journal Article
Bristowe, K., Braybrook, D., Scott, H. M., Coombes, L., Harðardóttir, D., Roach, A., …Harding, R. (2024). ‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241233977

Background: Children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions have multidimensional needs and heterogenous cognitive and communicative abilities. There is limited evidence to support clinicians to tailor their communication... Read More about ‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition.

Identifying container hotspots for table grape exports from South Africa to the UK: A case study (2024)
Journal Article
Goedhals-Gerber, L. L., van Dyk, E., Getor, R. Y., Louw, B., & Mishra, N. (2024). Identifying container hotspots for table grape exports from South Africa to the UK: A case study. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101054

In view of table grapes being very sensitive to temperature variations, steps must be taken to maintain temperature at protocol levels to avoid deterioration of fruit quality and resultant food losses. This study assesses the implications of hotspots... Read More about Identifying container hotspots for table grape exports from South Africa to the UK: A case study.

Advancing high impedance fault localization via adaptive transient process calibration and multiscale correlation analysis in active distribution networks (2024)
Journal Article
Gao, J.-H., Guo, M.-F., Lin, S., & Chen, D.-Y. (online). Advancing high impedance fault localization via adaptive transient process calibration and multiscale correlation analysis in active distribution networks. Measurement, Article 114431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114431

Fault localization is crucial for ensuring stability, particularly in high impedance faults (HIF) characterized by low current levels and prolonged transient processes (TP). Existing methods predominantly analyze differences in the fixed-length trans... Read More about Advancing high impedance fault localization via adaptive transient process calibration and multiscale correlation analysis in active distribution networks.

History taking for advanced clinical practitioners: what should you ask? (2024)
Journal Article
Butler, S. (online). History taking for advanced clinical practitioners: what should you ask?. Nursing Times, 120(3),

Good history taking is a vital component of patient assessment and high-quality care. This second article in our assessment and interpretation series for advanced nurse or midwife practitioners shows how a systematic approach to taking a history, com... Read More about History taking for advanced clinical practitioners: what should you ask?.

Impact of Targeted Agents on Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Fit for Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab (FCR) Relative to Age- and Sex-Matched Population (2024)
Journal Article
Molica, S., Shanafelt, T. D., Allsup, D., & Giannarelli, D. (2024). Impact of Targeted Agents on Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Fit for Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab (FCR) Relative to Age- and Sex-Matched Population. Cancers, 16(6), Article 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16061085

To assess the impact of first-line treatment with targeted agents (TAs) or fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (FCR)-based chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) on overall survival (OS) compared to age- and sex-matched individuals in the general populat... Read More about Impact of Targeted Agents on Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Fit for Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab (FCR) Relative to Age- and Sex-Matched Population.

Control strategies for inverted pendulum: A comparative analysis of linear, nonlinear, and artificial intelligence approaches (2024)
Journal Article
Irfan, S., Zhao, L., Ullah, S., Mehmood, A., & Butt, M. F. U. (2024). Control strategies for inverted pendulum: A comparative analysis of linear, nonlinear, and artificial intelligence approaches. PLoS ONE, 19(3 March), Article e0298093. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298093

An inverted pendulum is a challenging underactuated system characterized by nonlinear behavior. Defining an effective control strategy for such a system is challenging. This paper presents an overview of the IP control system augmented by a comparati... Read More about Control strategies for inverted pendulum: A comparative analysis of linear, nonlinear, and artificial intelligence approaches.

Settler Colonialism and early American History (2024)
Book Chapter
Burnard, T., & Delahaye, A. (2024). Settler Colonialism and early American History. In E. Peyrol-Kleiber, L. Roper, B. Van Ruymbeke, & A. Delahaye (Eds.), Agents of European Overseas Empires: Private Colonisers, 1450-1800 (153-178). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526167347.00016

Agents of European overseas empires involves contributors who specialise on often overlooked aspects of imperial endeavour: 'private' European interests, companies, merchants or courtiers, who conducted their own activities both with and without the... Read More about Settler Colonialism and early American History.

Cybercrime: Understanding the Current State of Literature and Issues Facing CISOs (2024)
Journal Article
Ferreira, C., Park, A., Kietzmann, J., Demetis, D., Flostrand, A., Mccarthy, I., Pitt, L., & Dabirian, A. (2024). Cybercrime: Understanding the Current State of Literature and Issues Facing CISOs. IT Professional, 26(2), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2024.3375571

The meteoric rise in cybercrime in recent years has resulted in renewed efforts to stem the potential negative effects of these nefarious activities. In this context, the role of the chief information security officer (CISO) has become one of strateg... Read More about Cybercrime: Understanding the Current State of Literature and Issues Facing CISOs.

Extended Hydrogen-Bonded Molybdenum Arrays Derived from Carboxylic Acids and Dianilines: ROP Capability of the Complexes and Parent Acids and Dianilines (2024)
Journal Article
Clegg, W., Elsegood, M. R., & Redshaw, C. (2024). Extended Hydrogen-Bonded Molybdenum Arrays Derived from Carboxylic Acids and Dianilines: ROP Capability of the Complexes and Parent Acids and Dianilines. Catalysts, 14(3), Article 214. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal14030214

From reactions involving sodium molybdate and dianilines [2,2′-(NH2)C6H4]2(CH2)n (n = 0, 1, 2) and amino-functionalized carboxylic acids 1,2-(NH2)(CO2H)C6H4 or 2-H2NC6H3-1,4-(CO2H)2, in the presence of Et3N and Me3SiCl, products adopting H-bonded net... Read More about Extended Hydrogen-Bonded Molybdenum Arrays Derived from Carboxylic Acids and Dianilines: ROP Capability of the Complexes and Parent Acids and Dianilines.

A small molecule MST1/2 inhibitor accelerates murine liver regeneration with improved survival in models of steatohepatitis (2024)
Journal Article
Watkins, R., Gamo, A., Choi, S. H., Kumar, M., Buckarma, E. L., McCabe, C., Tomlinson, J., Pereya, D., Lupse, B., Geravandi, S., Werneburg, N. W., Wang, C., Starlinger, P., Zhu, S., Li, S., Yu, S., Surakattula, M., Baguley, T., Ardestani, A., Maedler, K., …Smoot, R. (2024). A small molecule MST1/2 inhibitor accelerates murine liver regeneration with improved survival in models of steatohepatitis. PNAS Nexus, 3(3), Article pgae096. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae096

Dysfunctional liver regeneration following surgical resection remains a major cause of postoperative mortality and has no therapeutic options. Without targeted therapies, the current treatment paradigm relies on supportive therapy until homeostasis c... Read More about A small molecule MST1/2 inhibitor accelerates murine liver regeneration with improved survival in models of steatohepatitis.

Compact rover surveying and laser scanning for BIM development (2024)
Journal Article
Jafri, S. R. U. N., Hussain, S. M., Ahmed, A., Rizvi, S. A. H., Kazmi, K. H., & Iqbal, J. (2024). Compact rover surveying and laser scanning for BIM development. PLoS ONE, 19(3 March), Article e0301273. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301273

This paper presents a custom made small rover based surveying, mapping and building information modeling solution. Majority of the commercially available mobile surveying systems are larger in size which restricts their maneuverability in the targete... Read More about Compact rover surveying and laser scanning for BIM development.

A new method to identify key match-play behaviours of young soccer players: Development of the Hull Soccer Behavioural Scoring Tool (2024)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., Cumming, S., Salter, J., Toner, J., & Towlson, C. (2024). A new method to identify key match-play behaviours of young soccer players: Development of the Hull Soccer Behavioural Scoring Tool. PLoS ONE, 19(3 March), Article e0295953. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295953

The aim of this research was to assess the validity and reliability of a newly developed scoring tool, designed for monitoring youth soccer players during match-play performance to support coaches/scouts with the talent identification process. The me... Read More about A new method to identify key match-play behaviours of young soccer players: Development of the Hull Soccer Behavioural Scoring Tool.

The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: A Computationally Efficient Eccentric Binary Search Pipeline and Constraints on an Eccentric Supermassive Binary Candidate in 3C 66B (2024)
Journal Article
Agazie, G., Arzoumanian, Z., Baker, P. T., Bécsy, B., Blecha, L., Blumer, H., …The NANOGrav Collaboration. (2024). The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: A Computationally Efficient Eccentric Binary Search Pipeline and Constraints on an Eccentric Supermassive Binary Candidate in 3C 66B. The Astrophysical journal, 963(2), 144. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1f61

The radio galaxy 3C 66B has been hypothesized to host a supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) at its center based on electromagnetic observations. Its apparent 1.05 yr period and low redshift (∼0.02) make it an interesting testbed to search for low-... Read More about The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: A Computationally Efficient Eccentric Binary Search Pipeline and Constraints on an Eccentric Supermassive Binary Candidate in 3C 66B.

A randomised controlled trial of Pre-Operative Oncotype DX testing in early-stage breast cancer (PRE-DX study) - Study protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Northgraves, M., Cohen, J., Harvey, J., Huang, C., Palmieri, C., Pinder, S., …Cain, H. (2024). A randomised controlled trial of Pre-Operative Oncotype DX testing in early-stage breast cancer (PRE-DX study) - Study protocol. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300339. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300339

Background
The Oncotype DX® Breast Recurrence Score assay can guide recommendations made to patients with oestrogen receptor positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancer regarding post-surgery adjuvant the... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of Pre-Operative Oncotype DX testing in early-stage breast cancer (PRE-DX study) - Study protocol.