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Larval and juvenile fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers, 1984-2017 (2025)
Data
(2025). Larval and juvenile fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers, 1984-2017. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5285/c904c5f0-7f21-4759-a7d4-c262da230b53

This dataset contains monthly/annual time series of species-specific abundances and covariates for 137 targeted larval/juvenile fish surveys at sites in a range of English lowland rivers. Larval/juvenile fish data come from two different sources: The... Read More about Larval and juvenile fish abundance, habitat, water quality, flow and climate data from English rivers, 1984-2017.

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.

Predictive GAM seabed maps can account for defined and fuzzy boundaries to improve accuracy in a scottish sea loch seascape (2024)
Journal Article
Burns, N., Bailey, D., & Hopkins, C. (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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (online). 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 UK to see what can be learnt from approximately a decade of subsequent publishing experience. As... Read More about How have Journal Quality Rankings Impacted on Accounting Education and History Scholarship in the UK?.

“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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Asthma diagnosis: a comparison of established diagnostic guidelines in adults with respiratory symptoms (2024)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. J., Drake, S., Healy, L., Wang, R., Bennett, M., Wardman, H., Durrington, H., Fowler, S., Murray, C., & Simpson, A. (2024). Asthma diagnosis: a comparison of established diagnostic guidelines in adults with respiratory symptoms. EClinicalMedicine, 76, Article 102813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102813

Background
Considerable variability exists between asthma diagnostic guidelines. We tested the performance characteristics of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Global Initiat... Read More about Asthma diagnosis: a comparison of established diagnostic guidelines in adults with respiratory symptoms.

The Equator Project Research School and Mentoring Network: Evaluated Interventions to Improve Equity in Geoscience Research (2024)
Journal Article
Dowey, N., Lawrence, A., Raji, M., Jackson, C., Williams, R., Fernando, B., Giles, S., Barclay, J., Brotherson, L., Childs, E., Houghton, J., Khatwa, A., Mills, K., Jameson, G., Rockey, F., Rogers, S., & Souch, C. (2024). The Equator Project Research School and Mentoring Network: Evaluated Interventions to Improve Equity in Geoscience Research. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 4, Article 10123. https://doi.org/10.3389/esss.2024.10123

There is a well-documented racial and ethnic diversity crisis in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) subjects in the Global North that leads to inequities in who does environmental research. The Equator project set out to increase part... Read More about The Equator Project Research School and Mentoring Network: Evaluated Interventions to Improve Equity in Geoscience Research.

Geohistorical insights into marine functional connectivity (2024)
Journal Article
Agiadi, K., Caswell, B. A., Almeida, R., Becheker, A., Blanco, A., Brito, C., León-Cobo, M. J., Cook, E.-M. E., Costantini, F., Karakuş, M., Leprieur, F., López, C., López-López, L., O’Dea, A., Pallacks, S., Rabanal, I., Schultz, L., Tanner, S. E., Theodoropoulou, T., Thurstan, R. H., …Darnaude, A. M. (in press). Geohistorical insights into marine functional connectivity. ICES journal of marine science : journal du conseil, Article fsae117. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae117

Marine functional connectivity (MFC) refers to the flows of organic matter, genes, and energy that are caused by the active and passive movements of marine organisms. Occurring at various temporal and spatial scales, MFC is a dynamic, constantly evol... Read More about Geohistorical insights into marine functional connectivity.

Research priorities for progressive pulmonary fibrosis in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Fabbri, L., Russell, A.-M., Chaudhuri, N., Adams, W., Cowan, K., Conway, J., Dickinson, W., Gibbons, M., Hart, S., Jones, S., Lynch-Wilson, J., McMillan, T., Milward, S., Ward, M., Wright, L. E., & Jenkins, G. (2024). Research priorities for progressive pulmonary fibrosis in the UK. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 11(1), e002368. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002368

Introduction Health research bodies recommend patient involvement and engagement in research and healthcare planning, although their implementation is not yet widespread. This deficiency extends to progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF), where crucial... Read More about Research priorities for progressive pulmonary fibrosis in the UK.

Exploring the dynamic evolution of lattice oxygen on exsolved-Mn2O3@SmMn2O5 interfaces for NO Oxidation (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Yang, Q., Li, X., Li, Z., Gao, C., Zhang, H., Chu, X., Redshaw, C., Shi, S., Wu, Y. A., Ma, Y., Peng, Y., Li, J., & Feng, S. (2024). Exploring the dynamic evolution of lattice oxygen on exsolved-Mn2O3@SmMn2O5 interfaces for NO Oxidation. Nature communications, 15(1), Article 7613. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51473-9

Lattice oxygen in metal oxides plays an important role in the reaction of diesel oxidation catalysts, but the atomic-level understanding of structural evolution during the catalytic process remains elusive. Here, we develop a Mn2O3/SmMn2O5 catalyst u... Read More about Exploring the dynamic evolution of lattice oxygen on exsolved-Mn2O3@SmMn2O5 interfaces for NO Oxidation.

Developing University Students’ Assessment Literacy: Theory and Practice (2024)
Journal Article
Holmes, A. (2024). Developing University Students’ Assessment Literacy: Theory and Practice. Innovare Journal of Education, 2(5), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.22159/ijoe.2024v12i5.52282

Assessment literacy skills are increasingly recognized as being important for student success in higher education. However, as a field of study, it is not well-researched except in the context of language assessment. This paper delves into critical t... Read More about Developing University Students’ Assessment Literacy: Theory and Practice.

Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native species. (2024)
Journal Article
Jeffries, D., Handley, L. L., Lamatsch, D., Olsen, H., Sayer, C., & Haenfling, B. (online). Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native species. Molecular ecology, Article e17515. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17515

Hybridization plays a pivotal role in evolution, influencing local adaptation and speciation. However, it can also reduce biodiversity, which is especially damaging when native and non-native species meet. Hybridization can threaten native species vi... Read More about Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native species..

Deep Learning-Based Colorectal Cancer Image Segmentation and Classification: A Concise Bibliometric Analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fagbola, T. M., Aderemi, E. T., & Thakur, C. S. (2024, August). Deep Learning-Based Colorectal Cancer Image Segmentation and Classification: A Concise Bibliometric Analysis. Presented at 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD), Mauritius

The use of Deep Learning (DL)-based methods for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) classification and segmentation has gained significant attention in recent times. This study employs a bibliometric analysis to investigate the state-of-the-art research on DL-ba... Read More about Deep Learning-Based Colorectal Cancer Image Segmentation and Classification: A Concise Bibliometric Analysis.

DeepCAI-V3: Improved Brain Tumor Classification from Noisy Brain MR Images using Convolutional Autoencoder and Inception-V3 Architecture (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Babaferi, E. V., Fagbola, T. M., & Thakur, C. S. (2024, August). DeepCAI-V3: Improved Brain Tumor Classification from Noisy Brain MR Images using Convolutional Autoencoder and Inception-V3 Architecture. Presented at 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems, Mauritius

Brain tumors are abnormal cell growths within the brain tissues, necessitating their early detection towards effective treatment. To achieve this, high-quality brain images via medical imaging techniques, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), are... Read More about DeepCAI-V3: Improved Brain Tumor Classification from Noisy Brain MR Images using Convolutional Autoencoder and Inception-V3 Architecture.

Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance (2024)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Tamvada, J. P., McDowall-Emefiele, S., & Swaray, R. (online). Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance. Review of Managerial Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-024-00802-9

We examine regional differences in how generalized trust and relation centrism influence how 16,785 firms across 20 lower- and middle-income countries perceive corruption as a business obstacle. Using the machine learning method LASSO, our empirical... Read More about Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance.

‘All the unlawful issue that their lust / Since then hath made between them’: children and absent motherhood in Early Modern English Cleopatra plays (2024)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, J. ‘All the unlawful issue that their lust / Since then hath made between them’: children and absent motherhood in Early Modern English Cleopatra plays. In C. Ragni (Ed.), Shakespeare and the Mediterranean 3: Antony and Cleopatra (127-150). Edizioni ETS. https://doi.org/10.13136/wf4xrq28

Recent criticism on 'Antony and Cleopatra' has started to argue for a closer correspondence between Shakespeare’s play and the English closet dramas ('The Tragedie of Antonie' by Mary Sidney Herbert, and 'The Tragedie of Cleopatra' by Samuel Daniel),... Read More about ‘All the unlawful issue that their lust / Since then hath made between them’: children and absent motherhood in Early Modern English Cleopatra plays.

Including LGBTQ+ Early Career Higher Education Staff: Learning from the Policy and Practice for Supporting LGBTQ+ Students (2024)
Journal Article
Tate, A., & Glazzard, J. (online). Including LGBTQ+ Early Career Higher Education Staff: Learning from the Policy and Practice for Supporting LGBTQ+ Students. Higher Education Research and Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2393117

This discursive paper addresses the lack of recent robust research on the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ+) Higher Education (HE) staff, particularly Early Career Academics in the UK. While efforts have focus... Read More about Including LGBTQ+ Early Career Higher Education Staff: Learning from the Policy and Practice for Supporting LGBTQ+ Students.