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A participatory approach to understand what might be most meaningful to people living with dementia in a positive psychology intervention (2024)
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Jackman, V., Wolverson, E., Clarke, C., & Quinn, C. (in press). A participatory approach to understand what might be most meaningful to people living with dementia in a positive psychology intervention. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2299967

ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aimed to understand which character strengths are most important for people living with dementia and therefore which strengths-based psychological interventions could be most meaningful and acceptable. Methods: A par... Read More about A participatory approach to understand what might be most meaningful to people living with dementia in a positive psychology intervention.

The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR (2024)
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Rotchell, J. M., Mendrik, F., Chapman, E., Flintoft, P., Panter, I., Gallio, G., …Schofield, J. (2024). The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR. The Science of the total environment, 914, Article 169941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169941

Background: Microplastics (MPs) are found in all environments: aquatic, airborne, and terrestrial. While their presence is not disputed, their potential impacts are not yet known. Objective: To undertake a pilot analysis of MP contamination in archae... Read More about The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR.

Climate Change Exposure and Bankruptcy Risk (2024)
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Feng, F., Han, L., Jin, J., & Li, Y. (in press). Climate Change Exposure and Bankruptcy Risk. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12792

This research documents that a firm's bankruptcy risk increases with its climate change exposure. This study further investigates the underlying mechanisms and finds that this effect is stronger for firms with lower operating cash flows or tighter fi... Read More about Climate Change Exposure and Bankruptcy Risk.

Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme (2024)
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Sabatini, S., Martyr, A., Hunt, A., Gamble, L. D., Matthews, F., Thom, J. M., …Clare, L. (2024). Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme. BMC Geriatrics, 24, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04601-x

Background Most people with dementia have multiple health conditions. This study explores (1) number and type of health condition(s) in people with dementia overall and in relation to age, sex, dementia type, and cognition; (2) change in number of h... Read More about Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme.

Bioassay complexities – exploring challenges in aquatic chemosensory research (2024)
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Hardege, J., Fletcher, N., Burnett, J., Ohnstad, H., & Bartels-Hardege, H. (2024). Bioassay complexities – exploring challenges in aquatic chemosensory research. Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 11, Article 1293585. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1293585

Chemosensory science, the study of how organisms produce and assess olfactory information is central to our understanding of how organisms interact and gain information about their environment. Signalling cue identification in aquatic systems lags ou... Read More about Bioassay complexities – exploring challenges in aquatic chemosensory research.

A Cross-Sectional Study of Alzheimer-Related Proteins in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (2024)
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Butler, A. E., Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., & Atkin, S. L. (2024). A Cross-Sectional Study of Alzheimer-Related Proteins in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(2), Article 1158. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25021158

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine condition in women of reproductive age, and several risk factors found in PCOS are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Proteins increased in AD have been reporte... Read More about A Cross-Sectional Study of Alzheimer-Related Proteins in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe (2024)
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Zhang, T. T., Lu, Y., Lu, J. H., Zhao, A. T., Redshaw, C., & Xiao, X. (2024). Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 309, Article 123835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.123835

pH plays a crucial part in numerous chemical and physiological processes. In this work, a new perylene diimide derivative that acts as a pH-sensitive dye with Bay Area Carboxylic Acid functionality. The derivative utilizes the outstanding thermal, ch... Read More about Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe.

Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’ (2024)
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Karkou, V., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Thurston, S., Clark, R., Perris, E., Kaehne, A., & Pearson, M. (2024). Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’. PLoS ONE, 19(1), Article e0296178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296178

Place-based arts initiatives are regarded as rooted in local need and as having capacity to engage local assets. However, many place-based arts initiatives remain poorly funded and short-lived, receiving little attention on how to scale up and sustai... Read More about Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’.

Clinical features of type 1 diabetes in older adults and the impact of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring: An Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) study (2024)
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Deshmukh, H., Adeleke, K., Wilmot, E. G., Folwell, A., Barnes, D., Walker, N., …Sathyapalan, T. (2024). Clinical features of type 1 diabetes in older adults and the impact of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring: An Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(4), 1333-1339. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15434

Aims: To evaluate the clinical features and impact of flash glucose monitoring in older adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) across age groups defined as young-old, middle-old, and old-old. Materials and Methods: Clinicians were invited to submit anonym... Read More about Clinical features of type 1 diabetes in older adults and the impact of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring: An Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) study.

Using outlier elimination to assess learning-based correspondence matching methods (2024)
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Ding, X., Luo, Y., Jie, B., Li, Q., & Cheng, Y. (2024). Using outlier elimination to assess learning-based correspondence matching methods. Information Sciences, 659, Article 120056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2023.120056

Recently, deep learning (DL) technology has been widely used in correspondence matching. The learning-based models are usually trained on benign image pairs with partial overlaps. Since DL model is usually data-dependent, non-overlapping images may b... Read More about Using outlier elimination to assess learning-based correspondence matching methods.

Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting (2024)
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Mohd Nasir, D., Hughes, B. R., & Ibrahim, A. (2024). Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting. Energy Proceedings, 43, https://doi.org/10.46855/energy-proceedings-11026

This paper introduces "SmartTURVENT," a hybrid windcatcher and turbine roof ventilator system with triple benefits: enhancing indoor environmental quality (IEQ), harnessing renewable energy, and reducing carbon emissions. Utilising a transient state... Read More about Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting.

Gravity current escape from a topographic depression (2024)
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Skevington, E. W., & Hogg, A. J. (2024). Gravity current escape from a topographic depression. Physical Review Fluids, 9(1), Article 014802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.014802

An inertial gravity current released within a topographic depression may climb up the incline from a lower to an upper plateau if it is sufficiently energetic and then continue to flow unsteadily away from the step while simultaneously draining back... Read More about Gravity current escape from a topographic depression.

Pickering emulsion droplets and solid microspheres acting synergistically for continuous-flow cascade reactions (2024)
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Zhang, M., Ettelaie, R., Li, T., Yang, J., Dong, L., Xue, N., …Yang, H. (2024). Pickering emulsion droplets and solid microspheres acting synergistically for continuous-flow cascade reactions. Nature Catalysis, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-024-01110-x

Integration of multiple incompatible catalysts in one continuous-flow reaction system is of paramount significance for green synthetic chemistry. Here we develop a continuous-flow cascade catalytic system by co-packing micrometre-sized Pickering emul... Read More about Pickering emulsion droplets and solid microspheres acting synergistically for continuous-flow cascade reactions.

Living well with dementia: An exploratory matched analysis of minority ethnic and white people with dementia and carers participating in the IDEAL programme (2024)
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Victor, C. R., Gamble, L. D., Pentecost, C., Quinn, C., Charlwood, C., Matthews, F. E., & Clare, L. (2024). Living well with dementia: An exploratory matched analysis of minority ethnic and white people with dementia and carers participating in the IDEAL programme. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 39(1), Article e6048. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.6048

Objectives: The increasing heterogeneity of the population of older people is reflected in an increasing number of people with dementia and carers drawn from minority ethnic groups. Data from the IDEAL study are used to compare indices of ‘living wel... Read More about Living well with dementia: An exploratory matched analysis of minority ethnic and white people with dementia and carers participating in the IDEAL programme.

Quality of Working Life in the Circular Economy: the Case of Self-employment in the Repair Sector (2024)
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Rogers, H. A., Deutz, P., Ramos, T. B., & Jonas, A. E. (2024). Quality of Working Life in the Circular Economy: the Case of Self-employment in the Repair Sector. Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-023-00343-5

Establishing a circular economy is assumed by some definitions to include social benefits such as employment opportunities; however, research beyond quantitative job creation projections is only recently emerging. While the repair sector is well-esta... Read More about Quality of Working Life in the Circular Economy: the Case of Self-employment in the Repair Sector.

Towards a Just Circular Economy Transition: the Case of European Plastic Waste Trade to Vietnam for Recycling (2024)
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Thapa, K., Vermeulen, W. J., De Waal, M. M., Deutz, P., & Nguyễn, H. Q. (2024). Towards a Just Circular Economy Transition: the Case of European Plastic Waste Trade to Vietnam for Recycling. Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-023-00330-w

Exporting waste for recycling to destinations without sound recycling capacity raises questions of fairness and sustainability. Due to insufficient recycling infrastructure in Europe to manage the growing generation of plastic waste, there has been a... Read More about Towards a Just Circular Economy Transition: the Case of European Plastic Waste Trade to Vietnam for Recycling.

NEAT Activity Detection using Smartwatch (2024)
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Dewan, A., Gunturi, V., & Naik, V. (2024). NEAT Activity Detection using Smartwatch. International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 45(1), 36-51. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAHUC.2024.136141

This paper presents a system for distinguishing non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) and non-NEAT activities at home. NEAT includes energy expended on activities apart from sleep, eating, or traditional exercise. Our study focuses on specific N... Read More about NEAT Activity Detection using Smartwatch.

Edward Caird Miscellenea (2024)
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Tyler, C. (2024). Edward Caird Miscellenea. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 29(1), 117-145

Critical edition: Collated, transcribed and introduced by Colin Tyler Contents 1. Edward Caird, Review of Dr. Zeller, History of German Philosophy; The Academy (15 May 1873) 2. Edward Caird: Lecture on “The Relation of Culture to Knowledge” (4... Read More about Edward Caird Miscellenea.