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Informal mhealth at scale in Africa : opportunities and challenges (2021)
Journal Article
Hampshire, K., Mwase-Vuma, T., Alemu, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Awoke, T., Mariwah, S., Chamdimba, E., Owusu, S. A., Robson, E., Castelli, M., Shkedy, Z., Shawa, N., Abel, J., & Kasim, A. S. (2021). Informal mhealth at scale in Africa : opportunities and challenges. World Development, 140, Article 105257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105257

© 2020 The extraordinary global growth of digital connectivity has generated optimism that mobile technologies can help overcome infrastructural barriers to development, with ‘mobile health’ (mhealth) being a key component of this. However, while ‘fo... Read More about Informal mhealth at scale in Africa : opportunities and challenges.

Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management (2021)
Journal Article
Downey, H., Amano, T., Benítez-López, A., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J., Haddaway, N. R., Jones, J. P., Littlewood, N., Walsh, J. C., Abrahams, M. I., Adum, G., Akasaka, M., Alves, J. A., Antwis, R. E., Arellano, E. C., Axmacher, J., Barclay, H., Batty, L., Benítez‐López, A., …Sutherland, W. J. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), Article e12032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

1. To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence-based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis. 2. If, as educators, we do not m... Read More about Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management.

Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (2021)
Journal Article
Mariwah, S., Machistey Abane, A., Asiedu Owusu, S., Kasim, A., Robson, E., Castelli, M., & Hampshire, K. (in press). Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Global Public Health, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1874467

While mobile phones promise to be an important tool for bridging the healthcare gaps in resource-poor areas in developing countries, scalability and sustainability of mobile phones for health (mhealth) interventions still remain a major challenge. Me... Read More about Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Overcoming Current Challenges for Circular Economy Assessment Implementation in Public Sector Organisations (2021)
Journal Article
Droege, H., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2021). Overcoming Current Challenges for Circular Economy Assessment Implementation in Public Sector Organisations. Sustainability, 13(3), Article 1182. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031182

Circular Economy (CE) is seen as a key strategy in achieving sustainable development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To seize the potential of CE, public and private organisations need to evaluate and communicate their pr... Read More about Overcoming Current Challenges for Circular Economy Assessment Implementation in Public Sector Organisations.

Evaluating regional spatial imaginaries: the Oxford–Cambridge Arc (2021)
Journal Article
Valler, D., Jonas, A. E., & Robinson, L. (in press). Evaluating regional spatial imaginaries: the Oxford–Cambridge Arc. Territory, Politics, Governance, https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2020.1851751

© 2020 Regional Studies Association. The process of imagination is central to region formation, underpinning the spatial definition and territorial bounding of areas, the development of spatial identity and institutional capacity, and the cultivation... Read More about Evaluating regional spatial imaginaries: the Oxford–Cambridge Arc.

Linking modern pollen accumulation rates to biomass: Quantitative vegetation reconstruction in the western Klamath Mountains, NW California, USA (2021)
Journal Article
Knight, C., Baskaran, M., Bunting, M. J., Champagne, M., Potts, M., Wahl, D., Wanket, J., & Battles, J. (2021). Linking modern pollen accumulation rates to biomass: Quantitative vegetation reconstruction in the western Klamath Mountains, NW California, USA. Holocene, 31(5), 814-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683620988038

Quantitative reconstructions of vegetation abundance from sediment-derived pollen systems provide unique insights into past ecological conditions. Recently, the use of pollen accumulation rates (PAR, grains cm−2 year−1) has shown promise as a bioprox... Read More about Linking modern pollen accumulation rates to biomass: Quantitative vegetation reconstruction in the western Klamath Mountains, NW California, USA.

Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism (2021)
Book Chapter
Bond, D. P., & Sun, Y. (2021). Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism. In R. E. Ernst, A. J. Dickson, & A. Bekker (Eds.), Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes (83-102). American Geophysical Union. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119507444.ch3

The coincidence of large igneous province (LIP) eruptions with at least three, if not all, of the Big Five biotic crises of the Phanerozoic implies that volcanism is a key driver of mass extinctions. Many LIP-induced extinction scenarios invoke globa... Read More about Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism.

A call to evaluate Plastic's impacts on marine benthic ecosystem interaction networks (2021)
Journal Article
Ladewig, S. M., Bianchi, T. S., Coco, G., Hope, J. A., & Thrush, S. F. (2021). A call to evaluate Plastic's impacts on marine benthic ecosystem interaction networks. Environmental pollution, 273, Article 116423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116423

Plastic pollution continues to seep into natural and pristine habitats. Emerging laboratory-based research has evoked concern regarding plastic’s impact on ecosystem structure and function, the essence of the ecosystem services that supports our life... Read More about A call to evaluate Plastic's impacts on marine benthic ecosystem interaction networks.

Sustainable product development in a circular economy: Implications for products, actors, decision-making support and lifecycle information management (2021)
Journal Article
Diaz, A., Schöggl, J.-P., Reyes, T., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2021). Sustainable product development in a circular economy: Implications for products, actors, decision-making support and lifecycle information management. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 26, 1031-1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.12.044

The concept of circular economy (CE) is of great interest for manufacturing companies since it provides a framework which allows them to align organisational objectives with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Corporate CE entails the adoption... Read More about Sustainable product development in a circular economy: Implications for products, actors, decision-making support and lifecycle information management.

The role of pedogenesis and natural fertiliser as vectors for essential metal content in agricultural topsoils, Central India (2021)
Journal Article
Suhr, N., Widdowson, M., & Kamber, B. S. (2021). The role of pedogenesis and natural fertiliser as vectors for essential metal content in agricultural topsoils, Central India. SN Applied Sciences, 3(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03982-7

© 2021, The Author(s). Essential trace metals are well known for their environmental toxicity and for being part of complex bio-chemical cycles. Their role as critical micronutrients, delivering vital health benefits, is less widely discussed and und... Read More about The role of pedogenesis and natural fertiliser as vectors for essential metal content in agricultural topsoils, Central India.

Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction (2021)
Book Chapter
Paterson, D. M. .., & Hope, J. A. (2021). Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction. In R. Gordon, S. A. Cohn, & K. M. Manoylov (Eds.), Diatom Gliding Motility: Biology and Applications (135-158). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119526483.ch6

Ecology is complex and while there is a modern drive towards a holistic or “ecosystem approach” for managing marine systems, we are still a long way from fully understanding the interactions between the various components of different ecosystems and... Read More about Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction.

Explainable AI for Intelligent Decision Support in Operations & Maintenance of Wind Turbines (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chatterjee, J. (2020, August). Explainable AI for Intelligent Decision Support in Operations & Maintenance of Wind Turbines. Presented at 1st Doctoral Consortium at the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (DC-ECAI 2020), Online

As global efforts in transitioning to sustainable energy sources rise, wind energy has become a leading renewable energy resource. However, turbines are complex engineering systems and rely on effective operations & maintenance (O&M) to prevent catas... Read More about Explainable AI for Intelligent Decision Support in Operations & Maintenance of Wind Turbines.

Framing and assessing the emergent field of business model innovation for the circular economy: A combined literature review and multiple case study approach (2020)
Journal Article
Santa-Maria, T., Vermeulen, W. J., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2021). Framing and assessing the emergent field of business model innovation for the circular economy: A combined literature review and multiple case study approach. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 26, 872-891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.12.037

Widespread adoption of sustainable and circular business models is required to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable society, however, the literature supporting the process of Business Model Innovation for the Circular Economy - or Circular... Read More about Framing and assessing the emergent field of business model innovation for the circular economy: A combined literature review and multiple case study approach.

Local segregation of realised niches in lizards (2020)
Journal Article
Sillero, N., Argaña, E., Matos, C., Franch, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., & Carretero, M. A. (2020). Local segregation of realised niches in lizards. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(12), Article 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9120764

Species can occupy different realised niches when sharing the space with other congeneric species or when living in allopatry. Ecological niche models are powerful tools to analyse species niches and their changes over time and space. Analysing how s... Read More about Local segregation of realised niches in lizards.

A new modelling approach to sediment bypass prediction applied to the East Coast Basin, New Zealand (2020)
Journal Article
Crisóstomo-Figueroa, A., McArthur, A. D., Dorrell, R. M., Amy, L., & McCaffrey, W. D. (2021). A new modelling approach to sediment bypass prediction applied to the East Coast Basin, New Zealand. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 133(7-8), 1734-1748. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35687.1

Predicting when turbidity currents are erosional or depositional (i.e., leaving no depositional record versus leaving a deposit) remains challenging. Here we combine observations from submarine channel morphology with a new sediment transport model t... Read More about A new modelling approach to sediment bypass prediction applied to the East Coast Basin, New Zealand.

Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System (2020)
Journal Article
Morley, S. A., Abele, D., Barnes, D. K., Cárdenas, C. A., Cotté, C., Gutt, J., Henley, S. F., Höfer, J., Hughes, K. A., Martin, S. M., Moffat, C., Raphael, M., Stammerjohn, S. E., Suckling, C. C., Tulloch, V. J., Waller, C. L., & Constable, A. J. (2020). Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 547188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.547188

Copyright © 2020 Morley, Abele, Barnes, Cárdenas, Cotté, Gutt, Henley, Höfer, Hughes, Martin, Moffat, Raphael, Stammerjohn, Suckling, Tulloch, Waller and Constable. The manuscript assesses the current and expected future global drivers of Southern Oc... Read More about Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System.

Analysis of a novel photovoltaic/thermal system using InGaN/GaN MQWs cells in high temperature applications (2020)
Journal Article
Ren, X., Li, J., Gao, D., Wu, L., & Pei, G. (2021). Analysis of a novel photovoltaic/thermal system using InGaN/GaN MQWs cells in high temperature applications. Renewable energy, 168, 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.035

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd The solar cells commonly adopted in the photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) have negative temperature coefficients, leading to a significant decrement in electrical efficiency as cell's temperature exceeds 80 °C, and thus the PV/T systems... Read More about Analysis of a novel photovoltaic/thermal system using InGaN/GaN MQWs cells in high temperature applications.

Equilibrium sediment transport, grade and discharge for suspended-load-dominated flows on Earth, Mars and Titan (2020)
Journal Article
Amy, L., & Dorrell, R. (2021). Equilibrium sediment transport, grade and discharge for suspended-load-dominated flows on Earth, Mars and Titan. Icarus, 360, Article 114243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114243

© 2020 The Authors Recent surface observations have emphasised the importance of bedload transport by rivers and streams on Mars and Titan. Previous “hydraulic” analysis, however, has also shown that transport as suspended load should be possible, if... Read More about Equilibrium sediment transport, grade and discharge for suspended-load-dominated flows on Earth, Mars and Titan.

Sustainability assessment in circular inter-firm networks: An integrated framework of industrial ecology and circular supply chain management approaches (2020)
Journal Article
Walker, A. M., Vermeulen, W. J., Simboli, A., & Raggi, A. (2021). Sustainability assessment in circular inter-firm networks: An integrated framework of industrial ecology and circular supply chain management approaches. Journal of cleaner production, 286, Article 125457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125457

Circular economy has become a central concept of sustainable production and consumption since its introduction into the public eye. However, to ensure circular economy actually delivers on its promises regarding sustainability, it is vital to anticip... Read More about Sustainability assessment in circular inter-firm networks: An integrated framework of industrial ecology and circular supply chain management approaches.