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Floral enhancement of arable field margins increases moth abundance and diversity (2023)
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Blumgart, D., Botham, M. S., Menéndez, R., & Bell, J. R. (2023). Floral enhancement of arable field margins increases moth abundance and diversity. Journal of Insect Conservation, 27, 455–465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-023-00469-9

Moth populations have declined across large parts of north-western Europe since the mid-20th century due, in part, to agricultural intensification. Agri-environment schemes (AES) are widely implemented across Europe to protect biodiversity in agricul... Read More about Floral enhancement of arable field margins increases moth abundance and diversity.

Moral emotions and justifying beliefs about meat, fish, dairy and egg consumption: A comparative study of dietary groups (2023)
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Ioannidou, M., Lesk, V., Stewart-Knox, B., & Francis, K. (2023). Moral emotions and justifying beliefs about meat, fish, dairy and egg consumption: A comparative study of dietary groups. Appetite, 186, Article 106544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106544

Meat eaters and meat abstainers differ in their beliefs and moral emotions related to meat consumption alongside gender differences. Few studies have investigated beliefs and moral emotions in pescatarians and vegans. Little is known about difference... Read More about Moral emotions and justifying beliefs about meat, fish, dairy and egg consumption: A comparative study of dietary groups.

Turbulence and nuclear reactions in 3D hydrodynamics simulations of massive stars (2023)
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Rizzuti, F., Hirschi, R., Georgy, C., Arnett, D., Meakin, C., & Murphy, A. (2023). Turbulence and nuclear reactions in 3D hydrodynamics simulations of massive stars. EPJ Web of Conferences, 279, 05001. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327905001

Our knowledge of massive star evolution and nucleosynthesis is limited by uncertainties related to multi-dimensional processes taking place in stellar interiors. Recently, theoretical works have started to improve 1D stellar evolution codes through t... Read More about Turbulence and nuclear reactions in 3D hydrodynamics simulations of massive stars.

Exploring the Determinants of the Relationships between the Land-Based Sectors with the Wider Rural Business Base in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis (2023)
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Tiwasing, P., Pate, L., McMillan, J., Atterton, J., & G. Thomson, S. (2023). Exploring the Determinants of the Relationships between the Land-Based Sectors with the Wider Rural Business Base in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis. Land, 12(3), Article ARTN 723. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030723

Over the past two decades, the relative socio-economic importance of land-based sectors has declined in comparison to non-land-based businesses such as tourism, food and beverage activities. However, policy implementation and research have primarily... Read More about Exploring the Determinants of the Relationships between the Land-Based Sectors with the Wider Rural Business Base in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis.

The potential future role of antiviral fabrics within healthcare systems (2023)
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Morris, H., Forrester-Soto, N., & Ogrodnik, P. (in press). The potential future role of antiviral fabrics within healthcare systems. Journal of the Textile Institute, 115(3), 453-459. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2023.2193278

Health care-associated infection is acquired by patients while receiving care and represents the most frequent adverse event with a prevalence internationally ranging from 5.7% to 19.1%. Whilst the role of textiles as a fomite in infection has been q... Read More about The potential future role of antiviral fabrics within healthcare systems.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a non-destructive method for analysing herbarium specimens. (2023)
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Barnes, M., Sule-Suso, J., Millett, J., & Roach, P. (2023). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a non-destructive method for analysing herbarium specimens. Biology Letters, 19(3), Article 20220546. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0546

Dried plant specimens stored in herbaria are an untapped treasure chest of information on environmental conditions, plant evolution and change over many hundreds of years. Owing to their delicate nature and irreplaceability, there is limited access f... Read More about Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a non-destructive method for analysing herbarium specimens..

Investigating the Factors That Determine the ESG Disclosure Practices in Europe (2023)
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Helfaya, A., Morris, R., & Aboud, A. (in press). Investigating the Factors That Determine the ESG Disclosure Practices in Europe. Sustainability, 15(6), Article 5508. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065508

The increased focus on environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) (ESG) disclosure has become a necessary step toward the integration of sustainability practices into firms’ culture to meet the expectations of stakeholders. The social and envi... Read More about Investigating the Factors That Determine the ESG Disclosure Practices in Europe.

‘Rough Critical Winds’: Mis-selling English Pastoral in H. E. Bates’s Larkin Novels, 1958-1970’ (2023)
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Shears. (2023). ‘Rough Critical Winds’: Mis-selling English Pastoral in H. E. Bates’s Larkin Novels, 1958-1970’. English Studies, 104(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2023.2188806

The revival of interest in H. E. Bates has largely come without much attention being paid to his series of five novels featuring the Larkin family (1958-1970). The neglect is because of their populist and comic mode. Yet, study of the Larkin novels e... Read More about ‘Rough Critical Winds’: Mis-selling English Pastoral in H. E. Bates’s Larkin Novels, 1958-1970’.

Low sulfated heparan sulfate mimetic differentially affects repair in immune-mediated and toxin-induced experimental models of demyelination. (2023)
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Turnbull. (2023). Low sulfated heparan sulfate mimetic differentially affects repair in immune-mediated and toxin-induced experimental models of demyelination. Glia, 71(7), 1683-1698. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.24363

There is an urgent need for therapies that target the multicellular pathology of central nervous system (CNS) disease. Modified, nonanticoagulant heparins mimic the heparan sulfate glycan family and are known regulators of multiple cellular processes... Read More about Low sulfated heparan sulfate mimetic differentially affects repair in immune-mediated and toxin-induced experimental models of demyelination..

A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness (2023)
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Fu. (2023). A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 175, Article 105276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105276

We derive a one-dimensional (1d) model for the analysis of bulging or necking in an inflated hy?perelastic tube of finite wall thickness from the three-dimensional (3d) finite elasticity theory by applying the dimension reduction methodology propose... Read More about A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness.

The association between menstrual cycle characteristics and cardiometabolic outcomes in later life: a retrospective matched cohort study of 704,743 women from the UK. (2023)
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Okoth, K., Parry-Smith, W., Thomas, G. N., Nirantharakumar, K., & Adderley, N. J. (2023). The association between menstrual cycle characteristics and cardiometabolic outcomes in later life: a retrospective matched cohort study of 704,743 women from the UK. BMC Medicine, 21, Article 104. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02794-x

A full transit of nu(2) Lupi d and the search for an exomoon in its Hill sphere with CHEOPS (2023)
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Ehrenreich, D., Delrez, L., Akinsanmi, B., Wilson, T. G., Bonfanti, A., Beck, M., …Walton, N. A. (2023). A full transit of nu(2) Lupi d and the search for an exomoon in its Hill sphere with CHEOPS. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 671, Article A154. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244790

The planetary system around the naked-eye star v(2) Lupi (HD 136352; TOI-2011) is composed of three exoplanets with masses of 4.7, 11.2, and 8.6 Earth masses (M-circle plus). The TESS and CHEOPS missions revealed that all three planets are transiting... Read More about A full transit of nu(2) Lupi d and the search for an exomoon in its Hill sphere with CHEOPS.

Detailed Sub-study Analysis of the SECRAB Trial: Quality of Life, Cosmesis and Chemotherapy Dose Intensity (2023)
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Fernando, I., Lax, S., Bowden, S., Ahmed, I., Steven, J., Churn, M., …Rea, D. (2023). Detailed Sub-study Analysis of the SECRAB Trial: Quality of Life, Cosmesis and Chemotherapy Dose Intensity. Clinical Oncology, 35(6), 397-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2023.03.007

Aims SECRAB was a prospective, open-label, multicentre, randomised phase III trial comparing synchronous to sequential chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Conducted in 48 UK centres, it recruited 2297 patients (1150 synchronous and 1146 sequential) between 2 J... Read More about Detailed Sub-study Analysis of the SECRAB Trial: Quality of Life, Cosmesis and Chemotherapy Dose Intensity.

Approaching Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedics: Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning to Prognosticate Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Surgical Outcomes (2023)
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Potty, A. G., Potty, A. S. R., Maffulli, N., Blumenschein, L. A., Ganta, D., Mistovich, R. J., …Gupta, A. (in press). Approaching Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedics: Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning to Prognosticate Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Surgical Outcomes. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(6), Article 2369. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062369

Machine learning (ML) has not yet been used to identify factors predictive for post-operative functional outcomes following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR). We propose a novel algorithm to predict ARCR outcomes using machine learning. This is... Read More about Approaching Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedics: Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning to Prognosticate Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Surgical Outcomes.