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“Context and safety are everything”: Exploring how pansexual individuals mark and express their identity (2024)
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Sexuality marking serves to assert one’s sexuality to others. This can be done through language, behavior, esthetics, and/or other non-verbal cues (Morgan & Davis-Delano, 2016). This research explored how individuals who identify as pansexual mark th... Read More about “Context and safety are everything”: Exploring how pansexual individuals mark and express their identity.

Functionalizing the electrical properties of kombucha zoogleal mats for biosensing applications (2024)
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Kombucha is a type of tea that is fermented using yeast and bacteria. During this process, a film made of cellulose is produced. This film has unique properties such as biodegradability, flexibility, shape conformability, and ability to self-grow, as... Read More about Functionalizing the electrical properties of kombucha zoogleal mats for biosensing applications.

A conversation analytical study of call openings in Emergency Medical Service calls where the patient is at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (2024)
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Background: The Chain of Survival identifies the importance of early recognition of patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This research investigated the interaction between callers and call-takers during calls to the Em... Read More about A conversation analytical study of call openings in Emergency Medical Service calls where the patient is at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety (2024)
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Purpose- In alignment with the European Union’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate road fatalities by 2050, leveraging technological advancements becomes crucial for addressing the challenges of vulnerable road users (VRUs), and for mitigating the... Read More about Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety.

A mixed-methods stress audit with midwives in the United Kingdom (2024)
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Problem UK midwives report high work-related stress, which can negatively impact their health and wellbeing, with many considering leaving the profession. Background An occupational stress audit guides the implementation of stress management in... Read More about A mixed-methods stress audit with midwives in the United Kingdom.

Collective intelligence value in the culture context: New product development and user innovative behavior (2024)
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This study aimed to investigate the impact of collective intelligence on new product development (NPD) and user inventive behavior in organizational settings. The Study decisions were made using the nomothetic approach, survey conducted among 60 prod... Read More about Collective intelligence value in the culture context: New product development and user innovative behavior.

Development of a disposable, amperometric glycerol biosensor based on a screen-printed carbon electrode, modified with the electrocatalyst meldolas blue, coated with glycerol dehydrogenase and NAD+: Application to the analysis of wine quality (2024)
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This paper describes the design and development of a novel electrochemical biosensor for measuring glycerol in wine. Our initial detailed studies were aimed at deducing the optimum conditions for biosensor operation by conducting hydrodynamic voltamm... Read More about Development of a disposable, amperometric glycerol biosensor based on a screen-printed carbon electrode, modified with the electrocatalyst meldolas blue, coated with glycerol dehydrogenase and NAD+: Application to the analysis of wine quality.

Developing new healthcare practice learning environments through a third-space reflective practice approach: A case study (2024)
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Purpose The creation of new practice learning environments for healthcare students promotes the development of professional judgement skills and decision-making. Through the modelling of established practices across other subject disciplines, Health... Read More about Developing new healthcare practice learning environments through a third-space reflective practice approach: A case study.

Factors influencing microplastic abundances in the sediments of a seagrass-dominated tropical atoll (2024)
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Seagrass meadows are one of the world's most diverse ecosystems offering habitats for an extensive array of species, as well as serving as protectors of coral reefs and vital carbon sinks. Furthermore, they modify hydrodynamics by diminishing water f... Read More about Factors influencing microplastic abundances in the sediments of a seagrass-dominated tropical atoll.

The new frontier of urban mobility: A scenario-based analysis of autonomous vehicles adoption in urban transportation (2024)
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Urban mobility, as a critical component of urban development and sustainability, is on the brink of a major revolution with the advent and widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, the ambitious vision of a transformative shared econ... Read More about The new frontier of urban mobility: A scenario-based analysis of autonomous vehicles adoption in urban transportation.

The UK NHS cervical screening information leaflet: Discourse, purpose and potential for change (2024)
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Background Cervical cancer screening prevents unnecessary deaths, yet rates of attendance have been dropping in the United Kingdom. Leaflets communicate screening information in invites to everyone eligible to attend. However, these information leafl... Read More about The UK NHS cervical screening information leaflet: Discourse, purpose and potential for change.

A meta-model for understanding ‘green-red loop’ social-water interactions at a global scale (2024)
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Within the coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), social-water interactions exhibit the ‘green-loop’ and ‘red-loop’ patterns, where social development is dependent on the local and external environment for resource provision, respectively. Sustai... Read More about A meta-model for understanding ‘green-red loop’ social-water interactions at a global scale.

Impacts of COVID-19 on UK environmental science engagement projects (2024)
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In February-March 2020, ‘Investing in the Future of Science’ collected data on environmental science engagement with UK school-aged children. The UK then entered its first COVID-19 national lockdown. Larger or wider-reaching projects appeared more li... Read More about Impacts of COVID-19 on UK environmental science engagement projects.

Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: A values-based approach (2024)
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Evaluative tools for qualitative research need to be developed and designed in a way that allows them to be used by the research community to assess qualitative research on its own terms, and thus strengthen, rather than undermine, research quality.... Read More about Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: A values-based approach.

Student-generated metaphor in research supervision: An arts-based method (2024)
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Previous research has highlighted the impact and importance of the use of client-generated metaphor in psychotherapy (Cott, 2020). While researching this topic, we began to incorporate student-generated metaphor into the research supervision process.... Read More about Student-generated metaphor in research supervision: An arts-based method.

The psychosocial impact of alopecia in men: A mixed-methods survey study (2024)
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Background The most common forms of hair loss in men, alopecia areata (AA) (an autoimmune condition) and androgenetic alopecia (AGA) (pattern baldness), alter individuals' appearance in ways that may impact psychological and social wellbeing. We cur... Read More about The psychosocial impact of alopecia in men: A mixed-methods survey study.

Environmental assessment of cement production with added graphene (2024)
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Cement production significantly contributes to climate change, necessitating alternatives to mitigate the environmental impacts of this essential construction material. This study evaluates 18 environmental impacts of producing Ordinary Portland Ceme... Read More about Environmental assessment of cement production with added graphene.

On recombination (2024)
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The predominant explanations for the inclusion of chromosomal recombination during meiosis are either that it serves as a mechanism for repair or for increased adaptability. However, neither gives a clear immediate selective advantage to the reproduc... Read More about On recombination.

The spatial imaginaries of creative clusters: Examining the role of R&D programmes in creative placemaking (2024)
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Creative clusters – geographic concentrations of creative industries sector activity, its skilled individuals, organisations and institutions – have attracted significant investment globally, becoming an important driver of economic growth. In this p... Read More about The spatial imaginaries of creative clusters: Examining the role of R&D programmes in creative placemaking.

Complete absence of GLUT1 does not impair human terminal erythroid differentiation (2024)
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The Glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) is one of the most abundant proteins within the erythrocyte membrane and is required for glucose and dehydroascorbic acid (Vitamin C precursor) transport. It is widely recognized as a key protein for red cell structu... Read More about Complete absence of GLUT1 does not impair human terminal erythroid differentiation.