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Artificial Intelligence perceptions and life satisfaction (2024)
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Hinks, T. (2024). Artificial Intelligence perceptions and life satisfaction. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(1-2), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00727-w

The paper estimates whether there is any relationship between life satisfaction and people’s perceptions towards artificial intelligence. Using data from 39 European countries collected in 2021, it is consistently found that people with negative perc... Read More about Artificial Intelligence perceptions and life satisfaction.

Utility of routine data reporting injuries requiring hospitalisation in Nepal: A secondary data analysis (2024)
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Pandey, B., Bray, I., Joshi, S. K., & Mytton, J. (in press). Utility of routine data reporting injuries requiring hospitalisation in Nepal: A secondary data analysis. Global Health Research,

Background Injuries are an important public health issue in Nepal, contributing significantly to both morbidity and mortality. There is no injury surveillance system available, however healthcare service use is routinely reported to central governme... Read More about Utility of routine data reporting injuries requiring hospitalisation in Nepal: A secondary data analysis.

Investigation of the displacement-based seismic performance of geogrid earth-retaining walls using three-dimensional finite element modeling (2024)
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Akbar, M., Huali, P., Guoqiang, O., Arshid, M. U., Ahmad, B., & Umar, T. (2024). Investigation of the displacement-based seismic performance of geogrid earth-retaining walls using three-dimensional finite element modeling. Results in Engineering, 21, Article 101802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2024.101802

This study evaluates the earthquake-induced movement of geogrid earth-retaining (GER) walls. A thorough investigation was conducted on a GER wall model, utilizing a comprehensive finite element (FE) analysis. This research focuses on investigating an... Read More about Investigation of the displacement-based seismic performance of geogrid earth-retaining walls using three-dimensional finite element modeling.

Globalised climate precarity: Environmental degradation, disasters and the international brick trade (2024)
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Parsons, L., de Campos, R. S., Moncaster, A., Cook, I., Siddiqui, T., Abenyake, C., …Billah, T. (2024). Globalised climate precarity: Environmental degradation, disasters and the international brick trade. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 114(3), 520-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2280666

Climate-linked disasters result when natural hazards meet socioeconomic precarity. Recognizing this, scholarship in recent years has emphasized how the precarity that turns climate-linked hazards into disasters is produced within the same global poli... Read More about Globalised climate precarity: Environmental degradation, disasters and the international brick trade.

The nature and extent of bomb tritium remaining in deep vadose zone: A synthesis and prognosis (2024)
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Huang, Y., Evaristo, J., Li, Z., Chun, K., Sutanudjaja, E. H., Cardenas, M. B., …van Genuchten, M. T. (in press). The nature and extent of bomb tritium remaining in deep vadose zone: A synthesis and prognosis. Vadose Zone Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20304

Tritium present in deep vadose zones is a useful tracer for estimating groundwater recharge, but its full utility is constrained by not knowing where and for how long the tritium tracing method remains applicable. We obtained 44 tritium profiles from... Read More about The nature and extent of bomb tritium remaining in deep vadose zone: A synthesis and prognosis.

On Cooperative Coevolution and Global Crossover (2024)
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Bull, L., & Liu, H. (2024). On Cooperative Coevolution and Global Crossover. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 28(2), 558-561. https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2024.3355776

Cooperative coevolutionary algorithms (CCEAs) divide a given problem in to a number of subproblems and use an evolutionary algorithm to solve each subproblem. This letter is concerned with the scenario under which a single fitness measure exists. By... Read More about On Cooperative Coevolution and Global Crossover.

Struggling at school: Are exposure to television’s Eurocentric appearance norms and objectified body consciousness associated factors? (2024)
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Daniels, B. (in press). Struggling at school: Are exposure to television’s Eurocentric appearance norms and objectified body consciousness associated factors?. Psychology of Women Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231225760

Theoretical work on objectified body consciousness, comprised of body surveillance and body shame, proposes several negative sequelae of holding an objectified view of the self (i.e., valuing the body primarily for its attractiveness to others). Few... Read More about Struggling at school: Are exposure to television’s Eurocentric appearance norms and objectified body consciousness associated factors?.

A qualitative investigation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care (2024)
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Jones, B., Anchors, Z., Voss, S., & Walsh, N. (in press). A qualitative investigation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0433

Background: The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) aims to recruit 26,000 additional staff into general practice by 2024, intending to increase patient access to appointments. Despite the potential benefits of integrating ARRS practitioners... Read More about A qualitative investigation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care.

Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit (2024)
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Swaithes, L., Paskins, Z., Finney, A., Walsh, N., Skrybant, M., Mallen, C., & Dziedzic, K. (in press). Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.01.003

Objective: Implementing clinical guidelines for osteoarthritis (OA) in primary care is complex. Whilst international guidelines detail what best practice for OA looks like, little is known about how this is best implemented. Limited resources are ava... Read More about Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit.

Impact of disinfectant on the electrical outputs of urine-fed ceramic and membrane-less microbial fuel cell cascades (2024)
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You, J., Walter, X. A., Gajda, I., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2024). Impact of disinfectant on the electrical outputs of urine-fed ceramic and membrane-less microbial fuel cell cascades. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 57, 759-763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.01.042

The application of microbial fuel cells in sanitation has demonstrated feasibility in supplying electricity and providing safety in underserved communities, especially at toilet blocks. Two different designs of urine fed MFC cascades, ceramic MFCs (c... Read More about Impact of disinfectant on the electrical outputs of urine-fed ceramic and membrane-less microbial fuel cell cascades.

The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture (2024)
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Chayaamor-Heil, N., Houette, T., Demirci, Ö., & Badarnah, L. (2024). The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture. Sustainability, 16(2), Article 673. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020673

Living organisms have been progressively used by designers to propose alternative design outcomes aiming towards more ecological aspects. The design development and manufacturing of new materials or design components from living organisms are more ac... Read More about The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture.

Individualism, universalism and climate change (2024)
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Hinks, T., & Douarin, E. (in press). Individualism, universalism and climate change. Journal of Institutional Economics, 20, Article e17

Is “individualism” pure selfishness?. The climate change literature often assumes so. However, individualism can be seen as capturing values aligned with self-determination and self-achievement but also universalism. Indeed, cultural psychology recog... Read More about Individualism, universalism and climate change.

Teaching to bridge research and practice: Perspectives from science communication educators across the world (2024)
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Wilkinson, C. (in press). Teaching to bridge research and practice: Perspectives from science communication educators across the world. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication,

Despite growing awareness of the need to bridge research and practice in science communication, methods of facilitating meaningful interactions between them remain elusive. This practice insight explores how teaching efforts can help to fill this gap... Read More about Teaching to bridge research and practice: Perspectives from science communication educators across the world.

In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir (2024)
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Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Holt, N., Mytton, J., Fazli, A., Leeson, L., …Sinha, V. (2024). In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir. Childhood, 31(1), 48-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682241226521

This paper focuses on art productions by children participating in an art-based wellbeing intervention project in Kashmir. Drawing on feminist security studies, we conducted narrative analysis to explore how children represent in/security. The locati... Read More about In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir.

Effect of interlayer thickness on mechanical properties of steel/polymer/steel laminates fabricated by roll bonding technique (2024)
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Maleki, P., Akbarzadeh, A., & Damghani, M. (2024). Effect of interlayer thickness on mechanical properties of steel/polymer/steel laminates fabricated by roll bonding technique. Global Journal of Research in Engineering, 23(4),

Nowadays, metal/polymer/metal laminates are extensively used in various industries due to their unparalleled properties. In this study, the roll bonding process was employed for lamination of low carbon steel (St14) and semi-melted thermoplastic poly... Read More about Effect of interlayer thickness on mechanical properties of steel/polymer/steel laminates fabricated by roll bonding technique.

Exploring decolonial and anti‐racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum through dialogue (2024)
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Gandolfi, H., Glowach, T., Walker, L., Walker, S., & Rushton, E. (2024). Exploring decolonial and anti‐racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum through dialogue. The Curriculum Journal, 35(2), 310-319. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.246

This forum piece presents reflections from professional practice, focused on decolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum. Following the publication of the Curriculum Journal Special Issue on this area, a series of prom... Read More about Exploring decolonial and anti‐racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum through dialogue.

‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa (2024)
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Carter, J., Pillay, P., Podpadec, T., Gina, J., Khumalo, N., Knight, B., …Vickers‐Hulse, K. (in press). ‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa. Literacy, https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12361

South Africa has low literacy levels and teachers face multiple challenges in their endeavours to elevate levels of literacy. This is especially prevalent in rural and township schools where teachers face the additional challenges of isolation, limit... Read More about ‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa.

Perceived barriers and opportunities to improve working conditions and staff retention in emergency departments: A qualitative study (2024)
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Daniels, J., Robinson, E., Jenkinson, E., & Carlton, E. (2024). Perceived barriers and opportunities to improve working conditions and staff retention in emergency departments: A qualitative study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 41(4), 257-265. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213189

Background Staff retention in Emergency Medicine (EM) is at crisis level and could be attributed in some part to adverse working conditions. This study aimed to better understand current concerns relating to working conditions and working practices i... Read More about Perceived barriers and opportunities to improve working conditions and staff retention in emergency departments: A qualitative study.

Personalised care packages for people with rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed-methods study. (2024)
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Dey, M., Busby, A., Isaac, J., Pratt, A., Ndosi, M., Young, A., …Nikiphorou, E. (2024). Personalised care packages for people with rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed-methods study. RMD Open, 10(1), Article e003483. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003483

Disease management in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) requires holistic assessment. We aimed to design personalised care packages suitable for people with RA. This study was conducted using a mixed-methods approach and exploratory sequential design. Consen... Read More about Personalised care packages for people with rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed-methods study..