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Translation and validation of the Body Esteem Scale in Adults and Adolescents among Indonesian adolescents (2024)
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Garbett, K. M., Craddock, N., Haywood, S., Hayes, C., Nasution, K., Saraswati, L. A., …Diedrichs, P. C. (2024). Translation and validation of the Body Esteem Scale in Adults and Adolescents among Indonesian adolescents. Body Image, 48, Article 101679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101679

There is a need for a psychometrically robust body image measure to advance body image scholarship among Indonesian adolescents. This study aimed to validate a Bahasa Indonesia version of the Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents (BESAA). The... Read More about Translation and validation of the Body Esteem Scale in Adults and Adolescents among Indonesian adolescents.

Amphibious architecture: A biomimetic design approach to flood resilience (2024)
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Ameh, H., Badarnah, L., & Lamond, J. (2024). Amphibious architecture: A biomimetic design approach to flood resilience. Sustainability, 16(3), Article 1069. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031069

Amphibious buildings use the buoyancy principle in the design of their foundation systems to mitigate flood impact. In some cases, amphibious buildings are fitted with mechanical systems that further aid the buoyancy element to temporarily raise the... Read More about Amphibious architecture: A biomimetic design approach to flood resilience.

Seismic performance of structure equipped with a new rubber bracing damper system (2024)
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Hejazi, F., Farahpour, H., & Ayyash, N. (2024). Seismic performance of structure equipped with a new rubber bracing damper system. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 24(1), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-023-00845-x

Nowadays, vibration energy absorption devices are widely implemented in many buildings subjected to severe vibration due to natural hazards, such as earthquakes, strong winds, and typhoons. Recently, viscous dampers have been commonly used in many st... Read More about Seismic performance of structure equipped with a new rubber bracing damper system.

If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society (2024)
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Gorell Barnes, L., & Jones, V. (2024). If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society. Primary Geography, 113, 14-15

In this article the RESPECT team (Racialised Experiences Project: Education, Children and Trust) give an overview of their research about the impact of racism on the mental health and well being of primary school children, and share some examples of... Read More about If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society.

Development of an on-column trace enrichment method for the determination of sub-μg/L bisphenol A in bottled water by RP-HPLC with fluorescent detection (2024)
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Honeychurch, K. C. (2024). Development of an on-column trace enrichment method for the determination of sub-μg/L bisphenol A in bottled water by RP-HPLC with fluorescent detection. International Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2024, Article 8258123. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8258123

A simple extraction-free, on-column trace enrichment liquid chromatographic method for the determination of trace levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in bottled water samples has been developed. It was found possible to determine ng/L (ppt) levels of BPA by... Read More about Development of an on-column trace enrichment method for the determination of sub-μg/L bisphenol A in bottled water by RP-HPLC with fluorescent detection.

Dynamic hydrological niche segregation: How plants compete for water in a semi-arid ecosystem (2024)
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Zhao, Y., Wang, L., Chun, K., Ziegler, A., & Evaristo, J. (2024). Dynamic hydrological niche segregation: How plants compete for water in a semi-arid ecosystem. Journal of Hydrology, 630, Article 130677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130677

Hydrological niche segregation (HNS), specifically the variation in root water uptake depth among coexisting species, is an understudied area of research. This is especially the case in semi-arid ecosystems, such as China's Loess Plateau (CLP), where... Read More about Dynamic hydrological niche segregation: How plants compete for water in a semi-arid ecosystem.

Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK: A rapid realist synthesis (2024)
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Stott, H., Goodenough, T., Jagosh, J., Gibson, A., Harris, N., Liddiard, C., …Voss, S. (2024). Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK: A rapid realist synthesis. BMC Primary Care, 25(1), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02271-1

Background: General practice in the UK is under substantial pressure and practices are increasingly including paramedics as part of their workforce. Little is known about how different models of paramedic working may affect successful implementation... Read More about Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK: A rapid realist synthesis.

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, E. A., Ward, L. M., Grower, P., & Rowley, S. J. (2024). Struggling at school: Are exposure to television’s Eurocentric appearance norms and objectified body consciousness associated factors?. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 48(2), 290-304. 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?.

Challenges and enablers to implementation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care: a qualitative study (2024)
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Jones, B., Anchors, Z., Voss, S., & Walsh, N. (2024). Challenges and enablers to implementation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 74(742), e315-e322. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0433

BACKGROUND: The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was set up to recruit 26 000 additional staff into general practice by 2024, with the aim of increasing patient access to appointments. Despite the potential benefits of integrating ARRS pr... Read More about Challenges and enablers to implementation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care: a qualitative study.

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.