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Buzzing about bees: Exploring action-based storytelling as a tool for children’s environmental engagement and agency (2025)
Journal Article

This article considers innovative research in neuroscience and psychology showing that we need to transform environmental storytelling, moving away from stories focused on awareness raising, to ones which develop people’s capacity for action. We inve... Read More about Buzzing about bees: Exploring action-based storytelling as a tool for children’s environmental engagement and agency.

Assessment of toxic metals and trace elements in breast milk of mothers and their health risks to infants: A cross-sectional study in Ardabil, Northwest Iran (2025)
Journal Article

This research aimed to assess the potential health risks for infants and measure the concentrations of heavy metal substances in the breast milk of mothers residing in Ardabil, Iran. The study was descriptive and cross-sectional in nature. Ten health... Read More about Assessment of toxic metals and trace elements in breast milk of mothers and their health risks to infants: A cross-sectional study in Ardabil, Northwest Iran.

Natural history traits influence winners and losers for herpetological communities in disturbed tropical habitats (2025)
Journal Article

Habitat alteration can lead to a few ‘winning’ species outcompeting many ‘losing’ species, an effect commonly termed as ‘Winner-Loser-Replacements’ or WLRs. This can lead to homogenisation of species assemblages at phylogenetic and functional levels.... Read More about Natural history traits influence winners and losers for herpetological communities in disturbed tropical habitats.

Laying Pluckley’s ghosts: Frederick Sanders and the origins of the “Most Haunted Village in England” 1939 – 1979 (2025)
Journal Article

The village of Pluckley in the British county of Kent has enjoyed a reputation for being ‘the most haunted village in England’ for over seventy years. Popular books on ghosts have featured the village and its stories since the late 1960s, and the tot... Read More about Laying Pluckley’s ghosts: Frederick Sanders and the origins of the “Most Haunted Village in England” 1939 – 1979.

Biomimetic adaptive solar building envelopes: Trends, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable applications (2025)
Journal Article

As global energy demand continues to rise, the importance of effective solar management in building design becomes increasingly critical. Solar management encompasses strategies for harvesting, regulating, and utilizing solar energy, contributing sig... Read More about Biomimetic adaptive solar building envelopes: Trends, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable applications.

Time series forecasting for air quality with structured and unstructured data using artificial neural networks (2025)
Journal Article

Various machine learning algorithms exist to predict air quality, but they can only analyse structured data gathered from monitoring stations. However, the concentration of certain pollutants, such as PM2.5 and PM10, can be visually significant when... Read More about Time series forecasting for air quality with structured and unstructured data using artificial neural networks.

‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice (2025)
Journal Article

There is increasing interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy (PT) as a mental health intervention; however, there is a long history of stigma associated with psychedelics, which may be a barrier to implementation. For this reason, it is important to... Read More about ‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice.

AI under attack: Metric-driven analysis of cybersecurity threats in deep learning models for healthcare applications (2025)
Journal Article

Incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare has transformed disease diagnosis and treatment by offering unprecedented benefits. However, it has also revealed critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Deep Learning (DL) models, which rais... Read More about AI under attack: Metric-driven analysis of cybersecurity threats in deep learning models for healthcare applications.

Exploring patient activation and self-management experiences in adults with fibromyalgia: A qualitative evidence synthesis (2025)
Journal Article

Lay Summary: What does this mean for patients? Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a long-term condition that causes chronic widespread pain and fatigue, which commonly affects people’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. Research shows that self-ma... Read More about Exploring patient activation and self-management experiences in adults with fibromyalgia: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

The nature of Trauma Informed Care in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence with trauma history (2025)
Journal Article

Individuals who have committed sexual offences are more likely to have experienced trauma or childhood adversity than the general population (Kahn et al., 2020; McMackin et al., 2008). Further, individuals who were convicted of a sexual offence perce... Read More about The nature of Trauma Informed Care in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence with trauma history.

RESUMEN EJECUTIVO: Intervenciones de las fuerzas del orden para prevenir la explotación y abuso sexual de niñas, niños y adolescentes (2025)
Report

The current scoping review examines law enforcement’s understanding of perspectives on and practices regarding the prevention of child sexual exploitation and abuse (in this report, child sexual exploitation and abuse is referred to as “CSEA”). The p... Read More about RESUMEN EJECUTIVO: Intervenciones de las fuerzas del orden para prevenir la explotación y abuso sexual de niñas, niños y adolescentes.

'It feels like we're out of the rat race': Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home education (2025)
Journal Article

The rise in numbers of children experiencing school attendance difficulties in recent years makes this an important focus for UK school inclusion. Simultaneously, increases in school deregistration in favour of home education have caught media as wel... Read More about 'It feels like we're out of the rat race': Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home education.

What is here - there (2025)
Physical Artefact

What is here - there, our shared seas, rocks, clouds, storms, stars, flora, beauty, Sarah Bodman, collage.

HERE: a place-based polar image bridge, a participatory digital exhibition at Polar Educators International, Boulder, Colorado, USA, curated... Read More about What is here - there.

Language testing in awake craniotomy for brain tumor resection: A survey of current perioperative practice in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article

Background Language testing and mapping procedures are considered the gold standard for safe tumor resection and preservation of language and communication in patients with tumors located in an area eloquent for language, especially in the presence o... Read More about Language testing in awake craniotomy for brain tumor resection: A survey of current perioperative practice in the United Kingdom.

Sensitive periods for exposure to indoor air pollutants and psychosocial factors in association with symptoms of psychopathology at school-age in a South African birth cohort (2025)
Journal Article

Exposure to environmental toxicants and psychosocial stressors during gestation and early life are particularly harmful and may impact brain development. Specifically, exposure to indoor air pollutants (IAP) and psychosocial factors (PF) during these... Read More about Sensitive periods for exposure to indoor air pollutants and psychosocial factors in association with symptoms of psychopathology at school-age in a South African birth cohort.