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Corporate Climate Risk and Membership of Emission Trading Schemes (2025)
Journal Article
Adamolekun, G., Ahmed, A., Kwansa, N., Lawal, R., & Sakariyahu, R. (2025). Corporate Climate Risk and Membership of Emission Trading Schemes. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(5), 6054-6077. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4286

Using a sample of 5364 firms from 65 countries, we demonstrate that membership in the scheme increases firm climate risk. Further analysis reveals that the positive impact of membership on climate risk is pronounced among firms in carbon-intensive in... Read More about Corporate Climate Risk and Membership of Emission Trading Schemes.

Determination of singular control in the optimal management of natural resources (2025)
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Guiver, C., & Opmeer, M. R. (2025). Determination of singular control in the optimal management of natural resources. Applied Mathematics and Optimization, 91(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00245-025-10257-3

A method is presented to simplify the determination of solutions of certain optimal control problems which commonly arise in natural resource management and bioeconomic contexts. The method, termed the resource-value balance method, essentially lever... Read More about Determination of singular control in the optimal management of natural resources.

Privacy-enhanced skin disease classification: integrating federated learning in an IoT-enabled edge computing (2025)
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Alasbali, N., Ahmad, J., Siddique, A. A., Saidani, O., Al Mazroa, A., Raza, A., Ullah, R., & Khan, M. S. (2025). Privacy-enhanced skin disease classification: integrating federated learning in an IoT-enabled edge computing. Frontiers in Computer Science, 7, Article 1550677. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2025.1550677

Introduction: The accurate and timely diagnosis of skin diseases is a critical concern, as many skin diseases exhibit similar symptoms in the early stages. Most existing automated detection/classification approaches that utilize machine learning or d... Read More about Privacy-enhanced skin disease classification: integrating federated learning in an IoT-enabled edge computing.

Integrated Sensing and Communications for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Cell-Free Networks (2025)
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Shakoor, S., Nhat Le, Q., Hong, E.-K., Canberk, B., & Duong, T. Q. (2025). Integrated Sensing and Communications for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Cell-Free Networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 29(6), 1275-1279. https://doi.org/10.1109/lcomm.2025.3558995

This work explores a cell-free integrated sensing and communication (CF-ISAC) framework in which distributed access points work together to support communication users (UEs) with assistance from multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) whi... Read More about Integrated Sensing and Communications for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Cell-Free Networks.

A Novel Practical Finite-Time Adaptive Fuzzy Tracking Strategy of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems (2025)
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Xu, S., Zhu, C., Zhao, J., Sun, Z.-Y., & Hu, Y. (online). A Novel Practical Finite-Time Adaptive Fuzzy Tracking Strategy of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40815-025-02018-9

This paper explores a challenge of achieving practical finite-time stability (PFTS) in stochastic nonlinear systems with non-affine inputs and asymmetric output constraints. To tackle these issues, an improved dynamic event-triggered mechanism is pro... Read More about A Novel Practical Finite-Time Adaptive Fuzzy Tracking Strategy of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems.

Is it real or not? construction of meaning and identity in virtual influencer marketing (2025)
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Thompson, J., Igarashi, R., Krowinska, A., & Logan-McFarlane, A. (2025). Is it real or not? construction of meaning and identity in virtual influencer marketing. Journal of Business Research, 194, Article 115362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115362

Virtual influencers (VIs) are an emerging category of social media influencer. Through a sequential mixed-method research design, this research employs the theoretical lens of symbolic interactionism to explain how social media users construct meanin... Read More about Is it real or not? construction of meaning and identity in virtual influencer marketing.

Towards transformatory critique: reframing curriculum for student focus (2025)
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Graham, C. (online). Towards transformatory critique: reframing curriculum for student focus. Teaching in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2025.2488497

In this conceptual paper I present an argument from a critical theoretical perspective that it is the role of all universities to enable students’ criticality development. Considering criticality development as ‘critical being’, I argue that higher e... Read More about Towards transformatory critique: reframing curriculum for student focus.

Obesity: A call to action (2025)
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Dissen, A., Uchmanowicz, I., & Czapla, M. (2025). Obesity: A call to action. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 34(4), 473–477. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/203269

Obesity has emerged as one of the most pressing public health challenges of the 21st century, impacting millions worldwide and contributing to serious health complications such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, as well as a diminished q... Read More about Obesity: A call to action.

Perceptions and experiences of the menstrual cycle amongst elite adult and adolescent football players (2025)
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Donnelly, J., Valentin, S., Easton, C., White, A., & Forrest (Née Whyte), L. J. (online). Perceptions and experiences of the menstrual cycle amongst elite adult and adolescent football players. Science and Medicine in Football, https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2025.2476485

The purpose of this study was to investigate players’ experiences and perceptions of the menstrual cycle (MC) and the perceived impact on performance. Female elite adult (n = 31, age 24.6 ± 5.1 years) and adolescent (n = 65, age 15.0 ± 1.1 years) pla... Read More about Perceptions and experiences of the menstrual cycle amongst elite adult and adolescent football players.

Usability and acceptability of ambulatory monitoring in undiagnosed syncope: insights from the ASPIRED-Q qualitative study (2025)
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Pearsons, A., Hanson, C. L., Neubeck, L., Blackstock, C., Clarke, E., & Reed, M. J. (2025). Usability and acceptability of ambulatory monitoring in undiagnosed syncope: insights from the ASPIRED-Q qualitative study. BMJ Open, 15(4), Article e095927. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095927

Objectives: The aim of this study, which was embedded into the ASPIRED randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN10278811), was to explore patient and healthcare professional usability and acceptability of an enhanced (14-day) ambulatory ECG monitoring patc... Read More about Usability and acceptability of ambulatory monitoring in undiagnosed syncope: insights from the ASPIRED-Q qualitative study.

Using citizen science photographs to identify reproductive events in an oviparous elasmobranch (2025)
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Mawer, R., Dodd, J., Thorburn, J., Burns, N. M., & Bailey, D. M. (online). Using citizen science photographs to identify reproductive events in an oviparous elasmobranch. Journal of Fish Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70044

Identifying critical habitats is important for the effective management of vulnerable species. Critical habitats, such as mating or nursery grounds, support populations during key life stages and help to maximise reproductive output and population gr... Read More about Using citizen science photographs to identify reproductive events in an oviparous elasmobranch.

Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness (2025)
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Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., Tan, H., & Pokorna, K. (online). Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness. Journal of the Operational Research Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2486698

The grand challenges encapsulated in the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030, are complex, messy and interconnected. Fulfilling these goals necessitates a shift in mindset from ego-to-ecosystems awareness and an imperati... Read More about Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness.

The Usability and Acceptability of Ambulatory Monitoring in Undiagnosed Syncope: Insights from the ASPIRED-Q Qualitative Study (2025)
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Pearsons, A., Hanson, C., Neubeck, L., Blackstock, C., Clarke, E., & Reed, M. (2025). The Usability and Acceptability of Ambulatory Monitoring in Undiagnosed Syncope: Insights from the ASPIRED-Q Qualitative Study. BMJ Open, 15(4), Article e095927. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095927

Objectives: The aim of this study, which was embedded into the ASPIRED randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN10278811), was to explore patient and healthcare professional usability and acceptability of an enhanced (14-day) ambulatory ECG monitoring patc... Read More about The Usability and Acceptability of Ambulatory Monitoring in Undiagnosed Syncope: Insights from the ASPIRED-Q Qualitative Study.

A Novel Continual Learning and Adaptive Sensing State Response‐Based Target Recognition and Long‐Term Tracking Framework for Smart Industrial Applications (2025)
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Chen, L., Li, G., Tan, J., Li, Y., Fu, S., Ma, H., Liu, Y., Yang, Y., Qian, W., Zhu, Q., & Hussain, A. (2025). A Novel Continual Learning and Adaptive Sensing State Response‐Based Target Recognition and Long‐Term Tracking Framework for Smart Industrial Applications. Expert Systems, 42(5), Article e70037. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.70037

Purpose
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, highly intelligent and unmanned factories have become an important trend. In the complex environments of smart factories, the long-term tracking and inspection of specified ta... Read More about A Novel Continual Learning and Adaptive Sensing State Response‐Based Target Recognition and Long‐Term Tracking Framework for Smart Industrial Applications.

Bamboo scrimber dowels for novel engineered wood and bamboo connections: A preliminary investigation (2025)
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Yang, J., D'Amico, B., Yu, Z., & Aamir, K. (online). Bamboo scrimber dowels for novel engineered wood and bamboo connections: A preliminary investigation. Wood Material Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/17480272.2025.2487128

Bamboo scrimber, a bamboo fibre-based composite made from crushed bamboo fibre, has gained significant attention from researchers and manufacturers due to its exceptional mechanical performance and innovative structural design. This paper introduces... Read More about Bamboo scrimber dowels for novel engineered wood and bamboo connections: A preliminary investigation.

patter: Particle algorithms for animal tracking in R and Julia (2025)
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Lavender, E., Scheidegger, A., Albert, C., Biber, S. W., Illian, J., Thorburn, J., Smout, S., & Moor, H. (online). patter: Particle algorithms for animal tracking in R and Julia. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70029

State‐space models are a powerful modelling framework in movement ecology that represents individual movements and the processes connecting movements to observations. However, fitting state‐space models to animal‐tracking data can be difficult and co... Read More about patter: Particle algorithms for animal tracking in R and Julia.

Particle algorithms for animal movement modelling in receiver arrays (2025)
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Lavender, E., Scheidegger, A., Albert, C., Biber, S. W., Illian, J., Thorburn, J., Smout, S., & Moor, H. (online). Particle algorithms for animal movement modelling in receiver arrays. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70028

Particle filters and smoothers are sequential Monte Carlo algorithms used to fit non‐linear, non‐Gaussian state‐space models. These algorithms are well placed to fit process‐oriented models to animal‐tracking data, especially in receiver arrays, but... Read More about Particle algorithms for animal movement modelling in receiver arrays.

Classification of antibiotics: the glycopeptides (2025)
Journal Article
MacVicar, S. (2025). Classification of antibiotics: the glycopeptides. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 7(4), 146-147. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2025.0038

Glycopeptide antibiotics are antibacterial agents that have been in clinical use since the late 1950s, and are indicated for the treatment of severe infection caused by gram-positive bacteria (Hansen et al, 2022). Glycopeptide's mechanism of action i... Read More about Classification of antibiotics: the glycopeptides.