From Rag Picking to Riches: Fashion Education meets Textile Waste by Katherine Townsend, Emma Prince, Alison Escott, Gill Barker

“…To clothe its service users; 2. for re-sale in the charity’s shop to fund its work; 3. to be sold as ‘rag’ by the kilo (shipped to 3rd world countries). …”
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Nitrogen-rich hyper-crosslinked polymers for low-pressure CO2 capture by Kehinde Fayemiwo, Goran Vladisavljevic, Seyed Ali Nabavi, Brahim Benyahia, Dawid P. Hanak, Konstantin Loponov, Vasilije Manovic

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Broad-scale patterns of invertebrate richness and community composition in temporary rivers: effects of flow intermittence by T. Datry, S.T. Larned, K.M. Fritz, M.T. Bogan, Paul Wood, E.I. Meyer, A.N. Santos

“…Temporary rivers are increasingly common freshwater ecosystems, but there have been no global syntheses of their community patterns. In this study, we examined the responses of aquatic invertebrate communities to flow intermittence in 14 rivers from multiple biogeographic regions covering a wide range of flow intermittence and spatial arrangements of perennial and temporary reaches. …”
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Effects of natural polyphenol-rich pomegranate juice supplementation on plasma ion and lipid profiles following resistance exercise: a placebo-controlled trial by Achraf Ammar, Khaled Trabelsi, Stephen Bailey, Mouna Turki, Nicola Bragazzi, Omar Boukhris, Kais El Abed, Mohamed Bouaziz, Fatma Ayadi, Tarak Driss, Nizar Souissi, Hamdi Chtourou, Anita Hökelmann

“…Post-exercise plasma [Na+], [Cl-], and [HDL-C] were greater following POMj supplementation compared to PLA (p = 0.01 for Cl-A nd HDL-C, p = 0.02 for Na+, and p = 0.04 for TC), with no between-supplement post-exercise differences in the other ion and lipid markers (p > 0.05). …”
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Effects of natural polyphenol-rich pomegranate juice on the acute and delayed response of Homocysteine and steroidal hormones following weightlifting exercises: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Achraf Ammar, Mouna Turki, Khaled Trabelsi, Nicola Bragazzi, Omar Boukhris, Mohamed Bouaziz, Fatma Ayadi, Kais El Abed, Tarak Driss, Nizar Souissi, Hamdi Chtourou, Stephen Bailey, Anita Hoekelmann

“…During the 48 h recovery period, all tested parameters were shown to recover to baseline values in both conditions with significant increases in [C] and decreases in [T/C] (p < 0.01 for PLA and p < 0.05 for POMj) from 3 min to 48 h post-exercises. …”
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Supplementary Information files for The influence of substrate type on macroinvertebrate assemblages within agricultural drainage ditches by KJ Gething, MC Ripley, Kate Mathers, RP Chadd, Paul Wood

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Simulating radiation damage in Ga stabilised δ-Pu by Marc Robinson, Steven Kenny, Roger Smith, M.T. Storr

“…Values of Ed between 5 and 40 eV were determined for Pu, with Ga PKAs requiring generally more energy to create a defect with Ed between 8 and 70 eV. …”
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Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of the extruded high-strength aluminium alloys AA6000 series by Siti R.B. Mohd Kamarudin

“…The electrochemical testing results showed that additions of high Cu content (0.8 wt%) in alloys has shifted the corrosion potential to a more noble value in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution. …”
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The influence of substrate type on macroinvertebrate assemblages within agricultural drainage ditches by KJ Gething, MC Ripley, Kate Mathers, RP Chadd, Paul Wood

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Environmental change in the Limfjord, Denmark (ca 7500-1500 cal yrs BP): a multiproxy study by Jonathan Lewis, David Ryves, Peter Rasmussen, Karen L. Knudsen, Kaj S. Petersen, Jesper Olsen, Melanie J. Leng, Peter Kristensen, Suzanne McGowan, Bente Philippsen

“…The presence and availability of marine resources in the Limfjord is sensitively regulated by environmental parameters such as salinity, sedimentary regime, nutrient status and primary productivity, but long-term changes in these parameters are currently poorly understood. In this study a multiproxy approach (including sedimentary parameters, diatoms, molluscs, foraminifera, sedimentary pigments, C and O stable isotopes and plant macrofossils) has been adopted to assess environmental change over the period ca 7500–1500 cal yrs BP at Kilen, a coastal fjord (before AD 1856) situated in the Western Limfjord. …”
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Variation of Cu content of sprayed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells based on a Thiol-Amine solvent mixture by Panagiota Arnou, Sona Ulicna, Alexander Eeles, Mustafa Togay, Lewis Wright, Andrei Malkov, Michael Walls, Jake Bowers

“…The stoichiometry of the absorber layer is tailored in order to improve film morphology and electrical properties. Cuy ln0.7Ga0.3Se2 films were prepared with a varied Cu content (0.8>y>1.1) and were completed in solar cell devices. …”
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Can multifunctionality of bioresorbable BMGs be tuned by controlling crystallinity? by Shangmou Yang, Julia Hufenbach, Sergio Scudino, Paul Conway, Carmen Torres

“…In this study, Ca-Mg-Zn metallic glasses with different compositions, Ca56.02Mg20.26Zn23.72 and Zn50.72Mg23.44Ca25.84, were fabricated by induction melting followed by copper mould casting. …”
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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose mit vorsprung durch technik: the concept of progress in relation to design and technology curriculum by Steve Keirl

“…For some, progress is technology, or, technology is progress. Against such a background, much design and technology curriculum tries to ‘keep up’ with technological trends and innovations but can do so through little more than technical mimicry. …”
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The application of proteomic technologies to the detection of the abuse of gene therapy and protein therapeutic agents by Richard G. Kay

“…The LC-MS/MS methodology was applied to a large cohort of 257 serum samples from two rhGH administration studies performed at Royal Free Hospital . …”
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Junior to senior transition: understanding and facilitating the process by Elizabeth K.L. Pummell

“…Thus the building of theory took place over the initial two studies, the first of which involved the in-depth interviewing of nine participants from individual sports (M age = 24.5 years, S. D. = 4.3 years). As a consequence of this exercise, rich data were collected, depicting the participants' experiences of the juniorsenior transition. …”
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Influence of sex and acute beetroot juice supplementation on 2 KM running performance by Arturo Casado, Raúl Domínguez, Sandro Fernandes Da Silva, Stephen Bailey

“…Purpose: To assess the effect of acute nitrate-rich (BJ) and nitrate-depleted (PL) beetroot juice ingestion on 2 km running performance in amateur runners, and to what extent the ergogenic effect of BJ supplementation would be influenced by the sex of the participants; Methods: Twentyfour amateur long-distance runners (14 males and 10 females) performed a 2 km time trial (TT) on an outdoor athletics track 2.5 h after ingesting either 140 mL of BJ (~12.8 mmol NO3 −) or PL. …”
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Ecological effects of a supra-seasonal drought on macroinvertebrate communities differ between near-perennial and ephemeral river reaches by MJ Hill, KL Mathers, S Little, T Worrall, J Gunn, Paul Wood

“…Serial correlation in the near perennial section may reflect: (1) the ongoing process of recovery or (2) the macroinvertebrate community following a new ecological trajectory. …”
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Visualizing multiqubit correlations using the Wigner function by Todd Tilma, Mario A Ciampini, Mark Everitt, WJ Munro, Paolo Mataloni, Kae Nemoto, Marco Barbieri

“…Here, we explore how the Wigner function of a multipartite system and its visualization provides rich information on the nature of the state, not only at illustrative level but also at the quantitative level. …”
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Dietary nitrate supplementation enhances performance and speeds muscle deoxyhaemoglobin kinetics during an end-sprint after prolonged moderate-intensity exercise by Samantha Rowland, Mariasole Da Boit, Rachel Tan, George Robinson, Emma ODonnell, Lewis James, Stephen Bailey

“…Post-exercise plasma [NO3−] was higher than pre-exercise (562 ± 89 µM vs. 300 ± 73 µM; p < 0.05) and plasma [NO2−] was not significantly different pre- (280 ± 58 nM) and post-exercise (228 ± 63 nM) in the BR condition (p > 0.05). …”
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A proteomic approach combining MS and bioinformatic analysis for the detection and identification of biomarkers of administration of exogenous human growth hormone in humans by Joshua Boateng, Richard G. Kay, Lee Lancashire, Pamela Brown, Cristiana Velloso, Pierre Bouloux, Phil Teale, Jane Roberts, Robert Rees, Graham Ball, Stephen Harridge, Geoffrey Goldspink, Colin Creaser

“…Six peptide ions (LC-MS) were also identified and correctly classified 93% of samples with a sensitivity of 90% (19 of 21 rhGH treated) and a specificity of 95% (20 of 21 controls). …”
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Visualization for epidemiological modelling: challenges, solutions, reflections and recommendations by Jason Dykes, Alfie Abdul-Rahman, Daniel Archambault, Benjamin Bach, Rita Borgo, Min Chen, Jessica Enright, Hui Fang, Elif E Firat, Euan Freeman, Tuna Gonen, Claire Harris, Radu Jianu, Nigel John, Saiful Khan, Andrew Lahiff, Robert Laramee, Louise Matthews, Sibylle Mohr, Phong H Nguyen, Alma AM Rahat, Richard Reeve, Panagiotis D Ritsos, Jonathan C Roberts, Aidan Slingsby, Ben Swallow, Thomas Torsney-Weir, Cagatay Turkay, Robert Turner, Franck P Vidal, Qiru Wang, Jo Wood, Kai Xu

“…We report on an ongoing collaboration between epidemiological modellers and visualization researchers by documenting and reflecting upon knowledge constructs—a series of ideas, approaches and methods taken from existing visualization research and practice—deployed and developed to support modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Materials design towards sport textiles with low-friction and moisture-wicking dual functions by Yuliang Dong, Junhua Kong, Chenzhong Mu, Chenyang Zhao, Noreen Thomas, Xuehong Lu

“…To improve these properties, dual-layer nanofibrous nonwoven mats were studied in this work. Core–shell nanofibers with a polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-rich core and a poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-rich shell were fabricated by single-spinneret electrospinning and used as the inner layer of the dual-layer mats, while thick base-treated Cellulose Acetate (CA) nanofibrous mats were used as the outer layer. …”
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Investigation of microstructure and corrosion in Al-Cu and Al-Mg alloys with and without Li additions by David Carrick

“…Atmospheric corrosion was investigated for up to 12 months of exposure in a rural-urban environment, prolonged immersion testing in 3.5 wt.% NaCl for up to 96 hr s and potentiodynamic polarisation in 3.5 wt.% NaCl were examined. …”
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Municipal organic waste management: challenges and opportunities in Tamale, Ghana by Surendra K. Pradhan, Stephen C. Opuni, Mathias Fosu, Pay Drechsel

“…DeCo-compost is rich with plant nutrients (4.7 gN, 0.85gP, and 1gK per kg of compost) and no health risks have been reported. …”
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The temperature dependent phases of some 3d transition element Heusler alloys by Toby M.M. Maw

“…It is suggested that the size of the unit cell is the dominant factor for these compounds whether they crystallise into either the A2 or the A15 structure. This is investigated with the high temperature characterisation of the compound series Cr2VGa1-xAlx (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1). …”
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Fock-Darwin-like quantum dot states formed by charged Mn interstitial ions by O. Makarovsky, O. Thomas, Alexander Balanov, Laurence Eaves, A. Patane, Richard Campion, Charles T. Foxon, E.E. Vdovin, D.K. Maude, G. Kiesslich, R.J. Airey

“…We report a method of creating electrostatically induced quantum dots by thermal diffusion of interstitial Mn ions out of a p-type (GaMn)As layer into the vicinity of a GaAs quantum well. …”
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Preparation of environmentally-friendly inorganic pigments by Duncan L.J. O'Brien

“…The pyrochlore phase, SnII2x_N, b2y.S n7yO7_7h, owever is very susceptible to changes in atmosphere and readily undergoes substitution at both anion and cation sites to produce phases that vary in colour from yellow through to red. …”
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The modulation of multiple phases leading to the modified Korteweg–de Vries equation by Daniel Ratliff

“…In particular, we extend previous studies in this context to show that one may obtain a modified Korteweg–de Vries (mKdV) equation, whose coefficients come from derivatives of the conservation of wave action associated with the original wavetrain. …”
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Undular bore theory for the Gardner equation by A.M. Kamchatnov, Y.-H. Kuo, Tai-Chia Lin, T.-L. Horng, S.-C. Gou, Richard Clift, Gennady El, Roger Grimshaw

“…We develop modulation theory for undular bores (dispersive shock waves) in the framework of the Gardner, or extended Korteweg–de Vries (KdV), equation, which is a generic mathematical model for weakly nonlinear and weakly dispersive wave propagation, when effects of higher order nonlinearity become important. …”
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Computational modelling of A2BO4 materials for solid oxide fuel cells by Adam McSloy

“…In this thesis, atomic scale computational modelling techniques have been employed to investigate defects, dopants and oxide ion conductivity in the A2BO4 materials; Cd2GeO4 and Ba2TiO4. Calculations suggest that these materials' parent structures are poor oxide ion conductors due to their highly unfavourable intrinsic defect formation energies of 3.00-10.56 eV defect-1. …”
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The role of defects in the electrical properties of NbO2 thin film vertical devices by Toyanath Joshi, Pavel Borisov, David Lederman

“…Pulsed current-voltage (IV) curves and self-sustained current oscillations were measured across a 31 nm NbO2 film and compared with a similar device made from polycrystalline NbO2 film grown on TiN-coated SiO2/Si substrate. …”
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Partial oxidation of propene using solid electrolyte membrane reactors by Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Musa

“…In this work, an electrochemical cell of the form Air, AgHCaSZ//Ag, Carrier gas was used to investigate the electrochemical efficiency and stability of the solid electrolyte CaSZ conducting of oxygen ions under atmospheric pressure conditions at 500 degrees C by applying a range of electrical potentials from I to 16 volts across the electrochemical cell. …”
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A general convergent strategy for the synthesis of tetra-substituted furan fatty acids (FuFAs) by Yamin Wang, Gareth Pritchard, Marc Kimber

“…This convergent approach installs the essential carbon side chains at the α1- and α2 -positions, the β1-methyl group, and importantly, an electron withdrawing group at the β2-position tempering the reactivity of the electron rich furan in the FuFAs. …”
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Online and connected by Eddie Norman

“…Clearly, I’m partly just putting the links in ‘because I can’, but there is tremendous potential for the publication of research findings in being able to connect papers to some of their sources.…”
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