Bangor University

Paradoxes of Civil Society under Populism: Navigating Autonomy, Dissent, and Inclusion in the Czech Republic

Abstract This article examines how populism reshapes civil society by exploiting tensions embedded within professional organisations. Drawing on scholarship that conceptualises civil society as an inherently paradoxical sphere, this article specifies three organisational tensions...

Reliability in Judging Basic Emotions: Lessons from Session Transcripts

Background/Objectives: Psychotherapists have become increasingly interested in identifying how recurrent emotional themes might add value to the clinical process, especially in the context of recent developments in affective neuroscience. However, much of this literature remains...

Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Critical Appraisal Tool: A tool to assess risk of bias in environmental studies estimating causal effects

Abstract Risk-of-bias assessment (also known as the critical appraisal of internal validity) is a required component of systematic reviews. It evaluates how susceptible individual primary studies are to bias at the level of each effect estimate. The assessment results are then us...

Rethinking Learning in Mindfulness Retreats

Background Mindfulness retreats are widely used to support experiential learning through embodied practice and reflective engagement. Increasingly, retreats are offered online, yet little is known about how different retreat contexts shape learning experiences. Purpose This quali...

Spaceborne multi-sensor tracking reveals hydrologic decoupling during the record-breaking Sahara flood

Satellite remote sensing enables large-scale quantification of extreme hydrologic events in data-scarce regions, yet the integration of multi-sensor observations to resolve hydrologic responses remains limited. The record-breaking 2024 Sahara flood presents a unique opportunity t...

Climate Transition-Risk Salience and the Financial Relevance of Reported Green Supply Chain Management Practices: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms

The transition toward a low-carbon economy requires firms to extend sustainability considerations beyond their organizational boundaries and into supply chain operations. Yet the financial relevance of reported green supply chain management (GSCM) practice breadth may vary with t...

Crystal structure and biochemical analysis of the polyester‐degrading carboxylesterase SM0281 from the symbiotic legume‐associated rhizobacterium Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) meliloti

The microbial degradation of synthetic polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is mediated by diverse α/β‐hydrolases, many of which remain poorly characterized. In this study, we investigated SM0281, an uncharacterized α/β‐hydrolase from the symbiotic legume‐associate...

Cost-consequence analysis and patient-reported outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery in Rwanda: a health economics feasibility study

Abstract Background Investment in vitreoretinal (VR) surgery in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is constrained by perceptions of high cost and limited benefit, yet no economic evaluations exist to inform policy decisions. This study assessed the feasibility of conducting economic evalua...

Participant recruitment and retention in studies investigating pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: a methodological systematic review

Abstract Background Recruiting and retaining participants for clinical trials is a common and well-documented challenge, with particular complexity in perinatal populations which are historically underrepresented in health research. Recruitment and retention are known to be shape...

CEO political organizational experience and firm productivity

Purpose Drawing on upper echelons and imprinting theories, we examine whether chief executive officers’ (CEOs') political organizational experience is associated with firms' subsequent total factor productivity (TFP). Design/methodology/approach We conduct panel data analyses to...

Water Efficiency and Corporate Carbon Performance: The Roles of CSR, Regulation, and Industry Intensity

ABSTRACT This study examines whether firm‐level water management efficiency is associated with corporate carbon emissions, and whether this association is moderated by corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance, environmental regulatory stringency, and industry water inten...

Emerging compound air-soil heatwaves amplify global vegetation losses

Abstract Compound air-soil heatwaves—periods in which extreme air and soil temperatures co-occur—pose a growing threat to terrestrial ecosystems, yet their occurrence and impacts remain poorly understood. Here, we show that compound air-soil heatwaves have become more frequent (0...

Harnessing and utilizing Himalayan Nepalese speciality rice for food and nutritional security

Abstract This review synthesizes six decades of research on native Himalayan rice (NHR) (Oryza sativa) – encompassing cold-tolerant high-altitude landraces, drought-tolerant upland rice, Basmati, aromatic and glutinous varieties. The aims of the review were to assess NHR diversit...

It’s Not Easy to Ask Peers and Partners to Test: Perspectives of Female Sex Workers, Their Networks, and Experts on Social Network-Based HIV Testing in Tehran

Objectives The World Health Organization recommends social network-based HIV testing (SNHT) to increase HIV testing coverage and improve early diagnosis, particularly among key populations. Although SNHT has shown promising outcomes, implementing this strategy remains challenging...

Prior infection of harlequin toads by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis alters their immune-microbial state and increases mortality upon re-infection

Abstract Strategies to improve survival of wildlife impacted by emerging infectious disease are needed for species of conservation concern. We investigated how prior infection by the skin fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), affected subsequent disease outcomes i...

Antimicrobial resistance as a signature of soil restoration across a 143-year chronosequence

Abstract Restoring agriculturally degraded habitats to species-rich grasslands is a vital conservation objective. During restoration, how the soil resistome matures alongside microbial community composition and function remains unclear. Here, we tested two competing hypotheses: w...

Environmental drivers of litter- and soil-dwelling springtail communities across European forests, assessed by morphotaxonomy and soil DNA metabarcoding

Springtails are abundant in forest litter and soils, where they play a crucial role in the transformation and decomposition of organic matter. However, most data on springtail communities originates from studies at the local and regional levels, while larger-scale studies are lac...

The power of adaptation: Multilingual localisation of extIPA for clinical phonetics and cross-linguistic speech assessment

The Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet (extIPA) support clinical transcription of atypical and disordered speech, but their chart metalanguage is primarily available in English. This article presents a feasibility study of multilingual extIPA localisation as clinic...

Estimating wastewater dilution using chemical markers and incomplete flow measurements: Application to normalisation of SARS-CoV-2 measurements

Combined sewers, which collect both wastewater and surface water, are found across the globe, especially in older urban centres. These systems pose a challenge when taking chemical and biological measurements, be that chemical contaminants, illicit drugs or — in the case of waste...

Category-based attention facilitates the recognition of actions

Abstract Action recognition relies on efficiently prioritizing relevant sources of information. This study examined the degree to which category-based attention facilitates the identification of basic action categories (climb, jump, run, walk) depicted as static avatar images (Ex...