Cardiff University

Marine arsenate evolution during Proterozoic oxygenation events and implications for biological phosphate metabolism

Abstract Earth’s atmosphere and oceans experienced two major episodes of ocean-atmosphere oxygenation that transformed the planet and shaped the evolution of the oxygen-rich biosphere between 2.45 and 0.541 billion years ago (Ga). These changes increased the abundance of oxidized...

Towards Climate-Resilient Office Façades: Integrating PCM-Enhanced Glazing with Dynamic External Louvres Under Current and Future Hot–Arid Climates

Phase-change material (PCM) glazing and dynamic external shading are promoted as sustainable cooling measures, yet they act on the same solar load and are rarely assessed together under a mandatory energy code. This study aims to evaluate and compare the individual and combined p...

Confronting Biodiversity Risk: Its Role in Shaping Corporate External Financing Choice

ABSTRACT This paper investigates how biodiversity risk shapes corporate financing decisions. We propose a Financing Hierarchy Distortion framework, arguing that biodiversity risk amplifies information asymmetry and legitimacy costs, thereby pushing firms toward debt‐heavy adjustm...

Systematic review of eyecare Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) following COSMIN guidelines

Abstract Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) are essential for assessing healthcare quality from the patient’s perspective. However, their use in eyecare is limited. This systematic review aimed to assess the existing evidence on the measurement properties of PREMs used...

When Does Mindfulness Translate Into Consumer Well‐Being? The Role of Mindful Consumption and Meditation Regularity

ABSTRACT Mindfulness correlates with higher life satisfaction, yet consumer wellbeing research rarely specifies the behavioral route through which this relationship emerges. Drawing on self‐regulation theory, the research proposes mindful consumption as that route and, drawing on...

Economic feedback-guided forecasting and scheduling for microgrids using rolling model predictive control

Microgrid rolling energy management often follows a decoupled forecast-then-optimize workflow, where forecasts are trained separately from downstream rolling model predictive control (MPC) scheduling. However, lower statistical forecasting errors do not necessarily reduce operati...

Co-designing parks with teenage girls and young women: gendered experiences of space and strategies for inclusivity

Research on park use through a gendered lens remains limited, despite evidence that park design and facilities disproportionately cater to boys and young men, often overlooking the needs of teenage girls and young women (TGYW), including those with female experiences. This paper...

Repurposing gas power stations for modular nuclear and hydrogen systems: a techno-economic assessment

In the UK, many fossil-fuel power stations are approaching retirement, yet these sites retain valuable brownfield assets, notably developed industrial land and high-capacity grid connections, and can be repurposed for low-carbon generation. Repurposing such sites for low-carbon g...

Two-Dimensional Eye Movement Characteristics of Infantile Nystagmus in Eccentric Gaze

Purpose: Infantile nystagmus (IN) eye oscillations are usually predominantly horizontal. However, the contribution of the vertical component and its relationship with the horizontal component as a function of gaze angle remain unknown. This study aimed to quantify fixation perfor...

Impacts of digital third-wave interventions for adults on wellbeing and mental health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

To synthesise the efficacy of digital third-wave process-based interventions (e.g., ACT, Mindfulness, Compassion) for improving wellbeing and ameliorating mental health symptoms in adults. A prospectively registered systematic review (OSF: 10.17605/OSF.IO/5RMU2 ) and random-effec...

Evaluation of the clicky hip as a screening tool in the diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip

Aims The early diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is important because treatment in early infancy is usually nonoperative. A consensus statement from the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery identified ongoing uncertainty regarding the predictive...

REDISCOVERING THE DEAD: REANALYSIS OF A LOST IRON AGE CEMETERY AT HIGHSTED, KENT

Summary Highsted, near Sittingbourne in Kent, was the location of a large cemetery, thought to date to the Late Iron Age. The site was excavated under rescue conditions in 1955, but due to the apparent theft of the archive and finds, was never published. As part of a wider projec...

Randomness Test of LightMAC-Based Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG) with NIST SP 800-22 Revision 1A Test

Random numbers are essential for ensuring the security and unpredictability of cryptographic systems; however, resource-constrained devices still lack effective lightweight random number generators. This gap leaves encryption, authentication, and key generation vulnerable, exposi...

Catalytic Stereoselective Intermolecular Fluoroacylation of Unactivated Alkynes via C–F Bond Reconstruction

Abstract Herein, we report a transition metal-free synthesis of monofluoroalkenes via a C–F bond reconstruction approach. The process employs inexpensive BF3·Et2O as a catalyst for the stereoselective intermolecular fluoroacylation of unactivated alkynes with alkyl/aryl acid fluo...

Spaced repetition and list-strength in recognition memory

Abstract Intuition and classic mathematical models suggest that “strong” list items should see a competitive recognition-memory advantage when mixed with “weak” list items within a single list. This holds for manipulations of reading aloud but not other manipulations. Study time...

Exploring future sustainable urban transport through scenarios: a critical review of contemporary practice

Under deep uncertainty, long-range transport forecasts are prone to inaccuracy. Scenario planning – a foresight approach from futures studies – offers a means to explore different long-range transport possibilities while also engaging transport stakeholders. Transport scenario na...

Test-retest reliability of plasma biomarkers and digital cognitive metrics at clinically meaningful timescales

Abstract Background Digital cognitive testing and plasma biomarkers have emerged as key players for population screening and measuring drug efficacy in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Understanding test-retest reliability of these tools is essential to estimate mean...

A novel, minimally invasive diagnostic test for KIT exon 11 internal tandem duplications in canine cutaneous mast cell tumours II: proof-of-principle applications

Abstract Background The clinical management of canine cutaneous mast cell tumour (cMCT) presents challenges. Treatment decisions are often informed by histopathological and molecular analysis of excisional biopsy samples, however, these may not always be available. Furthermore, c...

Somatosensory processing in long COVID fatigue and its relations with physiological and psychological factors

Abstract We aimed to quantify somatosensory processing in long COVID and interactions between somatosensory processing, fatigability, fatigue, autonomic function, mood and illness beliefs. Eighty‐eight participants (44 long COVID and 44 controls) were invited to complete two test...

Diagonally symmetric alternating sign matrices

The enumeration of diagonally symmetric alternating sign matrices (DSASMs) is studied, and a Pfaffian formula is obtained for the number of DSASMs of any fixed size, where the entries for the Pfaffian are positive integers given by simple binomial coefficient expressions. This re...