Newcastle University

Exploring children’s use of domestic space in ancient Greece with material culture analyses

Abstract Without a comprehensive awareness of their material culture, it is easy to overlook children in household archaeology. This is particularly problematic since juveniles spend much of their time in domestic environments and did so in many ancient and historical contexts. I...

Navigating the digital shift: Stakeholders’ power and social sustainability in Agri-food supply chains

Social sustainability remains a critical yet underexplored challenge in agri-food supply chains. Although supply chain digitalization (SCD) is widely acknowledged to enhance transparency, coordination and accountability, existing research has paid limited attention to its social...

Navigating dark kitchens in England: environmental health, planning, and public health perspectives

BACKGROUND: Dark kitchens, 'tech-enabled commercial kitchen(s) operating mostly for delivery, to fulfil remote on-demand consumer online orders of food for immediate consumption', are a global phenomenon. As part of a wider project exploring dark kitchens and the fast-moving onli...

Evaluating the Impact of Outcome Delay on the Efficiency of Sample Size Re‐Estimation

ABSTRACT Sample size re‐estimation (SSR) can be a powerful tool to ensure that a clinical trial meets its pre‐specified power requirements when uncertainty regarding a design parameter exists at the planning stage. However, long‐term primary endpoints can be harmful to the effici...

The Great Leap: explaining the steepest part of the socio-spatial gradient in life expectancy in England

Background Socio-spatial health inequalities are increasing in England, as in many other high-income countries. While most research focuses on inequalities between the extreme ends of the deprivation continuum, a less recognised but critical pattern is that the largest gap within...

Agricultural liming is a carbon sink in the Mississippi River Basin

Application of carbonate minerals to arable lands, known as agricultural liming, is a long-standing practice for counteracting soil acidification1–3. Although liming boosts crop yields4, it is also considered a source of agricultural carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions5. Here we show,...

Perceptions of forests and their restoration within an oil-palm landscape in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

The restoration of natural forests is increasingly recognised as an important strategy for addressing interconnected climate, biodiversity, and social challenges. This study explores local perspectives and values surrounding forests and forest restoration within an oil palm plant...

A qualitative exploration of information access and provision for cancer survivors experiencing chronic bowel symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy: informing a framework to guide improvements to information provision

Abstract Purpose For people living with and beyond cancer, access to clear, accurate, relevant information is crucial for meaningful participation in shared decision-making and is associated with better quality-of-life. Many cancer patients who undergo pelvic radiation experience...

LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ERIDU REGION: DISCOVERING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OF ANCIENT FARMS

This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary study of water management around the site of Eridu in southern Iraq, using remote sensing, field survey and scientific dating to investigate the chronology of irrigation technologies. Our area of interest (AOI) encompasses s...

Children's Rights to the Best Possible Care: Establishing Processes for Data Collection in Routine Care to Address Questions of Intervention Effectiveness for Children With Speech Sound Disorder

PURPOSE: The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) recognizes that all children have a right to the best possible care, CRC Article 24 (health, water, food, environment). For children with speech sound disorder, this is vital in order to protect their rights...

Effect of diet on cognition, mental health and wellbeing among adolescents: a systematic review

A healthy diet is crucial for adolescents’ health and wellbeing. Current literature on dietary intake and its association with cognition, mental health and wellbeing has mainly focused on younger children. The aim of this systematic review was to explore the evidence for these as...

Understanding the impact of Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) on the completion of delirium screening documentation: analysis using routinely collected clinical data

Abstract Introduction Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) are a recognised risk factor for delirium, but little is known about the impact of MLTC on delirium screening. This study aimed to explore the impact of MLTC on delirium screening documentation for older, hospitalised peo...

From fluidisation to swirling: flow regime identification in a toroidal fluidised bed using imaging and pressure drop

Toroidal fluidised bed (TORBED) reactors have emerged as a promising option for superior heat and mass transfer in gas–solid contacting applications. This study investigates a small-scale, 3D-printed TORBED containing fine silica particles (90 µm) to perform a hydrodynamic analys...

Antihypertensive Treatment and Risk of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease: A Drug-Target Mendelian Randomization

BACKGROUND: Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, conventionally known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), affects over a quarter of the global population and lacks approved pharmacological treatments. We investigated whether elevated blood pressure (BP)...

Accelerated mass loss of glaciers across Alaska since the Little Ice Age

Abstract Alaskan glaciers presently dominate contributions to global glacier mass loss and are projected to do so throughout the 21 st Century. Here we assess centennial-scale evolution and mass loss of 5289 Little Ice Age (LIA) glaciers by mapping geomorphological evidence of gl...

Geometry-controlled instability pathway selection in elastic helices enables fast, efficient robotic locomotion

Mechanical instabilities can convert slow actuation into rapid, amplified motion, but predicting whether a three-dimensional elastic structure buckles smoothly or snaps remains challenging. Here, we show that helix geometry and boundary loading jointly select continuous buckling...

Face covering adherence is positively associated with better mental health and wellbeing: a longitudinal analysis of the CovidLife surveys

Background Face masks or coverings are effective at reducing airborne infection rates, yet pandemic mitigation measures, including wearing face coverings, have been suggested to contribute to reductions in quality of life and poorer mental health. Complaints of inconvenience, dis...

Development and evaluation of a dental nurse-led acupuncture service for myogenous temporomandibular disorder

Aims Acupuncture is an established treatment for myogenous temporomandibular disorder (mTMD). Long waiting times and limited outcome recording highlighted service improvement need. A dental nurse-led acupuncture clinic was introduced to increase access and improve clinical outcom...

Grey is the new black: entrepreneurial agency and transparency of artificial intelligence

Purpose This paper develops the MIRACLE framework, a stage-based conceptual model that examines how human and artificial cognitive agents interact across the entrepreneurial process, how artificial intelligence (AI) transparency affects entrepreneurial agency and how heterogeneou...

Expanding the chemical biology toolbox: cyclic peptides emerging as versatile chemical probes

Abstract The present review provides a concise overview of cyclic peptides as chemical probes, including recent developments in their discovery and applications. Their ‘goldilocks’ physicochemical properties, selectivity, and affinity, as well as their range of discovery techniqu...