University of Exeter

C-PEAT's Global Peatland Carbon Database (v.2025)

Abstract. Field-based measurements are foundational to the study of short- and long-term peatland carbon dynamics. For decades, the scientific community has amassed hundreds of valuable empirical datasets in the form of peat core records from around the world. Those records typic...

Informal Workplace Support for Staff in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review Protocol

Mental healthcare services in the UK National Health Service (NHS) face a growing workforce crisis, with high vacancy and turnover rates compared to other healthcare sectors, and increasing demands for care. Mental healthcare workers (MHCWs) encounter significant additional occup...

From pasture to platform integrating agrivoltaics and green hydrogen for the Penzance–London railway corridor

Decarbonising heavy-duty transport, particularly rail, is critical to the UK’s 2050 net-zero target. This study assesses the feasibility of a green-hydrogen-powered rail system fuelled by agrivoltaics (APV), combining solar generation from APV, train-rooftop photovoltaics, and tr...

Future fire weather projections show the importance of mitigation and adaptation for dynamic fire management

Abstract. Understanding future shifts in fire weather (FW) risk across peak-season, transitional, and off-season periods is crucial for adapting fire preparation and management to climate change. Fire management planning depends not only on reducing fire risk through climate chan...

Demonstration of how group model building can be used to understand barriers and facilitators to “at-risk” young people’s access to community assets for mental health support: a participatory study

Abstract Background Community assets (e.g. green spaces, youth centres) can support the mental health of young people. However, less is known about barriers and facilitators to access these assets. This manuscript aims to demonstrate how group model building – a participatory res...

Naturally Occurring ZCCHC3 Variants Modulate Antiretroviral Activity in Cynomolgus Macaques

ABSTRACT Many mammalian cells restrict viral replication by utilizing various host restriction factors. We recently demonstrated that CCHC‐type zinc‐finger‐containing protein 3 (ZCCHC3) suppresses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) replication through multiple mechanisms...

On stochasticity of zonostrophic instability

This paper concerns the behaviour of reduced models for turbulence–mean-flow interactions, in particular for the modelling of zonostrophic instability, which accounts for the spontaneous generation of zonal flows observed in many planetary and geophysical fluid systems. In modell...

Remote Ischemic Conditioning in the Acute Treatment of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Background Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC), a low-cost, non-invasive therapy involving brief cycles of limb ischemia and reperfusion, may be a neuroprotective adjuvant or alternative to reperfusion therapies in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and may also have therapeutic effects...

First draft genome sequence of the emerging sexually transmitted dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII

Abstract Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS-genotype VII (TMVII) is a globally emerging sexually transmitted dermatophyte causing severe skin infections characterised by painful, pustular lesions on the face, public area, genitalia, and trunk. To inform the prevention efforts, we pr...

Increased maximum carbon release offsets half of the growth trend in annual land carbon sink

The terrestrial carbon sink has strengthened in recent decades through enhanced maximum CO2 uptake (MCU) and a longer carbon uptake period (CUP), whereas maximum CO2 release (MCR) remains less quantified. Using atmospheric inversion estimates and 16 terrestrial biosphere models,...

Digital platform capability and knowledge integration in large firms: a multi-case study of UK technology companies

Purpose Large firms invest heavily in digital platforms but struggle to govern information flows, integrate external knowledge, and convert infrastructure into enterprise innovation capability. This study aims to examine how UK technology firms build digital platform capability (...

Sleep as a window into thalamocortical pathology: generative modeling implicates NMDA receptor hypofunction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Abstract 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a strong genetic risk factor for neuropsychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia, yet the underlying synaptic mechanisms remain unclear. Sleep EEG suggests thalamocortical dysfunction, but scalp data alone lack mechanistic re...

Establishing non-inferiority of rituximab plus lenalidomide in the treatment of advanced previously untreated follicular lymphoma

Abstract Background and purpose The current standard of care for first-line treatment for people with advanced (stage 3 or 4) follicular lymphoma (FL) is chemotherapy plus rituximab. Rituximab plus lenalidomide is an oral treatment which has been shown to be an effective alternat...

Sonic borders: Sound, governmentality and migration

The role of sound as a sensorial weapon in the governmentality of migration has received little attention. This article examines how sound functions as a technology of border control and, conversely, how refugees living in alternative housing, i.e. squats, resist via their own so...

Co-occurrence of high levels of deformed wing virus genotype A and B in both managed and wild social bees

Abstract Bees are key pollinators that support global food production and plant biodiversity, yet wild pollinator populations are declining due to anthropogenic pressures, including habitat loss, pesticide use, and emerging disease. In honey bees ( Apis mellifera ), viral disease...

Dams trigger long-term river-floodplain decoupling in dynamic Andean foreland rivers

Andean foreland rivers are preferential sites for ongoing and planned hydroelectric dam construction in the Amazon Basin. These rivers are characterized by high sediment fluxes that drive rapid rates of channel migration, large river-floodplain sediment exchanges, and creatediver...

Everyday disaster preparedness in UK shared housing: an auto-ethnographic analysis of micro-level risk practices

Purpose This study explores how disaster and emergency preparedness is embedded in shared housing at the micro level, examining physical design and social practices within a six-person shared house in the United Kingdom, and how safety is enacted and normalised in everyday domest...

Deleuze's problematic principle of sufficient reason: From Hume to Bergson

Abstract The significance of the principle of sufficient reason for the philosophy of Deleuze has long been recognized. Predominantly drawing from Deleuze's two 1968 publications, Difference and Repetition and Expressionism in Philosophy , commentators have tended to read Deleuze...

A mechanistically inspired geometric model to predict microbial growth across environments

Abstract Estimating bacterial growth trajectories is essential for bridging mechanistic insights and experimental data. Nevertheless, widely used empirical models tend to be overly simplistic or purely phenomenological. Mechanistic models offer greater detail but still fall short...

Implementation of health independent Domestic Violence Advisors (hIDVA): a qualitative study in five NHS Trusts

Abstract Background People who experience domestic abuse report increased use of healthcare services, compared to those not experiencing abuse. Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) are evidence-based programmes that provide emotional and practical support to people exper...