University of Liverpool

Soils telling time: Integrating geoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and Bayesian modeling to refine dating cultural deposits

This study combines archaeological soil micromorphology, experimental archaeology, and Bayesian chronological modeling to refine the timing of a pit fill sequence at a 13-14th century CE Ancestral Native American village. Framed within an event-based archaeological perspective, t...

Toward the Rational Design of Molecular Field-Coupled Nanocomputing Candidates

Abstract Molecular Field-Coupled Nanocomputing (MolFCN) is a promising beyond-CMOS paradigm in which information is propagated electrostatically rather than through charge transport, enabling ultra-low-power logic. However, identifying molecules with stable logic states and relia...

Realist synthesis of co-production of services in a local authority context: what works, for whom, how and in what circumstances?

Abstract Background Co-production is increasingly promoted as a means of improving the design and delivery of local authority services, yet evidence on how and why it works remains limited. This realist synthesis explored how co-production operates within complex local authority...

Flourishing of School Leaders in England: Headteachers’ Experiences of Flow, Thriving, Resilience, Grit, and Wellbeing

Given the intensification of school leadership roles, often resulting in heightened levels of stress, increasing workload, and ever-expanding challenges, it is important to understand how school leaders attend to and grow their own wellbeing as well as that of those they lead and...

Learning Challenges in Design Education and Barriers to Gamification Adoption

Abstract While gamification holds potential to address learning challenges in tertiary design education, research has focused mainly on student performance, with less attention to educators' role in implementation. This study addresses this gap by identifying learner‐level challe...

Building place-based capacity in an asymmetric system: supporting England’s devolution periphery or fuelling political spatial inequality?

In many national contexts, asymmetric decentralisation creates political spatial inequalities, as some places are given more power and resources than others. This can exacerbate underlying place-based disadvantages. Capacity-building programmes could offer an important counterwei...

Thallus growth stage affects community-wide capacity for carbon metabolism in the alpine heath lichen Ochrolechia frigida

Fungi are obligate heterotrophs and possess a diverse suite of molecular tools for accessing and processing exogenous carbon. In lichenized fungi, the transfer of photosynthate from photobiont to mycobiont is central to carbohydrate economy; however, major differences in total ca...

Generalized families of fractional stochastic dominance

Abstract Introduced by Müller et al. in their seminal paper (2017), fractional stochastic dominance (SD) offers a nuanced approach to ordering distributions. In this paper we propose a fundamentally new framework by replacing the fixed parameter gamma element of left bracket 0 co...

Without Scratching the Surface: Depth Profiling Compositional Muon Analysis of Ancient Faience From Egypt and Sudan

ABSTRACT The specific depth‐profiling capabilities of the muonic x‐ray emission spectroscopy (μ‐XES) technique have proved to be effective for examination of the elemental distribution within ancient coins. This ‘layered’ analysis can also be applied to the examination of ancient...

Can you FORCE research implementation? A PERUKI survey to evaluate knowledge translation of the FORCE study

Aims: To assess the uptake of the Forearm Fracture Recovery in Children Evaluation (FORCE) trial findings into clinical practice, and to identify the influence of targeted dissemination tools on implementation. Methods: A cross-sectional electronic survey was distributed via the...

Hindfoot Instability Test—Introduction and Validation of an Intraoperative Diagnostic Test of Hindfoot Instability in Deltoid Ligament Injury Associated With Ankle Fractures

The deltoid ligament complex (DLC) is well-known as an ankle joint stabilizer; however, through the superficial DLC, it also acts at the subtalar joint and helps to maintain the medial longitudinal arch. DLC repair in the presence of an ankle fracture remains a topic of controver...

What bilingualism demands

Abstract Bilingualism research sits at the intersection of linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and psychology, yet these disciplines often operate in relative isolation, limiting explanatory power and theoretical progress. This paper argues that deeper, more purposeful cross-fer...

KDM2B controls HIF levels and activity through its JmjC and CxxC domains.

Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are key regulators of cellular responses to low oxygen (hypoxia), controlling the expression of genes required for survival and adaptation. KDM2B, a chromatin-modifying enzyme, is a direct target of HIF-1α, but its precise role in regulating HIF a...

DisasterScope: A Multi-Source Multimodal Dataset and Benchmark for Disaster Response and Severity Assessment

Disaster response often requires evidence from several sources, including satellite imagery, social media, news reports, audio and video recordings, and event metadata. Existing disaster datasets, however, usually focus on one source, a limited set of modalities or a single task....

The diminishing polyads of parenting: exploring cultural perspectives of ‘good parenting' using grounded theory analysis

Introduction This study investigates Italian parents' perceptions of ‘good parenting' and cultural variations. 250 mothers and 87 fathers were surveyed during the third trimester, with follow-ups at 6–12 weeks and 6 months postpartum. Methods Using Grounded Theory Analysis, data...

Protect her future: Lessons learned from a school and community engagement initiative for HPV vaccine awareness in Lilongwe, Malawi

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is an effective strategy for preventing cervical cancer, yet vaccine uptake in Malawi remains low because of misinformation, limited awareness, and parental hesitancy. This study describes the implementation of a youth-led school and communi...

Frozen grief: a systematic review of ambiguous loss experiences

Purpose This systematic review focused on the impacts of physical ambiguous loss and the coping strategies used to manage this. The review aims to contribute to a gap in the literature and identify areas where future research could progress. Design/methodology/approach Twenty-sev...

An investigation of the association between Juvenile rheumatic disease and growth: a retrospective matched cohort study

Abstract Childhood-onset rheumatic diseases including Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (jSLE), and Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) could impact growth, but this is not well described within the UK population, particularly over the long ter...

Reconstructing institutional food practices in early Mesopotamia using multi-proxy biomolecular evidence

The world’s first public institutions developed in Mesopotamia during the fourth millennium BCE. There is broad consensus that food, its control, and (re-)distribution played a central role in these processes, but the composition of institutional meals remains poorly understood....

Utilising urban energy structure as a carbon management strategy for carbon emissions mitigation and climate neutrality

Abstract Achieving urban carbon neutrality is critical to mitigating global warming and demands transformative regulation of carbon flows within urban energy systems. This study constructs an energy structure influencing factors (ESIF) evaluation system for urban energy structure...