University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Care without value: institutional valuation and social reproduction

Reproductive labour is essential to social reproduction and capitalist economies, yet it remains persistently undervalued despite increasing institutional recognition. This article argues that reproductive devaluation cannot be explained solely by invisibility, unpaid labour, or...

Rice yield responses to high temperature and agronomic adaptation options: A meta-analysis and regional evaluation of sowing-date adjustment

High-temperature (HT) stress threatens global rice production, yet the comparative efficacy and synergistic potential of agronomic adaptation strategies remain poorly quantified. Here, we integrated 4044 observations from 106 publications across 11 countries, evaluating the indiv...

An expert-level generalist AI for abdominal CT diagnosis

Artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology aspires to deliver expert-level diagnosis across diverse clinical tasks, yet existing supervised strategies remain limited in scope. We developed RADAR, a generalist vision-language model trained on more than 400,000 contrast-enhanced abd...

Photothermal‐Modulated Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing of Flexible and Recyclable Photocatalytic Devices for Visible‐Light‐Driven Water Purification

ABSTRACT Powder‐based heterojunction photocatalysts suffer from aggregation, difficult recovery, and secondary pollution, limiting their practical applications in water remediation. Here, we develop a photothermal‐modulated electrohydrodynamic jet printing (PME‐Jet) strategy assi...

Interaction-enhanced lane-change early warning in congested traffic: a spatial risk propagation-aware approach

This paper presents an interaction-enhanced Lane-Changing Early Warning (LCEW) system designed to issue reliable early warning signals through a spatial risk-propagation-aware approach. The system is built upon interpretable multi-vehicle trajectory predictions and collision risk...

Electrochemical detection of eosin yellow dye and its adsorptive removal from wastewater

Abstract The environmental persistence and toxicity of Eosin Yellow (EY) dye demand sensitive detection and effective remediation approaches. Herein, we report a new dual function approach for the ultra-trace detection and removal of EY using modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE...

Substrate-Controlled Construction of Spiro-3-Oxoindolines and Eight-Membered-Ring Lactams under Bubbling Air Conditions

Abstract A substrate-controlled strategy for constructing spiro-3-oxoindolines and eight-membered-ring lactams from cyclic 2,3-dialkyl-substituted indoles has been developed, employing bubbling air to maximize the gas–liquid interfacial area. When tetrahydrocarbazoles and heteroa...

AI-driven IMU-based monitoring system for detecting dry powder inhaler misuse

Inhaler misuse has been a persistent challenge for achieving effective pulmonary drug delivery with dry powder inhalers. Among the various misuse patterns, improper device maneuvering, especially incorrect device orientation, is one frequently overlooked yet clinically relevant m...

Steel surface defect detection based on dynamic receptive field and multi-scale features fusion

Abstract Steel surface defect detection is vital for guaranteeing product quality in contemporary manufacturing. However, traditional steel surface defect detection algorithms often face challenges due to insufficient resilience in feature extraction under complex backgrounds. To...

Bacterial adaptation to essential oils and their main compounds in food systems: mechanisms related to antibacterial resistance

Essential oils (EOs) are complex mixtures of volatile metabolites with strong biological properties. Their multi-target mechanisms confer rapid bactericidal activity, lowering the likelihood of resistance development compared to antibiotics. This review examines bacterial respons...

Effect of fire-source location on flame behavior and temperature distribution in subway carriages with multiple lateral openings

Urban rail transit has been widely adopted to alleviate surface traffic congestion. However, subway fire safety remains a critical concern because of the confined carriage space, high occupant density, and complex ventilation conditions. Most previous studies have focused on fire...

The Refusal of Arrival: Structural Mobility and Dialogic Autoethnography with Flights

This article examines transnational mobility as a condition of structural fragmentation through an autoethnographic dialogue with Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. Drawing on lived relocation between England and China, it explores how movement reorganises time, identity and embodiment th...

Synthesis of Bioactive Fluorinated 2-Heterocyclic Pyrrolidines via Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides

Abstract A copper-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of α-N-(heteroaryl-methyl)imines with gem-difluoroalkenes is reported. Using a Cu(I)/Segphos complex, this protocol provides diverse chiral fluorinated 2-heterocyclic pyrrolidines in high yields (up to 99%) with exc...

Research on Quality Inspection of PBF-LB 022Cr17Ni12Mo2 Steel Using Laser Ultrasonic Testing Technology

In this study, laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) 022Cr17Ni12Mo2 steel plates with dimensions of 50 mm × 50 mm × 2 mm were fabricated using a laser power of 206 W, a scanning speed of 900 mm/s, a hatch spacing of 90 μm, a layer thickness of 30 μm, and an interlayer scanning rotatio...

A Mechanism-Oriented Multiphysics Study of Scratch-Width-Dependent Galvanic Protection Loss in Mechanically Damaged Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel Enclosures

Mechanical scratches that penetrate the protective layers expose the steel substrate and establish a zinc–steel galvanic couple beneath an electrolyte film. This study develops a mechanism-oriented multiphysics model of scratch-width-dependent galvanic protection loss in hot-dip...

Graph-based AI approaches for supply chain risk and fraud detection

Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) seeks to identify, assess, and mitigate risks such as fraud, operational delays, and financial irregularities to enhance supply chain resilience. This study introduces an Adversarial Autoencoder-based Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network (AAHGNN)...

Physics‐Guided Transformer Enables Efficient Inverse Design of Terahertz Metasurfaces for Glucose Sensing

ABSTRACT Inverse design of terahertz (THz) metasurfaces via algorithmic models has become a mainstream trend and finds wide application in THz biosensing devices. However, traditional inverse design methods without optimization often rely solely on mathematical correlations, lack...

ROS-Responsive, Water–Oil Biphasic Hydrogel-Based Separable Microneedle System for Intra-Articular Delivery in Osteoarthritis Therapy

Abstract Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by a chronic inflammatory microenvironment with excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) and progressive cartilage degeneration. To address these challenges, we developed a ROS-responsive, water–oil biphasic separable microneedle patch...

Highly Thermally Stable and Efficient Ru/ MAFO Catalysts for Glucose Hydrogenolysis to 1,2‐Propylene Glycol

ABSTRACT The catalytic hydrogenolysis of glucose to produce 1,2‐propylene glycol (1,2‐PG) has opened promising avenues for sustainable chemical production. However, traditional Ru‐based catalysts suffer from issues such as high metal loading, poor dispersion, and a tendency to ag...

Network-wide multipath progression model for signal coordination using subpath connections

Traffic signal coordination is essential for improving urban traffic efficiency. However, existing network-wide models struggle to handle complex multipath turning flows and intense resource competition. To address this limitation, this paper proposes a multipath progression mode...