University of Nottingham

Big Five Personality Traits and Subjective Perceptions of Adulthood

Abstract Adulthood is often inferred from age and milestones such as marriage, parenthood, and career. This study tested whether perceptions of adulthood – subjective adult status and perceived importance of markers of adulthood – are associated with personality traits in a UK sa...

Review article: Mountain flash floods: from hazard formation to disaster risk reduction pathways

Abstract. Flash floods in mountainous regions are becoming more frequent and destructive under climate warming, yet cross-regional understanding of their triggering mechanisms, cascading impacts, and governance remains fragmented. This review synthesises 1,967 studies published d...

Polymer Coating Reduces Bacterial Biofilm on Neonatal Enteral Feeding Tubes after Infant Formula-Conditioning

Abstract We report a flexible polymer coating, poly(cyclododecyl methacrylate-co-di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) [p(CyDMA-co-DEGMA)], that significantly reduces bacterial biofilm formation on polyurethane neonatal feeding tubes, including on milk-conditioned surfac...

Gendered guanxi and rural tourism entrepreneurship

This study develops a theory of gendered guanxi to explain how rural women entrepreneurs navigate and transform tourism development in China. Drawing on qualitative research in Zhuyi Village, a state-supported Model Village in China, we trace how women strategically do and redo g...

How Should We Communicate Research Findings to Teachers? No Difference in Teachers’ Intentions to Use Evidence Across 512 Versions of a Research Summary

Education research is increasingly generating evidence that can inform teachers’ practice. This raises the question: how should researchers communicate research to increase the likelihood of teachers putting the findings into practice? We conducted a vignette survey experiment in...

Experiences and perspectives of Ayurvedic practitioners on non-communicable disease management in the UK: A qualitative study

Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health challenge in the United Kingdom (UK), placing strain on the National Health Service (NHS). While Western medicine dominates NCD care, the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as Ayurveda,...

Testing a Prespecified Matrix Transcriptional Programme in Myeloid Cells from Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Membranes: A Donor-Aware Computational Single-Cell Study

Whether myeloid cells in proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) membranes directly transcribe a coherent extracellular matrix (ECM) programme remains uncertain. We tested a prespecified seven-gene programme in a discovery cohort (GSE294329; five PVR donors) and an independent epir...

Public Health and Optimal Trade Policy: The Role of Immigration

ABSTRACT We determine the optimal tariff in the presence of immigration and public health provision in a factor‐abundance‐driven trade model, and we prove two results. First, ceteris paribus , a higher value of immigrant output, a more efficient or cheaper public health service,...

Enhancing parametric and causal reasoning through a formula-augmented language model approach for belt grinding knowledge assistance

Abrasive belt grinding is a flexible surface finishing process in which precision machining of geometrically complex components often involves coupled parameters and contact mechanisms. Retrieval-augmented large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in domain-specific knowled...

Listening to children: Gendered beliefs about maths in socioeconomically contrasting Chilean kindergarten contexts

Several studies have acknowledged that listening to and interpreting the voices of young children in a non-controlling, precise, and respectful manner is a major challenge. This study presents qualitative data collection media inspired by the mosaic approach to explore young chil...

Transfer of Undertakings and the Limits of Employee Protection: Turkey and the United Kingdom Beyond the EU Directive 2001/23/EC

The transfer of undertakings (TUs), whether by sale, merger, outsourcing, or comparable restructuring, poses a persistent challenge to employment law in terms of how to reconcile an employer’s freedom to reorganise its business with the protection of employees. This article compa...

Phantom system for endotracheal tube cuff seal testing during mechanical ventilation

Leakage of orogastric secretions past endotracheal tube (ETT) cuffs contributes to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), yet in vivo tracheal seal testing is impractical, requiring phantom evaluation. As the rigid cylinder specified in EN ISO 5361:2023 does not adequately repres...

Noncentrosymmetric Manganese Bismuth Thiocyanate Perovskites

Abstract Symmetry-lowering orderings in perovskites can produce a wide range of functions. Thiocyanate based perovskites, AM(SCN)3, have orderings distinct from those of the atomic oxides, enabling new functional behavior. We report four new defect-ordered manganese thiocyanate p...

Multi-Field Relaxation Dynamics of Parahydrogen-Hyperpolarized Propane Gas MRI Contrast Agent

Abstract Hyperpolarized gas-phase MRI is an emerging diagnostic modality, with the clinical utility of hyperpolarized Xe-129 gas for functional lung imaging recently supported by FDA regulatory approval. However, the requirement for dedicated multi-nuclear hardware and complex, c...

Genome-wide synthetic lethality screen of Bam complex-associated genes in Escherichia coli

Abstract Biogenesis of the bacterial outer membrane is key to bacterial survival and antibiotic resistance. Central to this is the β-barrel assembly machine (Bam) complex and its associated chaperones, which are responsible for transport, folding and insertion of outer membrane p...

Alternative histories of geography: conferences as disciplinary repository and repertoire

This paper is the first to use conference reports as an alternative archive for narrating the history of a discipline. Analysing 139 Journal of Historical Geography (1975–2025) such reports it argues that conferences direct us in new ways to where and when was studied by whom, an...

Optimisation of Baby, Me & NRT: a nicotine replacement therapy adherence intervention for pregnancy

OBJECTIVE: Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is effective for quitting smoking, but pregnant women appear to benefit less than others. Likely reasons include poor adherence due to erroneous beliefs about NRT. We developed a theory-guided, blended interpersonal and digital NRT ad...

Optically Tuneable Memristors Based on Au NP–PDR1A Nanocomposites Probed by Impedance Spectroscopy

ABSTRACT Optical memristors are promising building blocks for neuromorphic vision systems because they can emulate retina‐like adaptive signal processing. However, the development of practical devices remains limited by an incomplete understanding of the coupled electrical–optica...

Berlin Spreeinsel: typological innovation and urban performance

Purpose Through a spatial and synergistic reading of relations between architecture and the city this article develops a hybrid instrument of architecture and urban theory, pedagogy and practice. Design/methodology/approach This article provides a spatial reading of typology's ag...

Aeroelastic Stability of Hingeless Rotor Blades in Descent Flight

In this paper, the aeroelastic stability of hingeless rotor blades in the descent flight by including the effects of vortex ring state (VRS) has been qualitatively investigated. The blade is modelled as a cantilevered beam using an exact formulation, while the aerodynamic loads a...