University of Sussex

Sources of bias in general linear models: assessing researchers’ understanding and self-reported practice

Abstract General linear models (GLMs) are commonly employed in psychology research. GLMs require several conditions to be met to provide unbiased and optimal parameter estimation and hypothesis tests. These conditions include adherence to statistical assumptions and the absence o...

XID+PRIMA, II: Stepping Through Hyperspectral Imaging to Deblend PRIMAger Beyond the Extragalactic Confusion Limit

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics concept aims to map large areas with spectral coverage and sensitivities inaccessible to previous FIR space telescopes, covering 25-235um. We synthesise images representing a deep imaging survey, with realistic instrumental and conf...

How robot dogs see the unseeable: Improving visual interpretability via peering for exploratory robots

In vegetated environments, such as forests, exploratory robots play a vital role in navigating complex, cluttered environments where human access is limited and traditional equipment struggles. Visual occlusion from obstacles, such as foliage, can severely obstruct a robot’s sens...

Reducing antibiotics? experimental evidence from poultry farmers in China

Antibiotic overuse in the livestock sector has negative environmental implications and leads to bacterial resistance. We set up a randomized controlled trial in two locations in China among poultry farmers to evaluate the effects of a two-pronged approach: Providing micro- subsid...

The global cost of automobility

This study quantifies the private and social costs of global automobility and evaluates the potential economic benefits of a transition to shared electric autonomous mobility-as-a-service (E-AV-MaaS). Using comprehensive cost components, including accidents, emissions, air pollut...

Climate and disaster risk financing: Towards climate justice?

Climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI) refers to a set of instruments to fund climate and disaster risks. CDRFI began in sovereign disaster financing but has since grown into a more expansive policy landscape across development, humanitarian and climate financi...

Motivations for smart cities differ between Africa, Europe, and Asia

Smart cities are understood in literature and among municipal actors as a way forward to better organize and manage cities. However, the underlying motivations behind smart city development diverge substantially across regions, and their implications for governance capacity and u...

Movement-Related Differences Between Infants with High and Low Likelihood of Autism: A Longitudinal Study Using Markerless Motion Tracking

Background: Motor behaviour has been shown to differ in both complexity and variability between neurotypical and autistic populations. However, there is little research on the early development of specific kinematic features and their timing of emergence in early life. Methods: T...

Research on climate effects of large herbivores in Europe: a systematic map

Abstract Background Land management practices have significant impacts on biodiversity and climate change processes. Conservation and rewilding practitioners are increasingly seeking to enhance ecosystem functions and carbon sequestration simultaneously, encouraged by climate pol...

Diversifying for resilience: how supply base international diversification relates to supply base sustainability performance

Abstract Recent work in international business views supply base international diversification (SBID) as an important strategy for strengthening multinational enterprises’ (MNEs’) resilience to country-level disruptions. However, it remains unclear how this resilience-oriented st...

The Adoption Problem and the Nature of General Belief

Abstract The Adoption Problem suggests that it is impossible to rationally choose or adopt new basic logical principles. It aims to refute cognitivist views according to which adopting a logical principle is accepting or coming to believe a general principle, and then applying it...

Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting t...

Measuring the contents of hallucinations from psychedelics and stroboscopic light: the Six-Dimensional Visual Hallucination Questionnaire

Abstract Hallucinations arise from disruptions in neural processes that construct perceptual experience from sensory input. Progress in consciousness science may therefore benefit from methods that precisely characterize their phenomenology. We provide an initial validation of th...

Cost-utility study of cognitive-behavioural management of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: a study protocol

Abstract Background Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) affect 60–80% of patients with schizophrenia, causing significant distress and functional impairment. Although cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to reduce AVH-related distress and relapse risk, its use rem...

Limited Antibodies to Henipaviruses Detected Among Nigerian Horses Using Pseudotyped Virus Neutralization Tests

The Hendra virus (HeV; Henipavirus hendraense) and Nipah virus (NiV; Henipavirus nipahense), members of the genus Henipavirus, are high-consequence pathogens that have caused multiple zoonotic outbreaks with high mortality. Frequently, pigs or horses have acted as bridging hosts...

Transition without transformation: net-zero industrial policy, green path diversification and creation

The development of new pathways for industrial decarbonisation is a formidable task demanding highly coordinated action. While industrial clusters are potentially key sites for low-carbon transitions, embedded regional structures if not fully understood may constrain green transf...

‘It’s a bit like a legend where you have to tell it again and again’: disclosure practices in single father families via surrogacy

Aims/Background Research has shown that children born through surrogacy to heterosexual and gay couples are often told about this at an early age. However, to our knowledge no studies have explored how single fathers approach telling and talking about their route to parenthood wi...

Enabling alloy screening via multi-material printing using a production PBF-LB machine

The development of novel functional alloys is often constrained by the onerous and costly discovery to validation process. Herein, we present a set-up to enable multi-material production of specimens through in-situ alloy formation using a production laser-based powder bed fusion...

Forecasting COVID-19 cases in US states using reconstructed incidence data

Abstract Branching process models are commonly used in infectious disease forecasting and often rely on daily incidence data, but their utility can be restricted if incidence is not reported daily or if reporting becomes less frequent during prolonged outbreaks. In this study, an...

A proteomic analysis of the PHF-forming tau fragment (tau297-391) following uptake into differentiated human neuronal SHSY5Y cells

Tau self-assembly and intracellular deposition is associated with a group of neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies, which include Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Pick's disease. Here, we measured the proteome response in human neuronal cells (differentiated SH-SY5Y) followin...