University of Warwick

Tracking eco-evolutionary patterns among oropharyngeal pathobiome members in a pediatric cystic fibrosis cohort

ABSTRACT Polymicrobial airway colonization is common in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). Pathogen communities typically follow an ecological succession in which early colonizers, such as Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus, are later joined by Pseudomonas aerug...

Stability of (sub)critical nonlocal spatial branching processes with and without immigration

We consider the setting of either a general nonlocal branching particle process or a general nonlocal superprocess, in both cases, with and without immigration. Under the assumption that the mean semigroup has a Perron–Frobenious-type behaviour, as well as the existence of second...

Interventions to Support Parents Whose Babies Cry Excessively: Systematic Review

CONTEXT: Parents report that around 10% to 20% of babies cry a lot without an apparent reason during early infancy. This "excessive" infant crying can lead to adverse outcomes, including parental depression, breastfeeding cessation, impaired parent-child relationships, and, in ex...

LLMs as Representation Generators for Gradient‐Free Scientific Optimization: A Case Study in Battery Fast Charging

ABSTRACT Scientific optimization problems are often characterized by slow, expensive, and non‐differentiable evaluations, which severely limit efficient exploration of rich design spaces. In these settings, performance depends not only on the optimizer itself, but also on whether...

An Immobilized Marine Glycosyltransferase Acts as a Stabilized Biocatalyst for the Synthesis of Mannosylated Phosphoisoprenoids

Glycosylated phosphoisoprenoids constitute valuable bioactive molecules and starting materials for complex glycosylation cascades. Herein we report the identification and the functional characterization of a newly identified polyprenyl phosphomannose synthase from the marine micr...

Beyond Impoverishment? A Socio-Ecological Analysis of the Drivers of Child Trafficking and Migration Between Two Fishing Communities

Popular discourses on the drivers of child trafficking and migration are dominated by notions of household poverty and economic hardship. While these are key drivers of trafficking and migration in sub-Saharan Africa, the taken-for-granted status of these drivers within anti-traf...

Multivalued forbidden numbers of two-rowed configurations -- the missing cases

The present paper considers extremal combinatorics questions in the language of matrices. An $s$-matrix is a matrix with entries in $\{0,1,\ldots, s-1\}$. An $s$-matrix is simple if it has no repeated columns. A matrix $F$ is a configuration in a matrix $A$, denoted $F\prec A$, i...

Understanding Weight Change in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adults With Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

ABSTRACT Objective To examine body mass index (BMI) change during and following cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders (CBT‐ED), separately for underweight and non‐underweight participants. Method Random‐effects meta‐analyses synthesised 55 studies. Pre‐to post‐treatm...

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...

A New Current Fingerprinting Sensing Method for Adaptive Protection of PV-Integrated Distribution Networks

Grid-following photovoltaic (PV) inverters inject fault currents whose magnitude and phase are set by the control mode active during the disturbance, so directional overcurrent relay (DOCR) settings coordinated for one inverter response can miscoordinate after a mode change. This...

Signatures of photospheric convection throughout the solar atmosphere: the EVE Sun-as-a-star mHz continuum

Abstract Convectively driven motions in the solar photosphere can generate broadband Doppler variability across the chromosphere, transition region and corona. Here we investigate this variability using “Sun-as-a-Star” observations from the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experim...

Ethynyl Substituents as Rheostatic Triggers in Single‐Molecule Junctions

ABSTRACT Miniaturised mechanoresistive devices, where charge transport efficiency is modulated by mechanical displacement, are an important class of electromechanical systems that promise unique sensing accuracy and sensitivity. Single‐molecule junctions have emerged recently as...

CelFDrive: Multimodal deep learning-assisted microscopy for automated detection of rare events

The emergence of automated microscopy has enabled the collection of large datasets of rare biological events, accelerating discovery in biology. However, most existing methods cannot be readily integrated into microscopy set-ups or are limited to a single microscope type. We pres...

Estimation of the relative effectiveness and waning of the monovalent third dose of COVID-19 vaccine against hospital admission in France: a novel self-controlled case series analysis.

We present a novel application of the SCCS method for estimating the effectiveness and waning of the third dose of COVID-19 monovalent vaccine in France. We used data on individuals hospitalised for COVID-19 between September 2021 and February 2022 from the Système National des D...

A Cross-Lagged Panel Model of Mental Health Amongst UK Undergraduates: The Role of Autism and Gender

Abstract Purpose The aims of this study were to explore the bidirectional relationships between depression, anxiety, and suicidality among autistic and non-autistic undergraduates in the UK, and the impact of gender and autism diagnosis on these relationships, over time. Method A...

Discovery of a second-generation planet candidate accreting onto a white dwarf

Abstract Many white dwarfs accrete the debris of disrupted planetary bodies, detected in the form of metal enrichment in their atmospheres, dusty or gaseous circumstellar discs, and photometric transits from debris. The composition of accreted debris has been shown to be diverse...

Theorizing Cross‐Boundary Strategizing as Situated in Multilayered Supply Chains: A Strategy‐as‐Practice Approach to Supply Chain Management

ABSTRACT Supply chain strategy is increasingly recognized as a multilayered phenomenon, with firms strategizing not only within their own boundaries but across supply chain tiers, jurisdictions, and wider regulatory and ecological systems. Yet most existing supply chain managemen...

Assessing the electrical properties of cubic silicon carbide by mercury probe measurements

This study outlines the effectiveness of mercury (Hg) probe measurements in evaluating the net carrier concentration of 3C-SiC epilayers and their barrier height evaluating their performance for device fabrication. Both mercury probe current voltage (Hg IV) and mercury probe capa...

Toward the Use of Real‐World Data for Regulatory and HTA Decision‐Making: Experiences and Recommendations from Six EU ‐Funded Projects

Real-world data are increasingly important for regulatory and health technology assessment decision-making, yet their effective use across Europe remains limited by technical, methodological, regulatory, and societal challenges. Drawing on the experiences of six Horizon Europe pr...

Lithium Makes the Difference─Evolution of Lithium Vacancy Disorder during Temperature-Induced Phase Transitions of the Li-Ion Conductor Li4SnS4

Abstract Sulfide-based lithium-ion solid electrolytes are promising candidates for solid-state batteries due to their high ionic conductivities, although they typically exhibit high moisture sensitivity. Li4SnS4 has recently attracted scientific interest because it exhibits highe...