University of Warwick

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...

Truth Elicitation in a Nonstrategic Environment

A principal decides which party deserves a prize. Only the parties observe the state that determines who is deserving. The principal gives each party a text describing the conditions under which that party deserves the prize and asks each to report the state. The parties are nons...

Everyday crisis, everyday care: A feminist political economy from below

Abstract Engaging with International Political Economy scholarship on crisis, this article emphasises the need for a social reproduction approach that recognises the socially necessary labour that sustains life within conditions of everyday crisis. We set out a context-sensitive...

Liquid bridges between horizontal cylinders: Effects of gravity and electric fields

Liquid bridges suspended between two parallel horizontal cylinders are studied using experiments, reduced-order mathematical modelling and numerical simulations. Both non-electrified and electrified configurations are considered, with the cylinders acting as electrodes between wh...

Graph‐null sets

Abstract We say that a plane set is graph‐null , if there is a function such that . A plane set has the translational Kakeya property if, for every translated copy of and for every , there is a finite sequence of vertical and horizontal translations bringing to such that the area...

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) Fast Analysis and Spectroscopy of Transients (FAST) Surveys

Abstract The study of young and fast astronomical transients is often limited by the difficulty of acquiring data, particularly spectra, within hours to days of explosion. Historically, follow-up programmes have rarely obtained spectra until many days after discovery; coupled wit...

Some General Features of Curing Temperature Effects on Strength Behavior of Various Cement-Bound Materials

Abstract Curing temperature critically influences the strength behavior of cement-bound materials (CBMs), including concrete, mortar, and cement-stabilized soil (CSS). Existing reviews mostly address these systems separately, lacking a unified perspective essential for understand...

Moser–Tardos Algorithm with small number of random bits

We study a variant of the parallel Moser–Tardos Algorithm. We prove that if we restrict attention to a class of problems whose dependency graphs have subexponential growth, then the expected total number of random bits used by the algorithm is constant; in particular, it is indep...

Decoding spatial mTOR signalling reveals distinct roles in the tumour microenvironment

Abstract The tumour microenvironment comprises a variety of cell types that interact with malignant cells, influencing both cancer progression and the patient response to therapy. Given the intricate interactions among these components, assessing how signalling pathways contribut...

Comments on the systematic review and meta‐analysis by Câmara et al. on second‐generation colon capsule endoscopy

Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.

The Preparation of Novel Fluorenes Inspired by Hipposudoric Acid

ABSTRACT The growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance has intensified the need for new antimicrobial therapeutics. Hipposudoric acid and norhipposudoric acid, pigments isolated from the skin secretions of Hippopotamus amphibius , are predicted to exhibit antimicrobial activi...

Faster Hamiltonian Monte Carlo by learning leapfrog scale: an offline randomized solution

Abstract We introduce a Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) methodology based on an offline empirical calibration of randomized leapfrog parameters. The approach, referred to as eHMC, where e stands for empirical, leverages importance sampling to construct an empirical distribution on...

Creative idea evaluation affects trust in decision-makers: the interpersonal consequences of creative idea recognition (failure)

Despite organizations espousing a desire for creative ideas, decision-makers often do not recognize creative ideas and reject them. We ask what the consequences of creative idea recognition failure are for the relationship between the idea generator (as well as others who witness...

Contesting Collecting: Indigenous Material Cultures

This dialogue explores how we understand and contest the collecting of Indigenous material cultures. Poskett, using several case studies explores how Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives can complicate fixed notions of materiality. Russell, drawing on her own heritage and i...

Improved Artificial Protozoa Optimizer-Based PI Control for Temperature and Power Regulation of PCM Thermal Energy Storage

Phase-change material (PCM) thermal energy storage requires effective discharge regulation because the available stored energy and resulting thermal output vary continuously during operation. This study develops an Improved Artificial Protozoa Optimizer (IAPO) for proportional–in...

Supporting participatory PhDs: a call to action

Abstract There has been sustained and growing interest in public policy, professional practice, and research, in what has come to be called patient and public, or service user, involvement. Requirements for such involvement are now embedded within health and care legislation, pro...

Quantifying Actin Persistence Length in S. pombe and S. cerevisiae : The Impact of Data Size, Filament Length and Fitting Strategy

Actin filaments exhibit isoform and species-specific mechanical properties that are commonly quantified via their persistence length, yet the reliability of such measurements depends not only on the analysis method but also on dataset characteristics. Here, we measure and compare...

Bridging atomistic and continuum descriptions of nanoscale dislocation loops in tungsten

In order to predict the long-term effects of irradiation on the material properties of tungsten, a continuum approach to simulating the interactions of dislocation loops, which arise from radiation damage, is proposed. Continuum models of the displacement, strain, and stress fiel...

Ultrasound-Activated Microbubbles for Precision Chemo-Radioenhancement in Prostate Cancer: Sonoporation, Therapeutic Synergy, and Translational Pathways

Background/Objectives: Radiotherapy and docetaxel are mainstays of prostate cancer management, yet both are constrained-radiotherapy by normal-tissue tolerance and docetaxel by systemic toxicity and acquired resistance. Ultrasound-activated microbubbles (USMB) convert acoustic en...

Bryne: sustainable prototyping of finite element models

Abstract Open-source simulation frameworks are evolving rapidly to provide accessible tools for the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Modern finite element (FEM) software such as FEniCS, Firedrake, or DUNE-FEM alleviates the need for modelers to recode the dis...