University of Warwick

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...

Giddy up! Can We Reduce Dropouts in a Discrete-Choice Experiment by Including an Encouraging Message? A Randomised Trial

Background: Discrete-choice experiments (DCEs) are valuable in establishing health preferences. However, their repetitive nature may cause dropouts. Aim: Does an encouraging ‘giddy-up’ message improve completion rates, data quality and respondent experience? Design: Two online DC...

Correcting social norm misperceptions to counter online vaccine misinformation during pandemics

Abstract Online vaccine misinformation circulating on social media undermines public health efforts, yet factual debunking alone has shown limited success in improving vaccination intentions. We tested whether combining descriptive social norm information with factual debunking i...

A Replication Study Testing the Construct Validity and Internal Consistency Reliability of the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised Among Catholic Priests in Italy

Abstract This replication study draws on data provided by a snowball sample of 264 Catholic priests serving in Italy to test the construct validity of the operationalisation of the balanced affect conceptualisation of good work-related psychological wellbeing among clergy propose...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

RATIONALE: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death globally. CHD mortality rates remain steady in low- and middle-income countries but are declining in high-income countries, meaning more people are living with CHD and need support to manage their symptoms and...

Harnessing the Joys and Mitigating the Risks of Doing Co-Research: Reflections on a Study With Survivors of Sexual Violence

Background This article is by lived experience co-researchers and an academic research team. Co-research involves those with lived experience of a topic under investigation. It is an increasingly popular participatory, beneficial form of co-production that improves the integrity...

Predictable Relative Forward Performance Processes: Multi-agent and Mean Field Games for Portfolio Management

Abstract. We introduce predictable relative forward performance processes (PRFPP) as a new framework for studying portfolio management within a competitive and incomplete market environment. Each agent trades a distinct stock following a binomial distribution with probabilities f...

Role of foundation models in data-driven tissue diagnostics

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based tissue diagnostics is entering a new phase driven by pathology foundation models: large-scale encoders and multimodal systems pretrained with self-supervised and vision–language objectives. Yet the evidence base has expanded faster than the meth...

Gas absorption of soft X-rays strongly impacts the redshift distribution of dark Fast X-ray Transients

Abstract The progenitors of many Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) and those of γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are strongly linked. Given that ”dark” GRBs are typically found to be events suffering from enhanced extinction in the host galaxy, we investigate the nature of ”dark” FXTs. However, un...

Managing culture: The role of music in state-led cultural reproduction in post-colonial Pakistan

Abstract If music’s place remains ideologically contested in the national cultural formation of post-colonial Pakistan, what are the terms, if any, by which the state engages with this art form? Answering this question, along with others, this article advances the term ‘logic of...

Storage treatment and diluent cause inconsistencies in commonly used fluorometric microplate enzyme assays conducted with saltmarsh soils

Abstract Fluorometric enzyme assays are a tool for determining potential enzyme activity in soils. A wide array of methodological approaches is adopted by different studies, making comparisons difficult. An important consideration is whether assay conditions replicate the environ...

From actors to practices: new typology of opposition from Russia and Belarus

It is a paradox when the opposition does not oppose. Yet, political actors labelled as “opposition” often facilitate authoritarian rule rather than resist it. This article resolves this paradox by shifting focus from actors to “opposition practices”, redefining what “opposition”...

Efficacy of a Calcium Functional Fertiliser with a Calcium Transport Stimulant in Managing Cavity Spot of Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus)

The marketable yield of carrot is reduced by carrot cavity spot disease (Pythium violae and P. sulcatum). In the UK, metalaxyl-M is the only approved fungicide. Good calcium nutrition can manage cavity spot, but calcium is not generally mobilised to the maturing carrot root. We r...

Chinese International Students’ Satisfaction with University Mental Health Counselling: A Mixed-Methods Study on the Impacts of Language Barriers, Cultural Differences and the Working Alliance

Background: Chinese international students may experience language and cultural challenges when using university counselling services. This study examined the associations between perceived language barriers, cultural differences, and counselling satisfaction and explored student...

Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: United Kingdom

This volume is a title in the series Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe, whose Executive Editor is Jørgen S. Nielsen (University of Birmingham, UK, and University of Copenhagen, Denmark)....

Coexistence of mixing and rigid behaviors in ergodic theory

Abstract In this paper, we introduce and explore the notion of rigidity group , associated with a collection of finitely many sequences, and show that this concept has many, somewhat surprising characterizations of algebraic, spectral, and unitary nature. Furthermore, we demonstr...

Vacancy diffusion in transition metal diborides using diverse machine-learning potentials

Machine-learning interatomic potential (MLIP)-based molecular dynamics enables efficient exploration of mass-transport mechanisms in complex materials together with quantitative determination of diffusion coefficients at finite temperatures. Using an identical training dataset, w...

Hydration Asymmetry and Solvent-Mediated Charge Balancing in Microporous Carbons: An NMR Study of Aqueous and Organic Electrosorption

Abstract Aqueous electrolytes are attracting increasing interest in supercapacitor applications due to their high sustainability and ionic conductivity relative to conventional organic systems. However, the distinct solvation properties of water and their impact on (electro)sorpt...

Polaritonic Materials: A Comparative Study on the Relaxation Kinetics in Fabry–Perot versus Plasmonic Cavities

ABSTRACT Strong exciton–photon coupling results in the formation of hybrid light–matter states whose relaxation dynamics often experience a bottleneck due to a large manifold of dark states. This bottleneck results in dynamics like those of the uncoupled material, hampering the o...

Reducing standard-language-ideology conflicts through participatory research in historical sociolinguistics

Abstract This paper presents participatory research as a strategy for achieving a publicly engaged historical sociolinguistics, using a case study of collaboration between academic and community partners focused on Cockney in East London. Participatory research methods emphasise...