Joint manifold distance: a new approach to appearance based clustering by Fitzgibbon, AW, Zisserman, A

“…The second contribution is the observation that previous distances have been computed using what amounted to "home-grown" nonlinear optimizers, and that more reliable results can be obtained by using generic optimizers which have been developed in the numerical analysis community, and which automatically set the parameters which home-grown methods must set by art. …”

Forecasting: theory and practice by Petropoulos, F, Apiletti, D, Assimakopoulos, V, Castle, J, Hendry, D, Ziel, F

“…Forecasting has always been at the forefront of decision making and planning. …”

Machine learning techniques for the prediction of indoor gamma-ray dose rates - strengths, weaknesses and implications for epidemiology by Kendall, GM, Appleton, JD, Chernyavskiy, P, Arsham, A, Little, MP

“…We investigate methods that improve the estimation of indoor gamma ray dose rates at locations where measurements had not been made. These new predictions use a greater range of modelling techniques and larger variety of explanatory variables than our previous examinations of this subject. …”

Stem cell-derived embryo models: moral advance or moral obfuscation? by Gyngell, C, Lynch, F, Sawai, T, Savulescu, J

“…Stem cell embryo models could reduce the need for human embryos, allowing us to both understand early development and improve assisted reproductive technologies. There have been several rapid advances in creating SCEMs in recent years. …”

Investigation of a high-pressure turbine stage in a high-speed rotating transient test facility for rotor tip study and a parametric study for improved heat transfer calculation by Singh, D, Beard, PF, Cardwell, D, Chana, KS

“…A thermal model calibrated with analytical solutions has been developed to optimise thin-film gauge configurations and to study side-conduction effects.…”

'Remaking Greater Britain': Cecil Rhodes and imperial politics, 1880-1902 by Hunt, DM

“…A detailed analysis of Rhodes’ role in British imperial politics has not yet been undertaken, a gap in the historiography which this study rectifies. …”

Computational and experimental study of a platinum thin-film based oil condition and contamination sensor by Sridhar, V, Chana, KS, Singh, D

“…Oil contamination occurs when metallic or non-metallic particles are produced due to wear of the machine components such as bearings, gears etc. and these particles may not be always captured by the filtering system that are already in the lubrication system. …”

Is moral understanding a kind of moral vision? by Hills, A

“…Recently the idea of moral perception has been explored. I suggest that the identification of moral understanding with moral perception is promising, as it seems to give a good account of what is distinctively valuable about moral understanding. …”

Postpartum-specific vital sign reference ranges by Green, LJ, Pullon, R, Mackillop, LH, Gerry, S, Birks, J, Salvi, D, Davidson, S, Loerup, L, Tarassenko, L, Mossop, J, Edwards, C, Gauntlett, R, Harding, K, Chappell, LC, Knight, M, Watkinson, PJ

“…However, maternal deaths in the postpartum period have not been studied as extensively as the antenatal and intrapartum periods. …”

Exon skipping is correlated with exon circularization by Kelly, S, Greenman, C, Cook, PR, Papantonis, A

“…Circular RNAs are found in a wide range of organisms and it has been proposed that they perform disparate functions. …”

Metaphors for the writing process by Van Hulle, D

“…This chapter discusses various metaphors that have been suggested as conceptual models by numerous authors in the past to try and understand aspects of their creative process and the roles of the literary draft. …”

Geographies of reflection and radiance: radiant worlds, speculative surfaces, and reflective media by McCormack, D

“…Questions of reflection have been understood by geographers primarily in terms of vision and visuality and their implication in the representational constitution of the human subject. …”

Theranostics for neuroblastoma: making molecular radiotherapy work better by Gawne, PJ, Bryant, HE, DuBois, SG, George, SL, Gray, J, Knox, L, Matchett, KB, Peet, C, Vallis, KA, Wallace, HJ, Wan, S, Gaze, MN

“…Neuroblastoma expresses several molecular targets for radionuclide imaging and therapy, of which the most widely exploited is the norepinephrine transporter. [ 123I]meta iodobenzylguanidine (mIBG) imaging and [131I]mIBG treatment, which target this physiological pathway, have been in clinical practice for 40 years. While therapy outcomes have been favourable, [ 131I]mIBG use has not yet been optimized. …”

New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca by Sutton, MD, Sigwart, JD, Briggs, DEG, Gueriau, P, King, A, Siveter, DJ, Siveter, DJ

“…Mollusca is the second most species-rich animal phylum, but the pathways of early molluscan evolution have long been controversial1, 2, 3, 4–5. Modern faunas retain only a fraction of the past forms in this hyperdiverse and long-lived group. …”

Writing in Creole contexts: a study of Jamaican primary school students by Tucker, S-K, Chalmers, H, Murphy, VA

“…In the Caribbean in particular, the poor writing outcomes of Creole speakers across all levels of education has been a subject of lament for educators and policymakers for several years. …”

The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…More specifically, it contains harmonised level estimates and their changes over time of the global MPI and related sub-indices, which have been estimated for the 2024 release. For this Database all deprivation indicators have been harmonised over time.…”

‘I don’t care who joins my choir’: investigating attitudes to diversity and inclusivity in lower- and upper-voice choirs in the United Kingdom by MacGregor, E

“…Recreational choral singing has long been a mainstay of amateur and community musicmaking in the United Kingdom, and there is much existing evidence for the potential social, physical, and psychological benefits of participation. …”

The evolution of signalling and monitoring in plant-fungal networks by Scott, T, Kiers, ET, West, SA

“…Experiments have shown that when one plant is attacked by a pathogen or herbivore, this can lead to other plants connected to the same mycorrhizal network up-regulating their defense mechanisms. It has been hypothesized that this represents signaling, with attacked plants producing a signal to warn other plants of impending harm. …”

Highly selective upcycling of plastic mixture waste by microwave-assisted catalysis over Zn/b-ZnO by Zhao, J, Liu, B, Xiong, L, Liu, W, Wang, D, Ma, W, Jiang, L, Yang, J, Wang, P, Xiao, T, Zhao, S, Edwards, PP, Tang, J

“…Moreover, the catalyst can tolerate high contaminates, even the landfilled plastics can still be converted to lubricant base oil precursors, which has never been reported before.…”

Highlights from Faraday Discussion 172: Carbon in electrochemistry, Sheffield, UK, July 2014 by Dyatkin, B, Ash, PA, Sharma, S

“…Traditionally, Faraday Discussions have been very true to their name, focussing genuinely on healthy, in-depth, and fruitful discussions rather than just serving as a platform for one to one researcher interaction and collaboration. …”