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Mapping current research relating to family and partners of people with chronic kidney disease (kidney carers): A scoping review protocol (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

Protocol of a scoping review to identify extent and patterns in current research relating to informal carers of people with chronic kidney disease.

GROUNDED EO: Data-driven Sentinel-2 LAI and FAPAR retrieval using Gaussian processes trained with extensive fiducial reference measurements (2025)
Journal Article

Due to their importance in monitoring and modelling Earth's climate, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) designates leaf area index (LAI) and the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR) as essential climate variables (... Read More about GROUNDED EO: Data-driven Sentinel-2 LAI and FAPAR retrieval using Gaussian processes trained with extensive fiducial reference measurements.

Optimizing the Temperature Sensitivity of the Isoprene Emission Model MEGAN in Different Ecosystems Using a Metropolis-Hastings Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method (2025)
Journal Article

Isoprene is a reactive hydrocarbon emitted to the atmosphere in large quantities by terrestrial vegetation. Annual total isoprene emissions exceed 300 Tg a−1, but emission rates vary widely among plant species and are sensitive to meteorological... Read More about Optimizing the Temperature Sensitivity of the Isoprene Emission Model MEGAN in Different Ecosystems Using a Metropolis-Hastings Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method.

An Exploration of the Perceived Impact of Receiving Complementary Therapies on Service Users During the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Phase: A Qualitative Pilot Study (2025)
Journal Article

There is a growing recognition of the benefits of Complementary Therapies as reported by service users and informal carers supporting them. Individuals are drawn to Complementary Therapies due to their emphasis on personal well-being, which encourage... Read More about An Exploration of the Perceived Impact of Receiving Complementary Therapies on Service Users During the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Phase: A Qualitative Pilot Study.

Approaches to Automatic Classification, Detection and Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcification Using Deep Learning (2025)
Journal Article

Objective: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death in the United Kingdom with one type, coronary artery disease, killing more than two times as many women as breast cancer. Recently, researchers have noted that breast art... Read More about Approaches to Automatic Classification, Detection and Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcification Using Deep Learning.