Interfacial enhancement of bamboo flour/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) biocomposites enabled by synergistic treatment via delignification and PHBV-based coupling agent impregnation See

This paper presents a novel development of bamboo flour/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) biocomposites with a particular focus on addressing the interfacial bonding through a synergistic treatment. The synergistic strategy involves the delignification of bamboo flour followed by impregnation ...

School Briefing. Food poverty and primary schools: key principles and recommendations for support See

Summary: UK-wide research by the food bank charity Trussell (2025) found that: Deepening poverty across the UK is evidenced by the proportion of people who struggle to access enough nutritious and varied food. According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the number of people ...

New Agenda for Inclusive Design See

The Inclusive Design Special Interest Group of the Design Research Society (InclusiveSIG-with Professor Hua Dong as its Convenor, and Dr Weining Ning as its co-convenor) organised the “New Agenda for Inclusive Design” Track for DRS2026. The Track has attracted more than 50 submissions&#...

JIGSAW OR SPIRAL? INDUSTRIAL/PRODUCT DESIGN COURSES COMPARED See

Industrial and Product Design programmes vary widely across national contexts, shaped by different educational traditions and institutional frameworks. However opportunities for systematic comparison remain limited, making it difficult to understand how students’ learning experiences are structured internationally.&...

Multiple long-term conditions and their association with quality of life and healthcare utilisation among adults in India: a cross-sectional analysis of WHO SAGE Waves 2 and 3 See

Objectives: To examine the prevalence and disease-combination patterns of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) among adults in India and their associations with quality of life and healthcare utilisation. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of two nationally representative survey waves. &...

A hybrid expert–PCA–ANN framework for hydrogeochemical optimization of the water quality index in a semi-arid aquifer See

Groundwater quality in semi-arid regions is controlled by both natural hydrogeochemical processes and human activities. This study examines and compares four approaches for constructing a groundwater quality index in the southern Chott Hodna Basin (Algeria), combining expert judgment, principal compon...

Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour See

With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We ...

Attachment, Mate-Retention Strategies, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimisation: A Two-Wave Study in Brazil and the United Kingdom See

The current study examined whether individual differences in attachment orientation, mate-retention tactics (benefit-provisioning and cost-inflicting strategies), and COVID-19-related stressors (impact, uncertainty, and perceived risk) were associated with IPV victimisation across two time points, one month apart, i...

Study on Seismic Performance of Precast Hollow Wall Panel Connected by Embedded Steel Box Joints See

In recent years, the advancement of modular prefabricated construction has driven the adoption of prefabricated hollow wall structures because of their lightweight and high strength characteristics. However, these structures face challenges, such as connection integrity, cohesion, and ease of assembly...