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Standardisation in the European manufacturing sector: needs, obstacles AND best practices
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No datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.This paper aims at understanding whether and how the European manufacturing sector can better implement standards. It argues that despite the understudy of standardisation in the manufacturing sector, new innovative technological developments force academics and practitioners alike to re-examine the relevance, the benefits and challenges of standards, from policy to implementation. The paper leverages information gathered for the purposes of the “Boosting the Exploitation of Standardisation Inputs from European Projects” (STAND4EU) project, where various standardisation stakeholders were surveyed to understand their views on the barriers in the development and adoption of standards, providing their suggestions for best practice in standardisation. Grounded under the Standards Development Lifecycle, and based on the respondents’ views, the study ultimately proposes a remediation plan to support standardisation policymaking. Therefore, this paper advances the discourse on international standards development and application, promoting the improvement of regulatory frameworks and the advancement of knowledge in standardisation.This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 101070229–STAND4EU
On qualitative uncertainty in modelling assumptions
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No data was used for the research described in the article.Researchers today have a range of advanced and efficient methods for quantifying uncertainty at their disposal. These methods effectively help them to understand how simulation results may change when a model is re-run or when input parameters are varied. However, models often contain assumptions that are not numerical or have uncertainties that cannot be quantified. Examples include assumed omissions, existing assumptions reused in new contexts, or assumptions based on partial evidence. This paper proposes a novel conceptual framework to investigate the uncertainty of modelling assumptions on a qualitative level. We aim to educate model developers on how to assess model quality beyond quantifiable uncertainties, understand how it can deteriorate, and identify measures that can improve quality or mitigate deterioration. The framework is designed to be broadly applicable to implemented models (simulations), conceptual models, and even mental models.This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors
A brief history of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law
Full text linkIn this article the founding editor of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law charts the origins of the journal in the 1990s and its subsequent development. The rationale of the journal is discussed, specifically why it was considered that this journal was needed and its valuable contribution to scholarship. The broad scope of the journal in terms of the dimensions of discrimination and the wide range of jurisdictions covered made it unique at that time. The contributions of those involved in the earlier stages of the journal’s life are highlighted as well as the challenges it experienced. The article also refers to the transition to a new publisher after several years and the changes that followed, as well as the positive prospects for the future.The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article
Parental Perspectives on Environmental Factors Affecting Participation of Children with Disabilities: A Scoping Review to Inform Inclusive Healthcare and Support Services
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The original data presented in the study are openly available in Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/fhpbm/?view_only=7019c3911a5b4588894500575ef55e87 (accessed on 19 April 2025).Acknowledgments:
The authors thank Shazia Arif, our academic liaison librarian, for her support in creating the search strategy. During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used QuillBot Premium (https://quillbot.com/ (accessed on 19 April 2025)) and ChatGPT-4o (https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/ (accessed on 19 April 2025)) for the purposes of language editing. The authors have reviewed and edited the output and take full responsibility for the content of this publication.Background/Objectives: Environmental factors influence the participation of children with disabilities in everyday life. Parents, as primary caregivers, provide insights into how these factors support or hinder participation in health-related, educational, personal and social activities. This scoping review aimed to systematically map the literature on parental perceptions of environmental influences on the participation of their children with disabilities. Methods: The review followed the PRISMA-ScR guidelines and the five-stage framework by Arksey and O’Malley. Searches were conducted in five electronic databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, and OpenDissertations. Eligible studies were published in English, focused on children aged 0–18 with any type of disability, and reported on parental views of how environmental factors influence occupational participation. Data were charted and analyzed using narrative synthesis and vote-counting. Results: Thirty-four studies met the inclusion criteria. Frequently discussed environmental domains included physical, social, and institutional factors, while cultural and economic domains received less attention. Participation was commonly addressed in the contexts of play, education, and social engagement. Most studies used qualitative designs and were conducted in high- and middle-income countries. Standardized tools to assess environmental impacts were rarely employed. Conclusions: This review highlights the need for inclusive, family-centered health and social services that address the full range of environmental influences on participation. Future research and policy should prioritize culturally and economically diverse settings, integrate standardized assessment tools, and recognize parental perspectives as essential for designing equitable pediatric healthcare and rehabilitation services.This research received no external funding
Measurement of and Production Cross Sections at √ = 13 and 13.6 TeV
No full textA version of the article is available at arXiv:2505.20483v3 [hep-ex] (https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20483). Comments: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables, including additional supplementary figures, can be found https://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/SMP-24-015 URL (CMS Public Pages). Report number: CMS-SMP-24-015, CERN-EP-2025-102. Journal reference: Phys. Rev. Lett. 135 (2025) 091802. Submission history: From: The CMS Collaboration: [v1] Mon, 26 May 2025 19:39:02 UTC (1,746 KB); [v2] Fri, 30 May 2025 12:41:50 UTC (1,899 KB); [v3] Tue, 9 Sep 2025 12:31:23 UTC (1,935 KB).Data availability—
Release and preservation of data used by the CMS Collaboration as the basis for publications is guided by the CMS data preservation, re-use and open access policy [51]. CMS data availability statement 10.7483/OPENDATA.CMS.1BNU.8V1W.A measurement is presented of the cross section in proton-proton collisions for the production of two bosons and one boson. It is based on data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at center-of-mass energies √ =13 and 13.6 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 200 fb⁻¹. Events with four charged leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state are selected. Both nonresonant production and production, with the Higgs boson decaying into two bosons, are reported. For the first time, the two processes are measured separately in a simultaneous fit. Combining the two modes, signal strengths relative to the standard model (SM) predictions of 0.75+0.34−0.29 and 1.74+0.71−0.60 are measured for √ =13 and 13.6 TeV, respectively. The observed (expected) significance for the triboson signal is 3.8 (2.5) standard deviations for √=13.6 TeV, thus providing the first evidence for triboson production at this center-of-mass energy. Combining the two modes and the two center-of-mass energies, the inclusive signal strength relative to the SM prediction is measured to be 1.03+0.31−0.28, with an observed (expected) significance of 4.5 (5.0) standard deviations.SCOAP³
A robust automatic generation control system based on hybrid Aquila Optimizer-Sine Cosine Algorithm
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Data will be made available on request.Additional material is available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046224001145#appendix .The fluctuating frequency in a power grid is the major stability challenge duo to the unpredictable power demand of costumers during the time. To address this issue, automatic generation controller (AGC) is employed. The AGC based on a proportional integral derivative (PID) approach is popularly utilised owing to its soft implementation and lower expenditure. However, it ripples to handle the standard frequency of a multi-area power grid that occurs in a competitive load-demand case, because of the high sensitivity of its uncertain parameters. In this paper, a Hybrid Aquila Optimizer-Sine Cosine algorithm (HSCAO) is designed for addressing the sensitivity of the PID-AGC parameters specifically for the multi-area power system network. The suggested algorithm is assessed based on CEC-2019, and classical benchmark issues with various dimensions to validate its performance and address the better fits of the algorithm parameters adequately. Also, a statistical analysis technique is conducted using Wilcoxon's test and Friedman test to demonstrate the supervise performance of the HSCAO optimisation regarding to other relative optimal algorithms. A two-area power system network is simulated using MATLAB environment to implement the proposed AGC system. The outcomes prove that the optimal PID-AGC method based on HSCAO technique demonstrates its ability to address the simple and complex fluctuations of load demands quickly. Also, it is the most robust to supervise the frequency response under fault condition test, resulting in, achieving the lowest ITAE index of 5.2s compared to the conventional fuzzy logic control-AGC and the conventional PID-AGC of 10.9s and 17.4s respectively
Chemical profiling of surface water and biota in protected marine harbours impacted by combined sewer overflows
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The data underpinning this publication can be accessed from Brunel University London's data repository, Brunelfigshare here under a CC BY licence: https://doi.org/10.17633/rd.brunel.28513478.Supplementary data are available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025001680#s0090 .Few studies exist that focus on contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in transitional and coastal waterbodies. This study presents chemical profiling of two protected marine harbours on the South coast of the UK sampled in 2022. Across 21 sites, 105 unique compounds were detected (0.05 ng L^-1 ––1798 ng L^-1, median: 11 ng L^-1) in water samples and biota, including 67 pharmaceuticals, 29 pesticides and nine recreational drugs. There were significant differences between campaigns with increased chemical numbers and concentrations that coincided with increased rainfall and combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges. The comparison with CSO discharges revealed that they were an important source for loading of specific chemicals with concentrations increasing for some cases by three-orders of magnitude. High relative risks were estimated for sites sampled during recorded CSO discharges for five compounds with risk quotients (RQs) ranging from 1.1 up to 9.3, with the highest risk from the neonicotinoid, imidacloprid. To understand the exposure in biota, six species; one macroalgae (Fucus vesiculosus) and five fauna (Hediste diversicolor, Patella vulgate, Crassostrea gigas, Carcinus maenas, Echinogammarus marinus) were analysed (n = 5/species) at a CSO-impacted site. Between eight to 18 compounds were detected with Fucus vesiculosus (seaweed) showing the highest accumulation with mean cumulative burdens reaching up to 343 ± 71 ng g^−1. Surface water contamination did not correlate with body burdens. Overall, the work highlights the complexity of the chemical space present in a transitional waterbody showing dynamic contamination patterns that are further influenced by tide, rainfall and salinity. CSOs demonstrated an important but compound specific role for CEC input and pulsing into receiving waters.This work was conducted under funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) studentship (reference: BB/W510002/1) and the Clean Harbours Partnership (CHP). The authors would like to thank all members of the CHP for their involvement and support of the project. The authors would also like to thank SCIEX, in particular Dan McMillan and Jianru Stahl-Zeng, for access to their facilities and support for the surface water sample analysis
Exertional heat stress and intestinal barrier injury: Does chronic disease add fuel to the fire?
Full text linkViewpoint.In this issue of Experimental Physiology Lee and colleagues sought to examine whether older adults with type 2 diabetes or hypertension, compared to age-matched adults without chronic disease, exhibit greater intestinal damage, microbial translocation, and inflammation during exertional heat stress replicating occupational work (Lee et al., 2025).In this issue of Experimental Physiology Lee and colleagues sought to examine whether older adults with type 2 diabetes or hypertension, compared to age-matched adults without chronic disease, exhibit greater intestinal damage, microbial translocation, and inflammation during exertional heat stress replicating occupational work (Lee et al., 2025).None
Stability Properties for Parametric Linear Programs under Data Ambiguities
Full text linkMSC codes: 65K10; 49K99; 90C46; 90C29.In this paper, we study a new parametric robust linear problem (PRLP) whose data are allowed to be perturbed not only on the objective and constraint functions but also on the size of the uncertainty sets. Using a dual approach, we examine the stability and sensitivity properties of PRLP by looking at how the behaviors of its optimal value function and solution map change according to the change of the parameters. More precisely, we examine the closedness and lower and upper semicontinuity of the solution map and the lower and upper semicontinuity as well as Lipschitz property of the optimal value function of PRLP varying around a reference parameter. In this way, we obtain the nonemptiness and boundedness of the solution sets and a characterization for the Lipschitz continuity of the optimal value function for semi-infinite linear programs when fixing the corresponding index sets.Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City: T2024-26-01. Funding: This research is funded by Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) under grant T2024-26-01
UK Live Comedy Sector Survey Report 2024
Full text linkThe UK Live Comedy Sector Survey 2024 was jointly conducted by the Centre for Comedy Studies Research at
Brunel University, the Live Comedy Association, and British Comedy Guide. The UK Live Comedy Sector Survey was administered by Brunel University of London and ethical approval to conduct the survey was received from the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee at Brunel University of London.This report outlines the main findings of the UK Live Comedy Sector Survey 2024 conducted by the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR), the Live Comedy Association (LCA) and British Comedy Guide (BCG). Until now very little was known about the size, scale and impact of the UK live comedy sector. The survey provides detailed insights about the economics of the live comedy sector including its size and its longevity, numbers of shows and ticket sales, and turnover. It also provides insights into regional variations, venues used and performance types supported, and reveals inequalities and inequities prevalent in the sector. The survey serves to support and advocate live comedy in the UK politically, economically and socially.
366 people working in UK live comedy completed the survey. 67% of respondents were comedians.
33% of respondents were people working as comedy promoters, producers, venue managers, festival
organisers or agentsLive Comedy Association; Brunel University of London. Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR); British Comedy Guide
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