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Spondylolysis in ancient Nubian skeletal populations (2023)
Journal Article
Tipper, S., Wilson, P., & Roberts, C. A. (2023). Spondylolysis in ancient Nubian skeletal populations. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3241

A comprehensive study of spinal health in ancient Nubia has not been achieved to date. This study is a component of a larger survey of spinal health. It presents a comparative analysis of spondylolysis, with the aim of providing an insight into the q... Read More about Spondylolysis in ancient Nubian skeletal populations.

Judging the Past: Ethics, History and Memory (2023)
Book
Scarre, G. (2023). Judging the Past: Ethics, History and Memory. (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34511-1

This book presents an extended argument for the thesis that people of the present day are not debarred in principle from passing moral judgement on people who lived in former days, notwithstanding the inevitable differences in social and cultural cir... Read More about Judging the Past: Ethics, History and Memory.

Double dividend? Transnational initiatives and governance innovation for climate change and biodiversity (2023)
Journal Article
Bulkeley, H., Betsill, M., Fransen, A., & VanDeveer, S. (in press). Double dividend? Transnational initiatives and governance innovation for climate change and biodiversity. Oxford Review of Economic Policy,

Growing recognition of the need to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together is leading to shifts in the global environmental governance landscape such that these two traditionally separate domains are increasingly interlinked. This proces... Read More about Double dividend? Transnational initiatives and governance innovation for climate change and biodiversity.

Experiments on Gravel‐Sand Transitions: Examination of Washload Deposition (2023)
Journal Article
Dingle, E. H., & Venditti, J. G. (2023). Experiments on Gravel‐Sand Transitions: Examination of Washload Deposition. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(7), Article e2023JF007116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jf007116

An abrupt transition in bed grain size occurs in river systems. Over a short downstream distance, often only a few channel widths, the bed surface fines from gravel (∼10 mm) to sand (∼1 mm). This is the gravel-sand transition (GST), and it is the onl... Read More about Experiments on Gravel‐Sand Transitions: Examination of Washload Deposition.

The contribution of the Stephenson Company, engine manufacturers to the genesis of the British railway industry c.1823-1840 (2023)
Journal Article
Abdelrehim, N., McGovern, T., McLean, T., Oldroyd, D., & Tyson, T. N. (2023). The contribution of the Stephenson Company, engine manufacturers to the genesis of the British railway industry c.1823-1840. Business History, https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2023.2255140

The paper investigates the Stephenson Company’s contribution to genesis of the railway industry by exploring its business model in its formative years. The Company capitalised on a well-developed business and technological infrastructure in the North... Read More about The contribution of the Stephenson Company, engine manufacturers to the genesis of the British railway industry c.1823-1840.