Publications by authors named "D Coles"

Understanding how and why someone dies unexpectedly is key to bereaved family members. The coronial process in England investigates instances where the cause of death is unknown, violent or unnatural and/or occurred in state detention. Families are held to be at the centre of this process and the coroner's role has extended to concern about therapeutic jurisprudence, that is, how legal processes can minimise negative consequences for participants without jeopardising due process.

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  • Ocean energy extraction, especially from tides, is increasing, but challenges remain in reliably capturing tidal stream energy due to complex flow dynamics and environmental impacts.
  • This study uses drones and acoustic profiling to analyze turbulent flow around an idled floating tidal turbine, measuring various flow characteristics with high spatial resolution.
  • Findings include significant turbulence and velocity deficits near the turbine, which will help advance understanding of flow dynamics and their effects on offshore renewable energy technologies.
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  • Hemibiotrophic pathogens are crucial in agriculture as they cause significant damage to plants during their unique infection process, transitioning from a biotrophic to a necrotrophic phase, with unclear mechanisms involved in this shift.
  • Researchers sequenced the genome of a specific oomycete responsible for root rot in chickpeas and analyzed its behavior during different infection stages to uncover small secreted proteins that may control the biotrophic to necrotrophic switch.
  • Findings revealed that despite having a smaller number of certain effector proteins, many proteins were actively regulated during infection, providing insights into factors influencing the timing of the BNS phase and advancing our understanding of plant-pathogen interactions in quantitatively resistant crops.
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In an effort to address social determinants of health and to reduce barriers to care, there have been increased attempts to understand and mitigate public health concerns in ethnic minority communities. As knowledge increases regarding the impact of health disparities on ethnic minority communities, social workers practice knowledge must expand to include intersectional approaches and methods that are inclusive of mechanisms that address inconsistencies in access to health care. Using the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), this study examined behavioral health and psychosocial risk factors that African American and Latinx women ( = 7008) experienced and identified how these factors are associated with self-reported overall health.

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Background: The indigenous people living in the province of West Papua may experience potential food insecurity, in part attributable to increased local adoption of, and reliance on, imported foods such as rice. At the same time, the consumption of sago, a traditional local food, is lower than other types of carbohydrate foods such as wheat and cassava. Various factors may act as influential drivers of local diets and related agricultural practices, such as local socio-economic and agronomic factors, as well as cultural practices which in turn may be influenced by the attitudes and opinions of stakeholders with interests in the supply chain.

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