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Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health (2024)
Journal Article
Carter, T. B., Gorczynski, P., Coady, C. J., Cunningham, I. J., Mascarenhas, D. R. D., Grant, M., Sullivan, P., Webb, T., Livingston, L. A., & Hancock, D. J. (2024). Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1436149

Introduction: Sport officials are tasked with applying rules, maintaining fairness, and ensuring athlete safety. However, sport officials experience anxiety, burnout, and non-accidental violence, with the incidence of these events increasing worldwid... Read More about Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health.

The ‘Skills Gap’ in the Animation/VFX industry in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Mortimer, J., Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (in press). The ‘Skills Gap’ in the Animation/VFX industry in Scotland. Animation,

Integral to the Animation and visual effects (VFX) industry are graduates with industry focused skills. Yet, the industry is rapid and ever-changing, almost defying attempts to define it. How then should Animation/VFX, and indeed any subject of a sim... Read More about The ‘Skills Gap’ in the Animation/VFX industry in Scotland.

Design and Synthesis of Novel Aminoindazole-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine Inhibitors of IKKα That Selectively Perturb Cellular Non-Canonical NF-κB Signalling (2024)
Journal Article
Riley, C., Ammar, U., Alsfouk, A., Anthony, N. G., Baiget, J., Berretta, G., Breen, D., Huggan, J., Lawson, C., McIntosh, K., Plevin, R., Suckling, C. J., Young, L. C., Paul, A., & Mackay, S. P. (2024). Design and Synthesis of Novel Aminoindazole-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine Inhibitors of IKKα That Selectively Perturb Cellular Non-Canonical NF-κB Signalling. Molecules, 29(15), Article 3515. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29153515

The inhibitory-kappaB kinases (IKKs) IKKα and IKKβ play central roles in regulating the non-canonical and canonical NF-κB signalling pathways. Whilst the proteins that transduce the signals of each pathway have been extensively characterised, the cle... Read More about Design and Synthesis of Novel Aminoindazole-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine Inhibitors of IKKα That Selectively Perturb Cellular Non-Canonical NF-κB Signalling.

Equality DanceSport doing transgender inclusivity in the United Kingdom: Cultural cisgenderism and transgender experiences (2024)
Journal Article
Wong, Y. N. (online). Equality DanceSport doing transgender inclusivity in the United Kingdom: Cultural cisgenderism and transgender experiences. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902241259342

In this article, cultural cisgenderism is adopted to investigate Equality DanceSport, a sporting context emerging out of an LGBT+ community.1 The study questions the extent to which Equality DanceSport enforces regulations and practices which promote... Read More about Equality DanceSport doing transgender inclusivity in the United Kingdom: Cultural cisgenderism and transgender experiences.

A Blockchain-based Multi-Factor Honeytoken Dynamic Authentication Mechanism (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papaspirou, V., Kantzavelou, I., Yigit, Y., Maglaras, L., & Katsikas, S. (2024, July). A Blockchain-based Multi-Factor Honeytoken Dynamic Authentication Mechanism. Presented at ARES 2024: The 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Vienna, Austria

The evolution of authentication mechanisms in ensuring secure access to systems has been crucial for mitigating vulnerabilities and enhancing system security. However, despite advancements in two-factor authentication (2FA) and multi-factor authentic... Read More about A Blockchain-based Multi-Factor Honeytoken Dynamic Authentication Mechanism.