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Basal activation of astrocytic Nrf2 in neuronal culture media: Challenges and implications for neuron-astrocyte modelling (2025)
Journal Article
Elsharkasi, M. M. O., Villani, B., Wells, G., & Kerr, F. (2025). Basal activation of astrocytic Nrf2 in neuronal culture media: Challenges and implications for neuron-astrocyte modelling. Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 9, https://doi.org/10.1177/23982128251351360

As a gatekeeper of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory cell protection, the transcription factor Nrf2 is a promising therapeutic target for several neurodegenerative diseases, leading to the development of Nrf2 activators targeting Keap1-dependent and... Read More about Basal activation of astrocytic Nrf2 in neuronal culture media: Challenges and implications for neuron-astrocyte modelling.

Digital Distraction in Gen Z: Strategies for Focused and Engaging Online Learning Environments (2025)
Book Chapter
Huzooree, G., & Yadav, M. (2025). Digital Distraction in Gen Z: Strategies for Focused and Engaging Online Learning Environments. In A. Duarte, J. G. Andrade, & P. Dias (Eds.), Digital Tools and Platforms for Effective and Personalized Learning (403-436). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-6013-3.ch015

The increasing shift toward online learning has fundamentally transformed educational environments, requiring teachers to develop new skills that combine content expertise with effective digital pedagogy. As technology continues to shape learning exp... Read More about Digital Distraction in Gen Z: Strategies for Focused and Engaging Online Learning Environments.

Navigating ethical challenges in generative AI-enhanced research: The ETHICAL framework for responsible generative AI use (2025)
Journal Article
Eacersall, D., Pretorius, L., Smirnov, I., Spray, E., Illingworth, S., Chugh, R., Strydom, S., Stratton-Maher, D., Simmons, J., Jennings, I., Roux, R., Kamrowski, R., Downie, A., Ling Thong, C., & Howell, K. A. (2025). Navigating ethical challenges in generative AI-enhanced research: The ETHICAL framework for responsible generative AI use. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2025.8.2.9

The rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in research presents both opportunities and ethical challenges that should be carefully navigated. Although GenAI tools can enhance research efficiency by automating tasks such as liter... Read More about Navigating ethical challenges in generative AI-enhanced research: The ETHICAL framework for responsible generative AI use.

Factors Impacting Landscape Ruggedness in Control Problems: a Case Study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saliby, M. E., Medvet, E., Nadizar, G., Salvato, E., & Thomson, S. L. (2024, September). Factors Impacting Landscape Ruggedness in Control Problems: a Case Study. Presented at WIVACE 2024 (XVIII International Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation), Namur, Belgium

Understanding fitness landscapes in evolutionary robotics (ER) can provide valuable insights into the considered robotic problems as well as into the strategies found by evolutionary algorithms (EAs) to address them, ultimately guiding practitioners... Read More about Factors Impacting Landscape Ruggedness in Control Problems: a Case Study.

Educational interventions promoting modifiable lifestyle behaviours for cardiovascular disease in pre-registration nursing students: a scoping review (2025)
Journal Article
Creighton, L., Caughers, G., Mitchell, G., McMahon, J., Neubeck, L., & Fitzsimons, D. (2025). Educational interventions promoting modifiable lifestyle behaviours for cardiovascular disease in pre-registration nursing students: a scoping review. BMC Nursing, 24(1), Article 952. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03611-x

Aims: Modifiable lifestyle behaviours, such as smoking and high alcohol consumption are more prevalent among pre-registration nursing students, than the general population. Embedding education on the impact of these risk factors for cardiovascular di... Read More about Educational interventions promoting modifiable lifestyle behaviours for cardiovascular disease in pre-registration nursing students: a scoping review.

Regime-Based Framework for Phase-Aware Healthcare Management (2025)
Journal Article
Fascia, M., & Tarazona, J. (2025). Regime-Based Framework for Phase-Aware Healthcare Management. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 9(1), 10

Healthcare systems, particularly those operating under centralised universal-access frameworks such as the NHS, are frequently mischaracterised as static, mechanistically predictable institutions. In reality, they exhibit turbulent adaptive behaviour... Read More about Regime-Based Framework for Phase-Aware Healthcare Management.

Robotics Use in the Care and Management of People Living with Diabetes Mellitus: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Al Bayrakdar, A., Dragone, M., Wojcik, G., McConnel, A., King, M., & Paterson, R. (online). Robotics Use in the Care and Management of People Living with Diabetes Mellitus: A Scoping Review. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1177/19322968251356298

Background:
Diabetes prevalence is rising and projected to affect 783 million globally by 2045. Effective diabetes self-management relies on diabetes knowledge, lifestyle modifications, and health care support; yet global health care workforce short... Read More about Robotics Use in the Care and Management of People Living with Diabetes Mellitus: A Scoping Review.

Harnessing Blockchain: a Framework for Sustainable Reverse Supply Chain Optimization (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, E., Ghaleb, B., Jan, S. U., Ahmad, J., Abubakar, M., & Al-Dubai, A. (2025, July). Harnessing Blockchain: a Framework for Sustainable Reverse Supply Chain Optimization. Presented at 2025 16th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), Irbid, Jordan

Vehicle recalls in the UK have surged in recent years, necessitating efficient and secure management of safety concerns by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in partnership with manufacturers. The DVSA currently relies on traditional cent... Read More about Harnessing Blockchain: a Framework for Sustainable Reverse Supply Chain Optimization.

Analysing the acute toxicity of e-cigarette liquids and their vapour on human lung epithelial (A549) cells in vitro (2025)
Journal Article
Findlay-Greene, F., Donnellan, S., & Vass, S. (2025). Analysing the acute toxicity of e-cigarette liquids and their vapour on human lung epithelial (A549) cells in vitro. Toxicology Reports, 15, Article 102092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2025.102092

The use of alternative tobacco products such as vaping devices has significantly increased over the last 5-years, with the largest increase being amongst 18–25-year-olds. While the quantity of nicotine is tightly regulated, the composition of e-liqui... Read More about Analysing the acute toxicity of e-cigarette liquids and their vapour on human lung epithelial (A549) cells in vitro.

Effective implementation of preventive cardiology guidelines: pathways to success (2025)
Journal Article
Uchmanowicz, I., Czapla, M., Lomper, K., Iovino, P., Rosiek-Biegus, M., Surma, S., & Rahimi, K. (online). Effective implementation of preventive cardiology guidelines: pathways to success. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf448

This review highlights the importance of implementing preventive cardiology guidelines—both for primary and secondary prevention—to improve patient outcomes and reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease. Despite the availability of comprehensive gu... Read More about Effective implementation of preventive cardiology guidelines: pathways to success.

Rumble in the jungle: Convolutional neural networks demonstrate accurate footfall identification of terrestrial mammals (2025)
Journal Article
Blackledge, B. J., & White, P. J. C. (2025). Rumble in the jungle: Convolutional neural networks demonstrate accurate footfall identification of terrestrial mammals. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 6(3), Article e70072. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70072

1. Accurate and resource-efficient wildlife survey methodologies are crucial to informing biodiversity, wildlife management and conservation planning. Large mammals are particularly challenging to survey due to their large spatial ranges and often-el... Read More about Rumble in the jungle: Convolutional neural networks demonstrate accurate footfall identification of terrestrial mammals.

Shadow-Analyzer: An Efficient Neural Networks-based Ghost Objects Detection for Autonomous Vehicles (2025)
Journal Article
Almaini, A., Folz, . J., Koßmann, T., Böder, R., Al-Dubai, A., Sadik, M., Schramm, M., Heigl, M., Romdhani, I., & Kerrouche, A. (online). Shadow-Analyzer: An Efficient Neural Networks-based Ghost Objects Detection for Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2025.3587720

Several studies have been conducted to investigate the security and reliability of object detection systems in Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), which rely on sensors such as cameras and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). These studies demonstrate the low... Read More about Shadow-Analyzer: An Efficient Neural Networks-based Ghost Objects Detection for Autonomous Vehicles.

Evaluation of the Mechanical and Physical Behaviors of Flax Fiber‐Reinforced Polybutylene Succinate Biodegradable Composites in Packaging Applications (2025)
Journal Article
Özalp, S., Sismanoglu, S., Tayfun, Ü., Popescu, C., Kairliyeva, F. B., & Kanbur, Y. (2025). Evaluation of the Mechanical and Physical Behaviors of Flax Fiber‐Reinforced Polybutylene Succinate Biodegradable Composites in Packaging Applications. SPE Polymers, 6(3), Article e70017. https://doi.org/10.1002/pls2.70017

Applying surface modification routes to natural fibers is a practical option for solving the incompatibility problem in polymeric composites. This study aimed to improve the properties of biodegradable and environmentally friendly polybutylene succin... Read More about Evaluation of the Mechanical and Physical Behaviors of Flax Fiber‐Reinforced Polybutylene Succinate Biodegradable Composites in Packaging Applications.

Virtual Error-Based Data-Driven P-Type Adaptive Predictive Control and Its Applications (2025)
Journal Article
Li, G., Zhou, P., Zhou, Y., & Chai, T. (2025). Virtual Error-Based Data-Driven P-Type Adaptive Predictive Control and Its Applications. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 22, 18773 - 18785. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2025.3590028

In this paper, a P-type adaptive predictive control (PAPC) method is presented for a category of unknown multi-input multi-output (MIMO) discrete-time systems with nonaffine nonlinear dynamics. First, the unknown nonlinear model is altered to a linea... Read More about Virtual Error-Based Data-Driven P-Type Adaptive Predictive Control and Its Applications.

Longitudinal Induction to support transformative learning for international students undertaking a two-year MSc (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell-Casey, S., & MacCallum, J. (2025, July). Longitudinal Induction to support transformative learning for international students undertaking a two-year MSc. Presented at Improving University Teaching Conference, University of Westminster, London

We have adapted an MSc programme for international students, to create a two-stage course, allowing for extended induction to key skills for success at level 11. The first year is at undergraduate level and is supported by academic support services a... Read More about Longitudinal Induction to support transformative learning for international students undertaking a two-year MSc.

Patients’ perspectives on medication adherence feedback interventions for managing long-term medications: a systematic review of qualitative evidence (2025)
Journal Article
Kobson, B., Hanley, J., Mair, A., Dima, A. L., Rea, N., & Paterson, R. E. (online). Patients’ perspectives on medication adherence feedback interventions for managing long-term medications: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-025-01958-4

Introduction
Optimising medication usage is a worldwide challenge. While numerous feedback interventions have been developed to address this issue, understanding patients' perspectives on the use of such interventions to optimise adherence provides... Read More about Patients’ perspectives on medication adherence feedback interventions for managing long-term medications: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.