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SAD-GAN: A Novel Secure Anomaly Detection Framework for Enhancing the Resilience of Cyber-Physical Systems (2025)
Journal Article
Bhutani, M., Dalal, S., Alhussein, M., Lilhore, U. K., Aurangzeb, K., & Hussain, A. (2025). SAD-GAN: A Novel Secure Anomaly Detection Framework for Enhancing the Resilience of Cyber-Physical Systems. Cognitive Computation, 17(4), Article 127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-025-10483-5

Cyber-physical systems occupy a significant portion of the critical infrastructure market, but their prominence has raised concerns due to their susceptibility to certain anomalies. The typical approaches tend to be ineffective to flexible and comple... Read More about SAD-GAN: A Novel Secure Anomaly Detection Framework for Enhancing the Resilience of Cyber-Physical Systems.

Enhancing human activity recognition with TB-ConvAtt: A multi-dimensional attention framework (2025)
Journal Article
Yang, H., Wang, Y., Hu, R., Geng, Y., Wang, A., Zhou, X., Yu, H., & Zhao, Q. (2025). Enhancing human activity recognition with TB-ConvAtt: A multi-dimensional attention framework. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 110(Part A), Article 108314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2025.108314

The growing prevalence of wearable technology in healthcare highlights the essential need for accurate and efficient human activity recognition (HAR) using wearable sensor data. In clinical settings, HAR plays a pivotal role in patient monitoring, re... Read More about Enhancing human activity recognition with TB-ConvAtt: A multi-dimensional attention framework.

Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Wagland, Z., Sterman, J., Scott-Cole, L., Spassiani, N., & Njelesani, J. (2025). Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review. Neurodiversity, 3, https://doi.org/10.1177/27546330251357479

Historically, educational and clinical practice with autistic children centred on developing their ability to ‘fit in’ and achieve neurotypical milestones. The neurodiversity movement aims to shift the focus from normalising behaviours to acceptance... Read More about Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review.

The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products (2025)
Journal Article
Cazzagon, V., Vanhauten, R., Hanlon, J., Sánchez Jiménez, A., Harrison, S., Auffan, M., Braakhuis, H., Boyles, M., Candalija, A., Katsumiti, A., Rodriguez-Llopis, I., Catalan, J., Cross, R. K., Lahive, E., Morel, E., Simeone, F. C., Delpivo, C., Clavaguera, S., Seddon, R., Salmatonidis, A., …Vázquez-Campos, S. (online). The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products. Environmental Science: Nano, https://doi.org/10.1039/d5en00312a

Simple, cost-effective and reliable methods are needed for pragmatic, flexible, safe and sustainable evaluations at early stages of product (chemical/material) development. This is especially true for nanoforms and nano-enabled products, for which gu... Read More about The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products.

Nitrate Pollution Mapping for Reservoirs Using Flexible Sensors Integrated with Underwater Robot (2025)
Journal Article
Markapudi, P. R., Beg, M., Kadara, R. O., Paul, F., Kerrouche, A., See, C. H., & Manjakkal, L. (online). Nitrate Pollution Mapping for Reservoirs Using Flexible Sensors Integrated with Underwater Robot. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3588067

Water pollution monitoring is crucial for environmental protection, playing a key role in safeguarding ecosystems, protecting public health and promoting sustainable development. However, traditional methods face challenges related to accessibility,... Read More about Nitrate Pollution Mapping for Reservoirs Using Flexible Sensors Integrated with Underwater Robot.

Berlinale 75: Fiabe e pastiche (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Cicchetti, P. (2025). Berlinale 75: Fiabe e pastiche

In the second half of my long-form report from the 2025 edition of the Berlinale, I discuss the merits and limitations of a maximalist tendency displayed by several films included in the programme. I then contrast these titles with others that rely m... Read More about Berlinale 75: Fiabe e pastiche.

Berlinale 75: A posteriori (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Cicchetti, P. (2025). Berlinale 75: A posteriori

The first half of a long-form report I wrote after attending the 75° of the Berlinale. I discuss the ongoing currency of some of the representational strategies I had identified in 2024, and offer critical remarks on a few notable films in the progra... Read More about Berlinale 75: A posteriori.

Generative Adversarial Networks-enabled Anomaly Detection Systems: A Survey (2025)
Journal Article
Saeed, U., Jan, S. U., Ahmad, J., Shah, S. A., Alshehri, M. S., Ghadi, Y. Y., Pitropakis, N., & Buchanan, W. J. (2026). Generative Adversarial Networks-enabled Anomaly Detection Systems: A Survey. Expert Systems with Applications, 296(B), Article 128978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128978

Anomaly Detection (AD) is an important area of research because it helps identify outliers in data, enabling early detection of errors, fraud, and potential security breaches. Machine Learning (ML) can be utilized for distinct AD systems, and Generat... Read More about Generative Adversarial Networks-enabled Anomaly Detection Systems: A Survey.

Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S., & Rihova, I. (2025, July). Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre. Presented at Leisure Studies Association Conference 2024, University of West of Scotland, Paisley, UK

Cities are under growing pressure to address the challenge of supporting more inclusive and sustainable communities. Festivals and events, increasingly used as urban development tools, can assist in the creation of sustainable cities with prosperous,... Read More about Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre.

Trade Credit Financing, Social Trust, and Financial Distress: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies (2025)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., Wang, B., Moro, A., Chen, J., & Sheehan, M. (2025). Trade Credit Financing, Social Trust, and Financial Distress: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies. Research in International Business and Finance, 79, Article 103053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.103053

This research investigates the relationship between trade credit financing and firms’ financial distress using a sample of Chinese listed companies from 2000 to 2020. Our results reveal a significant U-shaped relationship between firms’ trade credit... Read More about Trade Credit Financing, Social Trust, and Financial Distress: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies.

Kerb heights - Phase 4 (2025)
Report
Langdon, P., & Olowosegun, A. (2025). Kerb heights - Phase 4. Transport Scotland

The Inclusive Kerbs Phase 4 research project gathered data using a representative example of standard kerbs within a controlled laboratory environment to understand how people with various impairments interacted with them. The study was conducted by... Read More about Kerb heights - Phase 4.

Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3 (2025)
Report
Langdon, P., & Olowosegun, A. (2025). Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3. Transport Scotland

The Inclusive Kerbs Phase 3 research project gathered data from a representative example of kerbs within The City of Edinburgh to understand what kerbs are present in the city and how people with various impairments use them. The study was conducted... Read More about Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3.

Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions (2025)
Journal Article
Wight, C., Podoshen, J., Wyatt, B., & Lennon, J. (online). Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions. Tourism Recreation Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2025.2521277

This study invited dark tourism practitioners to comment on the salient academic discourses concerning dark tourism and propose new ways forward for research. Through a genre analysis of dark tourism literature and semi-structured interviews with an... Read More about Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions.

On the Eigenvalue Distribution of Spatio-Spectral Limiting Operators in Higher Dimensions, II (2025)
Journal Article
Hughes, K., Israel, A., & Mayeli, A. (2025). On the Eigenvalue Distribution of Spatio-Spectral Limiting Operators in Higher Dimensions, II. Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications, 31(4), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00041-025-10171-w

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Let F, S be bounded measurable sets in . Let be the orthogonal projection on the subspace of functions with compact support on F, and let be the orthogonal projection on the subspace of functions with Fo... Read More about On the Eigenvalue Distribution of Spatio-Spectral Limiting Operators in Higher Dimensions, II.

Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McFarlane, A., & Kawaf, F. (2025, July). Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing, Cork, Ireland

This research investigates consumers’ green engagement with cloth nappies amid the challenges of early parenthood. This qualitative study utilised visual diaries and online focus groups with 27 users within the Instagram community #clothbummums. Find... Read More about Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies.

Energy Consumption Framework and Analysis of Post-Quantum Key-Generation on Embedded Devices (2025)
Journal Article
Patterson, J. C., Buchanan, W. J., & Turino, C. (2025). Energy Consumption Framework and Analysis of Post-Quantum Key-Generation on Embedded Devices. Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 5(3), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcp5030042

The emergence of quantum computing and Shor's algorithm necessitates an imminent shift from current public key cryptography techniques to post-quantum-robust techniques. The NIST has responded by standardising Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorith... Read More about Energy Consumption Framework and Analysis of Post-Quantum Key-Generation on Embedded Devices.

Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population (2025)
Journal Article
Thornton, M., Wilson, D., Leitch, A., Roos, S., & White, P. (online). Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population. Bird Study, https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2025.2513542

Capsule: Over three decades, the garden bird community composition in Edinburgh has changed, probably in response to increased garden bird feeding, and this has increased prey biomass for Eurasian Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus, coinciding with a signi... Read More about Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population.

Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird (2025)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., Butler, A., Wanless, S., Newell, M. A., Harris, M. P., Burthe, S. J., Gunn, C. M., Howells, R. J., & Daunt, F. (in press). Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird. Animal Behaviour,

In iteroparous, socially monogamous species, individuals vary in the extent of mate fidelity across breeding attempts, often with important fitness consequences. Numerous studies have demonstrated intrinsic drivers of mate fidelity, notably previous... Read More about Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird.

Discovery of potential RAF selective back pocket as a promising biological site for BRAF inhibitors targeting resistant melanoma opens the door for a new generation of kinase inhibitors: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico molecular simulation (2025)
Journal Article
Ammar, U., El-Din, M. G., Abdel-Maksoud, M., Ali, E., El-Gamal, M., Mahmoud, Z., Ahn, S., Nguyen, N. H., Kim, E., Jun, P. S., Deug, K. Y., Choi, H. S., Lee, K. H., Choi, G., & Oh, C.-H. (2025). Discovery of potential RAF selective back pocket as a promising biological site for BRAF inhibitors targeting resistant melanoma opens the door for a new generation of kinase inhibitors: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico molecular simulation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 320(Part 2), Article 145699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.145699

Despite the approved combination of BRAFV600E and MEK inhibitors to treat drug-resistant melanoma, serious side effects associated with this combination have been reported, particularly referring to MEK inhibitors. In the current study, an isosteric... Read More about Discovery of potential RAF selective back pocket as a promising biological site for BRAF inhibitors targeting resistant melanoma opens the door for a new generation of kinase inhibitors: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico molecular simulation.