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Optimised evaluation of environmental impact using homegrown wood fibre materials in housing construction (2025)
Journal Article
Reid, A., Bros-Williamson, J., Henquel, V., & Livingstone, A. (online). Optimised evaluation of environmental impact using homegrown wood fibre materials in housing construction. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-12-2024-0535

Purpose
The Scottish Government promotes the use of homegrown, wood fibre-rich products in the construction industry as a key feature of a wider sustainability strategy that aims to decarbonise the sector. This strategy also promotes the use of Buil... Read More about Optimised evaluation of environmental impact using homegrown wood fibre materials in housing construction.

Speaking with care: Compassion and relational power in Philippine classrooms (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2025, June). Speaking with care: Compassion and relational power in Philippine classrooms. Paper presented at The Gathering 2025, Edinburgh Napier

This study examines how university educators in the Philippines enact power through caring and compassionate pedagogical practices. Drawing from naturalistic classroom interactions it explores how teachers use specific linguistic devices—politeness... Read More about Speaking with care: Compassion and relational power in Philippine classrooms.

Wood Fibre Insulation: Unlocking Local Resources with A Multi-Criteria Decision Model for UK-Grown Species (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Seminara, P., Bros-Williamson, J., Livingstone, A., & Hairstans, R. (2025, June). Wood Fibre Insulation: Unlocking Local Resources with A Multi-Criteria Decision Model for UK-Grown Species. Presented at International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This study evaluates the potential of UK-grown hardwood and soft-wood fibres for thermal insulation to support locally sourced, low-carbon con-struction materials. A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) framework, in-corporating availability, fibre... Read More about Wood Fibre Insulation: Unlocking Local Resources with A Multi-Criteria Decision Model for UK-Grown Species.

Post-Quantum ZKP for Privacy-Preserving Authentication and Model Verification in Decentralized CAV (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andriambelo, N. H., Moradpoor, N., & Maglaras, L. (2025, May). Post-Quantum ZKP for Privacy-Preserving Authentication and Model Verification in Decentralized CAV. Presented at CCNI 2025: 3rd International Workshop on Cybersecurity of Critical National Infrastructures (co-organized with IEEE WOWMOM 2025), Fort Worth, Texas

Decentralized and Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) networks present significant opportunities for improving road safety, efficiency, and traffic management. However, the widespread deployment of these systems is hindered by critical security and pr... Read More about Post-Quantum ZKP for Privacy-Preserving Authentication and Model Verification in Decentralized CAV.

Gender Bias in Text-to-Video Generation Models: A Case Study of Sora (2025)
Journal Article
Nadeem, M., Sohail, S. S., Cambria, E., Schuller, B. W., & Hussain, A. (2025). Gender Bias in Text-to-Video Generation Models: A Case Study of Sora. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 40(3), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.1109/mis.2025.3561475

The advent of text-to-video generation models has revolutionized content creation as it produces high-quality videos from textual prompts. However, concerns regarding inherent biases in such models have prompted scrutiny, particularly regarding gende... Read More about Gender Bias in Text-to-Video Generation Models: A Case Study of Sora.

Using Grounded Theory in the Organisations and Management Field: The Flexibility of Interweaving the Strands (2025)
Book Chapter
Hosanoo, Z., & Doargajudhur, M. (2025). Using Grounded Theory in the Organisations and Management Field: The Flexibility of Interweaving the Strands. In Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy Cases. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781036216375

This case is developed for early career researchers and reflects on the inductive grounded theory journey for the fulfillment of the author’s Doctor of Philosophy. Novice researchers, such as PhD students can feel overwhelmed by the apparent complexi... Read More about Using Grounded Theory in the Organisations and Management Field: The Flexibility of Interweaving the Strands.

Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with intellectual disabilities (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Leary, L., Dicksit, D., Ring, N., Roberts, N., Dunham, M., Devitt, J., Taylor, J., Mcglade, I., & Theurer, M. (2025, September). Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with intellectual disabilities. Presented at European Respiratory Society Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands

WIND: A Wireless Intelligent Network Digital Twin for Federated Learning and Multi-Layer Optimization (2025)
Journal Article
Singh, S. K., Comsa, I.-S., Trestian, R., Cakir, L. V., Singh, R., Kaushik, A., Canberk, B., Shah, P., Kumbhani, B., & Darshi, S. (online). WIND: A Wireless Intelligent Network Digital Twin for Federated Learning and Multi-Layer Optimization. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3575511

The forthcoming wireless network is expected to support a wide range of applications, from supporting autonomous vehicles to massive Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. However, the coexistence of diverse applications under a unified framework pres... Read More about WIND: A Wireless Intelligent Network Digital Twin for Federated Learning and Multi-Layer Optimization.

Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status (2025)
Journal Article
Andrew, M., Barraclough, S., Dugdale, J. H., Reeves, M. J., Triggs, A. O., & Kelly, A. L. (in press). Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status. PLOS ONE, 20(6), Article e0321245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321245

Relative age effects in soccer are typified by an overrepresentation of players born earlier in the selection year. Examinations of relative age effects remain limited in female players and developing soccer nations. The aim of the present study was... Read More about Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status.

Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event (2025)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M., & Wight, C. (in press). Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event. In B. Wyatt, H. Stewart, J. Kennell, & P. R. Stone (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Dark Events. Routledge

This paper navigates the complex interplay between cultural tradition and controversy through an in-depth exploration of Penitensya, a Filipino Lenten ritual known for its violent self-mortification practices. By employing indigenous research methods... Read More about Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event.

Decision Making for Sports Officials: Training and Assessment Perspectives (2025)
Book
Cunningham, I., Kittel, A., Mascarenhas, D., MacMahon, C., & Larkin, P. (2025). Decision Making for Sports Officials: Training and Assessment Perspectives. Routledge

This essential guidebook provides a comprehensive, holistic, and evidence-based account for improving the decision making of sports officials across different sports and levels. By combining cutting-edge research with practical strategies, this book... Read More about Decision Making for Sports Officials: Training and Assessment Perspectives.

gesturePTS: Using Predetermined Time Systems (PTS) from Human Factors Engineering for coding gesture proposals from elicitation studies (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Penaranda Valdivia, K., Renaud, K., Manshaei, R., & Mazalek, A. (2025, October). gesturePTS: Using Predetermined Time Systems (PTS) from Human Factors Engineering for coding gesture proposals from elicitation studies. Presented at 2025 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Vienna, Austria

Coding the gestures people use when interacting with tangible devices can aid interface design by making interfaces more intuitive and consistent. Past work devotes very little space to developing coding schemes for user-defined gesture sets. A gener... Read More about gesturePTS: Using Predetermined Time Systems (PTS) from Human Factors Engineering for coding gesture proposals from elicitation studies.

Perceptually Aware Communication in High-Risk Environments: A Conceptual Framework (2025)
Report
McGregor, I. (2025). Perceptually Aware Communication in High-Risk Environments: A Conceptual Framework. Edinburgh Napier University

This paper presents a conceptual framework for perceptually optimised audio communication in high-risk and acoustically challenging environments. Drawing on principles from sound design, auditory ergonomics, and professional communication systems, th... Read More about Perceptually Aware Communication in High-Risk Environments: A Conceptual Framework.

From Vision to Action: How Digital Leadership in Higher Education Supports SDG 2030 (2025)
Book Chapter
Huzooree, G., & Tiandem-Adamou, Y. M. (2025). From Vision to Action: How Digital Leadership in Higher Education Supports SDG 2030. In W. Z. Saad, N. A. Alias, C. M. Chong, & S. Sabri (Eds.), Digital Leadership for Sustainable Higher Education. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-9989-7.ch001

The rapid technological evolution of the 21st century presents higher education institutions (HEIs) with challenges and opportunities to contribute to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Digital leadership is crucial in bridging... Read More about From Vision to Action: How Digital Leadership in Higher Education Supports SDG 2030.

Design of Dual-Polarised Multi-Pixel Patch Antennas for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Sensor Networks (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Odiamenhi, M., Basherlou, H. J., See, C. H., Goh, K., Yu, H., Parchin, N. O., Amar, A. I., & Mahmoud, A. (2025, July). Design of Dual-Polarised Multi-Pixel Patch Antennas for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Sensor Networks. Presented at International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt 2025), Cairo, Egypt

Dual-Band Rectenna for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Nodes (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Odiamenhi, M., Jahanbakhsh Basherlou, H., See, C. H., Goh, K., Yu, H., O. Parchin, N., Amar, A. I., & Mahmoud, A. (2025, July). Dual-Band Rectenna for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in IoT Nodes. Presented at International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt 2025), Cairo, Egypt