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Advancements in Federated Learning for Health Applications: A Concise Survey (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stamatis, V., Radoglou-Grammatikis, P., Sarigiannidis, A., Pitropakis, N., Lagkas, T., Argyriou, V., Markakis, E., & Sarigiannidis, P. (2024, April). Advancements in Federated Learning for Health Applications: A Concise Survey. Presented at 2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Smart solutions in the healthcare domain have garnered considerable attention due to their potential to enhance standard treatment methods and improve overall health. However, privacy concerns often prevent the sharing of healthcare data, which can l... Read More about Advancements in Federated Learning for Health Applications: A Concise Survey.

An Intelligent Digital Twin Model for Attack Detection in Zero-Touch 6G Networks (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bolat-Akça, B., Bozkaya-Aras, E., Canberk, B., Buchanan, B., & Schmid, S. (2024, June). An Intelligent Digital Twin Model for Attack Detection in Zero-Touch 6G Networks. Presented at 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), Denver, CO, USA

The rapid adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) services and the increasingly stringent dependability and performance requirements are transforming next-generation wireless network management towards zero-touch 6G networks. Zero-touch management is al... Read More about An Intelligent Digital Twin Model for Attack Detection in Zero-Touch 6G Networks.

An Intelligent Digital Twin Model for Attack Detection in Zero-Touch 6G Networks (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bolat-Akça, B., Bozkaya-Aras, E., Canberk, B., Buchanan, B., & Schmid, S. (2024, June). An Intelligent Digital Twin Model for Attack Detection in Zero-Touch 6G Networks. Presented at 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), Denver, CO, USA

The rapid adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) services and the increasingly stringent dependability and performance requirements are transforming next-generation wireless network management towards zero-touch 6G networks. Zero-touch management is al... Read More about An Intelligent Digital Twin Model for Attack Detection in Zero-Touch 6G Networks.

Podcasting the archive: An evaluation of audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series (2024)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Hall, H., Wilson, M., & McGregor, I. (in press). Podcasting the archive: An evaluation of audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series. Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association,

The purpose of the empirical work discussed in this paper was to explore the theme of audience engagement with digitised archive data in different formats. A comparison is drawn between experiences of interacting with an archive presented as a narrat... Read More about Podcasting the archive: An evaluation of audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series.

A theory on human factors in DevOps adoption (2024)
Journal Article
Pérez-Sánchez, J., Rafi, S., de Gea, J. M. C., Ros, J. N., & Alemán, J. L. F. (2025). A theory on human factors in DevOps adoption. Computer Standards and Interfaces, 92, Article 103907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2024.103907

Context:
DevOps is a software engineering paradigm that enables faster deliveries and higher quality products. However, DevOps adoption is a complex process that is still insufficiently supported by research. In addition, human factors are the main... Read More about A theory on human factors in DevOps adoption.

CEO hubris and corporate carbon footprint: The role of gender diversity (2024)
Journal Article
Kwabi, F., Fulgence, S., & Adamolekun, G. (online). CEO hubris and corporate carbon footprint: The role of gender diversity. Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3909

This paper investigates the effect of an overconfident CEO on firm greenhouse gas emissions. Using panel data of 160,115 firm-year observations from 41 countries for 2000–2021, we find a negative relationship between CEO overconfidence and greenhouse... Read More about CEO hubris and corporate carbon footprint: The role of gender diversity.

Brain fog and spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a commentary (2024)
Journal Article
Neubeck, L., Pearsons, A., & Hanson, C. (online). Brain fog and spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a commentary. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvae109

This invited commentary refers to ‘Cognitive and physical fatigue—the experience and consequences of ‘brain fog’ after spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a qualitative study’, by J. Weddell et al., https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvae097. Read More about Brain fog and spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a commentary.

User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets (2024)
Journal Article
Lin, N., Wang, Y., Zhang, E., Wan, S., Al-Dubai, A., & Zhao, L. (online). User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3441606

With the proliferation of mobile applications, the explosion of mobile data traffic imposes a significant burden on backhaul links with limited capacity in heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets). To alleviate this challenge, content caching based... Read More about User Preferences-Based Proactive Content Caching with Characteristics Differentiation in HetNets.

OPEN Individual and neighborhood-level social and deprivation factors impact kidney health in the GLOMMS-CORE study (2024)
Journal Article
Sawhney, S., Atherton, I., Blakeman, T., Black, C., Cowan, E., Croucher, C., DS Fraser, S., Hughes, A., Nath, M., Nitsch, D., Scholes-Robertson, N., & Rzewuska Diaz, M. (2024). OPEN Individual and neighborhood-level social and deprivation factors impact kidney health in the GLOMMS-CORE study. Kidney International, 106(5), 928-942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2024.07.021

Prospective cohort studies of kidney equity are limited by a focus on advanced rather than early disease; and selective recruitment. Whole population studies frequently rely on area-level measures of deprivation as opposed to individual measures of s... Read More about OPEN Individual and neighborhood-level social and deprivation factors impact kidney health in the GLOMMS-CORE study.

PULRAS: A Novel PUF-Based Lightweight Robust Authentication Scheme (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yaqub, Z., Yigit, Y., Maglaras, L., Tan, Z., & Wooderson, P. (2024, April). PULRAS: A Novel PUF-Based Lightweight Robust Authentication Scheme. Presented at The 20th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2024), Abu Dhabi, UAE

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) play a critical role in enhancing road safety and traffic flow. However, VANETs face significant security and privacy challenges due to... Read More about PULRAS: A Novel PUF-Based Lightweight Robust Authentication Scheme.

Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Noyon, M. S. I., Moradpoor, N., Maglaras, L., & Ahmad, J. (2024, April). Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records. Presented at DCOSS-IoT 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The health sector stands as one of the most crucial and vulnerable domains, harbouring extensive personal data. Particularly, Electronic Health Records store information in electronic media where users lack control over their data. Unauthorized acces... Read More about Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records.

Assessment and Analysis of IoT Protocol Effectiveness in Data Exfiltration Scenario (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adesanya, O. M., Moradpoor, N., Maglaras, L., Lim, I. S., & Ferrag, M. A. (2024, April). Assessment and Analysis of IoT Protocol Effectiveness in Data Exfiltration Scenario. Presented at 2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The rapid growth of Internet of Things technology has introduced an era of numerous interconnected devices, transforming the communication with the physical world. However, the security and privacy of the data generated and stored on these devices ha... Read More about Assessment and Analysis of IoT Protocol Effectiveness in Data Exfiltration Scenario.

Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers (2024)
Journal Article
Siganos, A., Synapis, A., & Tsalavoutas, I. (2024). Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers. British Accounting Review, 56(6, Part A), Article 101461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2024.101461

This study tests the information leakage hypothesis prior to the public announcement of firms switching between the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and the Main Market (MM) in the UK. We find significant abnormal stock returns 60 trading days pri... Read More about Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers.

Paradigms. Ten original paintings and selected artworks exhibited in Paradigms, Recent artwork by C. Young, H. Brady, J. McIntyre, L. Todd. at Whitespace, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. Paradigms. Ten original paintings and selected artworks exhibited in Paradigms, Recent artwork by C. Young, H. Brady, J. McIntyre, L. Todd. at Whitespace, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme. [mixed media]. 10 August 2024 - 14 September 2024

A collaborative adaptation game for promoting climate action: Minions of Disruptions™ (2024)
Journal Article
Sillanpää, M., Mauro, A., Hänninen, M., Illingworth, S., & Hamza, M. (2024). A collaborative adaptation game for promoting climate action: Minions of Disruptions™. Geoscience Communication, 7(3), 167-193. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-167-2024

With the onset of climate change, adaptive action must occur at all scales, including locally, placing increasing responsibility on the public. Effective communication strategies are essential, and adaptation games have shown potential in fostering s... Read More about A collaborative adaptation game for promoting climate action: Minions of Disruptions™.

Quality prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027 (2024)
Report
Cook, A., Mair, A., Smith, G., & Strath, A. (2024). Quality prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027

Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are indicated for a variety of conditions including the short-term relief of severe insomnia and some anxiety disorders. People can quickly become tolerant to the therapeutic effects of benzodiazepines and z-drugs, renderi... Read More about Quality prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027.

Revolutionising orthopaedic implants—a comprehensive review on metal 3D printing with materials, design strategies, manufacturing technologies, and post-process machining advancements (2024)
Journal Article
Shaikh, M., Kahwash, F., Lu, Z., Alkhreisat, M., Mohammad, A., & Shyha, I. (2024). Revolutionising orthopaedic implants—a comprehensive review on metal 3D printing with materials, design strategies, manufacturing technologies, and post-process machining advancements. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 134, 1043-1076. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-024-14218-y

This paper conceptualises an understanding of advanced manufacturing methods to develop 3D-printed metallic orthopaedic implants, including a brief discussion on post-process machining. The significance of Metallic Additive Manufacturing (MAM) and it... Read More about Revolutionising orthopaedic implants—a comprehensive review on metal 3D printing with materials, design strategies, manufacturing technologies, and post-process machining advancements.

Compact reconfigurable MIMO antenna for 5G and Wi-Fi applications (2024)
Journal Article
Mshwat, W. A., Kosha, J., Salisu, A., Ullah, A., Ali, N. T., Issa, E., See, C. H., Zebiri, C., Rodriguez, J., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2024). Compact reconfigurable MIMO antenna for 5G and Wi-Fi applications. IEEE Access, 12, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3440653

Four miniaturized four-element multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna designs are proposed, designed, and fabricated with dimensions of 26 mm x 26 mm x 0.8 mm each. The first MIMO design operates at 3.5 GHz, while the second operates at 5.2 GH... Read More about Compact reconfigurable MIMO antenna for 5G and Wi-Fi applications.

Information flow and Laplacian dynamics on local optima networks (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richter, H., & Thomson, S. L. (2024, June). Information flow and Laplacian dynamics on local optima networks. Presented at IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC), Yokohama, Japan

We propose a new way of looking at local optima networks (LONs). LONs represent fitness landscapes; the nodes are local optima, and the edges are search transitions between them. Many metrics computed on LONs have been proposed and shown to be linked... Read More about Information flow and Laplacian dynamics on local optima networks.