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Considering Environmental Effects on Porous Concrete Applications: An Experimental Investigation (2024)
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., & Rasheed, L. P. H. (2024). Considering Environmental Effects on Porous Concrete Applications: An Experimental Investigation. Procedia Structural Integrity, 54, 332-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2024.01.091

Urban areas worldwide grapple with ecological disruption due to overpopulation, exacerbated by impermeable concrete surfaces that hinder rainwater absorption, curb plant growth and foster urban heat islands. Innovative porous concrete applications we... Read More about Considering Environmental Effects on Porous Concrete Applications: An Experimental Investigation.

Women's Experiences with Cervical Cancer in Ghana (2024)
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Dzando, G., Yabila, S., Kumah, A., Hukporti, N., Asante, D., Nwokonna, C., & Awiagah, S. K. (2024). Women's Experiences with Cervical Cancer in Ghana. Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health, 2, Article 100076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.glmedi.2024.100076

Cervical cancer remains a significant global public health concern, and its impact in low- and middle-income countries, including Ghana is profound. Existing policies in Ghana focus on early screening and diagnosis. While the primar... Read More about Women's Experiences with Cervical Cancer in Ghana.

Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Load Variations (2024)
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Bonet-Jara, J., Fernandez-Cavero, V., Vedreno-Santos, F., Morinigo-Sotelo, D., & Pons-Llinares, J. (2024). Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Load Variations. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 60(3), 3903-3911. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2024.3371393

Induction motors work under steady-state in many applications. Nevertheless, in some cases they experience periodic load fluctuations, which generate constant frequency harmonics close to variable frequency bar breakage harmonics. In these cases, tim... Read More about Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Load Variations.

Correlates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Aftermath of the February 2023 Earthquake in Turkey (2024)
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Han Alpay, E., Redican, E., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (online). Correlates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Aftermath of the February 2023 Earthquake in Turkey. Journal of Loss and Trauma, https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2024.2314306

On February 6, 2023, an earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale struck southeast Turkey, and this was followed by a second earthquake of magnitude 7.5. The earthquake resulted in widespread loss, devastation, and destruction, and is anticipat... Read More about Correlates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Aftermath of the February 2023 Earthquake in Turkey.

ASB-CS: Adaptive sparse basis compressive sensing model and its application to medical image encryption (2024)
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Jiang, D., Tsafack, N., Boulila, W., Ahmad, J., & Barba-Franco, J. (in press). ASB-CS: Adaptive sparse basis compressive sensing model and its application to medical image encryption. Expert Systems with Applications, 236, Article 121378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121378

Recent advances in intelligent wearable devices have brought tremendous chances for the development of healthcare monitoring system. However, the data collected by various sensors in it are user-privacy-related information. Once the individuals’ priv... Read More about ASB-CS: Adaptive sparse basis compressive sensing model and its application to medical image encryption.

Riding waves to improve functioning: a quantitative evaluation of a Surf Week in individuals with chronic phase brain injury with six months follow-up (2024)
Journal Article
Denneman, R. P. M., van Bezeij, T., Kal, E. C., Marshall, J., & Pisters, M. F. (online). Riding waves to improve functioning: a quantitative evaluation of a Surf Week in individuals with chronic phase brain injury with six months follow-up. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2320265

Purpose Environmental enrichment seems to enable people in the chronic phase of acquired brain injury (ABI) to experience new functional abilities and motor/coping strategies and consequently to become more adaptable which might prevent/reverse func... Read More about Riding waves to improve functioning: a quantitative evaluation of a Surf Week in individuals with chronic phase brain injury with six months follow-up.

A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis assessing intelectin-1 in cancer patients and healthy individuals (2024)
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Paval, D. R., Di Virgilio, T. G., Skipworth, R. J. E., & Gallagher, I. J. (2024). A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis assessing intelectin-1 in cancer patients and healthy individuals. Frontiers in Oncology, 14, Article 1198555. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1198555

Background: Intelectin-1 (ITLN1) is an adipokine with multiple physiological functions, including a role in tumour formation and development. Previous research reported variable ITLN1 levels for cancer patients and healthy individuals. This study aim... Read More about A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis assessing intelectin-1 in cancer patients and healthy individuals.

The barometer of moral distress in midwifery: A pilot study (2024)
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Foster, W., McKellar, L., Fleet, J., Creedy, D., & Sweet, L. (2024). The barometer of moral distress in midwifery: A pilot study. Women and Birth, 37(3), Article 101592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101592

Background Moral distress is a phenomena that occurs following a compromise to moral beliefs. Moral distress has been reported across health professions, including midwifery. Although there are validated tools to assess for moral distress, none have... Read More about The barometer of moral distress in midwifery: A pilot study.

The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs) (2024)
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Akgün, E. Z., Monios, J., Cowie, J., & Fonzone, A. (2024). The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs). Research in Transportation Economics, 103, Article 101413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2024.101413

This paper examines the role of supportive policies and value-added services which may incentivise retailers to use an urban consolidation centre (UCC). The methodology is a case study of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, based on semi-structured inte... Read More about The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs).

Impact of board diversity on Chinese firms’ cross-border M&A performance: An artificial intelligence approach (2024)
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Ding, S., Du, M., Cui, T., Zhang, Y., & Duygun, M. (2024). Impact of board diversity on Chinese firms’ cross-border M&A performance: An artificial intelligence approach. International Review of Economics and Finance, 92, 1321-1335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2024.02.077

In this paper, we examine the impact of board demographic characteristics on Chinese firms’ cross-border Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) performance, especially the gender diversity of the board composition. We unveil that female board proportion exhib... Read More about Impact of board diversity on Chinese firms’ cross-border M&A performance: An artificial intelligence approach.

Hate speech detection: A comprehensive review of recent works (2024)
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Gandhi, A., Ahir, P., Adhvaryu, K., Shah, P., Lohiya, R., Cambria, E., Poria, S., & Hussain, A. (2024). Hate speech detection: A comprehensive review of recent works. Expert Systems, 41(8), Article e13562. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13562

There has been surge in the usage of Internet as well as social media platforms which has led to rise in online hate speech targeted on individual or group. In the recent years, hate speech has resulted in one of the challenging problems that can unf... Read More about Hate speech detection: A comprehensive review of recent works.

Event-Triggered Relearning Modeling Method for Stochastic System with Non-Stationary Variable Operating Conditions (2024)
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Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., & Chen, J. (2024). Event-Triggered Relearning Modeling Method for Stochastic System with Non-Stationary Variable Operating Conditions. Mathematics, 12(5), Article 667. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12050667

This study presents a novel event-triggered relearning framework for neural network modeling, designed to improve prediction precision in dynamic stochastic complex industrial systems under non-stationary and variable conditions. Firstly, a sliding w... Read More about Event-Triggered Relearning Modeling Method for Stochastic System with Non-Stationary Variable Operating Conditions.

Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis (2024)
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Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Mora, L., Natalicchio, A., Platania, F., & Toscano Hernandez, C. (2024). Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis. Technovation, 132, Article 102970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2024.102970

Science fiction (sci-fi) creative products inspire individuals by envisioning alternative futures and imaginary technological development. The stimuli conveyed by sci-fi creative products can trigger consumers' interest, which nowadays translate into... Read More about Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis.

Solar Wall Technology and Its Impact on Building Performance (2024)
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Ghamari, M., & Sundaram, S. (2024). Solar Wall Technology and Its Impact on Building Performance. Energies, 17(5), Article 1075. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17051075

Solar walls provide transformative solutions by harnessing solar energy to generate electricity, improve thermal comfort, and reduce energy consumption and emissions, contributing to zero-energy buildings and mitigating climate change. In hot and hum... Read More about Solar Wall Technology and Its Impact on Building Performance.

Toward a Real-Time TCP SYN Flood DDoS Mitigation Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier and SDN Assistance in Fog Computing (2024)
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Bensaid, R., Labraoui, N., Abba Ari, A. A., Maglaras, L., Saidi, H., Abdu Lwahhab, A. M., & Benfriha, S. (2024). Toward a Real-Time TCP SYN Flood DDoS Mitigation Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier and SDN Assistance in Fog Computing. Security and Communication Networks, 2024, Article 6651584. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/6651584

The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has recently impacted our daily lives in many ways. As a result, a massive volume of data are generated and need to be processed in a short period of time. Therefore, a combination of computing models such a... Read More about Toward a Real-Time TCP SYN Flood DDoS Mitigation Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier and SDN Assistance in Fog Computing.

BBox-Free SAR Ship Instance Segmentation Method Based on Gaussian Heatmap (2024)
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Gao, F., Zhong, F., Sun, J., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2024). BBox-Free SAR Ship Instance Segmentation Method Based on Gaussian Heatmap. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62, Article 5206218. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2024.3369614

Recently, deep learning methods have been widely adopted for ship detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. However, many of the existing methods miss adjacent ship instances when detecting densely arranged ship targets in inshore scenes. B... Read More about BBox-Free SAR Ship Instance Segmentation Method Based on Gaussian Heatmap.

A QOBL-SAO and its variant: An open source software for optimizing PV/wind/battery system and CEC2020 real world problems (2024)
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Mas’ud, A. A., Salawudeen, A. T., Umar, A. A., Shaaban, Y. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Musa, U., & Alshammari, S. J. (2024). A QOBL-SAO and its variant: An open source software for optimizing PV/wind/battery system and CEC2020 real world problems. Software Impacts, 19, Article 100630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpa.2024.100630

The Quasi oppositional smell agent optimization (QOBL-SAO) and its levy flight variant (LFQOBL-SAO) are two cutting-edge software tools for optimizing PV/wind/battery power systems. They can also be used to solve real-world CEC2020 optimization probl... Read More about A QOBL-SAO and its variant: An open source software for optimizing PV/wind/battery system and CEC2020 real world problems.

“What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach (2024)
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McDermott, E., Eastham, R., Hughes, E., Johnson, K., Davis, S., Pryjmachuk, S., Mateus, C., McNulty, F., & Jenzen, O. (2024). “What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54(2), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1177/27551938241230766

Despite overwhelming international evidence of elevated rates of poor mental health in LGBTQ+ youth compared to their cis-heterosexual peers, we know relatively little about effective mental health services for this population group. This study aims... Read More about “What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach.

Supermarket/Hypermarket Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation (SHOPS-AF) using sensors embedded in the handles of supermarket trolleys: A feasibility study (2024)
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Jones, I. D., Lane, D. A., Lotto, R. R., Oxborough, D., Neubeck, L., Penson, P. E., Smith, E. J., Santos, A., McGinn, E. E., Ajiboye, A., Town, N., Czanner, G., Shaw, A., El-Masri, H., & Lip, G. Y. (2024). Supermarket/Hypermarket Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation (SHOPS-AF) using sensors embedded in the handles of supermarket trolleys: A feasibility study. American Heart Journal, 271, 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2024.02.011

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of death, stroke, heart failure, cognitive decline, and healthcare costs but is often asymptomatic and undiagnosed. There is currently no national screening programme for AF. The advent of valid... Read More about Supermarket/Hypermarket Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation (SHOPS-AF) using sensors embedded in the handles of supermarket trolleys: A feasibility study.

Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs (2024)
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Poudyal, M., Kraft, F., Wells, G., Das, A., Attiwilli, S., Schreckenberg, K., Lele, S., Daw, T., Torres-Vitolas, C., Setty, S., Adams, H., Ahmad, S., Ryan, C., Fisher, J., Robinson, B., Jones, J. P. G., Homewood, K., Bluwstein, J., Keane, A., Macamo, C., & Mugi, L. M. (2024). Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs. Scientific Data, 11(1), Article 229. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02967-0

Millions of households globally rely on uncultivated ecosystems for their livelihoods. However, much of the understanding about the broader contribution of uncultivated ecosystems to human wellbeing is still based on a series of small-scale studies d... Read More about Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs.