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A novel end-to-end deep convolutional neural network based skin lesion classification framework (2023)
Journal Article
A., R. S., Chamola, V., Hussain, A., Hussain, Z., & Albalwy, F. (2024). A novel end-to-end deep convolutional neural network based skin lesion classification framework. Expert Systems with Applications, 246, Article 123056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.123056

Background:
Skin diseases are reported to contribute 1.79% of the global burden of disease. The accurate diagnosis of specific skin diseases is known to be a challenging task due, in part, to variations in skin tone, texture, body hair, etc. Classif... Read More about A novel end-to-end deep convolutional neural network based skin lesion classification framework.

Fintech, human development and energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (2023)
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Oyebola Etudaiye-Muhtar, F., Johan, S., Lawal, R., & Sakariyahu, R. (2024). Fintech, human development and energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 91, Article 101931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101931

Studies have highlighted the important role of financial technology (fintech) in enhancing socio-economic conditions of nations. However, despite the efforts of governments to improve the latter, the rating of African countries still remains manifest... Read More about Fintech, human development and energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

The role of resilience in the relationship between intimate partner violence severity and ICD-11 CPTSD severity (2023)
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Fernández-Fillol, C., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., Perez-Garcia, M., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., & Karatzias, T. (2024). The role of resilience in the relationship between intimate partner violence severity and ICD-11 CPTSD severity. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), Article 2285671. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2285671

Background: Resilience is a modulating factor in the development of PTSD and CPTSD after exposure to traumatic events. However, the relationship between resilience and ICD-11 CPTSD is not adequately understood in survivors of intimate partner violenc... Read More about The role of resilience in the relationship between intimate partner violence severity and ICD-11 CPTSD severity.

Sound Dramaturgy for Poetic Documentaries (2023)
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Stutterheim, K. (2023). Sound Dramaturgy for Poetic Documentaries. International Journal of Film and Media Arts, 8(3), 59-73. https://doi.org/10.24140/ijfma.v8.n3.04

Sound dramaturgy as part of the aesthetic design of documentary films is invisible but most relevant, although often overlooked. The chapter gives a short introduction to dramaturgy and the importance of sound dramaturgy as most impactful for documen... Read More about Sound Dramaturgy for Poetic Documentaries.

Multi-modal Features Representation-based Convolutional Neural Network Model for Malicious Website Detection (2023)
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Alsaedi, M., Ghaleb, F. A., Saeed, F., Ahmad, J., & Alasli, M. (2024). Multi-modal Features Representation-based Convolutional Neural Network Model for Malicious Website Detection. IEEE Access, 12, 7271 - 7284. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2023.3348071

Web applications have proliferated across various business sectors, serving as essential tools for billions of users in their daily lives activities. However, many of these applications are malicious which is a major threat to Internet users as they... Read More about Multi-modal Features Representation-based Convolutional Neural Network Model for Malicious Website Detection.

Risk factor prioritization in infrastructure handover to operations (2023)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, T. D. A., Ojiako, U., Marshall, A., Mota, C. M. D. M., Dweiri, F. T., Chipulu, M., Ika, L., & AlRaeesi, E. J. H. (2023). Risk factor prioritization in infrastructure handover to operations. International Journal of Project Management, 42(1), Article 102558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102558

Worldwide, there are numerous reports of major infrastructure projects failing at handover to the operations phase following completion of the project development and delivery phase. While poor risk identification and prioritization... Read More about Risk factor prioritization in infrastructure handover to operations.

A Survey on Event Tracking in Social Media Data Streams (2023)
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Han, Z., Shi, L., Liu, L., Jiang, L., Fang, J., Lin, F., Zhang, J., Panneerselvam, J., & Antonopoulos, N. (2024). A Survey on Event Tracking in Social Media Data Streams. Big Data Mining and Analytics, 7(1), 217-243. https://doi.org/10.26599/bdma.2023.9020021

Social networks are inevitable parts of our daily life, where an unprecedented amount of complex data corresponding to a diverse range of applications are generated. As such, it is imperative to conduct research on social events and patterns from the... Read More about A Survey on Event Tracking in Social Media Data Streams.

LGBT+ mainstreaming on strictly come dancing: Queering the norms of ballroom dancing (2023)
Journal Article
Wong, Y. N. (2024). LGBT+ mainstreaming on strictly come dancing: Queering the norms of ballroom dancing. Media, Culture and Society, 46(4), 816-833. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437231219141

This paper proposes that LGBT+ mainstreaming on reality television programme Strictly Come Dancing creates space for audience demand for radical, authentic representations of same-sex desire and intimacy, both of which challenges normative representa... Read More about LGBT+ mainstreaming on strictly come dancing: Queering the norms of ballroom dancing.

‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study (2023)
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Kuipers, Y., De Bock, V., Van de Craen, N., & Bosmans, V. (2024). ‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study. Midwifery, 130, 103912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103912

Background: Positive benchmarking can serve as a catalyst for maternity care improvement.

Aim: To retrospectively benchmark Flemish maternity care providers’ qualities, based on women’s positive care experiences, and to explore which attributes o... Read More about ‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study.

Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach (2023)
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Dencer-Brown, A., Carlson-Webster, T., Piccio, B., Anderson, C., Adewale, O., & Taylor, S. (2023). Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 11(3), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v11i3.588

Post-graduate research students (PGRs) often have teaching roles during their studies with little formal training or support (Lueddeke, 1997). Previous support at Edinburgh Napier University consisted of voluntary, unpaid on-campus Learning and Teach... Read More about Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach.

The Acceptability of post-stroke cognitive testing through the lens of the theory of acceptability, a qualitative study (2023)
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McMahon, D., Dixon, D., Quinn, T., & Gallacher, K. I. (2024). The Acceptability of post-stroke cognitive testing through the lens of the theory of acceptability, a qualitative study. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 6, Article 100197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2023.100197

Background
Cognitive impairment is common after stroke and screening is recommended. However, there is a lack of evidence on the best way to assess cognition after stroke and a tendency to focus on the clinician rather than stroke... Read More about The Acceptability of post-stroke cognitive testing through the lens of the theory of acceptability, a qualitative study.

Assessing the Energy Generation and Economics of Combined Solar PV and Wind Turbine-Based Systems with and without Energy Storage—Scottish Perspective (2023)
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Muneer, T., Alam, M., & Dowell, R. (2023). Assessing the Energy Generation and Economics of Combined Solar PV and Wind Turbine-Based Systems with and without Energy Storage—Scottish Perspective. New Energy Exploitation and Application, 2(2), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.54963/neea.v2i2.170

Solar PV and wind energy conversion are now so economical that they compete head-on with all forms of fossil fuel and nuclear energy conversion. In view of climate change and the rising price of electricity due to wars, all governments are also facin... Read More about Assessing the Energy Generation and Economics of Combined Solar PV and Wind Turbine-Based Systems with and without Energy Storage—Scottish Perspective.

A women-centred exploration of postpartum perineal pain when the perineum is diagnosed as intact: A French Gadamerian research study (2023)
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Matteo, C., Roome, K., Roberts, N., Hill, G., & Hill, H. (2024). A women-centred exploration of postpartum perineal pain when the perineum is diagnosed as intact: A French Gadamerian research study. Midwifery, 129, Article 103909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103909

Background
Postpartum perineal pain is a frequent symptom (90%) with consequences on postnatal health regardless of whether the perineum remains intact. The impact of that pain on both short and long-term health has been studied and literature sugge... Read More about A women-centred exploration of postpartum perineal pain when the perineum is diagnosed as intact: A French Gadamerian research study.

Advancing sepsis clinical research: harnessing transcriptomics for an omics-based strategy - a comprehensive scoping review (2023)
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Rashid, A., Al-Obeidat, F., Kanthimathinathan, H. K., Benakatti, G., Hafez, W., Ramaiah, R., Brierley, J., Hanisch, B., Khilnani, P., Koutentis, C., Brusletto, B. S., Toufiq, M., Hussain, Z., Vyas, H., Malik, Z. A., Schumacher, M., Malik, R. A., Deshpande, S., Quraishi, N., Kadwa, R., …Hussain, A. (2024). Advancing sepsis clinical research: harnessing transcriptomics for an omics-based strategy - a comprehensive scoping review. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 44, Article 101419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2023.101419

Sepsis continues to be recognized as a significant global health challenge across all ages and is characterized by a complex pathophysiology. In this scoping review, PRISMA-ScR guidelines were adhered to, and a transcriptomic methodology was adopted,... Read More about Advancing sepsis clinical research: harnessing transcriptomics for an omics-based strategy - a comprehensive scoping review.

Potential of Satellite-Airborne Sensing Technologies for Agriculture 4.0 and Climate-Resilient: A Review (2023)
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Hazmy, A. I., Hawbani, A., Wang, X., Al-Dubai, A., Ghannami, A., Yahya, A. A., Zhao, L., & Alsamhi, S. H. (2024). Potential of Satellite-Airborne Sensing Technologies for Agriculture 4.0 and Climate-Resilient: A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(4), 4161-4180. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2023.3343428

Agriculture 4.0 offers the potential to revolutionize the agriculture sector through improved productivity and efficiency. However, adopting Agriculture 4.0 requires a period of transition and effort. Satellite-Airborne sensing technologies may becom... Read More about Potential of Satellite-Airborne Sensing Technologies for Agriculture 4.0 and Climate-Resilient: A Review.

The Influence of Menstruation on Training Schedules in Well-Trained and Elite Female Mountain Bike, Road and Cyclocross Athletes (2023)
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Aitkenhead, R., Kirkwood, L., Florida-James, G., & Ingram-Sills, L. (2023). The Influence of Menstruation on Training Schedules in Well-Trained and Elite Female Mountain Bike, Road and Cyclocross Athletes. Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 2, 62-75. https://doi.org/10.37393/JASS.2023.02.6

Female physiology is unique and driven by fluctuations in sex hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle. These hormones present myriad mechanisms that may influence physiological systems, potentially implicating exercise performance. However, resear... Read More about The Influence of Menstruation on Training Schedules in Well-Trained and Elite Female Mountain Bike, Road and Cyclocross Athletes.

How to … grow a team in clinical education research (2023)
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Da Silva, A., Bussey, S., Macdougall, C., Alberti, H., Lett, A. M., & Samuriwo, R. (2024). How to … grow a team in clinical education research. Clinical Teacher, 21(4), Article e13718. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13718

The Incubator for Clinical Education Research (ClinEdR) is a UK-wide network, established with support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), to lead initiatives to build capacity in the field. Our lived experiences as membe... Read More about How to … grow a team in clinical education research.

The nexus between corporate social responsibility of airports and passenger satisfaction: A cross‐country study (2023)
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Alam, F., Yang, Q., Bandara, Y. M., Ahmad, N., & Chiwaridzo, O. T. (2024). The nexus between corporate social responsibility of airports and passenger satisfaction: A cross‐country study. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(3), 2454-2473. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2692

This article investigates the role of passenger perception on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in improving passenger satisfaction by examining the direct and mediating effects through service standards, customer facilities, corporate image, and... Read More about The nexus between corporate social responsibility of airports and passenger satisfaction: A cross‐country study.

Variations in critical success factors of PPP-procured construction projects over lifecycle phases (2023)
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Ojiako, U., Chipulu, M., Almeile, A. M., Ika, L., Bashir, H., Marshall, A., & AlRaeesi, E. J. H. (online). Variations in critical success factors of PPP-procured construction projects over lifecycle phases. Production Planning and Control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2023.2294310

We explore the variations in importance of critical success factors (CSFs) over project lifecycle stages of construction public–private partnership (PPP) projects. A two-staged study is employed involving a literature search and identification of fac... Read More about Variations in critical success factors of PPP-procured construction projects over lifecycle phases.