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Bare‐Bones particle Swarm optimization‐based quantization for fast and energy efficient convolutional neural networks (2023)
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Tmamna, J., Ayed, E. B., Fourati, R., Hussain, A., & Ayed, M. B. (2024). Bare‐Bones particle Swarm optimization‐based quantization for fast and energy efficient convolutional neural networks. Expert Systems, 41(4), Article e13522. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13522

Neural network quantization is a critical method for reducing memory usage and computational complexity in deep learning models, making them more suitable for deployment on resource-constrained devices. In this article, we propose a method called BBP... Read More about Bare‐Bones particle Swarm optimization‐based quantization for fast and energy efficient convolutional neural networks.

Characteristic and Allowable Compressive Strengths of Dendrocalamus Sericeus Bamboo Culms with/without Node Using Artificial Neural Networks (2023)
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Buachart, C., Hansapinyo, C., Sukontasukkul, P., Zhang, H., Sae-Long, W., Chetchotisak, P., & O'Brien, T. E. (2024). Characteristic and Allowable Compressive Strengths of Dendrocalamus Sericeus Bamboo Culms with/without Node Using Artificial Neural Networks. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 20, e02794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02794

The strength of construction material is a crucial consideration in the process of structural design and construction. Conventional materials such as concrete or steel have been widely utilized due to their predictable material performance. However,... Read More about Characteristic and Allowable Compressive Strengths of Dendrocalamus Sericeus Bamboo Culms with/without Node Using Artificial Neural Networks.

“It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland (2023)
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Falzon, D., Parkes, T., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Craik, V., Measham, F., Sumnall, H., Gittins, R., Hunter, C., Watson, K., Mooney, J. D., & Aston, E. V. (2023). “It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland. PLOS ONE, 18(12), Article e0292812. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292812

Drug checking services (DCS) enable individuals to voluntarily submit a small amount of a substance for analysis, providing information about the content of the substance along with tailored harm reduction support and advice. There is some evidence s... Read More about “It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland.

Models to predict the radial variation of stiffness, strength, and density in planted noble fir, Norway spruce, western hemlock, and western red cedar in Great Britain (2023)
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Gil-Moreno, D., MClean, J. P., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2023). Models to predict the radial variation of stiffness, strength, and density in planted noble fir, Norway spruce, western hemlock, and western red cedar in Great Britain. Annals of Forest Science, 80, Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01214-7

Key message: This study compares the measured radial variation in wood stiffness, strength, and density of noble fir, Norway spruce, western hemlock, and western red cedar by developing mixed-effects models for each property using age as the explanat... Read More about Models to predict the radial variation of stiffness, strength, and density in planted noble fir, Norway spruce, western hemlock, and western red cedar in Great Britain.

A hybrid dependency-based approach for Urdu sentiment analysis (2023)
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Sehar, U., Kanwal, S., Allheeib, N. I., Almari, S., Khan, F., Dashtipur, K., Gogate, M., & Khashan, O. A. (2023). A hybrid dependency-based approach for Urdu sentiment analysis. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 22075. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48817-8

In the digital age, social media has emerged as a significant platform, generating a vast amount of raw data daily. This data reflects the opinions of individuals from diverse backgrounds, races, cultures, and age groups, spanning a wide range of top... Read More about A hybrid dependency-based approach for Urdu sentiment analysis.

Vernacular cinema, self-concept and the perceptual–conceptual shift: exploring conversations between film education and developmental psychology (2023)
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Chambers, J., Munro, R., Ross, J., & Wimmer, M. (2023). Vernacular cinema, self-concept and the perceptual–conceptual shift: exploring conversations between film education and developmental psychology. Film Education Journal, 6(2), 82-100. https://doi.org/10.14324/fej.06.2.02

Co-authored by film education practitioners and developmental psychologists, this article seeks to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue between the emergent discourses of film education and developmental psychology. In particular, it explores the... Read More about Vernacular cinema, self-concept and the perceptual–conceptual shift: exploring conversations between film education and developmental psychology.

The critical role of affect regulation accounting for increased general distress, risk to self, and lower quality of life in females with EUPD and CPTSD, compared to EUPD alone (2023)
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Morris, D., Webb, E., Umpunjun, P., Fox, E., Dickens, A., Leson, A., Sadler, E., Lupattelli Gencarelli, B., Taylor, V., McAllister, P., & Karatzias, T. (2024). The critical role of affect regulation accounting for increased general distress, risk to self, and lower quality of life in females with EUPD and CPTSD, compared to EUPD alone. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 8(1), Article 100374

Background: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) have shared aetiology and symptomatology, and are associated with multiple comorbidities and poor clinical outcomes. Evidence from studies... Read More about The critical role of affect regulation accounting for increased general distress, risk to self, and lower quality of life in females with EUPD and CPTSD, compared to EUPD alone.

From pilgrimage to volunteer tourism: A spiritual journey in the contemporary world (2023)
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Polus, R., & Carr, N. (in press). From pilgrimage to volunteer tourism: A spiritual journey in the contemporary world. Anatolia, https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2023.2289610

The aim of this paper is to explore how the experiences of international volunteer tourists can contribute to the rejuvenation of the concept of pilgrimage in the contemporary world. Through thematic analysis of the individual portraits, this paper i... Read More about From pilgrimage to volunteer tourism: A spiritual journey in the contemporary world.

The impact of the degree of coupling coordination between green finance and environmental regulations on firms’ innovation performance: evidence from China (2023)
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Yang, T., Sun, Z., Du, M., Du, Q., Li, L., & Shuwaikh, F. (2024). The impact of the degree of coupling coordination between green finance and environmental regulations on firms’ innovation performance: evidence from China. Annals of Operations Research, 332(1-3), 1179-1180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05704-9

Integrating the resource-based view and institution-based view theories, this paper examines the impact of the degree of coupling coordination between green finance and environmental regulations on firms’ innovation performance. Using a sample of 169... Read More about The impact of the degree of coupling coordination between green finance and environmental regulations on firms’ innovation performance: evidence from China.

Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment (2023)
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Kolberg, E. R., Morales, E. E. G., Thallmayer, T. W., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T. H., Coresh, J., Couper, D., Hayden, K. M., Huang, A. R., Lin, F. R., Mitchell, C. M., Mosley, T. H., Gravens‐Mueller, L., Owens, T. A., Pankow, J. S., Pike, J. R., Reed, N. S., Sanchez, V., Schrack, J. A., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (2024). Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 20(3), 1671-1681. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13552

INTRODUCTION: Many neurocognitive evaluations involve auditory stimuli, yet there are no standard testing guidelines for individuals with hearing loss. The ensuring speech understanding (ESU) test was developed to confirm speech understanding and det... Read More about Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment.

Alpha 2 agonists for sedation to produce better outcomes from critical illness (A2B Trial): protocol for a multicentre phase 3 pragmatic clinical and cost-effectiveness randomised trial in the UK (2023)
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Walsh, T. S., Aitken, L. M., McKenzie, C. A., Boyd, J., Macdonald, A., Giddings, A., Hope, D., Norrie, J., Weir, C., Parker, R. A., Lone, N. I., Emerson, L., Kydonaki, K., Creagh-Brown, B., Morris, S., McAuley, D. F., Dark, P., Wise, M. P., Gordon, A. C., Perkins, G., …Page, V. J. (2023). Alpha 2 agonists for sedation to produce better outcomes from critical illness (A2B Trial): protocol for a multicentre phase 3 pragmatic clinical and cost-effectiveness randomised trial in the UK. BMJ Open, 13(12), Article e078645. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078645

Introduction: Almost all patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV) in intensive care units (ICUs) require analgesia and sedation. The most widely used sedative drug is propofol, but there is uncertainty whether alpha2-agonists are superior. The... Read More about Alpha 2 agonists for sedation to produce better outcomes from critical illness (A2B Trial): protocol for a multicentre phase 3 pragmatic clinical and cost-effectiveness randomised trial in the UK.

Exploring the patient experience of remote hypertension management in Scotland during COVID-19: a qualitative study (2023)
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Mchale, S., Paterson, M., Pearsons, A., Neubeck, L., Atherton, I., Guthrie, B., McKinstry, B., & Hanley, J. (2023). Exploring the patient experience of remote hypertension management in Scotland during COVID-19: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 13(12), Article e078944. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078944

Objectives
The aim of this study was to understand how patients experienced hypertension management, with or without BP telemonitoring, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, Methods, participants, and setting
This qualitative study conducted b... Read More about Exploring the patient experience of remote hypertension management in Scotland during COVID-19: a qualitative study.

Credit rating downgrades and systemic risk (2023)
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Kladakis, G., & Skouralis, A. (2024). Credit rating downgrades and systemic risk. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 90, Article 101902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101902

We examine whether changes in issuer credit ratings by the three main providers are associated with changes in systemic risk. First, we find that rating downgrades result in an increase in bank systemic risk, whereas upgrades do not proportionally re... Read More about Credit rating downgrades and systemic risk.

Association between menstrual cycle phase and metabolites in healthy, regularly menstruating women in UK Biobank, and effect modification by inflammatory markers and risk factors for metabolic disease (2023)
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MacGregor, K. A., Ho, F. K., Celis-Morales, C. A., Pell, J. P., Gallagher, I. J., & Moran, C. N. (2023). Association between menstrual cycle phase and metabolites in healthy, regularly menstruating women in UK Biobank, and effect modification by inflammatory markers and risk factors for metabolic disease. BMC Medicine, 21(1), Article 488. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03195-w

Background: Preliminary evidence demonstrates some parameters of metabolic control, including glycaemic control, lipid control and insulin resistance, vary across the menstrual cycle. However, the literature is inconsistent, and the underlying mechan... Read More about Association between menstrual cycle phase and metabolites in healthy, regularly menstruating women in UK Biobank, and effect modification by inflammatory markers and risk factors for metabolic disease.

Intraspecific facilitation of the recruitment of a burrowing mangrove crab species along an environmental gradient (2023)
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Schmidt, A. J., & Diele, K. (2024). Intraspecific facilitation of the recruitment of a burrowing mangrove crab species along an environmental gradient. Ocean and Coastal Research, 72(suppl 1), 23039-23040. https://doi.org/10.1590/2675-2824072.22162

The exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus, an important ecosystem engineer in South American mangroves, has a biphasic lifecycle with pelagic larvae developing offshore. Megalopae return to the mangrove forest to settle, i.e., metamorphose into ben... Read More about Intraspecific facilitation of the recruitment of a burrowing mangrove crab species along an environmental gradient.

Effective and Fast-Screening Route to Evaluate Dynamic Elastomer-Filler Network Reversibility for Sustainable Rubber Composite Design (2023)
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Xia, T., Wemyss, A. M., Salehiyan, R., Heeley, E. L., Hu, X., Tang, F., Sun, Y., Hughes, D. J., McNally, T., & Wan, C. (2023). Effective and Fast-Screening Route to Evaluate Dynamic Elastomer-Filler Network Reversibility for Sustainable Rubber Composite Design. ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 11, 17857-17869. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c06752

The introduction of self-healing and reprocessability into conventional vulcanized rubbers has been recognized as a promising strategy to promote elastomer circularity. However, the reversibility and recovery of cross-linking polymer networks have of... Read More about Effective and Fast-Screening Route to Evaluate Dynamic Elastomer-Filler Network Reversibility for Sustainable Rubber Composite Design.

Evaluation of Frameworks That Combine Evolution and Learning to Design Robots in Complex Morphological Spaces (2023)
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Li, W., Buchanan, E., Goff, L. K. L., Hart, E., Hale, M. F., Wei, B., Carlo, M. D., Angus, M., Woolley, R., Gan, Z., Winfield, A. F., Timmis, J., Eiben, A. E., & Tyrrell, A. M. (online). Evaluation of Frameworks That Combine Evolution and Learning to Design Robots in Complex Morphological Spaces. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2023.3316363

Jointly optimising both the body and brain of a robot is known to be a challenging task, especially when attempting to evolve designs in simulation that will subsequently be built in the real world. To address this, it is increasingly common to combi... Read More about Evaluation of Frameworks That Combine Evolution and Learning to Design Robots in Complex Morphological Spaces.