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RF Jamming Classification Using Relative Speed Estimation in Vehicular Wireless Networks (2021)
Journal Article
Kosmanos, D., Karagiannis, D., Argyriou, A., Lalis, S., & Maglaras, L. (2021). RF Jamming Classification Using Relative Speed Estimation in Vehicular Wireless Networks. Security and Communication Networks, 2021, Article 9959310. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9959310

Wireless communications are vulnerable against radio frequency (RF) interference which might be caused either intentionally or unintentionally. A particular subset of wireless networks, Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANET), which incorporate a series of... Read More about RF Jamming Classification Using Relative Speed Estimation in Vehicular Wireless Networks.

The mean–variance relation: A 24-hour story (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, W. (2021). The mean–variance relation: A 24-hour story. Economics Letters, 208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110053

This paper investigates the mean–variance relation during different time periods within trading days. We reveal that there is a positive mean–variance relation when the stock market is closed (i.e., overnight), but the positive relation is distorted... Read More about The mean–variance relation: A 24-hour story.

RSST-ARGM: a data-driven approach to long-term sea surface temperature prediction (2021)
Journal Article
Zhu, L., Liu, Q., Liu, X., & Zhang, Y. (2021). RSST-ARGM: a data-driven approach to long-term sea surface temperature prediction. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2021, Article 171 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13638-021-02044-9

For the purpose of exploring the long-term variation of regional sea surface temperature (SST), this paper studies the historical SST in regional sea areas and the emission pattern of greenhouse gases, proposing a Grey model of regional SST atmospher... Read More about RSST-ARGM: a data-driven approach to long-term sea surface temperature prediction.

Arion Art group exhibition (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. (2021). Arion Art group exhibition. [Oil paintings, mixed media]. Exhibited at The Life Room Gallery, Edinburgh. 26 August 2021 - 30 September 2021. (Unpublished)

Exhibition / Performance: Arion Art Group Exhibition: Exhibited 23 Original Paintings and related artwork Themed Around Visual Culture Of Tourism Research, In: Arion Art, Group Summer Exhibition, The Life Room Gallery, Edinburgh, 26 August 2021 - 30... Read More about Arion Art group exhibition.

Dot-to-Dot: Pre-Reading Assessment of Literacy Risk via a Visual-Motor Mechanism on Touchscreen Devices (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Park, W., Reves, P., Esteves, A., Kerridge, J. M., Yim, D., & Oh, U. (2021, August). Dot-to-Dot: Pre-Reading Assessment of Literacy Risk via a Visual-Motor Mechanism on Touchscreen Devices. Presented at INTERACT 2021: 18th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Bari, Italy [Online]

While early identification of children with dyslexia is crucial, it is difficult to assess literacy risks of these children early on before they learn to read. In this study, we expand early work on Dot-to-Dot (DtD), a non-linguistic visual-motor mec... Read More about Dot-to-Dot: Pre-Reading Assessment of Literacy Risk via a Visual-Motor Mechanism on Touchscreen Devices.

A New Optimization Algorithm Based on the Fungi Kingdom Expansion Behavior for Antenna Applications (2021)
Journal Article
Alnahwi, F. M., Yasir, I. A., Sattar, D., Ali, R. S., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2021). A New Optimization Algorithm Based on the Fungi Kingdom Expansion Behavior for Antenna Applications. Electronics, 10(17), Article 2057. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10172057

This paper presents a new optimization algorithm based on the behavior of the fungi kingdom expansion (FKE) to optimize the radiation pattern of the array antenna. The immobile mass expansion of the fungi is mimicked in this work as a chaotic behavio... Read More about A New Optimization Algorithm Based on the Fungi Kingdom Expansion Behavior for Antenna Applications.

SafeFit Trial: Virtual clinics to deliver a multimodal intervention to improve psychological and physical wellbeing in people with cancer. Protocol of a COVID-19 targeted non-randomised phase III trial (2021)
Journal Article
Grimmett, C., Bates, A., West, M., Leggett, S., Varkonyi-Sepp, J., Campbell, A., Davis, J., Wootton, S., Shaw, C., Barlow, R., Ashcroft, J., Scott, A., Moyses, H., Hawkins, L., Levett, D., Williams, F., Grocott, M., & Jack, S. (2021). SafeFit Trial: Virtual clinics to deliver a multimodal intervention to improve psychological and physical wellbeing in people with cancer. Protocol of a COVID-19 targeted non-randomised phase III trial. BMJ Open, 11(8), Article e048175. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048175

Introduction: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (caused by the SArS-CoV-2 virus), on individuals with cancer has been profound. It has led to increased anxiety, distress and deconditioning due to reduced physical activity. We aim to investigate whe... Read More about SafeFit Trial: Virtual clinics to deliver a multimodal intervention to improve psychological and physical wellbeing in people with cancer. Protocol of a COVID-19 targeted non-randomised phase III trial.

Indoor Characterisation of a Reverse Truncated Pyramid Concentrator (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Osikibo Tamuno-Ibuomi, L., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Hawa Abu-Bakar, S., Bani, N. A., Hwang See, C., Faisal, N. H., & Sellami, N. (2021, June). Indoor Characterisation of a Reverse Truncated Pyramid Concentrator. Presented at 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 48), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

The development of concentrating photovoltaic (PV) started in 1960s and over the years, a variety of concentrator designs have been explored. One of its applications is for use in building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) with the aim of producing a ch... Read More about Indoor Characterisation of a Reverse Truncated Pyramid Concentrator.

Linking Innovation and eLearning – The Case for an Embedded Design (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ziegler, A., Peisl, T., & Harte, P. (2021). Linking Innovation and eLearning – The Case for an Embedded Design. In Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2021 (47-63). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85521-5_4

The need to link eLearning and innovation has been discussed in depth in education and entrepreneurship since its inception 30 years ago. In times of subscriptions and anonymous selling via the internet organisations have one need prior to adopting a... Read More about Linking Innovation and eLearning – The Case for an Embedded Design.

Sustainability and green practices: The role of stakeholder power in fast-food franchise chains (2021)
Journal Article
Perrigot, R., Watson, A., & (Lola) Dada, O. (2021). Sustainability and green practices: The role of stakeholder power in fast-food franchise chains. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 33(10), 3442-3464. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-02-2021-0269

Purpose - This paper explores how the power of salient stakeholders involved in the green waste management of franchise chains can impact the ability of the chains to change their green practices.
Design/methodology/approach - This qualitative stud... Read More about Sustainability and green practices: The role of stakeholder power in fast-food franchise chains.

Investigating cognitive adaptability in new workplace cultures with the Imitation Game (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stephen, K., Hall, H., Brazier, D., & Smith, C. (2021, August). Investigating cognitive adaptability in new workplace cultures with the Imitation Game. Paper presented at BSA Work, Employment and Society Conference 2021, Online

This paper discusses a new methodology in investigating cognitive adaptability, defined as “the ability to effectively and appropriately evolve or adapt decision policies given feedback from the environmental context in which cognitive processing is... Read More about Investigating cognitive adaptability in new workplace cultures with the Imitation Game.

“Brilliant at everything, saying yes to even more”: The realities of overwork in academia (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pustelnikovaite, T., Richards, J., Ellis, V., & Saxena, S. (2021, August). “Brilliant at everything, saying yes to even more”: The realities of overwork in academia. Paper presented at Work, Employment and Society, Online

Leaveism is an important yet underresearched phenomenon in contemporary work and employment. It refers to employees using allocated time off to work, such as taking work home that cannot be completed in normal working hours, working while on leave to... Read More about “Brilliant at everything, saying yes to even more”: The realities of overwork in academia.

Mental health and well-being during COVID-19 lockdown: A survey case report of high-level male and female players of an Italian Serie A football club (2021)
Journal Article
Ivarsson, A., McCall, A., Mutch, S., Giuliani, A., Bassetto, R., & Fanchini, M. (2021). Mental health and well-being during COVID-19 lockdown: A survey case report of high-level male and female players of an Italian Serie A football club. Science and Medicine in Football, 5, 70-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2021.1962540

Objectives
To describe high-level footballers’ levels and changes in mental health and well-being throughout a 8-week period of lockdown and restricted training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method
One-hundred and one players belonging to four t... Read More about Mental health and well-being during COVID-19 lockdown: A survey case report of high-level male and female players of an Italian Serie A football club.

Multimodal Emotion Recognition from Art Using Sequential Co-Attention (2021)
Journal Article
Tashu, T. M., Hajiyeva, S., & Horvath, T. (2021). Multimodal Emotion Recognition from Art Using Sequential Co-Attention. Journal of Imaging, 7(8), Article 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7080157

In this study, we present a multimodal emotion recognition architecture that uses both feature-level attention (sequential co-attention) and modality attention (weighted modality fusion) to classify emotion in art. The proposed architecture helps the... Read More about Multimodal Emotion Recognition from Art Using Sequential Co-Attention.

Simulation study for a switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal smart window for two climate zones (Riyadh and London) (2021)
Journal Article
Hemaida, A., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Simulation study for a switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal smart window for two climate zones (Riyadh and London). Energy and Buildings, 251, Article 111381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111381

Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) is an electrically switchable smart window, that can provide privacy and control solar radiation, resulting in a potential energy saving. The optical properties of the PDLC window can be altered from translucen... Read More about Simulation study for a switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal smart window for two climate zones (Riyadh and London).

Vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 vaccination and healthcare workers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Bunton, C. (2021, August). Vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 vaccination and healthcare workers. Paper presented at International Society of Critical Health Psychology 12th Binennial Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

Vaccine ‘hesitancy’, seen as delays or refusals, are a serious public health issue. The global pandemic with COVID-19 and high mortality rates have made vaccination a priority. Frontline health workers in the United Kingdom have been depicted as ‘her... Read More about Vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 vaccination and healthcare workers.

Doing Magic with Metadata (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haynes, D. (2021, August). Doing Magic with Metadata. Presented at ISKO Singapore monthly meeting, Singapore

In this talk David Haynes looks at ways in which metadata can be used to improve the management of information resources. He discusses the practical applications of metadata in six main areas:
Information resource identification and description
In... Read More about Doing Magic with Metadata.

What Does It Take to Complete the Cape Epic? (2021)
Journal Article
Reinpõld, K., Bossi, A., & Hopker, J. (2022). What Does It Take to Complete the Cape Epic?. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 36(12), 3513-3520. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000004121

This study aimed to describe the racing and training demands of the Cape Epic. Six male mountain bike riders (age: 39 ± 7 years, height: 181 ± 3 cm, and body mass: 78.7 ± 8.1 kg) trained for 4.5 months and took part in the Cape Epic. Training and rac... Read More about What Does It Take to Complete the Cape Epic?.