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Addressing Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Analysis of Bicycle Crash Injuries in Scotland: A Correlated Random Parameters Ordered Probit Approach with Heterogeneity in Means (2021)
Journal Article
Fountas, G., Fonzone, A., Olowosegun, A., & McTigue, C. (2021). Addressing Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Analysis of Bicycle Crash Injuries in Scotland: A Correlated Random Parameters Ordered Probit Approach with Heterogeneity in Means. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 32, Article 100181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amar.2021.100181

This paper investigates the determinants of injury severities in single-bicycle and bicycle-motor vehicle crashes by estimating correlated random parameter ordered probit models with heterogeneity in the means. This modeling approach extends the fron... Read More about Addressing Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Analysis of Bicycle Crash Injuries in Scotland: A Correlated Random Parameters Ordered Probit Approach with Heterogeneity in Means.

Plant phenotyping on-demand: an integrative web-based framework using drones and participatory sensing in greenhouses (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frangulea, M., Pantos, C., Giuffrida, V., & Valente, J. (2021, July). Plant phenotyping on-demand: an integrative web-based framework using drones and participatory sensing in greenhouses. Presented at 13th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary

A tool for plant phenotyping is proposed to aid users in analyzing data on-demand. This tool is web-based and runs deep learning models. The current study focuses on the development of this tool, as well as obtaining a plant dataset to train a neural... Read More about Plant phenotyping on-demand: an integrative web-based framework using drones and participatory sensing in greenhouses.

Zika Virus Biology, Transmission, and Pathways. Volume 1: The Neuroscience of Zika Virus (2021)
Book
Martin, C., Hollins-Martin, C., Preedy, V., & Rajendram, R. (Eds.). (2021). Zika Virus Biology, Transmission, and Pathways. Volume 1: The Neuroscience of Zika Virus. Cambridge, MA, US: Elsevier

Zika Virus Biology, Transmission, and Pathways: The Neuroscience of Zika, Volume One provides a detailed introduction to the molecular biology of the Zika virus and its features, transmission, and impact on neurological systems. Designed to better re... Read More about Zika Virus Biology, Transmission, and Pathways. Volume 1: The Neuroscience of Zika Virus.

Validity of the iPhone M7 Motion Coprocessor to Estimate Physical Activity During Structured and Free-Living Activities in Healthy Adults (2021)
Journal Article
Thomson, N. K., McMichan, L., Macrae, E., Baker, J. S., Muggeridge, D. J., & Easton, C. (2021). Validity of the iPhone M7 Motion Coprocessor to Estimate Physical Activity During Structured and Free-Living Activities in Healthy Adults. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 4(3), 212-219. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2020-0067

Modern smartphones such as the iPhone contain an integrated accelerometer, which can be used to measure body movement and estimate the volume and intensity of physical activity. Objectives: The primary objective was to assess the validity of the iPho... Read More about Validity of the iPhone M7 Motion Coprocessor to Estimate Physical Activity During Structured and Free-Living Activities in Healthy Adults.

Zika Virus Impact, Diagnosis, Control, and Models, Volume 2: The Neuroscience of Zika Virus (2021)
Book
Martin, C., Hollins-Martin, C., Preedy, V., & Rajendram, R. (Eds.). (2021). Zika Virus Impact, Diagnosis, Control, and Models, Volume 2: The Neuroscience of Zika Virus. Cambridge, MA, US: Elsevier

Zika Virus Impact, Diagnosis, Control, and Models: Volume Two: The Neuroscience of Zika examines diagnosis, vaccines, and potential therapy methods for Zika virus syndrome. The book also details the neuroscience of Guillain-Barré syndrome, its effect... Read More about Zika Virus Impact, Diagnosis, Control, and Models, Volume 2: The Neuroscience of Zika Virus.

Analysing Media Reactions to Male/Male Dance Partnerships On British Reality TV Shows: Inclusive Masculinity in Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing On Ice (2021)
Journal Article
Wong, Y. N., Harman, V., & Owen, C. (2021). Analysing Media Reactions to Male/Male Dance Partnerships On British Reality TV Shows: Inclusive Masculinity in Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing On Ice. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 4(4), 397-413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-021-00087-2

Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing on Ice are primetime reality television shows that promote partner dancing as a form of leisure in the UK. Both shows have consistently represented partner dancing as a partnership between a man and a woman. However,... Read More about Analysing Media Reactions to Male/Male Dance Partnerships On British Reality TV Shows: Inclusive Masculinity in Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing On Ice.

'Odd how the War changes us': May Sinclair, domesticity and war (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2021, June). 'Odd how the War changes us': May Sinclair, domesticity and war. Paper presented at Networking May Sinclair, University of Nantes (online)

This paper sees the post-war novels of the novelist, philosopher and poet May Sinclair (1863-1946) as negotiating between Victorian and modern values and literary forms: the First World War gives existing issues a focus during and after it. A suffra... Read More about 'Odd how the War changes us': May Sinclair, domesticity and war.

Quantifying prescribed high dose opioids in the community and risk of overdose (2021)
Journal Article
Schofield, J., Steven, D., Foster, R., Matheson, C., Baldacchino, A., McAuley, A., & Parkes, T. (2021). Quantifying prescribed high dose opioids in the community and risk of overdose. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 1174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11162-4

Background Opioid prescribing for a range of health issues is increasing globally. The risk of fatal and non-fatal overdose is increased among people prescribed strong opioids: in high doses in the context of polypharmacy (the use of multiple medica... Read More about Quantifying prescribed high dose opioids in the community and risk of overdose.

Adolescent sexual behaviour in a refugee setting in Uganda (2021)
Journal Article
Bukuluki, P., Kisaakye, P., Mwenyango, H., & Palattiyil, G. (2021). Adolescent sexual behaviour in a refugee setting in Uganda. Reproductive Health, 18(1), Article 131. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01181-0

Background Children under 18 years old constituted more than half (52%) of the refugee population in 2017. Adolescent Sexual and reproductive health is an essential component of primary health care. Yet, not every refugee adolescent is able to acces... Read More about Adolescent sexual behaviour in a refugee setting in Uganda.

Secretation: Toward a Decentralised Identity and Verifiable Credentials Based Scalable and Decentralised Secret Management Solution (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaroucheh, Z., & Álvarez, I. A. (2021, May). Secretation: Toward a Decentralised Identity and Verifiable Credentials Based Scalable and Decentralised Secret Management Solution. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), Sydney, Australia

Secrets such as passwords, encryption keys, and certificates are used to assist in protecting access to resources such as computing devices, customer data and other information. Unauthorised access to resources can cause significant disruption and/or... Read More about Secretation: Toward a Decentralised Identity and Verifiable Credentials Based Scalable and Decentralised Secret Management Solution.

Building a Systematic Online Living Evidence Summary of COVID-19 Research (2021)
Journal Article
Hair, K., Sena, E. S., Wilson, E., Currie, G., Macleod, M., Bahor, Z., Sena, C., Ayder, C., Liao, J., Tanriver Ayder, E., Ghanawi, J., Tsang, A., Collins, A., Carstairs, A., Antar, S., Drax, K., Neves, K., Ottavi, T., Chow, Y. Y., Henry, D., …Drury, B. (2021). Building a Systematic Online Living Evidence Summary of COVID-19 Research. Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, 17(2), 21-26. https://doi.org/10.32384/jeahil17465

Throughout the global coronavirus pandemic, we have seen an unprecedented volume of COVID-19 researchpublications. This vast body of evidence continues to grow, making it difficult for research users to keep up with the pace of evolving research find... Read More about Building a Systematic Online Living Evidence Summary of COVID-19 Research.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in a Hospitality Family Business (2021)
Journal Article
Fonseca, A. P., & Carnicelli, S. (2021). Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in a Hospitality Family Business. Sustainability, 13(13), Article 7091. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137091

The triple bottom line of sustainability has been the foundation to assess the overall performance of organizations in the hospitality sector. Family businesses are operating in a very competitive environment, and their practices are heavily scrutini... Read More about Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in a Hospitality Family Business.

Tick-box, weasel words, or a transformative experience? Insights into what educators consider the real impact of HEA Fellowships (2021)
Journal Article
Cathcart, A., Dransfield, M., Floyd, S., Campbell, L.-A., Carkett, R., Davies, V., Duhs, R., & Smart, F. (2023). Tick-box, weasel words, or a transformative experience? Insights into what educators consider the real impact of HEA Fellowships. International Journal for Academic Development, 28(3), 319-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2021.1938075

Global membership of the HEA fellowship scheme is increasing. There is limited research examining whether fellowship delivers on its promise to improve teaching quality and the learning experience. In this comprehensive survey of educators’ percepti... Read More about Tick-box, weasel words, or a transformative experience? Insights into what educators consider the real impact of HEA Fellowships.

Not everything is as it seems: digital technology affordance, pandemic control, and the mediating role of sociomaterial arrangements (2021)
Journal Article
Mora, L., Kummitha, R. K. R., & Esposito, G. (2021). Not everything is as it seems: digital technology affordance, pandemic control, and the mediating role of sociomaterial arrangements. Government Information Quarterly, 38(4), Article 101599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101599

An overly favorable narrative has developed around the role played by digital technologies in containing Covid-19, which oversimplifies the complexity of technology adoption. This narrative takes sociomaterial arrangements for granted and conceptuali... Read More about Not everything is as it seems: digital technology affordance, pandemic control, and the mediating role of sociomaterial arrangements.

Using Artificial Intelligence for Optimizing Natural Frequency of Recycled Concrete for Mechanical Machine Foundation (2021)
Journal Article
Lashin, M. M. A., Khokhar, A., Alrowais, F., Malibari, A., & Saleh, W. (2021). Using Artificial Intelligence for Optimizing Natural Frequency of Recycled Concrete for Mechanical Machine Foundation. Recycling, 6(3), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling6030043

This paper investigates the mechanical properties of two different types of recycled concrete, which use wood and rubber, relative to those characteristics of pure concrete, in terms of maximum load and natural frequencies. This paper contributes to... Read More about Using Artificial Intelligence for Optimizing Natural Frequency of Recycled Concrete for Mechanical Machine Foundation.

Diel oxygen fluctuation drives the thermal response and metabolic performance of coastal marine ectotherms (2021)
Journal Article
Booth, J., Fusi, M., Giomi, F., Chapman, E., Diele, K., & McQuaid, C. (2021). Diel oxygen fluctuation drives the thermal response and metabolic performance of coastal marine ectotherms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1953), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1141

Coastal marine systems are characterized by high levels of primary production that result in diel oxygen fluctuations from undersaturation to supersaturation. Constant normoxia, or 100% oxygen saturation, is therefore rare. Since the thermal sensitiv... Read More about Diel oxygen fluctuation drives the thermal response and metabolic performance of coastal marine ectotherms.

Learning from the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Recommendations for Festivals and Performing Arts in Navigating Covid-19 and New Digital Contexts (2021)
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Elsden, C., Piccio, B., Helgason, I., & Terras, M. (2021). Learning from the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Recommendations for Festivals and Performing Arts in Navigating Covid-19 and New Digital Contexts. AHRC

When it happened, the announcement that the Edinburgh Festivals would not go ahead was both predictable and shocking. Cruelly, so many aspects of what makes the Edinburgh Festival Fringe unique, appeared suddenly impossible and unpalatable. How could... Read More about Learning from the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Recommendations for Festivals and Performing Arts in Navigating Covid-19 and New Digital Contexts.

Practical Intrusion Detection of Emerging Threats (2021)
Journal Article
Mills, R., Marnerides, A. K., Broadbent, M., & Race, N. (2022). Practical Intrusion Detection of Emerging Threats. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 19(1), 582-600. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2021.3091517

The Internet of Things (IoT), in combination with advancements in Big Data, communications and networked systems, offers a positive impact across a range of sectors including health, energy, manufacturing and transport. By virtue of current business... Read More about Practical Intrusion Detection of Emerging Threats.

Infrared Sensing Based Non-Invasive Initial Diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease Using Ensemble Learning (2021)
Journal Article
Rehman, M. U., Najam, S., Khalid, S., Shafique, A., Alqahtani, F., Baothman, F., Shah, S. Y., Abbasi, Q. H., Imran, M. A., & Ahmad, J. (2021). Infrared Sensing Based Non-Invasive Initial Diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease Using Ensemble Learning. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(17), 19395-19406. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2021.3091471

The liver is a vital human body organ and its functionality can be degraded by several diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver disease, and liver cancer and so forth. Hence, the early diagnosis of liver diseases is extremely crucial for saving human... Read More about Infrared Sensing Based Non-Invasive Initial Diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease Using Ensemble Learning.