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A Planar Dual-Polarized Phased Array With Broad Bandwidth and Quasi-Endfire Radiation for 5G Mobile Handsets (2021)
Journal Article
Parchin, N. O., Zhang, J., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Pedersen, G. F., & Zhang, S. (2021). A Planar Dual-Polarized Phased Array With Broad Bandwidth and Quasi-Endfire Radiation for 5G Mobile Handsets. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69(10), 6410-6419. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2021.3069501

A planar dual-polarized phased array is proposed for 5G cellular communications. The array has the properties of dual-polarization, wideband, and quasi-endfire radiation, which is printed on one side of a single-layer substrate. The design contains t... Read More about A Planar Dual-Polarized Phased Array With Broad Bandwidth and Quasi-Endfire Radiation for 5G Mobile Handsets.

Artificial intelligence--enabled analysis of public attitudes on facebook and twitter toward covid-19 vaccines in the united kingdom and the united states: Observational study (2021)
Journal Article
Hussain, A., Tahir, A., Hussain, Z., Sheikh, Z., Gogate, M., Dashtipour, K., Ali, A., & Sheikh, A. (2021). Artificial intelligence--enabled analysis of public attitudes on facebook and twitter toward covid-19 vaccines in the united kingdom and the united states: Observational study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(4), Article e26627. https://doi.org/10.2196/26627

Background: Global efforts toward the development and deployment of a vaccine for COVID-19 are rapidly advancing. To achieve herd immunity, widespread administration of vaccines is required, which necessitates significant cooperation from the general... Read More about Artificial intelligence--enabled analysis of public attitudes on facebook and twitter toward covid-19 vaccines in the united kingdom and the united states: Observational study.

Ubiquitin-protein ligase Ubr5 cooperates with hedgehog signalling to promote skeletal tissue homeostasis (2021)
Journal Article
Mellis, D., Staines, K. A., Peluso, S., Georgiou, I. C., Dora, N., Kubiak, M., van’t Hof, R., Grillo, M., Farquharson, C., Kinsella, E., Thornburn, A., Ralston, S. H., Salter, D. M., Riobo-Del Galdo, N. A., Hill, R. E., & Ditzel, M. (2021). Ubiquitin-protein ligase Ubr5 cooperates with hedgehog signalling to promote skeletal tissue homeostasis. PLoS Genetics, 17(4), Article e1009275. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009275

Mammalian Hedgehog (HH) signalling pathway plays an essential role in tissue homeostasis and its deregulation is linked to rheumatological disorders. UBR5 is the mammalian homologue of the E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Hyd, a negative regulator of the... Read More about Ubiquitin-protein ligase Ubr5 cooperates with hedgehog signalling to promote skeletal tissue homeostasis.

Coaches Round table - DB's (2021)
Digital Artefact
Laird, P. (2021). Coaches Round table - DB's. [YouTube]

A round table discussion with Great Britain national coaches discussing Defensive Back play

The COVID-19 storm and the energy sector: The impact and role of uncertainty. (2021)
Journal Article
Szczygielski, J. J., Brzeszczyński, J., Charteris, A., & Bwanya, P. R. (2022). The COVID-19 storm and the energy sector: The impact and role of uncertainty. Energy Economics, 109, Article 105258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105258

Prior research has shown that energy sector stock prices are impacted by uncertainty. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has given rise to widespread health and economic-related uncertainty. In this study, we investigate the magnitude and the timing... Read More about The COVID-19 storm and the energy sector: The impact and role of uncertainty..

Prolonged activity of a recombinant manganese superoxide dismutase through a formulation of polymeric multi-layer nanoassemblies targeting cancer cells (2021)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Iaccarino, G., Piccolo, M., Ferraro, M. G., Vecchione, R., Grumetto, L., Netti, P. A., & Santamaria, R. (2021). Prolonged activity of a recombinant manganese superoxide dismutase through a formulation of polymeric multi-layer nanoassemblies targeting cancer cells. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 162, Article 105825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2021.105825

A new isoform of human manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD) has been recently isolated and obtained in a synthetic recombinant form and termed rMnSOD. As compared to other SODs, this isoform exhibits a dramatically improved cellular uptake and an int... Read More about Prolonged activity of a recombinant manganese superoxide dismutase through a formulation of polymeric multi-layer nanoassemblies targeting cancer cells.

Bandwidth and Gain Enhancement of Composite Right Left Handed Metamaterial Transmission Line Planar Antenna Employing a Non Foster Impedance Matching Circuit Board (2021)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Althuwayb, . A., Azpilicueta, L., Parchin, N., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Huynen, I., Denidni, T., & Limiti, E. (2021). Bandwidth and Gain Enhancement of Composite Right Left Handed Metamaterial Transmission Line Planar Antenna Employing a Non Foster Impedance Matching Circuit Board. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 7472 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86973-x

The European TeleCheck-AF project on remote app-based management of atrial fibrillation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Centre and patient experiences (2021)
Journal Article
Gawałko, M., Duncker, D., Manninger, M., Van der Velden, R. M., Hermans, A. N., Verhaert, D. V., Pison, L., Pisters, R., Hemels, M., Sultan, A., Steven, D., Gupta, D., Heidbuchel, H., Sohaib, A., Wijtvliet, P., Tieleman, R., Gruwez, H., Chun, J., Schmidt, B., Keaney, J. J., …Linz, D. (2021). The European TeleCheck-AF project on remote app-based management of atrial fibrillation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Centre and patient experiences. EP-Europace, 23(7), 1003-1015. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab050

Aims: TeleCheck-AF is a multicentre international project initiated to maintain care delivery for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) during COVID-19 through teleconsultations supported by an on-demand photoplethysmography-based heart rate and rhy... Read More about The European TeleCheck-AF project on remote app-based management of atrial fibrillation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Centre and patient experiences.

Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Arteconi, A., Ferracuti, F., Tascioni, R., Mahkamov, K., Kenisarin, M., Costa, C., Cabeza, L. F., de Gracia, A., Halimic, E., Mullen, D., Lynn, K., & Cioccolanti, L. Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes. Presented at 19th International Heat Pipe Conference and 13th International Heat Pipe Symposium (IHPC 2018), Pisa, Italy

This paper presents black box models to represent a LHTESS (Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System) coupled with heat pipes, aimed at increasing the storage performance and at decreasing the time of charging/discharging. The presented storage syst... Read More about Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes.

International sporting mega-events and conditionality (2021)
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2021). International sporting mega-events and conditionality. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 13(3), 461-477. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2021.1905034

This article examines host contracts for international sporting mega-events as a forum for conditionality in developing world infrastructure projects, with a focus on the Rio 2016 Olympics host agreement. With emerging economies hosting an ever-incre... Read More about International sporting mega-events and conditionality.

WHISPER: A Location Privacy-Preserving Scheme Using Transmission Range Changing for Internet of Vehicles (2021)
Journal Article
Babaghayou, M., Labraoui, N., Abba Ari, A. A., Ferrag, M. A., Maglaras, L., & Janicke, H. (2021). WHISPER: A Location Privacy-Preserving Scheme Using Transmission Range Changing for Internet of Vehicles. Sensors, 21(7), Article 2443. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21072443

Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has the potential to enhance road-safety with environment sensing features provided by embedded devices and sensors. This benignant feature also raises privacy issues as vehicles announce their fine-grained whereabouts main... Read More about WHISPER: A Location Privacy-Preserving Scheme Using Transmission Range Changing for Internet of Vehicles.

Creative Conversations with Justice and Arts Scotland (2021)
Book Chapter
Anderson, K. (2021). Creative Conversations with Justice and Arts Scotland. In L. Willingham (Ed.), Community Music at the Boundaries (402-408). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

5G microstrip patch antenna and microwave dielectric properties of cold sintered LiWVO6–K2MoO4 composite ceramics (2021)
Journal Article
Ma, M., Song, K., Ji, Y., Hussain, F., Khesro, A., Mao, M., Xue, L., Xu, P., Liu, B., Lu, Z., Zhou, D., Wang, D., & Sun, S. (2021). 5G microstrip patch antenna and microwave dielectric properties of cold sintered LiWVO6–K2MoO4 composite ceramics. Ceramics International, 47(13), 19241-19246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.03.179

In this paper, (1-x)LiWVO6-xK2MoO4 (LWVO-KMO, x = 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 90 wt%) composite ceramics with >92% relative density were prepared by cold sintering at 160 °C under a uniaxial pressure of 300 MPa for 1 h. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning elec... Read More about 5G microstrip patch antenna and microwave dielectric properties of cold sintered LiWVO6–K2MoO4 composite ceramics.

The occurrence of selected endocrine‐disrupting chemicals in water and sediments from an urban lagoon in Southern Italy (2021)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Laneri, S., Di Lorenzo, R., Ferrara, L., & Grumetto, L. (2021). The occurrence of selected endocrine‐disrupting chemicals in water and sediments from an urban lagoon in Southern Italy. Water Environment Research, 93(10), 1944-1958. https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1566

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are agents able to exert perturbation toward the endocrine system via a broad array of signalling pathways. Some EDCs are released into the environment as a result of antropogenic activities. Analytical surveilla... Read More about The occurrence of selected endocrine‐disrupting chemicals in water and sediments from an urban lagoon in Southern Italy.

A Comparative Analysis of Honeypots on Different Cloud Platforms (2021)
Journal Article
Kelly, C., Pitropakis, N., Mylonas, A., McKeown, S., & Buchanan, W. J. (2021). A Comparative Analysis of Honeypots on Different Cloud Platforms. Sensors, 21(7), Article 2433. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21072433

In 2019, the majority of companies used at least one cloud computing service and it is expected that by the end of 2021, cloud data centres will process 94% of workloads. The financial and operational advantages of moving IT infrastructure to special... Read More about A Comparative Analysis of Honeypots on Different Cloud Platforms.

WILDA: Wide Learning of Diverse Architectures for Classification of Large Datasets (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitt, J., Burth Kurka, D., Hart, E., & Cardoso, R. P. (2021, April). WILDA: Wide Learning of Diverse Architectures for Classification of Large Datasets. Presented at 24th European Conference, EvoApplications 2021, Online

In order to address scalability issues, which can be a challenge for Deep Learning methods, we propose Wide Learning of Diverse Architectures-a model that scales horizontally rather than vertically, enabling distributed learning. We propose a distrib... Read More about WILDA: Wide Learning of Diverse Architectures for Classification of Large Datasets.

Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Woodman, T., Pitkethly, A., English, C., & Nightingale, D. (2021). Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 10(3), 381-393. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000264

Grandiose narcissism may be debilitative to athlete training because the opportunity for self-enhancement that motivates narcissists to strive is normally absent in training environments. However, this view ignores the divergent influences of the sel... Read More about Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training.

Real Time Optimisation of Traffic Signals to Prioritise Public Transport (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Plötz, P.-A., Wittpohl, M., & Urquhart, N. (2021, April). Real Time Optimisation of Traffic Signals to Prioritise Public Transport. Presented at EvoApplications 2021, Online

This paper examines the optimisation of traffic signals to prioritise public transportation (busses) in real time. A novel representation for the traffic signal prioritisation problem is introduced. Through the novel representation a creative evoluti... Read More about Real Time Optimisation of Traffic Signals to Prioritise Public Transport.