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Novel deep convolutional neural network-based contextual recognition of Arabic handwritten scripts (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, R., Gogate, M., Tahir, A., Dashtipour, K., Al-Tamimi, B., Hawalah, A., El-Affendi, M. A., & Hussain, A. (2021). Novel deep convolutional neural network-based contextual recognition of Arabic handwritten scripts. Entropy, 23(3), Article 340. https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030340

Offline Arabic Handwriting Recognition (OAHR) has recently become instrumental in the areas of pattern recognition and image processing due to its application in several fields, such as office automation and document processing. However, OAHR continu... Read More about Novel deep convolutional neural network-based contextual recognition of Arabic handwritten scripts.

Understanding leisure centre-based physical activity after physical activity referral: evidence from scheme participants and completers in Northumberland UK (2021)
Journal Article
Bell, J., Neubeck, L., Jin, K., Kelly, P., & Hanson, C. (2021). Understanding leisure centre-based physical activity after physical activity referral: evidence from scheme participants and completers in Northumberland UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), Article 2957. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062957

Physical activity referral schemes (PARS) are a popular physical activity (PA) intervention in the UK. Little is known about the type, intensity and duration of PA undertaken during and post PARS. We calculated weekly leisure centre-based moderate/vi... Read More about Understanding leisure centre-based physical activity after physical activity referral: evidence from scheme participants and completers in Northumberland UK.

“I can’t skip it”: does free report improve accuracy in false memories? (2021)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., Whalley, B., & Hollins, T. J. (2021). “I can’t skip it”: does free report improve accuracy in false memories?. Memory, 29(3), 353-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.1895223

Strategic monitoring of recognition memory by children and adults was examined using a semantic DRM procedure. Children (7- and 10-year-olds) and adults (overall N = 393) studied lists of semantically related words either incidentally or intentionall... Read More about “I can’t skip it”: does free report improve accuracy in false memories?.

Putting the system back into training and firm performance research: A review and research agenda (2021)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., McCarthy, A., Lai, Y., Clarke, N., Carbery, R., Gubbins, C., Sheehan, M., & Saunders, M. N. (2021). Putting the system back into training and firm performance research: A review and research agenda. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(4), 870-903. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12337

Research investigating training and firm performance is currently at an inflection point; capable of recognising previous achievements but also having a focus on the future. Based on our review of 207 quantitative papers over a 40‐year period, we fin... Read More about Putting the system back into training and firm performance research: A review and research agenda.

Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt (2021)
Journal Article
Paterson, W. D., Moss, S. E., Ryan, M., Currie, J., McCafferty, D. J., & Thompson, D. (2021). Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94(3), 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1086/713958

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) live in cold temperate or polar seas and molt annually, renewing their fur over a period of approximately four weeks. Epidermal processes at this time require a warm skin and therefore to avoid an excessive energy cost a... Read More about Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt.

Designing Interaction and Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: User-Centred Ecological Design and Testing (2021)
Book
Stanton, N. A., Revell, K. M. A., & Langdon, P. (Eds.). (2021). Designing Interaction and Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: User-Centred Ecological Design and Testing. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003050841

Driving automation and autonomy are already upon us and the problems that were predicted twenty years ago are beginning to appear. These problems include shortfalls in expected benefits, equipment unreliability, driver skill fade, and error-inducing... Read More about Designing Interaction and Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: User-Centred Ecological Design and Testing.

Scientometric review and analysis: A case example of smart buildings and smart cities (2021)
Book Chapter
Olawumi, T. O., Saka, A. B., Chan, D. W. M., & Jayasena, N. S. (2021). Scientometric review and analysis: A case example of smart buildings and smart cities. In E. Manu, & J. Akotia (Eds.), Secondary Research Methods in the Built Environment (147-162). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003000532-11

Over the years, there has been an increase in research outputs in the built environment leading to the need to make meaning out of this increasingly large corpus of research. The use of manual desktop review has been criticised for its lack of rigour... Read More about Scientometric review and analysis: A case example of smart buildings and smart cities.

Gesture-Timbre Space: Multidimensional Feature Mapping Using Machine Learning and Concatenative Synthesis (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zbyszyński, M., Di Donato, B., Visi, F., & Tanaka, A. (2019, October). Gesture-Timbre Space: Multidimensional Feature Mapping Using Machine Learning and Concatenative Synthesis. Presented at 14th International Symposium, CMMR 2019, Marseille, France

This chapter explores three systems for mapping embodied gesture, acquired with electromyography and motion sensing, to sound synthesis. A pilot study using granular synthesis is presented, followed by studies employing corpus-based concatenative syn... Read More about Gesture-Timbre Space: Multidimensional Feature Mapping Using Machine Learning and Concatenative Synthesis.

Supporting Entrepreneurship Students’ Sense of Belonging in Online Virtual Spaces (2021)
Journal Article
Brodie, J., & Osowska, R. (2021). Supporting Entrepreneurship Students’ Sense of Belonging in Online Virtual Spaces. Industry and Higher Education, 35(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422221999264

Universities globally are aspiring to grow through investing in the delivery of online learning Programmes. However, the attrition rate for online learning is high. Thomas, Herbert and Teras (2014) identified that those students with a sense of belo... Read More about Supporting Entrepreneurship Students’ Sense of Belonging in Online Virtual Spaces.

Emerging endocrine disruptors in two edible fish from the Persian Gulf: Occurrence, congener profile, and human health risk assessment (2021)
Journal Article
Akhbarizadeh, R., Russo, G., Rossi, S., Golianova, K., Moore, F., Guida, M., De Falco, M., & Grumetto, L. (2021). Emerging endocrine disruptors in two edible fish from the Persian Gulf: Occurrence, congener profile, and human health risk assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 166, Article 112241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112241

The occurrence of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been determined in two widely consumed fish species from Persian Gulf i.e., Epinephelus coioides and Platycephalus indicus by applying a validated analytical for the simultaneous detection o... Read More about Emerging endocrine disruptors in two edible fish from the Persian Gulf: Occurrence, congener profile, and human health risk assessment.

A circular economy: where will it take us? (2021)
Journal Article
Hart, J., & Pomponi, F. (2021). A circular economy: where will it take us?. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1(1), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00013-4

The avalanche of environmental challenges, from local to global and back, has prompted responses at all levels from personal to inter-governmental. The results of these responses have fallen in the range between useful and counterproductive, with man... Read More about A circular economy: where will it take us?.

Self-Explainable Robots in Remote Environments (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chiyah Garcia, F. J., Smith, S. C., Lopes, J., Ramamoorthy, S., & Hastie, H. (2021, March). Self-Explainable Robots in Remote Environments. Presented at HRI '21: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, Colorado

As robots and autonomous systems become more adept at handling complex scenarios, their underlying mechanisms also become increasingly complex and opaque. This lack of transparency can give rise to unverifiable behaviours, limiting the use of robots... Read More about Self-Explainable Robots in Remote Environments.

Towards visual dialogue for human-robot interaction (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Part, J. L., Hernández García, D., Yu, Y., Gunson, N., Dondrup, C., & Lemon, O. (2021, March). Towards visual dialogue for human-robot interaction. Presented at HRI '21: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA

The goal of the EU H2020-ICT funded SPRING project is to develop a socially pertinent robot to carry out tasks in a gerontological healthcare unit. In this context, being able to perceive its environment and have coherent and relevant conversations a... Read More about Towards visual dialogue for human-robot interaction.

A pragmatic and industry-oriented framework for data quality assessment of environmental footprint tools (2021)
Journal Article
Salemdeeb, R., Saint, R., Clark, W., Lenaghan, M., Pratt, K., & Millar, F. (2021). A pragmatic and industry-oriented framework for data quality assessment of environmental footprint tools. Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 3, Article 100019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resenv.2021.100019

Environmental footprinting, underpinned by systematic life-cycle thinking, is increasingly seen as a critical concept for designing policies to fight climate change. The holistic nature of a life-cycle approach, built using the principles of Life Cyc... Read More about A pragmatic and industry-oriented framework for data quality assessment of environmental footprint tools.

An exploration of degree apprentice perspectives: A Q methodology study (2021)
Journal Article
Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., Meharg, D., & Varey, A. (2022). An exploration of degree apprentice perspectives: A Q methodology study. Studies in Higher Education, 47(7), 1397-1409. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.1897094

Degree apprenticeships have recently been introduced in the UK, representing a significant shift in approaches to degree-level study: from traditional models of higher education to workplaces as locations for learning. As the model matures it is impo... Read More about An exploration of degree apprentice perspectives: A Q methodology study.

A new welfare test for family court cases: plus ca change..? (2021)
Journal Article
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2021). A new welfare test for family court cases: plus ca change..?. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 66(3),

The Children (Scotland) Act 2020 makes the most significant amendment to Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in 25 years. This article discusses the repeal, re-enactment and augmentation of the 'welfare test'.

Effects of cultural diversity and climatic background on outdoor thermal perception in Melbourne city, Australia (2021)
Journal Article
Kenawy, I., & Elkadi, H. (2021). Effects of cultural diversity and climatic background on outdoor thermal perception in Melbourne city, Australia. Building and Environment, 195, Article 107746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107746

Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable is one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This goal is particularly important in global cities where public places are shared with diverse communities. The suc... Read More about Effects of cultural diversity and climatic background on outdoor thermal perception in Melbourne city, Australia.

The impact of economic freedom on financial analysts' earnings forecast: Evidence from the Asia-Pacific region (2021)
Journal Article
Hou, T. C., & Gao, S. (2021). The impact of economic freedom on financial analysts' earnings forecast: Evidence from the Asia-Pacific region. Finance Research Letters, 43, Article 102009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.102009

This study investigates the impact of economic freedom (EcF) on analysts’ earnings forecast (AEF) accuracy. EcF is measured from five aspects: Government, Protection, Money, Trade, and Regulation. With the sample of 7,014 firms from 12 economies in t... Read More about The impact of economic freedom on financial analysts' earnings forecast: Evidence from the Asia-Pacific region.