All Outputs (1522)

The link between corporate energy management and environmental strategy implementation: Efficiency, sufficiency and consistency strategy perspectives (2021)
Journal Article
Gunarathne, N., & Lee, K.-H. (2021). The link between corporate energy management and environmental strategy implementation: Efficiency, sufficiency and consistency strategy perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 293, Article 126082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126082

In managing energy, companies face numerous challenges arising as a result of the imperfections and inaccuracies of the information on the subject. This study examines the uses of energy information in corporate energy management strategies from an e... Read More about The link between corporate energy management and environmental strategy implementation: Efficiency, sufficiency and consistency strategy perspectives.

Busy female directors: an exploratory analysis of the impact of quotas and interest groups (2021)
Journal Article
Sarabi, Y., & Smith, M. (2021). Busy female directors: an exploratory analysis of the impact of quotas and interest groups. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 36(3), 368-385. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-07-2019-0129

Purpose: This paper aims to provide an exploratory analysis of male and female directors, comparing the case of UK FTSE 350 boards of directors for 2010–2018, with Norwegian boards from 2002 to 2018, to examine patterns of busy female directors. This... Read More about Busy female directors: an exploratory analysis of the impact of quotas and interest groups.

Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management (2021)
Journal Article
Downey, H., Amano, T., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J., Haddaway, N. R., Jones, J. P. G., Littlewood, N., Walsh, J. C., Abrahams, M. I., Adum, G., Akasaka, M., Alves, J. A., Antwis, R. E., Arellano, E. C., Axmacher, J., Barclay, H., Batty, L., Benítez‐López, A., Bennett, J. R., …Sutherland, W. J. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), Article e12032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

1. To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence-based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis.

2. If, as educators, we do no... Read More about Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management.

SOLAS 128 (2021)
Digital Artefact
Methven, T. (2021). SOLAS 128. [software]

Award-winning game launched on Steam and Switch. Project lead - developer, game and puzzle designer. Published by Armor Games Studios, and designed with accessibility in mind.

Explore SOLAS 128, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect... Read More about SOLAS 128.

Comparing the network structure of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in three African countries   (2021)
Journal Article
Levin, Y., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2021). Comparing the network structure of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in three African countries  . Journal of Psychiatric Research, 136, 80-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.041

Background: Symptom network analysis has become an essential tool for researchers and clinicians investigating the structure of mental disorders. Two methods have been used; one relies on partial correlations, and the second relies on zero order corr... Read More about Comparing the network structure of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in three African countries  .

The promise and challenges of utility-scale compressed air energy storage in aquifers (2021)
Journal Article
Guo, C., Li, C., Zhang, K., Cai, Z., Ma, T., Maggi, F., Gan, Y., El-Zein, A., Pan, Z., & Shen, L. (2021). The promise and challenges of utility-scale compressed air energy storage in aquifers. Applied Energy, 286, Article 116513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116513

Widely distributed aquifers have been proposed as effective storage reservoirs for compressed air energy storage (CAES). This aims to overcome the limitations of geological conditions for conventional utility-scale CAES, which has to date used cavern... Read More about The promise and challenges of utility-scale compressed air energy storage in aquifers.

Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Grady-Dominguez, P., Ragen, J., Sterman, J., Spencer, G., Tranter, P., Villeneuve, M., & Bundy, A. (2021). Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), Article 1008. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031008

Risky play is challenging, exciting play with the possibility of physical, social, or emotional harm. Through risky play, children learn, develop, and experience wellbeing. Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities than their typically deve... Read More about Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities.

Energy, Exergy, and Thermo-Economic Analysis of Renewable Energy-Driven Polygeneration Systems for Sustainable Desalination (2021)
Journal Article
Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., & Onishi, V. C. (2021). Energy, Exergy, and Thermo-Economic Analysis of Renewable Energy-Driven Polygeneration Systems for Sustainable Desalination. Processes, 9(2), Article 210. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9020210

Reliable production of freshwater and energy is vital for tackling two of the most critical issues the world is facing today: climate change and sustainable development. In this light, a comprehensive review is performed on the foremost renewable ene... Read More about Energy, Exergy, and Thermo-Economic Analysis of Renewable Energy-Driven Polygeneration Systems for Sustainable Desalination.

Unity in diversity? When advocacy coalitions and policy beliefs grow trees in South Africa (2021)
Journal Article
Malkamäki, A., Ylä-Anttila, T., Brockhaus, M., Toppinen, A., & Wagner, P. M. (2021). Unity in diversity? When advocacy coalitions and policy beliefs grow trees in South Africa. Land Use Policy, 102, Article 105283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105283

Competing coalitions can stabilise policymaking and hinder policy changes that are required to address the mounting pressures on land use systems across the globe. Thus, understanding the driving forces of coalition formation is important. This paper... Read More about Unity in diversity? When advocacy coalitions and policy beliefs grow trees in South Africa.

Llama-Low Latency Adaptive Media Algorithm (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyko, T., Broadbent, M., Race, N., Nilsson, M., Farrow, P., & Appleby, S. (2020, December). Llama-Low Latency Adaptive Media Algorithm. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM), Naples, Italy

In the recent years, HTTP Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) streaming including Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) has become the most popular technology for video streaming over the Internet. The client device requests segments of content using HTTP,... Read More about Llama-Low Latency Adaptive Media Algorithm.

Factors related to quality of life of people living with HIV in Alicante, Spain (2021)
Journal Article
García-López, Y. L., Bernal-Soriano, M. C., Torrús-Tendero, D., Delgado, J., & Castejón-Bolea, R. (2021). Factors related to quality of life of people living with HIV in Alicante, Spain. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, 39(3), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eimce.2020.03.006

Purpose
To analyze the determinants that influence the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV in Alicante (Spain).

Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted, which recruited 214 Spanish-speaking participants over 18 years o... Read More about Factors related to quality of life of people living with HIV in Alicante, Spain.

Deep Sparse Auto-Encoder Features Learning for Arabic Text Recognition (2021)
Journal Article
Rahal, N., Tounsi, M., Hussain, A., & Alimi, A. M. (2021). Deep Sparse Auto-Encoder Features Learning for Arabic Text Recognition. IEEE Access, 9, 18569-18584. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3053618

One of the most recent challenging issues of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence is Arabic text recognition. This research topic is still a pervasive and unaddressed research field, because of several factors. Complications arise due to t... Read More about Deep Sparse Auto-Encoder Features Learning for Arabic Text Recognition.

Career-first: an approach to sustainable labour market integration (2021)
Journal Article
Fuertes, V., McQuaid, R., & Robertson, P. J. (2021). Career-first: an approach to sustainable labour market integration. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 429-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09451-2

Active labour market policies aim at supporting people entering and, importantly, remaining in the labour market. Initiatives to this end have often been characterised by a mixture of ‘human capital’ and ‘work-first’ approaches, although both have ha... Read More about Career-first: an approach to sustainable labour market integration.

Considering Generic Study Skills and the roles of Academic Advisers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (2021, January). Considering Generic Study Skills and the roles of Academic Advisers. Presented at ScotHELD Winter 2021 Conference, Online

In this short session we draw on work we have done over a number of years but primarily on a recent paper published in Teaching in Higher Education entitled ‘Study Skills: neoliberalism’s perfect Tinkerbell.’ We outline our own roles in the UK and Au... Read More about Considering Generic Study Skills and the roles of Academic Advisers.

Moral Injury and ICD-11 Complex PTSD (CPTSD) Symptoms among Treatment-Seeking Veterans in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Currier, J. M., Foster, J. D., Karatzias, T., & Murphy, D. (2021). Moral Injury and ICD-11 Complex PTSD (CPTSD) Symptoms among Treatment-Seeking Veterans in the United Kingdom. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(4), 417-421. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000921

Military veterans often encounter events with chronic or repeated traumas of an interpersonal nature that might lead to emotional, relational, and spiritual suffering. Research is needed to assess whether and/or how emerging conceptions of moral inju... Read More about Moral Injury and ICD-11 Complex PTSD (CPTSD) Symptoms among Treatment-Seeking Veterans in the United Kingdom.

A New Functional Composite for Photovoltaic and Sensor Applications (2021)
Journal Article
Ghosh, P., Roy, A., Mukhopadhyay, S., Narjinary, M., Sundaram, S., Sen, S., & Devi, P. S. (2021). A New Functional Composite for Photovoltaic and Sensor Applications. Advanced Electronic Materials, 7(3), Article 2000785. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202000785

As a preliminary drive to eventually develop dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)-powered gas sensors, many oxide-based systems have been explored to fabricate sensors that can show response at room temperature for any analyte gas. As an outcome of recen... Read More about A New Functional Composite for Photovoltaic and Sensor Applications.

Can Twitter messaging help corporations mitigate the impact of ethical scandals? We topic-model pre-scandal tweets of 92 ‘offenders’ to investigate (2021)
Journal Article
Raheja, S., & Chipulu, M. (2021). Can Twitter messaging help corporations mitigate the impact of ethical scandals? We topic-model pre-scandal tweets of 92 ‘offenders’ to investigate. Society and Business Review, 16(3), 420-441. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-10-2020-0122

Purpose – In this exploratory study, we examine whether Twitter messaging can help mitigate the harm corporations suffer in the aftermath of ethical scandals.
Design/methodology/approach – We apply web Application Programming Interfaces (API) on the... Read More about Can Twitter messaging help corporations mitigate the impact of ethical scandals? We topic-model pre-scandal tweets of 92 ‘offenders’ to investigate.

Sibling sexual abuse: A knowledge and practice overview (2021)
Report
Yates, P., & Allardyce, S. (2021). Sibling sexual abuse: A knowledge and practice overview. London: Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse

This paper aims to provide an accessible resource to help professionals think through the issues and challenges raised by sibling sexual abuse. It presents an overview of the current research and practice knowledge and covers: ‣ sexual behaviour bet... Read More about Sibling sexual abuse: A knowledge and practice overview.

Experimental and theoretical study of bond behaviour between FRP bar and high-volume fly ash-self-compacting concrete (2021)
Journal Article
Zheng, Y., Zhou, N., Zhou, L., Zhang, H., Li, H., & Zhou, Y. (2021). Experimental and theoretical study of bond behaviour between FRP bar and high-volume fly ash-self-compacting concrete. Materials and Structures, 54, Article 27 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-021-01624-x

The combination of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) and high-volume fly ash self-compacting concrete (HVFA-SCC) reinforced is expected to solve the problem of steel corrosion in traditional structures and develop sustainable infrastructures. Bond behav... Read More about Experimental and theoretical study of bond behaviour between FRP bar and high-volume fly ash-self-compacting concrete.

On The Usefulness of Self-Attention for Automatic Speech Recognition with Transformers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, S., Loweimi, E., Bell, P., & Renals, S. (2021, January). On The Usefulness of Self-Attention for Automatic Speech Recognition with Transformers. Presented at 2021 IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT), Shenzhen, China

Self-attention models such as Transformers, which can capture temporal relationships without being limited by the distance between events, have given competitive speech recognition results. However, we note the range of the learned context increases... Read More about On The Usefulness of Self-Attention for Automatic Speech Recognition with Transformers.