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Research Impact Value and Library and Information Science (RIVAL): development, implementation and outcomes of a Scottish network for LIS researchers and practitioners (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H., & Ryan, B. (2020, October). Research Impact Value and Library and Information Science (RIVAL): development, implementation and outcomes of a Scottish network for LIS researchers and practitioners. Presented at 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)

The research-practice gap in Library and Information Science (LIS) is well documented, especially in respect of the difficulties of translating research into practice, and resultant lost opportunities. While many researchers attempt to explain this r... Read More about Research Impact Value and Library and Information Science (RIVAL): development, implementation and outcomes of a Scottish network for LIS researchers and practitioners.

Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2020, October). Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research. Presented at 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science and Technology, Virtual

Individuals’ cultural backgrounds influence their use of societal resources, including libraries. A literature search and review was completed on the treatment of culture in library and information science (LIS) in the body of work on information beh... Read More about Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research.

The influence of traffic, geometric and context variables on urban crash types: a grouped random parameter multinomial logit approach (2020)
Journal Article
Intini, P., Berloco, N., Fonzone, A., Fountas, G., & Ranieri, V. (2020). The influence of traffic, geometric and context variables on urban crash types: a grouped random parameter multinomial logit approach. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 28, Article 100141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amar.2020.100141

Numerous road safety studies have been dedicated to the estimation of crash frequency and injury severity models. However, previous research has shown that different factors may influence the occurrence of crashes of different types. In this study, a... Read More about The influence of traffic, geometric and context variables on urban crash types: a grouped random parameter multinomial logit approach.

Gendered experiences of leading and managing through COVID-19: patriarchy and precarity (2020)
Journal Article
Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (2020). Gendered experiences of leading and managing through COVID-19: patriarchy and precarity. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 35(7/8), 737-744. https://doi.org/10.1108/gm-09-2020-0274

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to highlight key issues for women managers, leaders and precarious academic women during COVID-19 in organisations and in academy.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper shares the authors’ personal experienc... Read More about Gendered experiences of leading and managing through COVID-19: patriarchy and precarity.

Validation and factor structure of the Italian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2020)
Journal Article
Nespoli, A., Colciago, E., Fumagalli, S., Locatelli, A., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2021). Validation and factor structure of the Italian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 39(5), 516-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2020.1836333

Objective
To validate the Italian-language version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) and report key measurement properties of the tool. To evaluate the impact of antenatal class attendance on BSS-R assessed birth satisfaction.

Backg... Read More about Validation and factor structure of the Italian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

A Comprehensive Survey on “Various Decoupling Mechanisms With Focus on Metamaterial and Metasurface Principles Applicable to SAR and MIMO Antenna Systems” (2020)
Journal Article
Althuwayb, A. A., Alibakhshikenari, M., Babaeian, F., Virdee, B. S., Aïssa, S., Azpilicueta, L., See, C. H., Huynen, I., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2020). A Comprehensive Survey on “Various Decoupling Mechanisms With Focus on Metamaterial and Metasurface Principles Applicable to SAR and MIMO Antenna Systems”. IEEE Access, 8, 192965-193004. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3032826

Nowadays synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna systems with the capability to radiate waves in more than one pattern and polarization are playing a key role in modern telecommunication and radar systems. Thi... Read More about A Comprehensive Survey on “Various Decoupling Mechanisms With Focus on Metamaterial and Metasurface Principles Applicable to SAR and MIMO Antenna Systems”.

Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems (2020)
Journal Article
Allard, S. M., Costa, M. T., Bulseco, A. N., Helfer, V., Wilkins, L. G. E., Hassenrück, C., Zengler, K., Zimmer, M., Erazo, N., Mazza Rodrigues, J. L., Duke, N., Melo, V. M. M., Vanwonterghem, I., Junca, H., Makonde, H. M., Jiménez, D. J., Tavares, T. C. L., Fusi, M., Daffonchio, D., Duarte, C. M., …Bowman, J. (2020). Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems. mSystems, 5(5), https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00658-20

Mangrove ecosystems provide important ecological benefits and ecosystem services, including carbon storage and coastline stabilization, but they also suffer great anthropogenic pressures. Microorganisms associated with mangrove sediments and the rhiz... Read More about Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems.

The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge (2020)
Book Chapter
Lawson, S. (2020). The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge. In M. P. Eve, & J. Gray (Eds.), Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access (161-172). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11885.001.0001

To complement contemporary discussions on open access, this chapter considers public libraries as one element of the longer history of access to scholarly knowledge. A historical perspective reveals that access to knowledge has undergone a long, slow... Read More about The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge.

Fault diagnosis based on extremely randomized trees in wireless sensor networks (2020)
Journal Article
Saeed, U., Jan, S. U., Lee, Y.-D., & Koo, I. (2021). Fault diagnosis based on extremely randomized trees in wireless sensor networks. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 205, Article 107284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2020.107284

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) being highly diversified cyber–physical system makes it vulnerable to numerous failures, which can cause devastation towards safety, economy, and systems’ reliability. Precise detection and diagnosis of failures or fault... Read More about Fault diagnosis based on extremely randomized trees in wireless sensor networks.

Estimation of component contributions to total terrestrial water storage change in the Yangtze River basin (2020)
Journal Article
Chao, N., Jin, T., Cai, Z., Chen, G., Liu, X., & Wang, Z. (2021). Estimation of component contributions to total terrestrial water storage change in the Yangtze River basin. Journal of Hydrology, 595, Article 125661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125661

Terrestrial water storage (TWS) is a key variable in global and regional hydrological cycles. In this study, the TWS changes in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) were derived using the Lagrange multiplier method (LMM) from Gravity Recovery and Climate Ex... Read More about Estimation of component contributions to total terrestrial water storage change in the Yangtze River basin.

Coronavirus Pandemic and Disruptive Impact on Marketing and Consumers (2020)
Journal Article
Baghdasaryan, L., & Sirkeci, I. (2020). Coronavirus Pandemic and Disruptive Impact on Marketing and Consumers. Transnational Marketing Journal, 8(2), 133-134. https://doi.org/10.33182/tmj.v8i2.1180

A year full of exciting expectations, technological innovations and business opportunities, this is how 2020 was predicted to be by many business analysts and experts. However, some unexpected events followed since the identification of COVID-19 in C... Read More about Coronavirus Pandemic and Disruptive Impact on Marketing and Consumers.

Too Much Drama Defining Film in UK Copyright Law (2020)
Journal Article
Sellors, C. P. (2020). Too Much Drama Defining Film in UK Copyright Law. Journal of Media Law, 12(2), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2020.1831141

In Norowzian v Arks Ltd. (No.2) the Court of Appeal determined that the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 protects films as dramatic works. What, conceptually and in practice, this means is not clear. This article examines and compares the hist... Read More about Too Much Drama Defining Film in UK Copyright Law.

The dark side of occupation: an historical review of occupational therapy (2020)
Book Chapter
Anne McKay, E. (2020). The dark side of occupation: an historical review of occupational therapy. In R. Twinley (Ed.), lluminating the Dark Side of Occupation: International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429266256-4

This chapter will present a historical perspective of why we did not explore or engage with people involved with these occupations until now. It is useful to state upfront that it is not the occupation that is dark: it is the motivations for engagin... Read More about The dark side of occupation: an historical review of occupational therapy.

Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Shevlin, M., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Gibson Miller, J., Hartman, T. K., Levita, L., Mason, L., Martinez, A. P., McKay, R., Stocks, T. V., Bennett, K. M., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., & Bentall, R. P. (2020). Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic. BJPsych Open, 6(6), Article e125. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.109

Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented global crisis necessitating drastic changes to living conditions, social-life, personal freedom and economic activity. No study has yet examined the presence of psychiatric symptoms in th... Read More about Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia (2020)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., & Melkumyan, A. (2021). Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 309-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09443-2

This article provides an account of current public policy for career guidance in the Republic of Armenia. Brief background information is provided in terms of key geographical, political, social and economic facts about Armenia. Then, a more specific... Read More about Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia.

A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance (2020)
Journal Article
Egdell, V., & Robertson, P. J. (2021). A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 447-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09445-0

In this article, we provide a balanced critique of Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) with reference to its potential to inform career guidance theory and practice. There are varying understandings and interpretations of the CA. Some see capabilities as... Read More about A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance.