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A Self-Administered Gamified Mobile Application for Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease in Patients Following a Cardiac Event (MyHeartMate): Process Evaluation from a Randomized Controlled Trial (2024)
Journal Article
Gallagher, R., Neubeck, L., Davis, A., Redfern, J., Parker, H. M., Hyun, K., Chow, C., Celermajer, D. S., Buckley, T., Schumacher, T., Tofler, G., & Figtree, G. (online). A Self-Administered Gamified Mobile Application for Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease in Patients Following a Cardiac Event (MyHeartMate): Process Evaluation from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Games for health journal, https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2024.0174

Objective: This study reports the process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial of the MyHeartMate app for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).
Materials and Methods: Data were collected on engagement in the intervention group from the... Read More about A Self-Administered Gamified Mobile Application for Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease in Patients Following a Cardiac Event (MyHeartMate): Process Evaluation from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Nicotinic acid improves mitochondrial function and associated transcriptional pathways in older inactive males (2024)
Journal Article
Deane, C. S., Willis, C. R. G., Gallagher, I. J., Brook, M. S., Gharahdaghi, N., Wylie, L. J., Wilkinson, D. J., Smith, K., Atherton, P. J., & Etheridge, T. (in press). Nicotinic acid improves mitochondrial function and associated transcriptional pathways in older inactive males. Translational Exercise Biomedicine, 1(3-4), 277-294. https://doi.org/10.1515/teb-2024-0030

Objectives: To examine the effect of the NAD+ precursor, nicotinic acid (NA), for improving skeletal muscle status in sedentary older people. Methods: In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled design, 18 sedentary yet otherwise healthy older... Read More about Nicotinic acid improves mitochondrial function and associated transcriptional pathways in older inactive males.

Capacity and incapacity: an appropriate border for non-consensual interventions? (2024)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2025). Capacity and incapacity: an appropriate border for non-consensual interventions?. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 98, Article 102042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.102042

Those who support decision-making capacity as a criterion for non-consensual interventions for persons with mental disabilities (mental illness, learning disability, neurodivergence, acquired brain injury and dementia) argue that it creates parity be... Read More about Capacity and incapacity: an appropriate border for non-consensual interventions?.

Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Routine Hematology Cancer Care: A Scoping Review (2024)
Journal Article
Kirkpatrick, S., Campbell, K., Harding, S., & Rudd, S. (online). Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Routine Hematology Cancer Care: A Scoping Review. Cancer Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000001417

Background
Hematological cancers have devastating effects on patients’ physical, emotional, and psychosocial health. There is growing evidence to support the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) through validated tools. Although PROMs a... Read More about Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Routine Hematology Cancer Care: A Scoping Review.

An ultra-endurance event leads to changes in circulating regulatory T-cells, CD4+ naïve and CD8+ effector memory T-cells in the 48 h post-race recovery period (2024)
Journal Article
Lithgow, H., Gibson, L., Wilson, R., Guthrie, N., Ingram-Sills, L., Clifford, T., & Ross, M. (online). An ultra-endurance event leads to changes in circulating regulatory T-cells, CD4+ naïve and CD8+ effector memory T-cells in the 48 h post-race recovery period. European Journal of Applied Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-024-05677-y

Purpose Exercise is known to acutely affect T-lymphocyte populations in the peripheral blood, which is intensity- and duration-dependent. However, effects of longer duration endurance exercise (>5 h) on T-cells in the days following are unknown. The... Read More about An ultra-endurance event leads to changes in circulating regulatory T-cells, CD4+ naïve and CD8+ effector memory T-cells in the 48 h post-race recovery period.

Seasonal Variation in Vascular Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Future Research (2024)
Journal Article
Gordon, A., Ross, M., Weston, K., Neubeck, L., & Muggeridge, D. (online). Seasonal Variation in Vascular Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Future Research. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2024.2432562

Vascular function serves as a prognostic marker for cardiovascular disease and may exhibit seasonal variations due to lifestyle and environmental factors. Our systematic review aimed to determine whether seasonal variations in vascular function are p... Read More about Seasonal Variation in Vascular Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Future Research.

A Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial (2024)
Journal Article
Huang, A. R., Morales, E. G., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Couper, D., Deal, J. A., Glynn, N. W., Gmelin, T., Goman, A. M., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K. M., Mitchell, C. M., Pankow, J. S., Pike, J. R., Reed, N. S., Sanchez, V. A., Schrack, J. A., Sullivan, K. J., Coresh, J., Lin, F. R., & Chisolm, T. H. (2024). A Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 7(11), Article e2446591. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.46591

Importance
Health-related quality of life is a critical health outcome and a clinically important patient-reported outcome in clinical trials. Hearing loss is associated with poorer health-related quality-of-life in older adults.

Objective
T... Read More about A Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial.

Towards efficient IoT communication for smart agriculture: A deep learning framework (2024)
Journal Article
Alturif, G., Saleh, W., El-Bary, A. A., & Osman, R. A. (2024). Towards efficient IoT communication for smart agriculture: A deep learning framework. PLOS ONE, 19(11), Article e0311601. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311601

The integration of IoT (Internet of Things) devices has emerged as a technical cornerstone in the landscape of modern agriculture, revolutionising the way farming practises are viewed and managed. Smart farming, enabled by interconnected sensors and... Read More about Towards efficient IoT communication for smart agriculture: A deep learning framework.

Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning (2024)
Journal Article
Kitchen, E., Goh, E., Steriopolous, E., Harkison, T., Drake, C., Robertson, M., Losekoot, E., & Waterston, L. (online). Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning. Studies in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2420868

Authentic learning is a critical pedagogy and curriculum requirement in higher education to better prepare students for future workforce requirements. As such, educators adopt a range of authentic learning tasks such as work-integrated learning, indu... Read More about Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning.

New Signs for Animation: AnimSign - presentation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mortimer, J. (2024, November). New Signs for Animation: AnimSign - presentation. Presented at CTN (Creative Talent Network) Animation Expo 2024, Burbank, California, USA

Material matters: recommendations for the analysis of relational spaces in sociotechnical transition studies (2024)
Journal Article
Lykouras, I., & Mora, L. (2025). Material matters: recommendations for the analysis of relational spaces in sociotechnical transition studies. Technology in Society, 80, Article 102764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102764

This Opinion Paper examines the interplay between materiality, relational spaces, and technological change dynamics. The objective is to introduce a novel theoretical perspective and a structured analytical process designed to enrich the investigatio... Read More about Material matters: recommendations for the analysis of relational spaces in sociotechnical transition studies.

Unveiling the Significance of Graphene Nanoplatelet (GNP) Localization in Tuning the Performance of PP/HDPE Blends (2024)
Journal Article
Salehiyan, R., El-Samak, A. A., Kamkar, M., Erfanian, E., Hodge, S. A., Sundararaj, U., & McNally, T. (2024). Unveiling the Significance of Graphene Nanoplatelet (GNP) Localization in Tuning the Performance of PP/HDPE Blends. Materials, 17(22), Article 5673. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17225673

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) blends are widely used in industries requiring mechanically durable materials, yet the impact of processing parameters on blend performance remains underexplored. This study investigates the inf... Read More about Unveiling the Significance of Graphene Nanoplatelet (GNP) Localization in Tuning the Performance of PP/HDPE Blends.

Breaking away from family control? Collaboration among political organisations and social media endorsement among their constituents (2024)
Journal Article
Wagner, P. M., Malkamäki, A., & Ylä-Anttila, T. (online). Breaking away from family control? Collaboration among political organisations and social media endorsement among their constituents. Policy Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-024-09553-6

Coalitions that engage in political advocacy are constituted by organisations, which are made up of individuals and organisational subunits. Comparing the coalitions formed by organisations to the those formed by their constituent parts provides a me... Read More about Breaking away from family control? Collaboration among political organisations and social media endorsement among their constituents.

Optimal DC link voltage stabilisation technique for a grid-connected PV system (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, T., Kahwash, F., Ahmed, J., & Goh, K. (2024, September). Optimal DC link voltage stabilisation technique for a grid-connected PV system. Paper presented at ECCE Europe 2024, Darmstadt, Germany

The utilisation of renewable energy (RES) powered microgrids has seen significant growth due to environmental concerns. These RES resources are often integrated with the grid through a DC link. Maintaining the DC link voltage at a specified level is... Read More about Optimal DC link voltage stabilisation technique for a grid-connected PV system.

Reframing discourses of healthcare “helping” in volunteer tourism: Critical interculturality, liberation theology, and Latin America (2024)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2024). Reframing discourses of healthcare “helping” in volunteer tourism: Critical interculturality, liberation theology, and Latin America. In F. Dervin (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Critical Interculturality in Communication and Education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003513940-37

This chapter discusses critical interculturality as the socio-historical context against which individuals’ intercultural communications and developing intercultural competence may be understood. The individuals are short-term sojourners, primarily y... Read More about Reframing discourses of healthcare “helping” in volunteer tourism: Critical interculturality, liberation theology, and Latin America.

Barriers to the Adoption of Smart Building Technology in Developing Countries: An Empirical Survey (2024)
Journal Article
Ejidike, C. C., Mewomo, M. C., Olawumi, T., Wang, S., & Kamil Buniya, M. (in press). Barriers to the Adoption of Smart Building Technology in Developing Countries: An Empirical Survey. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management,

Smart building technology (SBT) has been a prominent practical and academic topic in the built environment due to adopting sustainable development and digitization to maximize energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and maximize thermal comfort. Wh... Read More about Barriers to the Adoption of Smart Building Technology in Developing Countries: An Empirical Survey.

An Attention‐Driven Hybrid Deep Neural Network for Enhanced Heart Disease Classification (2024)
Journal Article
Lilhore, U. K., Simaiya, S., Alhussein, M., Dalal, S., Aurangzeb, K., & Hussain, A. (2025). An Attention‐Driven Hybrid Deep Neural Network for Enhanced Heart Disease Classification. Expert Systems, 42(2), Article e13791. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13791

Heart disease continues to be a primary cause of mortality globally, highlighting the critical necessity for efficient early prediction and classification techniques. This study presents a new hybrid model attention-based CNN-Bi-LSTM that integrates... Read More about An Attention‐Driven Hybrid Deep Neural Network for Enhanced Heart Disease Classification.

A Novel Multi-Sensor Nonlinear Tightly-Coupled Framework for Composite Robot Localization and Mapping (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, L., Hussain, A., Liu, Y., Tan, J., Li, Y., Yang, Y., Ma, H., Fu, S., & Li, G. (2024). A Novel Multi-Sensor Nonlinear Tightly-Coupled Framework for Composite Robot Localization and Mapping. Sensors, 24(22), Article 7381. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24227381

Composite robots often encounter difficulties due to changes in illumination, external disturbances, reflective surface effects, and cumulative errors. These challenges significantly hinder their capabilities in environmental perception and the accur... Read More about A Novel Multi-Sensor Nonlinear Tightly-Coupled Framework for Composite Robot Localization and Mapping.

A New Age for Academic Integrity? Rethinking Assessment Security (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaleel, F. (2024, November). A New Age for Academic Integrity? Rethinking Assessment Security. Presented at Future of HE Assessment 2024, Online

What counts as misconduct in the age of AI and how do we define the parameters?

Recognising the barriers to effective AI detection and exploring how we can embrace AI in the assessment process

How should assessment design be reimagined to suppo... Read More about A New Age for Academic Integrity? Rethinking Assessment Security.