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Basal activation of astrocytic Nrf2 in neuronal culture media: challenges and implications for neuron-astrocyte modelling (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Elsharkasi, M., Villani, B., Wells, G., & Kerr, F. Basal activation of astrocytic Nrf2 in neuronal culture media: challenges and implications for neuron-astrocyte modelling

As a gate-keeper of anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and xenobiotic cell protection mechanisms, the transcription factor Nrf2 has been implicated as a promising therapeutic target for several neurodegenerative diseases, leading to the development of N... Read More about Basal activation of astrocytic Nrf2 in neuronal culture media: challenges and implications for neuron-astrocyte modelling.

Did you learn what to eat from your parents? A test of the early learning of the foraging niche hypothesis in great tits Parus major (2024)
Journal Article
Olivé-Muñiz, M., Pagani-Núñez, E., Kretzmann, M., & Carlos Senar, J. (online). Did you learn what to eat from your parents? A test of the early learning of the foraging niche hypothesis in great tits Parus major. Journal of Avian Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03335

A growing number of studies suggest that individuals can develop long-term foraging specializations independently of phenotypic or environmental variation, yet little is known about how the foraging niche is acquired. The early learning of the foragi... Read More about Did you learn what to eat from your parents? A test of the early learning of the foraging niche hypothesis in great tits Parus major.

Dynamic spillover effects and interconnectedness of DeFi assets, commodities, and Islamic stock markets during crises (2024)
Journal Article
Younis, I., Du, A. M., Gupta, H., & Ullah Shah, W. (2024). Dynamic spillover effects and interconnectedness of DeFi assets, commodities, and Islamic stock markets during crises. International Review of Financial Analysis, 96(Part A), Article 103563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103563

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) assets, commodities, and Islamic stock market cointegration are affected by technological innovations, market dynamics, investor behavior, and crises. This study investigates the dynamics of returns and volatility for thr... Read More about Dynamic spillover effects and interconnectedness of DeFi assets, commodities, and Islamic stock markets during crises.

A Controversy around Single Parental Authority after Divorce in Japanese Family Law - a Happy Ending for the Parents and Children? (2024)
Journal Article
Piegzik, M. A. (2024). A Controversy around Single Parental Authority after Divorce in Japanese Family Law - a Happy Ending for the Parents and Children?. The Warsaw East Law Review, 1(3), 67-86

Japan is one example of a democratic state governed by the rule of law, which ratified international conventions on children’s rights, yet it has been struggling with their full implementation. A vivid example of such a problem is the system of singl... Read More about A Controversy around Single Parental Authority after Divorce in Japanese Family Law - a Happy Ending for the Parents and Children?.

A Machine Responds to the Preoccupations of an Ageing Man (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2024, December). A Machine Responds to the Preoccupations of an Ageing Man. Paper presented at "Memory, Melancholy and Nostalgia" International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, Poland

Talent identification and development strategies in elite women’s soccer: a pan-European perspective (2024)
Journal Article
McEwan, G. P., Unnithan, V. B., Carter, M., Dugdale, J. H., & Datson, N. (online). Talent identification and development strategies in elite women’s soccer: a pan-European perspective. Science and Medicine in Football, https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2024.2404920

The question of how best to identify and develop youth soccer players has received considerable attention from the scientific community. Existing literature has, however, largely focused on male players, with comparatively little exploration of the s... Read More about Talent identification and development strategies in elite women’s soccer: a pan-European perspective.

Strategic public value(s) governance: A systematic literature review and framework for analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Thabit, S., Sancino, A., & Mora, L. (online). Strategic public value(s) governance: A systematic literature review and framework for analysis. Public Administration Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13877

This article offers evidence‐based understanding of public value creation in multi‐actor collaborations by presenting the results of a systematic literature review of empirical studies published within the public administration field. Specifically, i... Read More about Strategic public value(s) governance: A systematic literature review and framework for analysis.

Sound design ideation: a structured and systematic analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Selfridge, R., Delle Monache, S., & Pauletto, S. (2024, September). Sound design ideation: a structured and systematic analysis. Paper presented at AM '24: Audio Mostly 2024 - Explorations in Sonic Cultures, Milan, Italy

Recent research identified sixteen dimensions along which sound designers make decisions when ideating and sketching sounds. These 16 dimensions can be grouped into “Overarching strategies”, “Design Strategies” and “Approaches to sound”. In this pape... Read More about Sound design ideation: a structured and systematic analysis.

Auditory Occlusion Based on the Human Body in the Direct Sound Path: Measured and Perceivable Effects (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McSeveney, S., Tamariz, M., McGregor, I., Koniaris, B., & Mitchell, K. (2024, September). Auditory Occlusion Based on the Human Body in the Direct Sound Path: Measured and Perceivable Effects. Presented at Audio Mostly 2024 - Explorations in Sonic Cultures, Milan, Italy

Audio plays a key role in the sense of immersion and presence in VR, as it correlates to improved enjoyment of content. We share results of a perception study on the ability of listeners to recognise auditory occlusion due to the presence of a human... Read More about Auditory Occlusion Based on the Human Body in the Direct Sound Path: Measured and Perceivable Effects.

Blue Carbon Ecosystems in Malaysia – Status, Threats, and the Way Forward for Research and Policy (2024)
Journal Article
Lee, S. L., Yin Chee, S., Huxham, M., Jamilah, M., Choo, J., Rita Kaur, C., Aldrie Amir, A., Lean Sim Ooi, J., Rozaimi, M., Omar, H., Sharma, S., Moritz, M., & Yee-Hui Then, A. (online). Blue Carbon Ecosystems in Malaysia – Status, Threats, and the Way Forward for Research and Policy. Journal of Environment and Development, https://doi.org/10.1177/10704965241284366

Malaysia hosts some of the most productive blue carbon ecosystems globally. Here we review the status of and known threats faced by local mangroves and seagrass and examine conservation prospects using carbon financing. Based on lessons learnt from b... Read More about Blue Carbon Ecosystems in Malaysia – Status, Threats, and the Way Forward for Research and Policy.

Experiences and Health Outcomes of Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Mixed Methods Study (2024)
Journal Article
Al Bayrakdar, A., Puzantian, H., Noureddine, S., Abu-Saad Huijer, H., Nasrallah, M., Joiner, K. L., Martyn-Nemeth, P., & Tfayli, H. (in press). Experiences and Health Outcomes of Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Mixed Methods Study. Nursing Research, https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000781

Background
Emerging adults with type 1 diabetes are at risk of poorer diabetes-related health outcomes than other age groups. Several factors affecting the health and experiences of the emerging adults are culture and healthcare specific.
Objectiv... Read More about Experiences and Health Outcomes of Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Mixed Methods Study.

Transparent RFID tag wall enabled by artificial intelligence for assisted living (2024)
Journal Article
Khan, M. Z., Usman, M., Tahir, A., Farooq, M., Qayyum, A., Ahmad, J., Abbas, H., Imran, M., & Abbasi, Q. H. (2024). Transparent RFID tag wall enabled by artificial intelligence for assisted living. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 18896. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64411-y

Current approaches to activity-assisted living (AAL) are complex, expensive, and intrusive, which reduces their practicality and end user acceptance. However, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and wireless communications offer new... Read More about Transparent RFID tag wall enabled by artificial intelligence for assisted living.

Information avoidance by younger adults with Type 1 diabetes: A preliminary empirical study (2024)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., & Webster, G. (2024). Information avoidance by younger adults with Type 1 diabetes: A preliminary empirical study. Information Research, 29(3), 56-73. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir293701

Introduction. People with Type 1 diabetes need to collect data to calculate their own insulin doses, and collect information about potential complications. However, information avoidance may be a barrier to such activities.
Method. A preliminary stu... Read More about Information avoidance by younger adults with Type 1 diabetes: A preliminary empirical study.

A New Zero Waste Design for a Manufacturing Approach for Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structural Components (2024)
Journal Article
Gonzalez-Delgado, D., Jaen-Sola, P., & Oterkus, E. (2024). A New Zero Waste Design for a Manufacturing Approach for Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structural Components. Machines, 12(9), Article 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12090643

An integrated structural optimization strategy was produced in this study for direct-drive electrical generator structures of offshore wind turbines, implementing a design for an additive manufacturing approach, and using generative design techniques... Read More about A New Zero Waste Design for a Manufacturing Approach for Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structural Components.

MTFDN: An image copy‐move forgery detection method based on multi‐task learning (2024)
Journal Article
Liang, P., Tu, H., Hussain, A., & Li, Z. (online). MTFDN: An image copy‐move forgery detection method based on multi‐task learning. Expert Systems, https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13729

Image copy-move forgery, where an image region is copied and pasted within the same image, is a simple yet widely employed manipulation. In this paper, we rethink copy-move forgery detection from the perspective of multi-task learning and summarize t... Read More about MTFDN: An image copy‐move forgery detection method based on multi‐task learning.

Translation and validation of the Czech Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2024)
Journal Article
Lochmannová, A., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (online). Translation and validation of the Czech Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2401828

Background
The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is a widely used, psychometrically robust and brief self-report measure of birth experience from the mothers perspective. The current study sought to adapt and validate the BSS-R for partners,... Read More about Translation and validation of the Czech Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

Digital Musicianship in Post-Pandemic Popular Music Education (2024)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., Moir, Z., Bell, A. P., Humberstone, J., & Hein, E. (in press). Digital Musicianship in Post-Pandemic Popular Music Education. International Journal of Music Education,

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about dramatic changes in popular music education, underscoring the importance of technology in both practice and transmission. Nevertheless, the celebration of technological integration as a one-stop solution has le... Read More about Digital Musicianship in Post-Pandemic Popular Music Education.

Coming and going: A narrative review exploring the push-pull factors during nurses’ careers (2024)
Journal Article
Ejebu, O.-Z., Philippou, J., Turnbull, J., Rafferty, A. M., Palmer, W., Prichard, J., Atherton, I., Jamieson, M., Rolewicz, L., Williams, M., & Ball, J. (2024). Coming and going: A narrative review exploring the push-pull factors during nurses’ careers. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 160, Article 104908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104908

Background: Shortages of nurses are one of the biggest challenges healthcare systems face around the world. Given the wide range of contexts and individuals working in nursing, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ retention strategy is unlikely to be effective. Kno... Read More about Coming and going: A narrative review exploring the push-pull factors during nurses’ careers.

The Performance of Frequency Fitness Assignment on JSSP for Different Problem Instance Sizes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pijning, I., Koppenhol, L., Dijkzeul, D., Brouwer, N., Thomson, S. L., & van den Berg, D. (2024, November). The Performance of Frequency Fitness Assignment on JSSP for Different Problem Instance Sizes. Paper presented at ECTA 2024: 16th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications, Porto, Portugal

This study compares the performance of the hillClimber algorithm to that of the hillClimber with a plugged in Frequency Fitness Assignment (FFA) method on the optimization of 240 Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) instances. The JSSP instances have b... Read More about The Performance of Frequency Fitness Assignment on JSSP for Different Problem Instance Sizes.