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The ‘building paradox’: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention (2020)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Crawford, R., Stephan, A., Hart, J., & D'Amico, B. (2023). The ‘building paradox’: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention. Emerald Open Research, 1(5), https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13838.1

The construction and operation of buildings is a major contributor to global energy demand, greenhouse gases emissions, resource depletion, waste generation, and associated environmental effects, such as climate change, pollution and habitat destruct... Read More about The ‘building paradox’: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention.

The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas (2020)
Journal Article
Williams, B., & Murray, J. (2021). The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas. Psychological Reports, 124(6), 2453-2475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120945602

If illness behaviour is to be fully understood, the social and behavioural sciences must work together to understand the wider forms in which illness is experienced and communicated with individuals and society. The current paper synthesised literat... Read More about The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas.

A Survey on Reconfigurable Microstrip Filter–Antenna Integration: Recent Developments and Challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Tu, Y., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Abdulkhaleq, A. M., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2020). A Survey on Reconfigurable Microstrip Filter–Antenna Integration: Recent Developments and Challenges. Electronics, 9(8), Article 1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9081249

Reconfigurable and tunable radio frequency (RF) and microwave (MW) components have become exciting topics for many researchers and design engineers in recent years. Reconfigurable microstrip filter–antenna combinations have been studied in the litera... Read More about A Survey on Reconfigurable Microstrip Filter–Antenna Integration: Recent Developments and Challenges.

Speaker Identification: Variations of a Human voice (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kinkiri, S., & Keates, S. (2020). Speaker Identification: Variations of a Human voice. In 2020 International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication Engineering (ICACCE). https://doi.org/10.1109/icacce49060.2020.9154998

Communication is an essential part of human life. We humans use speech (words) to convey information to each other. Vocal tract characteristics in a human voice help identify a speaker. However, human speech signals are language independent and infor... Read More about Speaker Identification: Variations of a Human voice.

Seven Devils (2020)
Book
May, E., & Lam, L. (2020). Seven Devils. London: Gollancz

A space opera co-written with Elizabeth May, published through DAW Books and Gollancz in 2020.

A #5 UK Sunday Times Bestseller
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Are patient outcomes improved by models of professionally-led community HIV management which aim to be person-centred? A systematic review of the evidence (2020)
Journal Article
Abboah-Offei, M., Bristowe, K., & Harding, R. (2021). Are patient outcomes improved by models of professionally-led community HIV management which aim to be person-centred? A systematic review of the evidence. AIDS care, 33(9), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1798865

UNAIDS advocates person-centred care (PCC) for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to improve outcomes and wellbeing. We appraised the evidence of person-centred models of community HIV care delivered or led by trained healthcare professionals and it... Read More about Are patient outcomes improved by models of professionally-led community HIV management which aim to be person-centred? A systematic review of the evidence.

Can we talk about it? A qualitative study exploring occupational therapists’ decision making in judging when to ask an older person about drinking alcohol (2020)
Journal Article
Maclean, F., Dewing, J., Kantartzis, S., Breckenridge, J. P., & McCormack, B. (2022). Can we talk about it? A qualitative study exploring occupational therapists’ decision making in judging when to ask an older person about drinking alcohol. Ageing and society, 42(3), 521-538. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x20000951

Older people now currently drink alcohol more frequently than previous generations, indicating a need to understand how this influences health and wellbeing in older adults. However, knowledge and awareness of the changing role alcohol plays in the l... Read More about Can we talk about it? A qualitative study exploring occupational therapists’ decision making in judging when to ask an older person about drinking alcohol.

A Comprehensive Survey of “Metamaterial Transmission-Line Based Antennas: Design, Challenges, and Applications” (2020)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Azpilicueta, L., Naser-Moghadasi, M., Akinsolu, M. O., See, C. H., Liu, B., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Falcone, F., Huynen, I., Denidni, T. A., & Limiti, E. (2020). A Comprehensive Survey of “Metamaterial Transmission-Line Based Antennas: Design, Challenges, and Applications”. IEEE Access, 8, 144778-144808. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3013698

In this review paper, a comprehensive study on the concept, theory, and applications of composite right/left-handed transmission lines (CRLH-TLs) by considering their use in antenna system designs have been provided. It is shown that CRLH-TLs with ne... Read More about A Comprehensive Survey of “Metamaterial Transmission-Line Based Antennas: Design, Challenges, and Applications”.

Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter (2020)
Journal Article
Pitropakis, N., Kokot, K., Gkatzia, D., Ludwiniak, R., Mylonas, A., & Kandias, M. (2020). Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, 2(3), 192-215. https://doi.org/10.3390/make2030011

The proliferation of social media platforms changed the way people interact online. However, engagement with social media comes with a price, the users’ privacy. Breaches of users’ privacy, such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal, can reveal how the... Read More about Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter.

On the Outside: film-making as story-telling through introspective re-enactment, and the significance of anonymity in the spoken word (2020)
Journal Article
Gray, P. (2020). On the Outside: film-making as story-telling through introspective re-enactment, and the significance of anonymity in the spoken word. Media Practice and Education, 21(3), 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2020.1800299

On the Outside (On the Outside. 2019. Film. Directed by Paul Gray. UK: Good Well Films), is a 42 minute film that is the outcome of a participatory film project involving women serving sentences in HM Prison Polmont, Scotland. Scripts were developed... Read More about On the Outside: film-making as story-telling through introspective re-enactment, and the significance of anonymity in the spoken word.

ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD (CPTSD) and Adjustment Disorder (AjD): The importance of stressors and traumatic life events (2020)
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Fyvie, C., Grandison, G., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2021). ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD (CPTSD) and Adjustment Disorder (AjD): The importance of stressors and traumatic life events. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 34(2), 191-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2020.1803006

Background
Although ICD-11 adjustment (AjD), posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and complex posttraumatic stress (CPTSD) are commonly diagnosed disorders following exposure to stressful or traumatic life events, their dimensional structure and co-occurren... Read More about ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD (CPTSD) and Adjustment Disorder (AjD): The importance of stressors and traumatic life events.

Trade union responses to precarious employment: the role of power resources in defending precarious flight attendants in Ryanair (2020)
Journal Article
Mendonça, P. (2020). Trade union responses to precarious employment: the role of power resources in defending precarious flight attendants in Ryanair. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 26(4), 431-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258920944294

Drawing on a case study on the civil airline industry in Portugal, this article addresses the impact of precarious employment on trade union action and examines the conditions under which trade unions defend precarious workers’ interests. Using a pow... Read More about Trade union responses to precarious employment: the role of power resources in defending precarious flight attendants in Ryanair.

Digital contact-tracing and pandemics: Institutional and technological preparedness in Africa (2020)
Journal Article
Arakpogun, E. O., Elsahn, Z., Prime, K. S., Gerli, P., & Olan, F. (2020). Digital contact-tracing and pandemics: Institutional and technological preparedness in Africa. World Development, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105105

Several countries in Africa have either deployed or considering using digital contact-tracing (DCT) as part of their Covid-19 containment strategy, amidst calls for the use of technology to improve the efficiency of traditional contact-tracing. We di... Read More about Digital contact-tracing and pandemics: Institutional and technological preparedness in Africa.

Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2020, August). Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki

Secondary music courses in Scotland currently do not provide applicants with the necessary knowledge, understanding or skillsets to be able to engage with music study at HE. Based on research conducted by the authors in 2016, it is clear that there i... Read More about Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers.

Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, August). Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki

Moir, Z. (2020, August). Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki.

Film: Do No Harm (2020)
Digital Artefact
King, D., & O'Connor, A. (2020). Film: Do No Harm. [Film]

A tense, amusing and ultimately hopeful OCD-heist movie, starring Claudie Blakley (Gosford Park, Pride & Prejudice) and Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary, Dumbo, Barbie), and punctuated with a standout score by Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, Do No Harm is a... Read More about Film: Do No Harm.