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Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM (2020)
Journal Article
Elhendawi, A., Omar, H., Elbeltagi, E., & Smith, A. (2020). Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM. International Journal of BIM and Engineering Science, 2(2), 1-22

Typically, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is considered one of the most effective contributor to the national developments worldwide. However, the AEC industry is facing myriad challenges due to the pressing calls for... Read More about Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM.

Using MAP-Elites to support policy making around Workforce Scheduling and Routing (2020)
Journal Article
Urquhart, N., Hart, E., & Hutcheson, W. (2020). Using MAP-Elites to support policy making around Workforce Scheduling and Routing. Automatisierungstechnik, 68(2), https://doi.org/10.1515/auto-2019-0107

English abstract: Algorithms such as MAP-Elites provide a means of allowing users to explore a solution space by returning an archive of high-performing solutions. Such an archive, can allow the user an overview of the solution space which may be use... Read More about Using MAP-Elites to support policy making around Workforce Scheduling and Routing.

Leaveism: A scoping study and recommendations for HRM practice (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, J., Pustelnikovaite, T., & Ellis, V. (2020, January). Leaveism: A scoping study and recommendations for HRM practice. Paper presented at CIPD Applied Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland

Richards, J., Pustelnikovaite, T., & Ellis, V. (2020, January). Leaveism: A scoping study and recommendations for HRM practice. Paper presented at CIPD Applied Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Routine exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation does not increase aerobic fitness: A CARE CR study (2020)
Journal Article
Nichols, S., Taylor, C., Goodman, T., Page, R., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Nation, F., Clark, A., Birkett, S., Carroll, S., & Ingle, L. (2020). Routine exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation does not increase aerobic fitness: A CARE CR study. International Journal of Cardiology, 305, 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.01.044

Background
Recent evidence suggests that routine exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) may not lead to a substantial increase in estimated peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak). This could reduce the potential benefits of CR and explain why CR no longe... Read More about Routine exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation does not increase aerobic fitness: A CARE CR study.

Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review (2020)
Journal Article
Chanchangi, Y. N., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 121, Article 109704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.109704

The accumulation of dust on photovoltaic (PV) devices has an adverse impact by degrading their performance. In this work, a review of the effects of dust accumulation on PV module performance and measures to mitigate them have been provided. Energy l... Read More about Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review.

Orthogonally dual‐polarised MIMO antenna array with pattern diversity for use in 5G smartphones (2020)
Journal Article
Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Al‐Yasir, Y. I., Jahanbakhsh Basherlou, H., Abd‐Alhameed, R. A., & Noras, J. M. (2020). Orthogonally dual‐polarised MIMO antenna array with pattern diversity for use in 5G smartphones. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 14(6), 457-467. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2019.0328

A new multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) antenna design is introduced for future smartphones. The proposed design contains four pairs of double-fed circular-ring resonators located at different edges of the smartphone printed circuit board (PCB) w... Read More about Orthogonally dual‐polarised MIMO antenna array with pattern diversity for use in 5G smartphones.

Automated Precision Tuning in Activity Classification Systems: A Case Study (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fossati, N., Cattaneo, D., Chiari, M., Cherubin, S., & Agosta, G. (2020, January). Automated Precision Tuning in Activity Classification Systems: A Case Study. Presented at PARMA-DITAM'2020: 11th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-core Architectures / 9th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms, Bologna, Italy

The greater availability and reduction in production cost make wearable IoT platforms perfect candidates to continuously monitor people at risk, like elderly people. In particular these platforms, along with the use of artificial intelligence algorit... Read More about Automated Precision Tuning in Activity Classification Systems: A Case Study.

In-flight transmission of foodborne disease: How can airlines improve? (2020)
Journal Article
Grout, A., & Speakman, E. M. (2020). In-flight transmission of foodborne disease: How can airlines improve?. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 33, Article 101558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101558

Food contamination during air travel presents unique risks to those affected. Foodborne pathogens can cause serious illness among all on board, and potentially jeopardize flight safety. These risks are likely to increase with current trends of “densi... Read More about In-flight transmission of foodborne disease: How can airlines improve?.

Family INvolvement in inTensive care: A qualitative exploration of critically ill patients, their families and critical care nurses (INpuT study) (2020)
Journal Article
Kydonaki, K., Kean, S., & Tocher, J. (2020). Family INvolvement in inTensive care: A qualitative exploration of critically ill patients, their families and critical care nurses (INpuT study). Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(7-8), 1115-1128. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15175

Aims and objectives
To understand the different factors that impact on the involvement of adult family members in the care of critically ill patients from the perspective of patients, families and nurses, with the aim to inform the enactment of a pa... Read More about Family INvolvement in inTensive care: A qualitative exploration of critically ill patients, their families and critical care nurses (INpuT study).

An authentication protocol based on chaos and zero knowledge proof (2020)
Journal Article
Major, W., Buchanan, W. J., & Ahmad, J. (2020). An authentication protocol based on chaos and zero knowledge proof. Nonlinear Dynamics, 99, 3065-3087. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-020-05463-3

Port Knocking is a method for authenticating clients through a closed stance firewall, and authorising their requested actions, enabling severs to offer services to authenticated clients, without opening ports on the firewall. Advances in port knocki... Read More about An authentication protocol based on chaos and zero knowledge proof.

Heat island effects in urban life cycle assessment: Novel insights to include the effects of the urban heat island and UHI‐mitigation measures in LCA for effective policy making (2020)
Journal Article
Susca, T., & Pomponi, F. (2020). Heat island effects in urban life cycle assessment: Novel insights to include the effects of the urban heat island and UHI‐mitigation measures in LCA for effective policy making. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 24(2), 410-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12980

Urbanization often entails a surge in urban temperature compared to the rural surroundings: the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Such a temperature increase triggers the formation of pollutants worsening the urban air quality. Jointly, bad air quality... Read More about Heat island effects in urban life cycle assessment: Novel insights to include the effects of the urban heat island and UHI‐mitigation measures in LCA for effective policy making.

Using physical objects as a portal to reveal academic subject identity and thought (2020)
Journal Article
Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (2020). Using physical objects as a portal to reveal academic subject identity and thought. Qualitative Report, 25(1), 127-144

We are lecturers who help students studying subjects that use word-based writing, non-word based writing such as Mathematics, and non-text based language such as visual semiotics. To access examples of such language with subject lecturers we have fou... Read More about Using physical objects as a portal to reveal academic subject identity and thought.

Followers, Communications and Leadership (2020)
Book Chapter
Bratton, J., & Francis, H. (2020). Followers, Communications and Leadership. In J. Bratton (Ed.), Organizational Leadership (289-316). London: SAGE Publications

CHAPTER INTRODUCTION
The models we consider in this chapter will advance your understanding of the leadership process by studying the active role of followers in co-creating the leadership relationship. The success or failure of an organization is o... Read More about Followers, Communications and Leadership.

Effect of motorcycle helmet types on head injuries: evidence from eight level-I trauma centres in Taiwan (2020)
Journal Article
Lam, C., Wiratama, B. S., Chang, W., Chen, P., Chiu, W., Saleh, W., & Pai, C. (2020). Effect of motorcycle helmet types on head injuries: evidence from eight level-I trauma centres in Taiwan. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 78 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8191-1

Background
Motorcycle full-coverage helmet use may reduce fatalities and head injuries.

Methods
This retrospective cohort study extracted injury data from eight level-I trauma centres in Taiwan and performed a questionnaire survey to investigate... Read More about Effect of motorcycle helmet types on head injuries: evidence from eight level-I trauma centres in Taiwan.

The special constable in Scotland: understanding the motivations, expectations and the role of the special constabulary within Police Scotland (2020)
Report
Wooff, A., Dickson, G., & Buchan, J. (2020). The special constable in Scotland: understanding the motivations, expectations and the role of the special constabulary within Police Scotland. Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR)

This project sought to examine the nature of the Special Constabulary as a volunteering resource in Scotland, considering the way(s) that the motivations, expectations and management of Special Constables could be understood and improved.

By using... Read More about The special constable in Scotland: understanding the motivations, expectations and the role of the special constabulary within Police Scotland.

We are NOT Neutral: A Freirean Critique of (Popular) Music in Higher Education (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, January). We are NOT Neutral: A Freirean Critique of (Popular) Music in Higher Education

2018 saw the 50th anniversary of the publication of Paulo Freire’s book ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’, which has become an important text that has influenced many progressive educators, internationally. The concepts and ideas set forth in this work hav... Read More about We are NOT Neutral: A Freirean Critique of (Popular) Music in Higher Education.

Pain in police detention: A critical point in the 'penal painscape'? (2020)
Journal Article
Skinns, L., & Wooff, A. (2021). Pain in police detention: A critical point in the 'penal painscape'?. Policing and Society, 31(3), 245-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1706506

In this paper, we analyse pain in police detention and the extent to which Sykes’ pains of imprisonment framework usefully informs this. This analysis is based on extensive in-depth qualitative research in four custody facilities in four English poli... Read More about Pain in police detention: A critical point in the 'penal painscape'?.

Semi-global incremental input-to-state stability of discrete-time Lur'e systems (2020)
Journal Article
Gilmore, M., Guiver, C., & Logemann, H. (2020). Semi-global incremental input-to-state stability of discrete-time Lur'e systems. Systems and Control Letters, 136, Article 104593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sysconle.2019.104593

We present sufficient conditions for semi-global incremental input-to-state stability of a class of forced discrete-time Lur'e systems. The results derived are reminiscent of well-known absolute stability criteria such as the small gain theorem and t... Read More about Semi-global incremental input-to-state stability of discrete-time Lur'e systems.

Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial” (2020)
Journal Article
Harvie, M., Pegington, M., Bundred, N., Campbell, A., Belcher, J., Howell, S., & Howell, A. (2020). Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial”. British Journal of Cancer, 122(6), 925-926. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0715-z

A response to a comment on the RCT to justify our participant eligiblity.