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Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy – Lessons learned from case studies on bus policy implementation in Great Britain (2020)
Journal Article
McTigue, C., Rye, T., & Monios, J. (2020). Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy – Lessons learned from case studies on bus policy implementation in Great Britain. Transport Policy, 91, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.03.002

Previous work by the authors has addressed the issue of local bus policy implementation in Britain outside London by studies of local transport documents, survey and interviews of local transport officers working in local authorities. The findings fr... Read More about Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy – Lessons learned from case studies on bus policy implementation in Great Britain.

The examination of mental toughness, sleep, mood and injury rates in an Arctic ultra-marathon (2020)
Journal Article
Graham, S. M., Martindale, R. J. J., McKinley, M., Connaboy, C., Andronikos, G., & Susmarski, A. (2021). The examination of mental toughness, sleep, mood and injury rates in an Arctic ultra-marathon. European Journal of Sport Science, 21(1), 100-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2020.1733670

There is scarcity of research examining the physiological and psychological effects of ultra-endurance racing on athletes in extreme conditions. The purpose of the current study was to identify common injury patterns and illness, profile mood states... Read More about The examination of mental toughness, sleep, mood and injury rates in an Arctic ultra-marathon.

Visioning and resilience of craft beer festival tourism: attendee as flaneur/flaneuse (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M., & Adams, A. (2020, February). Visioning and resilience of craft beer festival tourism: attendee as flaneur/flaneuse. Presented at CAUTHE 2020, 20:20 Vision: New Perspective on the diversity of Hospitality, Tourism and Events., Auckland University of Technology

In the work discussed here, the researchers focus on the changing form and function of consumption at Beer Festivals (BFs). The increasing significance of food variety and food origin matches the changing format of Beer Festivals, their attendees pro... Read More about Visioning and resilience of craft beer festival tourism: attendee as flaneur/flaneuse.

High-Gain Metasurface in Polyimide On-Chip Antenna Based on CRLH-TL for Sub-Terahertz Integrated Circuits (2020)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, . B. S., See, C. H., A. Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, . F., & Limiti, E. (2020). High-Gain Metasurface in Polyimide On-Chip Antenna Based on CRLH-TL for Sub-Terahertz Integrated Circuits. Scientific Reports, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61099-8

This paper presents a novel on-chip antenna using standard CMOS-technology based on metasurface implemented on two-layers polyimide substrates with a thickness of 500μm. The aluminium ground-plane with thickness of 3μm is sandwiched between the two-l... Read More about High-Gain Metasurface in Polyimide On-Chip Antenna Based on CRLH-TL for Sub-Terahertz Integrated Circuits.

Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya (2020)
Journal Article
Fortnam, M., Atkins, M., Brown, K., Chaigneau, T., Frouws, A., Gwaro, K., Huxam, M., Kairo, J. G., Kimeli, A., Kirui, B. K., & Sheen, K. (2020). Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 50, 174-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01321-z

The 2015-2016 El Niño had large impacts globally. The effects were not as great as anticipated in Kenya, however, leading some commentators to call it a 'non-event'. Our study uses a novel combination of participatory Climate Vulnerability and Capaci... Read More about Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya.

Multidimensionality of HRD in Small Tourism Firms: A Case Study of the Republic of Ireland (2020)
Journal Article
Nolan, C., Garavan, T., & Lynch, P. (2020). Multidimensionality of HRD in Small Tourism Firms: A Case Study of the Republic of Ireland. Tourism Management, 79, Article 104029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2019.104029

This case study explores multiple dimensions of human resource development (HRD) in small tourism firms (STFs) within the Republic of Ireland. Underpinned by the evolutionary resource-based view (ERBV) and institutional logics, this study investigate... Read More about Multidimensionality of HRD in Small Tourism Firms: A Case Study of the Republic of Ireland.

“This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change (2020)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2020). “This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change. Geoscience Communication, 3, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-35-2020

By conducting a qualitative content analysis of 72 poems written about climate change by poets from across the world, this study demonstrates how these poets have interpreted the, at times, esoteric principles of climate change. The results of this s... Read More about “This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change.

Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits (2020)
Journal Article
Donnelly, E., & La Spada, L. (2020). Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits. Engineering Research Express, 2(1), 015045. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ab7a78

Nanomaterials have become crucial to develop new technologies in several practical applications fields. Until now nanostructures have been mostly associated with electromagnetism and optics. The aim of this letter is to extend the applicability of su... Read More about Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits.

Post-occupancy evaluation of University of Uyo buildings (2020)
Journal Article
Ikediashi, D., Udo, G., & Ofoegbu, M. (2020). Post-occupancy evaluation of University of Uyo buildings. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 18(6), 1711-1730. https://doi.org/10.1108/jedt-11-2019-0303

Purpose
This study aims to evaluate the performance of buildings in the University of Uyo using the post-occupancy evaluation (POE) technique.

Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative questionnaire survey is adopted in which 333 copies of a va... Read More about Post-occupancy evaluation of University of Uyo buildings.

Assessment of Renewable Air-Conditioning Using Economic Feasibility Procedures (2020)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Oye, T. K. (2020). Assessment of Renewable Air-Conditioning Using Economic Feasibility Procedures. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 5(3), 1375-1381

The renewable energy utilization is attaining numerous recognition and diverse assessment is obligatory to be executed for several innovations which has in turn become a general system requirement. The increasing application of fossil fuels is virtua... Read More about Assessment of Renewable Air-Conditioning Using Economic Feasibility Procedures.

Class Feature Pyramids for Video Explanation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stergiou, A., Kapidis, G., Kalliatakis, G., Chrysoulas, C., Poppe, R., & Veltkamp, R. (2020). Class Feature Pyramids for Video Explanation. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iccvw.2019.00524

Deep convolutional networks are widely used in video
action recognition. 3D convolutions are one prominent approach to deal with the additional time dimension. While
3D convolutions typically lead to higher accuracies, the inner workings of the tra... Read More about Class Feature Pyramids for Video Explanation.

Response of soil bacterial community composition and its associated geochemical parameters to rapid short-term cyclic groundwater-level oscillations: soil column experiments (2020)
Journal Article
Xia, X., Cheng, L., Zhu, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, K., Ding, A., Cai, Z., Shi, H., & Zuo, L. (2020). Response of soil bacterial community composition and its associated geochemical parameters to rapid short-term cyclic groundwater-level oscillations: soil column experiments. Vadose Zone Journal, 19(1), Article e20011. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20011

Groundwater-level oscillations change geochemical conditions, carbon cycling processes and bacterial community composition, and these changes may vary vertically with depth in a soil. In this study, soil column experiments were conducted to explore v... Read More about Response of soil bacterial community composition and its associated geochemical parameters to rapid short-term cyclic groundwater-level oscillations: soil column experiments.

A simple tool to evaluate the antiretroviral therapy programme in primary health care setting of Lesotho (2020)
Journal Article
Nyangu, I., & Nkosi, Z. Z. (2020). A simple tool to evaluate the antiretroviral therapy programme in primary health care setting of Lesotho. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(2), 417-424. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12944

Aim
An evaluative tool for the antiretroviral therapy programme was developed for use in the primary health care setting of Lesotho.

Background
Information on processes followed in the development of standardized and acceptable evaluative tools... Read More about A simple tool to evaluate the antiretroviral therapy programme in primary health care setting of Lesotho.

A Smart and Sustainable Concept for Achieving a Highly Efficient Residential Bathroom: A Literature Review (2020)
Journal Article
Oye, T. K., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Oye, T. T. (2020). A Smart and Sustainable Concept for Achieving a Highly Efficient Residential Bathroom: A Literature Review. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 5(3), 1402-1407

Climate change has been one of the key issues confronting the world in the 21st century. Nevertheless, the concept of sustainability has become vital in battling excessive use of natural resources. Enormous consumption of water and energy in the bath... Read More about A Smart and Sustainable Concept for Achieving a Highly Efficient Residential Bathroom: A Literature Review.

A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y. (2020, March). A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project. Poster presented at Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2020), Dublin

Objective: In this study we aimed to reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about midwifery support of women in their transition process during the continuum from pregnancy to one-year postpartum.

Design: A Q-methodology study, a mixed quantitativ... Read More about A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project.

‘Supporting a first-time mother’: Assessment of success of a breastfeeding promotion programme (2020)
Journal Article
Gonzalez-Darias, A., Diaz-Gomez, N., Rodriguez-Martin, S., Hernandez-Perez, C., & Aguirre-Jaime, A. (2020). ‘Supporting a first-time mother’: Assessment of success of a breastfeeding promotion programme. Midwifery, 85, Article 102687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102687

Background
The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness on breast feeding rates by the program 'Supporting a First-time Mother', a web-based platform of interaction between first-time mothers and breastfeeding-experienced women who act as... Read More about ‘Supporting a first-time mother’: Assessment of success of a breastfeeding promotion programme.

Machine-Learning Methods for Computational Science and Engineering (2020)
Journal Article
Frank, M., Drikakis, D., & Charissis, V. (2020). Machine-Learning Methods for Computational Science and Engineering. Computation, 8(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation8010015

The re-kindled fascination in machine learning (ML), observed over the last few decades, has also percolated into natural sciences and engineering. ML algorithms are now used in scientific computing, as well as in data-mining and processing. In this... Read More about Machine-Learning Methods for Computational Science and Engineering.

Aligning to disadvantage: How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm (2020)
Journal Article
Perchard, A., & MacKenzie, N. G. (2021). Aligning to disadvantage: How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm. Human Relations, 74(7), 978-1006. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726720908923

To what extent should firms get close to government for competitive advantage? What happens if they get too close? In this article we explore how corporate political activity inculcated strategic homophily in leading UK aluminium producer, the Britis... Read More about Aligning to disadvantage: How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm.

Safe and Secure Software-Defined Networks for Smart Electricity Substations (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holik, F., Broadbent, M., Findrik, M., Smith, P., & Race, N. (2020, March). Safe and Secure Software-Defined Networks for Smart Electricity Substations. Presented at 12th Asian Conference, ACIIDS 2020, Phuket, Thailand

The next generation of smart electricity substations and grids are on the horizon. Part of the drive behind this movement is a need to improve safety and security. In parallel, software-defined networking has been proposed as a disruptive approach wh... Read More about Safe and Secure Software-Defined Networks for Smart Electricity Substations.