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Colonised minds and community psychology in the academy: Collaborative autoethnographic reflections (2022)
Journal Article
Drake, E., Jeffrey, G., & Duckett, P. (2022). Colonised minds and community psychology in the academy: Collaborative autoethnographic reflections. American Journal of Community Psychology, 69(3-4), 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12574

We reflect on decolonization and in particular the process of decolonizing our own minds. We discuss the need for radical decolonization of psychology and for critique of community psychology's relationship to both psychology and the Academy, noting... Read More about Colonised minds and community psychology in the academy: Collaborative autoethnographic reflections.

SSDBN: A Single-Side Dual-Branch Network with Encoder–Decoder for Building Extraction (2022)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Lu, H., Liu, Q., Zhang, Y., & Liu, X. (2022). SSDBN: A Single-Side Dual-Branch Network with Encoder–Decoder for Building Extraction. Remote Sensing, 14(3), Article 768. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030768

In the field of building detection research, an accurate, state-of-the-art semantic segmentation model must be constructed to classify each pixel of the image, which has an important reference value for the statistical work of a building area. Recent... Read More about SSDBN: A Single-Side Dual-Branch Network with Encoder–Decoder for Building Extraction.

The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine (2022)
Journal Article
Gil-Moreno, D., Ridley-Ellis, D., O'Ceallaigh, C., & Harte, A. M. (2022). The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 80, 585-596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-022-01787-6

The correct characterisation of wood properties is fundamental for the best utilisation of resources. In Europe, grading is defined by strength classes that are determined based on either bending or tension tests. The European standards give equation... Read More about The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine.

I am still here (2022)
Digital Artefact
Guma, T. (2022). I am still here. [Vimeo/Youtube]

A documentary capturing everyday lives of asylum seekers living in Glasgow produced as part of the ESRC-funded project: Investigating the use of temporary accommodation to house asylum seekers and refugees during the Covid-19 outbreak.

A Privacy-Preserving Platform for Recording COVID-19 Vaccine Passports (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barati, M., Buchanan, W. J., Lo, O., & Rana, O. (2021, December). A Privacy-Preserving Platform for Recording COVID-19 Vaccine Passports. Presented at 14th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, Leicester

Digital vaccination passports are being proposed by various governments internationally. Trust, scalability and security are all key challenges in implementing an online vaccine passport. Initial approaches attempt to solve this problem by using cent... Read More about A Privacy-Preserving Platform for Recording COVID-19 Vaccine Passports.

Extensive oceanic mesopelagic habitat use of a migratory continental shark species (2022)
Journal Article
Schaber, M., Gastauer, S., Cisewski, B., Hielscher, N., Janke, M., Peña, M., Sakinan, S., & Thorburn, J. (2022). Extensive oceanic mesopelagic habitat use of a migratory continental shark species. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 2047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05989-z

The identification of movement and behaviour patterns, as well as inter- and intra-population connectivity is crucial in order to implement effective and functional management and conservation measures for threatened migratory species such as tope (G... Read More about Extensive oceanic mesopelagic habitat use of a migratory continental shark species.

Chest X-ray Classification for the Detection of COVID-19 Using Deep Learning Techniques (2022)
Journal Article
Khan, E., Rehman, M. Z. U., Ahmed, F., Alfouzan, F. A., Alzahrani, N. M., & Ahmad, J. (2022). Chest X-ray Classification for the Detection of COVID-19 Using Deep Learning Techniques. Sensors, 22(3), Article 1211. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22031211

Recent technological developments pave the path for deep learning-based techniques to be used in almost every domain of life. The precision of deep learning techniques make it possible for these to be used in the medical field for the classification... Read More about Chest X-ray Classification for the Detection of COVID-19 Using Deep Learning Techniques.

Financial Fair Play and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (2022)
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2024). Financial Fair Play and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Journal of Global Sport Management, 9(2), 285-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2022.2032258

This article examines four major Financial Fair Play (FFP) cases that have come before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Although significant previous work has addressed FFP in European football, there is a major gap where its treatment at th... Read More about Financial Fair Play and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the SHARPS study (2022)
Journal Article
Parkes, T., Matheson, C., Carver, H., Foster, R., Budd, J., Liddell, D., Wallace, J., Pauly, B., Fotopoulou, M., Burley, A., Anderson, I., Price, T., Schofield, J., & MacLennan, G. (2022). Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the SHARPS study. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00582-5

Background For people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use, access to appropriate services can be challenging. There is evidence that the development of trusting relationships with non-judgemental staff can facilitate service engageme... Read More about Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the SHARPS study.

Managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994 (2022)
Journal Article
Perchard, A., & Gildart, K. (2023). Managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 44(1), 230-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x211069413

This article examines managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry. On nationalisation in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) – after 1987 the British Coal Corporation – became the largest socialised industry outside of... Read More about Managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994.

Computational analysis of an HCCI engine fuelled with hydrogen/hydrogen peroxide blends (2022)
Journal Article
Dimitrova, I. D., Megaritis, T., Ganippa, L. C., & Tingas, E. (2022). Computational analysis of an HCCI engine fuelled with hydrogen/hydrogen peroxide blends. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(17), 10083-10096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.01.093

In the current work, Chemkin Pro's HCCI numerical model is used in order to explore the feasibility of using hydrogen in a dual fuel concept where hydrogen peroxide acts as ignition promoter. The analysis focuses on the engine performance characteris... Read More about Computational analysis of an HCCI engine fuelled with hydrogen/hydrogen peroxide blends.

Toward a reference architecture based science gateway framework with embedded e‐learning support (2022)
Journal Article
Pierantoni, G., Kiss, T., Bolotov, A., Kagialis, D., DesLauriers, J., Ullah, A., Chen, H., Fee, D. C. Y., Dang, H., Kovacs, J., Belehaki, A., Herekakis, T., Tsagouri, I., & Gesing, S. (2023). Toward a reference architecture based science gateway framework with embedded e‐learning support. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 35(18), Article e6872. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.6872

Science gateways have been widely utilized by a large number of user communities to simplify access to complex distributed computing infrastructures. While science gateways are still becoming increasingly popular and the number of user communities is... Read More about Toward a reference architecture based science gateway framework with embedded e‐learning support.

Optical Element (2022)
Patent
Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Muhammad Sukki, F., McMeekin, S., & Stewart, B. (2022). Optical Element. EP2795388B1

The present invention relates to an optical element, such as a concentrator lens for a system using solar energy. The present invention also relates to associated methods of generating and producing an optical element and/or solar collection or energ... Read More about Optical Element.

Composition and structure of the mangrove fish and crustacean communities of Vanga Bay, Kenya (2022)
Journal Article
Wanjiru, C., Rueckert, S., & Huxham, M. (2022). Composition and structure of the mangrove fish and crustacean communities of Vanga Bay, Kenya. Western Indian Ocean journal of marine science, 20(2), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.v20i2.3

Mangroves support coastal fisheries, particularly by providing nurseries for juvenile fish. However, much remains unknown about the fish and crustacean communities in mangroves and about the lifecycles and behaviours of individual species. This study... Read More about Composition and structure of the mangrove fish and crustacean communities of Vanga Bay, Kenya.

Morpho-evolution with learning using a controller archive as an inheritance mechanism (2022)
Journal Article
Le Goff, L. K., Buchanan, E., Hart, E., Eiben, A. E., Li, W., De Carlo, M., Winfield, A. F., Hale, M. F., Woolley, R., Angus, M., Timmis, J., & Tyrrell, A. M. (2023). Morpho-evolution with learning using a controller archive as an inheritance mechanism. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 15(2), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcds.2022.3148543

Most work in evolutionary robotics centres on evolving a controller for a fixed body-plan. However, previous studiessuggest that simultaneously evolving both controller and body-plan could open up many interesting possibilities. However... Read More about Morpho-evolution with learning using a controller archive as an inheritance mechanism.

Viewpoints of Epistemic Principals between Knowledge and Information (2022)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2022). Viewpoints of Epistemic Principals between Knowledge and Information. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cdx8a

We can consider the unity of knowledge in a business context as a singular event, but nonetheless, deliberate a contrary perspective from current knowledge transfer practitioners. Both perspectives agree, deliverable knowledge is key for business suc... Read More about Viewpoints of Epistemic Principals between Knowledge and Information.

Why we don't always say what we mean: Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Competence (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2022, February). Why we don't always say what we mean: Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Competence. Presented at Global Skills in the 21st Century, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Bayesian based similarity assessment of nanomaterials to inform grouping (2022)
Journal Article
Tsiliki, G., Ag Seleci, D., Zabeo, A., Basei, G., Hristozov, D., Jeliazkova, N., Boyles, M., Murphy, F., Peijnenburg, W., Wohlleben, W., & Stone, V. (2022). Bayesian based similarity assessment of nanomaterials to inform grouping. NanoImpact, 25, Article 100389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100389

Nanoforms can be manufactured in plenty of variants by differing their physicochemical properties and toxicokinetic behaviour which can affect their hazard potential. To avoid testing of each single nanomaterial and nanoform variation and subsequentl... Read More about Bayesian based similarity assessment of nanomaterials to inform grouping.

Caring of Covid-19 clients by nurses and midwives in Lesotho: feedback of a pre- and post-workshop questionnaire (2022)
Journal Article
Shelile, M., Lebona, M., Damane, M., Mashea, A., & Nyangu, I. (2022). Caring of Covid-19 clients by nurses and midwives in Lesotho: feedback of a pre- and post-workshop questionnaire. Nursing and Midwifery, 2(1),

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in 2019 and has altered, in varying ways, the practices of health care providers, hospitals, clinics, and patients. Aim: This survey aimed to evaluate the skills of nurses and midwives regarding prevention,... Read More about Caring of Covid-19 clients by nurses and midwives in Lesotho: feedback of a pre- and post-workshop questionnaire.

Sustainable Engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework (2022)
Journal Article
Honnurvali, M. S., El-Saleh, A. A., Sheikh, A. M., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Umar, T. (2022). Sustainable Engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 35(3), 52-69. https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2022/v35i3/22088

This research study has investigated the challenges faced due to the pandemic (COVID-19). This paper further provides recommendations that can be adopted by academics, learners, and administrators to make the education system more robust and sustaina... Read More about Sustainable Engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework.