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The legacy of history: women and the ownership of land in Ireland (2025)
Journal Article
Curtin, M., Murphy, C., Woods, U., & Cross, C. (online). The legacy of history: women and the ownership of land in Ireland. Rural History, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956793325000032

This paper is a review of existing sources across disciplines focusing on the topic of female farm ownership. Throughout the centuries, females have been explicitly excluded from owning and prevented from inheriting land. The purpose of this paper is... Read More about The legacy of history: women and the ownership of land in Ireland.

Responsible AI for Cities: A Case Study of GeoAI in African Informal Settlements (2025)
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Tonnarelli, F., & Mora, L. (online). Responsible AI for Cities: A Case Study of GeoAI in African Informal Settlements. Journal of Urban Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2025.2450755

Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) systems are increasingly used by local governments to manage urban planning activities. However, there is a lack of clear guidelines for responsible artificial intelligence (AI) implementation. We address th... Read More about Responsible AI for Cities: A Case Study of GeoAI in African Informal Settlements.

Generative AI for Finance: Applications, Case Studies and Challenges (2025)
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Sai, S., Arunakar, K., Chamola, V., Hussain, A., Bisht, P., & Kumar, S. (2025). Generative AI for Finance: Applications, Case Studies and Challenges. Expert Systems, 42(3), Article e70018. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.70018

Generative AI (GAI), which has become increasingly popular nowadays, can be considered a brilliant computational machine that can not only assist with simple searching and organising tasks but also possesses the capability to propose new ideas, make... Read More about Generative AI for Finance: Applications, Case Studies and Challenges.

Sodium Alginate as a Green Consolidant for Waterlogged Wood—A Preliminary Study (2025)
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Villani, E., Popescu, C.-M., Jancelewicz, M., Stagno, V., Capuani, S., & Broda, M. (2025). Sodium Alginate as a Green Consolidant for Waterlogged Wood—A Preliminary Study. Forests, 16(2), Article 325. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16020325

Traditional consolidants commonly used for waterlogged wood conservation often present long-term drawbacks, prompting research into new and reliable alternatives. Reducing reliance on fossil-based chemicals that are harmful to people, the environment... Read More about Sodium Alginate as a Green Consolidant for Waterlogged Wood—A Preliminary Study.

Use of deep geothermal energy to supply heat to a village in Scotland (2025)
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Penman, D., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Bani, N. A., & Mas’ud, A. A. (2025). Use of deep geothermal energy to supply heat to a village in Scotland. Interactions, 246(1), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-025-02265-0

This paper explores the possibility of utilising geothermal energy in an existing district heat network in the Aberdeenshire village of Banchory to provide hot water through the creation of a hypothetical geothermal well. It considers a simulated dee... Read More about Use of deep geothermal energy to supply heat to a village in Scotland.

The Role of Digital Twin in 6G-Based URLLCs: Current Contributions, Research Challenges, and Next Directions (2025)
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Masaracchia, A., van Huynh, D., Duong, T. Q., Dobre, O. A., Nallanathan, A., & Canberk, B. (2025). The Role of Digital Twin in 6G-Based URLLCs: Current Contributions, Research Challenges, and Next Directions. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 6, 1202-1215. https://doi.org/10.1109/ojcoms.2025.3540287

Substantial improvements in the area of ultra reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) capabilities, as well as possibilities of meeting the rising demand for high-capacity and high-speed connectivity are expected to be achieved with the deploy... Read More about The Role of Digital Twin in 6G-Based URLLCs: Current Contributions, Research Challenges, and Next Directions.

A Dual-Polarized and Broadband Multiple-Antenna System for 5G Cellular Communications (2025)
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Jahanbakhsh Basherlou, H., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., & See, C. H. (2025). A Dual-Polarized and Broadband Multiple-Antenna System for 5G Cellular Communications. Sensors, 25(4), Article 1032. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25041032

This study presents a new multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array system designed for sub-6 GHz fifth generation (5G) cellular applications. The design features eight compact trapezoid slot elements with L-shaped CPW (Coplanar Waveguide)... Read More about A Dual-Polarized and Broadband Multiple-Antenna System for 5G Cellular Communications.

Discovery of novel naphthalene-based diarylamides as pan-Raf kinase inhibitors with promising anti-melanoma activity: rational design, synthesis, in vitro and in silico screening (2025)
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Elkamhawy, A., Ammar, U. M., Kim, M., Gul, A. R., Park, T. J., & Lee, K. (2025). Discovery of novel naphthalene-based diarylamides as pan-Raf kinase inhibitors with promising anti-melanoma activity: rational design, synthesis, in vitro and in silico screening. Archives of Pharmacal Research, 48(2), 150-165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12272-025-01533-5

Raf kinase enzymes are often dysregulated in melanoma. While sorafenib demonstrates strong activity against wild-type B-Raf, it fails to effectively inhibit the mutated form of B-Raf. In this study, sorafenib served as a lead compound for the develop... Read More about Discovery of novel naphthalene-based diarylamides as pan-Raf kinase inhibitors with promising anti-melanoma activity: rational design, synthesis, in vitro and in silico screening.

Quantifying the phenome-wide response to sex-specific selection in Drosophila melanogaster (2025)
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Keaney, T. A., & Holman, L. (online). Quantifying the phenome-wide response to sex-specific selection in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf024

In species with separate sexes, selection on males causes evolutionary change in female traits values (and vice versa) via genetic correlations, which has far-reaching consequences for adaptation. Here, we utilise a sex-specific form of Robertson’s S... Read More about Quantifying the phenome-wide response to sex-specific selection in Drosophila melanogaster.

Exploring safety at mass gathering events through the lens of three different stakeholders (2025)
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Hutton, A., Robertson, M., & Ranse, J. (2025). Exploring safety at mass gathering events through the lens of three different stakeholders. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1451891. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1451891

Introduction: The work here reviews the role of those with responsibility in managing people and their safety at Mass Gathering Events (MGE); event managers, police, and medical personnel. This paper comes at a time when there is an acute need for ap... Read More about Exploring safety at mass gathering events through the lens of three different stakeholders.

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Environmental Sustainability in China's Banking Sector: A Mixed-Methods Approach (2025)
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Siddik, A. B., Yong, L., Du, A. M., Vigne, S. A., & Sharif, A. (online). Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Environmental Sustainability in China's Banking Sector: A Mixed-Methods Approach. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12901

Amid escalating global environmental challenges, the banking sector is increasingly turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance Environmental Sustainability Performance (ESP). Our research examines the impact of AI adoption on ESP through the... Read More about Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Environmental Sustainability in China's Banking Sector: A Mixed-Methods Approach.

Adversarial Attacks on Supervised Energy-Based Anomaly Detection in Clean Water Systems (2025)
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Moradpoor, N., Abah, E., Robles-Durazno, A., & Maglaras, L. (2025). Adversarial Attacks on Supervised Energy-Based Anomaly Detection in Clean Water Systems. Electronics, 14(3), Article 639. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030639

Critical National Infrastructure includes large networks such as telecommunications, transportation, health services, police, nuclear power plants, and utilities like clean water, gas, and electricity. The protection of these infrastructures is cruci... Read More about Adversarial Attacks on Supervised Energy-Based Anomaly Detection in Clean Water Systems.

Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Agriculture 4.0 for Smart and Sustainable Farming (2025)
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Sai, S., Kumar, S., Gaur, A., Goyal, S., Chamola, V., & Hussain, A. (2025). Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Agriculture 4.0 for Smart and Sustainable Farming. Cognitive Computation, 17(1), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-025-10420-6

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) represents a pioneering class of artificial intelligence systems renowned for producing diverse media, such as text and images. Agriculture 4.0 (AG-4.0) is a concept that integrates advanced technologies such... Read More about Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Agriculture 4.0 for Smart and Sustainable Farming.

Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy (2025)
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Toredi, D., Mansour, J., Jones, S., Skelton, F., & McIntyre, A. (in press). Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy. Law and Human Behavior,

Objective: The Cross-Race Effect (CRE) is a reliable and robust phenomenon, whereby individuals better recognize faces that belong to their race compared to another race. Our goal was to produce items for a self-report Inventory (i.e., CRE-I) that br... Read More about Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy.

Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation (2025)
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Gerli, P., Neves da Rocha, F., & Mora, L. (2025). Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12, Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04320-7

The Covid-19 pandemic has further evidenced the potential of grassroots actors as initiators of digital innovations, in the form of open-source applications, platform cooperatives, and other crowdsourced digital artifacts. These innovations played a... Read More about Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation.

Experiences of early assessment to teach functional programming (2025)
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Chapman, P. (2025). Experiences of early assessment to teach functional programming. Journal of Functional Programming, 35, Article e4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956796824000182

This paper reports on the experiences of using an early assessment intervention, specifically employing a Use-Modify-Create scaffold, to teach first-year undergraduate functional programming. The particular intervention that was trialled was the use... Read More about Experiences of early assessment to teach functional programming.

Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends (2025)
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Ismail, M., Ali, A. M., & Costa Pereira, S.-C. (2025). Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends. Results in Engineering, 25, Article 104216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.104216

Vortex generators (VGs) have been identified as an exceedingly effective method in augmenting heat transfer in minichannels, a significant feature of cutting-edge heat sinks, heat exchangers and electronics cooling tools. This paper aims to discuss t... Read More about Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends.

The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Family Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Sibling Resilience (2025)
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Nichol, M. R., Curley, L. J., & Sime, P. J. (2025). The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Family Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Sibling Resilience. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), Article 161. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15020161

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adverse Family Experiences (AFEs) frameworks have been employed extensively in research. However, to date, no such studies have considered both frameworks concurrently, nor have they explored the similarit... Read More about The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Family Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Sibling Resilience.