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Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
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Shevlin, M., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Gibson Miller, J., Hartman, T. K., Levita, L., …Bentall, R. P. (2020). Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic. BJPsych Open, 6(6

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented global crisis necessitating drastic changes to living conditions, social-life, personal freedom and economic activity. No study has yet examined the presence of psychiatric symptoms in th... Read More about Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia (2020)
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Robertson, P. J., & Melkumyan, A. (2021). Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 309-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09443-2

This article provides an account of current public policy for career guidance in the Republic of Armenia. Brief background information is provided in terms of key geographical, political, social and economic facts about Armenia. Then, a more specific... Read More about Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia.

Total alkalinity production in a mangrove ecosystem reveals an overlooked Blue Carbon component (2020)
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Saderne, V., Fusi, M., Thomson, T., Dunne, A., Mahmud, F., Roth, F., …Duarte, C. M. (2021). Total alkalinity production in a mangrove ecosystem reveals an overlooked Blue Carbon component. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 6(2), 61-67. https://doi.org

Mangroves have the capacity to sequester organic carbon (Corg) in their sediments permanently. However, the carbon budget of mangroves is also affected by the total alkalinity (TA) budget. Principally, TA emitted from carbonate sediment dissolution i... Read More about Total alkalinity production in a mangrove ecosystem reveals an overlooked Blue Carbon component.

A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance (2020)
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Egdell, V., & Robertson, P. J. (2021). A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 447-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09445-0

In this article, we provide a balanced critique of Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) with reference to its potential to inform career guidance theory and practice. There are varying understandings and interpretations of the CA. Some see capabilities as... Read More about A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance.

A novel approach to stance detection in social media tweets by fusing ranked lists and sentiments (2020)
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Al-Ghadir, A. I., Azmi, A. M., & Hussain, A. (2021). A novel approach to stance detection in social media tweets by fusing ranked lists and sentiments. Information Fusion, 67, 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2020.10.003

Stance detection is a relatively new concept in data mining that aims to assign a stance label (favor, against, or none) to a social media post towards a specific pre-determined target. These targets may not be referred to in the post, and may not be... Read More about A novel approach to stance detection in social media tweets by fusing ranked lists and sentiments.

A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector: ten years on (2020)
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Taylor, M. (2022). A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector: ten years on. International journal of construction management, 22(15), 2877-2885. https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2020.1829783

Ten years on the offsite construction (OSC) industry continues to be held high as a panacea to the inefficiencies, labour shortages and environmental impact of the construction of our built environment. Speculation concerning the gross output and the... Read More about A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector: ten years on.

Health “Brexternalities”: The Brexit Effect on Health and Health Care outside the United Kingdom (2020)
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Hervey, T., Antova, I., Flear, M. L., McHale, J. V., Speakman, E., & Wood, M. (2021). Health “Brexternalities”: The Brexit Effect on Health and Health Care outside the United Kingdom. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 46(1), 177-203. https:/

The principal effects of Brexit on health and health care will fall within the United Kingdom, and all forms of Brexit have overwhelmingly negative implications for health care and health within the UK. This article focuses on the external effects of... Read More about Health “Brexternalities”: The Brexit Effect on Health and Health Care outside the United Kingdom.

Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities (2020)
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Du, M., Zhang, X., & Mora, L. (2021). Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(1-2), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020

Spatial inequality in basic service provision is a key challenge for smart city development strategies. With a focus on walkable accessibility, this paper proposes a new methodological approach to analyzing spatial inequalities in metropolitan cities... Read More about Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities.

Empowering and Engaging European building users for energy efficiency (2020)
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Morton, A., Reeves, A., Bull, R., & Preston, S. (2020). Empowering and Engaging European building users for energy efficiency. Energy Research and Social Science, 70, Article 101772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101772

Amidst the challenge of improving energy efficiency in the built environment, increasing attention is being put on how to engage and empower building users. Research shows that improving and widening user engagement, such as involving users in co-des... Read More about Empowering and Engaging European building users for energy efficiency.

The principal-agent problem in contracting public transport provision to private operators: A case study of the UK Quality Contract Scheme (2020)
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McTigue, C., Monios, J., & Rye, T. (2020). The principal-agent problem in contracting public transport provision to private operators: A case study of the UK Quality Contract Scheme. Utilities Policy, 67, Article 101131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2020

This study explores the principal-agent problem as part of a broader discussion of the challenges of privatising and outsourcing of public utilities. The research asks: how can a public transport authority (the principal) motivate bus operators (agen... Read More about The principal-agent problem in contracting public transport provision to private operators: A case study of the UK Quality Contract Scheme.

Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event (2020)
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Miller, S. L., Nazaroff, W. W., Jimenez, J. L., Boerstra, A., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S. J., …Noakes, C. (2021). Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event. Indoor Air, 31(2), 314-

During the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic, an outbreak occurred following attendance of a symptomatic index case at a weekly rehearsal on 10 March of the Skagit Valley Chorale (SVC). After that rehearsal, 53 members of the SVC among 61 in attendance were con... Read More about Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event.

Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes: randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Hamilton, D. F., Beard, D. J., Barker, K. L., Macfarlane, G. J., Tuck, C. E., Stoddart, A., …Simpson, A. H. R. W. (2020). Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes: randomised control

Objective: To evaluate whether a progressive course of outpatient physiotherapy offers superior outcomes to a single physiotherapy review and home exercise based intervention when targeted at patients with a predicted poor outcome after total knee ar... Read More about Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes: randomised controlled trial.

Introduction to the Anti-Racism Virtual Issue of the Journal of Occupational Science (2020)
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Farias, L., & Simaan, J. (2020). Introduction to the Anti-Racism Virtual Issue of the Journal of Occupational Science. Journal of Occupational Science, 27(4), 454-459. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1824567

The anti-racism virtual issue of the Journal of Occupational Science (JOS) came about after the Editorial Board expressed its commitment to anti-racist work, publishing the position statement ‘A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism’ (Stanley et al., 202... Read More about Introduction to the Anti-Racism Virtual Issue of the Journal of Occupational Science.

A Less Intrusive Solution To Stablize VSC Transmission Against Highly Variable Grid Strength (2020)
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Zhang, Z., Chen, D., Givaki, K., & Xu, L. (2021). A Less Intrusive Solution To Stablize VSC Transmission Against Highly Variable Grid Strength. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 9(6), 7199-7211. https://doi.org/10.1109/JES

A less-intrusive solution to stabilize a Voltage Source Converter (VSC) over an unknown grid strength is presented in this paper. The existence of equilibrium point is investigated as a prerequisite to stabilization. By partially imposing grid formin... Read More about A Less Intrusive Solution To Stablize VSC Transmission Against Highly Variable Grid Strength.

Active Learning for Interactive Audio-Animatronic Performance Design (2020)
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Castellon, J., Bächer, M., McCrory, M., Ayala, A., Stolarz, J., & Mitchell, K. (2020). Active Learning for Interactive Audio-Animatronic Performance Design. The Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques, 9(3), 1-19

We present a practical neural computational approach for interactive design of Audio-Animatronic® facial performances. An offline quasi-static reference simulation, driven by a coupled mechanical assembly, accurately predicts hyperelastic skin deform... Read More about Active Learning for Interactive Audio-Animatronic Performance Design.

Restorative Justice, Crime Victims and Penal Welfarism. Mapping and Contextualising Restorative Justice Policy in Scotland (2020)
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Maglione, G. (2021). Restorative Justice, Crime Victims and Penal Welfarism. Mapping and Contextualising Restorative Justice Policy in Scotland. Social and Legal Studies, 30(5), 745-767. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663920965669

While the criminological literature is abundant in studies on the functioning and effectiveness of restorative justice, there is a lack of engagement with policy on this subject, in spite of the increasing incorporation of restorative justice into po... Read More about Restorative Justice, Crime Victims and Penal Welfarism. Mapping and Contextualising Restorative Justice Policy in Scotland.

Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures (2020)
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Morrison, K., & Maycock, M. (2021). Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 60(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12394

Despite the fact that over recent years, imprisonment in Scotland has adopted a bold and aspirational policy direction including proposed reforms to the role of the prison officer, there has been little research into prison officers in Scotland, and... Read More about Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures.

Into the first biomimetic sphingomyelin stationary phase: Suitability in drugs’ biopharmaceutic profiling and block relevance analysis of selectivity (2020)
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Russo, G., Ermondi, G., Caron, G., Verzele, D., & Lynen, F. (2021). Into the first biomimetic sphingomyelin stationary phase: Suitability in drugs’ biopharmaceutic profiling and block relevance analysis of selectivity. European Journal of Pharmaceutical

State of the art: Sphingomyelin (SPH) is a type of sphingolipid found in animal nerve tissues, especially in the membranous myelin sheath that surrounds some nerve cell axons. Because of its characteristics, SPH stationary phase represents an ideal t... Read More about Into the first biomimetic sphingomyelin stationary phase: Suitability in drugs’ biopharmaceutic profiling and block relevance analysis of selectivity.

The place of social work in improving access to health services among refugees: A case study of Nakivale settlement, Uganda (2020)
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Mwenyango, H. (2022). The place of social work in improving access to health services among refugees: A case study of Nakivale settlement, Uganda. International Social Work, 65(5), 883-897. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820962195

About 70.8 million individuals are displaced worldwide, and of these, 25.9 million are refugees. Accessibility to health care is a central aspect of the well-being of refugees. This article examines the communication, institutional and socio-cultural... Read More about The place of social work in improving access to health services among refugees: A case study of Nakivale settlement, Uganda.

Deep Learning and Dempster-Shafer Theory Based Insider Threat Detection (2020)
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Tian, Z., Shi, W., Tan, Z., Qiu, J., Sun, Y., Jiang, F., & Liu, Y. (in press). Deep Learning and Dempster-Shafer Theory Based Insider Threat Detection. Mobile Networks and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-020-01656-7

Organizations' own personnel now have a greater ability than ever before to misuse their access to critical organizational assets. Insider threat detection is a key component in identifying rare anomalies in context, which is a growing concern for ma... Read More about Deep Learning and Dempster-Shafer Theory Based Insider Threat Detection.