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A High Gain Multiband Offset MIMO Antenna Based on a Planar Log-Periodic Array for Ku/K-band Applications (2022)
Journal Article
M. Fakharian, M., Alibakhshikenari, . M., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022). A High Gain Multiband Offset MIMO Antenna Based on a Planar Log-Periodic Array for Ku/K-band Applications. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 4044. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07866-1

An offset quad-element, two-port, high-gain, and multiband multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) planar antenna based on a log-periodic dipole array (LPDA) for Ku/K-band wireless communications is proposed, in this paper. A single element antenna has... Read More about A High Gain Multiband Offset MIMO Antenna Based on a Planar Log-Periodic Array for Ku/K-band Applications.

A realist evaluation of a home-based end of life care service for children and families: what works, for whom, how, in what circumstances and why? (2022)
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Malcolm, C., & Knighting, K. (2022). A realist evaluation of a home-based end of life care service for children and families: what works, for whom, how, in what circumstances and why?. BMC Palliative Care, 21, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-00921-8

Background: Children’s palliative and end of life care is underpinned internationally by a commitment to provide care and support in the family’s preferred place, which may include home, hospital or hospice. Limited evidence on models of best practic... Read More about A realist evaluation of a home-based end of life care service for children and families: what works, for whom, how, in what circumstances and why?.

FMEA-AI: AI fairness impact assessment using failure mode and effects analysis (2022)
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Li, J., & Chignell, M. (2022). FMEA-AI: AI fairness impact assessment using failure mode and effects analysis. AI and Ethics, 2(4), 837-850. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-022-00145-9

Recently, there has been a growing demand to address failures in the fairness of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Current techniques for improving fairness in AI systems are focused on broad changes to the norms, procedures and algorithms used b... Read More about FMEA-AI: AI fairness impact assessment using failure mode and effects analysis.

Cultural concepts of distress and complex PTSD: Future directions for research and treatment (2022)
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Heim, E., Karatzias, T., & Maercker, A. (2022). Cultural concepts of distress and complex PTSD: Future directions for research and treatment. Clinical Psychology Review, 93, Article 102143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102143

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) was introduced as a new diagnostic category in ICD-11. It encompasses PTSD symptoms along with disturbances in self-organization (DSO), i.e., affect dysregulation, negative self-concept, and disturbances... Read More about Cultural concepts of distress and complex PTSD: Future directions for research and treatment.

Curation and collaboration as activism: emerging critical practices of #FemEdTech (2022)
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Beetham, H., Drumm, L., Bell, F., Mycroft, L., & Forsythe, G. (2022). Curation and collaboration as activism: emerging critical practices of #FemEdTech. Learning, Media and Technology, 47(1), 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.2018607

The inequities rooted in our education systems and wider societies have been thrown into relief by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents four situational studies of the FemEdTech network, asking how we characterise activities of the... Read More about Curation and collaboration as activism: emerging critical practices of #FemEdTech.

The conditional impact of investor sentiment in global stock markets: A two-channel examination (2022)
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Wang, W., Su, C., & Duxbury, D. (2022). The conditional impact of investor sentiment in global stock markets: A two-channel examination. Journal of Banking and Finance, 138, Article 106458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106458

While investor sentiment has been shown to have a robust, direct impact on stock returns, we know little about how it impacts returns through an indirect channel from conditional volatility. We conduct a global study of investor sentiment across 40 i... Read More about The conditional impact of investor sentiment in global stock markets: A two-channel examination.

A Novel Meander Bowtie-Shaped Antenna with Multi-Resonant and Rejection Bands for Modern 5G Communications (2022)
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Faouri, Y. S., Ahmad, S., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022). A Novel Meander Bowtie-Shaped Antenna with Multi-Resonant and Rejection Bands for Modern 5G Communications. Electronics, 11(5), Article 821. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11050821

To support various fifth generation (5G) wireless applications, a small, printed bowtie-shaped microstrip antenna with meandered arms is reported in this article. Because it spans the broad legal range, the developed antenna can serve or reject a var... Read More about A Novel Meander Bowtie-Shaped Antenna with Multi-Resonant and Rejection Bands for Modern 5G Communications.

Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland (2022)
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Olowosegun, A., Babajide, N., Akintola, A., Fountas, G., & Fonzone, A. (2022). Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland. Accident analysis and prevention, 169, Article 106610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106610

This paper investigates the determinants of injury severities in pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents at signalised and unsignalised junctions, and at physically-controlled and human-controlled crossings in Scotland. The accident data were drawn from t... Read More about Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland.

University Staff’s Perceptions of Community College Transfer Students’ Transition Experiences Within a “2+2” Pathway in an Asian Educational Context (2022)
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Ching, S. S. Y., Kwok, W. Y. Y., Ng, J. T. D., Zhang, L. W., Ho, C. S. W., & Cheung, K. (2022). University Staff’s Perceptions of Community College Transfer Students’ Transition Experiences Within a “2+2” Pathway in an Asian Educational Context. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.808179

Various countries have alternative pathway policies for 2-year community college graduates to articulate to 2-year university study, forming a “2+2” pathway. However, few studies have explored university staff members’ perceptions of this “2+2” trans... Read More about University Staff’s Perceptions of Community College Transfer Students’ Transition Experiences Within a “2+2” Pathway in an Asian Educational Context.

Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term (2022)
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Moncrieff, C., Gyte, G. M., Dahlen, H. G., Thomson, G., Singata-Madliki, M., Clegg, A., & Downe, S. (2022). Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd010088.pub3

Background
Routine vaginal examinations are undertaken at regular time intervals during labour to assess whether labour is progressing as expected. Unusually slow progress can be due to underlying problems, described as labour dystocia, or can be a... Read More about Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term.

Public-Private Partnership in Ghana's Solar Energy Industry: The History, Current State, Challenges, Prospects and Theoretical Perspective (2022)
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Awuku, S. A., Bennadji, A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2022). Public-Private Partnership in Ghana's Solar Energy Industry: The History, Current State, Challenges, Prospects and Theoretical Perspective. Energy nexus: water, food and power, 6, Article 100058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2022.100058

Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been used as a viable tool to accelerate infrastructural development in many countries. In recent years, the repercussions of climate change have heightened the need to adopt cleaner energy sources such as sola... Read More about Public-Private Partnership in Ghana's Solar Energy Industry: The History, Current State, Challenges, Prospects and Theoretical Perspective.

Demographic and Behavioural Factors Affecting Public Support for Pedestrianisation in City Centres: The Case of Edinburgh, UK (2022)
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Semple, T., & Fountas, G. (2023). Demographic and Behavioural Factors Affecting Public Support for Pedestrianisation in City Centres: The Case of Edinburgh, UK. International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 12(1), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtst.2021.12.001

This paper provides an integrated analytical framework to investigate the demographic and behavioural factors that significantly influence public support for pedestrianisation. Pedestrianisation is often introduced by local authorities with the inten... Read More about Demographic and Behavioural Factors Affecting Public Support for Pedestrianisation in City Centres: The Case of Edinburgh, UK.

Bacterial communities in soils as indicators of the potential of syenite as an agromineral (2022)
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de Carvalho Baptista, J., Duncan Gray, N., Büchler Tarumoto, M., Singleton, I., McCann, C. M., & Manning, D. A. C. (2022). Bacterial communities in soils as indicators of the potential of syenite as an agromineral. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 57, Article e01414. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2022.v57.01414

The objective of this work was to identify microbial communities associated with the surfaces of alkali feldspars and to determine whether these microbes might be involved in the weathering of these rocks for agronomic benefit. Samples were taken fro... Read More about Bacterial communities in soils as indicators of the potential of syenite as an agromineral.

Implementation of Linear Programming and Decision-Making Model for the Improvement of Warehouse Utilization (2022)
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Manoharan, S., Stilling, D., Kabir, G., & Sarker, S. (2022). Implementation of Linear Programming and Decision-Making Model for the Improvement of Warehouse Utilization. Applied System Innovation, 5(2), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/asi5020033

Warehouses are used to store raw materials, finished goods, defective products, tools, machinery, and other company assets until needed. In addition, the warehouse is a staging area for the storage and packaging of products delivered to the customer... Read More about Implementation of Linear Programming and Decision-Making Model for the Improvement of Warehouse Utilization.

DeepTEA: effective and efficient online time-dependent trajectory outlier detection (2022)
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Han, X., Cheng, R., Ma, C., & Grubenmann, T. (2022). DeepTEA: effective and efficient online time-dependent trajectory outlier detection. Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 15(7), 1493-1505. https://doi.org/10.14778/3523210.3523225

In this paper, we study anomalous trajectory detection, which aims to extract abnormal movements of vehicles on the roads. This important problem, which facilitates understanding of traffic behavior and detection of taxi fraud, is challenging due to... Read More about DeepTEA: effective and efficient online time-dependent trajectory outlier detection.

Undergraduates' perceptions on emergency remote learning in ecology in the post‐pandemic era (2022)
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Pagani‐Núñez, E., Yan, M., Hong, Y., Zeng, Y., Chen, S., Zhao, P., & Zou, Y. (2022). Undergraduates' perceptions on emergency remote learning in ecology in the post‐pandemic era. Ecology and Evolution, 12(3), Article e8659. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8659

The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly disrupted academic activities, particularly in disciplines with a strong empirical component among other reasons by limiting our mobility. It is thus essential to assess emergency remote teaching plans by surveying... Read More about Undergraduates' perceptions on emergency remote learning in ecology in the post‐pandemic era.

Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials (2022)
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Yadav, A., Kumar, P., Rawat, D., Garg, S., Mukherjee, P., Farooqi, F., Roy, A., Sundaram, S., Sharma, R. S., & Mishra, V. (2022). Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials. Science of the Total Environment, 826, Article 154038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154038

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) exhibit tremendous potential in the sustainable management of dye wastewater via degrading azo dyes while generating electricity. The past decade has witnessed advances in MFC configurations and materials; however, compreh... Read More about Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials.

Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland (2022)
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Muneer, T., & Dowell, R. (2022). Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 17, 469-481. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctac012

Depleting energy resources, enhancing energy security and energy access and approaching climate change related challenges are some of the present day challenges. Against this backdrop, renewable energy (RE)-based farming has been a topic of serious d... Read More about Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland.

Trust, inflammatory biomarkers and adversity: a novel investigation and clinical implications (2022)
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Chouliara, Z., & Barlow, P. G. (2023). Trust, inflammatory biomarkers and adversity: a novel investigation and clinical implications. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 51(4), 528-545. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2039899

Survivors of adversity and trauma experience high levels of distress, interpersonal challenges and poor physical health. We investigated the role of trust in trauma-related psychological and physiological responses. Serum concentrations of C-reactive... Read More about Trust, inflammatory biomarkers and adversity: a novel investigation and clinical implications.

The effect of sarcopenia on outcomes following orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review (2022)
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Brzeszczynski, F., Brzeszczynska, J., Duckworth, A. D., Murray, I. R., Simpson, A. H. R. W., & Hamilton, D. F. (2022). The effect of sarcopenia on outcomes following orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review. Bone and Joint Journal, 104-B(3), 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.104b3.bjj-2021-1052.r1

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Sarcopenia is characterized by a generalized progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and physical performance. This systematic review primarily evaluated the effects of sarcopenia on postoperative functional recovery and mortality i... Read More about The effect of sarcopenia on outcomes following orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review.