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A Multi-robot Distributed Collaborative Region Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Glasius Bio-inspired Neural Network (2022)
Journal Article
Chen, B., Zhang, H., Zhang, F., Liu, Y., Tan, C., Yu, H., & Wang, Y. (2023). A Multi-robot Distributed Collaborative Region Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Glasius Bio-inspired Neural Network. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 15(3), 1449-1462. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcds.2022.3218718

There are many constraints for a multi-robot system to perform a region coverage search task in an unknown environment. To address this, we propose a novel multi-robot distributed collaborative region coverage search algorithm based on Glasius bio-in... Read More about A Multi-robot Distributed Collaborative Region Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Glasius Bio-inspired Neural Network.

Let us talk about something: The evolution of e-WOM from the past to the future (2022)
Journal Article
Akbari, M., Foroudi, P., Zaman Fashami, R., Mahavarpour, N., & Khodayari, M. (2022). Let us talk about something: The evolution of e-WOM from the past to the future. Journal of Business Research, 149, 663-689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.061

Because e-WOM is one of the useful digital marketing elements for any organization, a better understanding of its process will help individuals take more advantage of this concept. e-WOM enables individuals to form relationships with firms, brands, a... Read More about Let us talk about something: The evolution of e-WOM from the past to the future.

A Trimodel SAR Semisupervised Recognition Method Based on Attention-Augmented Convolutional Networks (2022)
Journal Article
Yan, S., Zhang, Y., Gao, F., Sun, J., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2022). A Trimodel SAR Semisupervised Recognition Method Based on Attention-Augmented Convolutional Networks. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 15, 9566-9583. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2022.3218360

Semisupervised learning in synthetic aperture radars (SARs) is one of the research hotspots in the field of radar image automatic target recognition. It can efficiently deal with challenging environments where there are insufficient labeled samples a... Read More about A Trimodel SAR Semisupervised Recognition Method Based on Attention-Augmented Convolutional Networks.

Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case (2022)
Journal Article
Adetooto, J., Windapo, A., Pomponi, F., Companie, F., Alade, K., & Mtya, A. (2024). Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 22(5), 1505-1522. https://doi.org/10.1108/jedt-06-2022-0290

Purpose
Sandbag building technologies (SBTs) have been offered as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative building technology (ABT) capable of accelerating house construction in South Africa, but its acceptance remains low. However, knowledge a... Read More about Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case.

Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Aiello, F., Impellizzeri, F. M., Brown, S. J., Serner, A., & Mccall, A. (2023). Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review. Sports Medicine, 53(1), 151-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01753-5

Background
A comprehensive examination of the sport-specific activities performed around the time of injury is important to hypothesise injury mechanisms, develop prevention strategies, improve management, and inform future investigations. The aim o... Read More about Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review.

Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes (2022)
Journal Article
Yang, C., Chen, X., Mao, M., Luo, X., Sheng, W., Lu, Z., Sun, S., He, H., Su, W., & Song, K. (2023). Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes. Ceramics International, 49(5), 7683-7691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.10.264

Orange-yellow luminescent Y2-xSr1-yAl4SiO12: xCe3+, yMn2+ (x = 0.04–0.06, y = 0.1–0.6, abbreviated as YSAS: xCe3+, yMn2+) phosphors with garnet structure were prepared by the high temperature solid-phase method. The matrix energy band is calculated b... Read More about Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes.

A Review on Cadmium and Lead Contamination: Sources, Fate, Mechanism, Health Effects and Remediation Methods (2022)
Journal Article
Bouida, L., Rafatullah, M., Kerrouche, A., Qutob, M., Alosaimi, A. M., Alorfi, H. S., & Hussein, M. A. (2022). A Review on Cadmium and Lead Contamination: Sources, Fate, Mechanism, Health Effects and Remediation Methods. Water, 14(21), Article 3432. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213432

Cadmium and lead soil contamination is a widespread environmental problem that requires profound and sustainable solutions. These toxic elements can be naturally occurring on the Earth’s crust or from man-made origins. Cadmium and lead could accumula... Read More about A Review on Cadmium and Lead Contamination: Sources, Fate, Mechanism, Health Effects and Remediation Methods.

Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation (2022)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., Huang, Z., Chen, Z., Chen, M., Zhou, H., Zhang, H., & Sun, J. (2023). Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation. Engineering Structures, 274, Article 115158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115158

State-of-the-art machine-vision systems have limitations associated with crack width measurements. The sample points used to describe the crack width are often subjectively defined by experimenters, which obscures the crack width ground truth. Conseq... Read More about Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation.

Aizerman Conjectures for a class of multivariate positive systems (2022)
Journal Article
Drummond, R., Guiver, C., & Turner, M. (2023). Aizerman Conjectures for a class of multivariate positive systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(8), 5073 - 5080. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2022.3217740

The Aizerman Conjecture predicts stability for a class of nonlinear control systems on the basis of linear system stability analysis. The conjecture is known to be false in general. Here, a number of Aizerman conjectures are shown to be true for a cl... Read More about Aizerman Conjectures for a class of multivariate positive systems.

New development: Value destruction in public service delivery—a process model and its implications (2022)
Journal Article
Cui, T., & Osborne, S. P. (2023). New development: Value destruction in public service delivery—a process model and its implications. Public Money and Management, 43(2), 187-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2022.2126645

This article explores the nature of individual and public value creation/destruction through public service design and delivery and offers a process model of value destruction within such delivery. It articulates key lessons for public service manage... Read More about New development: Value destruction in public service delivery—a process model and its implications.

Roles of Medicinal Mushrooms as Natural Food Dyes and Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC): Synergy of Zero Hunger and Affordable Energy for Sustainable Development (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmad, N., Vunduk, J., Klaus, A., Dahlan, N. Y., Ghosh, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Dufossé, L., Bani, N. A., & Wan-Mohtar, W. A. A. Q. I. (2022). Roles of Medicinal Mushrooms as Natural Food Dyes and Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC): Synergy of Zero Hunger and Affordable Energy for Sustainable Development. Sustainability, 14(21), Article 13894. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113894

In 2015, approximately 195 countries agreed with the United Nations that by 2030, they would work to make the world a better place. There would be synergies in accomplishing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Synergy using a single sustaina... Read More about Roles of Medicinal Mushrooms as Natural Food Dyes and Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC): Synergy of Zero Hunger and Affordable Energy for Sustainable Development.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Rights and Wellbeing: Analysis of the Ugandan Response to the Global Virus (2022)
Journal Article
Mwenyango, H. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Rights and Wellbeing: Analysis of the Ugandan Response to the Global Virus. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 8, 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-022-00229-w

The COVID-19 pandemic caused dilemmas for the most vulnerable populations around the world. This article describes the gendered effects of the pandemic on Ugandan women’s rights and wellbeing and provides suggestions for local and international pract... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Rights and Wellbeing: Analysis of the Ugandan Response to the Global Virus.

Getting back to human touch: habit and change decisions during mobile device intermediations at events (2022)
Journal Article
Sisson, A., & Whalen, E. (2022). Getting back to human touch: habit and change decisions during mobile device intermediations at events. Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality, 17(4), 514-529. https://doi.org/10.1108/cbth-03-2022-0051

Purpose
As mobile device use in the events industry increases worldwide, an essential component for successful events is creating a unique experience. One way to enhance entertainer and attendee experience is by offering a phone-free space to enjoy... Read More about Getting back to human touch: habit and change decisions during mobile device intermediations at events.

Exposure to Bisphenol A increases malignancy risk of thyroid nodules in overweight/obese patients (2022)
Journal Article
Marotta, V., Grumetto, L., Neri, I., Russo, G., Tortora, A., Izzo, G., Panariello, I., Rocco, D., Pezzullo, L., & Vitale, M. (2023). Exposure to Bisphenol A increases malignancy risk of thyroid nodules in overweight/obese patients. Environmental Pollution, 316, Article 120478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120478

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a widespread thyroid disruptor, but evidence about an association with thyroid cancer is weak. Excess body weight is a risk factor for thyroid cancer and affects activity of endocrine disruptors. Aim of the study was to investiga... Read More about Exposure to Bisphenol A increases malignancy risk of thyroid nodules in overweight/obese patients.

High Gain/Bandwidth Off-Chip Antenna Loaded with Metamaterial Unit-Cell Impedance Matching Circuit for Sub-Terahertz Near-Field Electronic Systems (2022)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Mariyanayagam, D., Vadalà, V., Naser-Moghadasi, M., See, C. H., Dayoub, I., Aïssa, S., Livreri, P., Burokur, S. N., Pietrenko-Dabrowska, A., Falcone, F., Koziel, S., & Limiti, E. (2022). High Gain/Bandwidth Off-Chip Antenna Loaded with Metamaterial Unit-Cell Impedance Matching Circuit for Sub-Terahertz Near-Field Electronic Systems. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 17893. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22828-3

An innovative off-chip antenna (OCA) is presented that exhibits high gain and efficiency performance at the terahertz (THz) band and has a wide operational bandwidth. The proposed OCA is implemented on stacked silicon layers and consists of an open c... Read More about High Gain/Bandwidth Off-Chip Antenna Loaded with Metamaterial Unit-Cell Impedance Matching Circuit for Sub-Terahertz Near-Field Electronic Systems.

First-person video recordings with eye tracking glasses and cognitive task analysis as a framework for referee decision training (2022)
Journal Article
Mascarenhas, D., Birtwhistle, J., & Martindale, A. (online). First-person video recordings with eye tracking glasses and cognitive task analysis as a framework for referee decision training. Managing Sport and Leisure, https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2022.2134186

Rationale
In comparison to players little is known about how sports officials integrate perception and cognition to manage in-game decisions.

Design
Using a naturalistic approach this paper uses first-person eye-tracked video footage to document... Read More about First-person video recordings with eye tracking glasses and cognitive task analysis as a framework for referee decision training.

PointGS: Bridging and fusing geometric and semantic space for 3D point cloud analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Jiang, C., Huang, K., Wu, J., Wang, X., Xiao, J., & Hussain, A. (2023). PointGS: Bridging and fusing geometric and semantic space for 3D point cloud analysis. Information Fusion, 91, 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2022.10.016

Directly processing 3D point cloud data becomes dominant in classification and segmentation tasks. Present mainstream point based methods usually focus on learning in either geometric space ( PointNet++) or semantic space ( DGCNN). Owing to the irreg... Read More about PointGS: Bridging and fusing geometric and semantic space for 3D point cloud analysis.

Endemicity of Coxiella burnetii infection among people and their livestock in pastoral communities in northern Kenya (2022)
Journal Article
Muema, J., Nyamai, M., Wheelhouse, N., Njuguna, J., Jost, C., Oyugi, J., Bukania, Z., Oboge, H., Ogoti, B., Makori, A., Fernandez, M. D. P., Omulo, S., & Thumbi, S. (2022). Endemicity of Coxiella burnetii infection among people and their livestock in pastoral communities in northern Kenya. Heliyon, 8(10), Article e11133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11133

Background
Coxiella burnetti can be transmitted to humans primarily through inhaling contaminated droplets released from infected animals or consumption of contaminated dairy products. Despite its zoonotic nature and the close association pastoralis... Read More about Endemicity of Coxiella burnetii infection among people and their livestock in pastoral communities in northern Kenya.