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Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification (2022)
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Davies, S. R., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2022). Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification. Entropy, 24(10), Article 1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/e24101503

Ransomware is a malicious class of software that utilises encryption to implement an attack on system availability. The target’s data remains encrypted and is held captive by the attacker until a ransom demand is met. A common approach used by many c... Read More about Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification.

A three-stage criterion method for extracting local vibration modes of tensioned cables in beam string structures (2022)
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Zhang, T., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, H. (2022). A three-stage criterion method for extracting local vibration modes of tensioned cables in beam string structures. Frontiers in Materials, 9, Article 1055635. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2022.1055635

As light and efficient large-span space structures, beam string structures have been widely used since the 1980s. Within them, cables are the main force-bearing component; their level of tension determines the overall stiffness, performance and struc... Read More about A three-stage criterion method for extracting local vibration modes of tensioned cables in beam string structures.

Risk and 4E analyses and optimization of a novel solar-natural gas-driven polygeneration system based on Integration of Gas Turbine–SCO2–ORC-solar PV-PEM electrolyzer (2022)
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Khoshgoftar Manesh, M., Mehrabian, M., Nourpour, M., & Onishi, V. (2023). Risk and 4E analyses and optimization of a novel solar-natural gas-driven polygeneration system based on Integration of Gas Turbine–SCO2–ORC-solar PV-PEM electrolyzer. Energy, 263, Article 125777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125777

Harnessing combustion gases is paramount to reducing the environmental impacts caused by burning fossil fuels. In this study, an innovative solar-natural gas-driven polygeneration system is proposed for the simultaneous production of power, oxygen, a... Read More about Risk and 4E analyses and optimization of a novel solar-natural gas-driven polygeneration system based on Integration of Gas Turbine–SCO2–ORC-solar PV-PEM electrolyzer.

The Good Lives Model and restorative justice: combined potential in cases of sexual violence (2022)
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Keenan, M., Ward, T., & Zinsstag, E. (in press). The Good Lives Model and restorative justice: combined potential in cases of sexual violence. Journal of Sexual Aggression, https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2022.2136412

This article explores the combined potential of the Good Lives Model (GLM) and restorative justice as complementary approaches to justice, healing and social integration for sexual crime victims and offenders. When the synergies in both perspectives... Read More about The Good Lives Model and restorative justice: combined potential in cases of sexual violence.

Design of a Tri-Band Wearable Antenna for Millimeter-Wave 5G Applications (2022)
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Ahmad, S., Boubakar, H., Naseer, S., Alim, M. E., Sheikh, Y. A., Ghaffar, A., …Parchin, N. O. (2022). Design of a Tri-Band Wearable Antenna for Millimeter-Wave 5G Applications. Sensors, 22(20), Article 8012. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22208012

A printed monopole antenna for millimeter-wave applications in the 5G frequency region is described in this research. As a result, the proposed antenna resonates in three frequency bands that are designated for 5G communication systems, including 28... Read More about Design of a Tri-Band Wearable Antenna for Millimeter-Wave 5G Applications.

Development of transmission-reducing behaviour adherence measure (TRAM) for monitoring and predicting transmission-reducing behaviours during the pandemic (2022)
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den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Hubbard, G., & Dixon, D. (2023). Development of transmission-reducing behaviour adherence measure (TRAM) for monitoring and predicting transmission-reducing behaviours during the pandemic. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 28(7), 1671-1681. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2136391

There is a need for a measure to monitor adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours (TRBs) during pandemics. An adherence measure can monitor current TRBs, assess change over time and, potentially, predict later behaviours. The TRB adherence measu... Read More about Development of transmission-reducing behaviour adherence measure (TRAM) for monitoring and predicting transmission-reducing behaviours during the pandemic.

The Hematology Cancer patient Experience of ' Facing Death' in the last Year of Life: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study (2022)
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Campbell, K., Harris, F., & Stoddart, K. (2024). The Hematology Cancer patient Experience of ' Facing Death' in the last Year of Life: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study. Cancer Nursing, 47(2), 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000001180

Background
For hematology cancer patients, the process of dying is described as “troublesome.” Qualitative studies have focused on views of healthcare professionals and caregiver stakeholders. To date, there have been no studies from the patient’s... Read More about The Hematology Cancer patient Experience of ' Facing Death' in the last Year of Life: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.

Chronic pain through COVID (2022)
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Dunham, M., Bacon, L., Cottom, S., McCrone, P., Mehrpouya, H., Spyridonis, F., …Schofield, P. (2022). Chronic pain through COVID. Frontiers in Pain Research, 3, Article 937652. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2022.937652

Objectives: To identify good practice in the community management of chronic pain, and to understand the perspective of a group of healthcare service users towards the management of chronic pain using technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Metho... Read More about Chronic pain through COVID.

Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism (2022)
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Struebig, M. J., Aninta, S. G., Beger, M., Bani, A., Barus, H., Brace, S., Davies, Z., De Brauwer, M., Diele, K., Djakiman, C., Djamaluddin, R., Drinkwater, R., Dumbrell, A., Evans, D., Fusi, M., Herrera-Alsina, L., Iskandar, D. T., Jompa, J., Juliandi, B., Lancaster, L. T., …Supriatna, J. (2022). Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism. Bioscience, 72(11), 1118-1130. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac085

Wallacea—the meeting point between the Asian and Australian fauna—is one of the world's largest centers of endemism. Twenty-three million years of complex geological history have given rise to a living laboratory for the study of evolution and biodiv... Read More about Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism.

Investigating Cultural and Structural Influences on Optimising Engineer-to-Order Project Delivery and Sustainability (2022)
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Chipulu, M., & Ikeatuegwu, C. (2024). Investigating Cultural and Structural Influences on Optimising Engineer-to-Order Project Delivery and Sustainability. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 4205-4215. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2022.3213856

Several culture theories, which explain the formation, embedment, and propagation of organisational culture, suggest that certain organisational culture practices of an executing organisation may enable sustainable outcomes in project manufacturing.... Read More about Investigating Cultural and Structural Influences on Optimising Engineer-to-Order Project Delivery and Sustainability.

SMEs respond to climate change: Evidence from developing countries (2022)
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Alam, A., Du, A. M., Rahman, M., Yazdifar, H., & Abbasi, K. (2022). SMEs respond to climate change: Evidence from developing countries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 185, Article 122087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122087

Given the concerns stemming from climate change, it is important to investigate whether SMEs could become innovative (and thereby invest in technologies mitigating climate change) because of heightened climate change risk. This study explores the imp... Read More about SMEs respond to climate change: Evidence from developing countries.

Early maladaptive schemas and ICD-11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations (2022)
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Greenblatt-Kimron, L., Karatzias, T., Yonatan, M., Shoham, A., Hyland, P., Ben-Ezra, M., & Shevlin, M. (2023). Early maladaptive schemas and ICD-11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(1), 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12429

Objectives
Early maladaptive schemas (EMS) can result from adverse interpersonal traumatic experiences. The ICD-11 updated the concept of disorders following traumatic experiences with the new disorder of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTS... Read More about Early maladaptive schemas and ICD-11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations.

A Descriptive and Phenomenological Exploration of the Spiritual Needs of Chinese Children Hospitalized with Cancer (2022)
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Liu, Q., Ho, K., Lam, K., Lam, W., Cheng, E., Ching, S., & Wong, F. (2022). A Descriptive and Phenomenological Exploration of the Spiritual Needs of Chinese Children Hospitalized with Cancer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), Article 13217. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013217

Spiritual well-being is the fourth dimension of health, as equally important as physical, mental, and social well-being. The shadow of death associated with cancer triggers children to explore their personal values, meanings, and life goals throughou... Read More about A Descriptive and Phenomenological Exploration of the Spiritual Needs of Chinese Children Hospitalized with Cancer.

Understanding factors that could influence patient acceptability of the use of the PINCER intervention in primary care: A qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (2022)
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Laing, L., Salema, N., Jeffries, M., Binti Mohd Shamsuddin, A., Sheikh, A., Chuter, A., Waring, J., Avery, A., & Keers, R. (2022). Understanding factors that could influence patient acceptability of the use of the PINCER intervention in primary care: A qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. PLOS ONE, 17(10), Article e0275633. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275633

Introduction
Medication errors are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The pharmacist-led IT-based intervention to reduce clinically important medication errors (PINCER) intervention was shown to reduce medication errors when tested in a... Read More about Understanding factors that could influence patient acceptability of the use of the PINCER intervention in primary care: A qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability.

An Efficient Lightweight Image Encryption Scheme Using Multichaos (2022)
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Ullah, A., Shah, A. A., Khan, J. S., Sajjad, M., Boulila, W., Akgul, A., Masood, J., Ghaleb, F. A., Shah, S. A., & Ahmad, J. (2022). An Efficient Lightweight Image Encryption Scheme Using Multichaos. Security and Communication Networks, 2022, Article 5680357. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5680357

With an immense increase in Internet multimedia applications over the past few years, digital content such as digital images are stored and shared over global networks, the probability for information leakage and illegal modifications to the digital... Read More about An Efficient Lightweight Image Encryption Scheme Using Multichaos.

Corporate carbon emissions and market valuation of organic and inorganic investments (2022)
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Adamolekun, G., Kwansa, N. A., & Kwabi, F. (2022). Corporate carbon emissions and market valuation of organic and inorganic investments. Economics Letters, 221, Article 110887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110887

We empirically examine the impact of a firm’s carbon emissions level on the market valuation of organic and inorganic investments. We document that the market reacts negatively to corporate investment announcements by companies with high carbon emiss... Read More about Corporate carbon emissions and market valuation of organic and inorganic investments.

False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts (2022)
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Mangiulli, I., Battista, F., Kafi, N. A., Coveliers, E., Webster, T. C., Curci, A., & Otgaar, H. (2022). False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 972004. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.972004

People are often exposed to fake news. Such an exposure to misleading information might lead to false memory creation. We examined whether people can form false memories for COVID-19-related fake news. Furthermore, we investigated which individual fa... Read More about False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts.

Adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Gebreheat, G., Paterson, R., Mulugeta, H., & Teame, H. (2022). Adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 17(10), Article e0275320. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275320

Background: Reluctance to the COVID-19 preventive measures have been repeatedly reported in Ethiopia although compliance with these actions is the key step to minimize the pandemic’s burden. Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to add... Read More about Adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Prototype-Based Fuzzy Classifiers (2022)
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Gu, X., Li, M., Shen, L., Tang, G., Ni, Q., Peng, T., & Shen, Q. (2023). Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Prototype-Based Fuzzy Classifiers. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 31(5), 1703-1715. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2022.3214241

Evolving intelligent systems (EISs), particularly, the zero-order ones have demonstrated strong performance on many real-world problems concerning data stream classification, while offering high model transparency and interpretability thanks to their... Read More about Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Prototype-Based Fuzzy Classifiers.