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Lime binders for the repair of historic buildings: Considerations for CO2 abatement (2019)
Journal Article
Forster, A. M., Válek, J., Hughes, J. J., & Pilcher, N. (2020). Lime binders for the repair of historic buildings: Considerations for CO2 abatement. Journal of Cleaner Production, 252, 119802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119802

Lime binders are utilised worldwide and are associated with a considerable scale of production and corresponding CO2 emissions. The relevance of this review is therefore international in scope, with production transcending geographical boundaries and... Read More about Lime binders for the repair of historic buildings: Considerations for CO2 abatement.

Intracellular Pharmacodynamic Modeling Is Predictive of the Clinical Activity of Fluoroquinolones against Tuberculosis (2019)
Journal Article
Donnellan, S., Aljayyoussi, G., Moyo, E., Ardrey, A., Martinez-Rodriguez, C., Ward, S. A., & Biagini, G. A. (2020). Intracellular Pharmacodynamic Modeling Is Predictive of the Clinical Activity of Fluoroquinolones against Tuberculosis. Antimicrobial Agent

Clinical studies of new antitubercular drugs are costly and time-consuming. Owing to the extensive tuberculosis (TB) treatment periods, the ability to identify drug candidates based on their predicted clinical efficacy is vital to accelerate the pipe... Read More about Intracellular Pharmacodynamic Modeling Is Predictive of the Clinical Activity of Fluoroquinolones against Tuberculosis.

Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., & Brusey, J. (2019). Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on: Comfort at the Extremes: Energy, Economy and Climate (865-876)

Thermal comfort in learning environments influences the students’ attention, concentration and learning productivity. Due to the impact of the thermal environment on students’ thermal comfort and consequently their productivity in line with the impac... Read More about Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings.

Enhancing Mobile Strategy Consultancy using a Conceptual Cognitive Model of Mobile Moments (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foerster, N., Tan, H., & Greiner, C. (2019). Enhancing Mobile Strategy Consultancy using a Conceptual Cognitive Model of Mobile Moments. In 2019 IEEE 10th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON). https://do

Identifying mobile business interactions and optimizing associated usecases by understanding their human cognitive drivers is key for future mobile strategies across mobile workforces. An illustrative motivation is to find out the individual triggers... Read More about Enhancing Mobile Strategy Consultancy using a Conceptual Cognitive Model of Mobile Moments.

The local provision of restorative justice in Scotland: an exploratory empirical study (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maglione, G., Buchan, J., & Robertson, L. (2019, December). The local provision of restorative justice in Scotland: an exploratory empirical study. Paper presented at Scotland Restorative Justice Forum - Research Network Seminar, Edinburgh

Maglione, G., Buchan, J., & Robertson, L. (2019, December). The local provision of restorative justice in Scotland: an exploratory empirical study. Paper presented at Scotland Restorative Justice Forum - Research Network Seminar, Edinburgh.

Putting design into practice: An investigation of TPACK scores of lecturers in a networked institution (2019)
Journal Article
Fabian, K., Clayes, E., & Kelly, L. (2019). Putting design into practice: An investigation of TPACK scores of lecturers in a networked institution. Research in Learning Technology, 27, https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v27.2296

Demand for blended and online learning environments is increasing and concurrent with this is the changing competencies required for teachers to be able to facilitate learning in both face-to-face and virtual space. The Technological Pedagogical Cont... Read More about Putting design into practice: An investigation of TPACK scores of lecturers in a networked institution.

Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: comfort, energy, and carbon (2019)
Journal Article
Mifsud, L., Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. M. (2020). Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: comfort, energy, and carbon. Renewable Energy, 149, 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.12.072

In the Mediterranean region façade shading systems are used to reduce operational energy, particularly cooling loads. However, operational savings do not necessarily translate into net energy savings unless they outweigh the embodied energy/carbon re... Read More about Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: comfort, energy, and carbon.

"It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior (2019)
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2019). "It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29(2), https://doi.org/

Sibling abuse is a global problem, arguably the most prevalent form of family violence, and as harmful as other familial abuse. There is evidence internationally that sibling abuse often goes unrecognized or is minimized by professionals from educati... Read More about "It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior.

The effects of age and acute aerobic and resistance exercise on circulating T lymphocyte vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in healthy males (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leggate, M., Florida-James, G., Ross, M., Jurevicius, M., Duncan, G., & Lithgow, H. (2019, December). The effects of age and acute aerobic and resistance exercise on circulating T lymphocyte vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in healthy males. Presented

A low vitamin D status has been identified as an association risk factor in the etiology of numerous chronic diseases, with older adults identified as generally more deficient than younger populations. Exercise has been shown to act as a direct and i... Read More about The effects of age and acute aerobic and resistance exercise on circulating T lymphocyte vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in healthy males.

Computational singular perturbation analysis of brain lactate metabolism (2019)
Journal Article
Patsatzis, D. G., Tingas, E., Goussis, D. A., & Sarathy, S. M. (2019). Computational singular perturbation analysis of brain lactate metabolism. PLOS ONE, 14(12), Article e0226094. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226094

Lactate in the brain is considered an important fuel and signalling molecule for neuronal activity, especially during neuronal activation. Whether lactate is shuttled from astrocytes to neurons or from neurons to astrocytes leads to the contradictory... Read More about Computational singular perturbation analysis of brain lactate metabolism.

Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone technology platform, PEGASO fit for future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-Centre trial (2019)
Journal Article
Puigdomenech, E., Martin, A., Lang, A., Adorni, F., Gomez, S. F., McKinstry, B., …on behalf of the PEGASO Fit For Future Consortium. (2019). Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone techno

Background Behaviour change interventions targeting physical activity, diet, sleep and sedentary behaviour of teenagers show promise when delivered through smartphones. However, to date there is no evidence of effectiveness of multicomponent smartph... Read More about Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone technology platform, PEGASO fit for future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-Centre trial.

Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo (2019)
Journal Article
Mathur, S., Turnbull, A., Akaev, I., Stevens, C., Agrawal, N., Chopra, M., & Mincher, D. (2020). Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo. International Jour

The lysosomal endoprotease legumain (asparaginyl endoprotease) has been proposed as a putative biomarker in prostate tumours, in which the enzyme is markedly overexpressed. Overexpression, coupled with highly selective specificity for cleavage of sub... Read More about Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo.

Students’ perceptions of e-learning (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Munos-Escalona, P., Marzano, A., Vichare, P., Dunn, M., Lazar, I., & Soares, F. (2019, December). Students’ perceptions of e-learning. Paper presented at UK and Ireland 7th Engineering Education Research Network Annual Symposium, Warwick

Data regarding students’ perception towards E-learning tools was collected through a survey and a focus group in different institutions (Scotland, England, Portugal) at different levels in Higher Education in the area of engineering. The purpose of t... Read More about Students’ perceptions of e-learning.

Metal oxides based electrochemical pH sensors: Current progress and future perspectives (2019)
Journal Article
Manjakkal, L., Szwagierczak, D., & Dahiya, R. (2020). Metal oxides based electrochemical pH sensors: Current progress and future perspectives. Progress in Materials Science, 109, Article 100635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100635

Electrochemical pH sensors are on high demand in numerous applications such as food processing, health monitoring, agriculture and nuclear sectors, and water quality monitoring etc., owing to their fast response (