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Appropriate polypharmacy: a barometer for integrated care (2020)
Journal Article
Mair, A., Antoniadou, E., Hendry, A., & Gabrovec, B. (2021). Appropriate polypharmacy: a barometer for integrated care. Journal of Integrated Care, 29(2), 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1108/jica-04-2020-0019

Purpose Polypharmacy, the concurrent use of multiple medicines by one individual, is a common and growing challenge driven by an ageing population and the growing number of people living longer with chronic conditions. Up to 11% of unplanned hospita... Read More about Appropriate polypharmacy: a barometer for integrated care.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Persistent Somatic Symptoms During the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Role of Sense of Threat (2020)
Journal Article
Jowett, S., Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., & Karatzias, T. (2021). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Persistent Somatic Symptoms During the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Role of Sense of Threat. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(4), 338-344. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.00000

Objective Persistent somatic symptoms, such as pain and fatigue, have been referred to as somatisation. Somatisation is commonly associated with histories of trauma and PTSD. Although previous research has demonstrated that PTSD can predict somatic... Read More about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Persistent Somatic Symptoms During the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Role of Sense of Threat.

Towards Autonomous Robot Evolution (2020)
Book Chapter
Eiben, A. E., Hart, E., Timmis, J., Tyrrell, A. M., & Winfield, A. F. (2021). Towards Autonomous Robot Evolution. In A. Cavalcanti, B. Dongol, R. Hierons, J. Timmis, & J. Woodcock (Eds.), Software Engineering for Robotics (29-51). Springer. https://doi.or

We outline a perspective on the future of evolutionary robotics and discuss a long-term vision regarding robots that evolve in the real world. We argue that such systems offer significant potential for advancing both science and engineering. For scie... Read More about Towards Autonomous Robot Evolution.

Transposing the preventive restructuring directive 2019 into French insolvency law: Rethinking the role of the judge and rebalancing creditors' rights (2020)
Journal Article
Ghio, E. (2021). Transposing the preventive restructuring directive 2019 into French insolvency law: Rethinking the role of the judge and rebalancing creditors' rights. International Insolvency Review, 30(1), 54-74. https://doi.org/10.1002/iir.1401

In June 2019, the European Union adopted the Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks. The objective of the Directive is to introduce a level-playing field across all Member States in the area of pre-insolvency restructuring. Member States ha... Read More about Transposing the preventive restructuring directive 2019 into French insolvency law: Rethinking the role of the judge and rebalancing creditors' rights.

TikTok as a tool for providing pastoral and academic support to student (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerr, G. (2020, December). TikTok as a tool for providing pastoral and academic support to student. Presented at Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde [Online]

This presentation explores TikTok as a platform for personal tutors in the higher education setting to provide pastoral and academic support to students. Young people are increasing using TikTok as a social media tool, but there is more to this app t... Read More about TikTok as a tool for providing pastoral and academic support to student.

Graphene as a pre-illumination cooling approach for a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system (2020)
Journal Article
Alzahrani, M., Roy, A., Shanks, K., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Graphene as a pre-illumination cooling approach for a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 222, Article 110922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j

The concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system has a high potential in increasing the power output, propelling further the concentration ratio generating excessive heat that significantly deteriorates the solar cell efficiency and reliability. To thoroug... Read More about Graphene as a pre-illumination cooling approach for a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system.

Prevalence of Asymmetric Hearing Among Adults in the United States (2020)
Journal Article
Suen, J. J., Betz, J., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Lin, F. R., & Goman, A. M. (2021). Prevalence of Asymmetric Hearing Among Adults in the United States. Otology and Neurotology, 42(2), e111-e113. https://doi.org/10.1097/mao.0000000000002931

Objective: To estimate the national prevalence of asymmetric hearing among adults through applying two distinct audiometric criteria. Study Design: National cross-sectional survey. Setting: Ambulatory examination centers within the Nation... Read More about Prevalence of Asymmetric Hearing Among Adults in the United States.

Persuasive dialogue understanding: The baselines and negative results (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Ghosal, D., Majumder, N., Hussain, A., & Poria, S. (2021). Persuasive dialogue understanding: The baselines and negative results. Neurocomputing, 431, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2020.11.040

Persuasion aims at forming one’s opinion and action via a series of persuasive messages containing persuader’s strategies. Due to its potential application in persuasive dialogue systems, the task of persuasive strategy recognition has gained much at... Read More about Persuasive dialogue understanding: The baselines and negative results.

Sexual Violence and Its Associated Psychosocial Effects in Ireland (2020)
Journal Article
Valliéres, F., Gilmore, B., Nolan, A., Maguire, P., Bondjers, K., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., & Hyland, P. (2022). Sexual Violence and Its Associated Psychosocial Effects in Ireland. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(11-12),

Current data on the prevalence and psychosocial correlates of sexual violence in the Republic of Ireland is lacking, with the most recent sexual abuse and violence survey dating back to 2001. The current study sought to identify what proportion of Ir... Read More about Sexual Violence and Its Associated Psychosocial Effects in Ireland.

Quantification of Particle Breakage & its Evolution using Statistical Entropy- A Grading Entropy Approach (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leak, J., Barreto, D., Dimitriadi, V., & Imre, E. (2020, December). Quantification of Particle Breakage & its Evolution using Statistical Entropy- A Grading Entropy Approach. Paper presented at 17th Annual Geomechanics From Micro to Macro Conference, Onli

These slides were presented at the 17th annual geomechanics from micro to macro conference in 2020. They detail the comparison of the well known, and commonly used, relative breakage parameter used to assess the degree of particle breakage in soils.... Read More about Quantification of Particle Breakage & its Evolution using Statistical Entropy- A Grading Entropy Approach.

Counterfactual Explanation and Causal Inference In Service of Robustness in Robot Control (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. C., & Ramamoorthy, S. (2020). Counterfactual Explanation and Causal Inference In Service of Robustness in Robot Control. In 2020 Joint IEEE 10th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob). https:/

We propose an architecture for training generative models of counterfactual conditionals of the form, `can we modify event A to cause B instead of C?', motivated by applications in robot control. Using an `adversarial training' paradigm, an image-bas... Read More about Counterfactual Explanation and Causal Inference In Service of Robustness in Robot Control.

Exploring Philosophical Devices for Thinking About Ethics in Socially Engaged Design: Reflections on a Workshop (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buwert, P., Bianchin, M., & Heylighen, A. (2019, October). Exploring Philosophical Devices for Thinking About Ethics in Socially Engaged Design: Reflections on a Workshop. Presented at Socially Engaged Design Conference, Limassol Cyprus

Socially engaged design seeks to tackle tangible problems of our society. Yet, all too often attempts to use design in this way bring new problems into being. In this sense, designers are pervasively asked to confront and reason about ethical questio... Read More about Exploring Philosophical Devices for Thinking About Ethics in Socially Engaged Design: Reflections on a Workshop.

The Language of Scent in Real and Constructed Languages (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gawne, L., & Freestone, P. M. (2020, December). The Language of Scent in Real and Constructed Languages. Paper presented at Australian Linguistic Society annual conference, Online

An examination of the linguistics of scent in real-word languages and in Aramteskan, the linguist-constructed language of the Shadowscent duology by P. M. Freestone.

Early pregnancy maternal progesterone administration alters pituitary and testis function and steroid profile in male fetuses (2020)
Journal Article
Siemienowicz, K. J., Wang, Y., Marečková, M., Nio-Kobayashi, J., Fowler, P. A., Rae, M. T., & Duncan, W. C. (2020). Early pregnancy maternal progesterone administration alters pituitary and testis function and steroid profile in male fetuses. Scientific

Maternal exposure to increased steroid hormones, including estrogens, androgens or glucocorticoids during pregnancy results in chronic conditions in offspring that manifest in adulthood. Little is known about effects of progesterone administration in... Read More about Early pregnancy maternal progesterone administration alters pituitary and testis function and steroid profile in male fetuses.

A randomized controlled trial of a caregiver-facilitated problem-solving-based self-learning program for family carers of people with early psychosis (2020)
Journal Article
Tong Chien, W., Bressington, D., Lubman, D. I., & Karatzias, T. (2020). A randomized controlled trial of a caregiver-facilitated problem-solving-based self-learning program for family carers of people with early psychosis. International Journal of Environ

Facilitated self-help and problem-solving strategies can empower and support family carers to cope with caregiving for people with severe mental illness. This single-blind multi-site randomized controlled trial examined the effects of a 5-month famil... Read More about A randomized controlled trial of a caregiver-facilitated problem-solving-based self-learning program for family carers of people with early psychosis.

'Need we Say More': Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2020, December). 'Need we Say More': Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI. Paper presented at Sound Instruments and Sonic Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Conference, National Science & Media Museum, Bradford/Online

Often described as the first digital sampler, the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (CMI) was primarily a digital synthesizer and computer workstation. Launched in 1979, it was one of the technologies that were used to re-shape the practices of m... Read More about 'Need we Say More': Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI.

An investigation of smart transportation system (STS) data integration within Chinese cities: A socio-technical system perspective (2020)
Thesis
Zhang, J. (2020). An investigation of smart transportation system (STS) data integration within Chinese cities: A socio-technical system perspective. (Thesis). University of Sheffield. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2822416

In March 2014, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council of China jointly released the National New-type Urbanization Plan (NUP) (20142020). Smart City development is one of the main objectives of this policy. Amongs... Read More about An investigation of smart transportation system (STS) data integration within Chinese cities: A socio-technical system perspective.

Can Knowledge Exchange Forge a Collaborative Pathway to Policymaking? A Case Study Example of the Recognition Matters Project (2020)
Journal Article
Critchley, A., & Mitchell, M. (2020). Can Knowledge Exchange Forge a Collaborative Pathway to Policymaking? A Case Study Example of the Recognition Matters Project. British Journal of Social Work, 50(8), 2298-2318. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa220

Knowledge Exchange is considered a way that research might be operationalised beyond the academy, both within policy and practice. This article seeks to analyse knowledge exchange as a method of bringing field, research and policy together. It does s... Read More about Can Knowledge Exchange Forge a Collaborative Pathway to Policymaking? A Case Study Example of the Recognition Matters Project.