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Network ties, institutional roles and advocacy tactics:Exploring explanations for perceptions of influence in climate change policy networks (2021)
Journal Article
Wagner, P. M., Ocelík, P., Gronow, A., Ylä-Anttila, T., Schmidt, L., & Delicado, A. (2023). Network ties, institutional roles and advocacy tactics:Exploring explanations for perceptions of influence in climate change policy networks. Social Networks, 75, 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2021.11.008

The extent to which a policy actor is perceived as being influential by others can shape their role in a policy process. The interest group literature has examined how the use of advocacy tactics, such as lobbying or media campaigns, contributes to a... Read More about Network ties, institutional roles and advocacy tactics:Exploring explanations for perceptions of influence in climate change policy networks.

Conducting a consultation and clinical assessment of the skin for advanced clinical practitioners (2021)
Journal Article
McPhillips, H., Wood, A. F., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2021). Conducting a consultation and clinical assessment of the skin for advanced clinical practitioners. British Journal of Nursing, 30(21), 1232-1236. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.21.1232

Advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) roles require a broad range of knowledge of both medical and surgical areas and the ability to work autonomously in a variety of settings. Despite around half of the UK adult population presenting with a skin cond... Read More about Conducting a consultation and clinical assessment of the skin for advanced clinical practitioners.

Extending persian sentiment lexicon with idiomatic expressions for sentiment analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Dashtipour, K., Gogate, M., Gelbukh, A., & Hussain, A. (2022). Extending persian sentiment lexicon with idiomatic expressions for sentiment analysis. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 12(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13278-021-00840-1

Nowadays, it is important for buyers to know other customer opinions to make informed decisions on buying a product or service. In addition, companies and organizations can exploit customer opinions to improve their products and services. However, th... Read More about Extending persian sentiment lexicon with idiomatic expressions for sentiment analysis.

The influence of training volume on training and match injury risk in elite Scottish rugby union players (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paul, C., Campbell, T., Yule, S., Walsh, J., Martindale, R., & Palmer, D. (2021, November). The influence of training volume on training and match injury risk in elite Scottish rugby union players. Poster presented at IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport, Monaco

BACKGROUND
Training volume has been shown to influence injury risk in elite Rugby Union players.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the influence of training volume on injury risk in elite Scottish Rugby Union
players.
DESIGN
A prospective, observational... Read More about The influence of training volume on training and match injury risk in elite Scottish rugby union players.

An Autoethnography of Fitting In: On Spinsterhood, Fatness and Backpacker Tourism (2021)
Book
Stanley, P. (2021). An Autoethnography of Fitting In: On Spinsterhood, Fatness and Backpacker Tourism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003205357

An Autoethnography of Fitting In: On Spinsterhood, Fatness, and Backpacker Tourism is a feminist narrative about the social rules of obedience and acquiescence to the norm – fatness, heteronormativity, partnering – and about fitting in, or not, withi... Read More about An Autoethnography of Fitting In: On Spinsterhood, Fatness and Backpacker Tourism.

Intrusion Detection Framework for the Internet of Things Using a Dense Random Neural Network (2021)
Journal Article
Latif, S., Huma, Z. E., Jamal, S. S., Ahmed, F., Ahmad, J., Zahid, A., Dashtipour, K., Aftab, M. U., Ahmad, M., & Abbasi, Q. H. (2022). Intrusion Detection Framework for the Internet of Things Using a Dense Random Neural Network. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 18(9), 6435-6444. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2021.3130248

The Internet of Things (IoT) devices, networks, and applications have become an integral part of modern societies. Despite their social, economic, and industrial benefits, these devices and networks are frequently targeted by cybercriminals. Hence, I... Read More about Intrusion Detection Framework for the Internet of Things Using a Dense Random Neural Network.

A VMD and LSTM based hybrid model of load forecasting for power grid security (2021)
Journal Article
Lv, L., Wu, Z., Zhang, J., Tan, Z., Zhang, L., & Tian, Z. (2022). A VMD and LSTM based hybrid model of load forecasting for power grid security. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 18(9), 6474-6482. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2021.3130237

As the basis for the static security of the power grid, power load forecasting directly affects the safety of grid operation, the rationality of grid planning, and the economy of supply-demand balance. However, various factors lead to drastic changes... Read More about A VMD and LSTM based hybrid model of load forecasting for power grid security.

Time-Series in Hyper-parameter Initialization of Machine Learning Techniques (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horváth, T., Mantovani, R. G., & de Carvalho, A. C. P. L. F. (2021, November). Time-Series in Hyper-parameter Initialization of Machine Learning Techniques. Presented at 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL2021), Manchester

Initializing the hyper-parameters (HPs) of machine learning (ML) techniques became an important step in the area of automated ML (AutoML). The main premise in HP initialization is that a HP setting that performs well for a certain dataset(s) will als... Read More about Time-Series in Hyper-parameter Initialization of Machine Learning Techniques.

Linear Concept Approximation for Multilingual Document Recommendation (2021)
Book Chapter
Salamon, V. T., Tashu, T. M., & Horváth, T. (2021). Linear Concept Approximation for Multilingual Document Recommendation. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91608-4_15

In this paper, we proposed Linear Concept Approximation, a novel multilingual document representation approach for the task of multilingual document representation and recommendation. The main idea is in creating representations by using mappings to... Read More about Linear Concept Approximation for Multilingual Document Recommendation.

‘Never waste a crisis’: a commentary on the COVID‐19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care (2021)
Journal Article
Berg, L., Thomson, G., Jonge, A., Balaam, M., Moncrieff, G., Topalidou, A., Downe, S., Ellison, G., Fenton, A., Heazell, A., Kingdon, C., Matthews, Z., Severns, A., Wright, A., Akooji, N., Cull, J., Crossland, N., Feeley, C., Franso, B., Heys, S., …the ASPIRE COVID‐19 Team. (2022). ‘Never waste a crisis’: a commentary on the COVID‐19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 129(1), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16996

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Individual Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hearing Aid Use in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (2021)
Journal Article
Yi, J. S., Garcia Morales, E. E., Betz, J. F., Deal, J. A., Dean, L. T., Du, S., Goman, A. M., Griswold, M. E., Palta, P., Rebok, G. W., Reed, N. S., Thorpe, R. J., Lin, F. R., & Nieman, C. L. (2022). Individual Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hearing Aid Use in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 77(3), 647-655. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab273

Background
To measure the association between individual life-course socioeconomic position (SEP) and hearing aid use, we examined childhood and adulthood socioeconomic variables collected at the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study base... Read More about Individual Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hearing Aid Use in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abubakar, M., Jaroucheh, Z., Al Dubai, A., & Buchanan, W. (2021, October). Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems. Presented at 2021 5th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the principal signalling protocol in Voice over IP (VoIP) systems, responsible for initialising, terminating, and maintaining sessions amongst call parties. However, the problem with the SIP protocol is that i... Read More about Blockchain-Based Authentication and Registration Mechanism for SIP-Based VoIP Systems.

Automating the modular construction process: A review of digital technologies and future directions with blockchain technology (2021)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T. O., Chan, D. W., Ojo, S., & Yam, M. C. (2022). Automating the modular construction process: A review of digital technologies and future directions with blockchain technology. Journal of Building Engineering, 46, Article 103720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103720

Modular integrated construction (MiC) method has come to limelight in recent years due to its enormous potentials. Although several digital tools and technologies (DTT) have been employed in MiC projects, no previous research study has critically rev... Read More about Automating the modular construction process: A review of digital technologies and future directions with blockchain technology.

Intermediate Filament Keratins in the Exocrine Pancreas (2021)
Book Chapter
Alam, C., Baghestani, S., & Toivola, D. M. (2021). Intermediate Filament Keratins in the Exocrine Pancreas. In J. A. Williams, & F. S. Gorelick (Eds.), The Pancreas: Biology and Physiology (72-84). Michigan Publishing

Intermediate filament keratins are cytoskeletal components in epithelial tissues, including the exocrine pancreas. Keratin (K) intermediate filaments are highly conserved proteins that are expressed from early developmental stages up to the different... Read More about Intermediate Filament Keratins in the Exocrine Pancreas.

Resilience, anxiety and depression in nurses working in respiratory areas during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N. J., McAlooney-Kocaman, K., Welch, L., Ray, E., Lippiett, K., & Kelly, C. Resilience, anxiety and depression in nurses working in respiratory areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting

Nurses who work with respiratory patients, have been at the forefront of the pandemic response. Lessons need to be learnt from these nurses’ experiences in order to support these nurses during the existing pandemic and retain and mobilise this skille... Read More about Resilience, anxiety and depression in nurses working in respiratory areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conducting Research Using Online Workshops During COVID-19: Lessons for and Beyond the Pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Binti Mohd Shamsuddin, A., Sheikh, A., & Keers, R. (2021). Conducting Research Using Online Workshops During COVID-19: Lessons for and Beyond the Pandemic. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211043744

Social distancing rules in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated a move to online research for many social science researchers. In moving data collection online, academic literature on Internet-mediated research has resurfaced and been... Read More about Conducting Research Using Online Workshops During COVID-19: Lessons for and Beyond the Pandemic.

Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mortimer, J. (2021, November). Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community. Presented at Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, UK

Using the animated short film, New Signs for Animation as an example and jumping off point, we will be exploring options for character design in animation focused to deaf audiences in a workshop setting. This session will be an online [Zoom] recorded... Read More about Representation in Animation: Character design with the Deaf community.

Prioritization of Contracting Methods for Water and Wastewater Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Method (2021)
Journal Article
Sarvari, H., Chan, D. W. M., Ashrafi, B., Olawumi, T. O., & Banaitiene, N. (2021). Prioritization of Contracting Methods for Water and Wastewater Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Method. Energies, 14(22), Article 7815. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227815

This study uses the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) method to prioritize contracting methods to determine the most suitable contract option for water and wastewater projects (WWP). Content analysis, a two-round Delphi survey technique, and... Read More about Prioritization of Contracting Methods for Water and Wastewater Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Method.