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ResDO-UNet: A deep residual network for accurate retinal vessel segmentation from fundus images (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Shen, J., Yang, L., Bian, G., & Yu, H. (2023). ResDO-UNet: A deep residual network for accurate retinal vessel segmentation from fundus images. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 79, Article 104087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2022.104087

For the clinical diagnosis, it is essential to obtain accurate morphology data of retinal blood vessels from patients, and the morphology of retinal blood vessels can well help doctors to judge the patient’s condition and give targeted therapeutic me... Read More about ResDO-UNet: A deep residual network for accurate retinal vessel segmentation from fundus images.

A Testing Methodology for the Internet of Things Affordable IP Cameras (2022)
Book Chapter
Dzwigala, G., Ghaleb, B., Aldhaheri, T. A., Wadhaj, I., Thomson, C., & Al-Zidi, N. M. (2022). A Testing Methodology for the Internet of Things Affordable IP Cameras. In H. Sharma, V. Shrivastava, K. Kumari Bharti, & L. Wang (Eds.), . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2130-8_37

IP cameras are becoming a cheaper and more convenient option for a lot of households, whether it being for outdoor, indoor security, or as baby or pet monitors. Their security, however, is often lacking, and there is currently no testbed that focuses... Read More about A Testing Methodology for the Internet of Things Affordable IP Cameras.

Cochrane EPOC Protocol: Providing medication adherence feedback to healthcare providers. The effect on care and outcomes. Protocol for a Cochrane review update (2022)
Other
Hassett, R., Sabatier, B., Savoldelli, V., Mair, A., Hanley, J., Dima, A., & Paterson, R. (2022). Cochrane EPOC Protocol: Providing medication adherence feedback to healthcare providers. The effect on care and outcomes. Protocol for a Cochrane review update

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (update).

Background
Key barriers to effectively supporting adherence include poor awareness amongst healthcare professionals (HCPs), scarce clinical tools and interventions, and suboptimal patient-provide... Read More about Cochrane EPOC Protocol: Providing medication adherence feedback to healthcare providers. The effect on care and outcomes. Protocol for a Cochrane review update.

Vertically-Polarized/End-Fire Phased Array with Folded-Slot Resonators for Cellular Communications (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parchin, N. O., Amar, A. S., Abdel-Rahman, A. S., Adel, A., See, C. H., Abdul-Al, M., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022, July). Vertically-Polarized/End-Fire Phased Array with Folded-Slot Resonators for Cellular Communications. Presented at 2022 International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt), Alexandria, Egypt

This study aims to introduce a new phased array design with end-fire and vertically-polarized radiation for future cellular networks. The procedure of the array design is simple, accomplished on a single layer substrate material. Its schematic involv... Read More about Vertically-Polarized/End-Fire Phased Array with Folded-Slot Resonators for Cellular Communications.

Super-Wideband and Highly-Miniaturized Phased Array for MM-Wave Smartphone Applications (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amar, A. S., Darwish, M., Parchin, N. O., See, C. H., Ghareeb, M. F., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & El-Hennawy, H. (2022, July). Super-Wideband and Highly-Miniaturized Phased Array for MM-Wave Smartphone Applications. Presented at 2022 International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt), Alexandria, Egypt

This paper aims to investigate of new phased array design and its radiation characteristics with highly-miniaturized and super-wideband (SWB) properties. The procedure of the phased array design is simple and can be directly performed on a single-lay... Read More about Super-Wideband and Highly-Miniaturized Phased Array for MM-Wave Smartphone Applications.

A New Multiple Slot Antenna System for Sub 6 GHz Smartphones (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parchin, N. O., Amar, A. S., Darwish, M., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Almslmany, A., & El-Hennawy, H. (2022, July). A New Multiple Slot Antenna System for Sub 6 GHz Smartphones. Presented at 2022 International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt), Alexandria, Egypt

This work presents a sub-6 GHz multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array with sufficient characteristics for mobile phone applications. At the four corners of the mobile phone mainboard, there are eight compact hook-shaped slot antennas mou... Read More about A New Multiple Slot Antenna System for Sub 6 GHz Smartphones.

Summer exhibition, Arion Art Group (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. (2022). Summer exhibition, Arion Art Group. [Fine Art Painting, Drawing]. Exhibited at The Life Room, Edinburgh. 19 August 2022 - 30 August 2022. (Unpublished)

Semi-supervised Representative Learning for Measuring Epidermal Thickness in Human Subjects in Optical Coherence Tomography by Leveraging Datasets from Rodent Models (2022)
Journal Article
Ji, Y., Yang, S., Zhou, K., Lu, J., Wang, R., Rocliffe, H. R., Pellicoro, A., Cash, J. L., Li, C., & Huang, Z. (2022). Semi-supervised Representative Learning for Measuring Epidermal Thickness in Human Subjects in Optical Coherence Tomography by Leveraging Datasets from Rodent Models. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 27(8), Article 085002. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.27.8.085002

Aim: Morphological changes in the epidermis layer are critical for the diagnosis and assessment of various skin diseases. Due to its non-invasiveness, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a good candidate for observing microstructural changes of ski... Read More about Semi-supervised Representative Learning for Measuring Epidermal Thickness in Human Subjects in Optical Coherence Tomography by Leveraging Datasets from Rodent Models.

The contingent roles of market turbulence and organizational innovativeness on the relationships among interfirm trust, formal contract, interfirm knowledge sharing and firm performance (2022)
Journal Article
Sung, J., Tekleab, A., Cheung, M., & Wu, W. P. (2023). The contingent roles of market turbulence and organizational innovativeness on the relationships among interfirm trust, formal contract, interfirm knowledge sharing and firm performance. Journal of Knowledge Management, 27(5), 1436-1457. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-04-2022-0289

Purpose
Prior research on interfirm collaborations has demonstrated that trust and contract are two central governance mechanisms that influence a firm’s knowledge sharing decision and the subsequent effect on performance. However, we know little ab... Read More about The contingent roles of market turbulence and organizational innovativeness on the relationships among interfirm trust, formal contract, interfirm knowledge sharing and firm performance.

Low-Profile MM-Wave PIFA Array with Omni-Directional and Full-Coverage Radiations (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, A., Parchin, N. O., Santos, H. M. D., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022, June). Low-Profile MM-Wave PIFA Array with Omni-Directional and Full-Coverage Radiations. Presented at 2022 IEEE Wireless Antenna and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), Rourkela, India

This manuscript studies the design and radiation characteristics of a new phased array with highly-miniaturized broadband and omnidirectional radiation properties. The procedure of the phased array design is simple and can be easily accomplished on a... Read More about Low-Profile MM-Wave PIFA Array with Omni-Directional and Full-Coverage Radiations.

Gain Enhancement of Diversity Slot Antenna Using FSS with Metamaterial Unit Cells for UWB Systems (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parchin, N. O., Ullah, A., Santos, H. M. D., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022, June). Gain Enhancement of Diversity Slot Antenna Using FSS with Metamaterial Unit Cells for UWB Systems. Presented at 2022 IEEE Wireless Antenna and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), Rourkela, India

This study represents the design of a dual-port/diversity antenna with enhanced gain property ultra-wideband (UWB) systems. It contains a small-size open-ended slot resonator fed by a pair of semi-arc feed-lines providing radiation/polarization diver... Read More about Gain Enhancement of Diversity Slot Antenna Using FSS with Metamaterial Unit Cells for UWB Systems.

A Novel Chaos-Based Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Model for Cancer Diagnosis (2022)
Journal Article
Rehman, M. U., Shafique, A., Ghadi, Y. Y., Boulila, W., Jan, S. U., Gadekallu, T. R., Driss, M., & Ahmad, J. (2022). A Novel Chaos-Based Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Model for Cancer Diagnosis. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 9(6), 4322-4337. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2022.3199235

Early cancer identification is regarded as a challenging problem in cancer prevention for the healthcare community. In addition, ensuring privacy-preserving healthcare data becomes more difficult with the growing demand for sharing these data. This s... Read More about A Novel Chaos-Based Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Model for Cancer Diagnosis.

A Mixed Approach for Aggressive Political Discourse Analysis on Twitter (2022)
Journal Article
Torregrosa, J., D’Antonio-Maceiras, S., Villar-Rodríguez, G., Hussain, A., Cambria, E., & Camacho, D. (2023). A Mixed Approach for Aggressive Political Discourse Analysis on Twitter. Cognitive Computation, 15, 440-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-022-10048-w

Political tensions have grown throughout Europe since the beginning of the new century. The consecutive crises led to the rise of different social movements in several countries, in which the political status quo changed. These changes included an in... Read More about A Mixed Approach for Aggressive Political Discourse Analysis on Twitter.

The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Vallières, F., Murphy, J., McBride, O., Shevlin, M., Gilmore, B., Travers, Á., Nolan, A., Butter, S., Karatzias, T., Bentall, R., & Hyland, P. (2022). The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1563. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13954-8

Background: Understanding how pandemics differentially impact on the socio-protective and psychological outcomes of males and females is important to develop more equitable public health policies. We assessed whether males and females differed on mea... Read More about The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comparative analysis of the barriers to smart sustainable practices adoption in the construction industry between Hong Kong and Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Chan, D. W., Olawumi, T. O., Saka, A. B., & Ekundayo, D. (2024). Comparative analysis of the barriers to smart sustainable practices adoption in the construction industry between Hong Kong and Nigeria. International journal of construction management, 24(14), 1499-1509. https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2022.2108973

The deployment of digital systems has facilitated process improvement in building construction, including for green practices implementation. However, it has encountered several challenges that have limited its use and hindered the diffusion of susta... Read More about Comparative analysis of the barriers to smart sustainable practices adoption in the construction industry between Hong Kong and Nigeria.

Skills audits: an integrative literature review (2022)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., McVicar, O., & Tariq, U. E. H. (2023). Skills audits: an integrative literature review. Industrial and Commercial Training, 55(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict-06-2021-0042

Purpose
Skills audits represent an important vehicle for analysing and monitoring skills coverage across organisations and nations and identifying skills gaps and mismatches that exist. In so doing, they provide valuable data on the competitive posi... Read More about Skills audits: an integrative literature review.

Supporting the learning experience of health‐related profession students during clinical placements with technology: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, A., Wilson, I., McClean, S., Kerr, D., & Breen, C. (2022). Supporting the learning experience of health‐related profession students during clinical placements with technology: A systematic review. Review of Education, 10(2), Article e3364. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3364

High quality clinical education is a fundamental component of undergraduate health-related professions programmes. Technological interventions offer potential to support and enhance student learning experiences during clinical placements, i.e. away f... Read More about Supporting the learning experience of health‐related profession students during clinical placements with technology: A systematic review.

Predicting Breast Cancer Leveraging Supervised Machine Learning Techniques (2022)
Journal Article
Aamir, S., Rahim, A., Aamir, Z., Abbasi, S. F., Khan, M. S., Alhaisoni, M., Khan, M. A., Khan, K., & Ahmad, J. (2022). Predicting Breast Cancer Leveraging Supervised Machine Learning Techniques. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2022, Article 5869529. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5869529

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of increasing deaths in women worldwide. The complex nature (microcalcification and masses) of breast cancer cells makes it quite difficult for radiologists to diagnose it properly. Subsequently, various com... Read More about Predicting Breast Cancer Leveraging Supervised Machine Learning Techniques.