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The Influence of Teleworking on Work-Life Balance and Employee Psychological Health: Evidence From Mauritius, a Small Island Economy (2024)
Book Chapter
Hosanoo, Z., & Rughoobur-Seetah, S. (2024). The Influence of Teleworking on Work-Life Balance and Employee Psychological Health: Evidence From Mauritius, a Small Island Economy. In H. C. Chandan (Ed.), Impact of Teleworking and Remote Work on Business: Productivity, Retention, Advancement, and Bottom Line. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-1314-5

This chapter investigates the impact of teleworking on the psychological health of employees in the new era of work shaped by the pandemic. Adopting a positivist approach in the post-pandemic world, this study aims to assess the employees’ perception... Read More about The Influence of Teleworking on Work-Life Balance and Employee Psychological Health: Evidence From Mauritius, a Small Island Economy.

The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024). The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis. In Proceedings of the 2024 AES 6th International Conference on Audio for Games

Foley is a sound production technique where organicity and authenticity in sound creation are key to fostering creativity. Audio synthesis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Interaction Design (IXD) have been explored by the community to investigate t... Read More about The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis.

Phenotypic Variation as an Important Aspect of Staphylococcal Pathogenesis . (2024)
Journal Article
Morrison, D. (in press). Phenotypic Variation as an Important Aspect of Staphylococcal Pathogenesis . Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology,

An editorial which frames the Research Topic's aims and objectives placing its findings in a broader context. Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci are medically important pathogens known for a pronounced phenotypic variabili... Read More about Phenotypic Variation as an Important Aspect of Staphylococcal Pathogenesis ..

“This wall does more for mental health than the uni does”: Theorising Toilet Graffiti as a Safe House for Students (2024)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (in press). “This wall does more for mental health than the uni does”: Theorising Toilet Graffiti as a Safe House for Students. Innovative Higher Education,

Despite sometimes being considered unworthy of scholarly attention, the study of toilet graffiti, also known as latrinalia, has nevertheless garnered increasing interest among researchers. Graffiti writing still suffers from the stigma of being assoc... Read More about “This wall does more for mental health than the uni does”: Theorising Toilet Graffiti as a Safe House for Students.

The CRPD and Mental Health Law Reform in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (in press). The CRPD and Mental Health Law Reform in Scotland. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101991

Scotland's mental health and capacity legislation and its implementation is underpinned by European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) informed principles, and such legislation and its implementation has remained largely ECHR compliant. It is designed... Read More about The CRPD and Mental Health Law Reform in Scotland.

Engine performance and emissions from a fumigated hydrogen/ammonia compression ignition engine with a hydrogen peroxide pilot (2024)
Journal Article
Paterson, G., Tingas, E., Hardalupas, Y., & Taylor, A. M. (2024). Engine performance and emissions from a fumigated hydrogen/ammonia compression ignition engine with a hydrogen peroxide pilot. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 67, 334-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.04.151

The study investigates, numerically, the potential use of introducing aqueous HO as an ignition promoter in a statistically homogeneous NH/H fuelled, medium speed (1250 rpm), 4-stroke, 1.3 litre cylinder displacement, mildly boosted CI engine with a... Read More about Engine performance and emissions from a fumigated hydrogen/ammonia compression ignition engine with a hydrogen peroxide pilot.

Reflective evaluations of perinatal bereavement care provision in the US and UK: an exploratory qualitative comparative study (2024)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., Côté Arsenault, D., & Norris, G. (2024). Reflective evaluations of perinatal bereavement care provision in the US and UK: an exploratory qualitative comparative study. Bereavement, 3, https://doi.org/10.54210/bj.2024.1119

There is increased recognition of the need to improve standards of perinatal bereavement care, due to its frequency and potential sequelae. As part of a Fulbright Scholar award, United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) researchers collaborated to e... Read More about Reflective evaluations of perinatal bereavement care provision in the US and UK: an exploratory qualitative comparative study.

Making a Case for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Housing Delivery in Saudi Arabia (2024)
Journal Article
Alhamoudi, A. M., & Osunsanmi, T. O. (2024). Making a Case for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Housing Delivery in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 16(8), Article 3399. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083399

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) grapples with the challenge of achieving sustainable housing delivery amidst rapid urbanization and rising construction costs. Current housing strategies have failed to offer a lasting solution to the crisis. To addr... Read More about Making a Case for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Housing Delivery in Saudi Arabia.

BM TRADA Webinar Part 2: Machine Strength Grading (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2024, April). BM TRADA Webinar Part 2: Machine Strength Grading. Presented at BM TRADA Technical Timber Webinars 2024, Online

Strength grading of solid timber – overcoming some common misconceptions. Slides covering machine strength grading, stamps, and EN1912 revision

Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema (2024)
Book
Artt, S. (in press). Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Quiet Pictures approaches the films of Joanna Hogg, Lynne Ramsay, Céline Sciamma, and Lucile Hadžhalilovicthrough the lens of silence as a motif and texture. This book takes up the question of different uses of silence in the work of these directo... Read More about Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema.

The British Rail Total Operations Processing System And the Birth of Telematics (2024)
Journal Article
Urquhart, N. (in press). The British Rail Total Operations Processing System And the Birth of Telematics. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing,

Contemporary mobility is almost universally supported by telecommunications networks and computing facilities known collectively as telematics. This has allowed closer integration of freight logistics into supply chains, and supported the growth of... Read More about The British Rail Total Operations Processing System And the Birth of Telematics.

Adaptive Mobile Chargers Scheduling Scheme based on AHP-MCDM for WRSN (2024)
Journal Article
Makanda, K., Hawbani, A., Wang, . X., Naji, A., Al-Dubai, A., Zhao, L., & Alsamhi, S. H. (in press). Adaptive Mobile Chargers Scheduling Scheme based on AHP-MCDM for WRSN. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3391316

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are used to sense and monitor physical conditions in various services and applications. However, there are a number of challenges in deploying WSNs, especially those pertaining to energy replenishment. Using the curre... Read More about Adaptive Mobile Chargers Scheduling Scheme based on AHP-MCDM for WRSN.

Simulation of Partial Discharge Phenomenon in Epoxy-Resins Insulation Under Very Low and High Stressing Frequencies (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Aliyu, B. D., Rohani, M. N. K. H., Musa, U., Sulaiman, S. H., Jibril, Y., Mas'ud, A. A., …Jamil, A. I. M. (2024). Simulation of Partial Discharge Phenomenon in Epoxy-Resins Insulation Under Very Low and High Stressing Frequencies. In 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference in Power Engineering Applications (ICPEA). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPEA60617.2024.10499042

Partial discharge (PD) degrades the quality of insulation systems, and its impact becomes even more severe with ageing. Several studies have revealed PD activity to be environmental and test factors dependent. Among the several test factors, the exci... Read More about Simulation of Partial Discharge Phenomenon in Epoxy-Resins Insulation Under Very Low and High Stressing Frequencies.

A narrative review of global and national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development processes - The GUidelines Standards (GUS) project (2024)
Journal Article
Milton, K., Hanson, C., Pearsons, A., Chou, R., & Stamatakis, E. (in press). A narrative review of global and national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development processes - The GUidelines Standards (GUS) project. Preventive Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107959

Background: Clinical and public health guidelines serve to direct clinical practice and policy, based on the best available evidence. The World Health Organization (WHO) and national health bodies of many countries have released physical activity a... Read More about A narrative review of global and national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development processes - The GUidelines Standards (GUS) project.