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Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment (2024)
Journal Article
Bagireanu, A., Bros-Williamson, J., Duncheva, M., & Currie, J. (2024). Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment. Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 18(1), 1-11

Digital Twins (DTs) have entered the built environment from more established industries like aviation and manufacturing, although there has never been a common goal for utilising DTs at scale. Their assimilation into the built environment lacked its... Read More about Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment.

Improved Double Deep Q Network-Based Task Scheduling Algorithm in Edge Computing for Makespan Optimization (2024)
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Zeng, L., Liu, Q., Shen, S., & Liu, X. (2024). Improved Double Deep Q Network-Based Task Scheduling Algorithm in Edge Computing for Makespan Optimization. Tsinghua Science and Technology, 29(3), 806 - 817. https://doi.org/10.26599/TST.2023.9010058

Edge computing nodes undertake more and more tasks as business density grows. How to efficiently allocate large-scale and dynamic workloads to edge computing resources has become a critical challenge. An edge task scheduling approach based on an impr... Read More about Improved Double Deep Q Network-Based Task Scheduling Algorithm in Edge Computing for Makespan Optimization.

Hybrid Wi-Fi and PLC network for efficient e-health communication in hospitals: a prototype (2024)
Journal Article
Khan, S. U., Ullah Jan, S., Hwang, T., & Koo, I. (2024). Hybrid Wi-Fi and PLC network for efficient e-health communication in hospitals: a prototype. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 13(2), 1400-1410. https://doi.org/10.11591/eei.v13i2.5309

E-health is being adapted in modern hospitals as a significant addition to the existing healthcare services. To this end, modern hospitals urgently require a mobile, high-capacity, secure, and cost-effective communication infrastructure. In this pape... Read More about Hybrid Wi-Fi and PLC network for efficient e-health communication in hospitals: a prototype.

Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research (2024)
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Todd, L., & Quinn, B. (in press). Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research. Event Management, https://doi.org/10.3727/152599524X17114977927355

This curated collection considers the topic of the Festival City and examines how research on this theme published in the Event Management journal has contributed to extant theory in event management and event studies. Our commentary examines the evo... Read More about Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research.

Effect of pulsating flow on flow-induced vibrations of circular and square cylinders in the laminar regime (2024)
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Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Shi, K., Zhu, X., Guo, X., Mei, Y., & Kadapa, C. (2024). Effect of pulsating flow on flow-induced vibrations of circular and square cylinders in the laminar regime. Ocean Engineering, 301, Article 117609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117609

Through fluid-structure interaction simulations, this study assesses the dynamic response characteristics of elastically mounted circular and square cylinders subjected to pulsating inflow conditions, providing valuable insights into the analysis and... Read More about Effect of pulsating flow on flow-induced vibrations of circular and square cylinders in the laminar regime.

Perceived Barriers to Implementing Building Information Modelling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Delphi Survey of Construction Experts (2024)
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Sarvari, H., Asaadsamani, P., Olawumi, T. O., Chan, D. W., Rashidi, A., & Beer, M. (in press). Perceived Barriers to Implementing Building Information Modelling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Delphi Survey of Construction Experts. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2024.2329687

Building information modeling (BIM) is a disruptive information technology tool in the construction sector. Although this technology had a significant impact on the manufacturing industries, it, like any other technology, encountered several challeng... Read More about Perceived Barriers to Implementing Building Information Modelling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Delphi Survey of Construction Experts.

Abstract 4472: Discovery of potential RAF-selective back pocket as a promising biological target for BRAF inhibitors in the treatment of resistant melanoma: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies (2024)
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Ammar, U., Gamal, M., Abdel-Maksoud, M., Ali, E., Mahmoud, Z., Deug, K., …Oh, C. (2024). Abstract 4472: Discovery of potential RAF-selective back pocket as a promising biological target for BRAF inhibitors in the treatment of resistant melanoma: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies. Cancer Research, 84(6_Supplement), 4472-4472. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-4472

The mutated BRAF kinase (V600E) is considered the key component in the MAPK signaling pathway that was reported to be significantly contributed to melanoma disease. Vemurafenib and dabrafenib are examples of drugs that were approved by FDA to treat m... Read More about Abstract 4472: Discovery of potential RAF-selective back pocket as a promising biological target for BRAF inhibitors in the treatment of resistant melanoma: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies.

DIBNN: A Dual-Improved-BNN Based Algorithm for Multi-Robot Cooperative Area Search in Complex Obstacle Environments (2024)
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Chen, B., Zhang, H., Zhang, F., Jiang, Y., Miao, Z., Yu, H., & Wang, Y. (in press). DIBNN: A Dual-Improved-BNN Based Algorithm for Multi-Robot Cooperative Area Search in Complex Obstacle Environments. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1109/tase.2024.3379166

Aiming at the area search task of a multi-robot system in an unknown complex obstacle environment, we propose a cooperative area search algorithm based on a dual improved bio-inspired neural network (DIBNN). First, we improve the BNN model to reduce... Read More about DIBNN: A Dual-Improved-BNN Based Algorithm for Multi-Robot Cooperative Area Search in Complex Obstacle Environments.

Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach (2024)
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Osunsanmi, T. O., Gillies-Denning, E., Khaddour, L., Olawumi, T. O., & Moobela, C. (in press). Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach. International journal of construction management,

The shift towards net zero design for the construction industry poses complex challenges, which can be likened to a three-headed hydra embodying energy, water, and carbon emissions. The industry stakeholders have grappled with addressing the challeng... Read More about Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach.

Friends or enemies? Unraveling niche-regime interactions in grassroots digital innovations (2024)
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Gerli, P., Mora, L., Zhang, J., & Sancino, A. (2024). Friends or enemies? Unraveling niche-regime interactions in grassroots digital innovations. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202, Article 123342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123342

During the COVID-19 pandemic, grassroots digital innovations (GDIs) have gained traction as innovation niches, providing an alternative to the prevailing mainstream regime dominating smart city transitions. Drawing upon interviews with experts and pr... Read More about Friends or enemies? Unraveling niche-regime interactions in grassroots digital innovations.

Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change (2024)
Journal Article
Wooff, A. (in press). Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-01-2024-0007

Design/ Methodology This paper draws on data from a study funded by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2016-2018), entitled ‘Measuring Risk and Efficiency in Police Custody in Scotland’. The paper adopts a qualitative methodology to deve... Read More about Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change.

Design and Evaluation of Memory Efficient Data Structure Scheme for Energy Drainage Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks (2024)
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Bhatti, D. S., Saleem, S., Ali, Z., Park, T., Suh, B., Kamran, A., …Kim, K. (in press). Design and Evaluation of Memory Efficient Data Structure Scheme for Energy Drainage Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Access, https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3377144

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are deployed on a large scale and require protection from malicious energy drainage attacks, particularly those directed at the routing layer. The complexity increases during critical operations like cluster head select... Read More about Design and Evaluation of Memory Efficient Data Structure Scheme for Energy Drainage Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks.

Wireless Power Transfer Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends: A Review (2024)
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Alabsi, A., Hawbani, A., Wang, X., Al-Dubai, A., Abdel Aziz, S., Kumar, S., …Alsamhi, S. H. (in press). Wireless Power Transfer Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing,

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is a disruptive technology that allows wireless energy provisioning for energy- limited IoT devices, thus decreasing the over-reliance on batteries and wires. WPT could replace conventional energy provisioning (e.g., ene... Read More about Wireless Power Transfer Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends: A Review.

Cluster-based oversampling with area extraction from representative points for class imbalance learning (2024)
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Farou, Z., Wang, Y., & Horváth, T. (2024). Cluster-based oversampling with area extraction from representative points for class imbalance learning. Intelligent Systems with Applications, 22, Article 200357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswa.2024.200357

Class imbalance learning is challenging in various domains where training datasets exhibit disproportionate samples in a specific class. Resampling methods have been used to adjust the class distribution, but they often have limitations for small dis... Read More about Cluster-based oversampling with area extraction from representative points for class imbalance learning.

Enhanced Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (ESTAIR) vs. Treatment as Usual (TAU) for ICD-11 Complex PTSD: A pilot randomised controlled trial (The RESTORE trial) (2024)
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Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Cloitre, M., Busuttil, W., Graham, K., Hendrikx, L., …Murphy, D. (in press). Enhanced Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (ESTAIR) vs. Treatment as Usual (TAU) for ICD-11 Complex PTSD: A pilot randomised controlled trial (The RESTORE trial). Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics,

Introduction Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is a relatively new condition in ICD-11. This pilot randomised controlled trial aimed to compare a four-module intervention developed to target all symptoms of ICD-11 CPTSD, namely Enhanced Skills in Affective and... Read More about Enhanced Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (ESTAIR) vs. Treatment as Usual (TAU) for ICD-11 Complex PTSD: A pilot randomised controlled trial (The RESTORE trial).

Prevalence and correlates of ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder among adults living in Ukraine during the war with Russia (2024)
Journal Article
Redican, E., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Martsenkovskyi, D., Karatzias, T., & Ben-Ezra, M. (in press). Prevalence and correlates of ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder among adults living in Ukraine during the war with Russia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13678

Background: Although high rates of bereavement are evident in war-affected populations, no study has investigated the prevalence and correlates of probable ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) under these circumstances. Methods: Participants we... Read More about Prevalence and correlates of ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder among adults living in Ukraine during the war with Russia.

Wideband Endfire Antenna Array for 5G mmWave Mobile Terminals (2024)
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Zidour, A., Ayad, M., Alibakhshikenari, M., See, C. H., Lai, Y., Ma, Y., …Denidni, T. A. (in press). Wideband Endfire Antenna Array for 5G mmWave Mobile Terminals. IEEE Access, https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3375811

In this paper, a compact endfire antenna array with low-profile, small clearance, and wideband operation is proposed for millimeter-wave (mmWave) fifth-generation (5G) mobile terminals. The wideband operation is achieved by exciting two identical bow... Read More about Wideband Endfire Antenna Array for 5G mmWave Mobile Terminals.

Focal firms and interorganisational relationships in small economies: Towards a multi-level theoretical framework for enhancing value co-creation and performance (2024)
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Hosanoo, Z., Patel, P., Prikshat, V., Kanungo, R. P., & Gupta, S. (in press). Focal firms and interorganisational relationships in small economies: Towards a multi-level theoretical framework for enhancing value co-creation and performance. Journal of International Management, Article 101135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2024.101135

Underpinning Resource-Based View (RBV) and Relational View (RV) as theoretical premises, we examine the influence of the macro and micro-level factors on inter-organisational relationship/ alliances dynamics and competitive advantage of Focal Firms (... Read More about Focal firms and interorganisational relationships in small economies: Towards a multi-level theoretical framework for enhancing value co-creation and performance.

Evaluation of multi-directional speed qualities throughout adolescence in youth soccer: The non-linear nature of transfer (2024)
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Dugdale, J. H., Myers, T., Sanders, D., Andrew, M., Clarke, R., & Hunter, A. M. (in press). Evaluation of multi-directional speed qualities throughout adolescence in youth soccer: The non-linear nature of transfer. Journal of Sports Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2024.2329846

Training and assessment of agility is often prioritised by soccer coaches and practitioners aiming to develop multi-directional speed. Although the importance of agility is advocated throughout childhood and adolescence, limited data evidence agility... Read More about Evaluation of multi-directional speed qualities throughout adolescence in youth soccer: The non-linear nature of transfer.

A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines (2024)
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McDonald, A., & Jaen-Sola, P. (2024). A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines. Sustainability, 16(6), Article 2393. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062393

The mass of a direct-drive generator is often defined by the requirements for structural stiffness to meet the magnetic stiffness between the rotor and stator surfaces. This paper analyses this magnetic stiffness and estimates the structural stiffnes... Read More about A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines.