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The activities of suaveolol and other compounds from Hyptis suaveolens and Momordica charantia against the aetiological agents of African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and malaria (2024)
Journal Article
Oaikhena, E. E., Yahaya, U. A., Abdulsalami, S. M., Egbe, N. L., Adeyemi, M. M., Ungogo, M. A., …de Koning, H. P. (2024). The activities of suaveolol and other compounds from Hyptis suaveolens and Momordica charantia against the aetiological agents of African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and malaria. Experimental Parasitology, 263-264, Article 108807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2024.108807

African trypanosomiasis and malaria are among the most severe health challenges to humans and livestock in Africa and new drugs are needed. Leaves of Hyptis suaveolens Kuntze (Lamiaceae) and Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae) were extracted with... Read More about The activities of suaveolol and other compounds from Hyptis suaveolens and Momordica charantia against the aetiological agents of African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and malaria.

Prioritising urban heat island mitigation interventions: Mapping a heat risk index. (2024)
Journal Article
Elmarakby, E., & Elkadi, H. (2024). Prioritising urban heat island mitigation interventions: Mapping a heat risk index. Science of the Total Environment, 948, Article 174927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174927

The global climate is under threat from increasing extreme heat, evidenced by rising temperatures and a surge in hot days. Heat waves are intensifying worldwide, impacting cities and residents, as demonstrated by the record-breaking heat experienced... Read More about Prioritising urban heat island mitigation interventions: Mapping a heat risk index..

Hybrid healthcare unit recommendation system using computational techniques with lung cancer segmentation (2024)
Journal Article
Albalawi, E., Neal Joshua, E. S., Joys, N. M., Bhatia Khan, S., Shaiba, H., Ahmad, S., & Nazeer, J. (in press). Hybrid healthcare unit recommendation system using computational techniques with lung cancer segmentation. Frontiers in Medicine, 11, 1429291. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1429291

Introduction: Our research addresses the critical need for accurate segmentation in medical healthcare applications, particularly in lung nodule detection using Computed Tomography (CT). Our investigation focuses on determining the particle compositi... Read More about Hybrid healthcare unit recommendation system using computational techniques with lung cancer segmentation.

Explainable lung cancer classification with ensemble transfer learning of VGG16, Resnet50 and InceptionV3 using grad-cam (2024)
Journal Article
Kumaran S, Y., Jeya, J. J., R, M. T., Khan, S. B., Alzahrani, S., & Alojail, M. (2024). Explainable lung cancer classification with ensemble transfer learning of VGG16, Resnet50 and InceptionV3 using grad-cam. BMC Medical Imaging, 24(1), 176. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12880-024-01345-x

Medical imaging stands as a critical component in diagnosing various diseases, where traditional methods often rely on manual interpretation and conventional machine learning techniques. These approaches, while effective, come with inherent limitatio... Read More about Explainable lung cancer classification with ensemble transfer learning of VGG16, Resnet50 and InceptionV3 using grad-cam.

Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi formation of northern Kenya (2024)
Journal Article
Seiffert, E. R., Heritage, S., de Vries, D., Sallam, H. M., Vitek, N. S., Aoron, E., & Princehouse, P. (2024). Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi formation of northern Kenya. Historical Biology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2370015

Anomaluroid rodents (i.e. Anomaluridae + Zenkerellidae) have a long evolutionary history in Africa dating back to at least the middle Eocene, but Palaeogene fossil members of the anomaluroid crown group have never been found south of the Sahara. Here... Read More about Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi formation of northern Kenya.

Looking at AI Fairness from a Marketing Lenz: The Influence of Ethnicity on Facial Expression Recognition based on expert judgement and AI models (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Mansouri, T. (2024). Looking at AI Fairness from a Marketing Lenz: The Influence of Ethnicity on Facial Expression Recognition based on expert judgement and AI models. In ACADEMY OF MARKETING CONFERENCE 2024 PAPER PROCEEDING (56-57)

This research investigates the influence of ethnicity on facial expression perception using insights from marketing experts and Computer Vision techniques. Marketing professionals were highly adept at recognizing expressions across varying ethnicitie... Read More about Looking at AI Fairness from a Marketing Lenz: The Influence of Ethnicity on Facial Expression Recognition based on expert judgement and AI models.

Architectural ‘Αναπλασης’ (‘Anaplasis’=Regeneration In Greek) And Environmental Vulnerability; Paphos World Heritage Site (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Yioutani-Iacovides, M. (2024, July). Architectural ‘Αναπλασης’ (‘Anaplasis’=Regeneration In Greek) And Environmental Vulnerability; Paphos World Heritage Site. Paper presented at AMPS Conference, Barcelona 2024: Urban Futures-Cultural Pasts., Barcelona (in person and online) Presentation was online

Recognition of Cultural and Architectural Heritage as World Heritage Site and its subsequent regeneration increases the economic value of a Place but could potentially disregard its environmental vulnerability.
People, Place and Policy may not be al... Read More about Architectural ‘Αναπλασης’ (‘Anaplasis’=Regeneration In Greek) And Environmental Vulnerability; Paphos World Heritage Site.

Evaluation of the EUROSEM on soil erosion simulation for loess plateau, northern China (2024)
Journal Article
Su, C., Wang, Y., Fu, |. X., & Wang, Z. (2024). Evaluation of the EUROSEM on soil erosion simulation for loess plateau, northern China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5919

The Loess Plateau region features fragmented landforms, sparse vegetation, and short but intense summer rainstorms that can easily cause severe soil erosion. To evaluate its applicability to a typical Loess Plateau in northern China, an indoor labora... Read More about Evaluation of the EUROSEM on soil erosion simulation for loess plateau, northern China.

Bridging the Language Gap in FND Care: A Comparative Analysis of Neurologists and Psychologists (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Mashuk, M. S., Shumit, S., Yang, L., Daniela, D., Matthew, S., Lana, L., …Mohan Raj, R. (2024, July). Bridging the Language Gap in FND Care: A Comparative Analysis of Neurologists and Psychologists. Poster presented at 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Disney's Coronado Springs, Orlando, Florida, USA

This study compares the communication in Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) care between neurologists and psychologists through VADER sentiment analysis and LDA topic modeling. It reveals a stark contrast in language use: neurologists prefer clin... Read More about Bridging the Language Gap in FND Care: A Comparative Analysis of Neurologists and Psychologists.

Examining the Drivers to Support Improved Construction and Demolition Waste Management for a Circular Economy: A Comprehensive Review Using a Systematic Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Alhawamdeh, M., Ferriz-Papi, J. A., & Lee, A. (2024). Examining the Drivers to Support Improved Construction and Demolition Waste Management for a Circular Economy: A Comprehensive Review Using a Systematic Approach. Sustainability, 16(14), 6014. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16146014

With the rapid pace of global urbanisation, construction demolition waste (CDW) constitutes roughly 36% of the total solid waste deposited in landfill sites worldwide, thereby posing a significant challenge to the sustainability of the construction i... Read More about Examining the Drivers to Support Improved Construction and Demolition Waste Management for a Circular Economy: A Comprehensive Review Using a Systematic Approach.