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As transgender employees become more common, here's how workplaces can welcome diversity (2022)
Journal Article
Lord, J., & Baset, S. (2022). As transgender employees become more common, here's how workplaces can welcome diversity

The process for applying for a gender recognition certificate in the UK has become easier and cheaper due to government changes in recent years. There has been a slow increase in the the number of people applying as a result.

Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners (2022)
Journal Article
Adetayo, A., Abata-Ebire, B., & Oladipo, Y. (2022). Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners. Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning, 16(3-4), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533290x.2022.2149663

The study investigated the willingness of students to remotely tune into podcast programmes aired by libraries and the associated challenges. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The sample included 245 Adeleke University undergra... Read More about Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners.

The influence of social media addiction on compulsive buying behaviour: A comparative analysis of LGBT+ and heterosexual consumers (2022)
Journal Article
Maccarrone-Eaglen, A., & Schofield, P. (2022). The influence of social media addiction on compulsive buying behaviour: A comparative analysis of LGBT+ and heterosexual consumers. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 22(1), 98-121. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2115

Despite the significant research on the impact of social media in people's lives, little is known about the extent to which social media impacts on compulsive buying behaviour (CBB). Moreover, previous studies of this relationship sampled heterosexua... Read More about The influence of social media addiction on compulsive buying behaviour: A comparative analysis of LGBT+ and heterosexual consumers.

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British credit unions and community-lenders (2022)
Journal Article
Vik, P., & Wallace, A. (2022). The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British credit unions and community-lenders. Journal of co-operative studies, 55(2), 29-34

Credit unions are often hypothesised to be less vulnerable to crises than other types of businesses.
This paper examines the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the British credit union and community
lender sector drawing on interviews with 25 m... Read More about The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British credit unions and community-lenders.

SMEs respond to climate change: evidence from developing countries (2022)
Journal Article
Alam, A., Anna, D., Rahman, M., Yazdifar, H., & Abbasi, K. (2022). SMEs respond to climate change: evidence from developing countries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 185, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122087

Given the concerns stemming from climate change, it is important to investigate whether SMEs could become innovative (and thereby invest in technologies mitigating climate change) because of heightened climate change risk. This study explores the imp... Read More about SMEs respond to climate change: evidence from developing countries.

Quiet quitting is a new name for an old method of industrial action (2022)
Journal Article
Lord, J. (2022). Quiet quitting is a new name for an old method of industrial action

The average UK worker now carries out approximately 22 days’ worth of overtime a year. Meanwhile, inflation is at a 40-year high of 10.1%, and real pay is dropping 2.8% – the fastest decline since records began in 2001.
In response, the trend of “q... Read More about Quiet quitting is a new name for an old method of industrial action.

Impacts of host city image in the country destination branding in sport mega-event context: exploring cognitive and affective image dimensions (2022)
Journal Article
Ferreira, L., Giraldi, J., Maheshwari, V., & Oliveira, J. (2022). Impacts of host city image in the country destination branding in sport mega-event context: exploring cognitive and affective image dimensions. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 13(4), 486-505. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-10-2021-0080

Purpose
This paper aims to verify the brand image effects of holding a sport mega-event by investigating the host city's influence on the country's branding, as a tourist destination.

Design/methodology/approach
This research considered the Rio... Read More about Impacts of host city image in the country destination branding in sport mega-event context: exploring cognitive and affective image dimensions.

Implementation of a novel data-driven approach to optimise UK offsite housing delivery (2022)
Journal Article
Ashayeri, I., Goulding, J., Heesom, D., Arif, M., Moore, N., Obi, L., …Saini, M. (2022). Implementation of a novel data-driven approach to optimise UK offsite housing delivery. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/4/042029

Several countries have started to more purposefully apply advanced offsite delivery approaches to meet specific housing shortages. The United Kingdom (UK) is no exception. Whilst the concepts and benefits of Modern Methods of Construction are ‘typica... Read More about Implementation of a novel data-driven approach to optimise UK offsite housing delivery.

Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults (2022)
Journal Article
Moody, L., Wood, E., Needham, A., Booth, A., Jimenez-Aranda, A., & Tindale, W. (2022). Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 46(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/03091902.2022.2089249

Evidence suggests that much of the digital technology available and provided to older adults to enable self-management of long-term conditions is under-utilised. This research focuses on three conditions prevalent amongst older adults: diabetes, deme... Read More about Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults.

Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial (2022)
Journal Article
Vincent, L., Ibrahim, M., Kitchin, J., Pickering, C., Wilson, J., Sorrentino, E., …McCulloch, P. (2022). Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 24(3), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221116472

Background Current personal protective equipment (PPE) practices in UK intensive care units involve “sessional” use of long-sleeved gowns, risking nosocomial infection transmitted via gown sleeves. Data from the first wave of the COVID19 pandemic dem... Read More about Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial.

Negativists, enthusiasts and others: a typology of players in free-to-play games (2022)
Journal Article
Klézl, V., & Kelly, S. (2022). Negativists, enthusiasts and others: a typology of players in free-to-play games. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 82(5), 7939-7960. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-13647-9

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel multidimensional typology of free-to-play
gamers, based on the theory of consumption values and to test whether these types of gamers differ in
their premium content consumer purchasing beha... Read More about Negativists, enthusiasts and others: a typology of players in free-to-play games.

Implementation of the territories with special economic regimes in the Far East of Russia (2022)
Journal Article
Sosnovskikh, S. (2022). Implementation of the territories with special economic regimes in the Far East of Russia. International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 16(2-4), 344 - 367. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEPEE.2021.10035916

In the Far East of Russia, economic development has dramatically slowed down for the past 30 years. The federal government seeks new methods to attract investments into the regions, stimulate entrepreneurial activity, and boost economic growth. This... Read More about Implementation of the territories with special economic regimes in the Far East of Russia.

Effect of hydrochar from acid hydrolysis on anaerobic digestion of chicken manure (2022)
Journal Article
Hurst, G., Ruiz-Lopez, S., Rivett, D., & Tedesco, S. (2022). Effect of hydrochar from acid hydrolysis on anaerobic digestion of chicken manure. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(5), Article 108343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108343

Acid hydrolysis is a key process for the production of platform chemicals from biomass, however solid residues by-products can amount to 50 wt% of the starting biomass material. In this study, solid residues from the production of biofuel precursor l... Read More about Effect of hydrochar from acid hydrolysis on anaerobic digestion of chicken manure.

Non-invasive predictors of axillary lymph node burden in breast cancer: a single-institution retrospective analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Ngai, V., Tai, J., Taj, S., Khanfar, H., Sfakianakis, E., Bakalis, A., …Baker, R. (2022). Non-invasive predictors of axillary lymph node burden in breast cancer: a single-institution retrospective analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 195(2), 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-022-06672-7

Purpose: Axillary staging is an important prognostic factor in breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) is currently used to stage patients who are clinically and radiologically node-negative. Since the establishment that axillary node clearan... Read More about Non-invasive predictors of axillary lymph node burden in breast cancer: a single-institution retrospective analysis.

Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK (2022)
Journal Article
Gomis, K., Saini, M., Pathirage, C., & Arif, M. (2022). Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK. Quality Assurance in Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-03-2022-0072

Purpose
The issues in the current Built Environment Higher Education (BEHE) curricula recognise a critical need for enhancing the quality of teaching. This paper aims to identify the need for a best practice in teaching within BEHE curricula and... Read More about Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK.

Cultural challenges of ERP implementation in Middle-Eastern oil & gas sector: an action research approach (2022)
Journal Article
Ali, M., Edghiem, F., & Alkhalifah, E. (2022). Cultural challenges of ERP implementation in Middle-Eastern oil & gas sector: an action research approach. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 36, 111-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-022-09600-4

The purpose of this paper was to examine the cultural barriers that existed at various stages of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation process, using the Middle-Eastern oil and gas sector as a case study. Due to a variety of cultural... Read More about Cultural challenges of ERP implementation in Middle-Eastern oil & gas sector: an action research approach.

Development and user-testing of a digital patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making for people with stable angina (2022)
Journal Article
Harris, E., Conway, D., Jimenez-Aranda, A., Butts, J., Hedley-Takhar, P., Thomson, R., & Astin, F. (2022). Development and user-testing of a digital patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making for people with stable angina. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01882-x

Background
Research shows that people with stable angina need decision support when considering elective treatments. Initial treatment is with medicines but patients may gain further benefit with invasive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Ch... Read More about Development and user-testing of a digital patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making for people with stable angina.