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The effects of time-variant characteristics of unmanned aircraft system noise on reported annoyance (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Flight missions of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are inherently unsteady due to the complex interactions between the environment (e.g., wind conditions) and the operative flight control system. These interactions result in the unsteadiness of the a... Read More about The effects of time-variant characteristics of unmanned aircraft system noise on reported annoyance.

Empowering SMEs Through XR Technologies: Bridging Expertise Gaps and Promoting Sustainable Development (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents three XR (Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality) case studies that showcased knowledge transfer between Academia and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Developed under the UK-based Centre for Digital In-novation (CDI), these pro... Read More about Empowering SMEs Through XR Technologies: Bridging Expertise Gaps and Promoting Sustainable Development.

Adoption of circular economy within the UK construction industry: Particular analysis of one of the UK top-5 contractor companies (2025)
Journal Article

The construction industry is the major contributor to waste generation in the world. Construction and demolition waste comprised more than 60% of the total UK waste generation in 2020. This presents challenges to material resource efficiency, sustain... Read More about Adoption of circular economy within the UK construction industry: Particular analysis of one of the UK top-5 contractor companies.

ASSESSING POST-DISASTER RECOVERY USING SENTIMENT AND TOPIC ANALYSIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS: L'AQUILA, ITALY (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this conference paper, we assess the progress in post-disaster recovery by analysing 4349 tweets posted between 4th and 10th April 2019 that we collected around the 10th anniversary of the earthquake in L'Aquila. Text data collected from social me... Read More about ASSESSING POST-DISASTER RECOVERY USING SENTIMENT AND TOPIC ANALYSIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS: L'AQUILA, ITALY.

Effect of Moisture and Temperature on FRP-strengthened Masonry Units (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study investigates the effects of temperature and humidity on fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) retrofitted masonry structures bonded with epoxy adhesive. Although FRP strengthening is widely used, there is limited understanding of how moisture and... Read More about Effect of Moisture and Temperature on FRP-strengthened Masonry Units.

Citizen Scientists: Motivation to Participate in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveys: A Case Study on Monitoring Mammals in the UK (2025)
Journal Article

Citizen scientists have become integral participants in biodiversity monitoring, and the demand for effective surveying efforts has sparked interest in utilizing environmental DNA (eDNA) for species monitoring, drawing volunteers into survey planning... Read More about Citizen Scientists: Motivation to Participate in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveys: A Case Study on Monitoring Mammals in the UK.

Analytical Solutions Incorporating Interfacial Mode II Fracture Energy for Predicting the Shear Response of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Samples (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are widely used for strengthening and rehabilitating ageing concrete structures, with their effectiveness strongly influenced by the behaviour at the FRP-concrete interface. This study presents a closed-form analytica... Read More about Analytical Solutions Incorporating Interfacial Mode II Fracture Energy for Predicting the Shear Response of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Samples.

Engineering the Landscape: Tracing Militarized Accounts of the Landscapes in Utility Patents (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

UR2P-Dehaze: Learning a Simple Image Dehaze Enhancer via Unpaired Rich Physical Prior (2025)
Journal Article

Image dehazing techniques aim to enhance contrast and restore details, which are essential for preserving visual information and improving image processing accuracy. Existing methods may struggle to capture the physical characteristics of images full... Read More about UR2P-Dehaze: Learning a Simple Image Dehaze Enhancer via Unpaired Rich Physical Prior.

Ethics and Artificial Intelligence for Research (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Neoclassical Influences in Architecture, Manchester 18th-19th century (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The extend of neoclassical influences in Manchester’s Architecture, in 18th -19th centuries, is in at an unprecedented scale. The proposed research paper aspires to enhance our knowledge and understanding of how neoclassical style was integrated into... Read More about Neoclassical Influences in Architecture, Manchester 18th-19th century.

Verified implementations of the Sottek psychoacoustic Hearing Model standardised sound quality metrics (ECMA-418-2 loudness, roughness and tonality (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Metrics for describing perceptual sound qualities have previously been developed from a variety of psychoa- coustic models. The Sottek Hearing Model (SHM) of- fers a holistic approach to characterising perceptual sound quality and the SHM metrics for... Read More about Verified implementations of the Sottek psychoacoustic Hearing Model standardised sound quality metrics (ECMA-418-2 loudness, roughness and tonality.

The Effect of Blade Crop and Skew on the Interaction Tones Produced by a Contra-Rotating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rotor System (2025)
Journal Article

Contra-rotating rotor systems are commonly used on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The periodic unsteady loading on the blades of these rotor systems due to their interaction with the flow field of the adjacent rotor produces a mul... Read More about The Effect of Blade Crop and Skew on the Interaction Tones Produced by a Contra-Rotating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rotor System.

Determining Management Strategies to Control Ash Dieback Disease Through the Study of Molecular and Environmental Interactions (2025)
Journal Article

Ash dieback (ADB) disease, caused by the devastating fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Baral, Queloz & Hosoya, currently poses a significant threat to forest health by decreasing the ash population across the UK and Europe. In our study, we evaluated ho... Read More about Determining Management Strategies to Control Ash Dieback Disease Through the Study of Molecular and Environmental Interactions.

One-Stop Shop Solution for Housing Retrofit at Scale in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article

Retrofitting the existing housing stock to a high level of energy efficiency will not be limited to achieving the decarbonisation of 80.3 MtCO2e residential emissions and reducing fuel poverty in 4.16 million households, but also improving the health... Read More about One-Stop Shop Solution for Housing Retrofit at Scale in the United Kingdom.

Overcoming the Long-Term Barriers to Digital Twinning Usage in the UK Construction Industry (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Adopting Digital Twinning (DT) technology will help the construction industry unlock a wealth of economical, environmental, and societal benefits. These have been outlined in the extant literature, but all largely focus on the immediate benefits attr... Read More about Overcoming the Long-Term Barriers to Digital Twinning Usage in the UK Construction Industry.

Bacteria transformation, Mini prep and PCR analysis (2025)
Other

Bacterial transformation is a useful tool in molecular genetics, being used to create genetically modified bacteria capable of adapting and surviving in conditions that the parent culture would not. Introducing a plasmid into a bacterial host can be... Read More about Bacteria transformation, Mini prep and PCR analysis.

Assessing perceptions, knowledge and satisfaction with seasonal malaria chemoprevention services: A cross-sectional study in northern Nigeria (2025)
Thesis

Introduction: Despite the remarkable progress achieved in the fight against malaria worldwide, the disease still remains a major health concern in Nigeria. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended using seasonal malaria chemopreventio... Read More about Assessing perceptions, knowledge and satisfaction with seasonal malaria chemoprevention services: A cross-sectional study in northern Nigeria.

A Study into Building Surveying Practice with Regards to the Evaluation of Marine Degradation in Building Fabric (2025)
Thesis

The World is surrounded by approximately 193,000 miles of coastline (Small & Nicholls, 2003). The United Kingdom is an island located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain... Read More about A Study into Building Surveying Practice with Regards to the Evaluation of Marine Degradation in Building Fabric.

Computational Fourier Transform Analysis of Liquid Krypton Neutron Diffraction Data (2025)
Thesis

The structure factor of a fluid and its radial distribution function are linked by a Fourier transform relationship. This is tested on raw structure factor data of liquid krypton at 310K with pressures ranges from 400bar to 2000bar from neutron scatt... Read More about Computational Fourier Transform Analysis of Liquid Krypton Neutron Diffraction Data.