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Decoupled SculptorGAN Framework for 3D Reconstruction and Enhanced Segmentation of Kidney Tumors in CT Images (2024)
Journal Article
Suman Prakash, P., Kiran Rao, P., Suresh Babu, E., Khan, S. B., Almusharraf, A., & Quasim, M. T. (2024). Decoupled SculptorGAN Framework for 3D Reconstruction and Enhanced Segmentation of Kidney Tumors in CT Images. IEEE Access, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3389504

Our proposed work, SculptorGAN, represents a novel advancement in the domain of medical imaging, for the accurate and automatic diagnosis of renal tumors, using the techniques and principles of Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). This dichotomous f... Read More about Decoupled SculptorGAN Framework for 3D Reconstruction and Enhanced Segmentation of Kidney Tumors in CT Images.

The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas (2024)
Journal Article
Vik, P., Kamerade, D., & Dayson, K. (2024). The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas. Journal of Consumer Policy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-024-09567-w

Financial and digital inclusion are key consumer policy agendas for governments globally. Yet, despite the importance of online interfaces to manage finances and make payments, the link between financial and digital inclusion remains under-researched... Read More about The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas.

Social Theory and the Digital: The Institutionalisation of Digital Sociology (2024)
Journal Article
Frade, C. (in press). Social Theory and the Digital: The Institutionalisation of Digital Sociology. Acta sociologica,

This article is a critique of digital sociology and a proposal for a very different social theory of the digital. As the article aims at fundamental aspects of the discipline, it may be perceived as a polemic, even if it is meant to be a serious inte... Read More about Social Theory and the Digital: The Institutionalisation of Digital Sociology.

Antibiotic prescribing (2024)
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Robertson, D. (2024). Antibiotic prescribing. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 6(5), 190-193. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2024.6.5.190

Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided

Composite Critical Criminology & Collective Stewardship (Khalifa): a theoretical exploration of preventing environmental crimes in Malaysia (2024)
Journal Article
Quraishi, M. (2024). Composite Critical Criminology & Collective Stewardship (Khalifa): a theoretical exploration of preventing environmental crimes in Malaysia. #Journal not on list, 9(1), 1-14

This paper identifies and interrogates a novel theoretical lens to address environmental ‘crime’ understood as a ‘composite critical criminological’ approach (Quraishi, 2020:90) incorporating three main conceptual strands: 1)Evaluating pert... Read More about Composite Critical Criminology & Collective Stewardship (Khalifa): a theoretical exploration of preventing environmental crimes in Malaysia.

Using FLO text-messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management of long-term conditions in South-Asian patients (2024)
Journal Article
Chaudhry, T., Ormandy, P., & Vasilica, C. (in press). Using FLO text-messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management of long-term conditions in South-Asian patients. Digital Health, 10, https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241242558

Objectives: Cultural and communication differences faced by South-Asian (SA) ethnic minority groups have led to challenges in the delivery of health care and complex management of long-term conditions (LTCs). We aim to explore the use of text-messagi... Read More about Using FLO text-messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management of long-term conditions in South-Asian patients.

Transient dispersion of reactive solute transport in electrokinetic microchannel flow (2024)
Journal Article
Huang, S., Debnath, S., Roy, A. K., Wang, J., Jiang, W., Bég, O. A., & Kuharat, S. (2024). Transient dispersion of reactive solute transport in electrokinetic microchannel flow. Physics of Fluids, 36(5), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0206129

Motivated by emerging applications in bio-microfluidic devices, the present study rigorously examines the generalized Taylor–Gill hydrodynamic dispersion of a point source solute injected into a microchannel, influenced by a constant axial static ele... Read More about Transient dispersion of reactive solute transport in electrokinetic microchannel flow.

Transitioning to a Hydrogen Economy: Exploring the Viability of Adapting Natural Gas Pipelines for Hydrogen Transport through a Case Study on Compression vs. Looping (2024)
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Abbas, A. J., Haruna, S. K., Burby, M., John, I. J., & Yar’Adua, K. H. (in press). Transitioning to a Hydrogen Economy: Exploring the Viability of Adapting Natural Gas Pipelines for Hydrogen Transport through a Case Study on Compression vs. Looping. Gases, 4(2), 74-96. https://doi.org/10.3390/gases4020005

The growing importance of hydrogen as an energy carrier in a future decarbonised energy system has led to a surge in its production plans. However, the development of infrastructure for hydrogen delivery, particularly in the hard-to-abate sectors, re... Read More about Transitioning to a Hydrogen Economy: Exploring the Viability of Adapting Natural Gas Pipelines for Hydrogen Transport through a Case Study on Compression vs. Looping.

“Taking part in the project has really changed our experience as a family” Investigating parents’ experience of participation in a study to screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (2024)
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McCarthy, R., Blackburn, C., Mukherjee, R., Allely, C., & Cook, P. (2024). “Taking part in the project has really changed our experience as a family” Investigating parents’ experience of participation in a study to screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Heliyon, 10(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30076

Background Screening children for developmental disorders presents unique ethical and methodological challenges, particularly with disorders associated with high levels of shame and stigma. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a neurodevelopmen... Read More about “Taking part in the project has really changed our experience as a family” Investigating parents’ experience of participation in a study to screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder..

Evidence for exercise-based interventions across 45 different long-term conditions: an overview of systematic reviews (2024)
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Dibben, G. O., Gardiner, L., Ml, H., Wells, Y. V., Evans, R. A., Ahmed, Z., …Taylor, R. S. (2024). Evidence for exercise-based interventions across 45 different long-term conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102599

Background Almost half of the global population face significant challenges from long-term conditions (LTCs) resulting in substantive health and socioeconomic burden. Exercise is a potentially key intervention in effective LTC management. Methods... Read More about Evidence for exercise-based interventions across 45 different long-term conditions: an overview of systematic reviews.

Computation of internal heat source, viscous dissipation and mass flow effects on mono-diffusive thermo-convective stability in a horizontal porous medium (2024)
Journal Article
Rafeeq, M., Reddy, G., Matta, A., & Beg, O. (2024). Computation of internal heat source, viscous dissipation and mass flow effects on mono-diffusive thermo-convective stability in a horizontal porous medium. ˜An œinterdisciplinary journal of discontinuity, nonlinearity, and complexity (Online), 13(3), 517-529. https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2024.09.010

A mathematical model is developed to investigate the combined effects of internal heat source and viscous dissipation on the Hadley-Prats flow in an infinite parallel horizontal porous layer with the inclined temperature gradient. Darcy’s model is... Read More about Computation of internal heat source, viscous dissipation and mass flow effects on mono-diffusive thermo-convective stability in a horizontal porous medium.

ONE3A: one-against-all authentication model for smartphone using GAN network and optimization techniques (2024)
Journal Article
Eltoukhy, M. M., Gaber, T., Almazroi, A. A., & Mohamed, M. F. (in press). ONE3A: one-against-all authentication model for smartphone using GAN network and optimization techniques. PeerJ Computer Science, 10, e2001. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.2001

This study focuses on addressing computational limits in smartphones by proposing an efficient authentication model that enables implicit authentication without requiring additional hardware and incurring less computational cost. The research explore... Read More about ONE3A: one-against-all authentication model for smartphone using GAN network and optimization techniques.

The Effect of Antihypertensive Agents on Dental Implant Stability, Osseointegration and Survival Outcomes: A Systematic Review (2024)
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Jones, D., Khan, R. S., Thompson, J. D., Ucer, C., & Wright, S. (in press). The Effect of Antihypertensive Agents on Dental Implant Stability, Osseointegration and Survival Outcomes: A Systematic Review. #Journal not on list, 5(2), 297-341. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries5020027

Antihypertensive agents are commonly prescribed to manage hypertension and are known to be beneficial for bone formation and remodeling. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the impact that antihypertensive agents have on dental implant st... Read More about The Effect of Antihypertensive Agents on Dental Implant Stability, Osseointegration and Survival Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

Accounting Information Quality, Free Cash Flow, and Over-Investment: Evidence from an Emerging Market -a Study in Iran (2024)
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Afsharmehr, M., Nasseri, A., Yazdifar, H., & Albahloul, M. (2024). Accounting Information Quality, Free Cash Flow, and Over-Investment: Evidence from an Emerging Market -a Study in Iran. Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 15(4), https://doi.org/10.1504/JIBED.2023.138123

This paper investigates the relationship between accounting information quality (AIQ) and over-investment based on data from 110 companies in the Tehran Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2014 and also compares the relationship between AIQ and over-investme... Read More about Accounting Information Quality, Free Cash Flow, and Over-Investment: Evidence from an Emerging Market -a Study in Iran.

Neuromuscular Capabilities in Top-Level Weightlifters and Their Association with Weightlifting Performance (2024)
Journal Article
Soriano, M. A., Flores, F. J., Lama-Arenales, J., Fernández-del-Olmo, M., & Comfort, P. (2024). Neuromuscular Capabilities in Top-Level Weightlifters and Their Association with Weightlifting Performance. Applied Sciences, 14(9), 3762. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14093762

The aim of this study was to determine the associations between the front and back squat, countermovement jump (CMJ) and deep squat jump (DSJ) force–time metrics, and weightlifting performance in top-level weightlifters. Thirteen top-level weightlift... Read More about Neuromuscular Capabilities in Top-Level Weightlifters and Their Association with Weightlifting Performance.

Evaluation of the indoor environment in a historic museum during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northwest England (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Maiyah, S., Brett Martinson, D., & Elkadi, H. (in press). Evaluation of the indoor environment in a historic museum during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northwest England. Building Research and Information, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2024.2339207

Monitoring the quality of the indoor environment is a practice commonly adopted by museums as part of operational risk management. Recorded environmental data are often used to assess the safety of the indoor environment for artefacts, and their suit... Read More about Evaluation of the indoor environment in a historic museum during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northwest England.

Does female director expertise on audit committees matter for carbon disclosures? Evidence from the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Abbasi, K., Alam, M. A., Bhuiya, M. B. U., & Islam, M. T. (2024). Does female director expertise on audit committees matter for carbon disclosures? Evidence from the United Kingdom. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2024.100618

We investigate whether accounting and non-accounting female financial experts on audit committees influence carbon disclosures. Based on a sample of listed firms from the United Kingdom for 2009-2015, our findings show that non-accounting female expe... Read More about Does female director expertise on audit committees matter for carbon disclosures? Evidence from the United Kingdom.

Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination (2024)
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Beesley, L., & Hardman, M. (2024). Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination. Cities, 149, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104971

The value of Green Social Prescribing (GSP) of Urban Agriculture (UA) is well proven, with many cities witnessing a rise in such activities. However, with burgeoning interest, there comes an increased need to understand the potential risks associated... Read More about Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination.

Creative approaches to landscape research: Using multisensory and multispecies research perspectives with marginalised groups (2024)
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Satchwell, C., Mills, B., Parkinson, C., Herring, L., & Parathian, H. (in press). Creative approaches to landscape research: Using multisensory and multispecies research perspectives with marginalised groups. Landscape Research, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2024.2336544

The research project discussed here used artist-led workshops to enable people from marginalised groups to explore and communicate their relationships with nature and landscapes. Aligning with multisensory and multispecies methodologies, five worksho... Read More about Creative approaches to landscape research: Using multisensory and multispecies research perspectives with marginalised groups.

Myosin-1C augments secretion of von Willebrand factor by linking contractile actomyosin machinery to the plasma membrane. (2024)
Journal Article
El-Mansi, S., Mitchell, T. P., Mobyen, G., McKinnon, T. A. J., Miklavc, P., Frick, M., …McKinnon, T. A. (in press). Myosin-1C augments secretion of von Willebrand factor by linking contractile actomyosin machinery to the plasma membrane. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012590

Blood endothelial cells control the hemostatic and inflammatory response by secreting von Willebrand factor (VWF) and P-selectin from storage organelles called Weibel-Palade bodies (WPB). Actin-associated motor proteins regulate this secretory pathwa... Read More about Myosin-1C augments secretion of von Willebrand factor by linking contractile actomyosin machinery to the plasma membrane..