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Powering up microgrids: A comprehensive review of innovative and intelligent protection approaches for enhanced reliability (2023)
Journal Article
Alasali, F., M. Saad, S., Salah Saidi, A., Itradat, A., Holderbaum, W., El-Naily, N., & F. Elkuwafi, F. (2023). Powering up microgrids: A comprehensive review of innovative and intelligent protection approaches for enhanced reliability. Energy Reports, 10, 1899-1924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.08.068

Microgrid protection schemes play a vital role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of power distribution in urban and rural areas, especially as renewable distributed energy resources are increasingly integrated. This paper aims to provide a c... Read More about Powering up microgrids: A comprehensive review of innovative and intelligent protection approaches for enhanced reliability.

The impact of proctored online assessments on academic attainment, student experience and wellbeing (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, M., Namvar, S., Miklavc, P., Smyth, L., & Ferry, N. (2023, September). The impact of proctored online assessments on academic attainment, student experience and wellbeing. Poster presented at LTEC Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023, University of Salford, UK

Online assessment is a widely utilised strategy for higher education assessment due to its numerous benefits for universities, academic staff, and students alike. However, it has been highlighted within the wider sector that this approach leads to gr... Read More about The impact of proctored online assessments on academic attainment, student experience and wellbeing.

‘Bricks and Mortar' (Teaching Architecture and Design). (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Yioutani-Iacovides, M. (2023, September). ‘Bricks and Mortar' (Teaching Architecture and Design). Paper presented at Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023, University of Salford, UK

Teaching Architecture and Design is challenging but rewarding. I am an early career academic and a matured professional, who was introduced to teaching a few years ago. In this paper I will share my journey, and how my teaching practice derived from... Read More about ‘Bricks and Mortar' (Teaching Architecture and Design)..

An optimal hybrid cascade regional convolutional network for cyberattack detection (2023)
Journal Article
Alqahtani, A., & Khan, S. B. (in press). An optimal hybrid cascade regional convolutional network for cyberattack detection. International Journal of Network Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/nem.2247

AbstractCyber‐physical systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies link urban systems through networks and improve the delivery of quality services to residents. To enhance municipality services, information and communication technolo... Read More about An optimal hybrid cascade regional convolutional network for cyberattack detection.

Industry Engagement and Authentic Assessment, their contribution to Lifewide Learning for PGT students of professionally orientated disciplines (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Conroy, C., & Clark, A. (2023, September). Industry Engagement and Authentic Assessment, their contribution to Lifewide Learning for PGT students of professionally orientated disciplines. Poster presented at Festival of Teaching & Learning 2023, University of Salford

Salford has a long-standing tradition of providing professionally orientated programmes. Our graduates will play a leading role in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policy and practice initiatives.
The UoS Education and Employabilit... Read More about Industry Engagement and Authentic Assessment, their contribution to Lifewide Learning for PGT students of professionally orientated disciplines.

A probable koala from the Oligocene of central Australia provides insights into early diprotodontian evolution (2023)
Journal Article
Crichton, A. I., Beck, R. M. D., Couzens, A. M. C., Worthy, T. H., Camens, A. B., & Prideaux, G. J. (2023). A probable koala from the Oligocene of central Australia provides insights into early diprotodontian evolution. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 14521. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41471-0

Diprotodontians are the morphologically and ecologically most diverse order of marsupials. However, an approximately 30-million-year gap in the Australian terrestrial vertebrate fossil record means that the first half of diprotodontian evolution is u... Read More about A probable koala from the Oligocene of central Australia provides insights into early diprotodontian evolution.

Optimization of predictive performance of intrusion detection system using hybrid ensemble model for secure systems (2023)
Journal Article
Abbas, Q., Hina, S., Sajjad, H., Zaidi, K. S., & Akbar, R. (in press). Optimization of predictive performance of intrusion detection system using hybrid ensemble model for secure systems. PeerJ Computer Science, 9, e1552. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1552

Network intrusion is one of the main threats to organizational networks and systems. Its timely detection is a profound challenge for the security of networks and systems. The situation is even more challenging for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)... Read More about Optimization of predictive performance of intrusion detection system using hybrid ensemble model for secure systems.

Non‐coding RNAs in cancer immunotherapy: Predictive biomarkers and targets (2023)
Journal Article
Alahdal, M., & Elkord, E. (2023). Non‐coding RNAs in cancer immunotherapy: Predictive biomarkers and targets. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 13(9), e1425. https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.1425

Background: To date, standardising clinical predictive biomarkers for assessing the response to immunotherapy remains challenging due to variations in personal genetic signatures, tumour microenvironment complexities and epigenetic onco‐mechanisms. M... Read More about Non‐coding RNAs in cancer immunotherapy: Predictive biomarkers and targets.

A Review of Interface Bonding Testing Techniques (2023)
Journal Article
Ali, M., Albayati, A. H., & Wang, Y. (2023). A Review of Interface Bonding Testing Techniques. Journal of Engineering, 29(09), 14-30. https://doi.org/10.31026/j.eng.2023.09.02

Interface bonding between asphalt layers has been a topic of international investigation over the last thirty years. In this condition, a number of researchers have made their own techniques and used them to examine the characteristics of pavement in... Read More about A Review of Interface Bonding Testing Techniques.

FinTech Cybersecurity Challenges and Regulations: Bahrain Case Study (2023)
Journal Article
AlBenJasim, S., Dargahi, T., Takruri, H., & Al-Zaidi, R. (in press). FinTech Cybersecurity Challenges and Regulations: Bahrain Case Study. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2023.2251455

Winds of change are blowing across the financial systems, with services and advancements in Financial Technology (FinTech) influencing all aspects of the financial sector and generating a continual stream of innovations. Despite benefits offered by F... Read More about FinTech Cybersecurity Challenges and Regulations: Bahrain Case Study.

Social return on investment: reflections on advancing the method within cities & health (2023)
Journal Article
Mitchell, L., Hardman, M., Goodspeed, T., Atkinson, L., & Howarth, M. (2023). Social return on investment: reflections on advancing the method within cities & health. Cities and Health, 7(5), 677-681. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2192333

Social return on investment has received attention from a spectrum of disciplinary
areas and practitioners. In the post-COVID city, the use of the approach has increased,
in part to provide data on green and blue schemes, arts and culture projects,... Read More about Social return on investment: reflections on advancing the method within cities & health.

An evolutionary perspective of lifespan and epigenetic inheritance (2023)
Journal Article

In the last decade epigenetics has come to the fore as a discipline which is central to biogerontology. Age associated epigenetic changes are routinely linked with pathologies, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease; moreov... Read More about An evolutionary perspective of lifespan and epigenetic inheritance.

Arsenic in the Soil-Plant-Human Continuum in Regions of Asia: Exposure and Risk Assessment (2023)
Journal Article

In this review article, a comprehensive meta-analysis based on available literature information has been undertaken to make a relative comparison of total arsenic in rice grain. This involves analyzing the findings of various peer-reviewed studies th... Read More about Arsenic in the Soil-Plant-Human Continuum in Regions of Asia: Exposure and Risk Assessment.

The Role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria on Arsenic Removal: A Review of Existing Perspectives (2023)
Book Chapter
Laha, A., Sengupta, S., Mandal, J., Bhattacharyya, K., & Bhattacharyya, S. The Role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria on Arsenic Removal: A Review of Existing Perspectives. In Arsenic Toxicity Remediation: Biotechnological Approaches (241-262). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37561-3_12

Phytobial remediation is a cutting-edge technique that employs bacteria and plants to reduce environmental contamination with arsenic (As). Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) that aids phytoremediation has recently received much attention for the... Read More about The Role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria on Arsenic Removal: A Review of Existing Perspectives.

Environmental and Invertebrate-Derived DNA: A Powerful Approach for Surveying and Monitoring Biodiversity (2023)
Book Chapter
Guimaraes Sales, N. (2023). Environmental and Invertebrate-Derived DNA: A Powerful Approach for Surveying and Monitoring Biodiversity. In P. M. Galetti Jr. (Ed.), Conservation Genetics in the Neotropics. (1). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34854-9

To know the organisms that surround us has always seemed a fascinating idea and a necessity to characterize an area and estimate its natural values. However, performing complete surveys of the organisms is not always an easy task, because some of the... Read More about Environmental and Invertebrate-Derived DNA: A Powerful Approach for Surveying and Monitoring Biodiversity.

Gender as a moderating variable in online misinformation acceptance during COVID-19. (2023)
Journal Article
Mansoori, A., Tahat, K., Tahat, D., Habes, M., Salloum, S. A., Mesbah, H., & Elareshi, M. (in press). Gender as a moderating variable in online misinformation acceptance during COVID-19. Heliyon, 9(9), e19425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19425

Misinformation remained a critical consideration during the COVID-19 that further cultivated fears leading to strong unrest among the public globally. This study clarifies certain misconceptions related to the pandemic by investigating whether factor... Read More about Gender as a moderating variable in online misinformation acceptance during COVID-19..

Synergetic integration of vertical farms and buildings: reducing the use of energy, water, and nutrients (2023)
Journal Article
Blom, T., Jenkins, A., & van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2023). Synergetic integration of vertical farms and buildings: reducing the use of energy, water, and nutrients. #Journal not on list, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1227672

Vertical farms use some resources very efficiently. However, their electricity use is considerable, and a significant amount of waste heat is produced. This paper investigates how the integration of vertical farms in buildings could reduce the use of... Read More about Synergetic integration of vertical farms and buildings: reducing the use of energy, water, and nutrients.

A Robust SLIC Based Approach for Segmentation using Canny Edge Detector (2023)
Journal Article

An accurate image segmentation in noisy environment is complex and challenging. Unlike existing state-of-the-art methods that use superpixels for successful segmentation, we propose a new approach for noise-robust SLIC (Simple Linear Iterative Cluste... Read More about A Robust SLIC Based Approach for Segmentation using Canny Edge Detector.

Large-eddy simulations of wind flow passing a building cluster (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents high fidelity large-eddy simulations (LES) of wind flows with different directions passing a cluster of 2 × 2 aligned square cylinders, of which each has side length of D, at Reynolds number Re = 22, 000. A so-called 'cluster effe... Read More about Large-eddy simulations of wind flow passing a building cluster.

First known extinct feathertail possums (Acrobatidae, Marsupialia): palaeobiodiversity, phylogenetics, palaeoecology and palaeogeography (2023)
Journal Article
Fabian, P. R., Archer, M., Hand, S. J., & Beck, R. M. (in press). First known extinct feathertail possums (Acrobatidae, Marsupialia): palaeobiodiversity, phylogenetics, palaeoecology and palaeogeography. Alcheringa, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2242439

Four new fossil feathertail possum species (Marsupialia, Diprotodontia, Phalangerida, Petauroidea, Acrobatidae) are described from late Oligocene to middle Miocene fossil deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. They... Read More about First known extinct feathertail possums (Acrobatidae, Marsupialia): palaeobiodiversity, phylogenetics, palaeoecology and palaeogeography.