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Borrower discouragement and SMEs new product development: evidence from the UK (2023)
Thesis
Baah, B. (2023). Borrower discouragement and SMEs new product development: evidence from the UK. (Thesis). University of Salford

Purpose
This research aims to investigate the issues of borrower discouragement and new product development (NPD) among SMEs in the UK. Specifically, the study investigates the relationship between discouraged borrowers and ethnic minority SMEs, the... Read More about Borrower discouragement and SMEs new product development: evidence from the UK.

Taxonomic review of Saguinus mystax (Spix, 1823) (Primates, Callitrichidae), and description of a new species (2023)
Journal Article
Lopes, G., Rohe, F., Bertuol, F., Polo, E., Lima, I., Valsecchi, J., …Hrbek, T. (2023). Taxonomic review of Saguinus mystax (Spix, 1823) (Primates, Callitrichidae), and description of a new species. PeerJ, 11, e14526. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14526

Although the Amazon has the greatest diversity of primates, there are still taxonomic uncertainties for many taxa, such as the species of the Saguinus mystax group. The most geographically broadly distributed and phenotypically diverse species in thi... Read More about Taxonomic review of Saguinus mystax (Spix, 1823) (Primates, Callitrichidae), and description of a new species.

Understanding Syrian refugees in Turkey from an environment of insecurity and the conflict model of migration perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Aksu Kargın, İ., Kargin, I., & Sirkeci, I. (2023). Understanding Syrian refugees in Turkey from an environment of insecurity and the conflict model of migration perspective. Third World Quarterly, 44(5), 856-871. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2022.2161358

Human mobility has been a topic of interest for migration scholars. Despite a growing literature, we are still far from clarity and consensus on motivations and mechanisms of migration. In this paper, we discuss the case of Syrian refugees in Turkey... Read More about Understanding Syrian refugees in Turkey from an environment of insecurity and the conflict model of migration perspective.

Selecting Metrics That Matter: Comparing the Use of the Countermovement Jump for Performance Profiling, Neuromuscular Fatigue Monitoring, and Injury Rehabilitation Testing (2023)
Journal Article
Bishop, C., Jordan, M., Torres-Ronda, L., Loturco, I., Harry, J., Virgile, A., …Comfort, P. (in press). Selecting Metrics That Matter: Comparing the Use of the Countermovement Jump for Performance Profiling, Neuromuscular Fatigue Monitoring, and Injury Rehabilitation Testing. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 45(5), 545-553. https://doi.org/10.1519/ssc.0000000000000772

The countermovement jump (CMJ) is one of the most used performance assessments in strength and conditioning. Although numerous studies discuss the usability of different metrics in this test, this is often performed within the context of a specific a... Read More about Selecting Metrics That Matter: Comparing the Use of the Countermovement Jump for Performance Profiling, Neuromuscular Fatigue Monitoring, and Injury Rehabilitation Testing.

Searching for online information on the fit of children’s footwear during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data (2023)
Journal Article
Price, C., Morrison, S., Haley, M., Nester, C., & Williams, A. (2023). Searching for online information on the fit of children’s footwear during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-022-00598-5

Background
Selecting footwear with appropriate fit in children is challenging due the changes with foot size and dimensions which occur throughout childhood. Access to appropriate footwear is important but recent challenges with the COVID-19 pandemi... Read More about Searching for online information on the fit of children’s footwear during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data.

Searching for online information on the fit of children’s footwear during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data (2023)
Journal Article
pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-022-00598-5

Background
Selecting footwear with appropriate fit in children is challenging due the changes with foot size and dimensions which occur throughout childhood. Access to appropriate footwear is important but recent challenges with the COVID-19 pandemi... Read More about Searching for online information on the fit of children’s footwear during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data.

Orange peel biomass‐derived carbon supported Cu electrocatalysts active in the CO2 ‐ reduction to formic acid (2023)
Journal Article
Miah, T., Demoro, P., Nduka, I., De Luca, F., Abate, S., & Arrigo, R. (2023). Orange peel biomass‐derived carbon supported Cu electrocatalysts active in the CO2 ‐ reduction to formic acid. ChemPhysChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200589

We report a green, wet chemistry approach towards the production of C‐supported Cu electrocatalysts active in the CO2 reduction to formic acid. We use citrus peels as a C support precursor and as a source of reducing agents for the Cu cations. We sho... Read More about Orange peel biomass‐derived carbon supported Cu electrocatalysts active in the CO2 ‐ reduction to formic acid.

LIFT the AV: Location InFerence aTtack on Autonomous Vehicle Camera Data (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Adeboye, O., Abdullahi, A., Dargahi, T., Babaie, M., & Saraee, M. (2023). LIFT the AV: Location InFerence aTtack on Autonomous Vehicle Camera Data. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc51644.2023.10060796

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are one of the main representatives of cyber-physical systems (CPS), where the digital data generated in several forms, such as geolocation, distance, and camera data, are used for the physical functionality o... Read More about LIFT the AV: Location InFerence aTtack on Autonomous Vehicle Camera Data.

Resource competition drives an invasion‐replacement event among shrew species on an island (2023)
Journal Article
Browett, S., Synnott, R., O'Meara, D., Antwis, R., Browett, S., Bown, K., …McDevitt, A. (2023). Resource competition drives an invasion‐replacement event among shrew species on an island. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13855

Invasive mammals are responsible for the majority of native species extinctions on islands. While most of these extinction events will be due to novel interactions between species (e.g. exotic predators and naive prey), it is more unusual to find inc... Read More about Resource competition drives an invasion‐replacement event among shrew species on an island.

Investigation into the potential of using UV-treated sporulated oocysts of Eimeria tenella as a local solution to immunization of chickens against caecal coccidiosis (2023)
Journal Article
Djemai, S., Mekroud, A., Hide, G., Khelifi, D., & Bellil, I. (in press). Investigation into the potential of using UV-treated sporulated oocysts of Eimeria tenella as a local solution to immunization of chickens against caecal coccidiosis. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-022-01562-7

In this study, we aim to evaluate the immune response of chickens to UV-treated sporulated oocysts as a means of protection against caecal coccidiosis caused by field strains of Eimeria tenella. Two groups of chicks were immunized using prepared UV-t... Read More about Investigation into the potential of using UV-treated sporulated oocysts of Eimeria tenella as a local solution to immunization of chickens against caecal coccidiosis.

Perception of Size and Mass Relationships of Moving and Stationary Object in Collision Events in 10-to-11-Month-Old Infants (2023)
Journal Article
Sanal-Hayes, N. E. M., Hayes, L. D., Walker, P., Mair, J. L., & Bremner, J. G. (in press). Perception of Size and Mass Relationships of Moving and Stationary Object in Collision Events in 10-to-11-Month-Old Infants. Behavioral Sciences, 13(1), 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13010056

Around 5.5–6.5 months of age, infants first attend to object size and perceive its mass cues in simple collision events. Infants attend to the size of the moving object and expect a greater displacement following a collision with a large object and s... Read More about Perception of Size and Mass Relationships of Moving and Stationary Object in Collision Events in 10-to-11-Month-Old Infants.

A cumulative assessment of plant growth stages and selenium supplementation on arsenic and micronutrients accumulation in rice grains (2023)
Journal Article
Moulick, D., Ghosh, D., Mandal, J., Bhowmick, S., Mondal, D., Choudhury, S., …Biswas, J. K. (2023). A cumulative assessment of plant growth stages and selenium supplementation on arsenic and micronutrients accumulation in rice grains. Journal of Cleaner Production, 386, 135764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135764

Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice grain and subsequent transmission into the food chain is a major global concern. Numerous attempts to minimize As accumulation in rice have been researched till date. The current investigation evaluates the relative... Read More about A cumulative assessment of plant growth stages and selenium supplementation on arsenic and micronutrients accumulation in rice grains.

Frontiers in blue-green infrastructure (2023)
Book Chapter
Hardman, M., Baldock, K., Connop, S., Taylor, K., & Stirling, R. (2023). Frontiers in blue-green infrastructure. In ICE Manual of Blue-Green Infrastructure (227-246). ICE Publishing

Numerical study on the structural response of a masonry arch bridge subject to flood flow and debris impact (2023)
Journal Article
Majtan, E., Cunningham, L., & Rogers, B. (2023). Numerical study on the structural response of a masonry arch bridge subject to flood flow and debris impact. Structures, 48, 782-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.100

Extreme flood flows in rivers and the floating debris they carry have the potential to generate significant impact forces on bridges spanning the watercourse. Recent flood events have highlighted the vulnerability of masonry arch bridges in flood eve... Read More about Numerical study on the structural response of a masonry arch bridge subject to flood flow and debris impact.

What happens to babies’ feet when they are learning to walk? (2023)
Journal Article
Price, C., & Morrison, S. (2023). What happens to babies’ feet when they are learning to walk?. Frontiers for Young Minds, https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.968225

Learning to walk is complicated and starts when we are very young. It takes lots of practice and typically begins with just a few steps. We conducted an experiment to understand more about what happens to babies’ feet when they first start walking. I... Read More about What happens to babies’ feet when they are learning to walk?.

Modifying Walk-In Tunnels through Solar Energy, Fogging, and Evaporative Cooling to Mitigate Heat Stress on Tomato (2023)
Journal Article
Sharaf-Eldin, M. A., Yaseen, Z. M., Elmetwalli, A. H., Elsayed, S., Scholz, M., Al-Khafaji, Z., & Omar, G. F. (2023). Modifying Walk-In Tunnels through Solar Energy, Fogging, and Evaporative Cooling to Mitigate Heat Stress on Tomato. Horticulturae, 9(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9010077

Global warming is by far the most significant issue caused by climate change. Over the past few decades, heat stress has intensified into a serious issue that has a negative impact on crop production. Hence, it is crucial to modify cultivation system... Read More about Modifying Walk-In Tunnels through Solar Energy, Fogging, and Evaporative Cooling to Mitigate Heat Stress on Tomato.

Sulphur forms and maize yield under long term tillage practices and cropping systems (2023)
Journal Article
Kumari, K., Shambhavi, S., Mandal, J., Bihari, B., Kumar, S., Kumar, A., & Kumar, K. (in press). Sulphur forms and maize yield under long term tillage practices and cropping systems. Cereal Research Communications, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-023-00350-0

Sulphur apart from being an essential element for plant growth is also a structural constituent of many coenzymes and secondary plant products or acts as a functional group directly involved in metabolic reactions and hence the factors promoting its... Read More about Sulphur forms and maize yield under long term tillage practices and cropping systems.

Toward the automated detection of behavioral changes associated with the post-weaning transition in pigs (2023)
Journal Article
Kyriazakis, I., Alameer, A., Bučková, K., & Muns, R. (2023). Toward the automated detection of behavioral changes associated with the post-weaning transition in pigs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1087570

We modified an automated method capable of quantifying behaviors which we then applied to the changes associated with the post-weaning transition in pigs. The method is data-driven and depends solely on video-captured image data without relying on se... Read More about Toward the automated detection of behavioral changes associated with the post-weaning transition in pigs.

Self-adaptive obstacle crossing of an AntiBot from reconfiguration control and mechanical adaptation (2023)
Journal Article
Song, Z., Luo, Z., Wei, G., & Shang, J. (2023). Self-adaptive obstacle crossing of an AntiBot from reconfiguration control and mechanical adaptation. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 1-82. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056601

One drawback of wheeled robots is hard to conquer large obstacles and perform well on complicated terrains, which limits its application in rescue missions. To provide a solution to this issue, an ant-like six-wheeled reconfigurable robot, called Ant... Read More about Self-adaptive obstacle crossing of an AntiBot from reconfiguration control and mechanical adaptation.