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Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access (2024)
Journal Article
McEachern, M. G., Moraes, C., Scullion, L., & Gibbons, A. (2024). Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access. Urban Studies, 61(11), 2231-2249. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241234803

This research examines the role of food aid providers, including their spatial engagement, in seeking to alleviate urban food poverty. Current levels of urban poverty across the UK have resulted in an unprecedented demand for food aid. Yet, urban pov... Read More about Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access.

Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access (2024)
Journal Article
McEachern, M. G., Moraes, C., Scullion, L., & Gibbons, A. (2024). Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access. Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241234803

This research examines the role of food aid providers, including their spatial engagement, in seeking to alleviate urban food poverty. Current levels of urban poverty across the UK have resulted in an unprecedented demand for food aid. Yet, urban pov... Read More about Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access.

Comparison of dental topography of marmosets and tamarins (Callitrichidae) to other platyrrhine primates using a novel freeware pipeline (2024)
Journal Article
de Vries, D., Janiak, M. C., Batista, R., Boubli, J. P., Goodhead, I. B., Ridgway, E., …Beck, R. M. (2024). Comparison of dental topography of marmosets and tamarins (Callitrichidae) to other platyrrhine primates using a novel freeware pipeline. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.31.555703

Dental topographic metrics (DTMs), which quantify different aspects of the shape of teeth, are powerful tools for studying dietary adaptation and evolution in mammals. However, comparative samples of scanned mammal teeth suitable for analysis with D... Read More about Comparison of dental topography of marmosets and tamarins (Callitrichidae) to other platyrrhine primates using a novel freeware pipeline.

The Toxoplasma monocarboxylate transporters are involved in the metabolism within the apicoplast and are linked to parasite survival (2024)
Journal Article
Dong, H., He, K., Yang, J., Zheng, W., Lai, D., Liu, J., …Long, S. (2024). The Toxoplasma monocarboxylate transporters are involved in the metabolism within the apicoplast and are linked to parasite survival. eLife, 12, RP88866. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.88866.3

The apicoplast is a four-membrane plastid found in the apicomplexans, which harbors biosynthesis and organelle housekeeping activities in the matrix. However, the mechanism driving the flux of metabolites, in and out, remains unknown. Here, we used T... Read More about The Toxoplasma monocarboxylate transporters are involved in the metabolism within the apicoplast and are linked to parasite survival.

Deep learning models integrating multi-sensor and -temporal remote sensing to monitor landslide traces in Vietnam (2024)
Journal Article
Kinh Bac, D., Tuan Linh, G., Dang, V. B., Phan, T., Truong, H., Ngo, V. L., …Forino, G. (2024). Deep learning models integrating multi-sensor and -temporal remote sensing to monitor landslide traces in Vietnam. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 105, 104391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104391

Landslides pose significant threats to lives and public infrastructure in mountainous regions. Real-time landslide monitoring presents challenges for scientists, often involving substantial costs and risks due to challenging terrain and instability.... Read More about Deep learning models integrating multi-sensor and -temporal remote sensing to monitor landslide traces in Vietnam.

Deep learning-based forecasting of electricity consumption (2024)
Journal Article
Qureshi, M., Arbab, M. A., & Rehman, S. U. (in press). Deep learning-based forecasting of electricity consumption. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 6489. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56602-4

Building energy management systems (BEMS) are integrated computerized systems that track and manage the energy use of many pieces of building-related machinery and equipment, including lighting, power systems, and HVAC systems. Modern buildings must... Read More about Deep learning-based forecasting of electricity consumption.

Double-Diffusive Thermo-Solutal Hadley-Prats Flow: Stability Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Rafeek, K., Reddy, G. J., Matta, A., Basha, H., & Anwar Bég, O. (2024). Double-Diffusive Thermo-Solutal Hadley-Prats Flow: Stability Analysis. International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, https://doi.org/10.1080/02286203.2024.2327636

A mathematical model is developed to study the onset of double-diffusion fluid flow through an infinite permeable channel with internal heat source and viscous dissipation effects under the influence of convection conditions. Darcy's model is utilize... Read More about Double-Diffusive Thermo-Solutal Hadley-Prats Flow: Stability Analysis.

A Critical Exploration of Bargaining in Purchasing and Supply Management: A Systematic Literature Review (2024)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., & Chicksand, D. (2024). A Critical Exploration of Bargaining in Purchasing and Supply Management: A Systematic Literature Review. Group Decision and Negotiation, 33(3), 617-646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-024-09879-9

Bargaining with suppliers is a key Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) activity but there is considerable ambiguity over what bargaining entails and the concept currently lacks a systematic treatment, despite its significant interest to PSM profes... Read More about A Critical Exploration of Bargaining in Purchasing and Supply Management: A Systematic Literature Review.

Exegesis and Authorial Agency through Judeo-Christian Iconography in Japanese anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-97) as an Open Work (2024)
Journal Article
Selles de Lucas, V., & Hernandez Perez, M. (2024). Exegesis and Authorial Agency through Judeo-Christian Iconography in Japanese anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-97) as an Open Work. Imafronte, https://doi.org/10.6018/imafronte.569471

Exegesis is a common practice when discussing religious texts. It has also been employed in the analysis of cultural production to elucidate the author's intentions. Japanese animation (anime) is a transnational industry with cases such as Neon Genes... Read More about Exegesis and Authorial Agency through Judeo-Christian Iconography in Japanese anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-97) as an Open Work.

Hegel's Dialectic of Determinism in the Neolithic Sonorous (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Vivian, P. (2024, March). Hegel's Dialectic of Determinism in the Neolithic Sonorous. Paper presented at Drawing Conversations 5 - What and Where is Home, University for the Creative Arts

Hegel’s Dialectic of Determinism in the Neolithic Sonorous

Through the framing of drawing as a form of extraction and home as an assumed space of connection that is permanently influx. This proposal reflects on my own research regarding the sono... Read More about Hegel's Dialectic of Determinism in the Neolithic Sonorous.

A Saudi Woman with Ceftriaxone Induced Fixed Drug Eruption (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Ansari, R. Y., Almuhaish, L. A., Hassan, K. A., Fadoul, T., & Woodman, A. (2024). A Saudi Woman with Ceftriaxone Induced Fixed Drug Eruption. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2024, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9975455

Background. A fixed drug eruption (FDE) is an immunological cutaneous adverse reaction, classified as a cutaneous adverse drug reaction (CADR) and characterized by well-defined lichenoid lesions that occur at the same site each time. Ceftriaxone is a... Read More about A Saudi Woman with Ceftriaxone Induced Fixed Drug Eruption.

Linking diet switching to reproductive performance across populations of two critically endangered mammalian herbivores (2024)
Journal Article
Harvey Sky, N., Britnell, J., Antwis, R., Kartzinel, T., Rubenstein, D., Toye, P., …Shultz, S. (in press). Linking diet switching to reproductive performance across populations of two critically endangered mammalian herbivores. Communications Biology, 7(1), 333. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05983-3

Optimal foraging theory predicts that animals maximise energy intake by consuming the most valuable foods available. When resources are limited, they may include lower-quality fallback foods in their diets. As seasonal herbivore diet switching is und... Read More about Linking diet switching to reproductive performance across populations of two critically endangered mammalian herbivores.

Shaping movement improviser’s experiences: document(ing) embodied and extended sculptural qualities within motion capture environments <sup>1</sup> (2024)
Journal Article
Sykes, L. (in press). Shaping movement improviser’s experiences: document(ing) embodied and extended sculptural qualities within motion capture environments 1. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2024.2324399

This audio-visual essay is a methodological approach to a document of my current doctoral practice as research investigating the embodied dance improvisatory approaches within motion capture environments. The research explores the emergence of sculpt... Read More about Shaping movement improviser’s experiences: document(ing) embodied and extended sculptural qualities within motion capture environments <sup>1</sup>.

In the heat of the moment: the effects of extreme temperatures on the cognitive functioning of firefighters (2024)
Journal Article
Thompson, C., Ferrie, L., Pearson, S. J., Highlands, B., & Matthews, M. J. (in press). In the heat of the moment: the effects of extreme temperatures on the cognitive functioning of firefighters. Ergonomics, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2326584

Exposure to high temperatures can have detrimental effects on cognitive processing and this is concerning for firefighters who routinely work in extreme temperatures. Whilst past research has studied the effects of heat on firefighter cognition, find... Read More about In the heat of the moment: the effects of extreme temperatures on the cognitive functioning of firefighters.

Dietary Exposure of Arsenic Due to Mining Activities and the Plight to Human Health: an Assessment Through Multimodal Statistical Approaches (2024)
Journal Article
Chakraborty, S., Ghosh, S., Prajapati, J., Mandal, J., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2024). Dietary Exposure of Arsenic Due to Mining Activities and the Plight to Human Health: an Assessment Through Multimodal Statistical Approaches. Exposure and Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-024-00639-3

This study aims to investigate the potential risk of As contamination in rice cultivated in agricultural fields affected by mica mining in Jharkhand, India. For this purpose, soil and rice grain samples were collected from the agricultural fields 500... Read More about Dietary Exposure of Arsenic Due to Mining Activities and the Plight to Human Health: an Assessment Through Multimodal Statistical Approaches.

Gone but not Forgotten: 'Jewish' Properties in Post-Expulsion England (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, March). Gone but not Forgotten: 'Jewish' Properties in Post-Expulsion England. Presented at Historical Association (Leicestershire Branch), Online

This is an invited talk which will see me return (virtually) to the Leicestershire branch of the Historical Association.

Following the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290, their properties defaulted to the Crown. Although they were subseque... Read More about Gone but not Forgotten: 'Jewish' Properties in Post-Expulsion England.

Progressive collapse: Past, present, future and beyond (2024)
Journal Article
Elkady, N., Augusthus Nelson, L., Weekes, L., Makoond, N., & Buitrago, M. (2024). Progressive collapse: Past, present, future and beyond. Structures, 62, 106131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106131

The world has seen a surge in rigorous study efforts on the progressive collapse of structures in the past few decades. These events have led to new standards and provisions in building codes of practice, many of which are still bei... Read More about Progressive collapse: Past, present, future and beyond.

Built Environment Professionals’ Perspective on Digital Technology Skills (2024)
Journal Article
Balogun, T. (2024). Built Environment Professionals’ Perspective on Digital Technology Skills. Journal of Education and Training, https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-08-2023-0309

This study aims to explore the opinions of Built Environment Professionals (BEP) on the usage of fourth-generation digital technologies in the construction industry.

This study adopts a qualitative research approach and conducts semi-structured in... Read More about Built Environment Professionals’ Perspective on Digital Technology Skills.