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Knowledge Transformation in Purchasing and Supply Management: A Process Perspective (2025)
Journal Article

To succeed in the face of constantly changing business challenges, Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) needs to develop strong knowledge management (KM) mechanisms to equip individuals with accurate, reliable, and up‐to‐date knowledge and has, the... Read More about Knowledge Transformation in Purchasing and Supply Management: A Process Perspective.

Enhanced performance of hierarchical porous HKUST-1/g-C3N4 heterostructure in the degradation of antibiotics with and without light (2025)
Journal Article

Currently, the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for water treatment are limited by the demand on externally supplied oxidants or illumination. To overcome these constraints, a series of micro-nano-composites composed of a copper-based metal–organi... Read More about Enhanced performance of hierarchical porous HKUST-1/g-C3N4 heterostructure in the degradation of antibiotics with and without light.

Hextech heart vs Solarpunk soul. Viktor's path to transcendence. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this talk, I explore the transformative journey of Viktor, a central character in Arcane Season 2, through the lens of solarpunk and speculative design. Drawing from narrative analysis and symbolic worldbuilding, I examine how Viktor’s evolution f... Read More about Hextech heart vs Solarpunk soul. Viktor's path to transcendence..

Enhancing Career Development for Biomedical Sciences Students: Leveraging Simulations to Support Patient-Facing Careers (2025)
Journal Article

Simulations have become integral to medical education for professions such as nursing and medicine but are still a rare opportunity for students undertaking basic science courses including Biomedical Sciences. Many students undertak... Read More about Enhancing Career Development for Biomedical Sciences Students: Leveraging Simulations to Support Patient-Facing Careers.

Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Picture of mental illness in young people, globally and in the United Kingdom (2025)
Book Chapter

Prevalence of mental ill health in children and young people (CYP), both globally and in the UK, is high and worldwide as much as one in seven (13%) of 10- to 18-year-olds may experience a mental disorder. In the UK nations there has been a marked in... Read More about Picture of mental illness in young people, globally and in the United Kingdom.

Business Breakfast: Al and IP in Global Markets - Staying Ahead (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Craig Smith addressed the Cheltenham Science Festival Business Breakfast alongside Professor Andy Miah, discussing “AI and IP in Global Markets.” Questions ranged from whether companies should invest in AI before expanding headcount, to how far gener... Read More about Business Breakfast: Al and IP in Global Markets - Staying Ahead.

A Scoping Survey for the UK Rheumatology Occupational Therapy Capabilities Framework (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives
An online survey was conducted to explore the clinical roles and expertise of rheumatology occupational therapists (OTs) to inform the development of a UK-specific capabilities framework to enhance care quality and career progression.... Read More about A Scoping Survey for the UK Rheumatology Occupational Therapy Capabilities Framework.

Digital transformation and services (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the evolving landscape of service delivery in digital transformation, examining how all organisations are increasingly becoming service-based through technological advancement. Through analysis of servitization trends and the in... Read More about Digital transformation and services.

A Comparative Analysis of Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems with Heat-Pump Integration in a New-Build House Under Controlled Conditions (2025)
Journal Article

This study investigates the relative benefits of solar thermal (ST) and photovoltaic (PV) systems integrated with air-source heat pumps for domestic hot water production in newly built residential buildings. Using calibrated DesignBuilder simulations... Read More about A Comparative Analysis of Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems with Heat-Pump Integration in a New-Build House Under Controlled Conditions.

Child Protection and Safeguarding (2025)
Book Chapter

Globally, children are considered a vulnerable population due to factors like physical size, developmental stages, and dependency on adults for their needs. This chapter examines the complexities of child protection and safeguarding in the United Kin... Read More about Child Protection and Safeguarding.

Impact of Social Exclusion, Intersectionality and Discrimination on Children and Young People’s Mental Health (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter commences by examining the links between inequalities and mental health, exploring the impact of the social gradient of health as well as examining national and international policies aimed at addressing health inequities. The chapter de... Read More about Impact of Social Exclusion, Intersectionality and Discrimination on Children and Young People’s Mental Health.

Learning Disability and Neurodiversity (2025)
Book Chapter

Globally, there are many children and young people living with a disability or who are neurodivergent. These children often have poorer health outcomes and often experience discrimination and social exclusion. Their needs can be mis-diagnosed throug... Read More about Learning Disability and Neurodiversity.

Split-net: Dual transformer encoder with splitting scene text image for script identification (2025)
Journal Article

Script identification is vital for understanding scenes and video images. It is challenging due to high variations in physical appearance, typeface design, complex background, distortion, and significant overlap in the characteristics of different sc... Read More about Split-net: Dual transformer encoder with splitting scene text image for script identification.

Northern Conference - Property Bar Association (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Craig Smith, Lecturer in Law at Salford Business School, joined a specialist panel at the Northern Conference of the Property Bar Association in Manchester, at The Midland Hotel, to examine - The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Property Law.... Read More about Northern Conference - Property Bar Association.

Therapeutic use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): a scoping review (2025)
Journal Article

Background
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterised by persistent fatigue, cognitive issues, headaches, disrupted sleep, myalgias, arthralgias, post-exertional malaise (PEM), and orthostatic intolerance. Transcran... Read More about Therapeutic use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): a scoping review.

03/06/2025 - Wigan and Leigh College [Campus visit] (2025)
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Wigan and Leigh College students and teachers visiting The University of Salford Peel campus
Literature session with Lucia Nigri
South African Modernism session on Love during apartheid with Emma Barnes
Campus tour with Vashti Gbolagun Suwa

Stu... Read More about 03/06/2025 - Wigan and Leigh College [Campus visit].

03/06/2025 - Moss Side Powerhouse library (2025)
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Manchester festival of libraries
3hr zine workshop inspired by South African DRUM magazine delivered by Keren Poliah and Vashti Gbolagun Suwa


Attendees: 9

Data collected: questionnaires and postcards

Do Video Games Matter? Examining Video Games’ Pathways to Legitimacy and Cultural Value Through Cultural Intermediaries (2025)
Journal Article

After years on the fringe of our cultural and social life, video games are becoming more recognized as legitimate and culturally valuable. This paper examines the process of their legitimation through the role of ‘cultural intermediaries’, who frame... Read More about Do Video Games Matter? Examining Video Games’ Pathways to Legitimacy and Cultural Value Through Cultural Intermediaries.

Electromagnetic scattering by fractal screens: from diffraction integrals towards a boundary element method (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The scattering of time-harmonic electromagnetic fields by perfectly-conducting plane
screens is a fundamental problem in physics. A standard approach to computing the scattered
wave is to deploy Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integrals in conjunct... Read More about Electromagnetic scattering by fractal screens: from diffraction integrals towards a boundary element method.