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Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing to Enhance Group Functioning in a Professional Soccer Academy (2013)
Journal Article

The present study examined the effects of personal-disclosure mutual-sharing (PDMS) on a diverse set of group factors in a previously unexplored context. During a single bout of PDMS, 14 soccer-academy athletes voluntarily disclosed unknown personal... Read More about Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing to Enhance Group Functioning in a Professional Soccer Academy.

Women of Waterloo: Exhibition of board game prototype at the FutureLab exhibition. Shanghai West Bund Art Centre, Shanghai, China. November 2020. (2025)
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This project uses board gaming as a means to address historiographical gaps concerning women’s roles in the Napoleonic Wars.

While the period is often depicted as a predominantly male military effort, historical sources reveal that as many as 4,00... Read More about Women of Waterloo: Exhibition of board game prototype at the FutureLab exhibition. Shanghai West Bund Art Centre, Shanghai, China. November 2020..

Advanced Three‐Level Characteristic of Overcurrent Relays Based on Non‐Standard Characteristic for Enhanced Microgrid Protection (2025)
Journal Article

The growing integration of distributed generations (DGs) and the islanding capabilities of microgrids (MGs) have fundamentally changed the configuration of power distribution networks (DNs), significantly impacting short-circuit current levels and th... Read More about Advanced Three‐Level Characteristic of Overcurrent Relays Based on Non‐Standard Characteristic for Enhanced Microgrid Protection.

Weaste Cemetery Digital Heritage Jam - April 3rd-9th 2025 (2025)
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This event, a collaboration between the University of Salford and Salford City Council, explored how immersive technologies can be used to communicate the history and architectural heritage of Weaste Cemetery in Salford. A particular focus was the ce... Read More about Weaste Cemetery Digital Heritage Jam - April 3rd-9th 2025.

Multiobjective environmental/techno-economic approach for strategic bidding in energy markets (2008)
Journal Article

This paper describes a method for developing optimal bidding strategy based on a bilevel optimization, considering suppliers’ emission of pollutants. The proposed methodology employs supply function equilibrium (SFE) model to represent the strategic... Read More about Multiobjective environmental/techno-economic approach for strategic bidding in energy markets.