Investigation of de-novo copy number variants in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Vietnam (2021)
Thesis
Bui, H. Investigation of de-novo copy number variants in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Vietnam. (Thesis). University of Salford

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a prevalence of approximately 1% children worldwide. ASD is characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction and the presence of restricted interests and repetitive... Read More about Investigation of de-novo copy number variants in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Vietnam.

Role of sulphates and chloride ions in improved oil recovery in a hybrid smart-low salinity flooding technique (2021)
Thesis

The growing demand for energy to cater for the growing world population has forced the exploitation and utilisation of existing hydrocarbon resources. Oil and gas are deemed the most conventional and common sources of energy, formed as a result of d... Read More about Role of sulphates and chloride ions in improved oil recovery in a hybrid smart-low salinity flooding technique.

Noisy neighbours : towards a hybrid prediction and testing process for sound insulating partitions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There are numerous methods for characterising sound insulating and impact noise reducing components and systems, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Two of the predominant modelling techniques for prediction of transmission loss through... Read More about Noisy neighbours : towards a hybrid prediction and testing process for sound insulating partitions.

Comparative analysis of wild and long term captive bred Partula snails using morphometrics and population data (2021)
Thesis
Trickett, E. Comparative analysis of wild and long term captive bred Partula snails using morphometrics and population data. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Partula snails are one genus of the Partulidae family of air breathing, land snails that are endemic to the Pacific Islands. Over 100 partulid species are recognised with over half these species known to have existed and endemic to the Society Islan... Read More about Comparative analysis of wild and long term captive bred Partula snails using morphometrics and population data.

Development of a governance framework for delivery of collaborative and security-minded BIM projects (2021)
Thesis
Mamun, M. Development of a governance framework for delivery of collaborative and security-minded BIM projects. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study explores secure-collaboration for BIM projects in response to concerns as to whether
project environments concerned with critical national infrastructure are able to govern digital
security-risks whilst also reconciling tensions between... Read More about Development of a governance framework for delivery of collaborative and security-minded BIM projects.

Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict (2021)
Thesis

As a result of Boko Haram conflict in Nigeria, many people have been displaced and a lot of houses destroyed. The displaced people are presently domiciled in different temporary camps across the country and the camps are in bad condition without elec... Read More about Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict.

A critical review of carbon nanomaterials applied in cementitious composites – a focus on mechanical properties and dispersion techniques (2021)
Journal Article
Yaghobian, M., & Whittleston, G. (in press). A critical review of carbon nanomaterials applied in cementitious composites – a focus on mechanical properties and dispersion techniques. Alexandria engineering journal : AEJ, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2021.08.053

This paper provides a current overarching review of several commonly used carbon nanomaterials applied within cementitious composites. It reviews the typical weight percentages used within mixes from several researchers in the field and assesses the... Read More about A critical review of carbon nanomaterials applied in cementitious composites – a focus on mechanical properties and dispersion techniques.

Sustainability and sustainable development: an investigation on the role of Islamic finance and other determinants in the OIC member countries (2021)
Thesis

For the last three decades, sustainability has become a more prominent topic of global discussion. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are regarded as benchmarks for country-level sus... Read More about Sustainability and sustainable development: an investigation on the role of Islamic finance and other determinants in the OIC member countries.

Exploring the role of E-learning practices in protecting secondary school education after violent conflict : case study - secondary school education in Libya (2021)
Thesis
Essadi, H. Exploring the role of E-learning practices in protecting secondary school education after violent conflict : case study - secondary school education in Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: It is reported that approximately 2,000 schools in Libya were damaged between 2011 and 2013, and that within the month of November 2016 a further 477 schools were damaged and another 30 schools were destroyed in Tripoli and Benghazi. This... Read More about Exploring the role of E-learning practices in protecting secondary school education after violent conflict : case study - secondary school education in Libya.

Computerised gymnastics judging scoring system implementation – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions (2021)
Journal Article

Gymnastics is one of the original Olympic sports, subjectively judged by humans. Judging errors and bias can occur, resulting in medals being incorrectly awarded. The
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) with Fujitsu are introducing the compute... Read More about Computerised gymnastics judging scoring system implementation – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions.

The development and evaluation of the Cognitive Behavioural Social Competence Therapeutic Intervention for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder without an Intellectual Disability (CBSCTI-ASD) (2021)
Thesis
Tate, D. The development and evaluation of the Cognitive Behavioural Social Competence Therapeutic Intervention for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder without an Intellectual Disability (CBSCTI-ASD). (Thesis). University of Salford Manchester

Many young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can have an average or above average IQ yet still struggle with the social competencies needed to successfully navigate into adulthood. Despite many individuals with ASD experiencing significant c... Read More about The development and evaluation of the Cognitive Behavioural Social Competence Therapeutic Intervention for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder without an Intellectual Disability (CBSCTI-ASD).

Thinking space : adapting narrative cinema for installation art (2021)
Thesis

Gallery film and video installation have been figured within a discourse on the phenomenological subject, the avant-garde and its relation to the gallery as a site of political and cultural activity, and with respect to medium specificity. A question... Read More about Thinking space : adapting narrative cinema for installation art.

An exploration of counselling and support services as experienced by adult male survivors of child sexual abuse (2021)
Thesis
Viliardos, L. An exploration of counselling and support services as experienced by adult male survivors of child sexual abuse. (Thesis). University of Salford

Global estimates suggest between 5% and 10% of men report that they have experienced sexual abuse as a child. However, it is thought that male childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is significantly underreported, with men being reluctant to disclose due to vu... Read More about An exploration of counselling and support services as experienced by adult male survivors of child sexual abuse.

Technology acceptance drivers for AR smart glasses in the middle east : a quantitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Alsharhan, A., Salloum, S., & Aburayya, A. (2022). Technology acceptance drivers for AR smart glasses in the middle east : a quantitative study. International journal of data and network science (Online), 6(1), 193-208. https://doi.org/10.5267/J.IJDNS.2021.9.008

This study aims to establish Middle East users' perspectives on the major factors that impact their
decision to adopt Augmented Reality AR smart glasses (ARSG). Thus, an online questionnaire was
designed and sent directly to the respondents, and 58... Read More about Technology acceptance drivers for AR smart glasses in the middle east : a quantitative study.

Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters (2021)
Report

• emTransit B.V (Dott) is a European mobility operator currently operating over 30,000 electric scooters in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and now the UK. The company aims to expand its UK operations and has recently won a tender for the Tra... Read More about Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters.

Can emotional expressivity and writing content predict beneficial effects of expressive writing among breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy? A secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial data from China (2021)
Journal Article

Background
To explore whether emotional expressivity and the patterns of language use could predict benefits from expressive writing (EW) of breast cancer (BC) patients in a culture that strongly discourages emotional disclosure.

Methods
Data we... Read More about Can emotional expressivity and writing content predict beneficial effects of expressive writing among breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy? A secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial data from China.

The biology of heavy metal : evolutionary links between science and culture (2021)
Thesis
Skeech, M. The biology of heavy metal : evolutionary links between science and culture. (Thesis). University of Salford

The modern landscape of heavy metal can be seen as a splintered and interconnected mass of seemingly disparate styles and sub-styles. Literature that examines the history and culture of this music is increasingly common, but musicological study into... Read More about The biology of heavy metal : evolutionary links between science and culture.

Novel copper-catalysed coupling reactions of diphenylmethane (2021)
Thesis
Breski, A. (in press). Novel copper-catalysed coupling reactions of diphenylmethane. (Dissertation). University of Salford

In this thesis, a novel synthesis of the drug fendiline was attempted. Fendiline was sold commercially as an angina therapeutic, and recent studies have shown that it is also anti-malarial and has activity against cancers with a high mortality rate.... Read More about Novel copper-catalysed coupling reactions of diphenylmethane.

Feasibility of using attention mechanism in abstractive summarization (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Prevalence of information and its magnitude mandates a short description of the core of a document, an article, or legal documents. Abstractive summarization helps to concur with this problem utilizing the evolutions in machine learning and deep... Read More about Feasibility of using attention mechanism in abstractive summarization.

An overview of sentiment analysis with dialectical processing (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sentiment analysis (SA) is one of the most emerging field of study in natural language processing (NLP) domain that primarily focuses on the opinion extortion of people’s lingual and penned articulation. Considerable number of studies about sentiment... Read More about An overview of sentiment analysis with dialectical processing.