The significance of love in relation to looked-after children and child sexual exploitation (2024)
Journal Article
Plowright, R. C. (2024). The significance of love in relation to looked-after children and child sexual exploitation. Critical and Radical Social Work, 12(1), 40-57. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986021x16523430934288

Drawing on the knowledge that looked-after children are disproportionately involved in child sexual exploitation, this critical systematic literature review considers the significance of ‘love’, using bell hooks’ ‘love ethic’. This literature review... Read More about The significance of love in relation to looked-after children and child sexual exploitation.

Parasocial Relationships and Their Impact on the Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment of Educational Tourists: An Autoethnography (2024)
Journal Article
Maloney Yorganci, K., & Coen, S. (in press). Parasocial Relationships and Their Impact on the Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment of Educational Tourists: An Autoethnography. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-12-2023-0143

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to investigate whether relationships with media figures can impact the
psychological and sociocultural adjustment of educational tourists.

Design/methodology/approach – The article uses the qualitative met... Read More about Parasocial Relationships and Their Impact on the Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment of Educational Tourists: An Autoethnography.

Perception of noise from unmanned aircraft systems: Efficacy of metrics for indoor and outdoor listener positions (2024)
Journal Article
Green, N., Torija, A. J., & Ramos-Romero, C. (2024). Perception of noise from unmanned aircraft systems: Efficacy of metrics for indoor and outdoor listener positions. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 155(2), 915-929. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024522

This paper presents the results of a listening experiment designed to assess annoyance and perceived loudness (PL) for several unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations, with the listener simulated in indoor and outdoor positions. This research inves... Read More about Perception of noise from unmanned aircraft systems: Efficacy of metrics for indoor and outdoor listener positions.

How artificial intelligence will change the housing retrofit process (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The operation of the housing stock in the UK is reported to contribute 18% of the total carbon emissions. The UK is required to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. As 80% of the housing stock of 2050 is already built, retrofitting the existing housin... Read More about How artificial intelligence will change the housing retrofit process.

Tailoring Agile for Medical Software Development: Global South Perspective (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Agile practices have been adopted in developing various software for ICT4D due to their flexibility in empowering development teams to provide higher-quality, customer-aligned software. Medical software developers find it challenging to adopt agile s... Read More about Tailoring Agile for Medical Software Development: Global South Perspective.

Investigating the Dose Response of UAS Noise: Designing a Listening Experiment (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In collaboration with the UK Civil Aviation Authority, the University of Salford is carrying out research to better understand the human perception and dose response of Unmaned Aerial Systems (UAS) noise. A listening experiment has been conducted to... Read More about Investigating the Dose Response of UAS Noise: Designing a Listening Experiment.

Operational measurement of frequency response functions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A common problem that arises during modal testing is the inability to directly excite degrees-of-freedom to obtain frequency response functions (FRFs). It has been shown previously that reliable reproduction of FRFs via indirect excitation is difficu... Read More about Operational measurement of frequency response functions.

Calcification and trophic responses of mesophotic reefs to carbonate chemistry variability (2024)
Journal Article
Noyes, T. J., Garley, R., & Bates, N. R. (in press). Calcification and trophic responses of mesophotic reefs to carbonate chemistry variability. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1274915. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1274915

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are extensions of adjacent shallow water coral reefs. Accessibility to these ecosystems is challenging due to their depth limits (~ 30 – 150 m) and as a result, scientific knowledge of these reef systems is limited.... Read More about Calcification and trophic responses of mesophotic reefs to carbonate chemistry variability.

Understanding the Impact of Temperate Bacteriophages on Their Lysogens Through Transcriptomics. (2024)
Journal Article
Krishnamurthi, R., González-Tortuero, E., Plahe, G., Goodhead, I. B., Fothergill, J. L., James, C. E., & Allison, H. E. (in press). Understanding the Impact of Temperate Bacteriophages on Their Lysogens Through Transcriptomics. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 10.3791/64945. https://doi.org/10.3791/64945

Temperate phages are found integrated as prophages in the majority of bacterial genomes. Some prophages are cryptic and fixed in the bacterial chromosome, but others are active and can be triggered into a replicative form either spontaneously or by e... Read More about Understanding the Impact of Temperate Bacteriophages on Their Lysogens Through Transcriptomics..

Shaping movement improviser’s experiences: document(ing) embodied and extended sculptural qualities within motion capture environments (2024)
Journal Article

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.

Engage and Inspire: Transformative Strategies for Large Classes (2023)
Book

This book is a tribute to the relentless pursuit of excellence in teaching, especially in the challenging yet rewarding context of large classroom settings. It is crafted for those of you who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of y... Read More about Engage and Inspire: Transformative Strategies for Large Classes.

Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Microarray Gene Expression Data (2023)
Journal Article
Abdelwahab, M. M., Al-Karawi, K. A., Semary, H. E., Al-Karawi, K. A., & Semary, H. E. (in press). Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Microarray Gene Expression Data. Biomedicines, 11(12), 3304. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11123304

Alzheimer’s disease is a genetically complex disorder, and microarray technology provides valuable insights into it. However, the high dimensionality of microarray datasets and small sample sizes pose challenges. Gene selection techniques have emerge... Read More about Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Microarray Gene Expression Data.

Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol (2023)
Working Paper
Hammocks, A., Price, C., & Jones, P. Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol

Objective:
The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map the approaches of current literature in biomechanically quantifying the gross-motor movement of children.

Introduction:
Children continually learn new motor skills and progr... Read More about Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol.

Nursing Innovation, from Process to Product: A Scoping Review (2023)
Journal Article
Stout, L., Stephens, M., & Hashmi, F. (2023). Nursing Innovation, from Process to Product: A Scoping Review. Nursing Forum, 2023, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6643031

Aim. To review the current literature on the developing role of nursing innovation, specifically, those nurses who have progressed their innovative practice into product development. Design. A scoping review was conducted utilising the Population, Co... Read More about Nursing Innovation, from Process to Product: A Scoping Review.

Adjustable prosthetic sockets: a systematic review of industrial and research design characteristics and their justifications. (2023)
Journal Article

BackgroundThe prosthetic socket is a key component that influences prosthesis satisfaction, with a poorly fitting prosthetic socket linked to prosthesis abandonment and reduced community participation. This paper reviews adjustable socket designs, as... Read More about Adjustable prosthetic sockets: a systematic review of industrial and research design characteristics and their justifications..

Two-stage Domain Adaptation for Infrared Ship Target Segmentation (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, T., Shen, H., Rehman, S. U., Liu, Z., Li, Y., & Rehman, O. U. (2023). Two-stage Domain Adaptation for Infrared Ship Target Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2023.3325298

Ship target segmentation in infrared scenes has always been a hot topic, since it is an important basis and prerequisite for infrared-guided weapons to reliably capture and recognize ship targets in the sea-level background. However, given the small... Read More about Two-stage Domain Adaptation for Infrared Ship Target Segmentation.

Alveolar Ridge Preservation with Autologous Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF): Case Reports and the Rationale (2023)
Journal Article
Ucer, C., & Khan, R. S. (in press). Alveolar Ridge Preservation with Autologous Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF): Case Reports and the Rationale. Dentistry Journal, 11(10), 244. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj11100244

In dental implantology, alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) has emerged as a standard technique to address dimensional changes that affect alveolar ridge morphology following tooth loss. Various alternative graft materials, including xenografts, allopl... Read More about Alveolar Ridge Preservation with Autologous Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF): Case Reports and the Rationale.

Generalised analytical solutions for linear and non-linear bond-slip models for externally bonded FRP to a concrete substrate (2023)
Journal Article
Augusthus Nelson, L., Weekes, L., Milani, G., & Al-Allaf, M. (2024). Generalised analytical solutions for linear and non-linear bond-slip models for externally bonded FRP to a concrete substrate. Engineering Structures, 298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117025

This article presents a set of novel analytical derivations from generalised bond-slip models using first principles, which can be used to predict experimental outcomes, including maximum load resistance, load-slip response, and strain throughout the... Read More about Generalised analytical solutions for linear and non-linear bond-slip models for externally bonded FRP to a concrete substrate.

Gypsum and rice husk ash for sustainable stabilization of forest road subgrade (2023)
Journal Article
Sharifi Teshnizi, E., Mirzababaei, M., Karimiazar, J., Arjmandzadeh, R., & Mahmoudpardabad, K. (in press). Gypsum and rice husk ash for sustainable stabilization of forest road subgrade. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2023-008

Forest roads are crucial for economic development and resource accessibility, especially in regions with extensive wood demand driven by construction growth. These roads require consistent maintenance to prevent structural issues, even though they ex... Read More about Gypsum and rice husk ash for sustainable stabilization of forest road subgrade.

Using an EeonTex Conductive Stretchable Elastic Fibre for Hand Action Recognition (2023)
Journal Article
Abdul-Hussain, G., Holderbaum, W., Theodoridis, T., Wei, G., El-Hussieny, H., & Ferriz-Papi, J. A. (in press). Using an EeonTex Conductive Stretchable Elastic Fibre for Hand Action Recognition. Advances in Science and Technology, 133, 3-10. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-eeodk5

Tactile sensors in wearable devices have gained attention for their potential applications in enhancing amenability, generation, and functionality for the human body, including sensing and control. This study elaborates on the design of a tactile sen... Read More about Using an EeonTex Conductive Stretchable Elastic Fibre for Hand Action Recognition.