Strategies for cost-effective remediation of widespread oil-contaminated soils in Kuwait, an environmental legacy of the first Gulf War (2023)
Journal Article
Al-Mebayedh, H., Niu, A., & Lin, C. (in press). Strategies for cost-effective remediation of widespread oil-contaminated soils in Kuwait, an environmental legacy of the first Gulf War. Journal of Environmental Management, 344, 118601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118601

The Kuwaiti oil fire during the first Gulf War resulted in the formation of approximately 300 “oil lakes” of varying sizes that covered over 110 km2 of the desert land. This threatens the fragile desert ecosystems and human health.... Read More about Strategies for cost-effective remediation of widespread oil-contaminated soils in Kuwait, an environmental legacy of the first Gulf War.

The influence of intellectual capital on organizational performance (2023)
Journal Article

Intellectual capital is by far the most important factor in enhancing organizational performance. Companies require skilled workers who have the know-how, skills, experience, as well as the ability to bring new ideas for the success of the business.... Read More about The influence of intellectual capital on organizational performance.

Assessment of the suitability of selected extractants for boron in some inceptisols of Eastern India under sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) (2023)
Journal Article

Sunflower; as a contingent crop, is often exposed to boron (B) deficiency in soils of low fertility. The deficiency and toxicity of B being very narrow, warrants the need for its proper estimation in soil-plant systems through specific extractants. T... Read More about Assessment of the suitability of selected extractants for boron in some inceptisols of Eastern India under sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.).

2023 SPARC Book Of Abstracts (2023)
Book

Surface condensation risk pre- and post-retrofit at suspended timber ground floors and external wall junctions (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Insulating below suspended timber ground floors affects heat transfer at the ground floor to external wall junction, which can affect the risk
of surface condensation occurring. In this project, we investigate the impact of installing mineral wool i... Read More about Surface condensation risk pre- and post-retrofit at suspended timber ground floors and external wall junctions.

‘Gender, Disability, and Visual Forms in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina” (1835)’ (2023)
Journal Article

This article explores representations of femininity and disability in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “Thumbelina” (1835) and select examples of his paper art. In this article, I argue that, on one level, the fairy tale and Andersen’s own paper... Read More about ‘Gender, Disability, and Visual Forms in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina” (1835)’.

Universal closed-tube barcoding for monitoring the shark and ray trade in megadiverse conservation hotspots. (2023)
Journal Article

Trade restrictions for endangered elasmobranch species exist to disincentivise their exploitation and curb their declines. However, trade monitoring is challenging due to product variety and the complexity of import/export routes. We investigate the... Read More about Universal closed-tube barcoding for monitoring the shark and ray trade in megadiverse conservation hotspots..

The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition (2023)
Thesis

In 1889, it was estimated that there were ten thousand brass bands across America and by the beginning of the twentieth century, that number had increased to over eighteen thousand (Hazen & Hazen, 1987). These brass bands were an integral part of Ame... Read More about The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition.

An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria (2023)
Thesis

Threats of climate change, global warming and uncertainty about future energy prices have sparked a global discussion about energy efficiency, particularly energy saving behaviour in residential buildings. Numerous challenges have been faced in achie... Read More about An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria.

Investigating small extracellular vesicle miRNA as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease (2023)
Thesis

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, a syndrome impacting over 900,000 people in the UK alone. There are currently no disease modifying treatments for AD, which is largely attributable to the heterogenous basis of the disease wh... Read More about Investigating small extracellular vesicle miRNA as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease.

Resilience in Research and Practice : Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2022) (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The role of medical officers of health in civil defence and how they influenced modern emergency medical practice (2023)
Journal Article
Hazlehurst, N. (2023). The role of medical officers of health in civil defence and how they influenced modern emergency medical practice. Public Health, 219, 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.03.016

Objectives: The article will examine the role of the Medical Officer of Health within United Kingdom Local Authorities in the period preceding the Second World War, the war itself, the residual impact of their work on emergency medical and public hea... Read More about The role of medical officers of health in civil defence and how they influenced modern emergency medical practice.

Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review (2023)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Nasr, G. (in press). Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211767

The rapid increase in the use of engineered nanoparticles in different industrial applications
makes risk assessment on human health, ecosystem and the environment necessary. Health,
safety and environmental (HSE) risks of a technology are an insep... Read More about Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review.

Dynamics on ₵ with generalized Newton-Raphson maps: Julia sets, uncertainty dimension, and periodic orbits (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., & Jensen, G. (2023, April). Dynamics on ₵ with generalized Newton-Raphson maps: Julia sets, uncertainty dimension, and periodic orbits. Poster presented at 64th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC 2023), University of the West of England and University of Bristol, UK

The Newton-Raphson (NR) method is a well-known iterative scheme for approximating the roots of
functions. Deployed on the complex plane, ₵, perhaps its most famous application is to finding the
cube roots of –1. One often regards any specific outco... Read More about Dynamics on ₵ with generalized Newton-Raphson maps: Julia sets, uncertainty dimension, and periodic orbits.

Vector cnoidal waves in spatiotemporal propagation: exact solutions beyond slowly-varying envelopes (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., & McAteer, É. (2023, April). Vector cnoidal waves in spatiotemporal propagation: exact solutions beyond slowly-varying envelopes. Presented at 64th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC 2023), University of the West of England and University of Bristol, UK

Cnoidal waves are periodic solutions to certain classes of nonlinear partial differential equations
(PDEs). They are fundamental excitations in theories of waves and their more familiar localized
counterparts––solitons––typically emerge as limits.... Read More about Vector cnoidal waves in spatiotemporal propagation: exact solutions beyond slowly-varying envelopes.

Individuals with knee osteoarthritis demonstrate increased passive stiffness of the hip flexor muscles (2023)
Journal Article

Background: People with knee osteoarthritis stand and walk with increased trunk flexion. This altered postural alignment will increase hamstring activation, elevating mechanical knee loads during walking. Increased hip flexor stiffness may lead to in... Read More about Individuals with knee osteoarthritis demonstrate increased passive stiffness of the hip flexor muscles.

Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: investigation into the socio-economic impacts (2023)
Book Chapter
Siriwardhana, S., Kulatunga, U., & Ingirige, B. (2023). Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: investigation into the socio-economic impacts. In V. Oladokun, D. Proverbs, O. Adebimpe, & T. Adedeji (Eds.), Handbook of Flood Risk Management in Developing Countries. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003160823-6

Resettlement has been adopted as a flood-preventive strategy to reduce the vulnerability of communities, especially those in flood-prone areas. While providing safe locations, resettlement needs to ensure long-term sustainability and satisfaction in... Read More about Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: investigation into the socio-economic impacts.

A novel weight-assignment load balancing algorithm for cloud applications (2023)
Journal Article

Web applications commonly suffer from flash crowds and resource failure, resulting in performance degradation. Flash crowds are large, sudden, yet legitimate influxes of user requests that constitute a critical problem because of their potential econ... Read More about A novel weight-assignment load balancing algorithm for cloud applications.

“You’ve been living here for as long as you can remember”: trauma in OMORI's environmental design (2023)
Journal Article
Younis, A., & Fedtke, J. (2023). “You’ve been living here for as long as you can remember”: trauma in OMORI's environmental design. Games and Culture, 19(3), 309-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120231162982

Developed by Omocat and released in December 2020, OMORI is a surreal psychological horror role-playing game. The game follows the titular protagonist Omori as it examines such sensitive topics as suicide, grief, death, and depression. Such traumatic... Read More about “You’ve been living here for as long as you can remember”: trauma in OMORI's environmental design.

Exploring the impact of divergent thinking approaches on team-based problem-solving: a case study of 2nd year media production students creating a live camera feed using a public 5G network (2023)
Other
Davies, A. Exploring the impact of divergent thinking approaches on team-based problem-solving: a case study of 2nd year media production students creating a live camera feed using a public 5G network

This research paper presents an analysis of a collaborative task completed by students, which involved broadcasting a live camera feed from the Blue Peter Gardens at Media City UK to their Mac Studio using a 5G Public network. The paper focuses on th... Read More about Exploring the impact of divergent thinking approaches on team-based problem-solving: a case study of 2nd year media production students creating a live camera feed using a public 5G network.