An archetypal determination of mobile cloud computing for emergency applications using decision tree algorithm. (2023)
Journal Article
HAI, T., ZHOU, J., LU, Y., JAWAWI, D., WANG, D., SELVARAJAN, S., MANOHARAN, H. and IBEKE, E. 2023. An archetypal determination of mobile cloud computing for emergency applications using decision tree algorithm. Journal of cloud computing [online], 12, article 73. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13677-023-00449-z

Numerous users are experiencing unsafe communications due to the growth of big network mediums, where no node communication is detected in emergency scenarios. Many people find it difficult to communicate in emergency situations as a result of such c... Read More about An archetypal determination of mobile cloud computing for emergency applications using decision tree algorithm..

It feels real: events management and online experiential-learning in COVID-19. (2023)
Journal Article
GOLDIE, K., IRONSIDE, R. and PIRIE, E. 2023. It feels real: events management and online experiential-learning in COVID-19. Distance education [online], 44(2), pages 230-245. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2023.2198490

This paper examines the experience of students transitioning between online and in-person live event projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing upon longitudinal qualitative data collected over a 3-year period, we explored how students perceived... Read More about It feels real: events management and online experiential-learning in COVID-19..

Introduction: mapping the territory. (2023)
Book Chapter
IRONSIDE, R. and HUNTER, J. 2023. Introduction: mapping the territory. In Hunter, J. and Ironside, R. (eds.) Folklore, people and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. Abingdon: Routledge [online], pages 1-24. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138-1

This book is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts, and in particular with how they intersect with a constantly developi... Read More about Introduction: mapping the territory..

The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland. (2023)
Book Chapter
REID, P.H. 2023. The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland. In Hunter, J. and Ironside, R. (eds.) Folklore, people and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138-6

This chapter explores the role that the Doric dialect has in the cultural heritage and folklore traditions of North-East Scotland, as well as how visitors to the region encounter it. The chapter considers the place of dialect in folklore more genera... Read More about The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland..

Folklore, people, and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. (2023)
Book
HUNTER, J. and IRONSIDE, R. (eds.) 2023. Folklore, people and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. Abingdon: Routledge [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138

Folklore, People and Place is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts. The book showcases a range of international case st... Read More about Folklore, people, and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places..

Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census. (2023)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S. 2023. Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census. Scottish affairs [online], 32(1), pages 1-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2023.0440

This article investigates the attempt by some gender-critical Scots, led by organisations such as For Women Scotland, to disrupt the administration of the 2022 census in Scotland. They used their census returns to register a protest around guidance r... Read More about Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census..

The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. (2023)
Journal Article
MESJAR, L., CROSS, K., JIANG, Y. and STEED, J. 2023. The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article number 3761. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043761

Fashion industry emissions, resource use and waste are attracting increasing consumer and government attention, with broad agreement that a new approach is required along the supply chain. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, a move to digitalisation fac... Read More about The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review..

Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram. (2023)
Journal Article
MARCELLA-HOOD, M. 2023. Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article number 3609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043609

Media discourse surrounding fashion and sustainability tends to be negative, emphasising the problems that exist across the various stages of the lifecycle of a garment. Although consumers are increasingly aware of at least some of the issues surroun... Read More about Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram..

Sentiment computation of UK-originated Covid-19 vaccine Tweets: a chronological analysis and news effect. (2023)
Journal Article
AMUJO, O., IBEKE, E., FUZI, R., OGARA, U. and IWENDI, C. 2023. Sentiment computation of UK-originated Covid-19 vaccine Tweets: a chronological analysis and news effect. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article 3212. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043212

This study aimed to analyse public sentiments of UK-originated tweets related to COVID-19 vaccines, and it applied six chronological time periods, between January and December 2021. The dates were related to six BBC news reports about the most signif... Read More about Sentiment computation of UK-originated Covid-19 vaccine Tweets: a chronological analysis and news effect..

COVID-19 in the UK: sentiment and emotion analysis of Tweets over time. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
AMUJO, O., IBEKE, E. and IWENDI, C. [2023]. COVID-19 in the UK: sentiment and emotion analysis of Tweets over time. To be presented at the 2023 International conference on advances in communication technology and computer engineering (ICACTCE'23), 23-24 February 2023, Bolton, UK.

We performed an analysis of tweets concerning the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK over a two-year period, selecting fifteen timelines. Over 110,000 tweets were obtained from Twitter and analysed using BERT and Text2Emotions for sentiment and emotion anal... Read More about COVID-19 in the UK: sentiment and emotion analysis of Tweets over time..