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What we know about high-growth firms, and what we do not: a systematic review. (2025)
Journal Article
HAMILTON, R.T. and NG, P.Y. [2025]. What we know about high-growth firms, and what we do not: a systematic review. International small business journal [online], OnlineFirst. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426251316441

High-growth firms are at the forefront of academic research and policymaking in support of job creation. This article provides an overview of what we know about these firms and what we do not. It is based on a systematic review of 159 papers publishe... Read More about What we know about high-growth firms, and what we do not: a systematic review..

Does it pay to be employee-owned? On the performance of knowledge-intensive firms. (2025)
Journal Article
GHIMIRE, B. 2025. Does it pay to be employee-owned? On the performance of knowledge-intensive firms. Employee relations [online], 47(2), pages 263-296. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-01-2024-0046

This paper aims to examine the stock market performance of knowledge-intensive employee-owned firms. It constructs a portfolio comprising stocks of employee-owned wealth management companies listed in the UK Employee Ownership Index. A simple equal-w... Read More about Does it pay to be employee-owned? On the performance of knowledge-intensive firms..

Nuclear geophysical assessment of aquifer groundwater quality in Okerenkoko community, Niger Delta: implications for human health risk. (2025)
Journal Article
OGHENEVOVWERO, E.E., PERETOMODE, E. and OGHENEVOVO, A. 2025. Nuclear geophysical assessment of aquifer groundwater quality in Okerenkoko community, Niger Delta: implications for human health risk. Water science [online], 39(1), pages 96-108. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2025.2464978

The evaluation of aquifer groundwater quality in Okerenkoko, an oil-producing community in southern Niger Delta, Nigeria was conveyed by exploiting the vertical electrical soundings (VES) method with the support (aid) of Terrameter (1000) The Assays,... Read More about Nuclear geophysical assessment of aquifer groundwater quality in Okerenkoko community, Niger Delta: implications for human health risk..

Numerical analysis and life cycle assessment of type V hydrogen pressure vessels. (2025)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., HASBI, S., SAHU, S.K., MA, Q. and YOUNAS, M. 2025. Numerical analysis and life cycle assessment of type V hydrogen pressure vessels. Journal of composites science [online], 9(2), article number 75. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9020075

The growing concern about greenhouse gas emissions and global warming has heightened the focus on sustainability across industrial sectors. As a result, hydrogen energy has emerged as a versatile and promising solution for various engineering applica... Read More about Numerical analysis and life cycle assessment of type V hydrogen pressure vessels..

Unravelling facilitation complexity in community pharmacy: a pragmatic tool for implementation strategy selection. (2025)
Journal Article
GRAHAM, E.L., AMADOR-FERNÁNDEZ, N., BENRIMOJ, S.I., MARTÍNEZ-MARTÍNEZ, F., PALOMO-LLINARES, R., SÁNCHEZ-TORMO, J., BAIXAULI-FERNÁNDEZ, V.J., COLOMER-MOLINA, V., PÉREZ-HOYOS, E., GASTELURRUTIA, M.A., CUNNINGHAM, S. and GARCÍA-CÁRDENAS, V. 2025. Unravelling facilitation complexity in community pharmacy: a pragmatic tool for implementation strategy selection. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 21(5), pages 408-416. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.002

Pharmacy practice is becoming increasingly patient-centric with the development of community pharmacy services. Their implementation appears to be affected by causal relationships and interdependencies of determinants. To address these determinants,... Read More about Unravelling facilitation complexity in community pharmacy: a pragmatic tool for implementation strategy selection..

Scoping reviews and their role in identifying research priorities. (2025)
Journal Article
KHALIL, H., JIA, R., MORAES, E.B., MUNN, Z., ALEXANDER, L., PETERS, M.D.J., ASRAN, A., GODFREY, C.M., TRICCO, A.C., POLLOCK, D. and EVANS, C. 2025. Scoping reviews and their role in identifying research priorities. Journal of clinical epidemiology [online], 181, article number 111712. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111712

Scoping reviews have been identified as appropriate methodologies to contribute to our knowledge. The objective of this review is to summarise how scoping reviews can be used to identify research priorities. Based on our experience as evidence synthe... Read More about Scoping reviews and their role in identifying research priorities..

Understanding ownership and possession in Scottish law: distinguishing chalk from cheese. (2025)
Journal Article
ODUSANYA, T.O. 2025. Understanding ownership and possession in Scottish law: distinguishing chalk from cheese. Scots law times [online], 2025(4), pages 29-35. Available from: http://legalresearch.westlaw.co.uk/

Ownership and possession are legal concepts that can be aptly compared to the popular idiom "like chalk and cheese," suggesting that these terms are not synonymous rather, they are wholly different from each other. This set phrase therefore highlight... Read More about Understanding ownership and possession in Scottish law: distinguishing chalk from cheese..

Innovative and sustainable advances in polymer composites for additive manufacturing: processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties. (2025)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., ULLAH, A. and YOUNAS, M. 2025. Innovative and sustainable advances in polymer composites for additive manufacturing: processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties. Journal of manufacturing and materials processing [online], 9(2), article number 51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp9020051

Additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionised the production of customised components across industries such as the aerospace, automotive, healthcare, electronics, and renewable energy industries. Offering unmatched design freedom, reduced time-to-m... Read More about Innovative and sustainable advances in polymer composites for additive manufacturing: processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties..

Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D. 2025. Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them. The conversation [online], 6 February 2025. Available from: https://theconversation.com/ofsted-inspections-affect-not-just-teachers-but-also-the-people-who-train-them-249084

Ofsted, England's education inspectorate, has proposed changes to the way it assesses schools, colleges and universities that offer teacher training. The suggested changes include the move to a report-card system rather than a headline judgment. In t... Read More about Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them..

An ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological and toxicity review of medicinal plants used in the management of obesity in the North Central Zone of Nigeria. (2025)
Journal Article
ANYANWU, G.O., ANZAKU, D., BULUS, Y.J., GIRGI, J.N., DONWELL, C.C., IHUMA, J.O., ONYENEKE, E.C., BERMANO, G. and STEENKAMP, V. 2025. An ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological and toxicity review of medicinal plants used in the management of obesity in the North Central Zone of Nigeria. Journal of obesity [online], 2025 (1), article ID 5568216. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/jobe/5568216

Obesity is increasing worldwide. Due to the unavailability of affordable obesity drugs in most parts of Nigeria, many overweight and obese people rely on medicinal plants to manage obesity. Thus, the aim of this study is to document medicinal plants... Read More about An ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological and toxicity review of medicinal plants used in the management of obesity in the North Central Zone of Nigeria..

Gf-former: an accurate UAV-based remote sensing image network for high-precision automatic segmentation of ground fissures in mining regions. (2025)
Journal Article
MENG, J., XU, X., LI, P., ZHANG, Z., ZHAO, W., REN, J. and LI, Y. 2025. Gf-former: an accurate UAV-based remote sensing image network for high-precision automatic segmentation of ground fissures in mining regions. International journal of machine learning and cybernetics [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-025-02555-7

Ground fissure information is critical for ensuring the safety of mining operations and preventing geological disasters. Challenges include obscuration by vegetation or shadows and varying fissure sizes. To address these, we introduce GF-Former, a sp... Read More about Gf-former: an accurate UAV-based remote sensing image network for high-precision automatic segmentation of ground fissures in mining regions..

Exploring engineering students' perceptions of AI in education with the technology acceptance model (TAM). [Dataset] (2025)
Data
ABOLLE-OKOYEAGU, J., IBEKE, E., ONOJA, T., EZENKWU, P.C. and EZEONWUMELU, V. 2025. Exploring engineering students' perceptions of AI in education with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). [Dataset]. Hosted on Mendeley Data [online], version 1. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17632/b3jbzgnrwv.1

This research investigates perceptions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education through the framework of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).

Harris Tweed Hebrides; producing, promoting, and protecting Harris Tweed® in the 21st century. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CROSS, K. and STEED, J. 2025. Harris Tweed Hebrides: producing, promoting, and protecting Harris Tweed® in the 21st century. In von Wachenfeldt, P., Cantoni, L., Sabatini, N. and Sádaba, T. (eds.) Fashion communication in the digital age: proceedings of the 2025 FACTUM International conference on fashion communication: between tradition and future digital developments (FACTUM25), 25-27 June 2025, Stockholm, Sweden. Cham: Springer [online], (forthcoming). To be made available from: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031994807

This paper on Harris Tweed® today discusses projects with Scottish textile manufacturer Harris Tweed Hebrides (HTH) that focused on reducing the seasonality of their all-wool product, exploring new markets, and digital and sustainable innovations wit... Read More about Harris Tweed Hebrides; producing, promoting, and protecting Harris Tweed® in the 21st century..

Enhanced transformer encoder long short-term memory hybrid neural network for multiple temperature state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2025)
Journal Article
ZOU, Y., WANG, S., CAO, W., HAI, N. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2025. Enhanced transformer encoder long short-term memory hybrid neural network for multiple temperature state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. Journal of power sources [online], 632, article number 236411. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.236411

Accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation for lithium-ion batteries remains a critical challenge in battery management systems. Existing methods based on machine learning may cause data leakage and inaccuracy during neural network training. Here, thi... Read More about Enhanced transformer encoder long short-term memory hybrid neural network for multiple temperature state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Aquatic exercise interventions in the treatment of musculoskeletal upper extremity disorders: a scoping review. (2025)
Journal Article
MURRAY, L., KENNEDY, M., MALONE, M., MAIR, L. and ALEXANDER, L. 2025. Aquatic exercise interventions in the treatment of musculoskeletal upper extremity disorders: a scoping review. Clinical rehabilitation [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155251315078

To identify literature on aquatic exercise therapy used to manage upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and identify key concepts, intervention components, and gaps in the evidence base. The comprehensive search included MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL (E... Read More about Aquatic exercise interventions in the treatment of musculoskeletal upper extremity disorders: a scoping review..

Participants or pretenders? Addressing the challenge of inauthentic participation in academic research in the UK: experiences from the FIO and DIO Food research teams. [Preprint] (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
HUNTER, E., STONE, R.A., GREATWOOD, H.C., JOHNSTONE, A.M., GRIFFITHS, C., CRABTREE, D.R., DOUGLAS, F., on behalf of the FIO and DIO Food Team. Participants or pretenders? Addressing the challenge of inauthentic participation in academic research in the UK: experiences from the FIO and DIO food research teams. [Preprint]. Hosted on OSF: Centre for Open Science [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/gzfxh_v1

Individuals participate in research for numerous reasons, however, the global economic downturn may have driven some to participate solely for monetary recompense. While inauthentic participation is more widely recognised in quantitative survey studi... Read More about Participants or pretenders? Addressing the challenge of inauthentic participation in academic research in the UK: experiences from the FIO and DIO Food research teams. [Preprint].

Where are we? Where next? An exploration into the development and implementation of practice-based interprofessional education for student pharmacists in Scotland. (2025)
Thesis
DESPASQUALE, C. 2025. Where are we? Where next? An exploration into the development and implementation of practice-based interprofessional education for student pharmacists in Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2935010

Interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) is considered essential to address the increasingly complex needs of patients. Subsequently, developing a workforce with the right competencies is a requisite to ensure safe, effective and efficient per... Read More about Where are we? Where next? An exploration into the development and implementation of practice-based interprofessional education for student pharmacists in Scotland..

Efficient water management in building: an approach to promote sustainable building construction in India. (2025)
Thesis
CHAWLA, V. 2025. Efficient water management in building: an approach to promote sustainable building construction in India. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2795489

The growing concerns surrounding water scarcity have spiked an interest in embodied water (EW) studies globally. The EW of a building is the sum of the amount of water needed to manufacture all the building materials throughout their supply chain (in... Read More about Efficient water management in building: an approach to promote sustainable building construction in India..

Adaptive challenge for algebraic and realistic dynamic optimisation benchmarks. (2025)
Thesis
ALZA SANTOS, J. 2025. Adaptive challenge for algebraic and realistic dynamic optimisation benchmarks. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2795469

Dynamic optimisation focuses on finding the best possible solutions while continuously adapting to changing environments. One of the main challenges in academic dynamic optimisation is accurately representing the adaptive challenge of online algorith... Read More about Adaptive challenge for algebraic and realistic dynamic optimisation benchmarks..

Do cheaters prosper? Effect of externally supplied momentum during resistance training on measures of upper body muscle hypertrophy. (2025)
Journal Article
AUGUSTIN, F., PIÑERO, A., ENES, A., MOHAN, A.E., SAPUPPOZ, M., COLEMAN, M., WOLF, M., KORAKAKIS, P.A., SWINTON, P.A., NIPPARD, J. and SCHOENFELD, B.J. 2025. Do cheaters prosper? Effect of externally supplied momentum during resistance training on measures of upper body muscle hypertrophy. International journal of exercise science [online], 18(3), pages 329-342. Available from: https://doi/org/10.70252/GDBL2230

Exercise technique, defined as the controlled execution of bodily movements to ensure an exercise effectively targets specific muscle groups while minimizing the risk of injury, is a resistance training (RT) variable frequently highlighted as critica... Read More about Do cheaters prosper? Effect of externally supplied momentum during resistance training on measures of upper body muscle hypertrophy..