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You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BREMNER, P. and MCGREGOR, R. 2025. You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU. Presented at the 2025 Advance HE research symposium: enablers and inhibitors of thriving research cultures, 17 June 2025, [virtual event].

In 2002 Alan Jenkins first referred Higher education research (HER) as the 'Cinderella of academia'. HER was really not recognised or valued by the 'ugly sisters' of the QAA and Research Assessment Exercise. Even after 20 years challenges still exist... Read More about You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU..

Application of the systemic lessons learned knowledge model to learning in complex projects: how project practitioners are shaping their learning. (2025)
Journal Article
KAMUDYARIWA, X.B., OSOBAJO, O.A., OKE, A. and ADEBAYO, Y. 2025. Application of the systemic lessons learned knowledge model to learning in complex projects: how project practitioners are shaping their learning. Management learning [online], OnlineFirst. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076251339433

Learning in projects is frequently emphasized in practice and the literature for knowledge creation, yet there is limited research on how project practitioners articulate learning particularly in complex projects. This study applies the Systemic Less... Read More about Application of the systemic lessons learned knowledge model to learning in complex projects: how project practitioners are shaping their learning..

The translucence of transparency: extractive industry beneficial ownership disclosure as an emerging transparency regime. (2025)
Journal Article
EJIOGU, A., DENEDO, M., EGBON, O. and LAUWO, S. 2025. The translucence of transparency: Extractive industry beneficial ownership disclosure as an emerging transparency regime. Critical perspectives on accounting [online], 102, article number 102806. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2025.102806

This study explores the nature and limits of transparency in the context of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative's beneficial ownership regime. To do this, we draw on Ball's (2009) three transparency metaphors – public value or norm of beh... Read More about The translucence of transparency: extractive industry beneficial ownership disclosure as an emerging transparency regime..

Metasurface-engineered anode for solid oxide electrolysis cells. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V., HOSSAIN, M., PRATHURU, A., SOMAN, A., HORRI, B.A., CAI, Q. and FAISAL, N. 2025. Metasurface-engineered anode for solid oxide electrolysis cells. To be published in Proceedings of the 36th Thermal and fluid analysis workshop 2025 (TFAWS 2025), 4-7 August 2025, San Jose, CA, USA. Washington: NASA [online], In Press. To be made available from: https://tfaws.nasa.gov/about/archives/

Solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) is a high temperature technology for the onsite production of oxygen and energy production in the form of hydrogen. Its' in-situ resource utilization potential is confirmed in the work by Hoffman et al. (2023) for oxyge... Read More about Metasurface-engineered anode for solid oxide electrolysis cells..

The individual perceptions of BIM practice in Algeria between practitioners and academics: implementation barriers and strategic solutions. (2025)
Journal Article
TEHAMI, M. and SEDDIKI, M. 2025. The individual perceptions of BIM practice in Algeria between practitioners and academics: Implementation barriers and strategic solutions. Architecture papers of the Faculty of architecture and design STU (ALFA) [online], 30(2), pages 3-13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2025-0008

Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of BIM as a concept and technology in the construction industry. Several developed and developing countries have already initiated the implementation of BIM, which has been possible thanks to significa... Read More about The individual perceptions of BIM practice in Algeria between practitioners and academics: implementation barriers and strategic solutions..

Structural integrity and failure mechanisms of thermoplastic composite pipes for offshore applications: insights from compressive and flexural testing. (2025)
Journal Article
OKOLIE, O., FAISAL, N.H., JAMIESON, H., MUKHERJI, A. and NJUGUNA, J. 2025. Structural integrity and failure mechanisms of thermoplastic composite pipes for offshore applications: insights from compressive and flexural testing. Engineering failure analysis [online], 179, article number 109775. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2025.109775

This research investigates the structural integrity and mechanical behaviour of a thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) that is particularly used in the offshore energy industry. The TCP offers enhanced strength and high strength-to-weight ratio ideal f... Read More about Structural integrity and failure mechanisms of thermoplastic composite pipes for offshore applications: insights from compressive and flexural testing..

Natural XAI: generating feasible, actionable, and causally-aware counterfactual explanations in natural language. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALIMI, P. 2025. Natural XAI: generating feasible, actionable, and causally-aware counterfactual explanations in natural language. In Martin, K. and Ye, X. (eds.) ICCBR-WS 2025: joint proceedings of the workshops and doctoral consortium at the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR-WS 2025) co-located with the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2025), 30 June 2025, Biarritz, France. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3993. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 95-99. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3993/short9.pdf

Counterfactual explanations have become a significant component in eXplainable AI (XAI), offering intuitive "what if" scenarios. However, typical numeric or tabular outputs can be vague to non-technical audiences. Additionally, many counterfactual me... Read More about Natural XAI: generating feasible, actionable, and causally-aware counterfactual explanations in natural language..

Leveraging ensemble LLMs and contextual embeddings for case-based reasoning in the legal domain. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABEYRATNE, R. 2025. Leveraging ensemble LLMs and contextual embeddings for case-based reasoning in the legal domain. In Martin, K. and Ye, X. (eds.) ICCBR-WS 2025: joint proceedings of the workshops and doctoral consortium at the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR-WS 2025) co-located with the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2025), 30 June 2025, Biarritz, France. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3993. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 68-73. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3993/short1.pdf

This research investigates the integration of Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance the reliability of legal question-answering systems. Thus far, we have developed a structur... Read More about Leveraging ensemble LLMs and contextual embeddings for case-based reasoning in the legal domain..

Agentic CBR in action: empowering loan approvals through interactive, counterfactual explanations. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALIMI, P., WIRATUNGA, N. and CORSAR, D. 2025. Agentic CBR in action: empowering loan approvals through interactive, counterfactual explanations. In Martin, K. and Ye, X. (eds.) ICCBR-WS 2025: joint proceedings of the workshops and doctoral consortium at the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR-WS 2025) co-located with the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2025), 30 June 2025, Biarritz, France. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3993. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 27-42. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3993/paper3.pdf

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive conversational capabilities, yet their susceptibility to hallucinations and inconsistent recommendations poses significant risks in high-stakes domains such as finance. This paper presents an... Read More about Agentic CBR in action: empowering loan approvals through interactive, counterfactual explanations..

Enhancing decision making through similarity-driven knowledge integration in resource allocation and content matching. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
JAYAWARDENA, L. 2025. Enhancing decision making through similarity-driven knowledge integration in resource allocation and content matching. In Martin, K. and Ye, X. (eds.) ICCBR-WS 2025: joint proceedings of the workshops and doctoral consortium at the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR-WS 2025) co-located with the 33rd International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2025), 30 June 2025, Biarritz, France. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3993. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 90-94. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3993/short7.pdf

This research aims to build a novel framework that enhances decision-making through an integration of similarity driven Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) with advanced Large Language Model (LLM) techniques via Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Geneti... Read More about Enhancing decision making through similarity-driven knowledge integration in resource allocation and content matching..

Safeguarding experiences of people in mental distress, police, and healthcare practitioners: an integrative review. (2025)
Journal Article
HEYMAN, I., KENNEDY, C., GRANT, A. and WOOFF, A. [2025]. Safeguarding experiences of people in mental distress, police, and healthcare practitioners: an integrative review. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing [online], (accepted). To be made available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.70014

Globally, there is demand on police and emergency health services to respond to people in mental distress. Research at this intersect has focused on decriminalisation of people with severe mental health disorders, police custody care or interagency c... Read More about Safeguarding experiences of people in mental distress, police, and healthcare practitioners: an integrative review..

Beyond greening the boardroom: linkages between gender parity and corporate environmental sustainability. (2025)
Book Chapter
EDIAGBONYA, V. and ODUSANYA, T.O. 2025. Beyond greening the boardroom: linkages between gender parity and corporate environmental sustainability. In Crowther, D. and Seifi, S. (eds.) Enacting social responsibility: practical experiences. Singapore: Springer [online], chapter 10, pages 191-209. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4671-5_9

This article analyses the correlation between boardroom gender parity and environmental sustainability in corporate governance. While economic and environmental factors are critical considerations, other factors must also be taken into account. In th... Read More about Beyond greening the boardroom: linkages between gender parity and corporate environmental sustainability..

An experimental test of cyanotoxins as a potential driver of microbial community structure. (2025)
Journal Article
BATOOL, U., LAWTON, L.A., SHAPIRO, B.J. and TROMAS, N. 2025. An experimental test of cyanotoxins as a potential driver of microbial community structure. Chemosphere [online], 384, article number 144518. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144518

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) are common biological disturbances in freshwater ecosystems, impacting microbial community diversity and composition. While extensive research has focused on these blooms, the direct effects of cyanotox... Read More about An experimental test of cyanotoxins as a potential driver of microbial community structure..

We have no voice, and we must scream: the social science academic journal publication model is systemically broken, predominantly damaging early career researchers. (2025)
Journal Article
ADAMS, N.N. [2025]. We have no voice, and we must scream: the social science academic journal publication model is systemically broken, predominantly damaging early career researchers. Journal of scholarly publishing [online], (accepted).

Achieving scholarly publication within social science academic journals is now near-normatively marred by lengthy review periods, sometimes lasting years. This is caused primarily by influx of publications driven by "publish-or-perish" culture in UK... Read More about We have no voice, and we must scream: the social science academic journal publication model is systemically broken, predominantly damaging early career researchers..

An evolutionary neural architecture search-based approach for time series forecasting. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
VU, T.H., NGUYEN, T.T. and ELYAN, E. 2025. An evolutionary neural architecture search-based approach for time series forecasting. In Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2025), 8-12 June 2025, Hangzhou, China. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 11043002, pages 1-8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/cec65147.2025.11043002

Time series forecasting (TSF) is one of the most prevalent research topics in artificial intelligence and has garnered significant attention in the research community. In recent years, significant breakthroughs have been made in TSF research, shiftin... Read More about An evolutionary neural architecture search-based approach for time series forecasting..

Just plough on and pretend it’s not happening: understanding burnout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. (2025)
Journal Article
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D.S. 2025. Just plough on and pretend it's not happening: understanding burnout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. International journal of educational research [online], 9, article number 100491. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2025.100491

Though Teacher Educators play a significant role in teachers' induction and development at early childhood, primary, secondary, and further education levels, there has been relatively little research into their stress and well-being. This paper offer... Read More about Just plough on and pretend it’s not happening: understanding burnout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom..

We go hunting...too: experiences of people living with obesity and food insecurity in an ethnically diverse community when shopping for supermarket foods. [Preprint] (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
GREATWOOD, H.C., HUNTER, E., DOUGLAS, F., SAWZCUK, T., GILTHORPE, M.S., STONE, R.A., BROWN, A., JOHNSTONE, A., HARDMAN, C. and GRIFFITHIS, C., on behalf of the FIO Food Team. 2025. We go hunting…. too: experiences of people living with obesity and food insecurity in an ethnically diverse community when shopping for supermarket foods. [Preprint]. Hosted on OSF: Centre for Open Science [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/eswd8_v1

The United Kingdom faces complex economic and structural challenges that have disrupted food pricing, contributing to widespread food insecurity. These fluctuations diminish the affordability and accessibility of healthy, nutrient-dense foods among v... Read More about We go hunting...too: experiences of people living with obesity and food insecurity in an ethnically diverse community when shopping for supermarket foods. [Preprint].

Comparative evaluation of the performance properties of resin-infused plain-woven jute reinforced thermoset composites for energy infrastructure: experimental analysis, finite element modelling and statistical validation. (2025)
Journal Article
OWEN, M.M., WONG, L.S., ACHUKWU, E.O., ROMLI, A.Z., AMETEFE, D.S. and SHUIB, S. 2025. Comparative evaluation of the performance properties of resin-infused plain-woven jute reinforced thermoset composites for energy infrastructure: experimental analysis, finite element modelling and statistical validation. Results in engineering [online], 26, article number 105620. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.105620

This study presents a comprehensive experimental and numerical evaluation of resin-infused plain-woven jute fiber composites reinforced with thermoset epoxy and polyester matrices in 2-, 4-, and 6-ply configurations, produced via vacuum-assisted resi... Read More about Comparative evaluation of the performance properties of resin-infused plain-woven jute reinforced thermoset composites for energy infrastructure: experimental analysis, finite element modelling and statistical validation..

Improved adaptive fusion parameter identification and chaotic gravitational search-Kalman particle filtering method for state-of-energy accurate estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2025)
Journal Article
WANG, C., WANG, S., ZHANG, G., CHEN, L., SHI, H., LIN, R. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2025. Improved adaptive fusion parameter identification and chaotic gravitational search-Kalman particle filtering method for state-of-energy accurate estimation of lithium-ion batteries. Journal of power sources [online], 650, article number 237495. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237495

State-of-energy (SOE) is an important parameter in the battery management system, which determines the current maximum possible range of electric vehicles. In this study, an improved chaotic gravitational search-Kalman particle filtering method for S... Read More about Improved adaptive fusion parameter identification and chaotic gravitational search-Kalman particle filtering method for state-of-energy accurate estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Development of a novel platform for the optimal design, sizing and energy management of grid-integrated hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen energy systems. (2025)
Thesis
ATTEYA, A. 2025. Development of a novel platform for the optimal design, sizing and energy management of grid-integrated hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen energy systems. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2935027

With the World moving towards the Net-Zero energy transition, there is an increasing demand to scale-up the investment in renewable energy systems. To enable the increased integration of intermittent renewables such as wind and solar energies, while... Read More about Development of a novel platform for the optimal design, sizing and energy management of grid-integrated hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen energy systems..