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Pharmacology of non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids and their potential for treatment of cardiometabolic disease. (2025)
Book Chapter
WAINWRIGHT, C.L. and WALSH, S.K. 2025. Pharmacology of non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids and their potential for treatment of cardiometabolic disease. In Wainwright, C. and Schini-Kerth, V. (eds.) Natural products as sources of novel drugs. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 287. Cham: Springer [online], pages 61-93. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/164_2024_731

The use of Cannabis sativa by humans dates back to the third millennium BC, and it has been utilized in many forms for multiple purposes, including production of fibre and rope, as food and medicine, and (perhaps most notably) for its psychoactive pr... Read More about Pharmacology of non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids and their potential for treatment of cardiometabolic disease..

Blind super-resolution based on inter-frame information compensation for satellite video. (2025)
Journal Article
CHANG, H., SUN, H., REN, J., LIU, Q. and ZHANG, X. [2025]. Blind super-resolution based on inter-frame information compensation for satellite video. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], Early Access. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3600309

Super-Resolution (SR) of satellite video has long been a critical research direction in the field of remote sensing video processing and analysis, and blind SR has attracted increasing attention in the face of satellite video with unknown degradation... Read More about Blind super-resolution based on inter-frame information compensation for satellite video..

NFFLS: rapid and accurate underwater 3-D reconstruction with neural fields for forward-looking sonar. (2025)
Journal Article
HUANG, C, YANG, H., REN, J. and JI, Y. [2025]. NFFLS: rapid and accurate underwater 3-D reconstruction with neural fields for forward-looking sonar. IEEE journal of oceanic engineering [online], Early View. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/joe.2025.3590076

Forward-looking sonar (FLS) can capture high-resolution acoustical images from the underwater scenes, maintaining performance even in turbid water conditions and poor lighting. Although neural fields have become popular for 3-D reconstruction from ac... Read More about NFFLS: rapid and accurate underwater 3-D reconstruction with neural fields for forward-looking sonar..

Synthesis of substituted triazines and evaluation of their corrosion inhibition performance on Fe(100) in 1 M HCl: a combined experimental and DFT study. (2025)
Journal Article
TSHIKHUDO, F., MUGWENA, D.S., MNYAKENI-MOLEELE, S.S., KABANDA, M.M., FERNANDEZ, C. and MURULANA, L.C. 2025. Synthesis of substituted triazines and evaluation of their corrosion inhibition performance on Fe(100) in 1 M HCl: a combined experimental and DFT study. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 20(10), article number 101153. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoes.2025.101153

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of synthesized substituted triazine, namely 4,6-dichloro-2-morpholine-1,3,5-triazine (DMT), 4,6-dichloro-2-anilino-1,3,5-triazine (DPT), and 4,6-dichloro-N-methylanilino-1,3,5-triazine (DNT), in inhibiti... Read More about Synthesis of substituted triazines and evaluation of their corrosion inhibition performance on Fe(100) in 1 M HCl: a combined experimental and DFT study..

When trade meets tradition: unpacking cultural differences and their impact on China's international trade. (2025)
Journal Article
YU, B., ZHONG, X., GHIMIRE, B. and SAPKOTA, N. 2025. When trade meets tradition: unpacking cultural differences and their impact on China's international trade. International review of financial analysis [online], 106, article number 104488. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104488

Amidst renewed trade tensions and heightened uncertainty in global financial markets, this paper examines the impact of cultural differences on China's international trade. Departing from majority of prior studies treating cultural disparities as sta... Read More about When trade meets tradition: unpacking cultural differences and their impact on China's international trade..

A novel extended Kalman filter-guided long short-term memory algorithm for power lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation at multiple temperatures. (2025)
Journal Article
LIU, D., WANG, S., LI, X., FAN, Y., FERNANDEZ, C. and BLAABJERG, F. 2025. A novel extended Kalman filter-guided long short-term memory algorithm for power lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation at multiple temperatures. Energy [online], 335, article 137973. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.137973

The power lithium-ion battery's state of charge (SOC) is critical for electric vehicles. However, current neural network-based SOC estimation algorithms fail to consider the effects of feature enhancement in reducing the network training time and imp... Read More about A novel extended Kalman filter-guided long short-term memory algorithm for power lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation at multiple temperatures..

Safety on the horizon: mapping human factors in offshore wind. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ROBERTS, R. and FLIN, R. [2025]. Safety on the horizon: mapping human factors in offshore wind. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting [online], Online First: special issue on 69th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) international advancing systems and practices through innovation, research and education (ASPIRE) annual meeting 2025. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813251360007

Global wind energy is experiencing an unprecedented period of expansion. Such requirements present challenges concerning maintaining safety standards and training at scale with industry data indicating a range of hazards during operations and mainten... Read More about Safety on the horizon: mapping human factors in offshore wind..

My body is my piano. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LEUZZI, L. 2025. My body is my piano. Presented at the 2025 Convergence festival: a borderless romance, 8-10 August 2025, Milford (Borrisokane, Tipperary), Ireland.

In this performative keynote presentation, the author explored visibility and the body in relation to performance, sound art and experimental music. The keynote encompassed bits of creative writing, performance, and critical and historical analysis.... Read More about My body is my piano..

From biology to bureaucracy? Impact of the Supreme Court's Equality Act ruling on sex classification. (2025)
Journal Article
ODUSANYA, T.O. 2025. From biology to bureaucracy? Impact of the Supreme Court's Equality Act ruling on sex classification. Scots law times [online], 2025(23), pages 193-196. Available from: http://legalresearch.westlaw.co.uk/

On 16 April 2025, the UK Supreme Court issued a landmark Equality Act ruling that cements a biologically grounded definition of "sex" in antidiscrimination law. While the decision ostensibly upholds the Act's commitment to equal treatment for LGBTQ+... Read More about From biology to bureaucracy? Impact of the Supreme Court's Equality Act ruling on sex classification..

Fabrication and characterisation of electrodeposited silver current collectors for metal-supported solid oxide electrolysis cells. (2025)
Journal Article
SOMAN, A.K., KURUSHINA, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M., FAISAL, N.H., CAI, Q. and HORRI, B.A. 2025. Fabrication and characterisation of electrodeposited silver current collectors for metal-supported solid oxide electrolysis cells. Journal of alloys and compounds [online], 1038, article number 182868. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.182868

This work pioneers an efficient and scalable fabrication approach of silver (Ag) current collector (CC) layer on a porous stainless steel (SS-316L) tubular substrate for solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC). An Ag layer was fabricated on porous SS su... Read More about Fabrication and characterisation of electrodeposited silver current collectors for metal-supported solid oxide electrolysis cells..

Disagreements about paediatric treatment: an exploration of the causes of conflict between parents and clinicians and pathways to dispute resolution. (2025)
Journal Article
SIVERS, S., DOWNIE, M., MORGAN, H., HERD, F. and TURNER, S. [2025]. Disagreements about paediatric treatment: an exploration of the causes of conflict between parents and clinicians and pathways to dispute resolution. Journal of social welfare and family law [online], (accepted).

Conflicts over the care of children with life-limiting conditions can reach the point where courts need to intervene, which brings distress, unwanted media attention and costs. Although no case has arisen in Scotland, there are around 16,700 children... Read More about Disagreements about paediatric treatment: an exploration of the causes of conflict between parents and clinicians and pathways to dispute resolution..

The state of research in teaching and learning in sport and exercise science: a scoping review. (2025)
Journal Article
BURGESS, K.E., BRADLEY, E., DRAY, K., POWELL, S. and RUNSWICK, O. 2025. The state of research in teaching and learning in sport and exercise science: a scoping review. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism education [online], 37, article number 100573. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2025.100573

Evidence based pedagogy in Higher Education (HE) requires accessible collation of evidence. This study aims to collate and map the evidence that exists in teaching the unique discipline of sport and exercise science (SES). A systematic search of thre... Read More about The state of research in teaching and learning in sport and exercise science: a scoping review..

Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D. 2025. Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout. The conversation [online], 5 August 2025. Available from: https://theconversation.com/feeling-unstimulated-and-apathetic-at-work-you-might-be-experiencing-rustout-260837

Tense, overworked employees everywhere will recognise the features of burnout: exhaustion, depersonalisation (feeling detached from others or yourself in the workplace) and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. It happens when chronic workplace... Read More about Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout..

Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study. (2025)
Journal Article
POLLOCK, D., HASANOFF, S., MCBRIDE, G., ALEXANDER, L. et al. 2025. Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study. BMJ Open [online], 15(8), article number e096298. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096298

Scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps (collectively known as 'big picture reviews') in health continue to gain popularity within the evidence ecosystem. These big-picture reviews are beneficial for policy-makers, guideline develo... Read More about Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study..

I'm not burning out, I'm rusting out: investigating the causes of rustout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. (2025)
Journal Article
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D.S. 2025. I'm not burning out, I'm rusting out: investigating the causes of rustout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Humanities and social sciences communications [online], 12, article number 1211. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05543-y

Higher education-based teacher educators (TEs) are responsible for the preparation of future teachers across the continuum of education. However, despite their significant role in the education ecosystem, their well-being and professional satisfactio... Read More about I'm not burning out, I'm rusting out: investigating the causes of rustout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom..

Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns in adulthood. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BERGER-MEUNIER, L., SMITH, D.S., MAREC-BRETON, N. and BONNETON-BOTTÉ, N. 2025. Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns in adulthood. Biology and life sciences forum [online], 45(1): selected papers from the 3rd International electronic conference on animal 2025 (IECA 2025), 12-14 March 2025, [virtual event], article number 2. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/blsf2025045002

Research on human–animal relationships suggests that close bonds with animals can enhance empathy, reduce speciesism, and improve human physical and psychological health. This study investigated whether pet ownership—particularly attachment to a comp... Read More about Animals are my friends: exploring the relationship between animal companionship in childhood and moral concerns in adulthood..

Modelling and optimization of an inverted pyramid solar still using ANFIS-PSO: predictive analysis of water production, energy, and exergy efficiency. (2025)
Journal Article
ELSHEIKH, A.H., EGIZA, M., DIAB, M.R., NASSAR, M., ALHOSARY, M., NASSAR, S., ROZZA, M., FAISAL, N. and ESSA, F.A. 2025. Modelling and optimization of an inverted pyramid solar still using ANFIS-PSO: predictive analysis of water production, energy, and exergy efficiency. Separation and purification technology [online], 377(3), article number 134492. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2025.134492

This study addresses the pressing challenge of enhancing the predictive modelling of solar still performance, focusing on critical parameters: water yield, energy efficiency, and exergy efficiency. The research utilizes an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Infere... Read More about Modelling and optimization of an inverted pyramid solar still using ANFIS-PSO: predictive analysis of water production, energy, and exergy efficiency..

Techno-economic assessments of electrolyzers for hydrogen production. (2025)
Journal Article
AMINAHO, E.N., AMINAHO, N.S. and AMINAHO, F. 2025. Techno-economic assessments of electrolyzers for hydrogen production. Applied energy [online], 399, article number 126515. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.126515

This review provides a comprehensive techno-economic assessment of four leading electrolyzer technologies such as the Alkaline Water Electrolyzers (AWE), Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells (SOEC), and Anion E... Read More about Techno-economic assessments of electrolyzers for hydrogen production..

Integrating corporate social responsibility strategies for sustainable pipeline maintenance in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELLO, M.B., IBEKE, E. and BURNETT, S. [2025]. Integrating corporate social responsibility strategies for sustainable pipeline maintenance in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In Proceedings of the 11th International conference on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ethics and governance (GCGI 2025 / CSEG 2025), 25-27 June 2025, Lisbon, Portugal. Cham: Springer [online], (submitted).

The Niger Delta area of Nigeria, which are known to be very rich in oil reserves, encounter degradations around the environment, socio-economic disturbances, and conflicts which are as a results of perceived inadequate maintenance of pipeline. Cooper... Read More about Integrating corporate social responsibility strategies for sustainable pipeline maintenance in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria..

A low-energy solution for the removal of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins: UV-A LED photolysis. (2025)
Journal Article
MENEZES, I., PESTANA, C.J., EDWARDS, C. and LAWTON, L.A. 2025. A low-energy solution for the removal of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins: UV-A LED photolysis. Chemosphere [online], 385, article number 144566. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144566

Climate change and eutrophication contribute to proliferation of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in aquatic environments. Conventional treatments can be ineffective to remove high cell densities of cyanobacteria and dissolved toxins. Therefore, alterna... Read More about A low-energy solution for the removal of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins: UV-A LED photolysis..