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Assuring privacy of AI-powered community driven Android code vulnerability detection. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SENANAYAKE, J., KALUTARAGE, H., PIRAS, L., AL-KADRI, M.O. and PETROVSKI, A. 2025. Assuring privacy of AI-powered community driven Android code vulnerability detection. In Garcia-Alfaro, J., Kalutarage, H., Yanai, N. et al. (eds.) Computer security: ESORICS 2024 international workshops: revised selected papers from the proceedings of eleven international workshops held in conjunction with the 29th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2024), 16-20 September 2024, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Part II. Lecture notes in computer science, 15264. Cham: Springer [online], pages 457-476. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82362-6_27

The challenge of training AI models is heightened by the limited availability of data, particularly when public datasets are insufficient. While obtaining data from private sources may seem like a viable solution, privacy concerns often prevent data... Read More about Assuring privacy of AI-powered community driven Android code vulnerability detection..

Environmental disclosure and firm characteristics: evidence from Nigeria. (2025)
Journal Article
SA'ID, M., HASSAN, O.A.G. and ZHANG, X. [2025]. Environmental disclosure and firm characteristics: evidence from Nigeria. International journal of accounting, auditing and performance evaluation [online], (accepted).

Prior studies show that there is a dearth of literature about the quality of voluntary environmental disclosure (EDQ) from emerging markets. This study advances the literature by investigating EDQ and its association with firm characteristics in one... Read More about Environmental disclosure and firm characteristics: evidence from Nigeria..

CCUS in the United Kingdom. (2025)
Book Chapter
BABAJIDE, N. 2025. CCUS in the United Kingdom. In Pereira, E.G., Fossa, A.J. and Muinzer, T.L. (eds.) Carbon capture utilization and storage: law, policy and standardization perspectives. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan [online], chapter 21, pages 535-555. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81272-9_21

Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) remains one of the useful tools for reducing GHGs emissions and decarbonising the economy at national and regional levels. Given its distinctive geological advantage and net-zero investment plans, this ch... Read More about CCUS in the United Kingdom..

Online state of charge estimation for lithium-ion batteries using improved fuzzy C-means sparrow backpropagation algorithm. (2025)
Journal Article
HAI, N., WANG, S., CAO, W., BLAABJERG, F. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2025. Online state of charge estimation for lithium-ion batteries using improved fuzzy C-means sparrow backpropagation algorithm. Journal of energy storage [online], 119, article 116351. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.116351

With the rapid development of new energy vehicles (EVs), cloud-based management of the lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) state of charge (SOC) has become the technological mainstream under increasing intelligence. However, SOC is highly sensitive to the m... Read More about Online state of charge estimation for lithium-ion batteries using improved fuzzy C-means sparrow backpropagation algorithm..

Investigating intersectionality and its influence on information behaviours of women and immigrant digital entrepreneurs in Nigeria: overcoming social inequalities through information strategies. (2025)
Journal Article
IBRAHIM, S., MARCELLA, R. and MACLENNAN, A. 2025. Investigating intersectionality and its influence on information behaviours of women and immigrant digital entrepreneurs in Nigeria: overcoming social inequalities through information strategies. Journal of librarianship and information science [online], OnlineFirst. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006251329031

This study investigates how intersecting social identities shape the information behaviours of women and immigrant digital entrepreneurs in Nigeria, addressing systemic inequalities through information practices. Using a qualitative approach, the res... Read More about Investigating intersectionality and its influence on information behaviours of women and immigrant digital entrepreneurs in Nigeria: overcoming social inequalities through information strategies..

Feasibility and acceptability of PDConnect, a multi-component intervention to support physical activity in people with Parkinson's disease: a mixed methods study. (2025)
Journal Article
JONES, J., ALEXANDER, L., HANCOCK, E. and COOPER, K. 2025. Feasibility and acceptability of PDConnect, a multi-component intervention to support physical activity in people with Parkinson's: a mixed methods study. Journal of Parkinson's disease [online], 15(3), pages 603-618. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1877718X251324415

Physical activity (PA) is beneficial for people with Parkinson's (PwP); however, many are classed as sedentary. PDConnect is an online multicomponent intervention combining 1:1 physiotherapy and group-based PA, combined with education, behaviour chan... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of PDConnect, a multi-component intervention to support physical activity in people with Parkinson's disease: a mixed methods study..

Enhanced detection of APT vector lateral movement in organizational networks using lightweight machine learning. (2025)
Journal Article
NICHO, M., ADELAIYE, O., MCDERMOTT, C.D. and GIRIJA, S. 2025. Enhanced detection of APT vector lateral movement in organizational networks using lightweight machine learning. Computers, materials and continua [online], 83(1), pages 281-308. Available from: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2025.059597

The successful penetration of government, corporate, and organizational IT systems by state and non-state actors deploying APT vectors continues at an alarming pace. Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks continue to pose significant challenges for... Read More about Enhanced detection of APT vector lateral movement in organizational networks using lightweight machine learning..

Exploring human hair degradation: a preliminary study for estimating time-since-death. (2025)
Journal Article
SILVA-BESSA, A., RAMAGE, S., FERREIRA, M.T., DINIS-OLIVEIRA, R.J., FORBES, S.L. and DAWSON, L. 2025. Exploring human hair degradation: a preliminary study for estimating time-since-death. International journal of legal medicine [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-025-03476-4

Postmortem interval (PMI) estimation is a challenging task in forensic investigations. PMI assessment frequently requires the application of the currently available methods which can lead to unsatisfactory results due to the poor accuracy of time int... Read More about Exploring human hair degradation: a preliminary study for estimating time-since-death..

Conceptions of sustainability and their impact on practices in oil and gas corporations operating in the Niger Delta. (2025)
Book Chapter
RICHARD-OSU, O.J. and BUCKLER, S. 2025. Conceptions of sustainability and their impact on practices in oil and gas corporations operating in the Niger Delta. In Idowu, S.O. and Vertigans, S. (eds.) Sustainability in global companies: theory and practice. Cham: Springer [online], pages 261-277. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77971-8_12

Sustainability is a slippery term which can mean different things to different people. This slipperiness creates challenges in organisations that seem to want to adopt sustainable business practices but make little headway in actually doing so, or at... Read More about Conceptions of sustainability and their impact on practices in oil and gas corporations operating in the Niger Delta..

Optimizing process parameters to enhance mechanical properties of 3D-printed fiberglass-reinforced onyx polymer. (2025)
Journal Article
SHAFIQUE, N., KHAN, Z., KHAN, M., YOUNAS, M. and SAHARUDIN, M.S. 2025. Optimizing process parameters to enhance mechanical properties of 3D-printed fiberglass-reinforced onyx polymer. Journal of manufacturing and materials processing [online], 9(4), article number 108. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp9040108

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is widely used for custom manufacturing but has limitations in strength for load-bearing applications. This study explores the optimization of mechanical properties for lightweight, cost-effective components using cont... Read More about Optimizing process parameters to enhance mechanical properties of 3D-printed fiberglass-reinforced onyx polymer..

Characteristics of supermarket-based interventions in high-income countries, aimed at improving the dietary quality and environmental sustainability of diets of people living with obesity and/or overweight and food insecurity: a scoping review. [Preprint] (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
HUNTER, E., STONE, R.A., GREATWOOD, H., GRIFFITHS, C., HARDMAN, C.A., DOUGLAS, F., LONNIE, M., GREEN, M., SRITHARAN, N., THOMAS, M. and JOHNSTONE, A.M. 2025. Characteristics of supermarket-based interventions in high-income countries, aimed at improving the dietary quality and environmental sustainability of diets of people living with obesity and/or overweight and food insecurity: a scoping review. [Preprint]. Hosted on OSF: Centre for Open Science [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/szbgc_v1

Food insecurity (FI), is defined as unreliable access to healthy and nutritious food, and is a major health concern in higher-income countries, primarily due to its association with an increased risk of obesity. Adherence to healthy eating recommenda... Read More about Characteristics of supermarket-based interventions in high-income countries, aimed at improving the dietary quality and environmental sustainability of diets of people living with obesity and/or overweight and food insecurity: a scoping review. [Preprint].

FusDreamer: label-efficient remote sensing world model for multimodal data classification. (2025)
Journal Article
WANG, J., SONG, W., CHEN, H., REN, J. and ZHAO, H. 2025. FusDreamer: label-efficient remote sensing world model for multimodal data classification. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 63, article number 570314. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3554862

World models significantly enhance hierarchical understanding, improving data integration and learning efficiency. To explore the potential of the world model in the remote sensing (RS) field, this paper proposes a label-efficient remote sensing worl... Read More about FusDreamer: label-efficient remote sensing world model for multimodal data classification..

Performance optimisation of solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) using response surface method (RSM) for thermal gradient reduction. (2025)
Journal Article
HASBI, S., AMBER, I., HOSSAIN, M. and SAHARUDIN, M.S. 2025. Performance optimisation of solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) using response surface method (RSM) for thermal gradient reduction. International journal of sustainable energy [online], 44(1), article number 2482837. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2025.2482837

The Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell (SOEC) offers high-efficiency hydrogen production due to favourable thermodynamics and reaction kinetics at elevated temperatures. However, high operating temperatures increase energy consumption and thermal gradient... Read More about Performance optimisation of solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) using response surface method (RSM) for thermal gradient reduction..

Enhancing epoxy polymer composites with MXene nanosheets for improved thermal performance. (2025)
Journal Article
JANJUA, A.A., SAHARUDIN, M.S., OKECHUKWU, A.E., YOUNAS, M. and FAISAL, N. 2025. Enhancing epoxy polymer composites with MXene nanosheets for improved thermal performance. Journal of nano research [online] 87, pages 101-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-OAqN4d

Thermosetting epoxy polymers are widely employed as matrices for fabricating fibre-reinforced composites due to their exceptional strength and stiffness. However, the inherent brittleness of epoxy and its generally low fracture toughness impose limit... Read More about Enhancing epoxy polymer composites with MXene nanosheets for improved thermal performance..

Dynamic mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of epoxy coatings enhanced with MXene and diverse nano-fillers. (2025)
Journal Article
SAHARUDIN, M.S., NASIR, N.A.C., JANJUA, A.A., OKECHUKWU, A.E., HAQUE, N.F. and AHMAD, E.Z. 2025. Dynamic mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of epoxy coatings enhanced with MXene and diverse nano-fillers. Solid state phenomena [online], 370, pages 25-32. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-2F2Syv

This comparative study explored the dynamic mechanical characteristics and resistance to corrosion of four distinct nanofillers; MXenes, Graphene Nanoplatelets (GNPs), Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), and Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) within epoxy composites a... Read More about Dynamic mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of epoxy coatings enhanced with MXene and diverse nano-fillers..

Finding balance in the digital era: the integration of information overload management and serendipity for Nigerian digital entrepreneurs. (2025)
Journal Article
IBRAHIM, S., MARCELLA, R. and MACLENNAN, A. 2025. Finding balance in the digital era: the integration of information overload management and serendipity for Nigerian digital entrepreneurs. Information development [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/026666692513280

This study explores the integration of information overload (IO) management and serendipitous information encounters among Nigerian digital entrepreneurs, offering novel insights into balancing efficiency and opportunity in digital ecosystems. Throug... Read More about Finding balance in the digital era: the integration of information overload management and serendipity for Nigerian digital entrepreneurs..

Numerical investigations on the effects of inertia on the startup dynamics of a multibladed Savonius wind turbine. (2025)
Journal Article
ASIM, T., AMBER, I., SINGH, D. and SIDDIQUI, M.S. 2025. Numerical investigations on the effects of inertia on the startup dynamics of a multibladed Savonius wind turbine. Energies [online], 18(7), article number 1638. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en18071638

The startup dynamics of wind turbines have a direct impact on their cut-in speed and thus their capacity factor, considering highly transient winds in urban environments. Due to the complex nature of the startup dynamics, the published research on it... Read More about Numerical investigations on the effects of inertia on the startup dynamics of a multibladed Savonius wind turbine..

Predicting student next-term performance in degree programs using AI-based approach: a case study from Ghana. (2025)
Journal Article
DIEKUU, J.-B., MEKALA, M.S., ABONIE, U.S., ISAACS, J. and ELYAN, E. 2025. Predicting student next-term performance in degree programs using AI-based approach: a case study from Ghana. Cogent education [online], 12(1), article number 2481000. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2481000

Student performance can fluctuate over time due to various factors (e.g. previous assignment grades, social life and economic conditions). Temporal dynamics, such as semester-to-semester variations, and changes in students' academic achievements, beh... Read More about Predicting student next-term performance in degree programs using AI-based approach: a case study from Ghana..

Challenges and opportunities for informal female entrepreneurs in Nigeria using the 5M framework. (2025)
Journal Article
JAMES, I. and ONOSHAKPOR, C. [2025]. Challenges and opportunities for informal female entrepreneurs in Nigeria using the 5M framework. Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], EarlyCite. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-03-2024-0169

This paper examines how informal female entrepreneurs (IFEs) navigate the intersecting challenges of informality, gender, and patriarchy and how they develop coping strategies to remain in business. We draw on the existing "5M" framework to highlight... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for informal female entrepreneurs in Nigeria using the 5M framework..

Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PIRIE, C., FERREIRA, L.A., COUTRIN, G.A.S., CARLINI, L.P., MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F., BARROS, M.C.M., GUINSBURG, R., THOMAZ, C.E., NOBRE, R. and WIRATUNGA, N. [2025]. Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment. To be presented at the 3rd World conference on eXplainable artificial intelligence 2025, 9-11 July 2025, Istanbul, Turkey.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers a promising approach to automating neonatal pain assessment, improving consistency and objectivity in clinical decision-making. However, differences between how humans and AI models perceive and explain pain-relate... Read More about Understanding disagreement between humans and machines in XAI: robustness, fidelity, and region-based explanations in automatic neonatal pain assessment..