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Determining the scope of the philosophy of computing education. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCDERMOTT, R., DANIELS, M., BROWN, J.N.A. and CAJANDER, Å. 2025. Determining the scope of the philosophy of computing education. In ITiCSE 2025: proceedings of the 30th ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education 2025 (ITiCSE 2025), 30 June - 2 July 2025, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. New York: ACM [online], 1, pages 403-409. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3724363.3729049

There are a number of different approaches to the investigation of teaching and learning within the subject of Computing Education. Many of the advances in pedagogy that have taken place over the past thirty years have been due to careful statistical... Read More about Determining the scope of the philosophy of computing education..

Comparison of match running demands between U18, reserve and first-team footballers. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAUGHAN, P., COWIE, G., MACFARLANE, N., SWINTON, P. and BURGESS, K. 2025. Comparison of match running demands between U18, reserve and first-team footballers. Presented at the 2025 World congress in science and soccer (WCSS 2025), 17-20 June 2025, Glasgow, UK.

The aim of this study was to investigate differences in match running demands between first-team, reserve, and U18 footballers. A retrospective, season-long study of 37 male professional footballers was undertaken. Total distance, low-intensity runni... Read More about Comparison of match running demands between U18, reserve and first-team footballers..

Monitoring load experienced by players during the transition from academy to professional soccer. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAUGHAN, P., BURGESS, K. and MACFARLANE, N. 2025. Monitoring load experienced by players during the transition from academy to professional soccer. Presented at the 2025 World congress in science and soccer (WCSS 2025), 17-20 June 2025, Glasgow, UK.

This study investigates the load experienced by players transitioning from academy to professional soccer and if subjective measures of training load able to give useful insights into training volumes and training intensity.

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..

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..

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..

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..

Getting the message: a transcendental phenomenology of youth experiences of persuasive (partisan) and informative (non-partisan) campaigns during the 2019 Canadian and United Kingdom general elections. (2025)
Thesis

Low youth voter turnout has potentially negative implications for healthy democracies and is therefore a widely researched topic in political communications. The concern is that if young people experience alienation and disenfranchisement from politi... Read More about Getting the message: a transcendental phenomenology of youth experiences of persuasive (partisan) and informative (non-partisan) campaigns during the 2019 Canadian and United Kingdom general elections..