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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..

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..

Inferential measurement for integrity and security of cyber-physical systems (2025)
Thesis
ARIFEEN, Md. 2025. Inferential measurement for integrity and security of cyber-physical systems. Robert Gordon Univeristy, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2934857

Asset integrity is vital for the safety and reliability of Cyber-Physical Systems in industries like energy, transportation, and healthcare. It prevents hazards, minimizes downtime, and protects against cyber threats while ensuring economic efficienc... Read More about Inferential measurement for integrity and security of cyber-physical systems.

An exploration of social media in healthcare professional practice: guidance for and medicines-related use in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. (2025)
Thesis
ABABNEH, M.M. 2025. An exploration of social media in healthcare professional practice: guidance for and medicines-related use in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2934822

Social-media use in healthcare is expanding globally, aiding healthcare professionals (HCPs) to enhance professional development, and educate patients and the public. Regulatory guidelines are intended to support ethical, legal and professional chall... Read More about An exploration of social media in healthcare professional practice: guidance for and medicines-related use in Gulf Cooperation Council countries..

Artificial intelligence-enabled transaction prediction. (2025)
Thesis
ATALOR, D.O. 2025. Artificial intelligence-enabled transaction prediction. Robert Gordon University, MSc thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2934768

Predicting transaction behaviour and volume on e-commerce websites is difficult because transactional statistical methods don't do well with complex, unstructured data and cannot account for external factors like trends and promotions. Also, existing... Read More about Artificial intelligence-enabled transaction prediction..

An international portrait of pharmacists' professional role identities: a Q-methodology innovative study. (2025)
Journal Article
WATSON, K.E., SCHINDEL, T.J., MEILIANTI, S., TSUYUKI, R.T. and AL HAMARNEH, Y.N. 2025. An international portrait of pharmacists' professional role identities: a Q-methodology innovative study. Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy [online], 19, article number 100616. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100616

Professional identities shape who pharmacists are, what they do, and what they stand for as professionals. Novel research methodologies have potential to illuminate pharmacists' professional identity and roles in new and innovative ways. This study a... Read More about An international portrait of pharmacists' professional role identities: a Q-methodology innovative study..

Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MANCINI, A., SEDIKKI, M. and SCOTT, J. 2025. Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 355-369. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154581

The ongoing climate crisis provides a unique challenge within the residential sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in response to Canada's net-zero goal. Although legislation has been put in place to address the decarbonisation of the ex... Read More about Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero..

Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SEDDIKI, M., VISHAKHA, V., GOKAY, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2025. Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 225-239. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154593

The retrofit of existing residential buildings is a crucial strategy for reducing energy costs, cutting carbon emissions, and improving comfort. Among the retrofit solutions, the adoption of ventilation systems is a necessary approach to ensure appro... Read More about Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit..