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Ghost or phoenix: the disappearance or rise of mental health nursing? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WARRENDER, D. 2022. Ghost or phoenix: the disappearance or rise of mental health nursing? Presented at 28th International mental health nursing research conference 2022: mental health nursing in challenging times, 8-9 September 2022, Oxford, UK.

Dan is a mental health nurse, lecturer and mentalization based treatment practitioner, and is currently undertaking a PhD exploring experiences of crisis intervention for people diagnosed with 'borderline personality disorder'. He is a member of the... Read More about Ghost or phoenix: the disappearance or rise of mental health nursing?.

Reconsidering RepStat rules in dialectic games. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WELLS, S. and SNAITH, M. 2022. Reconsidering RepStat rules in dialectical games. In Grasso, F., Green, N.L., Schneider, J. and Wells, S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop on computational models of natural argument (CMNA 2022), 12 September 2022, Cardiff, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3205. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 18-28. Available from: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3205/paper3.pdf

Prohibition of repeated statements has benefits for the tractability and predictability of dialogues carried out by machines, but doesn't match the real world behaviour of people. This gap between human and machine behaviour leads to problems when fo... Read More about Reconsidering RepStat rules in dialectic games..

Land of woke and glory? The conceptualisation and framing of "wokeness" in UK media and public discourses. [Presentation] (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SMITH, D., BUTLER-WARKE, A. and BOAG, L. 2022. Land of woke and glory? The conceptualisation and framing of "wokeness" in UK media and public discourses. Presented at the 2022 Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association annual conference (MeCCSA 2022): silenced voices, 7-9 September 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

Though the term originated in the 1960s, it is only relatively recently that the concept of 'woke' became a staple of public discourse in Britain. Often it is alluded to as exemplifying or opposing British values and identity. Particularly where ther... Read More about Land of woke and glory? The conceptualisation and framing of "wokeness" in UK media and public discourses. [Presentation].

Policy instruments and social license for hydrogen uptake in Scotland. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAULET, N. 2022. Policy instruments and social license for hydrogen uptake in Scotland. Presented at 113th Annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholars 2022 (SLS 2022), 6-9 September 2022, London, UK.

This conference paper proposes to critically explore several of the core features of Scotland's developing hydrogen policy framework. In doing so, this review focuses on policy instruments financing innovation, and designed to encourage hydrogen inve... Read More about Policy instruments and social license for hydrogen uptake in Scotland..

Speckle pattern analysis of security holograms and related foils for quality assessment and authentication. (2022)
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KRISHNAN S., K., AMBADIYIL, S., JHA, A.K. and PRABHU, R. 2022. Speckle pattern analysis of security holograms and related foils for quality assessment and authentication. In Bouma, H., Prabhu, R., Stokes, R.J. and Yitzhaky, Y. (eds.) Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics, and surveillance technologies VI: proceedings of the 6th Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics, and surveillance technologies, co-located with SPIE (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers) Security + defence conference 2022, 5-6 September 2022, Berlin, Germany. Proceedings of SPIE, 12275. Bellingham, WA: SPIE [online], article 1227509. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2635446

A speckle pattern is produced by the mutual interference of a set of coherent wavefronts. Speckle patterns typically occur in diffuse reflections of monochromatic light such a laser light. When a rough surface is illuminated by a coherent light is im... Read More about Speckle pattern analysis of security holograms and related foils for quality assessment and authentication..

A simulation into the physical and network layers of optical communication network for the subsea video surveillance of illicit activity. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEWART, C., FOUGH, N. and PRABHU, R. 2022. A simulation into the physical and network layers of optical communication network for the subsea video surveillance of illicit activity. In Bouma, H., Prabhu, R., Stokes, R.J. and Yitzhaky, Y. (eds.) Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics, and surveillance technologies VI: proceedings of the 6th Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics, and surveillance technologies, co-located with SPIE (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers) Security + defence conference 2022, 5-6 September 2022, Berlin, Germany. Proceedings of SPIE, 12275. Bellingham, WA: SPIE [online], article 1227508. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2641374

Criminal activity is increasingly entering the ocean subsurface with acts such as illegal fishing and narco-submarining becoming points of contention. This among other illicit acts taking place in this domain imply a need for surveillance to render t... Read More about A simulation into the physical and network layers of optical communication network for the subsea video surveillance of illicit activity..

An investigation into routing protocols for real-time sensing of subsurface oil wells. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEWART, C., FOUGH, N. and PRABHU, R. 2022. An investigation into routing protocols for real-time sensing of subsurface oil wells. In Valle, M., Lehmhus, D., Gianoglio, C. et al. (eds.) Advances in system-integrated intelligence: proceedings of the 6th International conference on system-integrated intelligence 2022 (SysInt 2022), 7-9 September 2022, Genova, Italy. Lecture notes in networks and systems (LNNS), 546. Cham: Springer [online], pages 689-699. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16281-7_65

Pervasive computing has transformed society, and there is a desire to extend this mass data connectivity to the ocean, especially by energy companies seeking real-time sensor data from assets such as oil wells and pipelines. As evidenced by the Deepw... Read More about An investigation into routing protocols for real-time sensing of subsurface oil wells..

Automated tonic-clonic seizure detection using random forests and spectral analysis on electroencephalography data. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEWART, C., FUNG, W.K., FOUGH, N. and PRABHU, R. 2022. Automated tonic-clonic seizure detection using random forests and spectral analysis on electroencephalography data. In Valle, M., Lehmhus, D., Gianoglio, C. et al. (eds.) Advances in system-integrated intelligence: proceedings of the 6th International conference on system-integrated intelligence 2022 (SysInt 2022), 7-9 September 2022, Genova, Italy. Lecture notes in networks and systems (LNNS), 546. Cham: Springer [online], pages 679-688. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16281-7_64

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a potential for impact in the diagnosis of neurological conditions, the academic consensus generally has a positive outlook regarding how AI can improve the care of stroke victims and those who suffer from neuro-degen... Read More about Automated tonic-clonic seizure detection using random forests and spectral analysis on electroencephalography data..

The 5Rs for waste management of abandoned infrastructure in Nigeria. (2022)
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OGUNNUSI, M., SALMAN, H., LAING, R. and OMOTAYO, T. 2022. The 5Rs for waste management of abandoned infrastructure in Nigeria. In Proceedings of the 8th International Sustainable, ecological, engineering, design for society (SEEDS) conference 2022 (SEEDS 2022): sustainability across the built and natural environments, 31 August - 2 September 2022, Bristol, UK: [virtual event]. Leeds: Leeds Beckett University [online], (Forthcoming). To be made available at https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/conferences/seeds-conference-2022/

This paper focused on how the 5Rs concepts can be adopted to resuscitate abandoned infrastructure in Nigeria while curbing the challenges faced in the Nigerian environment. Sustainable development is intended to meet present needs without compromisin... Read More about The 5Rs for waste management of abandoned infrastructure in Nigeria..

Cutting strategy of polymer composite material for aerospace engineering application. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SANI, A.S.A., ZAINUDDIN, A.Z. and SAHARUDIN, M.S. 2022. Cutting strategy of polymer composite material for aerospace engineering application. In Sani, A.S.A., Zahid, M.N.O., Yasin, M.R.M., Ismail, S.Z., Zawawi, M.Z.M., Manaf, A.R.A., Saffe, S.N.M., Aziz, R.A. and Turan, F.M. (eds.) Enabling industry 4.0 through advances in manufacturing and materials: selected articles from the proceedings of the 2021 Innovative manufacturing, mechatronics and materials forum (iM3F 2021), 20 September 2021, Pekan, Malaysia. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 543-552. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_51

Despite the popular use of hybrid fibers in polymer composite in aerospace applications, it comes with a price where it is expensive and has a complex process to produce. A new alternative method of using nanocomposite using natural fiber such as Epo... Read More about Cutting strategy of polymer composite material for aerospace engineering application..

Maddie is online: a creative learning path to digital literacy for young people. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2022. Maddie is online: a creative learning path to digital literacy for young people. Presented at the 2022 Library of the future conference, 25-26 August 2022, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania.

This presentation gives an overview of the "Maddie is Online" project, which aims: 1) to improve young people's digital literacy skills; 2) to increase the number of schools that deliver digital literacy education; 3) to involve students directly in... Read More about Maddie is online: a creative learning path to digital literacy for young people..

Traces: how art and oil can mix. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KELLIE, C. 2022. Traces: how art and oil can mix. Presented at the 2022 Petrocultures conference (Petrocultures 2022): transformations, 24-27 August 2022, Stavanger, Norway.

Heavy industry impacts and shapes the communities that surround it. With North Sea oil, that industry lies mostly over the horizon and its workforce comes from around the world to form a temporal community. This invisibility and the logistical barrie... Read More about Traces: how art and oil can mix..

The impact of corruption on analyst coverage. [Presentation] (2022)
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HASSAN, O. and GIORGIONI, G. 2022. The impact of corruption on analyst coverage. Presented at the 3rd International conference on modern management based on big data (MMBD 2022), 15-18 August, [virtual event].

This study aims to investigate the impact of country-level corruption and firms' anti-bribery policies on analyst coverage. Analyst coverage has been identified as a powerful tool to detect fraud and should equally act as a possible tool to reduce co... Read More about The impact of corruption on analyst coverage. [Presentation].

How close is too close? Role of feature attributions in discovering counterfactual explanations. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WIJEKOON, A., WIRATUNGA, N., NKISI-ORJI, I., PALIHAWADANA, C., CORSAR, D. and MARTIN, K. 2022. How close is too close? Role of feature attributions in discovering counterfactual explanations. In Keane, M.T. and Wiratunga, N. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2022), 12-15 September 2022, Nancy, France. Lecture notes in computer science, 13405. Cham: Springer [online], pages 33-47. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14923-8_3

Counterfactual explanations describe how an outcome can be changed to a more desirable one. In XAI, counterfactuals are "actionable" explanations that help users to understand how model decisions can be changed by adapting features of an input. A cas... Read More about How close is too close? Role of feature attributions in discovering counterfactual explanations..

Adapting semantic similarity methods for case-based reasoning in the cloud. (2022)
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NKISI-ORJI, I., PALIHAWADANA, C., WIRATUNGA, N., CORSAR, D. and WIJEKOON, A. 2022. Adapting semantic similarity methods for case-based reasoning in the cloud. In Keane, M.T. and Wiratunga, N. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2022), 12-15 September 2022, Nancy, France. Lecture notes in computer science, 13405. Cham: Springer [online], pages 125-139. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14923-8_9

CLOOD is a cloud-based CBR framework based on a microservices architecture, which facilitates the design and deployment of case-based reasoning applications of various sizes. This paper presents advances to the similarity module of CLOOD through the... Read More about Adapting semantic similarity methods for case-based reasoning in the cloud..

A case-based approach for content planning in data-to-text generation. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
UPADHYAY, A. and MASSIE, S. 2022. A case-based approach for content planning in data-to-text generation. In Keane, M.T. and Wiratunga, N. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2022), 12-15 September 2022, Nancy, France. Lecture notes in computer science, 13405. Cham: Springer [online], pages 380-394. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14923-8_25

The problem of Data-to-Text Generation (D2T) is usually solved using a modular approach by breaking the generation process into some variant of planning and realisation phases. Traditional methods have been very good at producing high quality texts b... Read More about A case-based approach for content planning in data-to-text generation..

Analysing the fitness landscape rotation for combinatorial optimisation. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ALZA, J., BARTLETT, M., CEBERIO, J. and MCCALL, J. 2022. Analysing the fitness landscape rotation for combinatorial optimisation. In Rudolph, G., Kononova, A.V., Aguirre, H., Kerschke, P., Ochoa, G. and Tušar, T. (eds.) Parallel problem solving from nature (PPSN XVII): proceedings of 17th Parallel problem solving from nature international conference 2022 (PPSN 2022), 10-14 September 2022, Dortmund, Germany. Lecture notes in computer science, 13398. Cham: Springer [online], pages 533-547. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14714-2_37

Fitness landscape rotation has been widely used in the field of dynamic combinatorial optimisation to generate test problems with academic purposes. This method changes the mapping between solutions and objective values, but preserves the structure o... Read More about Analysing the fitness landscape rotation for combinatorial optimisation..

Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2022). (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KEANE, M.T. and WIRATUNGA, N. (eds.) 2022. Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2022), 12-15 September 2022, Nancy, France. Lecture notes in computer science, 13405. Cham: Springer [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14923-8

This volume contains the papers presented at the 30th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR 2022), which was held during September 12–15, 2022, at LORIA in Nancy, France. ICCBR is the premier annual meeting of the Case-Based Reasoni... Read More about Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2022)..

MIRATAR: a virtual caregiver for active and healthy ageing. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SANTOFIMIA, M.J., VILLANUEVA, F.J., DORADO, J., RUBIO, A., FERNÁNDEZ-BERMEJO, J., LLUMIGUANO, H., DEL TORO, X., WIRATUNGA, N. and LOPEZ, J.C. 2022. MIRATAR: a virtual caregiver for active and healthy ageing. In Mazzeo, P.L., Frontoni, E., Sclaroff, S. and Distante, C. (eds.) Image analysis and processing: ICIAP 2022 workshops; revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 21st International conference on image analysis and processing (ICIAP 2022) international workshops, 23-27 May 2022, Lecce, Italy, part I. Lecture notes in computer science, 13373. Cham: Springer [online], pages 49-58. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13321-3_5

Despite the technology advances in the field of virtual assistant and activity monitoring devices, older adults are still reluctant to embrace this technology, specially when it comes to employ it to manage health-related issues. This paper presents... Read More about MIRATAR: a virtual caregiver for active and healthy ageing..

Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and resilience among middle-aged European citizens. (2022)
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RUGGERONE, L. and HACKETT, C. 2022. Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and resilience among middle-aged European citizens. Presented at the 117th Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA 2022), 5-9 August 2022, Los Angeles, USA.

This study examines the effects of the Coronavirus epidemic and Brexit on the emotional wellbeing of middle aged European citizens who have transnational caring responsibilities in the UK and in Europe. This qualitative research aims to produce an in... Read More about Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and resilience among middle-aged European citizens..