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The only certainty is uncertainty: an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 uncertainty on regional stock markets. (2021)
Journal Article
SZCZYGIELSKI, J.J., BWANYA, P.R., CHARTERIS, A. and BRZESZCZYŃSKI, J. 2021. The only certainty is uncertainty: An analysis of the impact of COVID-19 uncertainty on regional stock markets. Finance research letters [online], 43, article 101945. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.101945

Uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 is widespread. We investigate the timing and quantify the impact of COVID-19 related uncertainty on returns and volatility for regional market aggregates using ARCH/GARCH models. Drawing upon economic psychology, COVI... Read More about The only certainty is uncertainty: an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 uncertainty on regional stock markets..

Sodium bicarbonate supplementation and the female athlete: a brief commentary with small scale systematic review and meta-analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
SAUNDERS, B., DE OLIVEIRA, L.F., DOLAN, E., DURKALEC-MICHALSKI, K., MCNAUGHTON, L., ARTIOLI, G.G. and SWINTON, P.A. 2022. Sodium bicarbonate supplementation and the female athlete: a brief commentary with small scale systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of sport science [online], 22(5): nutrition for female athletes, pages 745-754. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2021.1880649

Sodium bicarbonate (SB) is considered an effective ergogenic supplement for improving high-intensity exercise capacity and performance, although recent data suggests that women may be less amenable to its ergogenic effects than men. Currently, an app... Read More about Sodium bicarbonate supplementation and the female athlete: a brief commentary with small scale systematic review and meta-analysis..

Clinical benefits and costs of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service. (2021)
Journal Article
BUGEJA, S.J., STEWART, D. and VOSPER, H. 2021. Clinical benefits and costs of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 17(10), pages 1758-1763. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.01.009

Background: The enrolment of patients to an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service can be a means of mitigating financial burdens related to the provision of care and optimisation of hospital bed management. Objective: This study... Read More about Clinical benefits and costs of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service..

Impact of layered and delaminated zeolites on catalytic fast pyrolysis of microalgae using fixed-bed reactor and Py-GC/MS. (2021)
Journal Article
NAQVI, S.R., NAQVI, M., INAYAT, A. and BLANCO-SANCHEZ, P. 2021. Impact of layered and delaminated zeolites on catalytic fast pyrolysis of microalgae using fixed-bed reactor and Py-GC/MS. Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis [online], 155, article number 105025. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2021.105025

The aim of this work is to exploit the pyrolysis characteristics of microalgae Botryococcus braunii (BB) with a medium pore framework zeolite (MCM-22) and its delaminated counterpart with a higher external surface area zeolite (ITQ-2) using pyrolysis... Read More about Impact of layered and delaminated zeolites on catalytic fast pyrolysis of microalgae using fixed-bed reactor and Py-GC/MS..

Impact of COVID-19 on search in an organisation. (2021)
Journal Article
CLEVERLEY, P.H., COUSINS, F. and BURNETT, S. 2023. Impact of COVID-19 on search in an organisation. Journal of information science [online], 49(1), pages 43-58. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551521989531

COVID-19 has created unprecedented organisational challenges, yet no study has examined the impact on information search. A case study in a knowledge-intensive organisation was undertaken on 2.5 million search queries during the pandemic. A surge of... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on search in an organisation..

How risky are the socially responsible investment (SRI) stocks? Evidence from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) companies. (2021)
Journal Article
BRZESZCZYŃSKI, J., GAJDKA, J. and SCHABEK, T. 2021. How risky are the socially responsible investment (SRI) stocks? Evidence from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) companies. Finance research letters [online], 42, article 101939. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.101939

We evaluate the risk of the socially responsible investment (SRI) stocks from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) markets. Our analysis covers the data from the first and oldest national sustainability stock market index introduced in the CEE coun... Read More about How risky are the socially responsible investment (SRI) stocks? Evidence from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) companies..

Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland. (2021)
Journal Article
TEODOROWSKI, P., WOODS, R., CZARNECKA, M. and KENNEDY, C. 2021. Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland. Population, space and place [online], 27(6), article number e2436. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2436

The ‘Brexit’ referendum represents a hostile shift in the United Kingdom’s acculturative context. With its remain majority and pro-migration political discourse, Scotland appears less hostile than the rest of the United Kingdom. We explored whether a... Read More about Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland..

It's in our DNA: perspectives on co-producing services in the UK voluntary sector. (2021)
Journal Article
HANNIBAL, C. and MARTIKKE, S. 2022. It's in our DNA: perspectives on co-producing services in the UK voluntary sector. Voluntary sector review [online], 13(1), pages 157-166. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1332/204080520X16075029928019

In this paper we report on the perceptions of co-production in the UK voluntary, community and social enterprise sector from those directly involved. We conducted five case studies, each involving interviews with two people who had formed a co-produc... Read More about It's in our DNA: perspectives on co-producing services in the UK voluntary sector..

Particle swarm optimization for automatically evolving convolutional neural networks for image classification. (2021)
Journal Article
LAWRENCE, T., ZHANG, L., LIM, C.P. and PHILLIPS, E.-J. 2021. Particle swarm optimization for automatically evolving convolutional neural networks for image classification. IEEE access [online], 9, pages 14369-14386. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3052489

Designing Convolutional Neural Networks from scratch is a time-consuming process that requires specialist expertise. While automated architecture generation algorithms have been proposed, the underlying search strategies generally are computationally... Read More about Particle swarm optimization for automatically evolving convolutional neural networks for image classification..

Inside the black box of trilogues: introduction to the special issue. (2021)
Journal Article
BRANDSMA, G.J., GREENWOOD, J., RIPOLL SERVENT, A. and ROEDERER-RYNNING, C. 2021. Inside the black box of trilogues: introduction to the special issue. Journal of European public policy [online], 28(1): inside the 'black box' of EU legislative trilogues, pages 1-9. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020.1859600

This special issue brings together seven original contributions on actors involved in trilogue negotiations whose role has largely been neglected: the Commission, the Council, the Court, the Ombudsman, national parliaments, organized interests and Eu... Read More about Inside the black box of trilogues: introduction to the special issue..

The innovative design of air caps for improving the thermal efficiency of CFB boilers. (2021)
Journal Article
LIU, X., ZHU, G., ASIM, T., ZHANG, Y. and MISHRA, R. 2021. The innovative design of air caps for improving the thermal efficiency of CFB boilers. Energy [online], 221, article ID 119844. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.119844

Air caps are an effective way of ensuring uniformity of air flow in Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boilers. Published literature on the design and configuration of these air caps is severely limited. In this study, extensive theoretical as well as e... Read More about The innovative design of air caps for improving the thermal efficiency of CFB boilers..

Stakeholder engagement: a conceptual framework and initial validation to foster sustainability development in a maritive cluster. (2021)
Journal Article
OSOBAJO, O.A., KOLIOUSIS, Y. and MCLAUGHLIN, H. 2021. Stakeholder engagement: a conceptual framework and initial validation to foster sustainability development in a maritime cluster. European journal of sustainable development research [online], 5(1), article number em0149. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/9664

Sustainability development, as a concept, is becoming an important topic for discussion within the maritime industry due to its environmental impact and intensification ofthe compliance framework. Achieving sustainable development will require involv... Read More about Stakeholder engagement: a conceptual framework and initial validation to foster sustainability development in a maritive cluster..

Design of an environmental stress cracking (ESC) tester using fracture mechanics approach. (2021)
Journal Article
MOHAMAD NOR AZLI, M.S., MOHD RADZI, M.F., AHMAD NAZRI, M.N., SAHARUDIN, M.S. and INAM, F. 2021. Design of an environmental stress cracking (ESC) tester using fracture mechanics approach. Journal of mechanical engineering [online], 18(1), pages 123-136. Available from: https://jmeche.uitm.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/8-RI-18-1-P20-50.pdf

In this research, an ESC tester machine was built by utilising a fracture mechanics approach. The machine consists of critical components such as an aluminium frame, 3D printed pulley and bracket, DC motor, Arduino microcontroller, and fasteners. The... Read More about Design of an environmental stress cracking (ESC) tester using fracture mechanics approach..

Atlas 1892: fieldnotes: Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Atlas 1892: fieldnotes: Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 2. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-2

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). In this talk, Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental will discuss their proje... Read More about Atlas 1892: fieldnotes: Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental. [Podcast].

Psychological factors influencing technology adoption: a case study from the oil and gas industry. (2021)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R., FLIN, R., MILLAR, D. and CORRADI, L. 2021. Psychological factors influencing technology adoption: a case study from the oil and gas industry. Technovation [online], 102, article number 102219. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2020.102219

People have the power to make an innovation a success or a failure. Corporate decision makers act as both facilitators and barriers to the introduction of technologies into their organisations. Psychological factors clearly have an impact on their de... Read More about Psychological factors influencing technology adoption: a case study from the oil and gas industry..

Allington, Edward Thomas (1951-2017). (2021)
Book Chapter
WINTER, J. 2021. Allington, Edward Thomas (1951-2017). In Matthew, H.C.G. and Harrison, B. (eds.) Oxford dictionary of national biography. Oxford: OUP [online], article ID 90000380161. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380161

In this article the author gives a biographical account of the life and work of artist and sculptor, Edward Thomas Allington.

The social construction of 101 non-emergency video relay services for deaf signers. (2021)
Journal Article
SKINNER, R.A., NAPIER, J. and FYFE, N.R. 2021. The social construction of 101 non-emergency video relay services for deaf signers. International journal of police science and management [online], 23(2), pages 145-156. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461355720974703

How the police prepare for and engage with a citizen who is deaf and uses British Sign Language (BSL) is a national problem. From the perspective of deaf sign language users, the police remain largely inaccessible and unprepared in how to accommodate... Read More about The social construction of 101 non-emergency video relay services for deaf signers..

Resource efficient boosting method for IoT security monitoring. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZAKARIYYA, I., AL-KADRI, M.O. and KALUTARAGE, H. 2021. Resource efficient boosting method for IoT security monitoring. In Proceedings of 18th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Consumer communications and networking conference 2021 (CCNC 2021), 9-12 January 2021, [virtual event]. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article 9369620. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ccnc49032.2021.9369620

Machine learning (ML) methods are widely proposed for security monitoring of Internet of Things (IoT). However, these methods can be computationally expensive for resource constraint IoT devices. This paper proposes an optimized resource efficient ML... Read More about Resource efficient boosting method for IoT security monitoring..

Contracts affected by economic sanctions: Russian and international perspectives. (2021)
Book Chapter
KOTELNIKOV, A. 2021. Contracts affected by economic sanctions Russian and international perspectives. In Aseeva, A. and Górski, J. (Eds.) The law and policy of new Eurasian regionalization: economic integration, trade, and investment in the post-Soviet and greater Eurasian space. Nijhoff international trade law, 18. Leiden: Brill [online], chapter 17, pages 294-326. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004447875_018

Economic sanctions, particularly unilateral ones, are an increasingly popular instrument of foreign policy. Some states have extensive experience in adopting them and in resolving private disputes arising from such measures. For other countries, this... Read More about Contracts affected by economic sanctions: Russian and international perspectives..