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Advancing gender equality in Africa. (2021)
Digital Artefact
ODUSANYA, T.O. 2021. Advancing gender equality in Africa. [Blog post]. Posted on Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce [online], 14 December 2021. Available from: https://commonwealthchamber.com/advancing-gender-equality-in-africa/

According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report (2021), another generation of women will have to wait for gender equality. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt, the global gender gap has increased from 99.5 yea... Read More about Advancing gender equality in Africa..

Memory efficient federated deep learning for intrusion detection in IoT networks. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZAKARIYYA, A. KALUTARAGE, H. and AL-KADRI, M.O. 2021. Memory efficient federated deep learning for intrusion detection in IoT networks. In Sani, S. and Kalutarage, H. (eds.) AI and cybersecurity 2021: proceedings of the 2021 Workshop on AI and cybersecurity (AI-Cybersec 2021), co-located with the 41st Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence international conference on artificial intelligence (SGAI 2021), 14 December 2021, [virtual event]. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3125. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 85-99. Available from: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3125/paper7.pdf

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) methods are widely proposed for cyber security monitoring. However, training DNNs requires a lot of computational resources. This restricts direct deployment of DNNs to resource-constrained environments like the Internet o... Read More about Memory efficient federated deep learning for intrusion detection in IoT networks..

Reasoning with counterfactual explanations for code vulnerability detection and correction. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WIJEKOON, A. and WIRATUNGA, N. 2021. Reasoning with counterfactual explanations for code vulnerability detection and correction. In Sani, S. and Kalutarage, H. (eds.) AI and cybersecurity 2021: proceedings of the 2021 Workshop on AI and cybersecurity (AI-Cybersec 2021), co-located with the 41st Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence international conference on artificial intelligence (SGAI 2021), 14 December 2021, [virtual event]. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3125. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 1-13. Available from: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3125/paper1.pdf

Counterfactual explanations highlight "actionable knowledge" which helps the end-users to understand how a machine learning outcome could be changed to a more desirable outcome. In code vulnerability detection, understanding these "actionable" correc... Read More about Reasoning with counterfactual explanations for code vulnerability detection and correction..

Resilience in a Kenyan informal settlement during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2021)
Journal Article
VERTIGANS, S., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and OKINDA, F. 2021. Resilience in a Kenyan informal settlement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta academica [online], 53(2): pandemic politics, pages 122-142. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18820/24150479/aa53i2/7

Informal settlements have been identified as locations both where the spread of COVID-19 has generally been slower than within the Global North and measures to restrain the pandemic have further intensified local peoples’ marginality as income decrea... Read More about Resilience in a Kenyan informal settlement during the COVID-19 pandemic..

Exploring the relationship between oil and gas organizational culture and the management of tacit knowledge. (2021)
Journal Article
KENNEDY, J.R. and DAVIES, R.J. 2021. Exploring the relationship between oil and gas organizational culture and the management of tacit knowledge. International journal of development and sustainability [online], 10(5), pages 216-227. Available from: https://isdsnet.com/ijds-v10n5-03.pdf

Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, knowledge management practices directed toward utilizing employee tacit knowledge remain underdeveloped within oil and gas operations. This is despite the management of tacit knowledge being an environm... Read More about Exploring the relationship between oil and gas organizational culture and the management of tacit knowledge..

MAN trolleybuses in Ukraine (1939–1951): a history, technical characteristics, features of operation. (2021)
Journal Article
LYTVYNENKO, A., SARANCHA, V. and SHABUNINA, V. 2021. MAN trolleybuses in Ukraine (1939-1951): a history, technical characteristics, features of operation. History of science and technology [online], 11(2), pages 411-436. Available from: https://doi.org/10.32703/2415-7422-2021-11-2-411-436

The growth of the vehicle assets and bus services in Ukrainian cities increases the level of environmental pollution. During the environmental crisis, electric transport (e-transport) is becoming a matter for scientific inquiry, a subject of discussi... Read More about MAN trolleybuses in Ukraine (1939–1951): a history, technical characteristics, features of operation..

A novel state of charge estimation method of lithium‐ion batteries based on the IWOA‐AdaBoost‐Elman algorithm. (2021)
Journal Article
LI, H., WANG, S, ISLAM, M., BOBOBEE, E.D., ZOU, C. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. A novel state of charge estimation method of lithium-ion batteries based on the IWOA-AdaBoost-Elman algorithm. International journal of energy research [online], 46(4), pages 5134-5151. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.7505

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is a very complex nonlinear system. The data-driven state of charge (SOC) estimation method of Li-ion battery avoids complex equivalent circuit modeling and parameter identification, which can describe the nonlinearity of... Read More about A novel state of charge estimation method of lithium‐ion batteries based on the IWOA‐AdaBoost‐Elman algorithm..

Co-debriefing virtual simulations: an international perspective. (2021)
Journal Article
GOLDSWORTHY, S., GOODHAND, K., BARON, S., BUTTON, D., HUNTER, S., MCNEILL, L., BUDDEN, F., MCINTOSH, A., KAY, C. and FASKEN, L. 2022. Co-debriefing virtual simulations: an international perspective. Clinical simulation in nursing [online], 63, pages 1-4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.10.007

Co-debriefing is a process in which two or more individuals facilitate a simulation debriefing. Debriefing is considered an essential best practice that occurs as soon after a simulation as possible and should be conducted by experienced debriefers.... Read More about Co-debriefing virtual simulations: an international perspective..

A novel pipeline leak detection technique based on acoustic emission features and two-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. (2021)
Journal Article
RAI, A., AHMAD, Z., HASAN, M.J. and KIM, J.-M. 2021. A novel pipeline leak detection technique based on acoustic emission features and two-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. Sensors [online], 21(24): intelligent systems for fault diagnosis and prognosis, article 8247. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21248247

Pipeline leakage remains a challenge in various industries. Acoustic emission (AE) technology has recently shown great potential for leak diagnosis. Many AE features, such as root mean square (RMS), peak value, standard deviation, mean value, and ent... Read More about A novel pipeline leak detection technique based on acoustic emission features and two-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test..

Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when advanced practitioners assess and treat skin conditions. (2021)
Journal Article
MCPHILLIPS, H., WOOD, A.F. and HARPER-MCDONALD, B. 2021. Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when advanced practitioners assess and treat skin conditions. British journal of nursing [online], 30(22), 1278-1286. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.22.1278

Advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) roles require a broad range of knowledge of both medical and surgical medicine and the ability to work autonomously in a variety of settings. Despite around half of the UK adult population presenting with a skin c... Read More about Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when advanced practitioners assess and treat skin conditions..

The combined effect of fluid rheology, inner pipe rotation and eccentricity on the flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid through the annuli. (2021)
Journal Article
SALUBI, V., MAHON, R. and OLUYEMI, G. 2022. The combined effect of fluid rheology, inner pipe rotation and eccentricity on the flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid through the annuli. Journal of petroleum science and engineering [online], 211, article 110018. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.110018

The accurate prediction of the fluid dynamics and hydraulics of the axial or helical flow of non-Newtonian drilling fluids in the annuli is essential for the determination and effective management of wellbore pressure during drilling operations. Prev... Read More about The combined effect of fluid rheology, inner pipe rotation and eccentricity on the flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid through the annuli..

Systemic risk measures and regulatory challenges. (2021)
Journal Article
ELLIS, S., SHARMA, S., and BRZESZCZYŃSKI, J. 2022. Systemic risk measures and regulatory challenges. Journal of financial stability [online], 61, article 100960. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2021.100960

This paper discusses different definitions of systemic risk and identifies the challenges, which regulators face in addressing this phenomenon. We conducted a systematic literature review of 4859 abstracts to categorize the various methodologies deve... Read More about Systemic risk measures and regulatory challenges..

A review of sensing technologies for non-destructive evaluation of structural composite materials. (2021)
Journal Article
GUPTA, R., MITCHELL, D., BLANCHE, J., HARPER, S., TANG, W., PANCHOLI, K., BAINES, L., BUCKNALL, D.G. and FLYNN, D. 2021. A review of sensing technologies for non-destructive evaluation of structural composite materials. Journal of composites science [online], 5(12), article 319. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs5120319

The growing demand and diversity in the application of industrial composites and the current inability of present non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods to perform detailed inspection of these composites has motivated this comprehensive review of s... Read More about A review of sensing technologies for non-destructive evaluation of structural composite materials..

Towards explainable metaheuristics: PCA for trajectory mining in evolutionary algorithms. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FYVIE, M., MCCALL, J.A.W. and CHRISTIE, L.A. 2021. Towards explainable metaheuristics: PCA for trajectory mining in evolutionary algorithms. In Bramer, M. and Ellis, R (eds.) Artificial intelligence XXXVIII: proceedings of 41st British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI) Artificial intelligence international conference 2021 (AI-2021) (SGAI-AI 2021), 14-16 December 2021, [virtual conference]. Lecture notes in computer science, 13101. Cham: Springer [online], pages 89-102. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91100-3_7

The generation of explanations regarding decisions made by population-based meta-heuristics is often a difficult task due to the nature of the mechanisms employed by these approaches. With the increase in use of these methods for optimisation in indu... Read More about Towards explainable metaheuristics: PCA for trajectory mining in evolutionary algorithms..

Foregrounding ecosystems: thinking with the work of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison. (2021)
Book Chapter
FREMANTLE, C. and DOUGLAS, A. 2021. Foregrounding ecosystems: thinking with the work of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison. In Villanueva-Romero, D., Kerslake, L. and Flys-Junquera, C. (eds.) Imaginative ecologies: inspiring change through the humanities. Nature, culture and literature, 17. Netherlands: Brill [online], chapter 5, pages 81-106. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004501270_007

The approach we take to understanding, whether framed as 'measured, objective and in control' or 'entangled and adapting', is key to the health of the life web and ourselves. The problems associated with the measured, objective and in control version... Read More about Foregrounding ecosystems: thinking with the work of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison..

Mental health nursing and the theory‐practice gap: civil war and intellectual self‐injury. (2021)
Journal Article
WARRENDER, D. 2022. Mental health nursing and the theory-practice gap: civil war and intellectual self-injury. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing [online], 29(2), pages 171-173. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12808

Mental health nursing students experience education from both academic institutions and on clinical placements, yet there often remains a divide in understandings and attitudes between the two. This editorial provides personal and professional comme... Read More about Mental health nursing and the theory‐practice gap: civil war and intellectual self‐injury..

SAM-Net: semantic probabilistic and attention mechanisms of dynamic objects for self-supervised depth and camera pose estimation in visual odometry applications. (2021)
Journal Article
YANG, B., XU, X., REN, J., CHENG, L. GUO, L. and ZHANG, Z. 2022. SAM-Net: semantic probabilistic and attention mechanisms of dynamic objects for self-supervised depth and camera pose estimation in visual odometry applications. Pattern recognition letters [online], 153, pages 126-135. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2021.11.028

3D scene understanding is an essential research topic in the field of Visual Odometry (VO). VO is usually built under the assumption of a static environment, which does not always hold in real scenarios. Existing works fail to consider the dynamic ob... Read More about SAM-Net: semantic probabilistic and attention mechanisms of dynamic objects for self-supervised depth and camera pose estimation in visual odometry applications..

An innovative general practice based pharmacy longitudinal clerkship: using theory to characterise its development, implementation and initial evaluation. (2021)
Journal Article
INNES, C., RUSHWORTH, G., ADDISON, B., WEDEKIND, Y., WATSON, E., RUDD, I., POWER, A. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2022. An innovative general practice based pharmacy longitudinal clerkship: using theory to characterise its development, implementation and initial evaluation. Education for primary care [online], 33(3), pages 173-179. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2021.1996275

Background Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships exist in undergraduate medicine courses. A pilot Pharmacy Longitudinal Clerkship (pPLC) was funded to investigate delivery of this model of clinical education for student pharmacists. Objective(s): To inv... Read More about An innovative general practice based pharmacy longitudinal clerkship: using theory to characterise its development, implementation and initial evaluation..

Lessons from COVID-19: health and economic recovery. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ONYEJEKWE, C. and OSMAN, M. 2021. Lessons from COVID-19: health and economic recovery. Presented at the 3rd Adapting to a changing world seminar, 2 December 2021, [virtual event].

This seminar was the third of six seminars in the "Adapting to a Changing World" series, convened by Elimma Ezeani. This particular event focused on the impacts of COVID-19 and the way in which African countries are recovering from the pandemic. This... Read More about Lessons from COVID-19: health and economic recovery..

Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices. (2021)
Journal Article
MCDOUGALL, L., THOMSON, L., BRAND, S., WAGSTAFF, A., LAWTON, L.A. and PETRIE, B. 2021. Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices. Science of the total environment [online], 808, article 152071. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152071

It is proposed that microplastics discharged from wastewater treatment plants act as a vector of pharmaceuticals. In this study, adsorption of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics was investigated in municipal wastewater. Pharmaceuticals for... Read More about Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices..