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Piecing together performance: collaborative, participatory research-through-design for better diversity in games. (2024)
Journal Article
GARDNER, D.L., BOYD, L. and GARDNER, R.T. 2024. Piecing together performance: collaborative, participatory research-through-design for better diversity in games. IEEE transactions on games [online], 16(3), pages 683-696. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TG.2023.3349369

Digital games are a multi-billion-dollar industry whose production and consumption extend globally. Representation in games is an increasingly important topic. As those who create and consume the medium grow ever more diverse, it is essential that pl... Read More about Piecing together performance: collaborative, participatory research-through-design for better diversity in games..

The impact of big data analytics on the detection of errors and fraud in accounting processes. (2024)
Journal Article
SHALHOOB, H., HALAWANI, B., ALHARBI, M. and BABIKER, I. 2024. The impact of big data analytics on the detection of errors and fraud in accounting processes. RGSA: revista de gestão social e ambiental [online], 18(1), e06115. Available from: https://doi.org/10.24857/rgsa.v18n1-121

This study aims to discuss and investigate the role of big data analytics (BDA) in promoting error detection and preventing fraud in accounting operations. It uses a secondary method of data collection (desk study) to explore the potential impact of... Read More about The impact of big data analytics on the detection of errors and fraud in accounting processes..

Entrepreneurship in the favela: negotiating precarity and mental health during COVID-19. (2024)
Journal Article
GARCIA, M.L.T., SPOLANDER, G., TOMLINS, R., LEAL, F.X., BORGES, R.E.S. and SUKUMAR, A. 2024. Entrepreneurship in the favela: negotiating precarity and mental health during COVID-19. Social work in public health [online], 39(1), pages 48-61. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2024.2316874

This paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and mental health of necessary entrepreneurs in Brasilian favelas, the social problems they experienced and implications for public health social work. The study used struct... Read More about Entrepreneurship in the favela: negotiating precarity and mental health during COVID-19..

Building resilience of staff in care homes: preliminary findings of an exploratory study. (2024)
Journal Article
MARTINDALE, S., WILL, J. and WELLS, J. 2024. Building resilience of staff in care homes: preliminary findings of an exploratory study. Nursing and residential care [online], 26(1). Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2023.0020

Careers in the care home sector have seen innumerable challenges, along with sustaining and growing resilience in the workforce. The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of resilience for care home staff working in one health board are... Read More about Building resilience of staff in care homes: preliminary findings of an exploratory study..

Indium tin oxide thin film preparation and property relationship for humidity sensing: a review. (2024)
Journal Article
RAJENDRAN, V., PRATHURU, A., FERNANDEZ, C., SUJATHA, D., PANDA, S.K. and FAISAL, N.H. 2024. Indium tin oxide thin film preparation and property relationship for humidity sensing: a review. Engineering reports [online], 6(3), article ID e12836. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12836

This review aims to present a critical overview of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin film preparation methods, structure–property relationship and its application in humidity sensing. A range of passive and active humidity sensors with thin films (based on... Read More about Indium tin oxide thin film preparation and property relationship for humidity sensing: a review..

Spatial Interpretation in a text-to-image accelerated architectural design process: investigating diffusion models in sketch, preliminary and final design stages. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
VISSERS-SIMILON, E. and DOUNAS, T. 2024. Spatial interpretation in a text-to-image accelerated architectural design process. In Kontovourkis, O., Phocas, M.C. and WURZER, G. (eds.) Proceedings of the 42nd International conference on education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe 2024 (eCAADe 2024): data-driven intelligence, 9-13 September 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus. Brussels: eCAADe [online], 2, pages 527-536. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.2.527

The introduction of diffusion models – artificial intelligence models originally used as text-to-image generators – poses several questions for the architectural design process. Firstly, could diffusion models enhance those design processes? Secondly... Read More about Spatial Interpretation in a text-to-image accelerated architectural design process: investigating diffusion models in sketch, preliminary and final design stages..

Feature aggregation and region-aware learning for detection of splicing forgery. (2024)
Journal Article
XU, Y., ZHENG, J., REN, J. and FANG, A. 2024. Feature aggregation and region-aware learning for detection of splicing forgery. IEEE signal processing letters [online], 31, pages 696-700. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2023.3348689

Detection of image splicing forgery become an increasingly difficult task due to the scale variations of the forged areas and the covered traces of manipulation from post-processing techniques. Most existing methods fail to jointly multi-scale local... Read More about Feature aggregation and region-aware learning for detection of splicing forgery..

Members in good standing? The relationship between NoFap/reboot communities and the manosphere. (2024)
Journal Article
SMITH, D.S. 2024. Members in good standing? The relationship between NoFap/Reboot communities and the manosphere. International journal of communication [online], 18, pages 528-541. Available from: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20524/4448

NoFap/reboot communities are online groups of mostly men trying to abstain from pornography and/or masturbation. For researchers exploring the manosphere, a loose collation of digital communities in which men affirm and replicate antifeminist/promale... Read More about Members in good standing? The relationship between NoFap/reboot communities and the manosphere..