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Monitoring load experienced by players during the transition from academy to professional soccer. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAUGHAN, P., BURGESS, K. and MACFARLANE, N. 2025. Monitoring load experienced by players during the transition from academy to professional soccer. Presented at the 2025 World congress in science and soccer (WCSS 2025), 17-20 June 2025, Glasgow, UK.

This study investigates the load experienced by players transitioning from academy to professional soccer and if subjective measures of training load able to give useful insights into training volumes and training intensity.

You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BREMNER, P. and MCGREGOR, R. 2025. You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU. Presented at the 2025 Advance HE research symposium: enablers and inhibitors of thriving research cultures, 17 June 2025, [virtual event].

In 2002 Alan Jenkins first referred Higher education research (HER) as the 'Cinderella of academia'. HER was really not recognised or valued by the 'ugly sisters' of the QAA and Research Assessment Exercise. Even after 20 years challenges still exist... Read More about You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU..

Application of the systemic lessons learned knowledge model to learning in complex projects: how project practitioners are shaping their learning. (2025)
Journal Article
KAMUDYARIWA, X.B., OSOBAJO, O.A., OKE, A. and ADEBAYO, Y. 2025. Application of the systemic lessons learned knowledge model to learning in complex projects: how project practitioners are shaping their learning. Management learning [online], OnlineFirst. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076251339433

Learning in projects is frequently emphasized in practice and the literature for knowledge creation, yet there is limited research on how project practitioners articulate learning particularly in complex projects. This study applies the Systemic Less... Read More about Application of the systemic lessons learned knowledge model to learning in complex projects: how project practitioners are shaping their learning..

The translucence of transparency: extractive industry beneficial ownership disclosure as an emerging transparency regime. (2025)
Journal Article
EJIOGU, A., DENEDO, M., EGBON, O. and LAUWO, S. 2025. The translucence of transparency: Extractive industry beneficial ownership disclosure as an emerging transparency regime. Critical perspectives on accounting [online], 102, article number 102806. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2025.102806

This study explores the nature and limits of transparency in the context of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative's beneficial ownership regime. To do this, we draw on Ball's (2009) three transparency metaphors – public value or norm of beh... Read More about The translucence of transparency: extractive industry beneficial ownership disclosure as an emerging transparency regime..

The individual perceptions of BIM practice in Algeria between practitioners and academics: implementation barriers and strategic solutions. (2025)
Journal Article
TEHAMI, M. and SEDDIKI, M. 2025. The individual perceptions of BIM practice in Algeria between practitioners and academics: Implementation barriers and strategic solutions. Architecture papers of the Faculty of architecture and design STU (ALFA) [online], 30(2), pages 3-13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2025-0008

Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of BIM as a concept and technology in the construction industry. Several developed and developing countries have already initiated the implementation of BIM, which has been possible thanks to significa... Read More about The individual perceptions of BIM practice in Algeria between practitioners and academics: implementation barriers and strategic solutions..

Structural integrity and failure mechanisms of thermoplastic composite pipes for offshore applications: insights from compressive and flexural testing. (2025)
Journal Article
OKOLIE, O., FAISAL, N.H., JAMIESON, H., MUKHERJI, A. and NJUGUNA, J. 2025. Structural integrity and failure mechanisms of thermoplastic composite pipes for offshore applications: insights from compressive and flexural testing. Engineering failure analysis [online], 179, article number 109775. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2025.109775

This research investigates the structural integrity and mechanical behaviour of a thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) that is particularly used in the offshore energy industry. The TCP offers enhanced strength and high strength-to-weight ratio ideal f... Read More about Structural integrity and failure mechanisms of thermoplastic composite pipes for offshore applications: insights from compressive and flexural testing..

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..

An exploration of social media in healthcare professional practice: guidance for and medicines-related use in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. (2025)
Thesis
ABABNEH, 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..

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..

Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
VICTORIA, M. and CHAWLA, V. 2025. Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe. 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 37-52. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154562

The built environment (that includes all the constructed artificial structures like buildings and infrastructure) is essential for the economic development of a country. The demolition of assets at the end of their useful life cycle generates large v... Read More about Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe..

Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHAWLA, V., JAFARIFAR, N., VICTORIA, M., SALMAN, H. and DEVECI, G. 2025. Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India. 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 213-224. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154592

Growing concerns surrounding water scarcity have spiked an interest in Embodied Water (EW) studies globally. The EW of a building is the amount of water needed to manufacture all the materials that constitute the building (Indirect EW) plus the amoun... Read More about Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India..