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Zero-error digitisation and contextualisation of piping and instrumentation diagrams using node classification and sub-graph search. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RICA, E., ALVAREZ, S., MORENO-GARCIA, C.F. and SERRATOSA, F. 2022. Zero-error digitisation and contextualisation of piping and instrumentation diagrams using node classification and sub-graph search. In Krzyzak, A., Suen, C.Y., Torsello, A. and Nobile, N. (eds.) Structural, syntactic, and statistical pattern recognition: proceedings of the 2022 Joint International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) international workshops on statistical techniques in pattern recognition, and structural and syntactic pattern recognition (S+SSPR 2022), 26-27 August 2022, Montréal, Canada. Lecture notes in computer science, 13813. Cham: Springer [online], pages 274-282. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23028-8_28

Thousands of huge printed sheets depicting engineering drawings keep record of complex industrial structures from Oil & Gas facilities. Currently, there is a trend of digitising these drawings, having as final end the regeneration of the original com... Read More about Zero-error digitisation and contextualisation of piping and instrumentation diagrams using node classification and sub-graph search..

Microporous alumina–silica composite membrane with very low N2 permeability but high CO2 selectivity for direct air capture. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GIWA, A., SHEHU, H., RAMALAN, M., ORAKWE, I., ABUNOMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., WILLIAMWEST, T., IGBAGARA, W., OGOUN, E., HASHIM, I., AISUENI, F. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Microporous alumina–silica composite membrane with very low N2 permeability but high CO2 selectivity for direct air capture. In Khan, A.A., Ciddi, M.L. and Unal, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2022 International conference on studies in engineering, science and technology (ICSEST 2022), 10-13 November 2022, Antalya, Turkey. Ames, IA: International Society for Technology, Education and Science (ISTES) [online], pages 182-210. Available from: https://www.istes.org/seeder/books/files/54c86815762a9dac0440e35d04a1e05c.pdf

This research involves technical approaches to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from ambient air, involving a filter with a transport mechanism described based on experimental results. A silica inorganic composite membrane was prepared by using a silicon... Read More about Microporous alumina–silica composite membrane with very low N2 permeability but high CO2 selectivity for direct air capture..

Searching for the ethos of a lost art school. (2022)
Book Chapter
WINTER, J. 2022. Searching for the ethos of a lost art school. In Ingold, T. (ed.) Knowing from the inside: cross-disciplinary experiments with matters of pedagogy. London: Bloomsbury Academic [online], chapter 8, pages 165-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350217171.ch-008

This search is motivated by an abiding belief in the possibilities of art schools. It is a response to many conversations over recent years around the future of art education and the significant role it has played in weaving the social fabric. I cont... Read More about Searching for the ethos of a lost art school..

Online parameter identification and state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries based on improved artificial fish swarms forgetting factor least squares and differential evolution extended Kalman filter. (2022)
Journal Article
XIAO, W., WANG, S., YU, C., YANG, X., QIU, J. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. Online parameter identification and state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries based on improved artificial fish swarms forgetting factor least squares and differential evolution extended Kalman filter. Journal of The Electrochemical Society [online], 169(12), 120534. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acaa5b

State of Charge (SOC) estimation is the focus of battery management systems, and it is critical to accurately estimate battery SOC in complex operating environments. To weaken the impact of unreasonable forgetting factor values on parameter estimatio... Read More about Online parameter identification and state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries based on improved artificial fish swarms forgetting factor least squares and differential evolution extended Kalman filter..

A novel nonlinear decreasing step-bacterial foraging optimization algorithm and simulated annealing-back propagation model for long-term battery state of health estimation. (2022)
Journal Article
XIONG, R., WANG, S., YU, C., FERNANDEZ, C., XIAO, W. and JIA, J. 2023. A novel nonlinear decreasing step-bacterial foraging optimization algorithm and simulated annealing-back propagation model for long-term battery state of health estimation. Journal of energy storage [online], 59, article 106484. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106484

With the rapid development of electric energy storage, more and more attention has been paid to the accurate construction of energy storage lithium-ion battery (LIB) model and the efficient monitoring of battery states. Based on this requirement, a s... Read More about A novel nonlinear decreasing step-bacterial foraging optimization algorithm and simulated annealing-back propagation model for long-term battery state of health estimation..

A feasibility study into the production of a mussel matrix reference material for the cyanobacterial toxins microcystins and nodularins. (2022)
Journal Article
TURNER, A.D., BEACH, D.G., FOSS, A., SAMDAL, I.A., LØVBERG, K.L.E., WAACK, J., EDWARDS, C., LAWTON, L.A., DEAN, K.J., MASKREY, B.H. and LEWIS, A.M. 2023. A feasibility study into the production of a mussel matrix reference material for the cyanobacterial toxins microcystins and nodularins. Toxins [online], 15(1), article 27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins15010027

Microcystins and nodularins, produced naturally by certain species of cyanobacteria, have been found to accumulate in aquatic foodstuffs such as fish and shellfish, resulting in a risk to the health of the seafood consumer. Monitoring of toxins in su... Read More about A feasibility study into the production of a mussel matrix reference material for the cyanobacterial toxins microcystins and nodularins..

Ex-regulars in the British Army Reserve: just here for the money? (2022)
Book Chapter
CONNELLY, V., MORRISON, Z., BIRCHENOUGH, J., CUNNINGHAM-BURLEY, S. and LORETTO, W. 2022. Ex-regulars in the British Army Reserve: just here for the money? In Ben-Ari, E. and Connelly, V. (eds.) Contemporary military reserves: between the civilian and military worlds. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 5, pages 83-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003306399-7

The UK part-time Army Reserve has seen a large influx of personnel who previously served full-time in the regular army (ex-regulars). This is contrary to the previous tradition where most army reservists had no previous full-time armed forces experie... Read More about Ex-regulars in the British Army Reserve: just here for the money?.

Efficient breast cancer classification network with dual squeeze and excitation in histopathological images. (2022)
Journal Article
SARKER, M.M.K., AKRAM, F., ALSHARID, M., SINGH, V.K., YASRAB, R. and ELYAN, E. 2023. Efficient breast cancer classification network with dual squeeze and excitation in histopathological images. Diagnostics [online], 13(1), article 103. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13010103

Medical image analysis methods for mammograms, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cannot provide the underline features on the cellular level to understand the cancer microenvironment which makes them unsuitable for breast cancer subtyp... Read More about Efficient breast cancer classification network with dual squeeze and excitation in histopathological images..

An improved forgetting factor recursive least square and unscented particle filtering algorithm for accurate lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation. (2022)
Journal Article
HAO, X., WANG, S., FAN, Y., XIE, Y. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2023. An improved forgetting factor recursive least square and unscented particle filtering algorithm for accurate lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation. Journal of energy storage [online], 59, article 106478. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106478

As an indispensable part of the battery management system, accurately predicting the estimation of the state of charge (SOC) has attracted more attention, which can improve the efficiency of battery use and ensure its safety performance. Taking the t... Read More about An improved forgetting factor recursive least square and unscented particle filtering algorithm for accurate lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation..

The impact of COVID-19 on the CS student learning experience: how the pandemic has shaped the educational landscape. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SIEGEL, A.A., ZARB, M., ANDERSON, E., CRANE, B., GAO, A., LATULIPE, C., LOVELLETTE, E., MCNEILL, F. and MEHARG, D. 2022. The impact of COVID-19 on the CS student learning experience: how the pandemic has shaped the educational landscape. In ITiCSE-WGR'22: proceedings of the 2022 Working group reports (WGR), co-located with the 27th Innovation and technology in computer science education annual conference (ITiCSE-WGR '22), 11-13 July 2022, Dublin, Ireland. New York: ACM [online], pages 165-190. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3571785.3574126

Students have experienced incredible shifts in their learning environments, brought about by the response of universities to the ever-changing public health mandates driven by waves and stages of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Initially, these... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on the CS student learning experience: how the pandemic has shaped the educational landscape..

Developing a framework for stakeholders collaboration in the management and mitigation of oil pipeline disasters in Nigeria. (2022)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, F.I., LAING, R., BJEIRMI, B. and LEON, M. 2022. Developing a framework for stakeholders collaboration in the management and mitigation of oil pipeline disasters in Nigeria. AIMS energy [online], 10(6), pages 1230-1260. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2022058

Multi-stakeholder collaboration becomes imperative when a single agency - such as the NNPC or the oil companies - cannot by themselves adequately address a recurring menace, such as oil pipeline disasters. Thus, agencies - such as the National Emerge... Read More about Developing a framework for stakeholders collaboration in the management and mitigation of oil pipeline disasters in Nigeria..

Women's gendered experiences of political instability: Kibera during the 2017 Kenyan elections. (2022)
Journal Article
MUELLER-HIRTH, N., VERTIGANS, S. and GIBSON, N. 2023. Women's gendered experiences of political instability: Kibera during the 2017 Kenyan elections. Women's studies international forum [online], 96, article 102668. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102668

This study examines how residents of Kibera, an multi-ethnic informal settlement and opposition stronghold in Nairobi, Kenya, understood and negotiated political instability in the run up to, and during, the contested elections of 2017. Much of the s... Read More about Women's gendered experiences of political instability: Kibera during the 2017 Kenyan elections..

Assessing the contribution of open crop straw burning to ground-level ozone and associated health impacts in China and the effectiveness of straw burning bans. (2022)
Journal Article
HUANG, L., ZHU, Y., LIU, H., WANG, Y., ALLEN, D.T., OOI, M.C.G., MANOMAIPHIBOON, K., LATIF, M.T., CHAN, A. and LI, L. 2023. Assessing the contribution of open crop straw burning to ground-level ozone and associated health impacts in China and the effectiveness of straw burning bans. Environment international [online], 171, article 107710. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107710

In recent years, ozone pollution in China has been shown to increase in frequency and persistence despite the concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) decreasing steadily. Open crop straw burning (OCSB) activities are extensive in China and... Read More about Assessing the contribution of open crop straw burning to ground-level ozone and associated health impacts in China and the effectiveness of straw burning bans..

Prospective of response surface methodology as an optimization tool for biomass gasification process. (2022)
Journal Article
ASAAD, S.M., INAYAT, A., ROCHA-MENESES, L., JAMIL, F., GHENAI, C, and SHANABLEH, A. 2023. Prospective of response surface methodology as an optimization tool for biomass gasification process. Energies [online], 16(1), article 40. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010040

The worldwide population growth and the technological advancements reported in the past few years have led to an increase in the production and consumption of energy. This has increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the primary driver of climate ch... Read More about Prospective of response surface methodology as an optimization tool for biomass gasification process..

Bringing presence to the intrapartum experience. (2022)
Book Chapter
TABIB, M. and HUMPHREY, T. 2022. Bringing presence to the intrapartum experience. In Davies, L. and Crowther, S. (eds.) Mindfulness in the birth sphere: practice for pre-conception to the critical 1000 days and beyond. Abingdon: Routledge [online], pages 130-146. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003165200-9

Being present during childbirth, having the wisdom to anchor oneself to the here and now through the breath and the body, may have profound spiritual, psychological and physiological implications. The knowledge and skills of meditation and relaxation... Read More about Bringing presence to the intrapartum experience..

Welcome to the North of Scotland Parkinson's Research podcast. [Podcast] (2022)
Digital Artefact
JONES, J. 2022. Welcome to the North of Scotland Parkinson's Research podcast. [Podcast]. North of Scotland Parkinson's Research Interest Group (NoSPRIG) podcast, series 1 (episode 0). Hosted on PodBean [online]. Available from: https://nosprigpod.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-the-north-of-scotland-parkinson-s-research-podcast/

Welcome to the NoSPRIG podcasts! The aim of our podcast series is to focus on Parkinson's research from a Scottish perspective and highlight some of the work being done here to find out more about the mechanisms of this complex disease and ways of ma... Read More about Welcome to the North of Scotland Parkinson's Research podcast. [Podcast].

Comparative strength and stability analysis of conventional and lighter composite flexible risers in ultra-deep water subsea environment (2022)
Journal Article
NAMMI, S.K., GUPTA, R. and PANCHOLI, K. 2025. Comparative strength and stability analysis of conventional and lighter composite flexible risers in ultra-deep water subsea environment. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: journal of process mechanical engineering [online], 239(2), pages 666-677. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089221144394

The hybrid flexible risers have a multi-layered structure and use thermoplastic composite for the pressure and tensile armour. In contrast, a conventional flexible riser uses heavier carbon steel as armour which significantly contributes to its weigh... Read More about Comparative strength and stability analysis of conventional and lighter composite flexible risers in ultra-deep water subsea environment.

Competition law and blockchain in Hong Kong: regulating cryptocurrencies. [Blog post] (2022)
Digital Artefact
MAK, C.H.W. 2022. Competition law and blockchain in Hong Kong: regulating cryptocurrencies. [Blog post]. Posted on the Kluwer Competition Law Blog [online], 19 December 2022. Available from: https://competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw.com/2022/12/19/competition-law-and-blockchain-in-hong-kong-regulating-cryptocurrencies/

The blockchain industry is undergoing tremendous development and expansion, with new applications and technology constantly appearing. In Hong Kong, blockchain-based industries and activities, such as cryptocurrencies, are gaining popularity and atte... Read More about Competition law and blockchain in Hong Kong: regulating cryptocurrencies. [Blog post].

Police Scotland Rider Refinement North 2022: independent evaluation report. (2022)
Report
HOOD, C. 2022. Police Scotland Rider Refinement North 2022: independent evaluation report. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1924942

First launched in 2018, Rider Refinement North (RRN) is a program aimed at motorcyclists, offering classroom and practical-based experiences in a day-long course. It is delivered by Police Scotland officers from across the North Area Command region,... Read More about Police Scotland Rider Refinement North 2022: independent evaluation report..

To opt-in or to cop out: COP26 and the policy dynamics of decarbonising African cities. (2022)
Book Chapter
ASEKOMEH, A., GERSHON, O. and AZUBUIKE, S.I. 2022. To opt-in or to cop out: COP26 and the policy dynamics of decarbonising African cities. In AZUBUIKE, S.I., ASEKOMEH, A. and GERSHON, O. (eds.) Decarbonisation pathways for African cities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan [online], chapter 9, pages 157-178. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14006-8_9

The COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact appears to have kept alive the ambition of restricting temperature rises to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. However, developing countries must translate the agreements into specific policies and change instruments i... Read More about To opt-in or to cop out: COP26 and the policy dynamics of decarbonising African cities..