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Optimization of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using a green catalyst prepared from glass waste and animal bones. (2023)
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ASAAD, S.M., INAYAT, A., JAMIL, F., GHENAI, C. and SHANABLEH, A. 2023. Optimization of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using a green catalyst prepared from glass waste and animal bones. Energies [online], 16(5), article 2322. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16052322

Biodiesel as a fuel has been shown to positively impact the environment; replacing or reducing the dependence on fossil fuels while providing a viable alternative. The use of waste oils, such as non-edible or used oils, can reduce competition with fo... Read More about Optimization of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using a green catalyst prepared from glass waste and animal bones..

Automated well-log pattern alignment and depth-matching techniques: an empirical review and recommendations. (2023)
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EZENKWU, C.P., GUNTORO, J., STARKEY, A., VAZIRI, V. and ADDARIO, M. 2023. Automated well-log pattern alignment and depth-matching techniques: an empirical review and recommendations. Petrophysics [online], 64(1), pages 115-129. Available from: https://doi.org/10.30632/PJV64N1-2023a9

Well logging has been an integral part of decision making at different stages (drilling, completion, production, abandonment) of a well's history. However, the traditional human-reliant approach to well-log interpretation, which has been the most com... Read More about Automated well-log pattern alignment and depth-matching techniques: an empirical review and recommendations..

Design and achievement of superfilling electroless silver deposition for micrometer trenches. (2023)
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WANG, X., MA, W. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2023. Design and achievement of superfilling electroless silver deposition for micrometer trenches. Surface engineering and applied electrochemistry [online], 59(1), pages 15-19. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068375523010143

Electroless silver bottom-up filling has been designed and investigated by linear sweep voltammetry. It was found that the addition of polyethylene glycol 4000 (PEG 4000) had a good inhibitory effect on the electrode reaction. Experiments showed that... Read More about Design and achievement of superfilling electroless silver deposition for micrometer trenches..

Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census. (2023)
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PEDERSEN, S. 2023. Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census. Scottish affairs [online], 32(1), pages 1-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2023.0440

This article investigates the attempt by some gender-critical Scots, led by organisations such as For Women Scotland, to disrupt the administration of the 2022 census in Scotland. They used their census returns to register a protest around guidance r... Read More about Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census..

Thinking with the Harrisons: what does now demand? [Article] (2023)
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DOUGLAS, A. and FREMANTLE, C. 2023. Thinking with the Harrisons: what does now demand? Field: a journal of socially-engaged art criticism [online], 23. Available from: https://field-journal.com/issue-23/thinking-with-the-harrisons-what-does-now-demand

"The reversal of entropy requires considerable energy and imagination and is accompanied by risk." This statement from the designer, planner and ecologist Frederick Steiner evokes the core challenge of the current environmental crisis: the energy tha... Read More about Thinking with the Harrisons: what does now demand? [Article].

What are small, medium and large effect sizes for exercise treatments of tendinopathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2023)
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SWINTON, P.A., SHIM, J.S.C., PAVLOVA, A.V., MOSS, R., MACLEAN, C., BRANDIE, D., MITCHELL, L., GREIG, L., PARKINSON, E., BROWN, V.T., MORRISSEY, D., ALEXANDER, L. and COOPER, K. 2023. What are small, medium and large effect sizes for exercise treatments of tendinopathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ open sport and exercise medicine [online], 9(1), article number e001389. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001389

The objective of this study was to quantify and describe effect size distributions from exercise therapies across a range of tendinopathies and outcome domains, to inform future research and clinical practice through conducting a systematic review wi... Read More about What are small, medium and large effect sizes for exercise treatments of tendinopathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis..

Multi-time scale identification of key kinetic processes for lithium-ion batteries considering variable characteristic frequency. (2023)
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SHI, H., WANG, S., LIANG, J., TAKYI-ANINAKWA, P., YANG, X., FERNANDEZ, C. and WANG, L. 2023. Multi-time scale identification of key kinetic processes for lithium-ion batteries considering variable characteristic frequency. Journal of energy chemistry [online], 82, pages 521-536. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2023.02.022

The electrification of vehicles puts forward higher requirements for the power management efficiency of integrated battery management systems as the primary or sole energy supply. In this paper, an efficient adaptive multi-time scale identification s... Read More about Multi-time scale identification of key kinetic processes for lithium-ion batteries considering variable characteristic frequency..

Achieving online dialogic learning using breakout rooms. (2023)
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DOUGLAS, S. 2023. Achieving online dialogic learning using breakout rooms. Research in learning technology [online], 31, article number 2882. Available from: https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v31.2882

Breakout rooms are an increasingly used tool in online teaching. This study uses Laurillard's (2013) Conversational Framework to evaluate the effectiveness of breakout rooms in achieving learning through peer-to-peer dialogue in large-scale teaching.... Read More about Achieving online dialogic learning using breakout rooms..

Optimized multi-hidden layer long short-term memory modeling and suboptimal fading extended Kalman filtering strategies for the synthetic state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2023)
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XIE, Y., WANG, S., ZHANG, G., FAN, Y., FERNANDEZ, C. and BLAABJERG, F. 2023. Optimized multi-hidden layer long short-term memory modeling and suboptimal fading extended Kalman filtering strategies for the synthetic state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. Applied energy [online], 336, article 120866. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120866

With the demand for high-endurance lithium-ion batteries in new energy vehicles, communication and portable devices, high energy density lithium-ion batteries have become the main research direction of the battery industry. State of Charge (SoC), as... Read More about Optimized multi-hidden layer long short-term memory modeling and suboptimal fading extended Kalman filtering strategies for the synthetic state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

An exploratory multi-case study of the health and wellbeing needs, relationships and experiences of health and social care service users and the people who support them at home. (2023)
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HENDERSON, L., BAIN, H., ALLAN, E. and KENNEDY, C. 2023. An exploratory multi-case study of the health and wellbeing needs, relationships and experiences of health and social care service users and the people who support them at home. International journal of integrated care [online], 23 (1), article 11. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7003

International policies and legislation set a precedence of person-centred sustainable integrated Health and Social Care (HSC) that meets the health and wellbeing needs of service users through improved experiences. However, current research focuses o... Read More about An exploratory multi-case study of the health and wellbeing needs, relationships and experiences of health and social care service users and the people who support them at home..

Representation and identity in contemporary women artists' video. (2023)
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LEUZZI, L. 2023. Representation and identity in contemporary women artists' video. Arts [online], 12(2), article 42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12020042

This essay is an initial study that examines selected contemporary video artworks addressing identity and representation by contemporary Italian women artists. The author shows how these women artists seek to avoid the objectification and sanitisatio... Read More about Representation and identity in contemporary women artists' video..

When performance demands enable change: how employees can overcome emotional dissonance and organizational underappreciation. (2023)
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DE CLERCQ, D., DAYAN, M. and NG, P.Y. [2023]. When performance demands enable change: how employees can overcome emotional dissonance and organizational underappreciation. European management journal [online], In Press. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2023.02.004

This study investigates the unexplored relationship between employees' experience of emotional dissonance and their engagement in change-oriented citizenship behavior, with a particular focus on the mediating role of organizational underappreciation... Read More about When performance demands enable change: how employees can overcome emotional dissonance and organizational underappreciation..

Serum transthyretin and aminotransferases are associated with lean mass in people with coronary heart disease: further insights from the CARE-CR study. (2023)
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JAMES, E., GOODALL, S., NICHOLS, S., WALKER, K., CARROLL, S., O'DOHERTY, A.F. and INGLE, L. 2023. Serum transthyretin and aminotransferases are associated with lean mass in people with coronary heart disease: further insights from the CARE-CR study. Frontiers in medicine [online], 10, article number 1094733. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1094733

Low muscle mass disproportionately affects people with coronary heart disease compared to healthy controls but is under-researched and insufficiently treated. Inflammation, poor nutrition and neural decline might contribute to low muscle mass. This s... Read More about Serum transthyretin and aminotransferases are associated with lean mass in people with coronary heart disease: further insights from the CARE-CR study..

Signature pedagogy in entrepreneurship education for the creative industries and cultural sectors: a case study. (2023)
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CHARLES, S. and NICOLL, H. 2023. Signature pedagogy in entrepreneurship education for the creative industries and cultural sectors: a case study. Makings [online], 4(1), pages 1-16. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/2rs8j4ps

In our contribution to this special issue theme of Curriculum and Pedagogy in Creative Higher Education (CHE) we reflect upon our development and delivery of a Creative Entrepreneurship course since 2019. Our aim is not to contribute to the long runn... Read More about Signature pedagogy in entrepreneurship education for the creative industries and cultural sectors: a case study..

The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. (2023)
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MESJAR, L., CROSS, K., JIANG, Y. and STEED, J. 2023. The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article number 3761. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043761

Fashion industry emissions, resource use and waste are attracting increasing consumer and government attention, with broad agreement that a new approach is required along the supply chain. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, a move to digitalisation fac... Read More about The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review..

Efficient LiDAR-trajectory affinity model for autonomous vehicle orchestration. (2023)
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MEKALA, M.S., DHIMAN, G., VIRIYASITAVAT, W., PARK, J.H. and JUNG, H.-Y. 2024. Efficient LiDAR-trajectory affinity model for autonomous vehicle orchestration. IEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems [online], 25(3), pages 2708-2718. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2023.3242900

Computation and memory resource management strategies are the backbone of continuous object tracking in intelligent vehicle orchestration. Multi-object tracking generates enormous measurements of targets and extended object positions using light dete... Read More about Efficient LiDAR-trajectory affinity model for autonomous vehicle orchestration..

Heterogeneous Fenton's-like catalyst potentiation of hydrogen peroxide disinfection: an investigation into mechanisms of action. (2023)
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SEWELL, S.L., OWEN, L., LAIRD, K., HUDDERSMAN, K.D. and WALSH, S.E. 2023. Heterogeneous Fenton's-like catalyst potentiation of hydrogen peroxide disinfection: an investigation into mechanisms of action. Journal of applied microbiology [online], 134(3), pages 1-9. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxad017

This study aimed to establish the mechanisms of action (MOA) of a novel surface-functionalised polyacrylonitrile (PAN) catalyst, which was previously shown to have potent antimicrobial activity in conjunction with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Bactericid... Read More about Heterogeneous Fenton's-like catalyst potentiation of hydrogen peroxide disinfection: an investigation into mechanisms of action..

Multimodal image and spectral feature learning for efficient analysis of water-suspended particles. (2023)
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TAKAHASHI, T., LIU, Z., THEVAR, T., BURNS, N., LINDSAY, D., WATSON, J., MAHAJAN, S., YUKIOKA, S., TANAKA, S., NAGAI, Y. and THORNSTON, B. 2023. Multimodal image and spectral feature learning for efficient analysis of water-suspended particles. Optics express [online], 31(5), pages 7492-7504. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.470878

We have developed a method to combine morphological and chemical information for the accurate identification of different particle types using optical measurement techniques that require no sample preparation. A combined holographic imaging and Raman... Read More about Multimodal image and spectral feature learning for efficient analysis of water-suspended particles..

Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram. (2023)
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MARCELLA-HOOD, M. 2023. Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article number 3609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043609

Media discourse surrounding fashion and sustainability tends to be negative, emphasising the problems that exist across the various stages of the lifecycle of a garment. Although consumers are increasingly aware of at least some of the issues surroun... Read More about Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram..

Life cycle carbon and cost assessment comparing milled and whole timber truss systems and insulation options for affordable housing. (2023)
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VICTORIA, M.F., DEVECI, G., MUSAU, F. and CLUBB, M. 2023. Life cycle carbon and cost assessment comparing milled and whole timber truss systems and insulation options for affordable housing. Energy and buildings [online], 285, article 112895. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.112895

Increasing demand for housing is one of the biggest challenges facing the world. Affordable housing is a key priority of the UK government in addressing this challenge, which calls for innovative constructions to address the issue of fuel poverty at... Read More about Life cycle carbon and cost assessment comparing milled and whole timber truss systems and insulation options for affordable housing..