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The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens. (2022)
Book Chapter
HUNHEVICZ, J., DOUNAS, T. and HALL, D.M. 2022. The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 5-33. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_2

This chapter outlines the promise of blockchain for the construction industry. Blockchain is an opportunity to create novel forms of economic coordination toward better collaboration within and across the built asset life cycle phases. Ongoing resear... Read More about The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens..

Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. (2022)
Book Chapter
CHRISTIE, D.S. and MANTE, J. 2022. Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 167-184. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_9

This chapter critically evaluates the way in which the existing United Kingdom (UK) construction payment regime will function with – and assist – payment mechanisms which utilise smart contracts. Blockchain is one of several new developments in the i... Read More about Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework..

Urban and architectural ambiences' complexities in the nineteenth-century colonial markets: the case of the Saharan city of Biskra, Algeria. (2022)
Book Chapter
BENNADJI, A., BELAKEHAL, A., SEDDIKI, M. and TABET AOUL, K. 2023. Urban and architectural ambiences' complexities in the nineteenth-century colonial markets: the case of the Saharan city of Biskra, Algeria. In Hamza, N. (ed.) Architecture and urban transformation of historical markets: cases from the Middle East and North Africa. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 5, pages 67-78. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003143208-7

In Algeria, the adoption of colonial markets (halles) highlights how various environmental parameters created a distinctive architecture in which daylight, ventilation, and acoustics were centrally based on sensorial relationships. Using thematic con... Read More about Urban and architectural ambiences' complexities in the nineteenth-century colonial markets: the case of the Saharan city of Biskra, Algeria..

Framework for detecting APTs based on steps analysis and correlation. (2022)
Book Chapter
EKE, H.N., PETROVSKI, A., AHRIZ, H. and AL-KADRI, M.O. 2022. Framework for detecting APTs based on steps analysis and correlation. In Abbaszadeh, M. and Zemouche, A. (eds.) Security and resilience in cyber-physical systems: detection, estimation and control. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 6, pages 119-147. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97166-3_6

An advanced persistent threatAdvanced persistent threat, (APTAPT), is an attack that uses multiple attack behavior to penetrate a system, achieve specifically targeted and highly valuable goals within a system. This type of attack has presented an in... Read More about Framework for detecting APTs based on steps analysis and correlation..

One size fits all? The problems of offering ethical guidance to everyone. (2022)
Book Chapter
SPICKER, P. 2023 One size fits all? The problems of offering ethical guidance to everyone. In Iphofen, R. and O'Mathuna, D. (eds.) Ethical evidence and policymaking: interdisciplinary and international research. Bristol: Policy press [online], chapter 2, pages 40-55. Available from: https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447363972-005

The conventional wisdom of research ethics has developed from the Nuremberg Code and related guidance about medical research. Complaints about ethical review bodies often reflect the application of rules designed for a quite different kind of researc... Read More about One size fits all? The problems of offering ethical guidance to everyone..

Ethical research in public policy. (2022)
Book Chapter
SPICKER, P. 2023. Ethical research in public policy. In Iphofen, R. and O'Mathuna, D. (eds.) Ethical evidence and policymaking: interdisciplinary and international research. Bristol: Policy press [online], chapter 7, pages 139-150. Available from: https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447363972-010

Public policy research is research for a purpose, guided by a distinctive range of normative considerations. The values are the values of public service; the work is generally done in the public domain; and the research is an intrinsic part of the de... Read More about Ethical research in public policy..

Post-COVID-19 and African agenda for a green recovery: lessons from the European Union and the United States of America. (2022)
Book Chapter
ASEKOMEH, A., AZUBUIKE, S.I. and GERSHON, O. 2022. Post-COVID-19 and African agenda for a green recovery: lessons from the European Union and the United States of America. In Osabuohein, E., Odularu, G., Ufua, D. and Osabohein, R. (eds.). COVID-19 in the African continent: sustainable development and socioeconomic shocks. Bingley: Emerald [online], pages 309-322. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-686-620221028

The concept of a ‘green new deal’ for Africa will provide a joined-up approach to managing the impact of extreme climatic events. In this regard, the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) green deal arrangements offer Africa lessons to consi... Read More about Post-COVID-19 and African agenda for a green recovery: lessons from the European Union and the United States of America..

Tackling climate change in Africa through corporate social responsibility. (2022)
Book Chapter
LIEDONG, T.A., AJIDE, O.E. and OSOBAJO, O.A. 2022. Tackling climate change in Africa through corporate social responsibility. In Idemudia, U., Tuokuu, F.X.D. and Liedong, T.A. (eds.) Business and sustainable development in Africa: medicine or placebo? London: Routledge [online], pages 118-139. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003038078-7

Africa is the world's most vulnerable region to climate change despite being the least contributor to carbon emissions and global warming. This chapter discusses the challenges climate change poses to African countries, including the adverse effects... Read More about Tackling climate change in Africa through corporate social responsibility..

Making politics: engaged social tactics. (2022)
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DELAPPE, J. and LEUZZI, L. 2022. Making politics: engaged social tactics. In burrough, x. and Walgren, J. (eds.) Art as social practice: technologies for change. New York: Routledge [online], chapter 10, pages 126-136. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003169109-13

In this interview, Joseph DeLappe describes a lineage of works and circumstances that led to a series of community-based and crowdsourced projects to encourage participation and creative critical action with participants, volunteers, and collaborator... Read More about Making politics: engaged social tactics..

A comparative study of deep-learning models for COVID-19 diagnosis based on X-ray images. (2022)
Book Chapter
SIDDIQUI, S., HOSSAIN, E., FERDOUS, R., ARIFEEN, M., RAHMAN, W., MASUM, S., HOPGOOD, A., GOOD, A. and GEGOV, A. 2022. A comparative study of deep-learning models for COVID-19 diagnosis based on X-ray images. In Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C., Littlewood, J.R. and Balas, M.M. (eds.) Smart and sustainable technology for resilient cities and communities. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 163-174. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9101-0_12

Background: The rise of COVID-19 has caused immeasurable loss to public health globally. The world has faced a severe shortage of the gold standard testing kit known as reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The accuracy of RT-PCR... Read More about A comparative study of deep-learning models for COVID-19 diagnosis based on X-ray images..

The Scottish Innovative Student Award (SISA): preparing students to tackle wicked problems. (2022)
Book Chapter
DAVIDSON, A., BREMNER, P. and PERKINS, J. 2022. The Scottish Innovative Student Award (SISA): preparing students to tackle wicked problems. In Norton, S. and Penaluna, A. (eds.) 3 Es for wicked problems: employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship: solving wicked problems. York: Advance HE [online], pages 41-47. Available from: https://bit.ly/3sm0rYF

This case study presents the Scottish Innovative Student Award (SISA), which aims to recognise students' high-level skills development within existing academic modules, as well as providing an opportunity for students to confront problems in new ways... Read More about The Scottish Innovative Student Award (SISA): preparing students to tackle wicked problems..

The accommodation of precursor crimes within extradition. (2022)
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ARNELL, P. 2022. The accommodation of precursor crimes within extradition. In Walker, C., Llobet Anglí, M. and Meliá, M.C. (eds.) Precursor crimes of terrorism: the criminalisation of terrorism risk in comparative perspective. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing [online], chapter 16, pages 240-253. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976329.00025

Extradition is the formal legal process whereby accused and convicted persons are transferred from one state or territory to another. It has a considerable pedigree and contains some common features. Several of these features have evolved in the late... Read More about The accommodation of precursor crimes within extradition..

Foregrounding ecosystems: thinking with the work of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison. (2021)
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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..

Scotland and period poverty: a case study of activists' media and political agenda-setting. (2021)
Book Chapter
MCKAY, F. 2022. Scotland and period poverty: a case study of activists' media and political agenda-setting. In Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. (eds.) The Routledge companion to political journalism. Abingdon: Routledge [online], Chapter 38, pages 404-413. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429284571-38

Grassroots-led global social movements have become increasingly prominent on mainstream media and political agendas. In Scotland, several of these have resulted in significant policy change, including the period poverty movement, which addresses ineq... Read More about Scotland and period poverty: a case study of activists' media and political agenda-setting..

Pluralist public sphere or elitist closed circle? Elite-driven agendas and contributor 'chemistry' as determinants of pundit choice on a flagship BBC politics show. (2021)
Book Chapter
MORRISON, J. 2022. Pluralist public sphere or elitist closed circle? Elite-driven agendas and contributor 'chemistry' as determinants of pundit choice on a flagship BBC politics show. In Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. (eds.) The Routledge companion to political journalism. Abingdon: Routledge [online], Chapter 36, pages 383-393. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429284571-36

Since BBC1’s Politics Live discussion show launched in 2018, it has been characterised by an accessible and chatty, if sometimes highly involved, discursive style more native to podcasts than conventional daytime television. The programme attempted t... Read More about Pluralist public sphere or elitist closed circle? Elite-driven agendas and contributor 'chemistry' as determinants of pundit choice on a flagship BBC politics show..

Defect types. (2021)
Book Chapter
FAISAL, N., CORA, Ö.N., BEKCI, M.L., ŚLIWA, R.E., STERNBERG, Y., PANT, S., DEGENHARDT, R. and PRATHURU, A. 2021. Defect types. In Sause, M.G.R. and Jasiūnienė, E. (eds.) Structural health monitoring damage detection systems for aerospace. Springer aerospace technology. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 3, pages 15-72. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72192-3_3

This chapter provides an overview of the common types of defects found in various structural materials and joints in aircraft. Materials manufacturing methods (including large-scale production) have been established in the aircraft industry. However,... Read More about Defect types..

Data reduction strategies. (2021)
Book Chapter
BHOWMIK, B., QUQA, S., SAUSE, M.G.R., PAKRASHI, V. and DROUBI, M.G. 2021. Data reduction strategies. In Sause, M.G.R. and Jasiūnienė, E. (eds.) Structural health monitoring damage detection systems for aerospace. Springer aerospace technology. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 9, pages 243-272. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72192-3_9

Based on the variety of methods available for gathering data for the aircraft health status, the challenge is to reduce the overall amount of data in a trackable and safe manner to ensure that the remaining data are characteristic of the current airc... Read More about Data reduction strategies..

Strain monitoring. (2021)
Book Chapter
VANLANDUIT, S., SORGENTE, M., ZADEH, A.R., GÜEMES, A. and FAISAL, N. 2021. Strain monitoring. In Sause, M.G.R. and Jasiūnienė, E. (eds.) Structural health monitoring damage detection systems for aerospace. Springer aerospace technology. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 8, pages 219-241. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72192-3_8

This chapter provides an overview of the use of strain sensors for structural health monitoring. Compared to acceleration-based sensors, strain sensors can measure the deformation of a structure at very low frequencies (up to DC) and enable the measu... Read More about Strain monitoring..

Monitoring tasks in aerospace. (2021)
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PANT, S., SHARIF KHODAEI, Z. and DROUBI, M.G. 2021. Monitoring tasks in aerospace. In Sause, M.G.R. and Jasiūnienė, E. (eds.) Structural health monitoring damage detection systems for aerospace. Springer aerospace technology. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 2, pages 5-14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72192-3_2

Approximately up to one-fifth of the direct operating cost of a commercial civilian fixed-wing aircraft is projected to be due to inspection and maintenance alone. Managing aircraft health with minimal human intervention and technologies that can per... Read More about Monitoring tasks in aerospace..

Collaborative resistance: how a craft beer scene was built through sharing and nurturing relationships. (2021)
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CUNNINGHAM, J. and FRASER, S.S. 2021. Collaborative resistance: how a craft beer scene was built through sharing and nurturing relationships. In Clarke, D., Ellis, V., Patrick-Thomson, H. and Weir, D. (eds.) Researching craft beer: understanding production, community and culture in an evolving sector. Bingley: Emerald [online], chapter 6, pages 79-98. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-184-320211006

In this chapter, we explore the entrepreneurial nature of craft brewing. We find growth in the microbrewery sector has been supported through a cooperative approach between competing artisanal small firms. This has helped build competitive advantage... Read More about Collaborative resistance: how a craft beer scene was built through sharing and nurturing relationships..