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Designing process evaluations using case study to explore the context of complex interventions evaluated in trials. (2020)
Journal Article
GRANT, A., BUGGE, C. and WELLS, M. 2020. Designing process evaluations using case study to explore the context of complex interventions evaluated in trials. Trials [online], 21, article number 982. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04880-4

Process evaluations are an important component of an effectiveness evaluation as they focus on understanding the relationship between interventions and context to explain how and why interventions work or fail, and whether they can be transferred to... Read More about Designing process evaluations using case study to explore the context of complex interventions evaluated in trials..

On the class overlap problem in imbalanced data classification. (2020)
Journal Article
VUTTIPITTAYAMONGKOL, P., ELYAN, E. and PETROVSKI, A. 2021. On the class overlap problem in imbalanced data classification. Knowledge-based systems [online], 212, article number 106631. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2020.106631

Class imbalance is an active research area in the machine learning community. However, existing and recent literature showed that class overlap had a higher negative impact on the performance of learning algorithms. This paper provides detailed criti... Read More about On the class overlap problem in imbalanced data classification..

A comparative study on partial discharge emulators. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
MOHAMED, H., KHAN, U., YUSUF, M.A., MOHAMMED, M.M., ALHAJ, M., ALRWEG, M. and ALKHWELDI, M. 2020. A comparative study on partial discharge emulators. In Proceedings of 28th Telecommunications forum 2020 (TELFOR 2020), 24-25 November 2020, Belgrade, Serbia. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article ID 9306600, pages 340-343. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR51502.2020.9306600

Partial Discharge (PD) detection plays a vital role in electrical power stations, it can help protecting the high voltage equipment, it can prevent explosion of these equipment and hence preventing a catastrophic failure. PD detection can be performe... Read More about A comparative study on partial discharge emulators..

Texture-sensitive superpixeling and adaptive thresholding for effective segmentation of sea ice floes in high-resolution optical images. (2020)
Journal Article
CHAI, Y., REN, J., HWANG, B., WANG, J., FAN, D., YAN, Y. and ZHU, S. 2021. Texture-sensitive superpixeling and adaptive thresholding for effective segmentation of sea ice floes in high-resolution optical images. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 14, pages 577-586. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2020.3040614

Efficient and accurate segmentation of sea ice floes from high-resolution optical (HRO) remote sensing images is crucial for understanding of sea ice evolutions and climate changes, especially in coping with the large data volume. Existing methods su... Read More about Texture-sensitive superpixeling and adaptive thresholding for effective segmentation of sea ice floes in high-resolution optical images..

Multiscale 2-D singular spectrum analysis and principal component analysis for spatial–spectral noise-robust feature extraction and classification of hyperspectral images. (2020)
Journal Article
MA, P., REN, J., ZHAO, H., SUN, G., MURRAY, P. and ZHENG, J. 2021. Multiscale 2-D singular spectrum analysis and principal component analysis for spatial–spectral noise-robust feature extraction and classification of hyperspectral images. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 14, pages 1233-1245. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3040699

In hyperspectral images (HSI), most feature extraction and data classification methods rely on corrected dataset, in which the noisy and water absorption bands are removed. This can result in not only extra working burden but also information loss fr... Read More about Multiscale 2-D singular spectrum analysis and principal component analysis for spatial–spectral noise-robust feature extraction and classification of hyperspectral images..

COVID-19 pandemic: the effects and prospects in the construction industry. (2020)
Journal Article
OGUNNUSI, M., HAMMA-ADAMA, M., SALMAN, H. and KOUIDER, T. 2020. COVID-19 pandemic: the effects and prospects in the construction industry. International journal of real estate studies [online], 14(Special Issue 2), pages 120-128. Available from: https://www.utm.my/intrest/files/2020/11/2_Final_MS_CRES-Covid-025.pdf

COVID-19, social distancing, self-isolation, quarantine, furlough, palliatives, and many more emerged as the new vocabularies of the entire world, construction industry not excluded. It is precisely a decade from the last pandemic experienced by the... Read More about COVID-19 pandemic: the effects and prospects in the construction industry..

Extradition between the UK and Ireland is at risk because of Brexit. [Blog post] (2020)
Digital Artefact
ARNELL, P. and DAVIES, G. 2020. Extradition between the UK and Ireland is at risk because of Brexit. [Blog post]. Posted on LSE Brexit 2020: latest thinking and research about Brexit from LSE [online], 24 November 2020. Available from: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2020/11/24/extradition-between-the-uk-and-ireland-is-at-risk-because-of-brexit/

Extradition between the UK and Ireland after Brexit will be particularly affected by a No-Deal Brexit. In this post, Paul Arnell (Robert Gordon University) and Gemma Davies (Northumbria University) bring a closer understanding of the problems on the... Read More about Extradition between the UK and Ireland is at risk because of Brexit. [Blog post].

Blockchain grammars for validating the design process. (2020)
Journal Article
LOMBARDI, D., DOUNAS, T., CHEUNG, L.H. and JABI, W. 2020. Blockchain grammars for validating the design process. Blucher design proceedings [online], 8(4): proceedings of 24th International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2020): transformative design, 16-20 November 2020, Medellín, Colombia, pages 406-411. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-56

This paper presents and develops the concept of Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) as a platform for collaboration, via a design scenario in which Blockchain (BC) technology is implemented for validation purposes. The envisioned scenario sim... Read More about Blockchain grammars for validating the design process..

The feasibility of exercise interventions delivered via telehealth for people affected by cancer: a rapid review of the literature. (2020)
Journal Article
MORRISON, K.S., PATERSON, C. and TOOHEY, K. 2020. The feasibility of exercise interventions delivered via telehealth for people affected by cancer: a rapid review of the literature. Seminars in oncology nursing [online], 36(6), article ID 151092. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2020.151092

Background:- The prevalence of exercise as an adjunct therapy to cancer treatments including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery is growing rapidly and has been shown to improve health outcomes, treatment completion rates, and quality of lif... Read More about The feasibility of exercise interventions delivered via telehealth for people affected by cancer: a rapid review of the literature..

The fate of Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article] (2020)
Other
ARNELL, P. 2020. The fate of Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article]. The Scotsman [online], 21 November 2020. Available from: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/shamima-begum-supreme-court-case-tests-whether-misguided-teenagers-foreign-born-parents-get-same-second-chance-murderers-and-rapists-dr-paul-arnell-3042370

Five years ago Shamima Begum, then 15, left her home and birthplace in England and made her to Syria. She travelled to lend her support to Islamic State. Begum now wants to return, but is barred from doing so. She is presently in limbo, living in the... Read More about The fate of Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article].

Anatoxin-a degradation by using titanium dioxide. (2020)
Journal Article
KAMINSKI, A., EDWARDS, C., CHRAPUSTA-SREBRNY, E. and LAWTON, L.A. 2021. Anatoxin-a degradation by using titanium dioxide. Science of the total environment [online], 756, article ID 143590. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143590

Advanced oxidation processes, such as using titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysis, are being developed to reduce or eliminate the toxicity of treated water. In this study, the removal of purified anatoxin-a (ANTX-a), live Dolichospermum flos-aquae c... Read More about Anatoxin-a degradation by using titanium dioxide..

Sand failure: effect of biocide on the geomechanical properties of outcrop carbonate rock under static condition. (2020)
Journal Article
WUYEP, E., OLUYEMI, G., YATES, K. and AKISANYA, A.R. 2020. Sand failure: effect of biocide on the geomechanical properties of outcrop carbonate rock under static condition. Arabian journal of geosciences [online], 13(23), article ID 1239. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-06176-y

The effects of chemical interaction of a biocide with formation rocks on the rock geomechanical properties are examined. A combination of analytical tests (Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Analysis, X-Ray Powder Diffraction and Pa... Read More about Sand failure: effect of biocide on the geomechanical properties of outcrop carbonate rock under static condition..

Impact of resistance training status on trunk muscle activation in a fatiguing set of heavy back squats. (2020)
Journal Article
CLARK, D.R., LAMBERT, M.I., GRIGSON, C. and HUNTER, A.M. 2020. Impact of resistance training status on trunk muscle activation in a fatiguing set of heavy back squats. European journal of applied physiology [online], 121(2), pages 597-608. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-020-04540-0

In this study we measured neural activation (EMG) in four trunk stabilizer muscles and vastus lateralis (VL) in trained and novice participants during a set of squat repetitions to volitional fatigue at 85% 1RM. Forty males were recruited into two gr... Read More about Impact of resistance training status on trunk muscle activation in a fatiguing set of heavy back squats..

Applying acceptance requirements to requirements modeling tools via gamification: a case study on privacy and security. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
PIRAS, L., CALABRESE, F. and GIORGINI, P. 2020. Applying acceptance requirements to requirements modeling tools via gamification: a case study on privacy and security. In Grabis, J. and Bork, D. (eds.) The practice of enterprise modeling: proceedings of 13th International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Practice of enterprise modelling working conference 2020 (Poem 2020), 25-27 November 2020, Riga, Latvia. Lecture notes in business information processing, 400. Cham: Springer [online], pages 366-376. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63479-7_25

Requirements elicitation, analysis and modeling are critical activities for software success. However, software systems are increasingly complex, harder to develop due to an ever-growing number of requirements from numerous and heterogeneous stakehol... Read More about Applying acceptance requirements to requirements modeling tools via gamification: a case study on privacy and security..

Generating insights into what matters to emergency nurses and family members when caring for older people with dementia: how to use generativity as a principle of appreciative inquiry. (2020)
Journal Article
WATKINS, S., DEWAR, B., GRAHAM, M., MURPHY, F., KENNEDY, C. and O'REILLY, P. 2020. Generating insights into what matters to emergency nurses and family members when caring for older people with dementia: how to use generativity as a principle of appreciative inquiry. International practice development journal [online], 10(2), article ID 4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.102.004

Background: Participatory research approaches aim to hear the voices of those who give and receive services to co-create insights into future improvements in care experiences. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is one such participatory approach. The purpose... Read More about Generating insights into what matters to emergency nurses and family members when caring for older people with dementia: how to use generativity as a principle of appreciative inquiry..

A homogeneous-heterogeneous ensemble of classifiers. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
LUONG, A.V., VU, T.H., NGUYEN, P.M., VAN PHAM, N., MCCALL, J., LIEW, A.W.-C. and NGUYEN, T.T. 2020. A homogeneous-heterogeneous ensemble of classifiers. In Yang, H., Pasupa, K., Leung, A.C.-S., Kwok, J.T., Chan, J.H. and King, I. (eds.) Neural information processing: proceedings of 27th International conference on neural information processing 2020 (ICONIP 2020), part 5. Communications in computer and information science, 1333. Cham: Springer [online], pages, 251-259. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63823-8_30

In this study, we introduce an ensemble system by combining homogeneous ensemble and heterogeneous ensemble into a single framework. Based on the observation that the projected data is significantly different from the original data as well as each ot... Read More about A homogeneous-heterogeneous ensemble of classifiers..

Toward an ensemble of object detectors. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
DANG, T., NGUYEN, T.T. and MCCALL, J. 2020. Toward an ensemble of object detectors. In Yang, H., Pasupa, K., Leung, A.C.-S., Kwok, J.T., Chan, J.H. and King, I. (eds.) Neural information processing: proceedings of 27th International conference on neural information processing 2020 (ICONIP 2020), part 5. Communications in computer and information science, 1333. Cham: Springer [online], pages, 458-467. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63823-8_53

The field of object detection has witnessed great strides in recent years. With the wave of deep neural networks (DNN), many breakthroughs have achieved for the problems of object detection which previously were thought to be difficult. However, ther... Read More about Toward an ensemble of object detectors..

Learning together, learning apart: integrated action learning through a socio-technical systems lens (2020)
Journal Article
WILSON, H., TUCKER, M., HANNIBAL, C. and QU, Z. 2021. Learning together, learning apart: integrated action learning through a socio-technical systems lens. Action learning: research and practice [online], 18(1): adaptive action learning, pages 5-19. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767333.2020.1843403

To contribute to current debate concerning approaches to teaching and learning for researching complex work-based problems, we focus on the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) programme. We examine the development of an integrated action learn... Read More about Learning together, learning apart: integrated action learning through a socio-technical systems lens.

Fusion of PCA and segmented-PCA domain multiscale 2-D-SSA for effective spectral-spatial feature extraction and data classification in hyperspectral imagery. (2020)
Journal Article
FU, H., SUN, G., REN, J., ZHANG, A. and JIA, X. 2020. Fusion of PCA and segmented-PCA domain multiscale 2-D-SSA for effective spectral-spatial feature extraction and data classification in hyperspectral imagery. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 60, article 5500214. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.3034656

As hyperspectral imagery (HSI) contains rich spectral and spatial information, a novel principal component analysis (PCA) and segmented-PCA (SPCA)-based multiscale 2-D-singular spectrum analysis (2-D-SSA) fusion method is proposed for joint spectral–... Read More about Fusion of PCA and segmented-PCA domain multiscale 2-D-SSA for effective spectral-spatial feature extraction and data classification in hyperspectral imagery..

mTOR pathway in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (GEP-NETs). (2020)
Journal Article
ZANINI, S., RENZI, S., GIOVINAZZO, F. and BERMANO, G. 2020. mTOR pathway in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (GEP-NETs). Frontiers in endocrinology [online], 11, article ID 562505. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.562505

Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) originate from neuroendocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract. They are heterogeneous, and though initially considered rare tumors, the incidence of GEP-NENs has increased in the last few... Read More about mTOR pathway in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (GEP-NETs)..