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Virtual work challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region: the role of organizational virtual work climate (2023)
Book Chapter
Blaique, L., & Pinnington, A. (2023). Virtual work challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region: the role of organizational virtual work climate. In E. S. Ng, J. E. Ramsay, K. Thirumaran, & J. Wood (Eds.), Elgar Companion to People across the Asia-Pacific: An Organizational Psychology Approach (269-288). Edward Elgar Publishing

The COVID-19 pandemic caused sudden and unexpected changes where over half of the countries in the world were in various forms of lockdown by April 2020. Consequently, working for many employers and employees changed more towards virtual work practic... Read More about Virtual work challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region: the role of organizational virtual work climate.

Environmental significance of kaolinite variability over the last centuries in crater lake sediments from Central Mexico (2023)
Journal Article
Fagel, N., Israde-Alcántara, I., Safaierad, R., Rantala, M., Schmidt, S., Lepoint, G., …Metcalfe, S. (2024). Environmental significance of kaolinite variability over the last centuries in crater lake sediments from Central Mexico. Applied Clay Science, 247, Article 107211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2023.107211

Environmental conditions have a notable impact on clay minerals, primarily because of the chemical reactions they undergo with their immediate environment. These reactions are more pronounced in hot and humid tropical regions, and therefore, the stud... Read More about Environmental significance of kaolinite variability over the last centuries in crater lake sediments from Central Mexico.

Resurrecting the Argo: Supernatural Re-makings in Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex (2023)
Journal Article
LOVATT, H. (2023). Resurrecting the Argo: Supernatural Re-makings in Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex. Thersites, 17, 55-95. https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.254

This paper analyses the relationship between the figure of the Argo (ship and character) and the supernatural in the mythic fantasy of Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex. It shows how Holdstock’s re-writing of the Argonautica draws on various versions f... Read More about Resurrecting the Argo: Supernatural Re-makings in Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex.

A Novel Single Differencing Measurement for Multipath Detection (2023)
Journal Article
Alcock, M., & Blunt, P. (2023). A Novel Single Differencing Measurement for Multipath Detection. Remote Sensing, 15(22), Article 5312. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15225312

Increased global dependence on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) has resulted in a high demand for greater precision and reliable measurements from GNSS receivers. The multipath problem is the single largest source of errors in modernised G... Read More about A Novel Single Differencing Measurement for Multipath Detection.

Prediction of energy performance of residential buildings using regularized neural models (2023)
Journal Article
Siwach, K., Kumar, H., Rawal, N., Singh, K., & Rawat, A. (2024). Prediction of energy performance of residential buildings using regularized neural models. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, 177(3), 98-117. https://doi.org/10.1680/jener.23.00017

Human habitats are one of the major consumers of energy. Therefore, in the current age of increasing carbon footprints, analyzing energy efficiency of a building is imminent, which has been taken up in the current work. Machine learning based Artific... Read More about Prediction of energy performance of residential buildings using regularized neural models.

Productive Oscillation as a strategy for doing more-than-human design research (2023)
Journal Article
Lindley, J., Benjamin, J. J., Green, D. P., McGarry, G., Pilling, F., Dudek, L., …Coulton, P. (in press). Productive Oscillation as a strategy for doing more-than-human design research. Human-Computer Interaction, https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2023.2276393

The Stretchy Strap: supporting encumbered interaction with guitars (2023)
Journal Article
Martinez Avila, J., Hazzard, A., Greenhalgh, C., Benford, S., & McPherson, A. (2023). The Stretchy Strap: supporting encumbered interaction with guitars. Journal of New Music Research, 52(1), 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2023.2274832

Guitarists struggle to play their instruments while simultaneously using additional computing devices (i.e., encumbered interaction). We explored designs with guitarists through co-design and somaesthetic design workshops, learning that they (unsurpr... Read More about The Stretchy Strap: supporting encumbered interaction with guitars.

Positive Mental Health of Migrants in the UK during COVID-19: A Review (2023)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Adam, H., Kirkman, A., Aledeh, M., Brooks-Ucheaga, M., Todowede, O., …Jackson, J. E. (2023). Positive Mental Health of Migrants in the UK during COVID-19: A Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(22), Article 7046. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20227046

COVID-19 impacted the mental health of many people in the UK. The negative impact was especially substantial among vulnerable population groups, including migrants. While research has focused on the negative aspects of mental health during the pandem... Read More about Positive Mental Health of Migrants in the UK during COVID-19: A Review.

Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Li, Y., & Yan, Y. (2024). Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis. Energy, 286, Article 129530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129530

Latent heat thermal energy storage addresses the mismatch between energy supply and demand; however, phase change materials (PCM) commonly have the issue of low thermal conductivity. Natural stones, as low-cost and environmentally friendly sensible h... Read More about Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis.

Who studies religion? Towards a better conversation between Theology, Religious Studies, and Religious Education (2023)
Journal Article
Benoit, C., & Hutchings, T. (2023). Who studies religion? Towards a better conversation between Theology, Religious Studies, and Religious Education. Journal of Religious Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-023-00213-0

This paper calls for better integration between the fields of Theology and Religious Studies (TRS) and Religious Education (RE). Positive reform in RE requires integration between educational theory, policy, and practice, but we argue that the academ... Read More about Who studies religion? Towards a better conversation between Theology, Religious Studies, and Religious Education.

The abject pleasures of militarised noise (2023)
Journal Article
Woods, P. (2023). The abject pleasures of militarised noise. Culture, Theory and Critique, https://doi.org/10.1080/14735784.2023.2265085

Since Luigi Russolo first published The Art of Noise in 1913, certain lineages of experimental musicians have iterated on the futurist’s positioning of noise as militarized sound. But the deployment of noise within (ostensibly pleasurable) music sits... Read More about The abject pleasures of militarised noise.

The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies (2023)
Book Chapter
Wapshott, R., & Mallett, O. (2023). The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies. In D. Higgins, P. Jones, C. Brentnall, & P. McGowan (Eds.), Nurturing Modalities of Inquiry in Entrepreneurship Research: Seeing the world through the eyes of those who research (57-72). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620230000017005

This chapter argues for the unrealised potential value of methodologies derived from a critical realist research philosophy in the field of entrepreneurship studies. Critical realism offers methodological alternatives that, through the generation of... Read More about The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies.

Teacher Professionalism During the Pandemic: Courage, Care and Resilience (2023)
Book
Day, C., Smith, H. V., Graham, R., & Athanasiadou, D. (2023). Teacher Professionalism During the Pandemic: Courage, Care and Resilience. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003391661

This insightful book uniquely charts the events, experiences and challenges faced by teachers during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic including periods of national lockdowns and school closures.

Research-based and evidence informed, this key title... Read More about Teacher Professionalism During the Pandemic: Courage, Care and Resilience.

Incorporating biodiversity responses to land use change scenarios for preventing emerging zoonotic diseases in areas of unknown host-pathogen interactions (2023)
Journal Article
Roque, F. D. O., Bellón, B., Guerra, A., Valente-Neto, F., Santos, C. C., Melo, I., …Ochoa-Quintero, J. M. (2023). Incorporating biodiversity responses to land use change scenarios for preventing emerging zoonotic diseases in areas of unknown host-pathogen interactions. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, Article 1229676. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1229676

The need to reconcile food production, the safeguarding of nature, and the protection of public health is imperative in a world of continuing global change, particularly in the context of risks of emerging zoonotic disease (EZD). In this paper, we ex... Read More about Incorporating biodiversity responses to land use change scenarios for preventing emerging zoonotic diseases in areas of unknown host-pathogen interactions.

Towards an understanding of global brain data governance: ethical positions that underpin global brain data governance discourse (2023)
Journal Article
Ochang, P., Eke, D., & Stahl, B. C. (2023). Towards an understanding of global brain data governance: ethical positions that underpin global brain data governance discourse. Frontiers in Big Data, 6, Article 1240660. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2023.1240660

Introduction: The study of the brain continues to generate substantial volumes of data, commonly referred to as “big brain data,” which serves various purposes such as the treatment of brain-related diseases, the development of neurotechnological dev... Read More about Towards an understanding of global brain data governance: ethical positions that underpin global brain data governance discourse.

The effect of organic matter amendments on soil surface stability in conventionally cultivated arable fields (2023)
Journal Article
Stroud, J. L., Kemp, S. J., & Sturrock, C. J. (2024). The effect of organic matter amendments on soil surface stability in conventionally cultivated arable fields. Soil Use and Management, 40(1), Article e12985. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12985

In this study, new and traditional organic wastes (green waste compost, farmyard manure (FYM), anaerobic digestate or straw) were ploughed into an arable field experiment at a range of rates (1–3 t C ha−1) and under spring and winter cropping rotatio... Read More about The effect of organic matter amendments on soil surface stability in conventionally cultivated arable fields.

Effects of Pre‐Reading Study and Reading Exposure on the Learning and Processing of Collocations (2023)
Journal Article
Altamimi, A., & Conklin, K. (2023). Effects of Pre‐Reading Study and Reading Exposure on the Learning and Processing of Collocations. TESOL Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3268

Little is known about the effect of pre-reading exposure on collocational learning. This study used eye-tracking and offline measures (form recall and recognition) to explore the effectiveness of pre-reading study and reading exposure on the processi... Read More about Effects of Pre‐Reading Study and Reading Exposure on the Learning and Processing of Collocations.

Uncovering root compaction response mechanisms: new insights and opportunities (2023)
Journal Article
Pandey, B. K., & Bennett, M. J. (2024). Uncovering root compaction response mechanisms: new insights and opportunities. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(2), 578-583. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad389

Compaction disrupts soil structure, reducing root growth, nutrient and water uptake, gas exchange, and microbial growth. Root growth inhibition by soil compaction was originally thought to reflect the impact of mechanical impedance and reduced water... Read More about Uncovering root compaction response mechanisms: new insights and opportunities.

The metabolic effects of intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill patients (2023)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, D., Gallagher, I. J., McNelly, A., Bear, D. E., Hart, N., Montgomery, H. E., …Puthucheary, Z. A. (2023). The metabolic effects of intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill patients. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 19508. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46490-5

Intermittent (or bolus) feeding regimens in critically ill patients have been of increasing interest to clinicians and scientists. Changes in amino acid, fat and carbohydrate metabolites over time might yet deliver other benefits (e.g. modulation of... Read More about The metabolic effects of intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill patients.

General Purpose Artificial Intelligence Systems (GPAIS): Properties, definition, taxonomy, societal implications and responsible governance (2023)
Journal Article
Triguero, I., Molina, D., Poyatos, J., Del Ser, J., & Herrera, F. (2024). General Purpose Artificial Intelligence Systems (GPAIS): Properties, definition, taxonomy, societal implications and responsible governance. Information Fusion, 103, Article 102135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2023.102135

Most applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are designed for a confined and specific task. However, there are many scenarios that call for a more general AI, capable of solving a wide array of tasks without being specifically designed for them.... Read More about General Purpose Artificial Intelligence Systems (GPAIS): Properties, definition, taxonomy, societal implications and responsible governance.