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Exploring narratives about 'cancel culture' in UK educational/employment settings under the ECHR (2022)
Book Chapter
Fenwick, H. (2022). Exploring narratives about 'cancel culture' in UK educational/employment settings under the ECHR. In P. Czech, L. Heschl, K. Lukas, M. Nowak, & G. Oberleitner (Eds.), European Yearbook on Human Rights 2022 (309-344). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839703447.012

Some advocates of free speech are currently arguing that universities and other organisations are far too prompt to accept curbs on expression or expressive acts in relation to issues such as transgender rights, racism, feminism, religious extremism.... Read More about Exploring narratives about 'cancel culture' in UK educational/employment settings under the ECHR.

Towards the lithium-ion battery production network: Thinking beyond mineral supply chains (2022)
Journal Article
Bridge, G., & Faigen, E. (2022). Towards the lithium-ion battery production network: Thinking beyond mineral supply chains. Energy Research and Social Science, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102659

The increasing role of electricity as an energy carrier in decarbonising economies is driving a growing demand for electrical energy storage in the form of battery systems. Two battery applications driving demand growth are electric vehicles and stat... Read More about Towards the lithium-ion battery production network: Thinking beyond mineral supply chains.

Resampling (Narrative) Stream of Consciousness: Mind Wandering, Inner Speech, and Reading as Reversed Introspection (2022)
Journal Article
Bernini, M., & Fernyhough, C. (2022). Resampling (Narrative) Stream of Consciousness: Mind Wandering, Inner Speech, and Reading as Reversed Introspection. MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, 68(4), 639-667. https://doi.org/10.1353/mfs.2022.0045

This article promotes the idea that current cognitive models of mind wandering and inner speech can help us better understanding the phenomenological constituents of what Joyce calls “the mystery of the conscious” as simulated by modernist literary i... Read More about Resampling (Narrative) Stream of Consciousness: Mind Wandering, Inner Speech, and Reading as Reversed Introspection.

Civic Statistics in context: mapping the global evidence ecosystem (2022)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., & Ridgway, R. (2022). Civic Statistics in context: mapping the global evidence ecosystem. In J. Ridgway (Ed.), Statistics for empowerment and social engagement: teaching Civic Statistics to develop informed citizens (581-607). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20748-8_23

Human knowledge is not a coherent body of carefully structured knowledge, created by an expert group, and made accessible to others. Rather, it should be thought of as a dynamic ecosystem made up of creators and consumers connected in complex ways. H... Read More about Civic Statistics in context: mapping the global evidence ecosystem.

Covid-19 shows why we need Civic Statistics: illustrations and classroom activities (2022)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., & Ridgway, R. (2022). Covid-19 shows why we need Civic Statistics: illustrations and classroom activities. In J. Ridgway (Ed.), Statistics for empowerment and social engagement: teaching Civic Statistics to develop informed citizens (297-319). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20748-8_12

There are few better examples than a pandemic to demonstrate the importance of, and need for, Civic Statistics. Every country affected by Covid-19 faces the threat of widespread deaths, economic damage, and social disruption. Citizens and governments... Read More about Covid-19 shows why we need Civic Statistics: illustrations and classroom activities.

Time for oil: competing petrotemporalities in Norway's Lofote/Vesteralen/Senja Archipelago (2022)
Book Chapter
Kristoffersen, B., Bridge, G., & Steinberg, P. (2022). Time for oil: competing petrotemporalities in Norway's Lofote/Vesteralen/Senja Archipelago. In F. Polack, & D. Farquharson (Eds.), Cold Water Oil: Offshore Petroleum Cultures (176-193). Routledge

This chapter analyses how the petroleum industry operates across multiple temporal frames. The authors then go on to illustrate how, when communities debate their petroleum futures, the “anticipatory temporalities” of petroleum abundance, technology,... Read More about Time for oil: competing petrotemporalities in Norway's Lofote/Vesteralen/Senja Archipelago.

Scratching beyond the surface — minimal actin assemblies as tools to elucidate mechanical reinforcement and shape change (2022)
Journal Article
Aufderhorst-Roberts, A., & Staykova, M. (2022). Scratching beyond the surface — minimal actin assemblies as tools to elucidate mechanical reinforcement and shape change. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 6(6), 583-592. https://doi.org/10.1042/etls20220052

The interaction between the actin cytoskeleton and the plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells is integral to a large number of functions such as shape change, mechanical reinforcement and contraction. These phenomena are driven by the architectural regu... Read More about Scratching beyond the surface — minimal actin assemblies as tools to elucidate mechanical reinforcement and shape change.

Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan (2022)
Journal Article
Hamidi, M. D., Kissane, S., Bogush, A. A., Karim, A. Q., Sagintayev, J., Towers, S., & Greenwell, H. C. (2023). Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-022-00808-9

The management of groundwater in densely populated areas with no centralized water treatment is critical for the prevention of diseases and maintaining sanitation. Here, we determine the bacteriological and chemical characteristics of groundwater in... Read More about Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan.

Prevalence and nature of multi-sensory and multi-modal hallucinations in people with first episode psychosis (2022)
Journal Article
Dudley, R., Watson, F., O'Grady, L., Aynsworth, C., Dodgson, G., Common, S., …Fernyhough, C. (2023). Prevalence and nature of multi-sensory and multi-modal hallucinations in people with first episode psychosis. Psychiatry Research, 319(2023), Article 114988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114988

Hallucinations can occur in single or multiple sensory modalities. This study explored how common these experiences were in people with first episode of psychosis (n = 82). Particular attention was paid to the number of modalities reported and whethe... Read More about Prevalence and nature of multi-sensory and multi-modal hallucinations in people with first episode psychosis.

Friendships in children with Williams syndrome: Parent and child perspectives (2022)
Journal Article
Gillooly, A., Riby, D., Durkin, K., & Rhodes, S. (2022). Friendships in children with Williams syndrome: Parent and child perspectives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05807-5

Although children with Williams syndrome (WS) are strongly socially motivated, many have friendship difficulties. The parents of 21 children with WS and 20 of the children themselves participated in a semi-structured interview about the children’s fr... Read More about Friendships in children with Williams syndrome: Parent and child perspectives.

Using Model Explanations to Guide Deep Learning Models Towards Consistent Explanations for EHR Data (2022)
Journal Article
Watson, M., Awwad Shekh Hasan, B., & Al Moubayed, N. (2022). Using Model Explanations to Guide Deep Learning Models Towards Consistent Explanations for EHR Data. Scientific Reports, 12(19899), Article 19899. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24356-6

It has been shown that identical Deep Learning (DL) architectures will produce distinct explanations when trained with different hyperparameters that are orthogonal to the task (e.g. random seed, training set order). In domains such as healthcare and... Read More about Using Model Explanations to Guide Deep Learning Models Towards Consistent Explanations for EHR Data.

Handbook on Academic Freedom (2022)
Book
Watermeyer, R., Raaper, R., & Olssen, M. (Eds.). (2022). Handbook on Academic Freedom. Edward Elgar Publishing

A systematic review of sex differences in rough and tumble play across non-human mammals (2022)
Journal Article
Marley, C. L., Pollard, T. M., Barton, R. A., & Street, S. E. (2022). A systematic review of sex differences in rough and tumble play across non-human mammals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(12), Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03260-z

It is widely believed that juvenile male mammals typically engage in higher rates of rough and tumble play (RTP) than do females, in preparation for adult roles involving intense physical competition between males. The consistency of this sex differe... Read More about A systematic review of sex differences in rough and tumble play across non-human mammals.

A Bayesian Computer Model Analysis of Robust Bayesian Analyses (2022)
Journal Article
Vernon, I., & Gosling, J. (2023). A Bayesian Computer Model Analysis of Robust Bayesian Analyses. Bayesian Analysis, 18(4), 1367-1399. https://doi.org/10.1214/22-ba1340

We harness the power of Bayesian emulation techniques, designed to aid the analysis of complex computer models, to examine the structure of complex Bayesian analyses themselves. These techniques facilitate robust Bayesian analyses and/or sensitivity... Read More about A Bayesian Computer Model Analysis of Robust Bayesian Analyses.

Towards Graph Representation Learning Based Surgical Workflow Anticipation (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, X., Al Moubayed, N., & Shum, H. P. (2022). Towards Graph Representation Learning Based Surgical Workflow Anticipation. . https://doi.org/10.1109/bhi56158.2022.9926801

Surgical workflow anticipation can give predictions on what steps to conduct or what instruments to use next, which is an essential part of the computer-assisted intervention system for surgery, e.g. workflow reasoning in robotic surgery. However, cu... Read More about Towards Graph Representation Learning Based Surgical Workflow Anticipation.

Does lossy image compression affect racial bias within face recognition? (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Yucer, S., Poyser, M., Al Moubayed, N., & Breckon, T. (2022). Does lossy image compression affect racial bias within face recognition?.

This study investigates the impact of commonplace lossy image compression on face recognition algorithms with regard to the racial characteristics of the subject. We adopt a recently proposed racial phenotype-based bias analysis methodology to measur... Read More about Does lossy image compression affect racial bias within face recognition?.

Global White Nationalism: From Apartheid to Trump (eds Daniel Geary, Camilla Schofield, and Jennifer Sutton. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2021, 336 pp., £19.99. ISBN 978-1-5261-4707-3.) (2022)
Journal Article
Liburd, L. (2022). Global White Nationalism: From Apartheid to Trump (eds Daniel Geary, Camilla Schofield, and Jennifer Sutton. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2021, 336 pp., £19.99. ISBN 978-1-5261-4707-3.). Immigrants and Minorities, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619288.2022.2138170