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Effect of constitutive law on the erythrocyte membrane response to large strains (2023)
Journal Article
Pepona, M., Gounley, J., & Randles, A. (2023). Effect of constitutive law on the erythrocyte membrane response to large strains. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 132, 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2022.12.009

Three constitutive laws, that is the Skalak, neo-Hookean and Yeoh laws, commonly employed for describing the erythrocyte membrane mechanics are theoretically analyzed and numerically investigated to assess their accuracy for capturing erythrocyte def... Read More about Effect of constitutive law on the erythrocyte membrane response to large strains.

The future of public sector accounting research. A polyphonic debate (2023)
Journal Article
Grossi, G., Steccolini, I., Adhikari, P., Brown, J., Christensen, M., Cordery, C., Ferry, L., Lassou, P., McDonald, B., Raudla, R., Sicilia, M., & Vinnari, E. (2023). The future of public sector accounting research. A polyphonic debate. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 20(1), 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/qram-09-2022-0135

Purpose – The purpose of this polyphonic paper is to report on interdisciplinary discussions on the state-ofthe-art and future of public sector accounting research (PSAR). The authors hope to enliven the debates of the past and future developments in... Read More about The future of public sector accounting research. A polyphonic debate.

A qualitative exploration of knowledge of Chagas disease among adolescents in rural Ecuador (2023)
Journal Article
Mora-Criollo, P., Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., Casapulla, S., Bates, B. R., & Grijalva, M. J. (2023). A qualitative exploration of knowledge of Chagas disease among adolescents in rural Ecuador. Rural and Remote Health, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh6796

Introduction: Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected tropical disease that affects 6 to 7 million people worldwide. In South America, CD is a major health problem in several regions, causing more than 12 000 deaths per year. CD is caused by a parasite ca... Read More about A qualitative exploration of knowledge of Chagas disease among adolescents in rural Ecuador.

COVID-19 and Interculturality: revisiting assumptions about intercultural competence and criticality development in Modern Language degree programmes (2023)
Journal Article
Parks, E. (2023). COVID-19 and Interculturality: revisiting assumptions about intercultural competence and criticality development in Modern Language degree programmes. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(1), 88-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2022.2162065

The initial response to Covid-19 exposed widespread racism and Sinophobia across the world, which contributed to a rethinking of equality and diversity in Higher Education (HE) and beyond. Within Modern Languages, much attention has been placed on de... Read More about COVID-19 and Interculturality: revisiting assumptions about intercultural competence and criticality development in Modern Language degree programmes.

Effect of emotions and personalisation on cancer website reuse intentions (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Hadzidedic, S., Cristea, A., & Watson, D. Effect of emotions and personalisation on cancer website reuse intentions

The effect of emotions and personalisation on continuance use intentions in online health services is underexplored. Accordingly, we propose a research model for examining the impact of emotion- and personalisation-based factors on cancer website reu... Read More about Effect of emotions and personalisation on cancer website reuse intentions.

Introduction to Optical Coherence Tomography (2023)
Book Chapter
Hajizadeh, F., Kafieh, R., & Tajmirriahi, M. (2023). Introduction to Optical Coherence Tomography. In F. Hajizadeh (Ed.), Atlas of Ocular Optical Coherence Tomography (1-34). (2). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07410-3_1

(1) Basics and principles of optical coherence tomography (OCT), which briefly discuss the mechanisms and operation of OCT systems and a comparison of old and new systems (time domain vs. spectral domain) and their reproducibility. It concisely expla... Read More about Introduction to Optical Coherence Tomography.

Dynamic Unary Convolution in Transformers (2023)
Journal Article
Duan, H., Long, Y., Wang, S., Zhang, H., Willcocks, C. G., & Shao, L. (2023). Dynamic Unary Convolution in Transformers. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 45(11), 12747 - 12759. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2022.3233482

It is uncertain whether the power of transformer architectures can complement existing convolutional neural networks. A few recent attempts have combined convolution with transformer design through a range of structures in series, where the main cont... Read More about Dynamic Unary Convolution in Transformers.

Green innovation strategies, innovation success and firm performance – Evidence from a panel of Spanish firms (2023)
Journal Article
Becker, B. (2023). Green innovation strategies, innovation success and firm performance – Evidence from a panel of Spanish firms. Sustainability, 15(2), Article 1656. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021656

This paper examines the effects of adopting types of green innovation strategies on a firm’s innovation success and performance. The empirical analysis applies propensity score and kernel matching to a Spanish firm panel during 2008–2016. The results... Read More about Green innovation strategies, innovation success and firm performance – Evidence from a panel of Spanish firms.

Experimentally Validated Modelling of an Oscillating Diaphragm Compressor for Chemisorption Energy Technology Applications (2023)
Journal Article
Najjaran, A., Meibodi, S., Ma, Z., Bao, H., & Roskilly, T. (2023). Experimentally Validated Modelling of an Oscillating Diaphragm Compressor for Chemisorption Energy Technology Applications. Energies, 16(1), Article 489. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010489

This study presents a detailed dynamic modelling and generic simulation method of an oscillating diaphragm compressor for chemisorption energy technology applications. The geometric models of the compressor were developed step by step, including the... Read More about Experimentally Validated Modelling of an Oscillating Diaphragm Compressor for Chemisorption Energy Technology Applications.

Depth of lowering and layered soils; a case study from across the North Sea (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macdonald, C., Carter, G. D. O., Johnson, K. R., Augarde, C. E., Coombs, W. M., Bird, R. E., Brown, M. J., & Sharif, Y. U. (2023, September). Depth of lowering and layered soils; a case study from across the North Sea. Paper presented at 9th Int. SUT OSIG Conference “Innovative Geotechnologies for Energy Transition”, London, UK

The Carbon Trust (2015) 'Cable Burial Risk Assessment (CBRA) Methodology' document is widely used in the offshore subsea cable industry to define the cable burial Depth of Lowering (DoL). To-date published work on anchor penetration depths has focuse... Read More about Depth of lowering and layered soils; a case study from across the North Sea.

Cooperation and group similarity in children and young adults in the UK. (2023)
Journal Article
Majolo, B., Maréchal, L., Igali, F., & Van de Vyver, J. (2023). Cooperation and group similarity in children and young adults in the UK. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 5, Article e29. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2023.25

For cooperation to be beneficial, cooperators should be able to differentiate individuals who are willing to cooperate from free-riders. In the absence of kin or of familiar individuals, phenotypic similarity (e.g. in terms of language) can be used a... Read More about Cooperation and group similarity in children and young adults in the UK..

Understanding reticence to occupy free, novel-design homes: A qualitative study in Mtwara, Southeast Tanzania. (2023)
Journal Article
Meta, J., Mshamu, S., Halifa, S., Mmbando, A., Wood, H. S., Wood, O. S., …Pell, C. (2023). Understanding reticence to occupy free, novel-design homes: A qualitative study in Mtwara, Southeast Tanzania. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(11), Article e0002307. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002307

IntroductionThe population of Africa set to reach 2 billion by 2050. There is therefore great demand for housing across the continent. Research on modified novel designs for housing is a priority to ensure that these homes are not sites of infection... Read More about Understanding reticence to occupy free, novel-design homes: A qualitative study in Mtwara, Southeast Tanzania..

Punitive Restoration (2023)
Book Chapter
Brooks, T. (2023). Punitive Restoration. In M. C. Altman (Ed.), Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment (639-656). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11874-6_29

Restorative justice is highly promising as an effective approach to better support victims, reduce reoffending, and lower costs. The challenge it faces is a dual hurdle of limited applicability and lack of public confidence. The issue is how we might... Read More about Punitive Restoration.

Exploring higher education students’ perspectives on factors affecting use, attitudes and confidence with learning technologies (2023)
Journal Article
Staddon, R. V. (2023). Exploring higher education students’ perspectives on factors affecting use, attitudes and confidence with learning technologies. International Journal of Instruction, 16(2), 31-52

The use of technology in higher education has become unavoidable. Between the “pivot” to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and pressure from universities to integrate technology innovatively within courses, educators are increasingly turni... Read More about Exploring higher education students’ perspectives on factors affecting use, attitudes and confidence with learning technologies.

Regularized joint mixture models (2023)
Journal Article
Perrakis, K., Lartigue, T., Dondelinger, F., & Mukherjee, S. (2023). Regularized joint mixture models. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 24, 1-47

Regularized regression models are well studied and, under appropriate conditions, offer fast and statistically interpretable results. However, large data in many applications are heterogeneous in the sense of harboring distributional differences betw... Read More about Regularized joint mixture models.

Work, labour and mobility: opening up a dialogue between fmobilities and political economy through mobile work (2023)
Journal Article
Gregson, N. (2023). Work, labour and mobility: opening up a dialogue between fmobilities and political economy through mobile work. Mobilities, 18(6), 888-902. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2022.2158041

This paper demonstrates how mobilities perspectives might contribute to debates in political economy on labour and work, by interrogating mobility’s relation to work and labour. The paper makes four interventions. It offers (1) an overview of the lit... Read More about Work, labour and mobility: opening up a dialogue between fmobilities and political economy through mobile work.