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Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana (2024)
Book Chapter
Asafo, D. (2024). Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana. In Living the urban periphery : infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions (186-206). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526171221

This chapter analyses recent transitions within Accra’s peri-urban land market. It explores pressures on peripherally located land in the context of significant affordability issues in wider Accra and the ways in which land originally owned and manag... Read More about Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana.

Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Glazzard, J. (2024). Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it

Opening paragraph:
The capacity of the education sector to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is broken, according to education secretary Bridget Phillipson.

Loneliness and Social Capital among older women: An ethnographic exploration in a Northern UK City (2024)
Thesis
Matassini, S. Loneliness and Social Capital among older women: An ethnographic exploration in a Northern UK City. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866265

This ethnographic study explores the experiences of loneliness in older women in a Northern UK City, drawing on the theoretical frameworks of capital. Loneliness is a complex emotional state characterised by sadness, emptiness, and a lack of companio... Read More about Loneliness and Social Capital among older women: An ethnographic exploration in a Northern UK City.

How to assess and examine a patient with abdominal symptoms (2024)
Journal Article
Coaten, J. (2024). How to assess and examine a patient with abdominal symptoms. Nursing Times, 120(8),

This article presents a systematic approach to assessing and examining a patient presenting with abdominal symptoms to allow you to give a working diagnosis and guide clinical management. This includes how to take a thorough history and examine the a... Read More about How to assess and examine a patient with abdominal symptoms.

Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education (2024)
Journal Article
da Silva, S.-M., & Hubbard, K. (2024). Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 23(3), https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.23-10-0195

Society and education is inherently ableist. Disabled people are routinely excluded from education, or have poorer outcomes within educational systems. Improving educational experiences and outcomes for people of colour have required educators to des... Read More about Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education.

Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, K., McDonagh, B., & Brookes, E. (in press). Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2382473

Artistic works informed by the global climate emergency are now common. Yet research typically focuses on the role of art in climate communication, rather than evaluating opportunities for large-scale public art to drive climate action and behavioral... Read More about Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action.

Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails (2024)
Journal Article
Salinas, V., Jaffé, Y. L., Smith, R., Shinn, J. H., Crossett, J. P., Gullieuszik, M., González-Torà, G., Piraino-Cerda, F., Poggianti, B., Vulcani, B., Biviano, A., Lourenço, A. C. C., Bilton, L. E., Kelkar, K., & Calderón-Castillo, P. (2024). Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(1), 341-359. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1784

Ram pressure stripping is perhaps the most efficient mechanism for removing gas and quenching galaxies in dense environments, as they move through the intergalactic medium. Extreme examples of on-going ram pressure stripping are known as jellyfish ga... Read More about Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails.

Time-lapse surveys reveal patterns and processes of erosion by exceptionally powerful turbidity currents that flush submarine canyons: A case study of the Congo Canyon (2024)
Journal Article
Ruffell, S. C., Talling, P. J., Baker, M. L., Pope, E. L., Heijnen, M. S., Jacinto, R. S., Cartigny, M. J., Simmons, S. M., Clare, M. A., Heerema, C. J., McGhee, C., Hage, S., Hasenhündl, M., & Parsons, D. R. (2024). Time-lapse surveys reveal patterns and processes of erosion by exceptionally powerful turbidity currents that flush submarine canyons: A case study of the Congo Canyon. Geomorphology, 463, Article 109350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109350

The largest canyons on Earth occur on the seafloor, and seabed sediment flows called turbidity currents play a key role in carving these submarine canyons. However, the processes by which turbidity currents erode submarine canyons are very poorly doc... Read More about Time-lapse surveys reveal patterns and processes of erosion by exceptionally powerful turbidity currents that flush submarine canyons: A case study of the Congo Canyon.

Responding to incentives or gaming the system? How UK business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide (2024)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2024). Responding to incentives or gaming the system? How UK business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide. Research Policy, 53(9), Article 105082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105082

Journal lists for the assessment of academic performance are widely used worldwide and inform many important decisions, such as, academic workload, salary, hiring, promotion, and tenure. The use of such lists, however, has long been a very controvers... Read More about Responding to incentives or gaming the system? How UK business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide.

Bridging the expectation gap? Evaluating the work-readiness of pre-university media students in Yorkshire and the Humber (2024)
Report
Zborowski, J., Mayne, L., & Macrae, S. (2024). Bridging the expectation gap? Evaluating the work-readiness of pre-university media students in Yorkshire and the Humber. Screen Industries Growth Network (SIGN)/Research England

Opening paragraph, Executive Summary:
It is difficult for providers of pre-university media qualifications (such as BTECs, A-levels, Cambridge Technicals, and the UAL award) to meet the demand for work experience in the screen industries among their... Read More about Bridging the expectation gap? Evaluating the work-readiness of pre-university media students in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Social responsibility and corporate borrowing (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Li, Y., Xiao, Y., Xiong, X., & Zhang, W. (in press). Social responsibility and corporate borrowing. The European journal of finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2024.2377356

We study the impact of social capital, measured by corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance, on corporate borrowing. Using a sample of 120,204 bank loan applications of China's listed firms, we find that an increase in CSR performance increa... Read More about Social responsibility and corporate borrowing.

Global Knowledge, Local Impact: Domain Adaptation and Classification for Obesity in the UAE (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raza, M., Khattak, A., Abbas, W., & Khan, A. (2024, June). Global Knowledge, Local Impact: Domain Adaptation and Classification for Obesity in the UAE. Presented at 37th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Guadalajara, Mexico

Obesity, a global public health concern, is escalating rapidly, especially in the Middle East, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) witnessing one of the highest prevalence rates among adults and children. This multifactorial health issue is influence... Read More about Global Knowledge, Local Impact: Domain Adaptation and Classification for Obesity in the UAE.

Extended state observer-based fault-tolerant control for an unmanned surface vehicle under asynchronous injection and deception attacks (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Liu, C., Huang, X., Zhong, Y., Qu, D., & Patton, R. J. (2024). Extended state observer-based fault-tolerant control for an unmanned surface vehicle under asynchronous injection and deception attacks. Complex Engineering Systems, 4(3), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.20517/ces.2024.19

This paper explores the problem of fault-tolerant control concerning an underactuated unmanned surface vehicle affected by actuator faults and disturbances in the physical layer and multiple cyber threats (time-varying delays, injection attacks, and... Read More about Extended state observer-based fault-tolerant control for an unmanned surface vehicle under asynchronous injection and deception attacks.

Improving Thermal Performance of Buildings using Smart Inspections and Peltier-driven Heat Recovery (2024)
Thesis
Shariq, M. H. Improving Thermal Performance of Buildings using Smart Inspections and Peltier-driven Heat Recovery. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4860398

Buildings account for 40% of overall carbon emissions in the UK which have significant impacts on the environment. The overconsumption of energy for heating and cooling is primarily caused by thermal leakages due to building defects. Existing techniq... Read More about Improving Thermal Performance of Buildings using Smart Inspections and Peltier-driven Heat Recovery.

Technoeconomic feasibility of producing clean fuels from waste plastics: A novel process model (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Qadri, A. A., Ahmed, U., Mozahar Hossain, M., Ahmad, N., Gani Abdul Jameel, A., Zahid, U., & Zein, S. H. (2024). Technoeconomic feasibility of producing clean fuels from waste plastics: A novel process model. Energy Conversion and Management, 316, Article 118822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118822

Plastic waste is a problematic issue impacting the environment and human health. A proper recycling of plastics to valuable products is highly needed to meet the increase in energy demand. Plastics have high heating value; therefore, the thermochemic... Read More about Technoeconomic feasibility of producing clean fuels from waste plastics: A novel process model.

Green pathways for biomass transformation: A holistic evaluation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) through life cycle and techno-economic assessment (2024)
Journal Article
Yiin, C. L., Lai, Z. Y., Chin, B. L. F., Lock, S. S. M., Cheah, K. W., Taylor, M. J., Al-Gailani, A., Kolosz, B. W., & Chan, Y. H. (2024). Green pathways for biomass transformation: A holistic evaluation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) through life cycle and techno-economic assessment. Journal of cleaner production, 470, Article 143248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143248

The utilization of renewable biomass resources to manufacture biofuels, chemicals, and materials has garnered considerable attention. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have surfaced as a promising instrument within the realm of biomass conversion, owing... Read More about Green pathways for biomass transformation: A holistic evaluation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) through life cycle and techno-economic assessment.

Multicultural conversations: The nature and future of culture, identity and nationalism (2024)
Journal Article
Modood, T., Parekh, B., Tyler, C., Uberoi, V., & Connelly, J. (online). Multicultural conversations: The nature and future of culture, identity and nationalism. Ethnicities, https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968241264814

Despite well-known criticism of multiculturalism in Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Australia, India and elsewhere since 9/11, such policies have proliferated (Banting and Kymlicka, 2013; Mathieu, 2018) and the Canadian and Australian poli... Read More about Multicultural conversations: The nature and future of culture, identity and nationalism.

Queer Flowers: Queer Erotics, Mourning, and Utopias in the Art of Flowers from the 1920s to the 1980s (2024)
Thesis
Li, W. Queer Flowers: Queer Erotics, Mourning, and Utopias in the Art of Flowers from the 1920s to the 1980s. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4867124

“The analogies between women and flowers have a long history in sex ideology” (Pollock: 2007: 106). Yet queer readings of flowers are sometimes different from heterosexual and patriarchal perspective. Some gender-queer artists have refused to see flo... Read More about Queer Flowers: Queer Erotics, Mourning, and Utopias in the Art of Flowers from the 1920s to the 1980s.

Predicted ecological consequences of wave energy extraction and climate-related changes in wave exposure on rocky shore communities (2024)
Journal Article
Want, A., Waldman, S., Burrows, M. T., Side, J. C., Venugopal, V., & Bell, M. C. (2024). Predicted ecological consequences of wave energy extraction and climate-related changes in wave exposure on rocky shore communities. ICES journal of marine science : journal du conseil, 81(7), 1263-1281. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae086

Wave energy has the potential to contribute in the transition to decarbonized electricity generation. Extracting wave energy might be expected to have ecological impacts on rocky shore intertidal communities where exposure is one of the most importan... Read More about Predicted ecological consequences of wave energy extraction and climate-related changes in wave exposure on rocky shore communities.