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Automated Machine Learning and Asset Pricing (2024)
Journal Article
Healy, J. V., Gregoriou, A., & Hudson, R. (2024). Automated Machine Learning and Asset Pricing. Risks, 12(9), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks12090148

We evaluate whether machine learning methods can better model excess portfolio returns compared to the standard regression-based strategies generally used in the finance and econometric literature. We examine 17 benchmark factor model specifications... Read More about Automated Machine Learning and Asset Pricing.

An in vitro multi-organ microphysiological system (MPS) to investigate the gut-to-brain translocation of neurotoxins (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, E. J., Skinner, B. M., Parker, A., Baldwin, L. R., Greenman, J., Carding, S. R., & Funnell, S. G. (2024). An in vitro multi-organ microphysiological system (MPS) to investigate the gut-to-brain translocation of neurotoxins. Biomicrofluidics, 18(5), Article 054105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0200459

The death of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra in the base of the brain is a defining pathological feature in the development of Parkinson's disease (PD). PD is, however, a multi-systemic disease, also affecting the peripheral nervou... Read More about An in vitro multi-organ microphysiological system (MPS) to investigate the gut-to-brain translocation of neurotoxins.

Rapid Access Diagnostics for Asthma (RADicA): protocol for a prospective cohort study to determine the optimum series of investigations to diagnose asthma using conventional and novel tests (2024)
Journal Article
Murray, C. S., Fowler, S., Drake, S., Wang, R., Durrington, H. J., Wardman, H., Healy, L., Bennett, M., Simpson, A., Barrett, E., Roberts, S. A., & Simpson, A. (2024). Rapid Access Diagnostics for Asthma (RADicA): protocol for a prospective cohort study to determine the optimum series of investigations to diagnose asthma using conventional and novel tests. BMJ open, 14(10), Article e083908. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-083908

Introduction The diagnosis of asthma is often based on characteristic patterns of symptoms in the absence of an alternative explanation, resulting in over and under diagnosis. Therefore, diagnostic guidelines usually recommend including confirmation... Read More about Rapid Access Diagnostics for Asthma (RADicA): protocol for a prospective cohort study to determine the optimum series of investigations to diagnose asthma using conventional and novel tests.

The association between frailty, care receipt and unmet need for care with the risk of hospital admissions (2024)
Journal Article
Maharani, A., Sinclair, D. R., Clegg, A., Hanratty, B., Nazroo, J., Tampubolon, G., Todd, C., Wittenberg, R., O’Neill, T. W., & Matthews, F. E. (2024). The association between frailty, care receipt and unmet need for care with the risk of hospital admissions. PLoS ONE, 19(9), Article e0306858. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306858

Background Frailty is characterised by a decline in physical, cognitive, energy, and health reserves and is linked to greater functional dependency and higher social care utilisation. However, the relationship between receiving care, or receiving ins... Read More about The association between frailty, care receipt and unmet need for care with the risk of hospital admissions.

Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native taxa (2024)
Journal Article
Jeffries, D., Lawson-Handley, L., Lamatsch, D., Olsén, K. H., Sayer, C. D., & Hänfling, B. (2024). Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native taxa. Molecular ecology, 33(19), Article e17515. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17515

Hybridization plays a pivotal role in evolution, influencing local adaptation and speciation. However, it can also reduce biodiversity, which is especially damaging when native and non-native species meet. Hybridization can threaten native species vi... Read More about Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native taxa.

Deep Learning-Based Colorectal Cancer Image Segmentation and Classification: A Concise Bibliometric Analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fagbola, T. M., Aderemi, E. T., & Thakur, C. S. (2024, August). Deep Learning-Based Colorectal Cancer Image Segmentation and Classification: A Concise Bibliometric Analysis. Presented at 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD), Mauritius

The use of Deep Learning (DL)-based methods for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) classification and segmentation has gained significant attention in recent times. This study employs a bibliometric analysis to investigate the state-of-the-art research on DL-ba... Read More about Deep Learning-Based Colorectal Cancer Image Segmentation and Classification: A Concise Bibliometric Analysis.

DeepCAI-V3: Improved Brain Tumor Classification from Noisy Brain MR Images using Convolutional Autoencoder and Inception-V3 Architecture (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Babaferi, E. V., Fagbola, T. M., & Thakur, C. S. (2024, August). DeepCAI-V3: Improved Brain Tumor Classification from Noisy Brain MR Images using Convolutional Autoencoder and Inception-V3 Architecture. Presented at 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems, Mauritius

Brain tumors are abnormal cell growths within the brain tissues, necessitating their early detection towards effective treatment. To achieve this, high-quality brain images via medical imaging techniques, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), are... Read More about DeepCAI-V3: Improved Brain Tumor Classification from Noisy Brain MR Images using Convolutional Autoencoder and Inception-V3 Architecture.

Addressing hidden tensions and grey areas of general practice: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Dell'Olio, M., & Reeve, J. (2024). Addressing hidden tensions and grey areas of general practice: A qualitative study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 74(746), e637-e643. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0514

Background
Generalist approaches can help address several challenges facing today’s primary care. However, GPs report insufficient support to deliver advanced generalist medicine (AGM) in daily practice, struggling within a healthcare system that im... Read More about Addressing hidden tensions and grey areas of general practice: A qualitative study.

An exploration of person-centred practices among emergency department physiotherapists (2024)
Thesis
Naylor, J. An exploration of person-centred practices among emergency department physiotherapists. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4871223

Person-centred practice (PCP) constitutes an important, individualising approach that strives to confront a legacy of healthcare paternalism. The biomedical roots of physiotherapy, alongside context-specificity of PCP, hinder realisation of this huma... Read More about An exploration of person-centred practices among emergency department physiotherapists.

Apparent Joint Swarms Formed by the Crack-Jump Process (2024)
Journal Article
Peacock, D. C., Leiss, B., & Anderson, M. W. (online). Apparent Joint Swarms Formed by the Crack-Jump Process. Terra Nova, https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12747

Joint swarms can be important components of fractured reservoirs. They are often explained as damage around faults or related to mechanical differences between layers, although this does not explain the close spacing of the joints. Joint swarms aroun... Read More about Apparent Joint Swarms Formed by the Crack-Jump Process.

Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance (2024)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Tamvada, J. P., McDowall-Emefiele, S., & Swaray, R. (online). Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance. Review of Managerial Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-024-00802-9

We examine regional differences in how generalized trust and relation centrism influence how 16,785 firms across 20 lower- and middle-income countries perceive corruption as a business obstacle. Using the machine learning method LASSO, our empirical... Read More about Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance.

‘All the unlawful issue that their lust / Since then hath made between them’: children and absent motherhood in Early Modern English Cleopatra plays (2024)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, J. ‘All the unlawful issue that their lust / Since then hath made between them’: children and absent motherhood in Early Modern English Cleopatra plays. In C. Ragni (Ed.), Shakespeare and the Mediterranean 3: Antony and Cleopatra (127-150). Edizioni ETS. https://doi.org/10.13136/wf4xrq28

Recent criticism on 'Antony and Cleopatra' has started to argue for a closer correspondence between Shakespeare’s play and the English closet dramas ('The Tragedie of Antonie' by Mary Sidney Herbert, and 'The Tragedie of Cleopatra' by Samuel Daniel),... Read More about ‘All the unlawful issue that their lust / Since then hath made between them’: children and absent motherhood in Early Modern English Cleopatra plays.

Including LGBTQ+ Early Career Higher Education Staff: Learning from the Policy and Practice for Supporting LGBTQ+ Students (2024)
Journal Article
Tate, A., & Glazzard, J. (online). Including LGBTQ+ Early Career Higher Education Staff: Learning from the Policy and Practice for Supporting LGBTQ+ Students. Higher Education Research and Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2393117

This discursive paper addresses the lack of recent robust research on the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ+) Higher Education (HE) staff, particularly Early Career Academics in the UK. While efforts have focus... Read More about Including LGBTQ+ Early Career Higher Education Staff: Learning from the Policy and Practice for Supporting LGBTQ+ Students.

Freedom From Religion: Multiculturalism and the Rights of Women and Children (2024)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2024). Freedom From Religion: Multiculturalism and the Rights of Women and Children. In M. J. H. Bhuiyan, & A. Black (Eds.), Religious Freedom and Accommodating Religious Diversity: Challenges and Responses (20-39). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003458128

This chapter examines the limits of state interference in proscribing cultural norms by considering the right of people to leave their community free of penalties and practices that deny education to vulnerable populations, particularly women and chi... Read More about Freedom From Religion: Multiculturalism and the Rights of Women and Children.

Brain and Lung Biomarker Responses to Hyperoxic Hypobaric Decompression (2024)
Journal Article
Connolly, D., Madden, L. A., Edwards, V., & Lee, V. (2024). Brain and Lung Biomarker Responses to Hyperoxic Hypobaric Decompression. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 95(9), 667-674. https://doi.org/10.3357/AMHP.6391.2024

INTRODUCTION: Biomarker responses to intensive decompression indicate systemic proinflammatory responses and possible neurological stress. To further investigate responses, 12 additional brain and lung biomarkers were assayed. METHODS: A total of 15... Read More about Brain and Lung Biomarker Responses to Hyperoxic Hypobaric Decompression.

Customer satisfaction scores: new models to estimate (2024)
Journal Article
Fry, J., & Brint, A. (2025). Customer satisfaction scores: new models to estimate. Tourism Management, 106, Article 105030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105030

In this paper we develop new models for the distribution of customer satisfaction scores. This leads to new approaches for estimating the number of fake reviews in empirical data. Modifications of the basic model are presented that account for the pr... Read More about Customer satisfaction scores: new models to estimate.

The BERA Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools: Exploring Frontline Support in Educational Research and Practice (2024)
Book
Jayman, M., Glazzard, J., Rose, A., & Quickfall, A. (Eds.). (2024). The BERA Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools: Exploring Frontline Support in Educational Research and Practice. Emerald

Positioning wellbeing at the heart of a well-functioning school community, this timely guide brings the debate on the escalating child and adolescent mental health crisis to a broad audience.

A research-informed yet accessible introduction to both... Read More about The BERA Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools: Exploring Frontline Support in Educational Research and Practice.

Computational simulation of SE-SR of methane in a bench-scale circulating fluidised bed reactor: Insights into the effects of bed geometry design and catalyst-sorbent ratios (2024)
Journal Article
Udemu, C., & Font-Palma, C. (2024). Computational simulation of SE-SR of methane in a bench-scale circulating fluidised bed reactor: Insights into the effects of bed geometry design and catalyst-sorbent ratios. Fuel, 377, Article 132817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132817

Operating sorbent-enhanced steam reforming (SE-SR) of methane in fluidised bed reactors presents a promising pathway for industrial low-carbon hydrogen production. However, further understanding of its complex multi-phase behaviours under certain ope... Read More about Computational simulation of SE-SR of methane in a bench-scale circulating fluidised bed reactor: Insights into the effects of bed geometry design and catalyst-sorbent ratios.