University of Hertfordshire: Recent submissions
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Capuciis Furruratis cum Serico Duplicatis: Furred Hoods with Silk Linings from the Late Nineteenth Century
(2024-10-05)Beginning in the fifteenth century, silk linings were introduced into the academic hoods of the senior degrees for use during the summer (officially between Easter and All Saints) as a cooler alternative to the expensive ... -
Enhancing SERS Spectra through Surface-Doped Nanocluster Substrates: A Numerical Investigation of Plasmonic Silver Coated Pt and Pd Core-Shell-Satellite Structures
(2024-10-17)This study numerically investigates the design and function of single bifunctional entities that integrate catalytic activity (Pd/Pt) and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) activity (Ag). Our approach aims to ... -
Postmortem findings of organ damage in novel psychoactive substances users: a comprehensive review
(2024-10-22)INTRODUCTION: Despite the rising number of NPS-related deaths, comprehensive data on their prevalence, identification, and associated organ damage remain scarce. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A literature search was conducted. ... -
Experimental Investigation on the Application of Cold-mist Direct Evaporative Cooling in Data Centers
(2024-10-23)The rapid development of the internet era has driven the construction of numerous data centers worldwide. In hot climate, data centers consume significant energy for cooling. Cold-mist direct evaporative cooling offers a ... -
A Human-Centered View of Continual Learning: Understanding Interactions, Teaching Patterns, and Perceptions of Human Users Towards a Continual Learning Robot in Repeated Interactions
(2024-10-23)Continual learning (CL) has emerged as an important avenue of research in recent years, at the intersection of Machine Learning (ML) and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), to allow robots to continually learn in their environments ... -
Jewish-Muslim friendship networks: A study of intergenerational boundary work in Post-War Germany
(2024-10-24)This article presents a little-known story of Jewish-Muslim coexistence in Germany after World War Two. Using an ethnographic case study of Frankfurt am Main’s train-station district (Bahnhofsviertel), the analysis ... -
The bright end of the infrared luminosity functions and the abundance of hyperluminous infrared galaxies
(2021-04-07)Aims. We provide the most accurate estimate yet of the bright end of the infrared (IR) luminosity functions (LFs) and the abundance of hyperluminous IR galaxies (HLIRGs) with IR luminosities >1013L⊙, thanks to the combination ... -
Exploring reddit forum for software evolution as an alternative requirements source: An end-user discussion dataset on Google maps
(2024-12-31)For software development and evolution, end-user feedback from app stores and the Twitter (X) platform has been intensively used recently. However, Reddit forums that provide an argumentative platform to argue and reason ... -
Epigenetics of concussion: a systematic review
(2024-10-26)Background: Concussion is the most common neurological disorder affecting millions of people globally each year. Identifying epigenetic mechanisms influencing concussion incidence, severity and recovery could provide ... -
Covid-19, working from home and work–life boundaries: the role of personality in work–life boundary management
(2024-10-30)Working from home (WFH) has accelerated in occurrence following social distancing measures directed at stemming the spread of Covid-19 globally. Using a sample of 41 in-depth qualitative interviews and measurement of the ... -
Using 26Al to detect ongoing self-enrichment in young massive star clusters
(2024-11-01)Self-enrichment is one of the leading explanations for chemical anomalies in globular clusters. In this scenario, various candidate polluter stars have been proposed to eject gas with altered chemical composition during ... -
Energy storage-integrated ground-source heat pumps for heating and cooling applications: A systematic review
(2024-11-20)Renewable energy-based ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems have gained traction as cost-effective and environmentally sustainable alternatives for heating and cooling applications in residential, commercial, and civic ... -
Dynamics and spin alignment in massive, gravito-turbulent circumbinary discs around supermassive black hole binaries
(2024-11-30)Parsec-scale separation supermassive black hole binaries in the centre of gas-rich galaxy merger remnants could be surrounded by massive circumbinary discs (CBDs). Black hole mass and spin evolution during the gas-rich ... -
Effeminate belonging : Gender nonconforming experience and gay bottom identities
(Emerald Publishing, 2024-06-21)Since the 1970s, effeminate gay men, and fem bottoms in particular, have increasingly become the 'marginalised among the marginalised' in Anglo-American gay culture, which tends to place a premium on appearing, behaving, ... -
Meeting the needs of pregnant women and new mothers in prison
(2024-07-15)There are 12 women’s prisons in the United Kingdom and six have Mother and Baby Units (MBU) attached. Approximately 5% of the total prison population consists of women (Abbott, 2018). The heightened vulnerability of pregnant ... -
Report of RILEM TC 281-CCC: insights into factors affecting the carbonation rate of concrete with SCMs revealed from data mining and machine learning approaches
(2024-11-30)The RILEM TC 281–CCC ‘‘Carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials’’ conducted a study on the effects of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) on the carbonation rate of blended cement concretes ... -
Asset manager society and financial subordination
(2024-08-27)This essay critically engages with the concept of asset-manager society (AMS) proposed by Brett Christophers. We begin by drawing out its five key elements through a contrast with the related but distinct concept of ... -
Client and therapists’ subjective understanding of an ideal therapy room: A divergent reflection of experience, for publication in the European Journal of Counselling Psychology
(2023-12-13)An abundance of studies showed that the room/space where therapy takes place could significantly impact the engagement, process, and how people experience therapy. The need to balance the comfort of the room with its ... -
Health and wellbeing of sexual abuse survivors attending sexual assault referral centres in England: the MESARCH mixed-methods evaluation
(2024-10-17)Background: One million people in England and Wales experience sexual violence and abuse each year with around half experiencing serious sexual offences; 55,000 survivors access Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs). ... -
Unspoken Stories: Exploring the Narratives of Self-defined Family Members who have Experienced Suicide Bereavement
(2024-10-08)Aims: This study explores the unspoken narratives experienced by individuals who have been bereaved by suicide. Method: Nineteen semi-structured interviews were carried out with individuals who classified themselves as ...