Research publications: Recent submissions
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Bonsai: “a life in balance”. The therapeutic benefits of growing bonsai trees
(2023-12-12)Horticultural therapy is increasingly being used in clinical contexts and a growing number of studies over the past two decades have demonstrated its efficacy in improving physical, psychological, and social health. Bonsai ... -
MicroRNA: Siglec crosstalk in cancer progression
(2024-08-30)Aberrant Siglec expression in the tumour microenvironment has been implicated in tumour malignancies and can impact tumour behaviour and patient survival. Further to this, engagement with sialoglycans induces masked antigen ... -
Raviolo vertex algebras, cochains and conformal blocks
(Inspire, 2024-01-22)Raviolo vertex algebras were introduced recently by Garner and Williams in arXiv:2308.04414. Working at the level of cochain complexes, in the present paper we construct spaces of conformal blocks, or more precisely their ... -
Evaluating the Characteristics of Sandwich Composite Structures under Quasi-Static Loading
(2024-06-22)The integrity of composite structures used in aircraft is crucial and is regularly a subject of discussion. Sandwich composite panels with carbon fibre reinforced laminate skin and flax fibre reinforced laminate skin; both ... -
Defending permanent sovereignty over natural resources against the obligation to freely trade: the international legal dimension
(2024-09-17)Permanent sovereignty over natural resources (PSNR) and the principle of free trade are two strongly established principles in international law. The main question addressed by the authors of this article is whether it is ... -
Impact of the Siglec-Sialoglycan Axis on the Cancer Immune Response
(Springer Nature Link, 2024-05-22)Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) have heavily mediated the tumour landscape and shown significant deregulation in many tumour malignancies by facilitating tumour progression and metastasis; such ... -
Ozempic (Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist) in Social Media Posts: Unveiling User Perspectives through Reddit Topic Modeling
(2024-12-31)Semaglutide, a Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist marketed under the brand name Ozempic, is originally prescribed for diabetes treatment and obesity management. However, healthy individuals without a medical ... -
Partnerships as strategy in macro-social marketing
(2024-09-10)National government programmes tackling complex social problems have adopted a macro-social marketing approach, with resultant campaigns increasingly containing a partnerships element. However, a lack of academic literature ... -
Optimising Flywheel Energy Storage Systems: The Critical Role of Taylor-Couette Flow in Reducing Windage Losses and Enhancing Heat Transfer
(2024-09-05)Amidst the growing demand for efficient and sustainable energy storage solutions, Flywheel Energy Storage Systems (FESSs) have garnered attention for their potential to meet modern energy needs. This study uses Computational ... -
Using a picture-based book to support epilepsy care in clinical consultations for people with intellectual disabilities
(2024-08-19)Background and aims: People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to have epilepsy than the general population. A picture-based book, Getting on with Epilepsy, may help to improve their epilepsy management and ... -
The structural properties of nearby dwarf galaxies in low density environments - size, surface brightness and colour gradients
(2024-10-31)We use a complete sample of 211 nearby (z<0.008), dwarf (10 8 M⊙ < M ∗< 10 9.5 M⊙) galaxies in low-density environments, to study their structural properties: effective radii (R e), effective surface brightnesses (μ e), ... -
The Use of Humor in the Client–Practitioner Relationship
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2024-08-23)Increasing recognition has been given to the relationship between the client and practitioner as a means of facilitating successful consultancy outcomes. Within sport psychology, the use of humor within applied practice ... -
Reuse potential of architectural glass: experimental study on the strength of used window glazing
(2024-08-02)Glass is a highly durable and infinitely recyclable material, yet in practice only a small portion of architectural glass products re-enters the value chain after its first use. An increasing rate of energy retrofits of ... -
Mining software insights: uncovering the frequently occurring issues in low-rating software applications
(2024-07-10)In today’s digital world, app stores have become an essential part of software distribution, providing customers with a wide range of applications and opportunities for software developers to showcase their work. This study ... -
Feasibility study of a solar powered hybrid micro-aerial vehicle
(IMAV (International Micro Air Vehicles), 2024-09-20)Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) are finding new applications every day, from surveillance to civil structure health monitoring and exciting photography. Parallel advancements in ultra-thin, high power-to-weight ratio (PWR) ... -
Characterization of Banana and Sisal Fiber Fabrics Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Biocomposites with Cashew Nut Shell Filler for Structural Applications
(2024-08-30)Mechanical, thermal, and water absorption properties of banana fiber and sisal fiber-reinforced epoxy biocomposites were evaluated with and without cashew nut shell (CNS) filler, either separately, or as hybrid biocomposites. ... -
Introduction to Contemporary Sustainable Organisational Practices
(Springer Nature, 2024-09-20)This introductory chapter provides a succinct overview of key themes and concepts related to contemporary organisational sustainability practices. It highlights sustainability practices that organisations can adopt to ... -
Investigating HuBERT-based Speech Emotion Recognition Generalisation Capability
(2024-06-20)Transformer-based architectures have made significant progress in speech emotion recognition (SER). However, most published SER research trained and tested models on data from the same corpus, resulting in poor generalisation ... -
Understanding stellar populations in thin and thick discs of edge-on galaxies with MUSE – I. The case of the reignited S0 galaxy ESO 544-27
(2024-07-01)Edge-on galaxies act as the best laboratories to understand the origin of thin and thick discs in galaxies. Measurement of spatially resolved stellar population properties in such galaxies, particularly age, metallicity, ... -
EJEL Editorial 2024: The Allure of AI in Education
(2024-05-30)The objectives of this editorial are to provide a brief overview of the themes of EJEL papers published in 2023, compare these themes with the areas of work suggested in the previous Editorial (Charbonneau-Gowdy, et al., ...