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On oscillations in the external electrical potential of sea urchins (2025)
Journal Article

Sea urchins display complex bioelectric activity patterns, even with their decentralized nervous system. Electrophysiological recordings showed distinct spiking patterns. The baseline potential was about 8.80 mV. It had transient spikes with amplitud... Read More about On oscillations in the external electrical potential of sea urchins.

Domain-specific implications of error-type metrics in risk-based software fault prediction (2025)
Journal Article

In software development, Software Fault Prediction (SFP) is essential for optimising resource allocation and improving testing efficiency. Traditional SFP methods typically use binary-class models, which can provide a limited perspective on the varyi... Read More about Domain-specific implications of error-type metrics in risk-based software fault prediction.

Integrating multi-omics data with deep learning for predictive modelling of autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In precision medicine, predicting the onset and progression of autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases poses a multifaceted challenge due to their intricate molecular complexities. Traditional diagnostic methods, while foundational, often fall shor... Read More about Integrating multi-omics data with deep learning for predictive modelling of autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases.

Advances in Teaching and Learning for Cyber Security Education (2024)
Book

This book showcases latest trends and innovations for how we teach and approach cyber security education. Cyber security underpins the technological advances of the 21st century and is a fundamental requirement in today’s society. Therefore, how we t... Read More about Advances in Teaching and Learning for Cyber Security Education.

Enhancing DDoS attack detection in software-defined networks with entropy-based techniques (2024)
Journal Article

The introduction of Software-Defined Networks (SDN) represents significant advancements in network design by separating control and forwarding planes. While SDN improves network administration productivity, it has many vulnerabilities which hackers c... Read More about Enhancing DDoS attack detection in software-defined networks with entropy-based techniques.

Enhanced heart sound classification using Mel frequency cepstral coefficients and comparative analysis of single vs. ensemble classifier strategies (2024)
Journal Article

This paper seeks to enhance the performance of Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) for detecting abnormal heart sounds. Heart sounds are first pre-processed to remove noise and then segmented into S1, systole, S2, and diastole intervals, with... Read More about Enhanced heart sound classification using Mel frequency cepstral coefficients and comparative analysis of single vs. ensemble classifier strategies.

Simulated autopoiesis in liquid automata (2024)
Journal Article

We present a novel form of Liquid Automata, using this to simulate autopoiesis, whereby living machines self-organise in the physical realm. This simulation is based on an earlier Cellular Automaton described by Francisco Varela. The basis of Liquid... Read More about Simulated autopoiesis in liquid automata.

Privacy based triage of suspicious activity reports using offline large language models (2024)
Book Chapter

Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) form a vital part of incident response and case management for the investigation of known or suspected money laundering. However, those submitting SARs, and those tasked with analysing SARs, often find the task overw... Read More about Privacy based triage of suspicious activity reports using offline large language models.

Cyber security unplugged: Teaching security management through immersive gameplay (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cyber security education and the online safety of young people is key on the government agenda. A variety of initiatives are designed to raise awareness about the threats and safeguards related to children and their use of technology. Furthermore, cy... Read More about Cyber security unplugged: Teaching security management through immersive gameplay.

Stress reactivity moderates the association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms in adolescents: Results from a population-based study (2024)
Journal Article

A large body of evidence links stressful life events with depression. However, little is understood about the role of perceived impact in this association. We performed regression analysis to investigate whether self-reported stress reactivity (deriv... Read More about Stress reactivity moderates the association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms in adolescents: Results from a population-based study.

History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

his research explores the use of History to enhance education in the field of ICT For Sustainability (ICT4S) in response to a challenge from the ICT4S 2023 conference. No previous studies were found in ICT4S but the literature on History and Educatio... Read More about History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.

Clinical and patient-reported outcomes in women offered oncoplastic breast conserving surgery as an alternative to mastectomy in the ANTHEM multicentre, prospective cohort study (2024)
Journal Article

ABSTRACT

Background: Oncoplastic breast conserving surgery (OPBCS) may be a better option than mastectomy, but high-quality comparative evidence is lacking. The ANTHEM study (ISRCTN18238549) aimed to explore clinical and patient-reported outcomes... Read More about Clinical and patient-reported outcomes in women offered oncoplastic breast conserving surgery as an alternative to mastectomy in the ANTHEM multicentre, prospective cohort study.

Influence of proteinoids on calcium carbonate polymorphs precipitation in supersaturated solutions (2024)
Journal Article

Proteinoids, or thermal proteins, are amino acid polymers formed at high temperatures by non-biological processes. Pro- teinoids form microspheres in liquids. The microspheres exhibit electrical activity similar to that of neurons. The electrically s... Read More about Influence of proteinoids on calcium carbonate polymorphs precipitation in supersaturated solutions.

Maximizing insights from longitudinal epigenetic age data: Simulations, applications, and practical guidance (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Epigenetic age (EA) is an age estimate, developed using DNA methylation (DNAm) states of selected CpG sites across the genome. Although EA and chronological age are highly correlated, EA may not increase uniformly with time. Departures, k... Read More about Maximizing insights from longitudinal epigenetic age data: Simulations, applications, and practical guidance.

Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of two positive body image media micro-interventions among children aged 4–6 years old – a study protocol (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Children’s online media perpetuates appearance idealised images and can negatively impact the way children feel about their own and other people’s bodies (e.g., weight bias) at a young age. The development and evaluation of body image int... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of two positive body image media micro-interventions among children aged 4–6 years old – a study protocol.

Inferring structure of cortical neuronal networks from activity data: A statistical physics approach (2024)
Journal Article

Understanding the relation between cortical neuronal network structure and neuronal activity is a fundamental unresolved question in neuroscience, with implications to our understanding of the mechanism by which neuronal networks evolve over time, sp... Read More about Inferring structure of cortical neuronal networks from activity data: A statistical physics approach.

Using neuroevolution for designing soft medical devices (2024)
Journal Article

Soft robots can exhibit better performance in specific tasks compared to conventional robots, particularly in healthcare related tasks. However, the field of soft robotics is still young, and designing them often involves mimicking natural organisms... Read More about Using neuroevolution for designing soft medical devices.

Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences (2024)
Journal Article

Individuals with visible differences, resulting from injuries, health conditions, or treatment, can face varied and lasting psychosocial effects. Existing psychosocial interventions are limited, with inconsistent support noted by specialists. Improve... Read More about Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences.

A roadmap for integrating sustainability into software engineering education (2024)
Journal Article

The world faces escalating crises: record-breaking temperatures, widespread fires, severe flooding, increased oceanic microplastics, and unequal resource distribution. Academia introduces courses around sustainability to meet the new demand, but soft... Read More about A roadmap for integrating sustainability into software engineering education.

Optical recognition of the English alphabet using proteinoids (2024)
Journal Article

We introduce a new abiotic-protein-based substrate for identifying English alphabet characters optically using proteinoids. Proteinoids, which are amino acid polymers produced under thermal stress conditions, have demonstrated promise as materials th... Read More about Optical recognition of the English alphabet using proteinoids.