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Investigating grammatical borrowing in Moseten through historical sources (2024)
Book Chapter

Using historical sources (1804-1913), this paper investigates the influence of Span-ish on the grammar of modern Mosetén, an indigenous language spoken in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes and the adjoining Amazon basin. Focusing on the categories... Read More about Investigating grammatical borrowing in Moseten through historical sources.

Functionality appreciation in young children (2024)
Journal Article

In recognition of a need to better understand children's body image, this study aimed to explore how young children describe what they appreciate about their body functionality. A total of 381 British children aged four to six years old were intervie... Read More about Functionality appreciation in young children.

Development of a new rubber buckling-restrained brace system for structures (2024)
Journal Article

Buckling-Restrained Braces (BRBs) are widely utilized in structures as an anti-seismic system to enhance performance against lateral excitations. While BRBs are designed to yield symmetrically under both tension and compression without significant bu... Read More about Development of a new rubber buckling-restrained brace system for structures.

Janus-kinase inhibitor use in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases beyond licensed indications: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction
The use of Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) beyond licence is expanding rapidly. The aim of this scoping review was to identify and present the available evidence on the efficacy of JAKis... Read More about Janus-kinase inhibitor use in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases beyond licensed indications: A scoping review.

Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports a new process which can be used to re-purpose a robot at the end of its primary life. Repurposing a robot enables it to continue delivering value beyond the point at which it might have been otherwise recycled or scrapped. The repu... Read More about Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy.

Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing (2024)
Book

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management s... Read More about Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing.

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.

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.

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.

Evaluation and design recommendations for a folding morphing-wheg robot for nuclear characterisation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the design and development of a folding robot required to survey and characterize nuclear facilities only accessible via 150 mm diameter entry ducts. The enclosed legacy facilities at old nuclear sites like Sellafield in the UK ha... Read More about Evaluation and design recommendations for a folding morphing-wheg robot for nuclear characterisation.

A review of the healthcare and social care needs of the older prisoner population in England and Wales (2024)
Journal Article

In recent years, research on older prisoners in England and Wales has expanded significantly, and the term “older prisoner” is now well entrenched in the prison-based literature. Those prisoners who are over the age of 50 are now the fastest growing... Read More about A review of the healthcare and social care needs of the older prisoner population in England and Wales.

Multimodal haptic interface for walker-assisted navigation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study investigates the efficacy of a haptic interface, aiming to offer the walking frame users accurate, intuitive, and easily understandable directional cues. The research introduces a novel haptic feedback interface incorporated into a walking... Read More about Multimodal haptic interface for walker-assisted navigation.

Development and functional evaluation of the PrHand V3 soft-robotics prosthetic hand (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The affordability and functionality of hand pros-thetics in developing countries are still very limited. This work aims to present and evaluate the new version of the PrHand affordable robotic prosthesis (PrHand V3), built with soft robotics and comp... Read More about Development and functional evaluation of the PrHand V3 soft-robotics prosthetic hand.

Frailism: A scoping review exploring discrimination against people living with frailty (2024)
Journal Article

People living with frailty can experience discrimination, but unlike the characteristics of age and disability, frailty is not protected by law. Frailty is a clinical syndrome associated with ageing in which health deficits increase a person's vulner... Read More about Frailism: A scoping review exploring discrimination against people living with frailty.

Effect of slenderness ratio on the behavior of RC bearing walls under fire exposure (2024)
Journal Article

Reinforced concrete (RC) bearing walls are commonly used in building structures to resist axial and lateral loads. Therefore, their ability to withstand loads when exposed to fire is important. The behavior of RC walls under fire exposure is affected... Read More about Effect of slenderness ratio on the behavior of RC bearing walls under fire exposure.

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.

Closing the deal faster: The role of institutions and government involvement in cross-border M&A completions in Brazil (2024)
Journal Article

Drawing on an integrative lens of the institutional theory and resource-based view, we investigate the effect of institutional distance, institutional quality, and government involvement on the duration of cross-border M&A deals in Brazil between 200... Read More about Closing the deal faster: The role of institutions and government involvement in cross-border M&A completions in Brazil.

Understanding criminogenic features: Case studies of cryptocurrencies based financial crimes (2024)
Journal Article

The primary objective of this paper is to comprehensively examine the intricate relationship between cryptocurrency and criminal enterprises, shedding light on the methods, mechanisms, and implications of cryptocurrency use in various financial crime... Read More about Understanding criminogenic features: Case studies of cryptocurrencies based financial crimes.

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.

Mental Health and Otherness: Intersections between Gender, Race, Class and Age (2024)
Book

Based on two decades of research in Brazil and the UK, this book explores the ways in which intersections of gender, race and class affect the positioning of the subject as 'Other' in discourses of health, and how the positioning of the subject as 'O... Read More about Mental Health and Otherness: Intersections between Gender, Race, Class and Age.