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Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Maduka, N., Greenwood, D., & Udeaja, C. (2024). Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction. In C. Egbu (Ed.), Proceedings of International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) international conference. Going north for sustainability: Leveraging knowledge and innovation for sustainable construction and development

Low energy building retrofit presents important opportunities for reducing of greenhouse gas emissions in the environment. It has been considered as one of the key approaches to achieving sustainable development in construction industry. Nevertheless... Read More about Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction.

AB1429 Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases treated with glucocorticoids: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Lim, K. W., Janagan, S., Bhogal, R., Bridgewater, S., Silverthorne, C., Richards, P., …Robson, J. C. (2024). AB1429 Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases treated with glucocorticoids: A cross-sectional study. In Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (ARD) (2070). https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.3928

AB1575-HPR Geographical differences in osteoarthritis care management: A European cross-sectional study (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Battista, S., Recenti, F., Giardulli, B., Testa, M., Pchelnikova, P., Ndosi, M., & Dell’isola, A. (2024). AB1575-HPR Geographical differences in osteoarthritis care management: A European cross-sectional study. In Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2161-2162). https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.2643

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) burdens individuals and healthcare systems across Europe. With limited curative options, symptom management becomes pivotal, yet underdiagnosis and varied healthcare professional education in OA prevail. The role of in... Read More about AB1575-HPR Geographical differences in osteoarthritis care management: A European cross-sectional study.

Happy staff makes good stuff! Internal marketing and perceived service quality: The mediating role of frontline employees’ satisfaction (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Bellaouaied, M. (in press). Happy staff makes good stuff! Internal marketing and perceived service quality: The mediating role of frontline employees’ satisfaction.

This research focuses on a dual perspective, that of Marketing and Human Resources, which is particularly interesting to allow to build a model reflecting the interaction between frontline service employees, through the Internal Marketing impact on t... Read More about Happy staff makes good stuff! Internal marketing and perceived service quality: The mediating role of frontline employees’ satisfaction.

Teaching alternative proteins – A cross-disciplinary approach (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Bjørnerud, E., Jones, V., Bear, C., Pilskog, H., Blikstad Halstvedt, C., Helliwell, R., …Nerby, T. (in press). Teaching alternative proteins – A cross-disciplinary approach.

This paper examines the role of education in addressing global challenges related to sustainable development through the lens of the agrifood system. We report on the development and testing of a flexible educational approach aimed at engaging primar... Read More about Teaching alternative proteins – A cross-disciplinary approach.

Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand" (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Rose, M., Jafari, A., & Etoundi, A. (in press). Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand".

Inspired by nature's evolutionary marvels, this study explores the development of a novel bio-mimetic prosthetic hand, emphasizing a soft robotic approach. Through a meticulous review of various prosthetic designs, focusing on actuation and construct... Read More about Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand".

DeformIO: Dynamic stiffness control on a deformable force-sensing display (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Nash, J. D., Steer, C., Dinca, T., Sharma, A., Favaratto Santos, A., Timothy Wildgoose, B., …Alexander, J. (2024). DeformIO: Dynamic stiffness control on a deformable force-sensing display. In CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3650772

Introducing DeformIO, a novel deformable display with co-located force input and variable stiffness output. Unlike prior work, our approach does not require pin arrays or re-configurable panels. Instead, we leveraged pneumatics and resistive sensing... Read More about DeformIO: Dynamic stiffness control on a deformable force-sensing display.

Squishy, yet satisfying: Exploring deformable shapes' cross-modal correspondences with colours and emotions (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Steer, C., Sauvé, K., Jain, A., Lawal, O., Proulx, M. J., Jicol, C., & Alexander, J. (2024). Squishy, yet satisfying: Exploring deformable shapes' cross-modal correspondences with colours and emotions. In CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1-20). https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3641952

Surfaces with deformable and shape-changing properties seek to enhance and diversify tangible interactions with computing systems. However, we currently lack fundamental knowledge and user interface design principles that connect the inherent propert... Read More about Squishy, yet satisfying: Exploring deformable shapes' cross-modal correspondences with colours and emotions.

History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Brooks, I., Harrison, L., Reeves, M., Simpson, M., & Wallis, R. (in press). History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.

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.

TRIST: Towards a container-based ICS testbed for cyber threat simulation and anomaly detection (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Lo, C., Christie, J., Win, T. Y., Rezaeifar, Z., Khan, Z., & Legg, P. (in press). TRIST: Towards a container-based ICS testbed for cyber threat simulation and anomaly detection. In Springer Proceedings in Complexity book series

Cyber-attacks on Industrial Control Systems (ICS), as exemplified by the incidents at the Maroochy water treatment plant and the Ukraine's electric power grid, have demonstrated that cyber threats can inflict significant physical impacts. These incid... Read More about TRIST: Towards a container-based ICS testbed for cyber threat simulation and anomaly detection.

The structural behavior of recycled aggregate concrete walls under fire exposure: A finite element analysis (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Karaki, G., Assad, M., HAWILEH, R., & ABDALLA, J. (2024). The structural behavior of recycled aggregate concrete walls under fire exposure: A finite element analysis.

Climate change is raising the demand for change in the construction industry, particularly in the concrete industry. One of the approaches to increase sustainability in the concrete industry is the use of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). Many studi... Read More about The structural behavior of recycled aggregate concrete walls under fire exposure: A finite element analysis.

P041 Health-related quality of life in patients receiving glucocorticoids for a rheumatic disease and associated factors: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Janagan, S., Lim, K. W., Bhogal, R., Bridgewater, S., Silverthorne, C., Richards, P., …Robson, J. C. (2024). P041 Health-related quality of life in patients receiving glucocorticoids for a rheumatic disease and associated factors: A cross-sectional study. . https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae163.083

Background/Aims Glucocorticoids (GCs) used in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic conditions can impact on patients in different ways. The objective of this study was to identify socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with health-relat... Read More about P041 Health-related quality of life in patients receiving glucocorticoids for a rheumatic disease and associated factors: A cross-sectional study.

Association between metabolic conditions and satisfaction with care in people with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a survey-based study (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Recenti, F., Dell'Isola, A., Giardulli, B., Testa, M., Pchelnikova, P., Ndosi, M., & Battista, S. (2024). Association between metabolic conditions and satisfaction with care in people with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a survey-based study. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.779

Purpose (the aim of the study): Satisfaction measures have been recommended as a core component for evaluating treatment outcomes in osteoarthritis (OA). People with comorbid metabolic conditions and OA need to rely on multiple interventions and may... Read More about Association between metabolic conditions and satisfaction with care in people with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a survey-based study.

SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Song, Z., Liu, X., Zhang, W., Gong, Y., Hao, T., & Zeng, K. (in press). SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation.

Given the intricacy and variability of anatomical structures in medical images, some methods employ shape priors to constrain segmentation. However, limited by the representational capability of these priors, existing approaches often struggle to cap... Read More about SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation.

An exploration of greenspace metric proximity and NDVI vs configurational accessibility from residential postcodes in the West of England (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Fouad, Z., Sinnett, D., Bray, I., McClatchey, R., & Reece, R. (in press). An exploration of greenspace metric proximity and NDVI vs configurational accessibility from residential postcodes in the West of England.

Greenspaces are recognised as important features of an urban environment which are visited by residents for different purposes. This paper investigates the relationship between residents in the West of England and their surrounding greenspaces, by st... Read More about An exploration of greenspace metric proximity and NDVI vs configurational accessibility from residential postcodes in the West of England.

Student interactions and self-directed activities in School Libraries: The design potentiality vs operational actuality (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Fouad, Z., & Sailer, K. (in press). Student interactions and self-directed activities in School Libraries: The design potentiality vs operational actuality.

School libraries contribute to student learning through accommodating the student self-directed activities (e.g. reading, studying, revising, drawing, etc) and interactions, all taking place during break-times. This research explores the design of sc... Read More about Student interactions and self-directed activities in School Libraries: The design potentiality vs operational actuality.

Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Parraman, C., Clarke, L., White, M., & Hill, T. (in press). Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities.

Working collaboratively: digital and analogue, artist and machine, artist and artist is a constant activity of negotiation and translation – between code, language, process, matrix material and metaphor. The CFPR’s Artist in Residence programme aims... Read More about Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities.

What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse? (2024)
Conference Proceeding
McIntosh, V. (2024). What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse?.

As immersive technologies and spatial computing paradigms move into the mainstream, public and political interest in the metaverse is growing. In some respects, the metaverse offers an exciting view of the future, one in which a global community can... Read More about What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse?.

3D Machine vision and deep learning for enabling automated and sustainable assistive physiotherapy (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, L., Boyd, S., Bhatta, D., & Smith, M. (2024). 3D Machine vision and deep learning for enabling automated and sustainable assistive physiotherapy. In 2023 Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE) (1247-1253). https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCE60160.2023.00209

The significant beneficial effects of physiotherapy as a treatment for a wide range of medical conditions, is well known. However, the challenge for already stressed healthcare systems to provide effective physiotherapy to an aging population, that h... Read More about 3D Machine vision and deep learning for enabling automated and sustainable assistive physiotherapy.