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Re-examining the effects of word writing on vocabulary learning (2020)
Book Chapter
Webb, S., & Piasecki, A. E. (2020). Re-examining the effects of word writing on vocabulary learning. In Approaches to Teaching, Learning, Testing, Researching L2 Vocabulary (73-94). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.109.itl.00007.web

This study investigated the effects of word writing on vocabulary learning by comparing three conditions in which there was (a) limited time to write words, (b) unlimited time to write words, and (c) a non-writing word- picture pairs comparison. Non-... Read More about Re-examining the effects of word writing on vocabulary learning.

Multi-channel ConvNet approach to predict the risk of in-hospital mortality for ICU patients (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Viton, F., Elbattah, M., Guérin, J., & Dequen, G. (2020). Multi-channel ConvNet approach to predict the risk of in-hospital mortality for ICU patients. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Deep Learning Theory and Applications (98-102). https://doi.org/10.5220/0009891900980102

The healthcare arena has been undergoing impressive transformations thanks to advances in the capacity to capture, store, process, and learn from data. This paper re-visits the problem of predicting the risk of in-hospital mortality based on Time Ser... Read More about Multi-channel ConvNet approach to predict the risk of in-hospital mortality for ICU patients.

They hide with their boots on (2020)
Digital Artefact
Bell, R. (2020). They hide with their boots on. [Magazine]

Review of the Invisible Men exhibition, Westminster Menswear Archive, for Artforum Magazine (print edition).

Patients’ experiences of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based approach for psychosocial difficulties relating to an appearance-affecting condition (2020)
Journal Article
Zucchelli, F. A., Donnelly, O., Sharratt, N., Hooper, N., & Williamson, H. M. (2020). Patients’ experiences of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based approach for psychosocial difficulties relating to an appearance-affecting condition. European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 9(1), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.46853/001c.22012

Some individuals with appearance-affecting conditions experience psychosocial challenges such as social anxiety and avoidance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) may offer a suitable approach for these challenges. This qualitative study investig... Read More about Patients’ experiences of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based approach for psychosocial difficulties relating to an appearance-affecting condition.

UAV’s applications, architecture, security issues and attack scenarios: A survey (2020)
Book Chapter
Khan, N. A., Brohi, S., & Jhanjhi, N. (2020). UAV’s applications, architecture, security issues and attack scenarios: A survey. In S. Peng, L. H. Son, G. Suseendran, & D. Balaganesh (Eds.), Book cover Book cover Intelligent Computing and Innovation on Data Science (753-760). Online and in print.: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3284-9_81

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/drones have become very popular in recent years as they are widely used in several domains. They are widely used in both military and civilian applications such as aerial photography, entertainment, search and rescue m... Read More about UAV’s applications, architecture, security issues and attack scenarios: A survey.

Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Costa, E., Shepherd, P., Velasco, R., & Hudson, R. (2020). Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (254-259). https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-35

The construction industry is a major source of carbon, and the main culprit is concrete. In addition, productivity for the construction sector is poor, and concrete construction in particular is labour intensive, slow, and costly. This paper introduc... Read More about Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia.

Role of the dipole jet in inclined stroke plane kinematics of insect flight (2020)
Journal Article
Deepthi, S., & Vengadesan, S. (2020). Role of the dipole jet in inclined stroke plane kinematics of insect flight. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 17(1), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42235-020-0013-8

The two-dimensional (2D) inclined stroke plane kinematics of insect wing is studied for various stroke plane angles using the Immersed Boundary (IB) solver. The numerical results revealed the dominant lift enhancement mechanisms for this class of flo... Read More about Role of the dipole jet in inclined stroke plane kinematics of insect flight.

Best practice guidelines for responsible images of non-human primates (2020)
Digital Artefact
Waters, S., Setchell, J. M., Maréchal, L., Oram, F., Wallis, J., & Cheyne, S. M. Best practice guidelines for responsible images of non-human primates. [Online guidelines https://human-primate-interactions.org/resources/]

Photos or videos (hereafter images) can draw the attention of millions of people to non-human primate (hereafter primate) conservation and welfare. However, if the context of the images is inappropriate, unclear, or lost, people... Read More about Best practice guidelines for responsible images of non-human primates.

Researching around our subjects: Working towards a women’s labour history of trade unions in the British film and television industries (2020)
Journal Article
Galt, F. C. (2020). Researching around our subjects: Working towards a women’s labour history of trade unions in the British film and television industries. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 166-188. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.20.12

This article explores the opportunities and obstacles of researching women’s trade union activism in the British film and television industries between 1933 and 2017. The surviving material on women’s union participation is incomplete and fragmented,... Read More about Researching around our subjects: Working towards a women’s labour history of trade unions in the British film and television industries.

Generative modeling of synthetic eye-tracking data: NLP-based approach with recurrent neural networks (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Elbattah, M., Guérin, J. L., Carette, R., Cilia, F., & Dequen, G. (2020). Generative modeling of synthetic eye-tracking data: NLP-based approach with recurrent neural networks. In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (479-484). https://doi.org/10.5220/0010177204790484

This study explores a Machine Learning-based approach for generating synthetic eye-tracking data. In this respect, a novel application of Recurrent Neural Networks is experimented. Our approach is based on learning the sequence patterns of eye-tracki... Read More about Generative modeling of synthetic eye-tracking data: NLP-based approach with recurrent neural networks.

Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Costa, E., Duarte, J., & Bilén, S. G. (2020). Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (608-616). https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-84

In the scope of Industry 4.0, a framework is proposed to leverage the potential of articulating Augmented Reality and Robotic Manufacturing in the construction industry. The objective of such framework is to enable robots to learn how to perform task... Read More about Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation.

Mining the Irish hip fracture database: Learning factors contributing to care outcomes (2020)
Journal Article
Elbattah, M., & Molloy, O. (2020). Mining the Irish hip fracture database: Learning factors contributing to care outcomes. International Journal of Data Science, 5(4), 290. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijds.2020.115875

Data analytics has opened the door for improving many aspects pertaining to the delivery of healthcare. This study avails of unsupervised machine learning to extract knowledge from the Irish hip fracture database (IHFD). The dataset under considerati... Read More about Mining the Irish hip fracture database: Learning factors contributing to care outcomes.

Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Opoku, A., Zhao, S., Lok, K. L., Chen, C., & Umar, T. (2020). Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry. In L. Scott, & C. Nielson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual ARCOM Conference (285-294)

In the construction industry, safety leadership has been widely recognised as an indispensable factor that affects organisational safety performance. However, in China specifically, research on safety leadership in the construction domain is not adeq... Read More about Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry.

A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T. (2020). A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity. In F. Sherratt, B. Hare, & F. Emuze (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint CIB W099 & TG59 International Web-Conference 2020: Good Health, Wellbeing & Decent Work

The United Nations (UN) under its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers around the world. Although the deadline to achieve the UN SDGs is approaching faster... Read More about A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity.

R&D activity and financing constraints: Evidence from Turkey (2020)
Journal Article
Gezici, A., Orhangazi, Ö., & Yalçın, C. (2020). R&D activity and financing constraints: Evidence from Turkey. Panoeconomicus, 67(4), 557-571. https://doi.org/10.2298/pan170420011g

We analyze the relationship between financing constraints and firms’ R&D activity using a rich and comprehensive firm-level balance sheet and income statement data set of manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 1996 to 2013. Using a firm-specifi... Read More about R&D activity and financing constraints: Evidence from Turkey.

Designing mini-games for micro-learning: Open educational resources on cultural risks in multi-cultural organisations (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Arnab, S., Walaszczyk, L., Lewis, M., Kernaghan-Andrews, S., Masters, A., Calderwood, J., …Loizou, M. (2020). Designing mini-games for micro-learning: Open educational resources on cultural risks in multi-cultural organisations. In P. Fotaris (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Game Based Learning, ECGBL 2020 (21-30)

The need for self-directed learning for professional development drives an increase in the delivery of easy to use {\textquoteleft}just-in-time{\textquoteright} resources that respond to the often-dynamic workplace and work culture. Micro-learning ha... Read More about Designing mini-games for micro-learning: Open educational resources on cultural risks in multi-cultural organisations.

Two leagues, one front? The India league and the league against imperialism in the British left, 1927-1937 (2020)
Book Chapter
Reeves, M. (2020). Two leagues, one front? The India league and the league against imperialism in the British left, 1927-1937. In M. Louro, C. Stolte, H. Streets-Salter, & S. Tannoury-Karam (Eds.), The League Against Imperialism: Lives and Afterlives (283-308). Leiden University Press

V.K. Krishna Menon always made people angry. When he left southern India in 1924, coming to England under the auspices of his mentor Annie Besant’s Theosophist and Indian Home Rule movement, Menon disappointed his father by not becoming a lawyer and... Read More about Two leagues, one front? The India league and the league against imperialism in the British left, 1927-1937.

3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain (2020)
Journal Article
Richards, M. (2020). 3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain. Patterns of Prejudice, 54(5), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/0031322X.2021.1950317

Richards’s article is a reflection on comparative history inspired by the pulling down of the statue of the slave-trader Edward Colston in Bristol in June 2020. It explores the evolution in Spain of state policies and civil society activism to do wit... Read More about 3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain.

Critical ambience (2020)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J., & Hayler, M. (2020). Critical ambience. In T. Abba, J. Dovey, & P. Kate (Eds.), Ambient Literature: Towards a New Poetics of Situated Writing and Reading Practices (141-161). (1). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41456-6

This chapter argues that ambient cultural practices can be reframed as critically focused experiences rather than either passive backgrounds or immersive entertainment. We argue that ambient literature can leave the reader or listener with a heighten... Read More about Critical ambience.