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Prevalence and distribution of uncorrected refractive error among school children in the Bongo District of Ghana (2021)
Journal Article

To estimate the prevalence and distribution of uncorrected refractive error among school children in the Bongo District of Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 12–15-year-old children in eighteen public junior high schools i... Read More about Prevalence and distribution of uncorrected refractive error among school children in the Bongo District of Ghana.

Context-aware multi-user offloading in mobile edge computing: A federated learning-based approach (2021)
Journal Article

Mobile edge computing (MEC) provides an effective solution to help the Internet of Things (IoT) devices with delay-sensitive and computation-intensive tasks by offering computing capabilities in the proximity of mobile device users. Most of the exist... Read More about Context-aware multi-user offloading in mobile edge computing: A federated learning-based approach.

Science-narrative explorations of ‘drought thresholds’ in the maritime Eden catchment, Scotland: Implications for local drought risk management (2021)
Journal Article

Drought in the United Kingdom is a “hidden” pervasive risk, defined and perceived in different ways by diverse stakeholders and sectors. Scientists and water managers distinguish meteorological, agricultural, hydrological, and socio-economic drought.... Read More about Science-narrative explorations of ‘drought thresholds’ in the maritime Eden catchment, Scotland: Implications for local drought risk management.

They know they can get away with it’: Housing development, divergent goals and the limits to trust (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation to stimulate a panel discussion at the Housing Studies Association Conference 2021 on issues of trust between local authorities and housing developers.

The prevention of‑ and first response to‑ injuries in Nepal: A review of policies and legislation (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Injuries, the cause of an estimated 4.5 million deaths annually and many more disabilities worldwide each year, are the predictable outcome of particular circumstances. One of the most effective ways to prevent injuries is through policy... Read More about The prevention of‑ and first response to‑ injuries in Nepal: A review of policies and legislation.

"Have we done enough?" A cross-condition exploration of the experiences of parents caring for a child with an appearance-affecting condition or injury (2021)
Journal Article

Children and young people (CYP) with appearance-affecting conditions/injuries report common pervasive psychosocial difficulties, regardless of cause, nature or extent of their visible differences. Parents or carers can also experience psychosocial di... Read More about "Have we done enough?" A cross-condition exploration of the experiences of parents caring for a child with an appearance-affecting condition or injury.

Stuff and space in the home: An understanding of material possessions to inform spatial storage design (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the field of architecture, there has been little research on how the accumulation of material possessions is impacting on space for living in the home. There has been little understanding of what households own, collect, store and dispose of, nor... Read More about Stuff and space in the home: An understanding of material possessions to inform spatial storage design.

Firm ownership heterogeneity and strategic diversification via cross-border deals (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, we investigate the role of ownership heterogeneity of acquiring Brazilian multinational enterprises in determining industrial diversification strategies in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Based on institutions-based theory and c... Read More about Firm ownership heterogeneity and strategic diversification via cross-border deals.

The prevention of – and first response to – injuries in Nepal: A review of policies and legislation (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Injuries, the cause of an estimated 4.5 million deaths annually and many more disabilities worldwide each year, are the predictable outcome of particular circumstances. One of the most effective ways to prevent injuries is through policy... Read More about The prevention of – and first response to – injuries in Nepal: A review of policies and legislation.

'Places left behind': National urban policy in the UK - from boom to slump and recovery? (2021)
Book Chapter

Autonomous damage recognition in visual inspection of laminated composite structures using deep learning (2021)
Journal Article

This study proposes the exploitation of deep learning for quantitative assessment of visual detectability of different types of in-service damage in laminated composite structures such as aircraft and wind turbine blades. A comprehensive image-based... Read More about Autonomous damage recognition in visual inspection of laminated composite structures using deep learning.

Fuzzy tuned PID controller for envisioned agricultural manipulator (2021)
Journal Article

The implementation of image-based phenotyping systems has become an important aspect of crop and plant science research which has shown tremendous growth over the years. Accurate determination of features using images requires stable imaging and very... Read More about Fuzzy tuned PID controller for envisioned agricultural manipulator.

Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Climate change is a threat to food security that has compelled government around the globe to adopt concrete measures to explore sustainable farming practices. This study, therefore, is focused on assessing the environmental and economic impacts of a... Read More about Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis.

Pulsed thermography digital motion stabilization for the unmanned vehicle inspection of solar farms and GFRP wind blades through UAVs and UGVs (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The quality control of structures and fuselages in both the wind-turbine and solar sectors is a fundamental part that allows a lifetime assessment of their elements, from its initial assembly to the recurring inspection cycles. Automating the active... Read More about Pulsed thermography digital motion stabilization for the unmanned vehicle inspection of solar farms and GFRP wind blades through UAVs and UGVs.

The impact of working conditions on the UK’s teaching assistants (2021)
Journal Article

Teaching assistants (TAs) in the United Kingdom typically work with students with additional and special needs, including the most challenging and vulnerable pupils, in low paid, precarious roles. However, no research has examined how organisational... Read More about The impact of working conditions on the UK’s teaching assistants.

CDC2-like (CLK) protein kinase inhibition as a novel targeted therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer (2021)
Journal Article

Dysregulation of alternative splicing is a feature of cancer, both in aetiology and progression. It occurs because of mutations in splice sites or sites that regulate splicing, or because of the altered expression and activity of splice factors and o... Read More about CDC2-like (CLK) protein kinase inhibition as a novel targeted therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer.

Everyday communism in urban gardens in Cardiff, Wales (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Increasing interest in urban gardens has framed them in diverse ways—from commons or commoning (Engel-Di Mauro 2018), the right to the city (Purcell and Tyman 2015), and food justice (Tornaghi 2017). However, in recognising that the politics of urban... Read More about Everyday communism in urban gardens in Cardiff, Wales.

‘We tend to get pad happy’: A qualitative study of health practitioners’ perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital (2021)
Journal Article

Bladder and bowel control difficulties affect 20% and 10% of the UK population, respectively, touch all age groups and are particularly prevalent in the older (65+ years) population. However, the quality of continence care is often poor, compromising... Read More about ‘We tend to get pad happy’: A qualitative study of health practitioners’ perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital.

Exploring men’s experiences of their female partner’s sexual pain: A qualitative thematic analysis study (2021)
Thesis

Aims
Female sexual pain occurs within a relational context, yet little is known about partners’ experiences This study adds to the very small literature exploring men’s experience of sexual pain within a different-sex relationship. I aimed to give v... Read More about Exploring men’s experiences of their female partner’s sexual pain: A qualitative thematic analysis study.

Assessment of COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: A lockdown scenario analysis (2021)
Journal Article

The Government of Nepal issued a nationwide lockdown from 24 March to 21 July 2020, prohibiting domestic and international travels, closure of the border and non-essential services. There were only two confirmed cases from 610 Reverse Transcription P... Read More about Assessment of COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: A lockdown scenario analysis.