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Improving sustainability of affordable housing using innovative technologies: Case study of SIAH-Livable (2023)
Journal Article

Rapid urbanization presents a major challenge in achieving affordable and sustainable housing. In the face of the problem, rapid urbanisation represents, there is room for innovation. Advancements in sustainable design methods, new materials, and inn... Read More about Improving sustainability of affordable housing using innovative technologies: Case study of SIAH-Livable.

Appraising the nexus between influencers on the public transport choice by women commuters in South Africa (2023)
Journal Article

Women represent the largest share of public transport users in developing countries, yet they face many barriers that limit their mobility. In South Africa, safety and security concerns and limited access to reliable transport reduce women's particip... Read More about Appraising the nexus between influencers on the public transport choice by women commuters in South Africa.

The OdonAssist inflatable device for assisted vaginal birth—the ASSIST II study (United Kingdom) (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Decreasing rates of assisted vaginal birth have been paralleled with increasing rates of cesarean deliveries over the last 40 years. The OdonAssist is a novel device for assisted vaginal birth. Iterative changes to clinical parameters, de... Read More about The OdonAssist inflatable device for assisted vaginal birth—the ASSIST II study (United Kingdom).

Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art (2023)
Journal Article

The quality of life in rural housing settlements is at the heart of territorial cohesion concerns across Europe and the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. However, the gap between urban and rural developments remains substantial, stressin... Read More about Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art.

Surviving limbo: Critical career capital aspects for entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: The present study explored the adjustment (i.e. survival vs stay) of a unique group of Turkish entrepreneur immigrants in the United Kingdom, whose initial experiences upon their move were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. De... Read More about Surviving limbo: Critical career capital aspects for entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context.

Minimal reporting guideline for research involving eye tracking (2023 edition) (2023)
Journal Article

A guideline is proposed that comprises the minimum items to be reported in research studies involving an eye tracker and human or non-human primate participant(s). This guideline was developed over a 3-year period using a consensus-based process via... Read More about Minimal reporting guideline for research involving eye tracking (2023 edition).

Participatory design of an infographic to help support the care of people living with complex regional pain syndrome (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can be a debilitating pain condition with enduring physical, psychological and social impacts. CRPS is often poorly understood by healthcare professionals and management needs to be tailored to each i... Read More about Participatory design of an infographic to help support the care of people living with complex regional pain syndrome.

Optimisation of an elastomeric pre-buckled honeycomb helmet liner for advanced impact mitigation (2023)
Journal Article

Advances in computational modelling now offer an efficient route to developing novel helmet liners that could exceed contemporary materials’ performance. Furthermore, the rise of accessible additive manufacturing presents a viable route to achieving... Read More about Optimisation of an elastomeric pre-buckled honeycomb helmet liner for advanced impact mitigation.

The question concerning types: A review (2023)
Book Chapter

A characteristic of the 21st century for architecture as a discipline and profession is dealing with contemporary challenges such as a failure of traditional economic models, an urban and architectural density, technological literacy, migration pheno... Read More about The question concerning types: A review.

Examining the role of television programmes in legitimising inherited wealth and privilege for the super-rich in a society that values meritocracy (2023)
Journal Article

Recent years have seen the proliferation of television broadcasts that focus on the lavish lifestyles and consumption of “rich kids.” However, flaunting inherited wealth is an accountable activity within UK society that claims to be based on meritocr... Read More about Examining the role of television programmes in legitimising inherited wealth and privilege for the super-rich in a society that values meritocracy.

Use of drones for landscape-scale surveys to meet conservation organisation needs (2023)
Thesis

Monitoring is an important part of current conservation work but is currently overlooked over other aspects of conservation due to a lack of resources. Drones represent a potential solution to this lack of monitoring and have been shown to be more ac... Read More about Use of drones for landscape-scale surveys to meet conservation organisation needs.

Effect of design variation in behaviour and performance of Endplate-Type intermodular connection (2023)
Journal Article

Intermodular connections play an important role in the constructability and performance of modular building structures. The wind-generated vertical uplift force and the lateral load on modular structures raise concerns about the tensile and shear cap... Read More about Effect of design variation in behaviour and performance of Endplate-Type intermodular connection.

Old age and the gothic (2023)
Book Chapter

Building relationships back into the food system: Addressing food insecurity and food well-being (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: Failures of the current food system sit at the core of the multitude of crises by being the root framework for both consumption choices and food production. Low-income households are disproportionately affected by these failures, impact... Read More about Building relationships back into the food system: Addressing food insecurity and food well-being.

Mechanical characterisation of adobe samples from the state of Morelos, Mexico (2023)
Journal Article

Properties of adobe are highly dependent on the local soil composition and can vary significantly depending on fabrication techniques, configurations and state of conservation. The effect of the earthquakes that occurred in 2017 in Mexico relaunched... Read More about Mechanical characterisation of adobe samples from the state of Morelos, Mexico.

Cultural backstages as urban creative ecologies: The case of Glasgow (2023)
Journal Article

Amid growing interest in the creative industries and their influence on urban planning and regeneration strategies, this article revisits cultural backstages and their underlying infrastructural conditions. By cultural backstages, we mean those urban... Read More about Cultural backstages as urban creative ecologies: The case of Glasgow.

Air quality management and policy applications (2023)
Book Chapter

The effects of herbal teas and supplements on the human microbiota and metabolism (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: For centuries, herbal teas have been consumed by people of all ages and has been used for therapy in different civilisations and medical systems such as the Chinese, Indian, indigenous, and African. The aphorism- ‘Nature is the best chemi... Read More about The effects of herbal teas and supplements on the human microbiota and metabolism.

Paediatric SARC sexual health follow-up (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Project Young people using a Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC) in the southwest UK were involved in a co-production approach to redesign their journey from the service onwards to sexual health care in a range of settings. These young people h... Read More about Paediatric SARC sexual health follow-up.

Asking and telling: Addressing sexual violence in sexual health services – a UK national survey of practice. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sexual abuse and violence (SV/A) are common and rates are increasing. Criminal justice data shows most (85%) do not report. The harm from sexual violence ripples across generations, impacting individuals' capacity to work, and participate in family a... Read More about Asking and telling: Addressing sexual violence in sexual health services – a UK national survey of practice..