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A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women (2023)
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Matheson, E. L., Schneider, J., Gentili, C., Tinoco, A., Silva-Breen, H., White, P., …Diedrichs, P. C. (in press). A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2023.2258379

Body image concerns and disengagement from movement-based activities are intertwined and disproportionately higher among girls and women, relative to boys and men. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined interventions targeting the intersec... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women.

Logical gates in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres (2023)
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Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Logical gates in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres. PLoS ONE, 18(9), Article e0289433. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289433

Proteinoids are thermal proteins which swell into microspheres in aqueous solution. Ensembles of proteinoids produce electrical spiking activity similar to that of neurons. We introduce a novel method for implementing logical gates in the ensembles o... Read More about Logical gates in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres.

Novel framework for efficient detection of QRS morphology for the cardiac arrhythmia classification (2023)
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Mastoi, Q., Farman, H., & Ahmed, S. (2023). Novel framework for efficient detection of QRS morphology for the cardiac arrhythmia classification. Journal of Computing and Biomedical Informatics, 5(02), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.56979/502/2023

The abnormal conduction or disturbance in the cardiac activity is called cardiac arrhythmia except for sinus rhythm. Cardiac arrhythmias are placing a significant strain on the healthcare system as a result of the rising mortality rate in the world.... Read More about Novel framework for efficient detection of QRS morphology for the cardiac arrhythmia classification.

Longitudinal risk-based security assessment of docker software container images (2023)
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Mills, A., White, J., & Legg, P. (2023). Longitudinal risk-based security assessment of docker software container images. Computers and Security, 135, Article 103478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2023.103478

As the use of software containerisation has increased, so too has the need for security research on their usage, with various surveys and studies conducted to assess the overall security posture of software container images. To date, there has been v... Read More about Longitudinal risk-based security assessment of docker software container images.

Proteinoid microspheres as protoneural networks (2023)
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Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Proteinoid microspheres as protoneural networks. ACS Omega, 8(38), 35417–35426. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c05670

Proteinoids, also known as thermal proteins, possess a fascinating ability to generate microspheres that exhibit electrical spikes resembling the action potentials of neurons. These spiking microspheres, referred to as protoneurons, hold the potentia... Read More about Proteinoid microspheres as protoneural networks.

A novel fuzzy trust-based secure routing scheme in flying ad hoc networks (2023)
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Hosseinzadeh, M., Mohammed, A. H., Alenizi, F. A., Malik, M. H., Yousefpoor, E., Yousefpoor, M. S., …Tightiz, L. (2023). A novel fuzzy trust-based secure routing scheme in flying ad hoc networks. Vehicular Communications, 44, Article 100665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2023.100665

Today, many studies assess vulnerabilities, threats, and attacks in flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) to provide solutions for countermeasures. Protecting FANETs against attackers and coordinating connections are challenging. The purpose of this study... Read More about A novel fuzzy trust-based secure routing scheme in flying ad hoc networks.

Light induced spiking of proteinoids (2023)
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Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Light induced spiking of proteinoids. BioSystems, 232, Article 105015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.105015

Proteinoids, or thermal proteins, are produced by heating amino acids to their melting point and initiating polymerisation to produce polymeric chains. In aqueous solutions proteinoids swell into hollow microspheres. These microspheres produce endoge... Read More about Light induced spiking of proteinoids.

Learning in colloids: Synapse-like ZnO + DMSO colloid (2023)
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Kheirabadi, N. R., Chiolerio, A., Phillips, N., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Learning in colloids: Synapse-like ZnO + DMSO colloid. Neurocomputing, 557, Article 126710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2023.126710

Colloids subjected to electrical stimuli exhibit a reconfiguration that might be used to store information and potentially compute. In a colloidal suspension of ZnO nanoparticles in DMSO, we investigated the learning, memorization, time and stimulati... Read More about Learning in colloids: Synapse-like ZnO + DMSO colloid.

Multiscalar electrical spiking in Schizophyllum commune (2023)
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Adamatzky, A., Schunselaar, E., Wösten, H. A. B., & Ayres, P. (2023). Multiscalar electrical spiking in Schizophyllum commune. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 12808. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40163-z

Growing colonies of the split-gill fungus Schizophyllum commune show action potential-like spikes of extracellular electrical potential. We analysed several days of electrical activity recording of the fungus and discovered three families of oscillat... Read More about Multiscalar electrical spiking in Schizophyllum commune.

SWEL: A domain-specific language for modeling data-intensive workflows (2023)
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Salado-Cid, R., Vallecillo, A., Munir, K., & Romero, J. R. (2024). SWEL: A domain-specific language for modeling data-intensive workflows. Business and Information Systems Engineering, 66(2), 137-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-023-00826-7

Data-intensive applications aim at discovering valuable knowledge from large amounts of data coming from real-world sources. Typically, workflow languages are used to specify these applications, and their associated engines enable the execution of th... Read More about SWEL: A domain-specific language for modeling data-intensive workflows.

No ultrasounds detected from fungi when dehydrated (2023)
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Phillips, N., Remedios, S. W., Nikolaidou, A., Baracskai, Z., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). No ultrasounds detected from fungi when dehydrated. Ultrasonics, 135, Article 107111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2023.107111

Many organisms (including certain plant species) can be observed to emit sounds, potentially signifying threat alerts. Sensitivity to such sounds and vibrations may also play an important role in the lives of fungi. In this work, we explore the poten... Read More about No ultrasounds detected from fungi when dehydrated.

Bargaining based design mechanism for delay sensitive tasks of mobile crowdsensing in IoT (2023)
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Ahmad, W., Ullah, A., Sheharyar, Jhanjhi, N. Z., Ghoniem, R. M., & Brohi, S. N. (2024). Bargaining based design mechanism for delay sensitive tasks of mobile crowdsensing in IoT. ICT Express, 10(1), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2023.07.006

Internet of Things (IoT) is getting growing interest to offer great opportunities in combination with Mobile Crowd Sensing for real-time applications. Existing approaches motivate mobile workers (MWs) for approaching the distant locations to receive... Read More about Bargaining based design mechanism for delay sensitive tasks of mobile crowdsensing in IoT.

Author correction: Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats (2023)
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Adamatzky, A., Tarabella, G., Phillips, N., Chiolerio, A., D’Angelo, P., Nikolaidou, A., & Sirakoulis, G. C. (2023). Author correction: Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 11204. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38161-2

Correction to: Scientific Reports, published online 09 June 2023 The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Pasquale D’Angelo which was incorrectly given as Passquale D’Angelo. The original Article has been... Read More about Author correction: Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats.

Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK (2023)
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Craddock, N., Gentili, C., Phoenix, A., White, P., Diedrichs, P. C., & Barlow, F. K. (2023). Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK. Body Image, 46, 246-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.06.010

Colourism is a form of prejudice and discrimination based on skin shade, disadvantaging people of colour with darker skin. This study investigates the relationship between perceived colourism, body image, and psychological wellbeing, considering perc... Read More about Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK.

Oncological outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer (2023)
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Francis, N., Penna, M., Dritsas, S., Kinsey, H., Moran, B., Nicol, D., …Wynn, G. (2023). Oncological outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. British Journal of Surgery, 110(12), 1614-1617. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad168

Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) was developed to overcome the technical difficulties of a transabdominal minimal-access approach to resection of low rectal cancer1–4. TaTME was reported to be feasible and effective, with the potential adv... Read More about Oncological outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.

Propagation of electrical signals by fungi (2023)
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Mayne, R., Roberts, N., Phillips, N., Weerasekera, R., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Propagation of electrical signals by fungi. BioSystems, 229, Article 104933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.104933

Living fungal mycelium networks are proven to have properties of memristors, capacitors and various sensors. To further progress our designs in fungal electronics we need to evaluate how electrical signals can be propagated through mycelium networks.... Read More about Propagation of electrical signals by fungi.

Personalised learning through context-based adaptation in the serious games with gating mechanism (2023)
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Shum, L. C., Rosunally, Y., Scarle, S., & Munir, K. (2023). Personalised learning through context-based adaptation in the serious games with gating mechanism. Education and Information Technologies, 28(10), 13077-13108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-11695-8

When the traditional "one size fits all" approach is used in designing educational games, the game context is usually arranged in a fixed sequence. However, the designated content may not effectively support the diversity of players. The player's abi... Read More about Personalised learning through context-based adaptation in the serious games with gating mechanism.

Adoption of business model canvas in exploring digital business transformation (2023)
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Sabri, M. O., Al-Qawasmi, K., Odeh, M., & Aydin, M. E. (2023). Adoption of business model canvas in exploring digital business transformation. Information Sciences Letters, 12(2), 845-854. https://doi.org/10.18576/isl/120225

Digital Business Transformation (DBT) values and contributions are still unrecognized by many organizations. Managers face problems in initiating their digital transformation due to the challenges and complexities in the realization of these processe... Read More about Adoption of business model canvas in exploring digital business transformation.

A fully automatic model for premature ventricular heartbeat arrhythmia classification using the Internet of Medical Things (2023)
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Mastoi, Q. U. A., Shaikh, A., Saleh Al Reshan, M., Sulaiman, A., Elmagzoub, M. A., & AlYami, S. (2023). A fully automatic model for premature ventricular heartbeat arrhythmia classification using the Internet of Medical Things. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 83, Article 104697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2023.104697

Cardiac arrhythmias are one of the leading causes of increased mortality worldwide and place a heavy burden on the medical environment. Premature ventricular contraction is the disturbance in electrical activity which is the most dangerous arrhythmia... Read More about A fully automatic model for premature ventricular heartbeat arrhythmia classification using the Internet of Medical Things.

Social Web in IoT: Can Evolutionary Computation and Clustering Improve Ontology Matching for Social Web of Things? (2023)
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Belhadi, A., Djenouri, D., Djenouri, Y., Belbachir, A. N., & Srivastava, G. (2023). Social Web in IoT: Can Evolutionary Computation and Clustering Improve Ontology Matching for Social Web of Things?. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSS.2023.3332562

Many Internet of Things (IoT) applications can benefit from Social Web of Things (S-WoT) methods that enable knowledge discovery and help solving interoperability problems. The semantic modeling of S-WoT is the main emphasis of this work where we sug... Read More about Social Web in IoT: Can Evolutionary Computation and Clustering Improve Ontology Matching for Social Web of Things?.