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A scalable deep learning system for monitoring and forecasting pollutant concentration levels on UK highways (2022)
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Akinosho, T. D., Oyedele, L. O., Bilal, M., Barrera-Animas, A. Y., Gbadamosi, A. Q., & Olawale, O. A. (2022). A scalable deep learning system for monitoring and forecasting pollutant concentration levels on UK highways. Ecological Informatics, 69, Article 101609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101609

The construction of intercity highways by the government has resulted in a progressive increase in vehicle emissions and pollution from noise, dust, and vibrations despite its recognition of the air pollution menace. Efforts that have targeted roadsi... Read More about A scalable deep learning system for monitoring and forecasting pollutant concentration levels on UK highways.

Socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom: A systematic review (2022)
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Ismail, S. U., Asamane, E. A., Osei-Kwasi, H. A., & Boateng, D. (2022). Socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), Article 3070. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053070

There has been little agreement on the role that socioeconomic factors play in the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom (UK). We systematically reviewed the existing evidence on this... Read More about Socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom: A systematic review.

A review on the use of passive flow control devices as performance enhancement of lift-type vertical axis wind turbines (2022)
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Syawitri, T. P., Yao, Y., Yao, J., & Chandra, B. (2022). A review on the use of passive flow control devices as performance enhancement of lift-type vertical axis wind turbines. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 11(4), e435. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.435

This article provides a comprehensive review about passive flow control devices (PFCDs) implemented in lift-type vertical axis wind turbine (LVAWT), focusing on the underlying flow physics mechanisms and to what extents they can improve the LVAWT per... Read More about A review on the use of passive flow control devices as performance enhancement of lift-type vertical axis wind turbines.

Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals (2022)
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Oliveira Neto, G. C. D., Leite, R. R., Lucato, W. C., Vanalle, R. M., Amorim, M., Matias, J. C. O., & Kumar, V. (2022). Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals. Sustainability, 14(5), Article 2944. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052944

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic and environmental gains that result from the implementation of cleaner production in a small enterprise (SE) from the metal and mechanics industry, allowing for overcoming barriers and contributin... Read More about Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals.

Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments (2022)
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West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67(5), 676-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2038791

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) teleconnection is often cited as the leading mode of climate variability in Great Britain. The NAO has been found to produce significant rainfall deviations that vary in space and time. This study sought to analys... Read More about Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments.

Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards (2022)
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Asante, S., Sarpong, D., Bi, J., & Mordi, C. (2023). Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards. European Management Review, 20(1), 18-30

Business excellence awards (BEAs) have become all too commonplace. Entering and winning one has now become part of contemporary organising. However, scholarly work examining these awards remains scattered, with the dominant narrative focusing on what... Read More about Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards.

Bringing children and older people together through food: The promotion of intergenerational relationships across preschool, school and care home settings (2022)
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Jones, M., & Ismail, S. U. (2022). Bringing children and older people together through food: The promotion of intergenerational relationships across preschool, school and care home settings. Working with Older People, 26(2), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/wwop-11-2021-0059

Purpose: This paper aims to explore how food-focused social activities are a route for promoting intergenerational relationships, well-being and dietary benefits among residents in care homes and children in preschool/schools. Design/methodology/appr... Read More about Bringing children and older people together through food: The promotion of intergenerational relationships across preschool, school and care home settings.

Sustainable engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework (2022)
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Honnurvali, M. S., El-Saleh, A. A., Sheikh, A. M., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Umar, T. (2022). Sustainable engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 35(3), 52-69

This research study has investigated the challenges faced due to the pandemic (COVID-19). This paper further provides recommendations that can be adopted by academics, learners, and administrators to make the education system more robust and sustaina... Read More about Sustainable engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework.

Deep learning-based networks for automated recognition and classification of awkward working postures in construction using wearable insole sensor data (2022)
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Antwi-Afari, M. F., Qarout, Y., Herzallah, R., Anwer, S., Umer, W., Zhang, Y., & Manu, P. (2022). Deep learning-based networks for automated recognition and classification of awkward working postures in construction using wearable insole sensor data. Automation in Construction, 136, Article 104181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104181

Among the numerous work-related risk factors, construction workers are often exposed to awkward working postures that may lead them to develop work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). To mitigate WMSDs among construction workers, awkward worki... Read More about Deep learning-based networks for automated recognition and classification of awkward working postures in construction using wearable insole sensor data.

Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand (2022)
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Bodman, S. (2022). Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand. Printmaking Today, 31(121), 22-23

Norwegian artist Randi Annie Strand’s current printmaking project takes inspiration from light refraction. The artists’ books and films created for her Prism series are separate yet intertwined, and each is unique. As she explains: a book is three-di... Read More about Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand.

A multi-data geospatial approach for understanding flood risk in the coastal plains of Tamil Nadu, India (2022)
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George, S. L., Kantamaneni, K., V, R. A., Prasad, K. A., Shekhar, S., Panneer, S., …Balasubramani, K. (2022). A multi-data geospatial approach for understanding flood risk in the coastal plains of Tamil Nadu, India. Earth, 3(1), 383-400. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth3010023

The coastal plains of Tamil Nadu, India, are prone to floods, the most common disaster experienced in this region almost every year. This research aims to identify flood risks in the coastal plain region of Tamil Nadu, delineated through a watershed... Read More about A multi-data geospatial approach for understanding flood risk in the coastal plains of Tamil Nadu, India.

The effects of a morphed trailing-edge flap on the aeroacoustic and aerodynamic performance of a 30P30N Aerofoil (2022)
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Watkins, J., & Bouferrouk, A. (2022). The effects of a morphed trailing-edge flap on the aeroacoustic and aerodynamic performance of a 30P30N Aerofoil. Acoustics, 4(1), 248-267. https://doi.org/10.3390/acoustics4010015

This paper presents initial results on the aeroacoustic and aerodynamic effects of morphing the trailing-edge flap of the 30P30N aerofoil, over five flap deflections (5–25◦ ), at an 8◦ angle of attack and a Reynolds number of Re = 9.2 × 105 . The Ffo... Read More about The effects of a morphed trailing-edge flap on the aeroacoustic and aerodynamic performance of a 30P30N Aerofoil.

Variational restricted Boltzmann machines to automated anomaly detection (2022)
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Demertzis, K., Iliadis, L., Pimenidis, E., & Kikiras, P. (2022). Variational restricted Boltzmann machines to automated anomaly detection. Neural Computing and Applications, 34, 15207–15220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-022-07060-4

Data-driven methods are implemented using particularly complex scenarios that reflect in-depth perennial knowledge and research. Hence, the available intelligent algorithms are completely dependent on the quality of the available data. This is not po... Read More about Variational restricted Boltzmann machines to automated anomaly detection.

Concluding remarks (2022)
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Case, P., Raelin, J. A., & Śliwa, M. (2022). Concluding remarks. Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 41(1), 163-165. https://doi.org/10.5840/bpej20224114

The authors of the exchange now reunite to offer some concluding remarks. Although there are many facets of ethical theory and practice that emanate from our commentaries, clearly a principal contribution is how a Western-originated concept, namely l... Read More about Concluding remarks.

Teacher-perpetrated sexual harassment and student performance: Roles of emotional exhaustion and neuroticism (2022)
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Bilal, A., Laeeque, S. H., Saeed, M. A., & Mumtaz, M. (2022). Teacher-perpetrated sexual harassment and student performance: Roles of emotional exhaustion and neuroticism. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 41(5), 793-812. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-06-2021-0155

Purpose: This study examines the effects of teacher-perpetrated sexual harassment on graduate students' academic and extracurricular performance using conservation of resources theory as a framework. Further, it looks into the moderating role of trai... Read More about Teacher-perpetrated sexual harassment and student performance: Roles of emotional exhaustion and neuroticism.

Prioritising elective arthroplasty: A further challenge of COVID-19 Can a prioritisation scoring tool help with reducing waiting lists? (2022)
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Smith, L., Hainsworth, L., Price, M., & Odutola, K. (2022). Prioritising elective arthroplasty: A further challenge of COVID-19 Can a prioritisation scoring tool help with reducing waiting lists?. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 104(2), 72-75. https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2022.20

INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the delivery of elective orthopaedic care in the UK, leading to a hugely increased number of patients on waiting lists. The focus has therefore now turned to reducing the backlog. We... Read More about Prioritising elective arthroplasty: A further challenge of COVID-19 Can a prioritisation scoring tool help with reducing waiting lists?.