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Neurons as autoencoders (2024)
Journal Article

This letter presents the idea that neural backpropagation is exploiting dendritic processing to enable individual neurons to perform autoencoding. Using a very simple connection weight search heuristic and artificial neural network model, the effects... Read More about Neurons as autoencoders.

National audit of patient reported experience of radical cystectomy for bladder cancer pathways (2024)
Journal Article

Objective: The objective of this study was to measure and describe the national patient experience of radical cystectomy (RC) pathways in the UK using the validated Cystectomy‐Pathway Assessment Tool (C‐PAT). Patients and Methods: A cohort of 1081 pa... Read More about National audit of patient reported experience of radical cystectomy for bladder cancer pathways.

Men accepting rewards for sex, sexual content and performance: A qualitative study of the health and wellbeing needs of 'male sex workers' (2024)
Thesis

Background
Male sex workers continue to be underrepresented in both the academic literature and across health care provision. Previous attempts to address health and wellbeing needs are limited to a sexual health focus or are based on the comparativ... Read More about Men accepting rewards for sex, sexual content and performance: A qualitative study of the health and wellbeing needs of 'male sex workers'.

Reducing risk factors which impact dog welfare through injury in flyball in the UK (2024)
Thesis

To date only two studies have sought to understand the frequency of injury in canine flyball, and no experimental data exists regarding the biomechanical demands placed upon competitors. Uniquely, competitors may use different angulations of flyball... Read More about Reducing risk factors which impact dog welfare through injury in flyball in the UK.

Technology transfer and absorptive capacity: Case study of the PEEPOWER technology (2024)
Thesis

A technology is more than the hardware or system used to deliver a service. In its broad sense, it also encompasses skills, knowledge and expertise on how the technology works and how to manufacture and operate it. Literature on technology transfer h... Read More about Technology transfer and absorptive capacity: Case study of the PEEPOWER technology.

Deletions in the MAL gene result in loss of Mal protein, defining the rare inherited AnWj-negative blood group phenotype (2024)
Journal Article

The genetic background of the high prevalence red blood cell antigen AnWj has remained unresolved since its identification in 1972, despite reported associations with both CD44 and Smyd1 histone methyltransferase. Development of anti-AnWj, which may... Read More about Deletions in the MAL gene result in loss of Mal protein, defining the rare inherited AnWj-negative blood group phenotype.

Supporting Black African students to engage more in physical activity: A qualitative study of lived experiences in the Midlands, UK (2024)
Journal Article

Aim. To explore how Black African international students adjust to their new university environment and gain insight into how they feel supported to engage in physical activity (PA). Background. People from ethnic minority backgrounds have poor physi... Read More about Supporting Black African students to engage more in physical activity: A qualitative study of lived experiences in the Midlands, UK.

Strategic planning in England – Current practice and future directions (2024)
Report

This report presents the findings of research commissioned by the Royal Town Planning Institute to provide evidence on the nature, scope and efficacy and potential of current approaches to strategic planning policy and practice in 2024.
It shows wid... Read More about Strategic planning in England – Current practice and future directions.

A study into the biological activity and therapeutic potential of molecular hydrogen and oxyhydrogen gases (2024)
Thesis

Molecular hydrogen (H2) and oxyhydrogen (66% H2/ 33% O2) gases can remediate the effects of numerous diseases in adults. By acting as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidative agent, it is reported that H2 administration can improve recovery through mi... Read More about A study into the biological activity and therapeutic potential of molecular hydrogen and oxyhydrogen gases.

Properties of textured piezoceramics measured with miniature samples (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background, Motivation and Objective: Piezoelectric materials carry intrinsic elastic-piezoelectric-dielectric (EPD) properties, typically represented in matrix form, which make them crucial for various technological fields. They are usually employed... Read More about Properties of textured piezoceramics measured with miniature samples.

Electrical signaling beyond neurons (2024)
Journal Article

Neural action potentials (APs) are difficult to interpret as signal encoders and/or computational primitives. Their relationships with stimuli and behaviors are obscured by the staggering complexity of nervous systems themselves. We can reduce this c... Read More about Electrical signaling beyond neurons.

An uncomfortable truth? Rethinking the relationship between neoliberalism and the creative and cultural industries (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines the profound interconnection between the creative and cultural industries (CCI) and neoliberal economic policies, highlighting the influence of such policies on the sector’s development, structural characteristics, and the chall... Read More about An uncomfortable truth? Rethinking the relationship between neoliberalism and the creative and cultural industries.

Mental health of social media influencers (2024)
Journal Article

There is a wide body of research on the effects of social media use on mental health, particularly focusing on young people. However, very little is known about the mental health of social media influencers (SMIs), who also tend to be quite young. Th... Read More about Mental health of social media influencers.

Ulises: Assembly (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

“Ulises: Assembly,” a residency and exhibition engaging the labor of bookworkers, asking: “what do you do?” as a means of delving into the printed matters of art publishing today. The result is a sprawling, multi-tiered physical manifestation of labo... Read More about Ulises: Assembly.

Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals (2024)
Journal Article

This paper describes the development of a bioinspired composite material capable of audio classification applications. Hydrogel matrices produced by microorganisms combined with synthetic biology elements, allow for the development of adaptable bioel... Read More about Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals.

Development of biological recognition elements for the detection of the genome of cocoa swollen shoot virus (2024)
Thesis

Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is the main threat to chocolate production in West Africa. Infection causes a decrease in bean production yield and can cause tree death within three years, causing socio-economic damage to small-holding farmers.

C... Read More about Development of biological recognition elements for the detection of the genome of cocoa swollen shoot virus.

Healthy streetlife: An ecologic exploration of residents' health practices in the street environment (2024)
Thesis

Background

Good health is a human right and the built environment is recognised as a wider determinant of health but many studies focus only on physical health not mental or social health. The street is a microscale of the built environment yet r... Read More about Healthy streetlife: An ecologic exploration of residents' health practices in the street environment.

Across landscapes and lifetimes: Perceptions of gender-based violence from survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG) (2024)
Journal Article

Violence Against Women and Girls in public spaces has become a focus for violence prevention policy since the murder of Sarah Everard but is this how survivors experience VAWG? This study listened to survivors as part of Safer Spaces funded research.... Read More about Across landscapes and lifetimes: Perceptions of gender-based violence from survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG).

Representations of the media and their effects in David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet (2024)
Thesis

This study concerns the novels of the Red Riding Quartet (1999-2002), the first published works of David Peace, a British author born in West Yorkshire in 1967 and the author’s use of an essentially conservative genre – crime fiction – to present an... Read More about Representations of the media and their effects in David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet.

Exploring opportunities and challenges in integrating industry 4.0 for advancements in the Sri Lankan construction sector (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) holds significant potential for the construction sector by introducing advanced technologies and innovative practices that enhance efficiency, productivity, safety, and sustainability. However, the Sri Lankan construction industry... Read More about Exploring opportunities and challenges in integrating industry 4.0 for advancements in the Sri Lankan construction sector.