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Does the application of a Lycra arm sleeve change shoulder biomechanics in people with stroke? - A preliminary study (2021)
Journal Article

Introduction Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is reported in up to 81% of patients with stroke. Our previous studies found that a Lycra sleeve can reduce acromion-greater tuberosity (AGT) distance (used for assessment of GHS) in people with chronic str... Read More about Does the application of a Lycra arm sleeve change shoulder biomechanics in people with stroke? - A preliminary study.

Book Review – 2021 (2021)
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The following publication contains book reviews of these titles:

Bearman, M., Dawson, P., Ajjawi, R., Tai, J., Boud, D. (eds.) (2020) Re-imagining university assessment in a digital world. The Enabling Power of Assessment 7. Springer, 296 pages, h... Read More about Book Review – 2021.

Brenneria goodwinii growth in vitro is improved by competitive interactions with other bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline (2021)
Journal Article

Brenneria goodwinii, Rahnella victoriana and Gibbsiella quercinecans are three bacterial species frequently isolated together from oak displaying symptoms of Acute Oak Decline (AOD), which include weeping patches on trunks. All three bacterial specie... Read More about Brenneria goodwinii growth in vitro is improved by competitive interactions with other bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline.

Multiple life-cycle products: A review of antecedents, outcomes, challenges, and benefits in a circular economy (2021)
Journal Article

The importance of design and its contribution to society is heavily emphasised in the literature. Multiple life-cycle products are based on the ideology value retention of components, products, and materials after its use phase, and utilised for the... Read More about Multiple life-cycle products: A review of antecedents, outcomes, challenges, and benefits in a circular economy.

A Stream X-Machine tool for modelling and generating test cases for chronic diseases based on state-counting approach (2021)
Journal Article

In the biomedical domain, diagrammatical models have been extensively used to describe and understand the behaviour of biological organisms (biological agents) for decades. Although these models are simple and comprehensive, they can only offer a sta... Read More about A Stream X-Machine tool for modelling and generating test cases for chronic diseases based on state-counting approach.

Exploring a web-based application to convert Tamil and Vietnamese speech to text without the effect of code- switching and code-mixing (2021)
Journal Article

This paper attempts to develop an application that converts Tamil and Vietnamese speech to text, with a view to encourage usage and indirectly ensure linguistic preservation of a classical language. The application converts spoken Tamil and Vietnames... Read More about Exploring a web-based application to convert Tamil and Vietnamese speech to text without the effect of code- switching and code-mixing.

A novel software fault prediction approach to predict error-type proneness in the Java programs using Stream X-Machine and machine learning (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Software fault prediction makes software quality assurance process more efficient and economic. Most of the works related to software fault prediction have mainly focused on classifying software modules as faulty or not, which does not produce suffic... Read More about A novel software fault prediction approach to predict error-type proneness in the Java programs using Stream X-Machine and machine learning.

Modeling diseases with Stream X Machine (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

At present the world is moving towards alternative medicine and behavioural alteration for treating, managing, and preventing chronical diseases. With the individuality of the human beings has added more complexity in a domain where very high accurac... Read More about Modeling diseases with Stream X Machine.

An exploration of institutional approaches in pursuing sustainable development (2021)
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The institutional setting within which consumption and production occurs has profound influence on preferences and forms of production, and substantially shapes resource throughput of economies, pollution and land use. Institutional economics is argu... Read More about An exploration of institutional approaches in pursuing sustainable development.

Nurturing architecture: Education, research and practice for health and wellbeing (2021)
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Nurturing Architecture explores how an ethos of care, of providing nourishment and supporting growth and development, might be understood as a founding principle for architectural education and practice. The term allows multiple interpretations, whic... Read More about Nurturing architecture: Education, research and practice for health and wellbeing.

Application of region-based video surveillance in smart cities using deep learning (2021)
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Smart video surveillance helps to build more robust smart city environment. The varied angle cameras act as smart sensors and collect visual data from smart city environment and transmit it for further visual analysis. The transmitted visual data is... Read More about Application of region-based video surveillance in smart cities using deep learning.

Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning (2021)
Book Chapter

Complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory is offering new perspectives on the nature of learning in school classrooms. In CAS such as social networks, city traffic systems and insect colonies, innovation, and change are occasioned through non-linear, bot... Read More about Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 1 (2021)
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You're only as old as you feel – or think. Certainly, brain senescence has a disproportionate impact on individuals’ abilities and degree of independence. In addition to your actual chronological age, recently developed machine learning algorithms ca... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 220 , Issue 1.

Incremental motor skill learning and generalization from human dynamic reactions based on dynamic movement primitives and fuzzy logic system (2021)
Journal Article

Different from previous work on single skill learning from human demonstrations, an incremental motor skill learning, generalization and control method based on dynamic movement primitives (DMP) and broad learning system (BLS) is proposed for extract... Read More about Incremental motor skill learning and generalization from human dynamic reactions based on dynamic movement primitives and fuzzy logic system.

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains (2021)
Journal Article

Recently, it has become an important issue to ensure sustainability, especially in food supply chains, against the rapidly growing population, increasing demand, and sudden disruptions caused by uncertain times such as that caused by COVID-19. Since... Read More about Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains.

Investing in the future of science: Assessing UK environmental science engagement with school-aged children (2021)
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Societal Impact Statement: Currently, there is no national overview of environmental science engagement in the United Kingdom. Children are key stakeholders in the future of science more generally and environmental science specifically. Appraising th... Read More about Investing in the future of science: Assessing UK environmental science engagement with school-aged children.

How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis (2021)
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While pornography is increasingly widespread and accessible, women’s experiences with or views about it are seldom recognised or investigated. In this paper we explore how women make sense of their experiences with pornography. The analysis is based... Read More about How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis.

Influence of blade vibrations on aerodynamic performance of axial compressor in gas turbine: Direct numerical simulation (2021)
Journal Article

Flutter instability because of the blade vibrations is a major problem in axial compressor cascades. This paper investigates the effects of blade oscillations on aerodynamic performance and turbulent flow characteristics of modern gas-turbine compres... Read More about Influence of blade vibrations on aerodynamic performance of axial compressor in gas turbine: Direct numerical simulation.

Chromosomally normal miscarriage is associated with vaginal dysbiosis and local inflammation (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Emerging evidence supports an association between vaginal microbiota composition and risk of miscarriage; however, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We aim to investigate the vaginal microbial composition and the local immu... Read More about Chromosomally normal miscarriage is associated with vaginal dysbiosis and local inflammation.

RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication (2021)
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Science communication is at a pivotal stage in its development due to the emergence of digital communication platforms that are not only presenting new opportunities but are also leading to new challenges. In this context, science communicators, who... Read More about RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication.