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Industry 4.0 more than a challenge in modeling, identification, and control for cyber-physical systems (2024)
Book Chapter
Mercorelli, P., Nemati, H., & Zhu, Q. (2024). Industry 4.0 more than a challenge in modeling, identification, and control for cyber-physical systems. In P. Mercorelli, W. Zhang, H. Nemati, & Y. Zhang (Eds.), Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber- Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0 (1 - 14). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2021-0-02869-8

Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber-Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0 studies and analyzes the role of algorithms in identifying and controlling such a system towards Industry 4.0, which is the digital transformation of manufacturing... Read More about Industry 4.0 more than a challenge in modeling, identification, and control for cyber-physical systems.

Making a difference: Opportunities and challenges for critical leadership studies (2024)
Book Chapter
Bolden, R. (2024). Making a difference: Opportunities and challenges for critical leadership studies. In O. Smolović-Jones, S. Wilson, H. Liu, & D. Knights (Eds.), Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Critical Leadership Studies (CLS) is founded on the premise that the leader-centrism that characterises traditional approaches to leadership theory, practice and development constrains the ability to work in more inclusive, collaborative and sustaina... Read More about Making a difference: Opportunities and challenges for critical leadership studies.

Examining sustainable packaging designs in the automotive industry: A case study of a luxury car manufacturer (2024)
Book Chapter
Jones, A., Cai, C., & Kamasak, R. (2024). Examining sustainable packaging designs in the automotive industry: A case study of a luxury car manufacturer. In Strategies for Environmentally Responsible Supply Chain and Production Management. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-0669-7

This paper investigates implementing sustainable supply chain management in packaging design within the automotive manufacturing industry. The study identifies how sustainable automotive packaging can enhance packaging design, explores the main desig... Read More about Examining sustainable packaging designs in the automotive industry: A case study of a luxury car manufacturer.

Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach (2024)
Book Chapter
Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Hayfield, N. (2024). Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach. In J. A. Smith (Ed.), Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. (4th). London: SAGE Publications

This chapter introduces the thematic analysis (TA) family of methods. We highlight key features of TA, including theoretical and design flexibility and its status as a technique that can be used within a wide variety of approaches to qualitative rese... Read More about Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach.

Navigating safety by design education: A framework of diffusion and implementation barriers (2024)
Book Chapter
Umeokafor, N., Windapo, A., Umar, T., & Ibrahim, C. K. I. C. (in press). Navigating safety by design education: A framework of diffusion and implementation barriers. In Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing. Taylor and Francis

In this study, a framework of the barriers to design for safety (DfS) education and training diffusion in architecture engineering and construction has been developed using the literature review, and some improvement strategies are outlined This stem... Read More about Navigating safety by design education: A framework of diffusion and implementation barriers.

Privacy based triage of suspicious activity reports using offline large language models (2024)
Book Chapter
Legg, P., Ryder, N., Bourton, S., Johnson, D., & Walker, R. (in press). Privacy based triage of suspicious activity reports using offline large language models. In Advancements in Cyber Crime Investigations and Modern Data Analytics. CRC Press / Taylor and Francis

Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) form a vital part of incident response and case management for the investigation of known or suspected money laundering. However, those submitting SARs, and those tasked with analysing SARs, often find the task overw... Read More about Privacy based triage of suspicious activity reports using offline large language models.

Rahnella (2024)
Book Chapter
Brady, C. L., & Denman, S. (2024). Rahnella. In M. Trujillo, S. Dedysh, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund, P. Kämpfer, F. Rainey, & W. Whitman (Eds.), Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01164.pub2

Rahnella species are ubiquitous in the environment, regularly isolated from water, soil, and woody tree hosts as well as occasionally from human clinical samples. Cells are Gram stain negative, facultatively anaerobic, and motile rods. Species are ps... Read More about Rahnella.

An exploration of the direct biological targets of molecular hydrogen (2024)
Book Chapter
Hancock, J., May, J. E., LeBaron, T. W., Punampalam, R., & Russell, G. (2024). An exploration of the direct biological targets of molecular hydrogen. In J. Slezak, & B. Kura (Eds.), Molecular Hydrogen in Health and Disease (21-38). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47375-3

Molecular hydrogen (H2), supplied either as a gas or in a solution, has been gaining popularity as a treatment for a variety of conditions and diseases. For example, it has been suggested to be beneficial for neurodegenerative diseases, to ease the i... Read More about An exploration of the direct biological targets of molecular hydrogen.

Bisexualities (2024)
Book Chapter
Hayfield, N. (2024). Bisexualities. In A. E. Goldberg (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ studies. (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications

This entry introduces the topic of bisexualities, which can be broadly defined as emotional, and/or romantic, and/or sexual attraction to people of more than one sex/gender. To consider bisexualities is important, in part because they have often been... Read More about Bisexualities.

Translating organizing and organizational metaphors: From the universal to the particular (2024)
Book Chapter
Gaggiotti, H., Case, P., Gosling, J., Holmgren Caicedo, M., & Austin, H. M. (2024). Translating organizing and organizational metaphors: From the universal to the particular. In The Oxford Handbook of Metaphor in Organization Studies (375-390). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192895707.013.23

This chapter deploys the concept of translation as a “metaphor of metaphor” from which to learn. Thus, the authors explore the relationship between universals and particulars with respect to organizational metaphors and address the contradiction of t... Read More about Translating organizing and organizational metaphors: From the universal to the particular.

The possible worlds of VR documentary (2024)
Book Chapter
Rose, M. (in press). The possible worlds of VR documentary. In Handbook of Documentary. Intellect

Producers have been drawn to virtual reality (VR) for its potential to render vivid experiences of nonfiction content. The politics of the platform’s affective operation, particularly in relation to distant human others, has been analysed and critiqu... Read More about The possible worlds of VR documentary.

AI and the complexity of Black photographic representation and critical analysis (2024)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., & Edwards, Y. (in press). AI and the complexity of Black photographic representation and critical analysis. In AI and Photography. Bristol: Royal Photographic Society

In this chapter artist Yuko Edwards and academic Shawn Sobers discuss the complex dynamics of AI image making, with regards both the problems and opportunities in the cultural politics of Black and African heritage representation. The significant cha... Read More about AI and the complexity of Black photographic representation and critical analysis.

The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges (2024)
Book Chapter
Opoku, A., Umar, T., & Amudjie, J. (2024). The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges. In The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals (44-57). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035300037.00011

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda (NUA), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), are the global frameworks and policies that are now in use in relation to disaster risk... Read More about The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges.

The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals (2024)
Book Chapter
Umar, T., Opoku, A., Umeokafor, N., & Ahmed, S. (2024). The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals. In A. Opoku (Ed.), The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals. Edward Elgar Publishing

It is now more than six years since the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed to be achieved by all member countries by 2030. While the deadline is approaching fast, still much of the counties are not on track to achiev... Read More about The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals.

‘Nothing sacred’: Angela Carter’s iconoclasm, place-making, and memorialization (2024)
Book Chapter
Crofts, C., & Mulvey Roberts, M. ‘Nothing sacred’: Angela Carter’s iconoclasm, place-making, and memorialization. In Angela Carter's futures: Representations, adaptations and legacies. Bloomsbury. Manuscript submitted for publication

It is ironic that the iconoclastic Angela Carter was ‘canonized’ as the ‘Good Witch’ of English literature following her death which raises the question of whether this form of commemoration actually contained or limited her reception? This chapter... Read More about ‘Nothing sacred’: Angela Carter’s iconoclasm, place-making, and memorialization.

The concept of legal convergence (2024)
Book Chapter
Platsas, A. E. (2024). The concept of legal convergence. In . E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging?: Lessons from Contemporary Crises (27-44). Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_3

The concept of convergence of legal systems stands for a leading idea in the modern discipline of law. Whereas one could neo-romantically still perceive law as a Landesjurisprudenz, a sort of provincial and domestic study, it would be fair to maintai... Read More about The concept of legal convergence.

Iter II (2024)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, A. (in press). Iter II. In Haunting Lives. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

We have a family funeral in Telford. “The only good thing about that place,” someone says, “is the road out.” Iter II is a hybrid essay, combing teaching notes and prompts, flash fiction and critical reflection in the form of personal essay and... Read More about Iter II.

Lelliottia (2024)
Book Chapter
Brady, C. L. (2024). Lelliottia. In M. Trujillo, S. Dedysh, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund, P. Kämpfer, F. Rainey, & W. Whitman (Eds.), Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm02044

The genus Lelliottia includes species regularly isolated from water, soil, spoiled fruit and vegetables, elm trees suffering from “wetwood” disease, and also from clinical samples. Cells are Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, motile rods.... Read More about Lelliottia.

Kosakonia (2024)
Book Chapter
Brady, C. L. (2024). Kosakonia. In M. Trujillo, S. Dedysh, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund, P. Kämpfer, F. Rainey, & W. Whitman (Eds.), Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm02043

Species within the genus Kosakonia are primarily plant-growth-promoting bacteria, able to fix nitrogen and improve crop yield. However, several species have also been isolated from clinical samples and are thought to cause rare incidences of disease.... Read More about Kosakonia.