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Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72 (2020)
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Soust-Verdaguer, B., García Martínez, A., Llatas, C., Gómez de Cózar, J. C., Allacker, K., Trigaux, D., …Passer, A. (2020). Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022008

Introduction: The application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique to a building requires the collection and organization of a large amount of data over its life cycle. The systematic decomposition method can be used to classify building comp... Read More about Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72.

Investigating anti-evasion malware triggers using automated sandbox reconfiguration techniques (2020)
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Mills, A., & Legg, P. (2021). Investigating anti-evasion malware triggers using automated sandbox reconfiguration techniques. Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 1(1), 19-39. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcp1010003

Malware analysis is fundamental for defending against prevalent cyber security threats and requires a means to deploy and study behavioural software traits as more sophisticated malware is developed. Traditionally, virtual machines are used to provid... Read More about Investigating anti-evasion malware triggers using automated sandbox reconfiguration techniques.

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: A prospective multicentre cohort study protocol (2020)
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Corr, M., Christie, S., Watson, C., Maney, J., Fairley, D., Ladhani, S. N., …Waterfield, T. (2020). Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: A prospective multicentre cohort study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(11), Article e041661. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041661

Background: A novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been responsible for a worldwide pandemic. Children typically have very mild, or no, symptoms of infection. This makes estimations of seroprevalence in children difficult. Research is therefore required... Read More about Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: A prospective multicentre cohort study protocol.

Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants (2020)
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Meager, S., Kumar, V., Ekren, B., & Paddeu, D. (2020). Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants. Procedia Manufacturing, 51(30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2021)), 1642-1649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.229

This is an exploratory study into the drivers and barriers faced by independent restaurants when implementing green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. There is a limited evidence in the literature that attempts to explore GSCM implementation p... Read More about Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants.

Tokophobia and fear of birth: A workshop consensus statement on current issues and recommendations for future research (2020)
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Jomeen, J., Martin, C. R., Jones, C., Marshall, C., Ayers, S., Burt, K., …Thomson, G. (2021). Tokophobia and fear of birth: A workshop consensus statement on current issues and recommendations for future research. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 39(1), 2-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2020.1843908

Objective: To discuss and develop a statement on the current state of the evidence and opinion in Fear of Childbirth (FoC) and Tokophobia (Tocophobia), and to provide recommendations. Background: A group met in 2019 to discuss the state of clinical a... Read More about Tokophobia and fear of birth: A workshop consensus statement on current issues and recommendations for future research.

Acceptability and feasibility of early identification of mental health difficulties in primary schools: A qualitative exploration of UK school staff and parents’ perceptions (2020)
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Childs-Fegredo, J., Burn, A., Duschinsky, R., Humphrey, A., Ford, T., Jones, P. B., & Howarth, E. (2021). Acceptability and feasibility of early identification of mental health difficulties in primary schools: A qualitative exploration of UK school staff and parents’ perceptions. School Mental Health, 13, 143–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09398-3

© 2020, The Author(s). One in eight children aged 5–19years in the UK suffer from a psychiatric disorder, while fewer than 35% are identified and only 25% of children access mental health services. Whilst government policy states that primary schools... Read More about Acceptability and feasibility of early identification of mental health difficulties in primary schools: A qualitative exploration of UK school staff and parents’ perceptions.

Estimating occupancy levels in enclosed spaces using environmental variables: A fitness gym and living room as evaluation scenarios (2020)
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Vela, A., Alvarado-Uribe, J., Davila Delgado, M., Hernandez-Gress, N., & Ceballos, H. G. (2020). Estimating occupancy levels in enclosed spaces using environmental variables: A fitness gym and living room as evaluation scenarios. Sensors, 20(22), 6579. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20226579

The understanding of occupancy patterns has been identified as a key contributor to achieve improvements in energy efficiency in buildings since occupancy information can benefit different systems, such as HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditio... Read More about Estimating occupancy levels in enclosed spaces using environmental variables: A fitness gym and living room as evaluation scenarios.

Deep learning vs. traditional solutions for group trajectory outliers (2020)
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Belhadi, A., Djenouri, Y., Djenouri, D., Michalak, T., & Chun-Wei Lin, J. (2022). Deep learning vs. traditional solutions for group trajectory outliers. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 52(6), 4508-4519. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2020.3029338

This article introduces a new model to identify a group of trajectory outliers from a large trajectory database and proposes several algorithms. These can be split into three categories: 1) algorithms based on data mining and knowledge discovery, whi... Read More about Deep learning vs. traditional solutions for group trajectory outliers.

Harnessing adaptive novelty for automated generation of cancer treatments (2020)
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Balaz, I., Petrić, T., Kovacevic, M., Tsompanas, M. A., & Stillman, N. (2021). Harnessing adaptive novelty for automated generation of cancer treatments. BioSystems, 199, Article 104290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104290

© 2020 The Authors Nanoparticles have the potential to modulate both the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of drugs, thereby enhancing their therapeutic effect. The versatility of nanoparticles allows for a wide range of customization poss... Read More about Harnessing adaptive novelty for automated generation of cancer treatments.

Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach (2020)
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Razzaque, J., & Lester, C. (2021). Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach. Transnational Environmental Law, 10(1), 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102520000333

Sites of ancient woodland in the United Kingdom (UK) are diminishing rapidly and the multi-functional forest management system with its fragmented approach fails effectively to protect such woodland. In the face of reports on the destruction of ancie... Read More about Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach.

Systems leadership in practice: Thematic insights from three public health case studies (2020)
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Bigland, C., Evans, D., Bolden, R., & Rae, M. (2020). Systems leadership in practice: Thematic insights from three public health case studies. BMC Public Health, 20, Article 1735. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09641-1

Background: ‘Systems leadership’ has emerged as a key concept in global public health alongside such related concepts as ‘systems thinking’ and ‘whole systems approaches.’ It is an approach that is well suited to issues that require collective actio... Read More about Systems leadership in practice: Thematic insights from three public health case studies.

Rapid ‘fingerprinting’ of potential sources of plastics in river systems: An example from the River Wye, UK (2020)
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Ogden, W., & Everard, M. (2022). Rapid ‘fingerprinting’ of potential sources of plastics in river systems: An example from the River Wye, UK. International Journal of River Basin Management, 20(3), 349-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2020.1830783

Literature review identified seven principal pathways of plastic debris entry into river systems: waste water treatment plants; combined sewer overflows; on-site wastewater treatment systems; road and rail transport systems; agriculture; industrial s... Read More about Rapid ‘fingerprinting’ of potential sources of plastics in river systems: An example from the River Wye, UK.

Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines (2020)
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Win Naung, S., Rahmati, M., & Farokhi, H. (2021). Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines. Renewable Energy, 167, 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.11.046

The aerodynamic simulations of wind turbines are typically carried out using a steady inflow condition. However, the aerodynamics and aeroelasticity of wind turbine blades can be significantly affected by inflow wakes due to the environmental conditi... Read More about Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines.

Public transport use and health status in later life: Which relationship? (2020)
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Crotti, D., Maggi, E., Pantelaki, E., & Rossi, F. (2021). Public transport use and health status in later life: Which relationship?. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 40, 100591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2020.100591

In many developed countries, ageing trends have called for mobility policies oriented to active travels for older adults, preventing some diseases. As a result, in the transport and health literature, the elderly's psycho-physical health is growingly... Read More about Public transport use and health status in later life: Which relationship?.

When the decomposition meets the constraint satisfaction problem (2020)
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Djenouri, Y., Djenouri, D., Habbas, Z., Lin, J. C., Michalak, T. P., & Cano, A. (2020). When the decomposition meets the constraint satisfaction problem. IEEE Access, 8, 207034-207043. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3038228

This paper explores the joint use of decomposition methods and parallel computing for solving constraint satisfaction problems and introduces a framework called Parallel Decomposition for Constraint Satisfaction Problems (PD-CSP). The main idea is th... Read More about When the decomposition meets the constraint satisfaction problem.

The dying patient: Taboo, controversy and missing terms of reference for designers—an architectural perspective (2020)
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Bellamy, A., Clark, S., & Anstey, S. (2022). The dying patient: Taboo, controversy and missing terms of reference for designers—an architectural perspective. Medical Humanities, 48(1), e2-e9. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2020-011969

Contemporary society has grown seemingly detached from the realities of growing old and subsequently, dying. A consequence, perhaps, of death becoming increasingly overmedicalised, nearly one in two UK nationals die institutional deaths. In this arti... Read More about The dying patient: Taboo, controversy and missing terms of reference for designers—an architectural perspective.

The relationship between housing created through Permitted Development Rights and health: A systematic review (2020)
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Marsh, R., Chang, M., & Wood, J. (2022). The relationship between housing created through Permitted Development Rights and health: A systematic review. Cities and Health, 6(4), 833-852. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1833281

Permitted Development Rights are a regulatory mechanism in the English planning system where the use of a building can be changed bypassing the standard planning process. Other countries have similar arrangements. In England, no assessment of the hea... Read More about The relationship between housing created through Permitted Development Rights and health: A systematic review.