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The great lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 and its implications: Lessons for low and middle-income countries (2022)
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Panneer, S., Kantamaneni, K., Akkayasamy, V. S., Susairaj, A. X., Panda, P. K., Acharya, S. S., …Pushparaj, R. R. B. (2022). The great lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 and its implications: Lessons for low and middle-income countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), Article 610. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010610

Concern for public health has been growing with the increasing volume of cases of COVID-19 in India. To combat this pandemic, India has implemented nationwide lockdowns, and unlocking phases continue with certain restrictions in different parts of th... Read More about The great lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 and its implications: Lessons for low and middle-income countries.

Marimo actuated rover systems (2022)
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Phillips, N., Draper, T. C., Mayne, R., Reynolds, D. M., & Adamatzky, A. (2022). Marimo actuated rover systems. Journal of Biological Engineering, 16(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-021-00279-0

Background: The potential to directly harness photosynthesis to make actuators, biosensors and bioprocessors has been previously demonstrated in the literature. Herein, this capability has been expanded to more advanced systems — Marimo Actuated Rove... Read More about Marimo actuated rover systems.

Equivalent circuit model of a non-faradaic impedimetric ZnO nano-crystal biosensor (2022)
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Eveness, J., Cao, L., Kiely, J., & Luxton, R. (2022). Equivalent circuit model of a non-faradaic impedimetric ZnO nano-crystal biosensor. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 906, Article 116003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.116003

This paper describes the development of an equivalent electrical circuit (EEC) model of a unique co-planar electrode PET-ZnO biosensor platform. This non-faradaic ZnO biosensor had a PET insulating layer between the electrodes and the active ZnO sens... Read More about Equivalent circuit model of a non-faradaic impedimetric ZnO nano-crystal biosensor.

Survival of the synthesis—GPU accelerating evolutionary sound matching (2022)
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Renney, H., Gaster, B., & Mitchell, T. J. (2022). Survival of the synthesis—GPU accelerating evolutionary sound matching. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 34(10), Article e6824. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.6824

Manually configuring synthesizer parameters to reproduce a particular sound is a complex and challenging task. Researchers have previously used different optimization algorithms, including evolutionary algorithms to find optimal sound matching soluti... Read More about Survival of the synthesis—GPU accelerating evolutionary sound matching.

Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus (2022)
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Dawson, S., Duncan, L., Ahmed, A., Gimson, A., Henderson, E. J., Rees, J., …Andrews, R. (2022). Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus. European Urology Focus, 8(1), 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.008

Context: Salt and water homeostasis is regulated hormonally, so polyuria can result from endocrine disease directly or via secondary effects. These mechanisms are not consistently considered in primary care management of nocturia. Objective: To condu... Read More about Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus.

Mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured elastomeric pre-buckled honeycombs under quasi-static and impact loading (2022)
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Adams, R., Townsend, S., Soe, S., & Theobald, P. (2022). Mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured elastomeric pre-buckled honeycombs under quasi-static and impact loading. Materials and Design, 213, Article 110368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110368

Selective laser sintering has been used to manufacture different structural variations of a pre-buckled circular honeycomb. The mechanical behaviour of these structures has been examined under both quasi-static and dynamic impact loading. Pre-buckled... Read More about Mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured elastomeric pre-buckled honeycombs under quasi-static and impact loading.

Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands (2022)
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Clegg, P. (2022). Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands. Round Table, 111(1), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2022.2036028

Understandably much of the academic literature on the Falkland Islands relates to its relationship with Argentina and the allied territorial dispute, but that can ignore broader and equally important aspects of the Falklands’ political and constituti... Read More about Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands.

Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton (2022)
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Sheffield, R., & Friedel, C. R. (2022). Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton. International Journal of Innovation Management, 26(1), 2277001. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919622770011

When Dr. Michael J. Kirton died, on August 18th 2020, he left behind a major contribution to the field of problem solving. In 2019, one of our authors visited Dr. Kirton to understand more about the early influences that shaped the development of Ada... Read More about Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton.

Multi-criteria decision making optimisation framework for positive energy blocks for cities (2022)
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Sibilla, M., & Abanda, F. H. (2022). Multi-criteria decision making optimisation framework for positive energy blocks for cities. Sustainability, 14(1), Article 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010446

The Positive Energy Block (PEBlock) is a new paradigm towards low-carbon cities. However, there is a paucity of literature about methods and tools to develop PEBlocks in practice. This study proposes a multi-criteria decision making optimisation fram... Read More about Multi-criteria decision making optimisation framework for positive energy blocks for cities.

Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings (2022)
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Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2022). Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1085, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012024

Reducing energy and associated carbon emissions from the existing built environment is critically important to meet our climate goals. Heritage buildings are often presented in the literature as energy inefficient, and uncomfortable to inhabit. There... Read More about Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings.

Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy (2022)
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Jooste, C. (2022). Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy. South African Journal of Science, 118(112), https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/12124

Significance: This article responds to the highly controversial recently published Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud and the related stakeholder commentary from a cyberlaw perspective. Selected issues regarding the ownership of scientific data,... Read More about Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy.

Tuning methods for tuned inerter dampers coupled to nonlinear primary systems (2022)
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Shi, B., Yang, J., & Jiang, J. Z. (2022). Tuning methods for tuned inerter dampers coupled to nonlinear primary systems. Nonlinear Dynamics, 107(2), 1663-1685. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-021-07112-9

This study develops displacement- and kinetic energy-based tuning methods for the design of the tuned inerter dampers (TIDs) coupled to both linear and nonlinear primary systems. For the linear primary system, the design of the TID is obtained analyt... Read More about Tuning methods for tuned inerter dampers coupled to nonlinear primary systems.

Electrical spiking of psilocybin fungi (2022)
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Gandia, A., & Adamatzky, A. (2022). Electrical spiking of psilocybin fungi. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 15(1), 226-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2022.2136118

Psilocybin fungi, aka “magic” mushrooms, are well known for inducing colorful and visionary states of mind. Such psychoactive properties and the ease of cultivating their basidiocarps within low-tech setups make psilocybin fungi promising pharmacolog... Read More about Electrical spiking of psilocybin fungi.

Increasing opportunities for networking and public engagement through SRIP Research Development Workshop Grants (2022)
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Sheen, K., & Caparros-Gonzalez, R. A. (2022). Increasing opportunities for networking and public engagement through SRIP Research Development Workshop Grants. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 40(3), 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2022.2076408

The Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology (SRIP) is committed to supporting the development of research. For this purpose, the SRIP offers funding to support development activities, such as hosting a workshop to bring together collaborators... Read More about Increasing opportunities for networking and public engagement through SRIP Research Development Workshop Grants.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman (2022)
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Umar, T. (2022). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 13(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.305125

In Oman, the total quantity of MSW stood at 2.0 million tonnes/year. The emission from this waste is estimated at 2,989,467 tonnes/year (CO2 equivalent). This article proposes different frameworks that considered landfilling, composting, and recyclin... Read More about Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman.

BIM and asset management (AM) interoperability towards the adoption of digital twins (2022)
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Farghaly, K., & Hagras, A. N. (2022). BIM and asset management (AM) interoperability towards the adoption of digital twins. International Journal of Digital Innovation in the Built Environment, 11(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijdibe.294445

Digital Twin (DT) is seen as the new shift paradigm for digital transformation in the post-pandemic-built environment sector. Learning from the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Asset Management (AM), there are recurring them... Read More about BIM and asset management (AM) interoperability towards the adoption of digital twins.

Eye centre localisation with convolutional neural networks in high- and low-resolution images (2022)
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Zhang, W., & Smith, M. L. (2022). Eye centre localisation with convolutional neural networks in high- and low-resolution images. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 13375 LNCS, 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10522-7_26

Eye centre localisation is critical to eye tracking systems of various forms and with applications in variety of disciplines. An active eye tracking approach can achieve a high accuracy by leveraging active illumination to gain an enhanced contrast o... Read More about Eye centre localisation with convolutional neural networks in high- and low-resolution images.

Determination of psychoactive drugs in air (2022)
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Zambas-Adams, P., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2022). Determination of psychoactive drugs in air. Sci, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/sci4010001

Understanding of the levels of psychoactive drugs in air is important for assessing both occupational and environmental exposure. Intelligence on the usage and manufacture of illegal drugs can also be gained. Environmental analysis and determination... Read More about Determination of psychoactive drugs in air.

Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review (2022)
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Ogunbodede, O. (2022). Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review. International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management, 17(1), 1-27

Co-destruction of value has been highlighted as a possible outcome of every interaction between firms and consumers. Despite the likelihood of its occurrence, the concept is not adequately defined or understood, while little is known about how and wh... Read More about Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review.

Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry (2022)
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Umar, T., & Umeokafor, N. (2022). Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 13(1), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSMET.296265

One of the methods that could improve the safety performance of construction organizations is the safety climate approach, which is helpful to know the existing maturity level of the safety climate and to develop plans to achieve the required level o... Read More about Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry.