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Designing mini-games for micro-learning: Open educational resources on cultural risks in multi-cultural organisations (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Arnab, S., Walaszczyk, L., Lewis, M., Kernaghan-Andrews, S., Masters, A., Calderwood, J., …Loizou, M. (2020). Designing mini-games for micro-learning: Open educational resources on cultural risks in multi-cultural organisations. In P. Fotaris (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Game Based Learning, ECGBL 2020 (21-30)

The need for self-directed learning for professional development drives an increase in the delivery of easy to use {\textquoteleft}just-in-time{\textquoteright} resources that respond to the often-dynamic workplace and work culture. Micro-learning ha... Read More about Designing mini-games for micro-learning: Open educational resources on cultural risks in multi-cultural organisations.

3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain (2020)
Journal Article
Richards, M. (2020). 3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain. Patterns of Prejudice, 54(5), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/0031322X.2021.1950317

Richards’s article is a reflection on comparative history inspired by the pulling down of the statue of the slave-trader Edward Colston in Bristol in June 2020. It explores the evolution in Spain of state policies and civil society activism to do wit... Read More about 3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain.

Patients’ experiences of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based approach for psychosocial difficulties relating to an appearance-affecting condition (2020)
Journal Article
Zucchelli, F. A., Donnelly, O., Sharratt, N., Hooper, N., & Williamson, H. M. (2020). Patients’ experiences of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based approach for psychosocial difficulties relating to an appearance-affecting condition. European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 9(1), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.46853/001c.22012

Some individuals with appearance-affecting conditions experience psychosocial challenges such as social anxiety and avoidance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) may offer a suitable approach for these challenges. This qualitative study investig... Read More about Patients’ experiences of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based approach for psychosocial difficulties relating to an appearance-affecting condition.

Would shared health visitor and emergency department records improve recognition of child maltreatment within the emergency department? A prospective multicentre study (2020)
Journal Article
Nuttall, D., Rea, D., Bennett, C. V., Hollén, L., Mullen, S., Maguire, S., …Deave, T. (2020). Would shared health visitor and emergency department records improve recognition of child maltreatment within the emergency department? A prospective multicentre study. Child Abuse Review, 29(6), 518-528

Burns are common causes of paediatric emergency care attendance; approximately ten per cent result from maltreatment. Following emergency department (ED) attendance with a burn by 232 under five-year-olds, 11 risk factors for maltreatment were collec... Read More about Would shared health visitor and emergency department records improve recognition of child maltreatment within the emergency department? A prospective multicentre study.

In silico optimization of cancer therapies with multiple types of nanoparticles applied at different times (2020)
Journal Article
Tsompanas, M. A., Bull, L., Adamatzky, A., & Balaz, I. (2020). In silico optimization of cancer therapies with multiple types of nanoparticles applied at different times. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 200, Article 105886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105886

© 2020 The Author(s) Background and Objective: Cancer tumors constitute a complicated environment for conventional anti-cancer treatments to confront, so solutions with higher complexity and, thus, robustness to diverse conditions are required. Alter... Read More about In silico optimization of cancer therapies with multiple types of nanoparticles applied at different times.

Symbolic regionalism and European governance: Why Africa is different (2020)
Book Chapter
Walzenbach, G. (2020). Symbolic regionalism and European governance: Why Africa is different. In O. Akiba (Ed.), Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa (206-226). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

"So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world" (Immanuel Kant).

Elicitation of the factors affecting electricity distribution efficiency using the fuzzy AHP method (2020)
Journal Article
Yiğit, V., Demir, N. N., Alidrisi, H., & Aydin, M. E. (2020). Elicitation of the factors affecting electricity distribution efficiency using the fuzzy AHP method. Mathematics, 9(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9010082

Efficient and uninterrupted energy supply plays a crucial role in the quality of modern daily life, while it is obvious that the efficiency and performance of energy supply companies has a significant impact on energy supply itself and on determining... Read More about Elicitation of the factors affecting electricity distribution efficiency using the fuzzy AHP method.

Critical ambience (2020)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J., & Hayler, M. (2020). Critical ambience. In T. Abba, J. Dovey, & P. Kate (Eds.), Ambient Literature: Towards a New Poetics of Situated Writing and Reading Practices (141-161). (1). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41456-6

This chapter argues that ambient cultural practices can be reframed as critically focused experiences rather than either passive backgrounds or immersive entertainment. We argue that ambient literature can leave the reader or listener with a heighten... Read More about Critical ambience.

Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology (2020)
Book Chapter
Carr, P. (2020). Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology. In M. Demasi, S. Burke, & C. Tileagă (Eds.), Political Communication: Discursive Perspectives (89-114). London: Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60223-9_4

Political communication is not static and takes a range of forms due to technological change requiring researchers to diversify their interests. When examining talk about wealth inequality, focusing on the overtly political is problematic as issues s... Read More about Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology.

Self-healing concrete and cementitious materials (2020)
Book Chapter
Qureshi, T., & Al-Tabbaa, A. (2020). Self-healing concrete and cementitious materials. In Advanced Functional Materials. IntechOpen

Concrete is one of the most used materials in the world with robust applications and increasing demand. Despite considerable advancement in concrete and cementitious materials over last centuries, infrastructure built in the present world with these... Read More about Self-healing concrete and cementitious materials.

Audio Anywhere with Faust (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Gaster, B. R., & Cole, M. (2020). Audio Anywhere with Faust.

This paper introduces \emph{Audio Anywhere} (\emph{AA}), a framework for working with audio plugins that are compiled once and run anywhere. At the heart of Audio Anywhere is an audio engine whose Digital Signal Processing (DSP) components are writte... Read More about Audio Anywhere with Faust.

Postural taping and braces following osteoporotic vertebral fracture (2020)
Journal Article
Palmer, S. (2020). Postural taping and braces following osteoporotic vertebral fracture. Osteoporosis Review, 30(3), 10-13

Introduction: This article relates to the use of postural taping and braces for stable osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) where treatment aims might include pain relief and postural re-education. Normally, such techniques or devices will allow s... Read More about Postural taping and braces following osteoporotic vertebral fracture.

Adjusting to the new normal: Challenges of the food sector in the wake of COVID-19 (2020)
Journal Article
Kumar, V. (2020). Adjusting to the new normal: Challenges of the food sector in the wake of COVID-19. Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement, 3(2),

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 180 countries around the globe causing severe business disruptions. Lockdown in many countries has led to panic buying and shortages of food, medicines, personal protective equipment, raw materials... Read More about Adjusting to the new normal: Challenges of the food sector in the wake of COVID-19.

Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management (2020)
Journal Article
Buser, M. (2020). Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management. Water Alternatives, 13(3),

This paper examines the role of art and culture in supporting rural development in the context of critical water challenges. It focuses on an interdisciplinary network and research programme conducted in 2018 with the village of Jhakhoda, in Rajastha... Read More about Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management.

An algorithm for implementing a minimal stream X-Machine model to test the correctness of a system (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Ogunshile, E., & Phung, K. (in press). An algorithm for implementing a minimal stream X-Machine model to test the correctness of a system. In 2020 8th International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT). https://doi.org/10.1109/CONISOFT50191.2020.00023

The rapid change of requirements has made software more complex and harder to maintain. Software testing tools play an important role in the Software Development Life Cycle. However, many technology companies have employed fast paced development of s... Read More about An algorithm for implementing a minimal stream X-Machine model to test the correctness of a system.

A focus on codemixing and codeswitching in Tamil speech to text (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Navaladi, L., Gandhi, I., Ofei, W., Chiurunga, Z., Mashat, A., Basandrai, A., …Ramachandran, R. (in press). A focus on codemixing and codeswitching in Tamil speech to text. In 2020 8th International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT) (154-165). https://doi.org/10.1109/CONISOFT50191.2020.00031

This paper attempts to develop an application that converts Tamil language speech to Tamil text, with a view to encourage usage and indirectly ensure linguistic preservation of a classical language. The application converts spoken Tamil to text witho... Read More about A focus on codemixing and codeswitching in Tamil speech to text.

Covid-19 Care – A mobile application to help connect volunteers and vulnerable people in the community during the Covid-19 lockdown (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Ogunshile, E., Phung, K., & Odongo, S. (in press). Covid-19 Care – A mobile application to help connect volunteers and vulnerable people in the community during the Covid-19 lockdown. In 2020 8th International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT) (124-133). https://doi.org/10.1109/CONISOFT50191.2020.00027

Whenever the world is faced with a devastating outbreak of events, technology innovations have proven to be a go to solution that expedite the recovery process. We propose a mobile application rapidly developed as a contender to the TechForce19 innov... Read More about Covid-19 Care – A mobile application to help connect volunteers and vulnerable people in the community during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Husserl’s Timaeus: Plato’s creation myth and the phenomenological concept of metaphysics as the teleological science of the world (2020)
Journal Article
Trizio, E. (2020). Husserl’s Timaeus: Plato’s creation myth and the phenomenological concept of metaphysics as the teleological science of the world. Studia Phaenomenologica, 20, 77-100. https://doi.org/10.5840/studphaen2020204

According to Husserl, Plato played a fundamental role in the development of the notion of teleology, so much so that Husserl viewed the myth narrated in the Timaeus as a fundamental stage in the long history that he hoped would eventually lead to a t... Read More about Husserl’s Timaeus: Plato’s creation myth and the phenomenological concept of metaphysics as the teleological science of the world.