Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments

Bernardini, Gabriele; Ferreira, Tiago Miguel; Baquedano Julià, Pilar; Ramírez Eudave, Rafael; Quagliarini, Enrico

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2023.105043

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Predicting social trust from implicit feedback (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Oshodin, E. (2023). Predicting social trust from implicit feedback. In Artificial Intelligence XL (228-233). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47994-6_20

Element of trust exists in every network structure of diverse fields, but suitable computational methods for evaluating the trust remain a problem since there are different definitions of trust in diverse fields where several entities interact with e... Read More about Predicting social trust from implicit feedback.

Impact of home-school commuting mode choice on carbon footprint and sustainable transport policy scenarios (2023)
Journal Article
Pantelaki, E., Claudia Caspani, A., & Maggi, E. (2024). Impact of home-school commuting mode choice on carbon footprint and sustainable transport policy scenarios. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 15, Article 101110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2023.101110

Car use for commuting to school is responsible of a significant amount of CO2 emissions, negatively impacting on climate change and calling for action. We collected 8,343 responses through an online survey before the Covid-19 pandemic (November/Decem... Read More about Impact of home-school commuting mode choice on carbon footprint and sustainable transport policy scenarios.

Neuro-rehabilitation therapy with T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton and serious games: A case study (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gomez-Vargas, D., Pino, A., Garzón, A., Garzon, A., Roberti, F., Carelli, R., …Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Neuro-rehabilitation therapy with T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton and serious games: A case study. In 2023 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR58425.2023.10304765

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) causes permanent disabilities, such as foot drop. This condition affects the gait pattern, increasing the metabolic cost and risk of falling. Robotics with serious games has shown promising results in the gait rehabilitati... Read More about Neuro-rehabilitation therapy with T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton and serious games: A case study.

Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes (2023)
Journal Article
Drake, M., Anderson, K., Gammie, A., Morris, N., Timlin, T., Cotterill, N., …Havard, J. (2023). Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes. Continence, 8, Article 101054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2023.101054

Evaluation of a catheter design which protects its tip with the retaining balloon when inflated, and has eyeholes at the base of the balloon to improve drainage. Preclinical tests included assessment of retaining balloon performance, and microbiologi... Read More about Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes.

Pathways to online infidelity: The roles of perceived online dating success, perceived availability of alternative partners, and mate value discrepancy (2023)
Journal Article
Nascimento, B. S., Adair, L., & Vione, K. (2024). Pathways to online infidelity: The roles of perceived online dating success, perceived availability of alternative partners, and mate value discrepancy. Current Psychology, 43(14), 12782-12793. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05345-y

Online dating applications have become increasingly popular in recent years and a common way for relationship initiation. However, the potential implications of online dating applications for long-term relationships are not well-understood. To furthe... Read More about Pathways to online infidelity: The roles of perceived online dating success, perceived availability of alternative partners, and mate value discrepancy.

Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings (2023)
Journal Article
Mason, J., Ndekugri, I., & Silverio, K. (in press). Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction,

Purpose States have intervened with legislation to improve cashflow within construction project supply chains. The operation of the UK’s Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 leads to payment obligations stated either as a contract... Read More about Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings.

Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance-altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Waite, E., Jenkinson, E., Kershaw, S., & Guest, E. (2024). Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance-altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 49(1), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad080

Objective Children and young people with visible differences can experience psychosocial difficulties, such as anxiety and teasing by others. Interventions targeting difficulties have previously been reviewed by Jenkinson et al. This review aimed to... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance-altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review.

The impact of national and international financial crises on mental health and well-being: A systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Talamonti, D., Schneider, J., Gibson, B., & Forshaw, M. (in press). The impact of national and international financial crises on mental health and well-being: A systematic review. Journal of Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2023.2278104

Background: Evidence suggests that financial crises and poor mental health are reciprocally related, but no systematic review has been conducted to synthesise the existing literature on the impact of national and international financial crises on pop... Read More about The impact of national and international financial crises on mental health and well-being: A systematic review.

CURIOs for care: Designing physical prompts for research (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Fennell, J. (2023, November). CURIOs for care: Designing physical prompts for research. Poster presented at UK Dementia Congress, Aston University, Birmingham UK

As design researchers, we are drawn towards creating tangible artifacts. The CURIOs for Care project embraces this appeal of making physical artefacts as a means of inquiry and as a creative tool to invite stories about individuals' experiences with... Read More about CURIOs for care: Designing physical prompts for research.

The power of a HUG: Implementation of assistive technology across a health board (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Fennell, J., & Lloyd, M. (2023, November). The power of a HUG: Implementation of assistive technology across a health board. Paper presented at UK Dementia Congress, Aston University, Birmingham UK

HUG, a soft comforter specifically designed for individuals with advanced dementia, was developed by the HUG by LAUGH team at Cardiff Metropolitan University. With weighted arms and legs, a soft body, and a simulated beating heart, HUG aims to provid... Read More about The power of a HUG: Implementation of assistive technology across a health board.

Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Waite, E., Jenkinson, E., Kershaw, S., & Guest, E. (2024). Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 49(1), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad080

Objective: Children and young people with visible differences can experience psychosocial difficulties, such as anxiety and teasing by others. Interventions targeting difficulties have previously been reviewed by Jenkinson et al. (2015). This review... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review.

DPFTT: Distributed particle filter for target tracking in the Internet of Things (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Boulkaboul, S., Djenouri, D., & Bagaa, M. (2023). DPFTT: Distributed particle filter for target tracking in the Internet of Things. In 2023 12th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks (PEMWN). https://doi.org/10.23919/PEMWN58813.2023.10304926

A novel distributed particle filter algorithm for target tracking is proposed in this paper. It uses new metrics and addresses the measurement uncertainty problem by adapting the particle filter to environmental changes and estimating the kinematic (... Read More about DPFTT: Distributed particle filter for target tracking in the Internet of Things.

A cross-cultural exploration of smart home energy devices and community well-being (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mishra, P., Fennell, J., Dragojlovic-Oliveira, S., & Chatzimichali, A. (2023). A cross-cultural exploration of smart home energy devices and community well-being. In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS). https://doi.org/10.1109/istas57930.2023.10306140

This study explores the role of smart home energy devices in Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) and their impact on culture and community well-being. Through a comprehensive seven-step methodology, we analyze the features of HEMS that enhance indi... Read More about A cross-cultural exploration of smart home energy devices and community well-being.

Evaluating data distribution strategies in federated learning: A trade-off analysis between privacy and performance for IoT security (2023)
Conference Proceeding
White, J., & Legg, P. (in press). Evaluating data distribution strategies in federated learning: A trade-off analysis between privacy and performance for IoT security.

Federated learning is an effective approach for training a global machine learning model. It uses locally acquired data without having to share local data with the centralised server. This method provides a machine learning model beneficial for all p... Read More about Evaluating data distribution strategies in federated learning: A trade-off analysis between privacy and performance for IoT security.

VERGNet: Visual enhancement guided robotic grasp detection under low-light condition (2023)
Journal Article
Niu, M., Lu, Z., Chen, L., Yang, J., & Yang, C. (2023). VERGNet: Visual enhancement guided robotic grasp detection under low-light condition. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(12), 8541-8548. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2023.3330664

Although existing grasp detection methods have achieved encouraging performance under well-light conditions, repetitive experiments have found that the detection performance would deteriorate drastically under low-light conditions. Although supplemen... Read More about VERGNet: Visual enhancement guided robotic grasp detection under low-light condition.

R2P - Whose responsibility - Whose protection? A gender perspective (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, November). R2P - Whose responsibility - Whose protection? A gender perspective. Presented at Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Interventions - Military Force in the Name of Human Rights, Hannover, Germany

The keynote speech starts by questioning who is protected by humanitarian interventions. It argues that there is a disparity between the rhetoric of protecting vulnerable groups (especially women), the law that is contained in UN reports and UN Secur... Read More about R2P - Whose responsibility - Whose protection? A gender perspective.

Developing emotional preparedness and mental resilience through high-fidelity simulation: A 'Bridge Too Far' for institutions teaching major trauma management and mass casualty medicine? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Newton, J. (2023, November). Developing emotional preparedness and mental resilience through high-fidelity simulation: A 'Bridge Too Far' for institutions teaching major trauma management and mass casualty medicine?. Presented at ASPiH 2023 Sustainable Simulation, Brighton Metropole

Background: Clinical acumen represents only part of being adequately equipped to attend a major incident. The emotive sights, sounds and smells of these dynamic environments are all-encompassing experiences, and responders must also be armed with the... Read More about Developing emotional preparedness and mental resilience through high-fidelity simulation: A 'Bridge Too Far' for institutions teaching major trauma management and mass casualty medicine?.

High-fidelity simulation in healthcare education: An interdisciplinary debriefing enhancement strategy (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Newton, J. (2023, November). High-fidelity simulation in healthcare education: An interdisciplinary debriefing enhancement strategy. Poster presented at ASPiH 2023 Sustainable Simulation, Brighton Metropole

Background: High-Fidelity Simulation (HFS) is a recognised teaching and learning tool; and capable of facilitating knowledge retention and retrieval. Attitudes, values and behaviours may also be shaped by HFS, fostering a deeper appreciation of the e... Read More about High-fidelity simulation in healthcare education: An interdisciplinary debriefing enhancement strategy.

Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) guideline integration into simulation-based-learning activities amongst paramedic, nursing and physician associate trainees (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Newton, J. (2023, November). Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) guideline integration into simulation-based-learning activities amongst paramedic, nursing and physician associate trainees. Presented at ASPiH 2023 - Sustainable Simulation, Brighton Metropole

The recommendations for major incident exercising are set-out within Section 10 of the NHS England (2022) Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) framework. Despite this, limited evidence exists to guide clinical educators deliver the q... Read More about Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) guideline integration into simulation-based-learning activities amongst paramedic, nursing and physician associate trainees.

Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments (2023)
Journal Article
Bernardini, G., Ferreira, T. M., Baquedano Julià, P., Ramírez Eudave, R., & Quagliarini, E. (2024). Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments. Sustainable Cities and Society, 100, Article 105043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.105043

Flood risk in an urban built environment depends on the combination of the hazard, the vulnerability of the built environment itself and its infrastructure (referred to as physical vulnerability), and the exposure and vulnerability... Read More about Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments.