Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China (2021)
Journal Article

Against the backdrop of a series of regulations issued by the Chinese Government in an effort to rein in top executives’ compensation in state-owned enterprises, this study investigates whether the exogenous shock resulting from restricting top execu... Read More about Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China.

"Flight of fancy" A retrospective of prints that fly (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

Stephen Hoskins has been making kite and aeroplane prints for the last forty years. Inspired by an Uncle who made model aeroplanes in the 1950’s. The prints are as much about the craft of making, as they are a gentle delight in challenging the notion... Read More about "Flight of fancy" A retrospective of prints that fly.

Environmental and economics-related factors of smoking among Iranian adults aged 35–70: A PERSIAN cohort–based cross-sectional study (2021)
Journal Article

The prevalence of smoking in developing countries is known as a significant public health problem, and it is correlated with different demographic and socio-economic factors. This study aimed to determine the environmental and economical related fact... Read More about Environmental and economics-related factors of smoking among Iranian adults aged 35–70: A PERSIAN cohort–based cross-sectional study.

CDC2-like (CLK) protein kinase inhibition as a novel targeted therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer (2021)
Journal Article

Dysregulation of alternative splicing is a feature of cancer, both in aetiology and progression. It occurs because of mutations in splice sites or sites that regulate splicing, or because of the altered expression and activity of splice factors and o... Read More about CDC2-like (CLK) protein kinase inhibition as a novel targeted therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer.

Challenges of BIM implementation in GCC construction industry (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: In some regions including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region where construction is one of the main industries, the implementation of BIM is still at a slow rate. This article attempts to know the current situation of BIM and explore t... Read More about Challenges of BIM implementation in GCC construction industry.

Justice, emotions, and solidarity (2021)
Journal Article

This paper discusses Habermas’s argument that justice requires solidarity as its ‘reverse side’, whereby the former provides the necessary global framework for establishing intersubjective solidarity whilst the latter constitutes an important precond... Read More about Justice, emotions, and solidarity.

A reflection on the design and user acceptance of Tamil talk (2021)
Journal Article

Tamil talk is a speech to text application and was designed from a perspective of language and philosophy. This paper takes an indigenous approach in reflecting on the design and user acceptance of Tamil talk. The paper makes use of literature in cri... Read More about A reflection on the design and user acceptance of Tamil talk.

An algorithm for implementing a minimal stream X-Machine model to test the correctness of a system (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It is expected that by 2030, 5 billion of the earth's population will live in cities. This growth in urbanisation results in significant challenges pertaining to environmental and social sustainability. Most of the cities are located near coastal are... Read More about Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward.

Applications of drones for safety inspection in the Gulf Cooperation Council construction (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: construction industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries is at the peak as the region is in the stage of developing its infrastructures. Apart from some positive sign of this boost, several other issues have also been dev... Read More about Applications of drones for safety inspection in the Gulf Cooperation Council construction.

‘They need us more than we need them’: British exceptionalism, Brexit, and justice and home affairs (2020)
Journal Article

This article analyses the EU-UK Future Relationship negotiations on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) through the lenses of ‘exceptionalism’. This concept refers to a given state’s self-understanding as being not only fundamentally different from other... Read More about ‘They need us more than we need them’: British exceptionalism, Brexit, and justice and home affairs.

A blow-up dichotomy for semilinear fractional heat equations (2020)
Journal Article

We derive a blow-up dichotomy for positive solutions of fractional semilinear heat equations on the whole space. That is, within a certain class of convex source terms, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition on the source for all positive... Read More about A blow-up dichotomy for semilinear fractional heat equations.

Giving a voice to patient experiences through the insights of pragmatism (2020)
Journal Article

As a philosophical position, pragmatism can be critiqued to distinguish truth only with methods that bring about desired results, predominantly with scientific enquiry. The article hopes to dismiss this oversimplification and propose that within ment... Read More about Giving a voice to patient experiences through the insights of pragmatism.

A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Health and safety hazards associated with the redevelopment of contaminated sites can be complex and pose considerable risks. A systematic literature review was conducted on risk assessment tools for contaminated sites. These too... Read More about A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects.

Effect of novel technology-enabled multidimensional physical activity feedback in primary care patients at risk of chronic disease – the MIPACT study: A randomised controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Technological progress has enabled the provision of personalised feedback across multiple dimensions of physical activity that are important for health. Whether this multidimensional approach supports physical activi... Read More about Effect of novel technology-enabled multidimensional physical activity feedback in primary care patients at risk of chronic disease – the MIPACT study: A randomised controlled trial.

Hybrid contractual landscapes of governance: Generation of fragmented regimes of public accountability through urban regeneration (2020)
Journal Article

In this article we explore the idea of public accountability in the contemporary entrepreneurial governance of cities, which are influenced by market dependency and private sector involvement. We specifically focus on the fragmentation of public acco... Read More about Hybrid contractual landscapes of governance: Generation of fragmented regimes of public accountability through urban regeneration.

Scarred objects and time marks as memory anchors: The significance of scuffs and stains in organisational life (2020)
Journal Article

This article lays the workplace under the microscope to examine how scuffs on floors and battered corners on desks – things we define as ‘scarred objects’ – become material autobiographical archives and are made into memory anchors by workers. We exp... Read More about Scarred objects and time marks as memory anchors: The significance of scuffs and stains in organisational life.

Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens (2020)
Book

This book assesses the legacy of Dick Hebdige and his work on subcultures in his seminal work, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979). The volume interrogates the concept of subculture put forward by Hebdige, and asks if this concept is still capabl... Read More about Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens.

Resuscitating the subcultural corpse: A reflection on subculture as lived experience and the importance of class and ethnicity! (2020)
Book Chapter

The chapter addresses the deficiencies of Hebdige's analysis in terms of class and race/ethnicity when looking at Punk subculture in his 1979 book 'Subculture: The meaning of style'. Hebdige focused on Punk as a mainly working class movement but many... Read More about Resuscitating the subcultural corpse: A reflection on subculture as lived experience and the importance of class and ethnicity!.

Targeting the ERG oncogene with splice-switching oligonucleotides as a novel therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer (2020)
Journal Article

Background: The ERG oncogene, a member of the ETS family of transcription factor encoding genes, is a genetic driver of prostate cancer. It is activated through a fusion with the androgen-responsive TMPRSS2 promoter in 50% of cases. There is therefor... Read More about Targeting the ERG oncogene with splice-switching oligonucleotides as a novel therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer.