Architecture, festival and the city - introduction by Browne, Jemma, Frost, Christian W., Lucas, Ray

“…Whether religious or civic in nature, these events provided tangible expressions of social, cultural, political, and religious cohesion, often reaffirming a particular shared ethos within diverse urban landscapes. Architecture has long served as a key aspect of this process exhibiting continuity in the flux of these representations through the parading of elaborate ceremonial floats, the construction of temporary buildings, the ‘dressing’ of existing urban space, the alternative occupations of the everyday, and the construction of new buildings and spaces which then become a part of the background fabric of the city. …”

Comparison of intelligent approaches for cycle time prediction in injection moulding of a medical device product by Kariminejad, Mandana, Tormey, David, Huq, Saif, Morrison, Jim, McAfee, Marion

“…In this study we investigate the application of DOE for a commercial injection moulded component which suffers from a long cycle time and high shrinkage. The Taguchi method has been used to analyze the effect of four input variables on the two output variables: cycle time and shrinkage. …”
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White feminist stories : locating race in the narratives of British feminism by Jonsson, Terese

“…The thesis argues that white feminist racism haunts the dominant narrative of British feminism – as something which is repeatedly erased or evaded each time it is brought to view – and it calls for white feminist academics and activists to reckon with the long history of racism and imperialism which has been integral to the British feminist project since its inception.…”
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Collaborative and self-directed learning of problem-based learning for Nigerian secondary school chemistry by Abubakar, Abbas Babayi, Arshad, Mohammad Yusof

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Key challenges in social value 2025: responsible stakeholder engagement, robust data management and reliable digitalisation. Identifying nine key challenges from research, theory a... by Mulholland, Cara, Georgiadou, Maria Christina, Fittion, Sarah

“…By acknowledging the interdependence of social value, digital tools, and sustainability goals, the authors advocate for an approach that prioritises inclusivity, transparency, and long-term social benefit. The report is a valuable resource for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers working to shape a more equitable built environment in the face of rapid digital transformation…”
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From ‘no means no’ to ‘an enthusiastic yes’: changing the discourse on sexual consent through sex and relationships education by Coy, Maddy, Kelly, Liz, Vera-Gray, Fiona, Garner, Maria, Kanyeredzi, Ava

“…Organisations that work with young people as victims/survivors of violence and through school-based primary prevention programmes have long identified sexual consent as an issue which requires specialist attention and intervention. …”

Immunoglobulin G: structure and functional implications of different subclass modifications in initiation and resolution of allergy by Scott-Taylor, Timothy H., Axinia, Stefan-Claudiu, Amin, Sumeya, Pettengell, Ruth

“…The pattern of IgG producing plasma cells in atopic children and the tendency for direct or further class switching to IgE are the principle factors responsible for long-lasting sensitization of mast cells in allergic children. …”
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“Remettons nous-y”: the challenges of online language upskilling by Sadoux, Marion

“…The course (60 hours in total) consists of - 4 days of face to face tuition, 20 hours of online asynchronous learning and 20 hours of online synchronous learning over a five month long period. Its curriculum was based on the up skilling specifications created by CILT.…”
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Monetary policy and banking sector : lessons from Turkey by Akinci, Dervis Ahmet, Matousek, Roman, Radić, Nemanja, Stewart, Chris

“…We also find that both capital and GDP growth have plausible positive and significant long-run effects on bank loan growth, whereas inflation, bank size and, in particular, efficiency do not have a significant equilibrium relationship with loan growth. …”
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Post calibration of channel 1 of NOAA-14 AVHRR: Implications on aerosol optical depth retrieval by Li, Chi, Xue, Yong, Liu, Quanhua, Guang, Jie, Di, Aojie, She, Lu

“…In order to produce long-term aerosol optical depth (AOD) dataset over land from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), AVHRR data quality in terms of radiometric calibration must be maintained. …”
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Remote banking fraud detection framework using sequence learners by Patel, Yogesh, Ouazzane, Karim, Vassilev, Vassil, Li, Jun

“…Based on the proposed framework, we implement Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) based Recurrent Neural Network model for detecting fraud in remote banking and evaluate its performance against SVM models. …”
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A novel downlink semi-persistent packet scheduling scheme for VoLTE traffic over heterogeneous wireless networks by Tabany, Myasar R., Guy, Chris G., Sherratt, R. Simon

“…Long-term evolution (LTE) is becoming the first choice of mobile network operators (MNOs) when constructing a wireless network infrastructure because of its high data rate, high throughput, and low latency. …”
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Visually induced motion sickness can be alleviated by pleasant odours by Keshavarz, Behrang, Stelzmann, Daniela, Paillard, Aurore, Hecht, Heiko

“…Sixty-two participants were exposed to a 15-min-long video showing a first-person-view bicycle ride that had successfully induced VIMS in previous studies. …”
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The way forward for the origin of life: prions and prion-like molecules first hypothesis by Jheeta, Sohan, Chatzitheodoridis, Elias, Devine, Kevin G., Block, Janice

“…This genetics-first hypothesis asserts that an “RNA-world era” came before protein-based chemical evolution and rests on a singular premise that molecules such as RNA, acetyl-CoA, and NAD are relics of a long line of chemical evolutionary processes preceding the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). …”
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Cultural tourism development in Ngada, Flores, Indonesia by Cole, Stroma

“…Credibility as a successful tour operator and long established relations meant a strong bond of trust existed when the researcher carried out fieldwork. …”
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Irrigation of acacia and eucalyptus species with waters of different salinities in a semi-arid environment in Formentera, Balearic Islands by Haas, Jennyfer

“…Soil improvement and avoidance of detrimental long term effects was a prime objective. Two species, Eucalyptus gomphocephala D.C. and Acacia saligna (Labill.)H.Wendl. were tested with four irrigation treatments. …”
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The elusive digital frame and the elasticity of time in painting by Robinson, Anne Elizabeth

“…(2012) which juxtapose material made with high speed filming and long exposures and which engage with the 'frame' as a marker of time passing. …”
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British domestic violence perpetrator programmes : 'programme integrity' within 'service integrity' by Phillips, Ruth

“…Despite its stated importance to outcome evaluations, ‘programme integrity’ has long been lamented as a lacuna in the literature, especially in relation to domestic violence perpetrator programmes (DVPPs). …”
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Sexuality and considering motherhood after an HIV diagnosis : an IPA exploration of the experiences of European, childless women by Biggs, Melissa

“…Research in the field of HIV acknowledges the existence of social constructs, including the incongruity between HIV, motherhood and sexuality, which may add to the psychosocial burden of an HIV diagnosis (Blystad and Moland, 2009; Long, 2006; Stinon & Myer, 2012). However the research is fragmented, and addresses the concepts of motherhood and sexuality in the presence of HIV independently. …”
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Vitamin B6 pathway maintains glioblastoma cell survival in 3D spheroid cultures by Moosa, Najla Yussuf, Azeem, Sara Abdullah, Lodge, John K., Cheung, William, Ahmed, Shafiq Uddin

“…Thus, there is an urgent need to identify and develop new therapeutics to target this cancer and improve both patient outcomes and long-term survival. Metabolic reprogramming is considered one of the hallmarks of cancers. …”
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