Exploring machine learning models for age recognition by Dharmarathne, Chathuranga, Ouazzane, Karim, Shrestha, Subeksha, Fernando, Sandra

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Sign language detection and translation using Smart Glove by Maharjan, Sunila, Shrestha, Subeksha, Fernando, Sandra

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Characterization of graphite polyurethanes composite from renewable based oils by Kamarudin, Mohamad Saddam

“…The calculated cross-linked density of PU and PG composites revealed the increment of graphite particle loading gives highest result of cross-linking and this is due to the PG10 is the highest graphite content and the highest value of storage modulus, highest value of tensile strength and the highest value of young modulus. …”
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Hybrid Optimization with Enhanced QoS-based Path Selection in VANETs by F. Al-dolaimy, F. Al-dolaimy, Rabei Raad Al, Rabei Raad Al, Noor Nabeel, Noor Nabeel, Wisam Subhi Al-Dayyeni, Wisam Subhi Al-Dayyeni, Fatima Hashim Abbas, Fatima Hashim Abbas, Hussein Muhi Hariz, Hussein Muhi Hariz, Salama A Mostafa, Salama A Mostafa, Mohammed Ahmed Jubair, Mohammed Ahmed Jubair

“…Due to these characteristics, link failures occur, and delay and routing overhead is greatly increased, directly affecting the effectiveness, Quality of Service (QoS), and stability of VANETs. …”
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Hybrid Optimization with Enhanced QoS-based Path Selection in VANETs by F. Al-dolaimy, F. Al-dolaimy, Rabei Raad Ali, Rabei Raad Ali, Noor Nabeel, Noor Nabeel, Wisam Subhi Al-Dayyeni, Wisam Subhi Al-Dayyeni, Fatima Hashim Abbas, Fatima Hashim Abbas, Hussein Muhi Hariz, Hussein Muhi Hariz, Salama A Mostafa, Salama A Mostafa, Mohammed Ahmed Jubair, Mohammed Ahmed Jubair

“…Due to these characteristics, link failures occur, and delay and routing overhead is greatly increased, directly affecting the effectiveness, Quality of Service (QoS), and stability of VANETs. …”
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Building Capacity for Sustainability Education: An Analysis of Vocational Teachers’ Knowledge, Readiness, and Self-Efficacy by Yang, Wudi, Chinedu, Caleb Chidozie, Chen, Wulin, Saleem, Atif, Ogunniran, Moses Oladele, Ñacato Estrella, Diego Ramiro, Barahona, Bayardo Vaca

“…Using a cross-sectional survey design, a sample of three hundred and seventy-five (375) vocational college teachers and structural equation modeling (SEM), the results indicate no significant link between teachers’ sustainability knowledge and their readiness for ESD. …”
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Parameters design optimization of grading ring based on electric field analysis through response surface methodology by Ahsan, Matiullah, Baharom, Md Nor Ramdon, Zainal, Zainab, Khalil, Ihsan Ullah

“…Additionally, leveraging the power of the response surface technique, an optimal link between the E-field and the geometrical parameters is modelled and optimized. …”
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Factors that contribute to obesity problem among UTHM catering student by Ahmad, Nor Aziah, Ahmad Nazri, Naziatul Syarmila

“…Thus, several initiatives or benefits had been made by the Government of Malaysia to attract more government link companies (GLC) and private firms to hire people from this group. …”
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Materiality of common good objects by Khonsari, Torange

“…The first method describes a place-based model of the researcher in residence, whilst the second method of practice as verb articulates the production of cultural commons to conceptualise a potential system of common good objects.…”
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An investigation into student sense of belonging at a post-1992 university by Curran, John G. M.

“…The study shows that university can be a particularly challenging place for students from non-traditional backgrounds and it questions the view that belonging is about individual student commitment to institutional values. …”
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Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond by Wheeler, Mark, Iosifidis, Petros

“…Social media is said to radically change the way in which public communication takes place: information diffuses faster and can reach a large number of people, but what makes the process so novel is that online networks can empower people to compete with traditional broadcasters or public figures. …”
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Making Assessment Meaningful by Hirst, Laura Lea

“…It is clear that assessment for formative purpose is at the heart of most lecturers’ practice within London Metropolitan University, but now we need to place it firmly at the heart of the student experience, in a meaningful and real way.…”
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Book review : Competing fundamentalisms: violent extremism in Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Often treated as a generic issue in the context of the world religions, ‘religious fundamentalism’ is often associated with conservative or rightwing understandings of the world, articulated by people who appear to believe that the world would be a better place if everybody lived by the word of God as articulated in their particular faith’s holy scriptures. …”
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Trump and the politics of international religious freedom by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…The article concludes that the Trump administration’s international religious freedom is strongly informed by a Judeo-Christian ideology which seeks to place religious freedom first in a hierarchy of human rights, while relegating others, especially equality for females and sexual minorities, to a lesser position.…”
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"A ritual civil execution": public shaming meetings in the post-Stalin Soviet Union by Stephenson, Svetlana

“…The paper addresses the practice of prorabotka, a ritual of public shaming that took place in schools, universities and workplaces in the Soviet Union. …”
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Conceptualizing Made in China for a museum exhibition by Ling, Wessie

“…As a workshop contributor invited to address the inquiry, I have, in this article, examined the phrase itself and China as a place, heritage and concept. The country-of-origin effect of the “made in” label was taken to analyze the phrase. …”
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Max Weber and postmodern theory by Gane, Nicholas B.

“…Second, it exan-dnes the forms of resistance to rationalisation which are advanced by Weber in his lectures 'Science as a Vocation' and 'Politics as a Vocation', focusing on his attempt to place limits on the uses of instrumental rationalism and thereby protect the realm of ultimate values from further disenchantment. …”
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Towards understanding and improving the process of small group collaborative learning in software engineering education by Oriogun, Peter

“…The research portfolio supporting the submission specifically deals with a number of background studies (the establishment of an optimal software life cycle process model for teaching software engineering in the small group collaborative setting) leading to the development of an appropriate pedagogical approach for underpinning small group learning, understanding the type of learning interaction that was taking place within such small group learning, and finally, the development of appropriate methods for analysing collaborative small group learning in software engineering education. …”
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Editorial by Tredinnick, Luke, Claire, Laybats

“…Over that time, the journal has carved out a unique place in the information world, balancing professional and scholarly publishing with a highly accessible style. …”
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'It hurts my heart': Afghan women in London negotiating family relationships and (im)mobility regimes across borders by Ryan, Louise, López, María E., Rasa, Mursal

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