Speckle filtering techniques for different quality level of healthy kidney ultrasound images by Wan Kairuddin, Wan Nur Hafsh, Wan Mahmud, Wan Mahani Hafizah, Nazari, Ain

“…But on the downside, ultrasound imaging has a poor resolution of image compared with other medical imaging instrument like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). US has wide spread application as a primary diagnostic aid of obstetrics and gynecology, due to the lack of ionizing radiation or strong magnetic fields. …”
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Indium tin oxide thin films: an ideal transparent and conductive oxides contact for solar cells application by Aliyu, Kabiru Isiyaku, Ali, Ahmad Hadi, Nayan, Nafarizal

“…Furthermore, the integration of different materials like metals, semiconductors, ceramics, plastics molecular and polymer organics into these devices have called for the provision of an improve TCO materials with required functional morphology, high performance and new processibility [5].…”
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Graphene based thin films for photocatalytic and optoelectronics applications by Jilani , Asim

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Flashover performance of lightning protected buildings using scaled models and electric field analysis by Ullah, Irshad

“…Interestingly, the overall work data had shown that the pyramid-like shapes is found to be the best structure type to be used in reducing the LAT bypasses and direct strike damages. …”
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Architecture, sinon repression: a journey through the narrow layer where the State meets the land by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…Striation is the result of the intervention of man who, while colonising a territory, drew lines on it like on a wax tablet. This intervention progressively created homogeneity and facilitated movement through the territory. …”
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Troubled tales: short stories about the Irish in 1970s London by Murray, Tony

“…A number of ‘Troubles thrillers’ set in London, like their parent genre, have tended to sensationalize and stereotype the role of the IRA in the city.1 They have also tended to obscure the effects of the conflict on the Irish community there. …”
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The problem of the public good and the implications for researching educational policies for social justice by Ross, Alistair

“…Chapter 1 opened a discussion on what is meant by social justice in education, and the issues involved in defining this, and what research directed towards this would look like. We identified different types of potential injustices, and the subsequent chapters examined various of these in turn, in a range of educational contexts, through the prisms of research directed towards finding policy initiatives that might counter the effects of particular inequities. …”
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Heritage land in the United States: continuity and conflict by Roberts, John

“…This thesis sets out to explain the establishment and protection of United States federal heritage land, through some 200 years of conflict and change. It uses concepts like preservation, conservation and exploitation. …”
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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

“…We consider the role of ICTs and the limitations of poor connectivity, especially in countries like Afghanistan, and the gender power dynamics that may limit women's access to technologies.…”
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Investigating fine-tuning of large language models for text summarisation by Khaliq, Usama, Patel, Preeti

“…The limited performance increase from the fine-tuned models was likely due to small datasets and medium-sized LLMs. …”
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Development of IoT-based heatstroke early symptoms monitoring system for students in Malaysia by A Rahim, Nabilah, Othman, Nurmiza

“…As climate change intensifies, the risk of heat-related illnesses becomes a growing concern, especially for vulnerable populations like young adults. This system aims to proactively address this issue by providing real-time monitoring of early symptoms associated with heatstroke. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of dye wastewater by Hamdan, Mohamad Alif Hakimi, Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati, Ahmad, Mohd Khairul, Madon, Rais Hanizam, Abu Bakar Sidik, Dilaeleyana, Dzinun, Hazlini

“…Dye wastewater is the major environmental issue of the textile and printing industries besides other minor issues like solid waste, health and safety. The use of synthetic chemical dyes in various manufacturing industrial process has increased considerably over the past decades, resulting in the release of dye-containing industrial effluents into aquatic ecosystem and soil [1]. …”
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Development of coated peanut separator and frying skillet machine by Yusof, M Sallehuddin, Fadilullah, M Zul Nadzmi, Hassan, Suhaimi, Maksud, M Idris, Yunos, Muhamad Zaini

“…The groundnut is sticking and become like a ping pong size ball and the time consuming to fry is longer. …”
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On the exploration and exploitation in popular swarm-based metaheuristic algorithms by Hussain, Kashif, Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib, Cheng, Shi, Shi, Yuhui

“…Among such algorithms are swarm-based methods like particle swarm optimization and ant colony optimization which are increasingly attracting new researchers. …”
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Enzymatic analysis of native and recombinant fibrinolytic enzyme from bacillus cereus 13BN isolated from belacan by Zakaria, Zarita

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Editorial Transitions Part 2 – Hail and Hello by Edwards, Gareth, Schedlitzki, Doris

“…The journal, and conference ally – the International Studying Leadership Conference (ISLC), has felt like our community, somewhere where we belong in a sometimes challenging and turbulent journey. …”
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The experience of psoriatic arthritis patients receiving biological treatment : an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Schepelern, Eva K.

“…It is argued that this research extends the current knowledge base in counselling psychology on the psychological aspects of skin conditions such as psoriasis to what it is like to have both psoriasis and arthritis, whilst also being relevant to counselling psychologists working with psychological aspects of medical conditions, which is proposed to hold a promising future for the field.…”
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A statistical study of ship domains by Goodwin, Elisabeth M.

“…The concept of a ship domain has been considered, which may be defined as the effective area around a ship which a navigator would like to keep free with respect to other ships and stationary objects. …”
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A compendium of Colombian policing challenges : from Pablo to present by Jeapes, Anthony Christian John Lloyd

“…Contemporary Colombia saw violence continue with peasant revolts in the 1920s and 30s, la Violencia in the 1940s, the formation of the insurgent groups like the FARC and ELN in the 1960s, the creation of drug cartels in the 1970s and their transformation into narco-terrorist groups and then micro traffickers in the 1980s and 1990s. …”
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Unrolling the text: using scrolls to facilitate academic reading by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Middlebrook, Dave, Sinfield, Sandra

“…Drawing briefly on a literature review commissioned when part of the LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, we consider reading not just as a semantic or linguistic activity but as a socio-political one especially for those, like our students, who are typically placed as educational outsiders. …”
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