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Institute researchers regularly publish papers and reports related to our research themes and areas of focus. You can find their latest work below.

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  • Liew, BXW., Rügamer, D., Mei, Q., Altai, Z., Zhu, X., Zhai, X. and Cortes, N., (2023). Smooth and accurate predictions of joint contact force time-series in gait using over parameterised deep neural networks. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11, 1208711-
  • Altai, Z., Boukhennoufa, I., Zhai, X., Phillips, A., Moran, J. and Liew, BXW., (2023). Performance of multiple neural networks in predicting lower limb joint moments using wearable sensors. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11, 1215770-
  • Pandya, K. and Bulsari, S., (2023). Unemployment and Wages: What does the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) Data Reveal? Journal of Indian School of Political Economy. 35 (1-4), 21-42
  • Day, J. and Krauze, S., (2023). Valued tactics: Men's reframing of participation in football-based weight management programmes as a working utopia of collective action. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 3, 100228-100228
  • Day, J., (2023). The intensification of parenting and generational fracturing of spontaneous physical activity from childhood play in the United Kingdom. Sociology of Health and Illness. 46 (1), 153-171
  • Liu, LQ., Kelly, J., Di Cesare, M., Allan, HT. and Traynor, M., (2023). The knowledge and attitudes regarding pressure ulcer prevention among healthcare support workers in the UK: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Tissue Viability. 32 (1), 130-135
  • Mishra, A., Zhou, B., Rodriguez-Martinez, A., Bixby, H., Di Cesare, M., Ezzati, M. and et al, (2023). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ health. Nature. 615 (7954), 874-883
  • Hassard, F., Vu, M., Rahimzadeh, S., Castro-Gutierrez, V., Stanton, I., Burczynska, B., Wildeboer, D., Baio, G., Brown, MR., Garelick, H., Hofman, J., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Majeed, A., Priest, S., Denise, H., Khalifa, M., Bassano, I., Wade, MJ., Grimsley, J., Lundy, L., Singer, AC. and Di Cesare, M., (2023). Wastewater monitoring for detection of public health markers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Near-source monitoring of schools in England over an academic year. PLOS ONE. 18 (5), e0286259-e0286259
  • Jobling, K., Quintela-Baluja, M., Hassard, F., Adamou, P., Blackburn, A., Research Team, T., McIntyre-Nolan, S., O'Mara, O., Romalde, JL., Di Cesare, M. and Graham, DW., (2023). Comparison of gene targets and sampling regimes for SARS-CoV-2 quantification for wastewater epidemiology in UK prisons. Journal of Water and Health. 22 (1), 64-76
  • Jalali-Farahani, S., Amiri, P., Zarani, F. and Azizi, F., (2023). A Qualitative Exploration of Body Image from the Perspective of Adolescents with a Focus on Psychological Aspects: Findings from Iran. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 54 (1), 202-212
  • Jalali-Farahani, S. and Amiri, P., (2023). Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the food choice questionnaire and food choice motives among the study population. Public Health Nutrition. 26 (3), 684-692
  • Daneshpour, MS., Akbarzadeh, M., Lanjanian, H., Sedaghati-khayat, B., Guity, K., Masjoudi, S., Zahedi, AS., Moazzam-Jazi, M., Bonab, LNH., Shalbafan, B., Asgarian, S., Farhood, GK., Javanrooh, N., Zarkesh, M., Riahi, P., Moghaddas, MR., Dehkordi, PA., Ahmadi, AD., Hosseini, F., Farahani, SJ., Hadaegh, F., Mirmiran, P., Tehrani, FR., Ghanbarian, A., Pasand, MSFM., Amiri, P., Valizadeh, M., Hosseipanah, F., Tohidi, M., Ghasemi, A., Zadeh-Vakili, A., Piryaei, M., Alamdari, S., Khalili, D., Momenan, A., Barzin, M., Zeinali, S., Hedayati, M. and Azizi, F., (2023). Cohort profile update: Tehran cardiometabolic genetic study. European Journal of Epidemiology. 38 (6), 699-711
  • McPherson, S., Oute, J. and Speed, E., (2023). Quality-of-life measurement in depression trials: A consumerist relic. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 27 (5), 647-663
  • Solanki, J., Wood, L. and McPherson, S., (2023). Experiences of adults from a Black ethnic background detained as inpatients under the Mental Health Act (1983). Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 46 (1), 14-20
  • Baxter, V., Boydell, V. and McPherson, S., (2023). Multi-disciplinary support for families with complex needs and children on the edge of care in the UK: a mixed methods evaluation. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 45 (4), 307-325
  • Arnold, DL. and McPherson, S., (2023). A systematic review on the mental health of parents of individuals with learning disabilities. Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments. 4 (2), 59-75
  • Sacker, A., Lacey, RE., Maughan, B. and Murray, ET., (2023). Is foster caring associated with an earlier transition to adulthood for caregivers’ own children? ONS Longitudinal Study
  • Murray, ET., Keating, A., Cameron, CL., Benchekroun, R., Whewall, S., Booker, C. and Jivraj, S., (2023). Residence in a Coastal communities in adolescence and health in young adulthood: an 11-year follow-up of English UKHLS youth questionnaire respondents.
  • Kampouridis, M., Evdokimov, I. and Papastylianou, T., (2023). Application Of Machine Learning Algorithms to Free Cash Flows Growth Rate Estimation. Procedia Computer Science. 222, 529-538
  • Wang, R., Browning, MHEM., Kee, F. and Hunter, RF., (2023). Exploring mechanistic pathways linking urban green and blue space to mental wellbeing before and after urban regeneration of a greenway: Evidence from the Connswater Community Greenway, Belfast, UK. Landscape and Urban Planning. 235, 104739-104739
  • Wu, W., Yao, Y. and Wang, R., (2023). Green space exposure at subway stations, transportation mode choice and travel satisfaction. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 122, 103862-103862
  • Wu, W., Tan, W., Wang, R. and Chen, WY., (2023). From quantity to quality: Effects of urban greenness on life satisfaction and social inequality. Landscape and Urban Planning. 238, 104843-104843
  • Wang, R., Grekousis, G., Maguire, A., McKinley, JM., Garcia, L., Rodgers, SE. and Hunter, RF., (2023). Examining the spatially varying and interactive effects of green and blue space on health outcomes in Northern Ireland using multiscale geographically weighted regression modeling. Environmental Research Communications. 5 (3), 035007-035007
  • Wang, R., Wu, W., Yao, Y. and Tan, W., (2023). “Green transit-oriented development”: Exploring the association between TOD and visible green space provision using street view data. Journal of Environmental Management. 344, 118093-118093
  • Zhang, H., Mei, YZ., Wu, YZ., Zheng, JH., Chen, WX. and Wang, RY., (2023). Spatial-temporal Variation of Near-Surface Ozone Concentration and Distribution Characteristics of Urban Agglomerations in China: Also on the Effectiveness of Ozone Pollution Prevention and Control Since the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" Period. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin. 32 (12), 2649-2660
  • Yang, L., He, B., Cheng, L., Wang, R. and Ao, Y., (2023). Editorial: The physical environment and health: implications for the planning and management of healthy cities. Frontiers in Public Health. 11, 1245561-
  • Liu, D., Wang, R., Grekousis, G., Liu, Y. and Lu, Y., (2023). Detecting older pedestrians and aging-friendly walkability using computer vision technology and street view imagery. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 105, 102027-102027
  • Bai, Y., Bai, Y., Wang, R., Yang, T., Song, X. and Bai, B., (2023). Exploring Associations between the Built Environment and Cycling Behaviour around Urban Greenways from a Human-Scale Perspective. Land. 12 (3), 619-619
  • Wang, R., Clemens, T., Douglas, M., Keller, M. and van der Horst, D., (2023). Spatiotemporal Modeling of the Association between Neighborhood Factors and COVID-19 Incidence Rates in Scotland. The Professional Geographer. 75 (5), 803-815
  • Yuan, Y., Wang, R., Niu, T. and Liu, Y., (2023). Using street view images and a geographical detector to understand how street-level built environment is associated with urban poverty: A case study in Guangzhou. Applied Geography. 156, 102980-102980
  • Chen, Y., Yu, B., Shu, B., Yang, L. and Wang, R., (2023). Exploring the spatiotemporal patterns and correlates of urban vitality: Temporal and spatial heterogeneity. Sustainable Cities and Society. 91, 104440-104440
  • Lotfata, A., Grekousis, G. and Wang, R., (2023). Using geographical random forest models to explore spatial patterns in the neighborhood determinants of hypertension prevalence across chicago, illinois, USA. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 50 (9), 2376-2393
  • Yang, L., Wang, R., He, B., Ye, Y. and Ao, Y., (2023). Editorial: The built environment and public health: New insights. Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 1079182-
  • Liu, D., Jiang, Y., Wang, R. and Lu, Y., (2023). Establishing a citywide street tree inventory with street view images and computer vision techniques. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 100, 101924-101924

Book chapters

  • Altai, Z., Montefiori, E. and Li, X., (2023). High Performance Computing for Drug Discovery and Biomedicine. In: High Performance Computing for Drug Discovery and Biomedicine. Editors: Heifetz, A., . Humana. 1071634488. 9781071634486
  • Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., Dixon, P., See, BH., Bulsari, S., Saeed, S., Sarfraz, H. and Pandya, K., (2024). What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children's cognitive and social-emotional learning. In: An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. Editors: Gorard, S. and Siddiqui, N., . Routledge. 15- 26. 1003455069. 9781003455066
  • Bulsari, S. and Pandya, K., (2023). Future of HR Analytics. In: Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development. IGI Global. 140- 162. 9781668467459
  • Parsa, AD., Hakkim, S., Vinnakota, D., Mahmud, I., Bulsari, S., Dehghani, L., Pulikkottil, A-T., Sivasubramanian, M. and Kabir, R., (2023). Artificial Intelligence for Global Healthcare. In: Medical Virology: From Pathogenesis to Disease Control. Springer Nature Singapore. 1- 21. 9789819903689
  • Gould, B. (2025) The Impact of Professionalisation and Structured Coaching in Skateboarding and Freestyle BMX - A socio-cultural analysis. In: Teaching and Coaching Lifestyle Sports: Research and Practice
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