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Disentangling Racial Phenotypes: Fine-Grained Control of Race-related Facial Phenotype Characteristics (2024)
Journal Article
Yucer, S., Atapour-Abarghouei, A., Al Moubayed, N., & Breckon, T. P. (2024). Disentangling Racial Phenotypes: Fine-Grained Control of Race-related Facial Phenotype Characteristics. arXiv,

Achieving an effective fine-grained appearance variation over 2D facial images, whilst preserving facial identity, is a challenging task due to the high complexity and entanglement of common 2D facial feature encoding spaces. Despite these challenges... Read More about Disentangling Racial Phenotypes: Fine-Grained Control of Race-related Facial Phenotype Characteristics.

Foreign Ownership, Board of Directors and Environmental Commitment in European International New Ventures (2024)
Journal Article
Onjewu, A. E., Nyuur, B. N., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Olan, F., & Godwin, E. S. (in press). Foreign Ownership, Board of Directors and Environmental Commitment in European International New Ventures. Thunderbird International Business Review,

This study examines the effect of foreign ownership and the presence of a board of directors on commitment to environmental issues and export intensity. Based on a robust path analysis of 181 international new ventures spanning 25 European countries,... Read More about Foreign Ownership, Board of Directors and Environmental Commitment in European International New Ventures.

Nitrogen isotopes in herbaria document historical nitrogen sewage pollution in the Mersey Estuary, England (2024)
Journal Article
Alldred, F. C., Gröcke, D. R., Jackson, S. E., & Reid, G. (in press). Nitrogen isotopes in herbaria document historical nitrogen sewage pollution in the Mersey Estuary, England. Environmental Science: Advances, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4VA00015C

A macroalgae (seaweed) herbarium nitrogen isotope (δ15N) record is produced for the River Mersey and Liverpool South Docks (England) between 1821 and 2018. A modern macroalgae δ15N record was also produced from September 2022. The herbaria δ15N recor... Read More about Nitrogen isotopes in herbaria document historical nitrogen sewage pollution in the Mersey Estuary, England.

Analysing Learner Behaviour in an Ontology-Based E-learning System: A Graph Neural Network Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Wynn, A., Wang, J., Sun, Z., & Shimada, A. (in press). Analysing Learner Behaviour in an Ontology-Based E-learning System: A Graph Neural Network Approach. 00 Journal not listed,

Despite the prevalence of e-learning systems, there is a lack of support for learners to identify and compare new knowledge with existing cognitive structures. Therefore, an ontology-based visualization support system was previously introduced which... Read More about Analysing Learner Behaviour in an Ontology-Based E-learning System: A Graph Neural Network Approach.

The safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries: A global perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Russell, D. H., Higgins, D. J., Harris, L., Rinaldi, A., Pound, M., & Zollner, H. (2024). The safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries: A global perspective. Child Abuse and Neglect, 153, Article 106801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106801

Background: In the wake of historical sexual abuse across the Catholic Church globally, the Church continues to develop policies and processes to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse, including supporting the skills, knowledge, and confidence of... Read More about The safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries: A global perspective.