Relationships between surprise, liking, and error perception in musical listening See

A large part of musical enjoyment stems from the interplay between predictability and surprise that evolves throughout a melody, and yet more extreme violation of musical predictions results in perception of an error. The aim of the present research was to investigate the relations...

Belief as Explanation: A motivation-based theory of agency and anthropomorphism in religious belief See

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“Service Children’s Champion”: An Evaluation at North Yorkshire Council See

This report presents the findings of Brunel University of London’s evaluation of the Service Children's Champion role at North Yorkshire Council conducted between September 2024 and March 2025. The Brunel project team collaborated closely with the current Service Children’s Champion for ...

From Goals to Action: A Targeted Framework for Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education See

In recent years, the accelerating trend of digital transformation has compelled Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to redefine their role and contribution to individual learners’ lives. This study builds on our previous work undertaken on Widening Participation (WP) and international students u...

“The Teachers Just Consume Our Money”: Casting Blame for Educational Failure in Rural Lesotho See

1. Introduction. Formal schooling is widely perceived to play a key role in children and young people’s lives and is linked with ideas of progress and empowerment (Henry 2020). Yet it is increasingly apparent that schooling often fails to deliver what it promises and is a...

Menopausal symptom burden as a predictor of mid- to late-life cognitive function and mild behavioral impairment symptoms: A CAN-PROTECT study See

Background: Recent evidence suggests the experience of menopausal symptoms (i.e., perimenopausal symptoms) may be associated with cognitive and behavioural changes. We investigated these two relationships in a sample of postmenopausal females. Design: Cross-sectional observational&#x...

Acceptability and feasibility of a sensor-instrumented ‘SmartSocks’ wearable prototype to detect agitation in people with dementia See

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Compositional Chemical Property Analysis and Evaluation of Liquid Smoke Produced from Microwave-assisted Pyrolysis of Mixtures of Oil Palm Solid Waste See

Microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MAP) was employed to valorise oil palm solid waste, namely empty fruit bunches (EFBs), kernel shells (KSs), and mesocarp fibres (MFs), into liquid smoke at 300 and 400 °C. Unlike conventional pyrolysis systems, which rely on slow, external heating and often...

Global sensitivity analysis of blue hydrogen production: a comparative study using machine learning See

Data-driven modelling utilising machine learning (ML) techniques offers a powerful alternative to first-principles simulations of chemical processes. In this work, artificial neural networks and random forests were developed as surrogate models, trained on data from a first-principles model of sorptio...