Eco-friendly travel during the cost-of-living crisis: beliefs, emotions, and sentiments in digital discourse See

The cost-of-living crisis is believed to have shifted attitudes towards travel options, prioritising cost savings over environmental concerns. However, a significant gap remains in identifying the belief structure expressed in public digital discourse regarding adopting eco-friendly travel in extreme ...

From Awareness to Agency: A Freirean Analysis of Critical Consciousness and Social Justice Among International Medical Students in the UK See

Social justice is increasingly emphasised in medical education, yet students often struggle to translate awareness of inequity into meaningful action. Drawing on Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy, this study explores how international medical students conceptualise social justice, encounter inequity wit...

A BIM-Integrated Stage-Gated Framework for Mitigating Strategic Design Errors in Infrastructure Projects See

Design errors remain a persistent challenge in infrastructure delivery, particularly when strategic errors introduced during early design stages propagate into later project phases. This study develops a Building Information Modeling (BIM)-integrated stage-gated framework to mitigate strategic design errors...

Collective social responsibility: revealing agendas in intersectional and decolonial interpretive communities See

This article examines how decolonial and intersectional agendas, viewed through feminist and activist lenses, reshape collective social responsibility (CSR) by anchoring social justice initiatives in non-colonial perspectives. Drawing on intersectional and decolonial feminist scholarship, it explores strategic ...

Double deep reinforcement learning twin-delayed agents for performance improvement of a grid-connected wave energy conversion system See

This study introduces a novel approach using two deep learning agents, trained with the twin-delayed deep deterministic policy gradient (TD3) algorithm, to replace the PI controllers used for the control of grid-connected Archimedes Wave Swing (AWS) wave energy conversion systems. The genera...

Waste Prevention and Minimisation in Western Consumer Behaviour: Is It Attainable? See

By delving into the waste crisis in Western hyperconsumerist societies as an analytical case study, this study advances an actionable theory of minimalism to address systemic overproduction and overconsumption. Drawing on the interdisciplinary literature, the study analyses the structural, cultural,&#...

A decision-tree model to evaluate the impacts of workforce investments aimed at strengthening emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) facilities in Burundi See

Introduction: Human resources for health (HRH) in low- and middle income countries (LMICs) are often allocated irrationally based on normative policies that ignore service delivery patterns and health outcomes, failing to account for costs and expected benefits. To help Burundi ration...

Creating social impact: A critical outlook on social entrepreneurship education See

Drawing on social cognitive theory, we critically argue that the current focus of social entrepreneurship academic programmes on ‘venture creation’ limits graduates' potential to create a lasting social impact. We identify four specific limitations in that direction. We propose a novel f...

Characterisation of rate-dependent mode-II adhesive debonding based on a novel load–displacement curve parametrisation See

In this study, the mode-II rate dependence of an epoxy adhesive is investigated using end-notched flexure (ENF) tests conducted over loading speeds ranging from 0.1 to 5000 mm/min. To address the pronounced scatter typically observed in mode-II debonding tests, as well as the ...