Atlantic Technological University

Effect Size Calculation Procedures in Exercise Intervention Meta-Analyses: A Scoping Review

BACKGROUND: Meta-analyses require the calculation of effect sizes for all included studies. The most common experimental design in exercise intervention studies is the pre-post control design. A number of different approaches exist for calculating effect sizes for this design, an...

Mapping disappearance: spatial analysis of vulnerable coastal destinations

Abstract Many coastal regions around the world face increasing risks from both natural and anthropogenic drivers, including climate change, rising sea levels, and rapid, unauthorized urbanization. This study presents an integrated geospatial approach to evaluate the coastal vulne...

A comparative study of causal machine learning models for personalized treatment of acute ischemic stroke

Abstract Background Accurate estimation of the individualized treatment effect (ITE) is critical for supporting personalized decision-making in acute ischaemic stroke, while the average treatment effect (ATE) provides a cohort-level benchmark for method comparison and context. Ho...

Projecting global soil moisture droughts under climate change: characteristics, agricultural exposure, and adaptation insights

The intensification of global warming has increased the severity, frequency, and duration of extreme drought events, posing significant threats to agricultural stability. This study introduces a framework for assessing global agricultural drought impacts under climate change by i...

Self-Adaptive Learning Using Test Case Selection in Grammatical Evolution for the Automatic Design of Digital Circuits

In today’s digital age, the demand for increasingly complex digital circuits spans applications ranging from watches to spacecraft. To meet this demand, circuit design automation using Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a key solution due to manual processes’ time-consum...

Ergodic control of multi-agent systems under communication constraints

We study decentralised ergodic control for multi-agent systems operating over stochastic, lossy communication graphs. Each agent follows controlled stochastic dynamics with uniformly elliptic noise on a compact domain and aims to align its occupation measure with a prescribed tar...

Clinical Blindness to Eating Disorders in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Nurses’ Perspectives

Background/Objectives: Eating disorders (EDs) have historically been associated with young women, and their presence in older adults remains poorly recognized despite evidence that they can persist, recur, or emerge in later life. Primary care nurses are strategically positioned...

Anthropogenic drivers of algal regime shifts in a Himalayan watershed and pathways for nature-based solutions

Abstract Freshwater ecosystems worldwide are increasingly threatened by human activities, yet the ecological mechanisms linking anthropogenic pressures to algal community dynamics remain incompletely resolved in the Himalayan river systems. To bridge this gap, this study presents...

Odontocete Occurrence in Highly Trafficked European Straits: Insights from Static Acoustic Monitoring

Static Acoustic Monitoring (SAM) using C-PODs, deep C-PODs, and F-PODs was conducted as part of the STRAITS project (Strategic Infrastructure for improved animal Tracking in European Seas), funded under the EU’s Horizon research and innovation programme, to investigate odontocete...

Investigating the stress response of blue mussels to heat tolerance in a Northeast Atlantic hybrid zone

Heatwaves and rising sea surface temperatures are expected to increasingly affect mussel aquaculture. Beyond shaping species distributions, warming may alter the organisms’ cellular stress responses (CSR), with consequences for survival, growth, and recruitment. Many studies have...