University of Staffordshire

The Impact of Diabetes on Risk of Revision Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Real-World Data Study

Given the increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), understanding its impact on anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) revision risk is important for clinical decision-making and patient counselling. This study evaluated whether DM is associated with an increased...

Towards a lightweight intrusion detection framework for resource-constrained home networks: design, implementation and experimental evaluation

The recent technological growth, affordable computing devices and a lack of user expertise have contributed to an increased level of cybersecurity attacks for home networks. Although Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) are very effective in detecting malicious activities,...

Board Cultural Diversity and Corporate Sustainability Performance: Evidence From Hospitality and Tourism Firms

ABSTRACT This paper examines whether board cultural diversity is associated with corporate sustainability performance (CSP) in the hospitality and tourism sector. Drawing on upper echelons theory and resource dependence theory, the analysis uses LSEG ESG data for 282 publicly lis...

Increased risk of steatotic liver disease, major adverse liver outcomes, cardiovascular events and mortality in pheochromocytoma: a model of chronically elevated sympathetic tone

BACKGROUND: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common chronic liver disease globally, yet the contribution of autonomic dysfunction to its progression remains incompletely understood. Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL), characteris...

Shame, Stigma and Indebtedness in Gambling-Related Harm: A Rapid Review of Help-Seeking and Suicidality

Background: Gambling-related harm is recognised as a public health concern, yet limited synthesis has examined how shame, stigma and indebtedness shape help-seeking and suicidality across gendered and cultural contexts. This review addressed the following question: among individu...

‘A bit of chaos and madness’: the AI assessment scale and the work of assessment reform

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has intensified pressure on universities to redesign assessment while maintaining integrity, equity, and validity. Frameworks such as the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS) offer one response, but evidence of how faculty exp...

Siân E. Halcrow, Sabrina C. Agarwal, Carlina de la Cova, Rebecca Gowland & Gwen Robbins Schug (ed.). 2026. Bioarchaeology, activism and social justice: equitable and sustainable global futures. Cham: Springer; 978-3-032-10353-6 hardback £44.99 ebook OpenAccess https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10354-3

Siân E. Halcrow, Sabrina C. Agarwal, Carlina de la Cova, Rebecca Gowland & Gwen Robbins Schug (ed.). 2026. Bioarchaeology, activism and social justice: equitable and sustainable global futures. Cham: Springer; 978-3-032-10353-6 hardback £44.99 ebook OpenAccess https://doi.org...

Privacy-Preserving Ambient Sensing for Activities of Daily Living: Multimodal Radar–Thermal Human Activity Recognition and Smart Plug Appliance Recognition

Continuous monitoring of Activities of daily living (ADLs) requires sensing systems that are privacy-preserving, low-power, and robust to environmental variation. Ambient sensing technologies provide an alternative to RGB video and wearable devices, but individual sensing modalit...

Processing and property relationships in material extrusion additive manufacturing of PLA using a hybrid predictive model for tensile strength optimization

Material-extrusion additive manufacturing produces polymer components with region-dependent mechanical behaviour arising from raster orientation, shell geometry, and layer-wise deposition. This study develops a region-based hybrid model for predicting the tensile strength of PLA...

Terminology for describing the 24-h cycle of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep: a scoping review

Abstract Background Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep are three behaviours which occupy the 24-h cycle and interact to influence a multitude of health outcomes. Different terms are currently used to describe these behaviours collectively (e.g., movement behaviours...