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Understanding Sociability Through Mandevillean Pride: Comments On Robin Douglass's Mandeville's Fable, Antong Liu

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

There is ‘a tendency to evaluate philosophical theories of human nature as more accurate or adequate when they are more attractive or flattering, not when they are more truthful,’ claim two contemporary moral psychologists (Flanagan and Hu 2011: 312). While this tendency may not be as widely shared as these scholars expect, the flip side of their claim indeed captures a factual truth: philosophers seldom avoid attacks on their theories and even their personalities when they insiston exposing the dark side of human nature. Indeed, not all philosophers attacked for this reasonlose their popularity, as numerous readers of Machiavelli and …

Through The Looking Glass: We All See Ideational Objects Here, J.G. Allen

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In this chapter, I explore the property law treatment of cryptoassets—and, presumably, other digital artefacts that are not clearly rights to anything or against anyone. I argue that such artefacts are well described as “ideational objects” and draw together insights from private law theory and social ontology to explore how we should think about complex objects with a social and a technical dimension. I then examine how the law of property can accommodate ideational objects as objects of property rights (including the right of ownership) and dealing such as transfer, and what challenges and implications this poses for the traditional …

No Consistent Evidence For Between- And Within-Person Associations Between Objective Social Media Screen Time And Body Image Dissatisfaction: Insights From A Daily Diary Study, Adalia Y. H. Goh, Andree Hartanto, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Nadyanna M. Majeed

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

With the abundance of social media content that promotes unrealistic beauty standards, there are growing concerns about the potential negative impact of social media use on body image satisfaction. While some studies highlight negative associations, others present null effects, pointing to methodological limitations like biased and unreliable self-reported screen time measures and a focus on singular platforms. Addressing these gaps, our study employed a daily diary method to objectively measure social media screen time across six major platforms (Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook), alongside daily body image dissatisfaction among 252 young adults (Mage = 21.67 years, 67.77% female) …

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The Effect Of Robot Anthropomorphism On Employee Recovery Of Robot Service Failures: The Mediation Of Employee Empathy, Jiangchi Zhang, Chaowu Xie, Songshan Huang

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: This study aims to investigate employee responses to robot service failures. It examines how employees recover from such failures at varying levels of robot anthropomorphism, considering the mediating role of employee empathy and the moderating role of service failure type. Design/methodology/approach: Three scenario-based experiments were designed and implemented. The statistical analysis techniques adopted were independent samples t-test, multivariate analysis of variance and regression. Findings: Findings reveal: a curvilinear relationship exists between employee proactive/reactive recovery and robot anthropomorphism; employee empathy mediates this relationship; and physical affordance failures prompt low proactive and high reactive recovery for low-anthropomorphism robots, while cognitive affordance …

The Monstrous-Digital: Data Necropolitics, Social Media, And The Assassination Of Brian Thompson, Laura Glitsos

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This research article examines the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the ensuing social media attention on the alleged shooter Luigi Mangione. I argue that the incident can be read as a cultural moment that captures the essence of an emergent sensibility that I call the “monstrous-digital” because of its layered and complex interconnections with the digital apparatus as a space of control and contestation. Specifically, I connect it to the biopolitical weaponization of computational systems, McQuillan’s (2015) algorithmic states of exception, and Pele and Mulholland’s (2023) data necropolitics. I approach this research using a qualitative case study method, …

Western Australian Graduate Teacher Perceptions Of Teacher Performance Assessments, Janine E. Wyatt, Caroline Mansfield, Paula Mildenhall

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This study examined the views of 1593 first-year graduates from five Western Australian universities concerning three nationally endorsed teacher performance assessment (TPA) instruments. Quantitative and qualitative data obtained through the Department of Education Western Australia’s annual first year graduate teacher surveys from 2021-2023 was used. Study findings revealed that overall, most graduates were satisfied that the TPA supported their classroom readiness and understanding of the graduate level of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, and that mentors/supervisors played a critical role in these perceptions. We recommend incorporating the first-year graduates’ insights into the refinement of TPAs. Our study advocates for …

Asian Women’S Studies After Three Decades: Institutional Success, Epistemic Limitations, And The Imperative Of Transnational Solidarity, Trimita Chakma

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This article examines the three-decade project of Asian Women’s Studies (AWS), an institutional and epistemic endeavor that, while successfully challenging Western-centric feminism, inadvertently reproduced center–periphery dynamics. Drawing on archival research, interviews with AWS pioneers, and a systematic analysis of 414 articles from the Asian Journal of Women’s Studies (AJWS) between 2001 and 2021, this study explores AWS’s central paradox: efforts to decenter the West inadvertently created new regional hierarchies. The analysis reveals patterns including minimal personnel overlap (2.7%) between AJWS authors and Asian Association of Women’s Studies (AAWS) members, concentration in East Asia (58.5%, declining to 44.93% by 2022-2025) with …

The Effectiveness Of Tech Support Fraud In Damaging Older Individual’S Financial Security, Vanessa Perera

Theses : Honours

This study discovers the tactics employed to create detrimental effects upon older people impacted from fraudulent tech-support incidents. It examines social engineering, and financial confusion of older people. This is significant considering adaptations towards digital banking and payment management. This research looked at online and active over 65s. Using largely qualitative approaches over 65s were interviewed and responses validated against cyber-professionals’ responses. This identified three key findings: older adults feel confused and misunderstand tech support scams; threat actors build trust by pretending to offer technical help but use this to deceive their victims; and older adults face serious social and …

Serial Killers And The Production Of The Uncanny In Digital Participatory Culture, Laura Glitsos, Mark Deuze

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Many theorists have expounded on what serial killing says about the social in any given context and the ways in which serial killing and media are entangled, in particular, Mark Seltzer, Jon Stratton and Elliot Leyton. However, in this article, we ask, how is serial killer mythology developing in relation to participatory culture typical of our current digital environment? In scaffolding discourse analysis with theories from various literature, such as Judith Fathalla and Mark Deuze, what we find is that people’s lives as lived in media open up radically new spaces through which media publics consume, cultivate and perform knowledge …

A Framework For Understanding The Influence Of The Lifeworld Concept On Small Business Utilisation Of Linkedin, Jalleh Sharafizad, Janice Redmond, Craig Standing, Richard Fulford

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

LinkedIn is a professional platform used as a collaborative tool by small business entrepreneurs to acquire crucial resources needed to sustain and grow their business. However, there is limited research to explain the influence of the lifeworld on entrepreneurs’ LinkedIn use. Using qualitative interviews we address this research gap. The findings reveal evidence of a developing lifeworld within LinkedIn, comprising three key components: culture, social integration, and socialisation. The core small business LinkedIn culture is endorsing and advocating for business brand within a strictly professional ethos, rejecting any deviation from this approach. Social integration is based on strategic actions to …

Activity Behaviours And Quality Of Life In Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion, Bianca M. Iacopetta, David C.L. Lam, Jenny C.L. Ngai, Johnny W.M. Chan, Fifian Chiang, Macy M.S. Lui, W. L. Law, Ken K.P. Chan, Joanne Mcveigh, Carolyn J. Peddle-Mcintyre, Y. C.Gary Lee

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background and objective Accelerometery is used to measure activity behaviours in patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). This study aimed to evaluate physical activity and sedentary behaviour profiles of patients with MPE in Hong Kong, and to explore relationships between activity behaviours and quality of life (QoL). We also compared clinician-recorded performance status measures with objective measures of activity levels. Methods Participants wore an Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometer continuously for 7 consecutive days. The EuroQoL 5 Dimensions 5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) was used to assess five dimensions of QoL and correlate with activity behaviours. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status …

An Updated Social Media Users’ Crisis Response Framework, Violetta Wilk, Francesca Stocco, Saiyidi Mat Roni, Ferry Jie

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: This exploratory study aims to investigate social media users’ reactions via user-generated content (UGC) to crisis-affected supply chains, through the lens of Situational Crisis Communication Theory, to: (1) ascertain whether the Social Media Users' Crisis Response (SMUCR) Framework is applicable to a prolonged, multi-brand, global crisis and (2) whether there is any evidence of online brand advocacy (OBA) and online brand detraction (OBD). Design/methodology/approach: Natural language processing (NLP) with Leximancer, enabled thematic and sentiment analyses of 295,024 X (Twitter) posts extracted over a three-year period. Findings: This study found that there were nine stages in social media users’ response …

Assessing The Effect Of Awareness Of International Oxygen Therapy Guidelines On Oxygen Administration Practices Among Nurses During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Survey Of Nurses Working In The Pediatric And Medical Departments Of A National Teaching And Referral Hospital In Low-Resource Settings, Joseph Odhiambo, Lucy W Kivuti-Bitok, Solomon Omare, Irene Ngune

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Awareness of International Oxygen Therapy Guidelines (IOTG) may have impacted oxygen therapy experience during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This study explored if nurses at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) were aware of IOTG and if this awareness influenced their practice of oxygen administration during Covid-19 era. A survey of 80 nurses, from both pediatric and medical departments was carried out. Data collection was done through a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the association between variables with Chi-square and t-test at p < 0.05. The mean age of the respondents was 39.82 ± 9.32, and 66.3 % were females. Respondents had an average of 2.47 years (±2.35) since the last oxygen therapy refresher training. Over 60 % of participants had been administered oxygen less than a month preceding the survey. Lack of awareness of IOTG (X2 = 7.113 (df = 1, n = 80), p = 0.008) and experience administering oxygen to a covid-19 patient (X2 = 6.851 (df = 1, n = 80), p = 0.018), were associated with low awareness of Covid-19 ventilation and oxygenation guidelines. Experience of having administered Oxygen to a Covid-19 patient (X2 = 6.851 (df = 1, n = 80), p = 0.018) and having reviewed or used any guidelines on oxygen therapy (X2 = 7.113 (df = 1, n = 80), p = 0.008) were significantly associated with awareness of covid 19 ventilation and oxygenation guidelines. Further regular training in oxygen therapy is needed to ensure good clinical practice.

Design Of An Improved Robust Fractional-Order Pid Controller For Buck–Boost Converter Using Snake Optimization Algorithm, Seyyed Morteza Ghamari, Hasan Molaee, Mehrdad Ghahramani, Daryoush Habibi, Asma Aziz

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

With the increasing complexity of modern power systems, effective control of DC–DC converters has become crucial to ensure stability and efficiency. This paper focuses on optimizing the parameters of a known fractional-order proportional–integral–derivative (FOPID) controller for the control of a DC–DC buck–boost converter. The control of a DC–DC buck–boost converter is achieved using aFOPID approach. The gains of this technique have been enhanced utilizing the snake optimization (SO) algorithm. This converter exhibits unfavourable behaviour due to its non-minimum structure, necessitating a well-regulated controller to guarantee stability. The fractional concept is suggested here to enhance the dynamics of the classical PID …

Molecular Testing Of Lung Cancer In Australia: Consensus Best Practice Recommendations From The Royal College Of Pathologists Of Australasia In Collaboration With The Thoracic Oncology Group Of Australasia, Wendy A. Cooper, Benhur Amanuel, Caroline Cooper, Stephen B. Fox, Jon W.A. Graftdyk, Peter Jessup, Sonja Klebe, Wei Sen Lam, Trishe Y.M. Leong, Zarnie Lwin, Rachel Roberts-Thomson, Benjamin J. Solomon, Rebecca Y. Tay, Rebecca Trowman, Janney L. Wale, Nick Pavlakis

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Molecular testing plays a critical role in guiding optimal treatment decisions for lung cancer patients across a variety of clinical settings. While guidelines for biomarker testing exist in other jurisdictions, to date no best practice guidelines have been developed for the Australian setting. To address this need, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia collaborated with the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia to identify state-based pathologists, oncologists and consumer representatives to develop consensus best practice recommendations. Sixteen recommendations were established encompassing appropriate biomarkers, lung cancer subtype, tumour stage, specimen types, assay selection and quality assurance protocols that can inform and …

Sensitivity Analysis Of Reservoir Characteristics And Flue Gas Composition For Enhanced Oil Recovery In Heterogeneous Reservoir, Mehdi Nassabeh, Zhenjiang You, Alireza Keshavarz, Stefan Iglauer

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The success of enhanced oil recovery depends on optimizing various reservoir factors. While CO2 and flue gas injections are common methods, they encounter challenges that require a deep understanding of reservoir characteristics and thorough analysis of pertinent parameters for effective mitigation. This study aimed to explore the synergistic relationship between flue gas compositions, reservoir characteristics, and injection rates for optimal oil recovery. Unlike prior studies that primarily examined the isolated effects of CO2 or flue gas, this research uniquely investigates the combined impact of real-world flue gas compositions from industrial sources under heterogeneous reservoir conditions. Through extensive sensitivity analysis and …

Sleep In Residential Aged Care: A Secondary Qualitative Analysis Of Data From The Australian Royal Commission Into Aged Care Quality And Safety, Aisling Smyth, Patricia Cain, Sabine Pangerl, Christopher Gordon, Kasia Bail, Davina Porock

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background:

Sleep is a crucial healing and restorative component of older person care but is often negatively impacted through the effects of institutionalization in residential aged care (RAC). Currently, information about how sleep occurs is limited.

Methods:

Through the lens of person-centered care, this study examined submissions to the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Commission was established in 2018 with the aim of protecting and improving the safety, quality of life, and well-being of people receiving aged care. The commission received 10 000+ submissions from a range of stakeholders, including consumers, family members, expert witnesses, …

Survival After Cessation Of Immunotherapies In Melanoma: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Kristine E. Mayer, Lydia Warburton, Anne Zaremba, Sarah Preis, Yannick Foerster, Tilo Biedermann, Oana Diana Persa

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background: Immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy elicits durable responses in a subset of patients with advanced melanoma. However, the appropriate timing for treatment cessation remains an unresolved issue. Moreover, some patients are required to discontinue therapy due to the occurrence of severe adverse events. Upon treatment cessation, a subset of patients maintains a durable response, while some patients relapse and require rechallenge with ICI. Criteria for a safe stop of ICI have not been established. Objectives: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the durability of response in melanoma patients who discontinued ICI therapy. Furthermore, the outcome …

The Association Of Cognitive Task Scores With Energy Intake Measurement Error From Technology-Assisted 24 Hr Recalls, Clare Whitton, Barbara A. Mullan, Satvinder S. Dhaliwal, Richard Norman, Carol J. Boushey, Clare E. Collins, Megan E. Rollo, Deborah A. Kerr

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Measurement error undermines the accuracy of dietary intake data. The 24-hour dietary recall (24HR) is the standard data collection method in nutrition surveillance. Several neurocognitive processes underpin the act of recall, and individuals differ in their performance of these processes. This study aimed to investigate whether variation in neurocognitive processes, measured using four cognitive tasks, was associated with variation in measurement error of 24HRs. Participants (n 139) completed the Trail Making Test, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Visual Digit Span, and the Vividness of Visual Imagery questionnaire. During a controlled feeding study, participants completed three technology-assisted 24HR; the Automated …

Drawing On International Pre-Service Teachers’ Funds Of Knowledge To Enhance Professional Experience, Fiona Boylan, Karen Nociti, Gillian Kirk

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Following the COVID- 19 pandemic, international student enrolments in Australia's initial teacher education (ITE) programs have sharply increased. ITE courses are obligated to comprehensively support international students, particularly during professional experiences (PEx). These students often face challenges due to cultural and linguistic differences, and universities typically address these through intervention programs and workshops aimed at developing communicative and work-based skills. This pilot study adopted a unique Funds of Knowledge (FoK) and Funds of Identity (FoI) lens to enhance culturally responsive communication between pre-service teachers and various stakeholders (mentor teachers, supervisors and unit coordinators) during PEx. An ethnographic visual methodology, employing …

From Feedback To Framework: Exploring A Student-Centric Development Process For Low-End Immersive Ar/Vr Learning Content In Hospitality Education, Alexander Lennart Schmidt, Praneschen Govender, Jeroen Oskam, Ralf Burbach, Davin Dunlea, Jennifer Hussey, Colin O’Connor, Daniel King, Pasi Tuominen, Jouko Loijas, Teemu Moilanen, Elisa Laatikainen, David Cortés, Belén Bermejo, Carlos Juiz

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

There is a vibrant debate concerning the integration of immersive learning content into hospitality education to (a.) embed the learning process in real-life professional contexts and, (b.) uphold student engagement. Contributing to this debate, this article explores the development process of low-end immersive AR/VR content for hospitality education, leveraging design-based research (DBR) centered around student feedback. This study is based on qualitative focus group data triangulated with survey data collected across four universities located in Europe, each of which offers hospitality programs. Our findings suggest a three-stage development process framework. This process comprises three decision-making dilemmas which need to be …

Corrigendum: Antioxidant, Anti-Alzheimer’S, Anticancer, And Cytotoxic Properties Of Peanut Oil: In Vitro, In Silico, And Gc-Ms Analysis (Frontiers In Chemistry, (2024), 12, (1487084), 10.3389/Fchem.2024.1487084), Hanène Djeghim, Djamila Benouchenne, El Hassen Mokrani, Huda Alsaeedi, David Cornu, Mikhael Bechelany, Ahmed Barhoum

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 7. Instead of “GUST, Helwan, Kuwait”, it should be “Functional Materials Group, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Mubarak Al-Abdullah, Kuwait”. The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Understanding Urban Cultural Festivals As Social Infrastructure, Bernadette Quinn

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

This paper is concerned with the role that urban cultural festivals play in enhancing the quality and vitality of social life. It acknowledges that their reputation has become tarnished in recent years and that festivals now frequently feature in debates because they are charged with inciting tensions, exclusions and contestations. However, of note here is that cities tend to narrowly conceive of festivals as temporarily bounded moments of commodifiable spectacle. The fact that festivals function, on an ongoing manner, as embedded, sustained practices capable of supporting urban social living in numerous ordinary ways is rarely acknowledged, much less prioritised. This …

Unprecedented Visible Light-Initiated Topochemical [2 + 2] Cycloaddition In A Functionalized Bimane Dye, Metodej Dvoracek, Brendan Twamley, Mathias O. Senge, Mikhail A. Filatov

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Bimanes, a class of molecules based on the 1H,7H-pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazole-1,7-dione scaffold, were first introduced by E. M. Kosower in 1978. In this study, we report the topochemical cycloaddition of diethyl 2,6-dichloro-1,7-dioxo-1H,7H-pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylate (Cl₂B), initiated by visible light. Crystal structure analysis confirmed that the reactive double bonds are parallel and coplanar, in line with the Schmidt criteria for topochemical cycloaddition. Additionally, two other bimane derivatives with different substitution patterns were synthesized and investigated. Our findings suggest that functionalizing bimanes to redshift their absorption maxima into the visible-light spectrum provides a promising strategy for synthesizing substituted cyclobutanes without the need for ultraviolet …

Advancing Equality, Diversity, And Inclusion In Ireland’S Technological University Sector, Marian Duggan, Yvonne Galligan, Allison Kenneally, Margaret Linehan, Jacqueline Mccormack, Noirin Macnamara

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Technological universities (TUs) mark a notable change in the Irish higher education landscape and were recently founded by mergers of former Institutes of Technology (IoT). The emergence of these five new Irish universities coincided with the increasing emphasis from policymakers on equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the Irish higher education sector. This chapter explores how EDI has been integrated into these new universities. It examines distinctive aspects of the TU sector, focusing on features which are particularly relevant to the work of EDI and provides short case studies from the five TUs discussing key challenges and opportunities faced when …

Development Of Machine Learning Algorithms To Predict Viral Load Suppression Among Hiv Patients In Conakry (Guinea), Degninou Yehadji, Geraldine Gray, Carlos Arias Vicente, Petros Isaakidis, Abdourahimi Diallo, Saa Andre Kamano, Thierno Saidou Diallo

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Background: Viral load (VL) suppression is key to ending the global HIV epidemic, and predicting it is critical for healthcare providers and people living with HIV (PLHIV). Traditional research has focused on statistical analysis, but machine learning (ML) is gradually influencing HIV clinical care. While ML has been used in various settings, there’s a lack of research supporting antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs, especially in resource-limited settings like Guinea. This study aims to identify the most predictive variables of VL suppression and develop ML models for PLHIV in Conakry (Guinea). Methods: Anonymized data from HIV patients in eight Conakry health facilities …

Multi-Level Explainability In Radiomic-Based Classification Of Multiple Sclerosis And Ischemic Lesions, Nighat Bibi, Kathleen M. Curran, Ronan P. Killeen, Jane Courtney

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Differentiating multiple sclerosis (MS) from ischemic stroke lesions on MRI remains a clinical challenge due to their similar appearances as white matter hyperintensities. We propose a radiomics-based machine learning framework that integrates multi-level explainable AI (XAI) techniques to support transparent and clinically meaningful lesion classification. Radiomic features are extracted from standardized MRI scans and used to train multiple classifiers, with Random Forest achieving the best performance (accuracy: 91.24%, F1: 86.54%). The framework incorporates four complementary explanation layers: global insights using SHAP, local interpretability via LIME, counterfactual reasoning with DiCE, and clinical narrative generation using GPT-based language models. This layered approach …

The Indirect Diversification Benefits Of Investing In Japanese Firms: An Alternative Perspective, Pearlean Chadha, Jenny Berrill

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

This paper examines the role of firm-level multinationality in equity portfolio diversification for Japanese firms from 1998 to 2015. We use a unique multinationality dataset for constituents of the Nikkei 225 based on two measures of sales and subsidiaries. We employ an extended version of the traditional Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to analyse the exposure of firm returns to various geographical regions. There is evidence that firms are not influenced by the geographic regions where they report operations. The results also indicate that there are benefits from investing in Japanese multinationals but these benefits do not increase with increasing …

Enhanced Force Sensing Utilizing A Glass-Supported Wgm Microbubble Resonator, Yiming Shen, Zhe Wang, V. R. Anand, Zhuochen Wang, Rayhan Habib Jibon, Anuradha Rout, Bo Cai, Qiang Wu, Yuliya Semenova

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Mechanical force sensors are critical for a wide range of advanced applications. This paper presents a high-performance whispering gallery mode (WGM) force sensor based on a glass-supported microbubble resonator (MBR). By incorporating the proposed glass support design, the proposed sensor achieves the highest force sensitivity reported for MBR-based structures, of 125.71 pm/mN and a detection limit of 52.26 μN. The sensor has a response time of 3.5 ms, enabling rapid detection of dynamic force changes. Further tests show that the sensor is capable of detecting subtle forces, such as those created by water droplets and a gentle breeze, paving the …