College of Science and Engineering
| Type | College |
|---|---|
| University | University of Derby |
| Dean | Chris Bussell |
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Alcohol additives to enhance ammonia-methane combustion efficiency and reduce emissions: A reactive force field analysis
Shateri, A., Yang, Z., Sherkat, N. and Jianfei Xie 2026. Alcohol additives to enhance ammonia-methane combustion efficiency and reduce emissions: A reactive force field analysis. Fuel. 405, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.136565Journal article
Electrical stimulation of smiling muscles reduces visual processing load and enhances happiness perception in neutral faces
Baker, J., Ngo, H. V. V., Efthimiou, N., Elsenaar, M., Mehu, M. and Korb, S. Electrical stimulation of smiling muscles reduces visual processing load and enhances happiness perception in neutral faces. Communications psychology. 3, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00281-yJournal article
Cognitive biases in individuals with chronic pain: Interpretation, recall and recognition of pain/illness-related information [DATASET]
Gaffiero, D. Cognitive biases in individuals with chronic pain: Interpretation, recall and recognition of pain/illness-related information [DATASET].Dataset
Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Ageing: Special Issue Reprint:
Pringle, A. and Kime, N (ed.) 2025. Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Ageing: Special Issue Reprint: Basel MDPI.Book
Parametric study of the energy dissipation by a suspension system
Diala, U. and Sani, G. 2025. Parametric study of the energy dissipation by a suspension system. in: Raja, G. L. (ed.) Dynamical Systems - Latest Developments and Applications IntechOpenBook chapter
Epidemiology of hepatitis B and C viruses among pregnant women at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Blantyre Malawi
Nkhata, C. B., Stockdale, A. J., Mvula M. N., Kalongonda, M. M., Masamba, M. and Shawa, I. 2025. Epidemiology of hepatitis B and C viruses among pregnant women at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Blantyre Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal (MMJ).Journal article
Effective targeting of pathogenic Acanthamoeba castellanii of the T4 genotype using nano-formulations of Quercetin
Siddiqui, R., Kawish, M., Khan, S. H., Habib, S., Shah, M. R., Anuar, T. S., Brown, E. and Khan, N. 2025. Effective targeting of pathogenic Acanthamoeba castellanii of the T4 genotype using nano-formulations of Quercetin. RSC Pharmaceutics. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5PM00201JJournal article
Medical & healthcare robotics: a roadmap for enhanced precision, safety, and efficacy
Ozioko, O. 2025. Medical & healthcare robotics: a roadmap for enhanced precision, safety, and efficacy. Measurement Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ae09bfJournal article
On the use of large language models for improving student and staff experience in higher education
O’Neill, S., Mulgrew, D. and Bagdasar, O. 2025. On the use of large language models for improving student and staff experience in higher education. Open Education Studies. 7 (1), pp. 1-17.Journal article
Printing orientation effects on microstructure in LPBF-manufactured SS316L subjected to fatigue
Kopec, M., Przygucka, D., Pawlik, M., Wood, P., Jóźwiak, S. and Kowalewski, Z.L. 2025. Printing orientation effects on microstructure in LPBF-manufactured SS316L subjected to fatigue. MRS Communications. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-025-00835-5Journal article
Castroviejo surgical needle holders: an ideal tool for micro pinning
Chick, A. I. R. 2025. Castroviejo surgical needle holders: an ideal tool for micro pinning. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History. 38, pp. 83-84.Journal article
Allestree Park Rewilding: Qualitative evaluation report
Holland, F. 2025. Allestree Park Rewilding: Qualitative evaluation report. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.Technical report
Geotechnical data-driven mapping for resilient infrastructure: an augmented spatial interpolation framework
Ijaz, N., Ijaz, Z., Zhou, N., Zia ur Rehman, Jaffar, S. T. A., Ijaz, H. and Ijaz, A. 2025. Geotechnical data-driven mapping for resilient infrastructure: an augmented spatial interpolation framework. Buildings. 15 (17), pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15173211Journal article
The sponge analogy problem: moving towards clearer communication of peatland hydrological processes
Lees, K., McCarter, C. P. R., Ritson, J. P., Waddington, J. M., Peacock, M., Evans, M., Holden, J., Shuttleworth, E., Johnston, A. and Baird, A. J. 2025. The sponge analogy problem: moving towards clearer communication of peatland hydrological processes. Hydrological Processes. 39 (9), pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70267Journal article
Reducing academic procrastination in Spanish University students through a Mindfulness-Based Intervention
Franco, C., Amutio, A., Aguilar-Parra, J. M., Trigueros, R. and Van Gordon, W. 2025. Reducing academic procrastination in Spanish University students through a Mindfulness-Based Intervention. Espiral Cuadernos del Profesorado. 18 (35), pp. 115-128. https://doi.org/10.25115/ecp.v18i38.10569Journal article
Shearlet transform and convolutional neural network for histopathology images in breast cancer classification
Khairi, S. S. M., Bakar, M. A. A., Alias, M. A., Bakar, S. A., Rosli, N. and Farid, M. 2025. Shearlet transform and convolutional neural network for histopathology images in breast cancer classification . The Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences. 21 (4), p. 2288−2302. https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v21n4.38422288MohdKhairietal.|MalaysianJournalofFundamentalandAppliedSciences,Vol.21(2025)2288−2302RESEARCHARTICLEShearletTransformandConvolutionalNeuralNetworkforHistopathologyImagesinBreastCancerClassificationSitiShalizaMohdKhairia,b,MohdAftarAbuBakarb*,MohdAlmieAliasb,SakhinahAbuBakarb,NurwahyunaRoslic,MohsenFariddaFacultyofComputerandMathematicalSciences,UniversitiTeknologiMARA,40450ShahAlam,Selangor,Malaysia;DepartmentofMathematicalSciences,FacultyofScienceandTechnology,UniversitiKebangsaanMalaysia,43600UKMBangi,Selangor,Malaysia;cDepartmentofPathology,FacultyofMedicine,HospitalCanselorTuankuMuhriz,UniversitiKebangsaanMalaysia,JalanYaacobLatif,BandarTunRazak,Cheras,56000KualaLumpur,Malaysia;dDepartmentofComputingandMathematics,UniversityofDerby,KedlestonRoad,Derby,DE221GB,UnitedKingdomAbstractBreastcancerstandsoutasoneoftheglobalhealththreats,asitmaycausedeathifimproperlytreated.Thus,detectingtheillnessattheearlystagethroughprecisediagnosisisimportanttopreventprogressionoftumorswitheffectivetreatmentsthroughmedicalimaging.Traditionally,manualdiagnosticprocessesrelyontheinputdatarepresentationandexpertknowledge,whichconsumemuchtimeandarepronetohumanerrorduetoheavyworkloadsandfatigue.Recently,deeplearninghasshowndistinguishingresultsinmedicalimaginganalysisforimageclassificationanddetection.Nevertheless,theincreasingdemandtoenhancetheperformanceofimageclassificationisbecomingmoreprominent.Inthisstudy,ahybridmethodofdeeplearningisproposedbycombiningShearlettransformandconvolutionalneuralnetwork(CNN)forbreastcancerhistopathologyimageclassification.First,thehistopathologyimagesaredecomposedusingShearlettransformforShearletcoefficients.Then,theCNNapproachisusedtoclassifytheimagesintobenignandmalignantwithminimalpre-processingprocedure.TheabilityofShearlettransformtoaddresssingularitieshelpstoincreasethequalityofimages.TheproposedhybridmodelimprovestheperformanceoftheoriginalbasicCNNmodel.Resultsfromtheexperimentshowthattheproposedhybridmodelachievesanaccuracyof75%,anF1-scoreof85%formalignanttumor,andamisclassificationrateof0.25%.ThisresultshowsthattheuseofShearlettransformasthefirstfeatureextractionlayerintheCNNarchitectureprovidesbetterfeatureextraction,consequentlyleadingtoimprovedaccuracyforimageclassification.Keywords:Shearlettransform,imageclassification,convolutionalneuralnetwork,breastcancer.IntroductionBreastcancerisoneofthemostcommonillnesseshighlightedbyresearchersinmedicalfieldasitcontributestohighestdeathrates[1].Thiscancerpredominantlyoccursinwomen,hitsthemafterpubertywheretheincidenceratesrisingsteadilyaspeoplegrowolder.Itisanticipatedthatthenumberofdeathsfrombreastcancerwillgrowcontinuouslyfrom2020to2030forEastandSouthAsiancountries[2].Breastcancerisnotanairborneorspreadingillness.Theaffectedbreastcellsexperienceunregulatedgrowthandcandevelopintobenignormalignanttumors.Malignanttumors(canceroustumors)canmetastasizeorspreadtootherpartsofthebody,conferringworseprognosisforthepatients[3].Earlydiagnosisandaccuratetreatmentmayhelpindeceleratingthegrowthprocessandpreventspreadingofuncontrolledabnormalcellstootherpartsofthebody.*Forcorrespondence:aftar@ukm.edu.myReceived:04Sept.2024Accepted:25June2025©CopyrightMohdKhairi.ThisarticleisdistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduseandredistributionprovidedthattheoriginalauthorandsourcearecredited.Journal article
Under the blinding light of colonial ideology: The (re) formation of the tritiya prakriti in Late Modern India
Franicevic, B. 2025. Under the blinding light of colonial ideology: The (re) formation of the tritiya prakriti in Late Modern India. Old World Trade and Interaction. 1 (1), pp. 85-93. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16537797Journal article
Unlocking the power of L1 regularization: A novel approach to taming overfitting in CNN for image classification
Sheikh, R., Wahid, F., Ali, S., Alkhayyat, A., Ma, Y., Khan, J. and Lee, Y. 2025. Unlocking the power of L1 regularization: A novel approach to taming overfitting in CNN for image classification. PLOS One. 20 (9), pp. 1-40. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327985Journal article
Drag reduction mechanism of a diving submersible with the double-row silk appendages based on continuous wavelet transform and dynamic modal decomposition
Yan, F, Wang, S., Yang, Z., Rinoshika, A. and Zhang, J. 2025. Drag reduction mechanism of a diving submersible with the double-row silk appendages based on continuous wavelet transform and dynamic modal decomposition. Ocean Engineering. 342 (Part 1), pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.122893Journal article
Proposed circular economy readiness framework for the rail sector, a literature review and conceptual framework
Waring, C. and Liyanage, K. 2025. Proposed circular economy readiness framework for the rail sector, a literature review and conceptual framework. Business Strategy and the Environment. pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70207Journal article
Artificial intelligence for enhanced quality assurance through advanced strategies and implementation in the software industry
Vivekananthan, J., Sattar, U. and Lackner, M. 2025. Artificial intelligence for enhanced quality assurance through advanced strategies and implementation in the software industry. Journal of Intelligent Systems. 34 (1), pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2024-0377Journal article
Letting go of the “unwell self” in chronic and life-challenging conditions
Wells, C., Van Gordon, W. and Barrows, P. 2025. Letting go of the “unwell self” in chronic and life-challenging conditions. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02682-wJournal article
Exploring perceptions on how Virtual Reality (VR) could serve as an alternative tool for football players to engage in self-development
Richardson, L., Hooton, A., Chandler, C. and Rumbold, J. 2025. Exploring perceptions on how Virtual Reality (VR) could serve as an alternative tool for football players to engage in self-development. PhD Thesis https://doi.org/10.48773/v060xPhD Thesis
Shoreline change assessment in rapidly urbanizing coastal megacities using geospatial techniques
Jimenez-Bescos, C. 2025. Shoreline change assessment in rapidly urbanizing coastal megacities using geospatial techniques . AIMS Geosciences. 11 (3), pp. 725-752.Journal article
A qualitative study of Japanese medical students’ perspectives on clinical practicum during coronavirus disease 2019
Suzuki, T., Sakata, N., Ozaki, A., Tanimo, T., Miyata, Y., Kotera, Y. and Taylor, E. 2025. A qualitative study of Japanese medical students’ perspectives on clinical practicum during coronavirus disease 2019. JMA Journal. https://doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2025-0087Journal article
Understanding online registered nursing students’ attitudes towards environmentally sustainable healthcare
Rawson, R., Okere, U., Williams, A., Lyte, G. and Jackson, J. 2025. Understanding online registered nursing students’ attitudes towards environmentally sustainable healthcare. MDPI Nursing Reports. pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15090340Journal article
Introducing the Emotions-Affect Systems Elicitation (EASEL-3) Index: A new tool for measuring affect regulation systems' activation
Pinto, A. M., Figueiredo, C., Geenen, R., Castilho, P., da Silva, J. A. P., The EASEL-3 research group, Maratos, F. and McEwan, K. 2025. Introducing the Emotions-Affect Systems Elicitation (EASEL-3) Index: A new tool for measuring affect regulation systems' activation. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 32 (4). https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70126Journal article
The “5Rs of Rugby”: A reflective case study on the reality of implementing a mental health literacy and social norms intervention with professional rugby players
Lyons, D, Clarke, P., Symth, M, Burrows, E, Gilpin, P, Horan, M and McCormick,H 2025. The “5Rs of Rugby”: A reflective case study on the reality of implementing a mental health literacy and social norms intervention with professional rugby players. Case Studies in Sport and Performance Psychology. 9 (2), pp. 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1123/csspp.2024-0023Journal article
The Development and Validation of the Adolescent Self-Criticism Scale (ASCS)
Maratos, F., Stupple, E., Barnes, C. and Ashra, H. 2025. The Development and Validation of the Adolescent Self-Criticism Scale (ASCS). Child & Youth Care Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-025-09887-zJournal article
Stable apelin-13 analogues promote cell proliferation, differentiation and protect inflammation induced cell death
Sharma, P., Bastidas, M. E., Usman. A., Sivasubramaniam, S. and Parthsarathy, V. 2025. Stable apelin-13 analogues promote cell proliferation, differentiation and protect inflammation induced cell death. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2025.104036Journal article
You are what you eat; The role of heterotrophic feeding in coral juvenile survival, growth, and heat tolerance.
Calvert, M., Sweet, M. and Bulling, M. 2025. You are what you eat; The role of heterotrophic feeding in coral juvenile survival, growth, and heat tolerance. MPhil Thesis https://doi.org/10.48773/qzy5xMPhil Thesis
Evaluation report: An analysis of the 'Wellbeing for Mothers and Babies’ course
Barnes, C. 2025. Evaluation report: An analysis of the 'Wellbeing for Mothers and Babies’ course. Derby University of Derby. https://doi.org/10.48773/qzx15Technical report
Mindfulness and Buddhist principles in oncology: Risks, misconceptions and recommendations forethical integration
Wells, C., Van Gordon, W. and Barrows, P. 2025. Mindfulness and Buddhist principles in oncology: Risks, misconceptions and recommendations forethical integration. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2551625Journal article
An epigenomic meta-analysis of differentially methylated sites in pre- and Post-Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Adult Female Patients
Lovett, A., Hitman, G. A., Dimitriadis, G. K., Murphy, A. M., Tripathi, G. and Duggirala, A. 2025. An epigenomic meta-analysis of differentially methylated sites in pre- and Post-Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Adult Female Patients . Epigenomes. 9 (32). https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes9030032Journal article
Effect of the printing orientation on the yield surface and its evolution reflecting plastic pre-deformation of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L
Dubey, V. P., Kopec, M., Przygucka, D.P, Pawlik, M., Wood, P. and Kowalewski, Z. L. 2025. Effect of the printing orientation on the yield surface and its evolution reflecting plastic pre-deformation of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-16296-yJournal article
Bodies of evidence: recent investigations from the Jucu de Sus Project
Filipek, K. and Bittleston, W. 2025. Bodies of evidence: recent investigations from the Jucu de Sus Project. CONSTANȚA Institutul Național al Patrimoniului.Project report
Investigating ageing effects on bored pile shaft resistance in cohesionless soil through field testing
Hamza, O. and Mawas, A. 2025. Investigating ageing effects on bored pile shaft resistance in cohesionless soil through field testing. Geotechnics. 5 (3), pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/geotechnics5030059Journal article
Negative experiences of breastfeeding beyond the infancy age of one year in public – a deductive content analysis of a cross-sectional global sample
Jackson, J., Hallam, J. and Safari, R. 2025. Negative experiences of breastfeeding beyond the infancy age of one year in public – a deductive content analysis of a cross-sectional global sample. BMC Women's Health. 25, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03704-4Journal article
Interoperability challenges in NATO’s risk management: Insights from procedural and conceptual analysis
Solli, B-E. and Borrie, A. 2025. Interoperability challenges in NATO’s risk management: Insights from procedural and conceptual analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies. 8 (1), p. 342–362. https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.328Journal article
Future of coral bleaching research
Sweet, M. 2025. Future of coral bleaching research. BioScience. 75 (7), p. 585–598. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf066Journal article
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