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A comprehensive framework for phygital tourism experiences: bridging academic insights and industry practices across sectors
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No datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.This study seeks to provide both researchers and industry practitioners with a more refined understanding of phygital tourism experiences by introducing a new, integrated conceptual framework, drawing on insights from multiple sectors. Using a narrative review guided by PRISMA methodology and a content analysis of 84 practical-phygital examples across 11 industries, including tourism, luxury fashion, and retail, the research identifies key gaps in the current theoretical understanding and practical applications of phygital experiences. A total of 57 academic articles were analysed, leading to the identification of four central themes in the existing literature: defining phygital, customer responses, the technological components of phygital experiences, and phygital strategies. Based on these findings, the study proposes a novel integrated framework for phygital experiences and offers a future research agenda. The study also highlights important gaps between academic research and industry practices, particularly regarding accessibility, employee perspectives, and the perceptions of older generations. This comprehensive critique goes beyond current insights, presenting a holistic perspective that addresses both the theoretical foundations and practical elements of phygital experiences while encouraging tourism and hospitality providers to adopt cross-sectoral lessons for successful implementation.This paper forms part of a wider PhD study recognised and funded (ES/P00072X/1) by the ESRC (Economic Social Research Council) Southeast Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS). This work and PhD study were also supported by SimpleView Europe
Network Effects in Corporate Emissions: Evidence from a Data-Dependent Spatial Panel Model
No full textA preprint version of the article is available at arXiv:2602.21434v1 [econ.GN] (https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21434). It has not been certified by peer review......
I fought the law and the law won! Life, Death, Burial and Resurrection of the EU Dublin System. Some proposals for a human rights sensitive reform
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Children’s Right to Participate in Youth Justice Research: Opportunities and Challenges in Irish Youth Justice
No full text......Policing Authority Research Bursary: Children’s Rights and Police Questioning: A Qualitative Study of Children’s Experiences of being interviewed by the Garda Síochána; Brunel Research Initiative & Enterprise Fund 2022/2023: The Creative Arts as a Children’s Rights Approach to Responding to Children in Conflict with the Law in Ireland
Digital real-time simulation advancing education and training on power and energy systems
Full text linkTackling the challenges of the energy transition requires a skilled workforce and advanced educational and training tools. During the previous years, a relatively large number of institutions have acquired Real-Time Simulators, in both academia and industry. However, this is mainly used for practical studies and research, while the use of real-time Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation for education and training is rather limited at the moment. In this framework, this work investigates the potential of using HIL simulation for education and training purposes on power and energy topics in both academia and industry. Selected reference experiences of the Task Force members are presented along with learners' feedback to substantiate the effectiveness of the approaches. Particular attention is given to training and education at industrial level, which has not been adequately addressed in the literature, so far. The use of remote laboratories and safety concerns are also addressed
Quantum-Resistant Security in Digital Twin Healthcare Systems
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Data are available from the authors upon request.The development of digital twin (DT) systems for healthcare presents several challenges, particularly in ensuring data protection and communication security in real-time environments. The protection of patient information in the case of future quantum-powered attacks is one of the key issues, with traditional public-key cryptography tools being likely to be weakened in the context of the huge quantum computers. The objective of this research was to come up with a quantum-resistant security system to DT-based remote healthcare monitoring. With quantum-safe session key establishment with QKD or lattice-based postquantum interactions, along with symmetric authenticated encryption, secure far-edge, near-edge and cloud data transfer and processing was guaranteed. The results revealed a 40% reduction in latency, a 30% improvement in throughput and a 15% increase in system efficiency, demonstrating substantial enhancements in performance. The integration of quantum-resistant protocols provided robust protection without compromising system operation, achieving a 25.77% improvement in computational efficiency. The proposed framework significantly enhances the security, scalability and performance of remote healthcare systems, offering a future-proof solution against quantum computing threats.The study was supported by Brunel University of London
Do Antidoping Interventions Work?
No full textSupplementary Material is available online at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01937235251415161#supplementary-materials .A multitude of interventions have been designed to tackle doping in sport. Despite significant advances in understanding the role of motivation, the environment, policies and education in addressing doping, there is a lack of nuanced knowledge concerning the design and implementation of these interventions. The present study adopted an intervention mapping evaluation perspective, critically evaluating a selection of 12 antidoping programs across three sports in Austria, Russia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, using a mixed-methods, sequential, explanatory design. Findings confirm that the antidoping intervention landscape is diverse and complicated, incorporating multiple strands, sites, ambitions and stakeholders. It also suggests that the drive for policy compliance led by WADA has promoted considerable isomorphism across diverse cultural and economic communities and sports. Antidoping educational interventions appear to have been informed more by the moral imperatives for clean and fair sport rather than sound theoretical bases. While the theoretical basis on which most interventions were based can operate across culturally and economically divergent contexts, this is undermined by differences in their interpretation and the context of their implementation. Several lacunae in the design and implementation of antidoping interventions are also identified and discussed.This work was supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency under Grant number 19/0005972
Copula-Based Bayesian Inference Approaches for Uncertainty Quantification for Hydrological Simulation
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The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors on request.Supplementary Materials:
The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/hydrology13020050/s1. Algorithm S1: The pseudo code for MH and CopMH algorithm.In this study, an advanced copula-based Bayesian inference framework is proposed to characterize probabilistic features in hydrological simulations. Specifically, a Copula–Metropolis–Hastings (CopMH) algorithm is developed through integrating copula functions into the conventional Metropolis–Hastings (MH) algorithm within an interdependence-sampling framework. In CopMH, the interdependence structure among model parameters is quantified using copula functions, which are subsequently employed to generate proposal candidates. The proposed approach is then applied to uncertainty analysis in hydrological simulations of the Ruihe River watershed in Northwest China. The results indicate that, compared with the traditional MH, incorporating copula-based proposal distributions significantly improves convergence efficiency and simulation accuracy, as inter-parameter dependence is more effectively captured. All algorithms are independently repeated 15 times, and CopMH exhibits more robust and stable performance than MH. Furthermore, the intercorrelation analysis of hydrological model parameters reveals that interactive effects among parameters are ubiquitous. These findings highlight that consideration of the interrelationship among the parameters in hydrologic models is meaningful and necessary for uncertainty quantification of hydrological simulation. This study demonstrates the strong potential of the proposed CopMH approach for effectively quantifying and reducing parameter uncertainty in hydrological simulations.This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation (52509001), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation-funded project (2023M730282, GZB20230069) and the Royal Society International Exchanges Programme (IES\R1\251575)
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