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Editorial: Neurostimulation: exploring perceptual & cognitive enhancement
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Rethinking Necessity: Evaluating the Role of Technology in Indigenous Communities
Get PDFPresented at the 25th Futures Conference: Futures of Technologies – Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations, Turku, Finland, 11 June 2025.Indigenous communities around the world are often identified as marginalised groups. Those living in remote
areas are particularly seen as digitally disconnected with little or no access to information and communication
technologies (ICT) and the digital universe. The United Nations permanent forum on indigenous issues state
that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) should be used to support and encourage cultural
diversity and to preserve and promote indigenous languages, distinct identities and traditional knowledge of
Indigenous peoples, nations and tribes. While digital inclusion is identified by many as an enabler for social
and economic development, especially for minority and isolated, marginalised communities such as indigenous
people, there is also augment that digital technologies can be addictive and therefore, harmful to individuals. ...Brunel University of Londo
The right to reclaim lost bodies: recovering evidence, memory and land in law and literature
No full text......Brunel Research Initative & Enterprise Fund (BRIEF) award 2023/24: Human Rights, Religion and the Cold War: building an archive about the Persecution of Brazilian Religious Leaders
Navigating Emotion Norms in Sport Organizations
Get PDFSport environments are often characterized by the expression of variety of intense and enduring emotions. Within sport organizations, there are emotion norms (ENs) and implicit rules governing the expression of emotions. These emotional display requirements prescribe how one ought to express emotions and yet there exists a dearth of resources for applied practitioners to support clients to effectively navigate ENs in sport organizations. In this article, we provide insights from existing scholarly knowledge and applied practice on how to navigate ENs by providing recommendations to help promote awareness and understanding of ENs among sport psychologists, coaches, managers, administrators, and multi-disciplinary teams
How Green Credit Policies and Climate Change Practices Drive Banking Financial Performance
Get PDFThis study examines the influence of green credit policies (GCP) on banking financial performance (FP), emphasizing the moderating role of climate change practices (CCP). Using a stakeholder theory and legitimacy theory framework, we explore how green credit initiatives impact key financial metrics such as return on equity (ROE), earnings per share (EPS), and Tobin's Q. The study utilizes a dataset covering 14 Jordanian banks from 2016 to 2023, applying regression models to test the proposed relationships. Our findings reveal a positive and significant relationship between GCP and FP, indicating that banks with stronger GCP tend to experience enhanced financial outcomes. Additionally, CCP reinforces this positive effect, demonstrating that environmental transparency fosters financial resilience and long-term sustainability. Robustness checks confirm the validity of our results, mitigating concerns regarding reverse causality and endogeneity bias. This study contributes to the green finance literature by providing empirical evidence on the financial benefits of GCP, particularly in the context of developing economies. The research underscores the strategic importance of integrating sustainability-driven policies into banking operations to achieve both financial and environmental objectives. Our findings hold substantial policy implications, advocating for regulatory frameworks that promote green finance transparency. For banking institutions, this study highlights the competitive advantage of embedding sustainability into corporate strategies, ultimately enhancing market valuation and profitability.The authors received no specific funding for this work
An Impulsive Approach to State Estimation for Multirate Singularly Perturbed Complex Networks Under Bit Rate Constraints
Get PDFIn this article, the problem of ultimately bounded state estimation is investigated for discrete-time multirate singularly perturbed complex networks under the bit rate constraints, where the sensor sampling period is allowed to differ from the updating period of the networks. The facilitation of communication between sensors and the remote estimator through wireless networks, which are subject to bit rate constraints, involves the use of a coding-decoding mechanism. For efficient estimation in the presence of periodic measurements, a specialized impulsive estimation method is developed, which aims to carry out impulsive corrections precisely at the instants when the measurement signal is received by the estimator. By employing the iteration analysis method under the impulsive mechanism, a sufficient condition is established that ensures the exponential boundedness of the estimation error dynamics. Furthermore, an optimization algorithm is introduced for addressing the challenges related to bit rate allocation and the design of desired estimator gains. Within the presented theoretical framework, the correlation between estimation performance and bit rate allocation is elucidated. Finally, a simulation example is provided to demonstrate the validity of the proposed estimation approach.10.13039/501100019033-Key Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (Grant Number: 2021B0101410005);
10.13039/501100003453-Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (Grant Number: 2021A1515011634 and 2021B1515420008);
10.13039/501100001809-National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number: U22A2044 and 62206063);
Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Special Support Program of China (Grant Number: 2019BT02X353);
10.13039/501100004543-China Scholarship Council (Grant Number: 202208440312)
Blockchain Financial Statements (BFS): A transaction to financial statements accounting system for central bank to business liquidity
Get PDFThis thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonThis thesis introduces the concept of Blockchain Financial Statements (BFS), an innovative accounting
system designed to bridge the liquidity needs between central banks and businesses
through blockchain technology. The focus lies on streamlining the transaction to financial statement
processes in a secure, transparent and efficient manner.
Context: Amidst evolving financial landscapes and the pressing need for more robust financial
reporting mechanisms, the BFS framework emerges as a solution to enhance the liquidity management
between central banks and businesses, underpinned by a more direct and verifiable approach
to financial transactions and reporting.
Aim: The primary goal of this research is to design, develop and validate a blockchain-based
accounting prototype - the BFS - that can transform traditional transaction data into comprehensive
financial statements, facilitating central bank to business liquidity in a secure and efficient
manner.
Methods: Employing a Design Science Research Methodology, this study constructs a BFS
artefact, incorporating Domain-Driven Design to architect a system that harmonises with accounting
standards, blockchain technology and business orchestration. The validation of the BFS artefact
is conducted through a simulated environment, reflecting real-world transactional and accounting
operations.
Results: The Java PoC implementation of BFS demonstrates a successful integration of
blockchain technology into accounting practices, showing potential in real-time validation of transactions,
immutable record-keeping and enhancing the transparency and efficiency of financial reporting.
Conclusion: The BFS framework and its PoC artefact, signifies an advancement in the application
of blockchain technology for financial reporting and liquidity management. It offers a
functional solution for enhancing transparency, accuracy and efficiency of financial transactions
between central banks and businesses. The research underlines the necessity for further exploration
into blockchain’s potential within accounting systems, suggesting a promising direction for
future innovations in financial reporting and liquidity management
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales, the UK National Preventive Mechanism and the UN Optional Protocol for the Prevention of Torture. Prospects for Prison Reform and the Treatment of Prisoners
Get PDFHM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales is mandated under domestic law to visit and report on prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners. The Inspectorate's detailed monitoring work provides valuable and authoritative insights into individual prison establishments as well as the overall conditions in prisons and the treatment of prisoners in England and Wales. In spite of this, the implementation of HMIP's recommendations remains low. Furthermore its ability to make recommendations on wider regulatory and policy matters to government departments and relevant authorities remains limited in the absence of a more robust statutory framework. The article argues that HMIP's ability to influence prison reform could be bolstered by making fully operational its mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) as well as by strengthening the collective UK National Preventive Mechanism (NPM)
Climate risk and financial stability in Europe: some panel evidence for the European banking sector
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A creative and critical analysis of maternal ambivalence as experienced by the adult daughter
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonThis thesis comprises a full-length novel, entitled Checking My Body for Signs of Life,
and an accompanying critical exegesis. The former falls under the genre of literary
fiction, and follows thirty-two-year-old Sky, who, along with her twin sister Jess, is
trying to come to terms with the fact that her abusive mother Kelsie has just died. Sky’s
attempts to navigate her mother’s death see her confront her traumatic upbringing and
subsequent behaviours, the foundations of which are the ambivalence felt between
her and her mother. Resultingly, the critical exegesis explores this link, being
underpinned by one central question: can daughters ever really know their mothers?
To answer this, particular focus is paid to the relationship between maternal
ambivalence and first, female hunger, then second, female sexuality, owing to the fact
that, for Sky, hunger and sex are two experiences invariably influenced by her mother,
in tandem with heteropatriarchal conditioning. My inquiry is based on close analysis of
Checking My Body for Signs of Life; in particular, the development of the creative
decisions behind it. It also discusses the three main ways my research informed the
book: the creative representation of maternal ambivalence as inevitable; maternal
ambivalence as situated within heteropatriarchy; and the idea of maternal selves as
concealed or ‘split’. The critical essay draws on feminist (Angel 2021; Febos 2021 and
2022; Rich 1976; Srinivasan 2021), psychoanalytic (Parker 1995; Winnicott 1964 and
1994), and fat-activist (Gay 2017; Gordon 2020; Hornbacher 1998; Orbach 1978)
approaches.
With reference to Donald Winnicott and Adrienne Rich’s representations of
maternal ambivalence, Chapter One argues in favour of the existence of private and
public ‘selves’, and how the gap between the two inevitably leads to ambivalence.
Chapter Two discusses how literal and symbolic hunger is born from ambivalence,
contending that the mother informs the daughter’s sense of her ‘self’ as a hungry
person within a heteropatriarchal society. Chapter Three examines female sexuality,
with a focus on the ambivalence that inevitably – and, it argues, crucially – resides
within desire. This thesis concludes with reflection on how the very process of
conducting research or producing a thesis is itself an exercise in ambivalence, owing
to a requisite degree of enquiry and curiosity
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