diff --git a/include/alpaka/core/Common.hpp b/include/alpaka/core/Common.hpp
index 5706bb83ff82..6f29f9a19d7e 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/core/Common.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/core/Common.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2023 Axel Hübl, Benjamin Worpitz, Matthias Werner, Jan Stephan, René Widera, Andrea Bocci, Aurora Perego
+/* Copyright 2024 Axel Hübl, Benjamin Worpitz, Matthias Werner, Jan Stephan, René Widera, Andrea Bocci, Aurora Perego
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
  */
 
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
 //!
 //! Those variables behave like ordinary variables when used in file-scope,
 //! but inside kernels the get() method must be used to access the variable.
-//! They are declared inline to be accessible from other compilation units.
+//! They are declared inline to resolve to a single instance across multiple
+//! translation units.
 //! Like ordinary variables, only one definition is allowed (ODR)
 //! Failure to do so might lead to linker errors.
 //!
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ namespace alpaka
 //!
 //! Those variables behave like ordinary variables when used in file-scope,
 //! but inside kernels the get() method must be used to access the variable.
-//! They are declared inline to be accessible from other compilation units.
+//! They are declared inline to resolve to a single instance across multiple
+//! translation units.
 //! Like ordinary variables, only one definition is allowed (ODR)
 //! Failure to do so might lead to linker errors.
 //!
diff --git a/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalCpu.hpp b/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalCpu.hpp
index 66335dc093a1..18a3ee287e92 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalCpu.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalCpu.hpp
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ namespace alpaka
     template<typename TViewSrc, typename TViewDstFwd, typename TQueue>
     ALPAKA_FN_HOST auto memcpy(TQueue& queue, alpaka::DevGlobal<TViewDstFwd>& viewDst, TViewSrc const& viewSrc) -> void
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDstFwd> T;
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDstFwd>;
         auto extent = getExtents(viewSrc);
-        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, T, alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>, alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(
-            reinterpret_cast<T*>(&viewDst),
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, Type, alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>, alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(
+            reinterpret_cast<Type*>(&viewDst),
             alpaka::getDev(queue),
             extent);
         enqueue(queue, createTaskMemcpy(std::forward<decltype(view)>(view), viewSrc, extent));
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ namespace alpaka
     template<typename TViewSrc, typename TViewDstFwd, typename TQueue>
     ALPAKA_FN_HOST auto memcpy(TQueue& queue, TViewDstFwd&& viewDst, alpaka::DevGlobal<TViewSrc>& viewSrc) -> void
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc> T;
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc>;
         auto extent = getExtents(viewDst);
-        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, T, alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>, alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(
-            reinterpret_cast<T*>(&viewSrc),
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, Type, alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>, alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(
+            reinterpret_cast<Type*>(&viewSrc),
             alpaka::getDev(queue),
             extent);
         enqueue(queue, createTaskMemcpy(std::forward<TViewDstFwd>(viewDst), view, extent));
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ namespace alpaka
         TViewSrc const& viewSrc,
         TExtent const& extent) -> void
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDstFwd> T;
-        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, T, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
-            reinterpret_cast<T*>(&viewDst),
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDstFwd>;
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, Type, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
+            reinterpret_cast<Type*>(&viewDst),
             alpaka::getDev(queue),
             extent);
         enqueue(queue, createTaskMemcpy(std::forward<decltype(view)>(view), viewSrc, extent));
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ namespace alpaka
         alpaka::DevGlobal<TViewSrc>& viewSrc,
         TExtent const& extent) -> void
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc> T;
-        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, T, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
-            reinterpret_cast<T*>(&viewSrc),
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc>;
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevCpu, Type, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
+            reinterpret_cast<Type*>(&viewSrc),
             alpaka::getDev(queue),
             extent);
         enqueue(queue, createTaskMemcpy(std::forward<TViewDstFwd>(viewDst), view, extent));
diff --git a/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalUniformCudaHipBuiltIn.hpp b/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalUniformCudaHipBuiltIn.hpp
index 10f5b284f3e6..5be5674b9d9d 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalUniformCudaHipBuiltIn.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/mem/global/DeviceGlobalUniformCudaHipBuiltIn.hpp
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ namespace alpaka
         TViewDst& viewDst,
         alpaka::DevGlobal<TViewSrc>& viewSrc)
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc> T;
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc>;
         auto extent = getExtents(viewDst);
-        T* pMemAcc(nullptr);
+        Type* pMemAcc(nullptr);
         ALPAKA_UNIFORM_CUDA_HIP_RT_CHECK(
             TApi::getSymbolAddress(reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pMemAcc), *(&viewSrc.value)));
 
-        auto view = alpaka::
-            ViewPlainPtr<DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>, T, alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>, alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(
-                pMemAcc,
-                alpaka::getDev(queue),
-                extent);
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<
+            DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>,
+            Type,
+            alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>,
+            alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(pMemAcc, alpaka::getDev(queue), extent);
         enqueue(queue, createTaskMemcpy(std::forward<TViewDst>(viewDst), view, extent));
     }
 
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ namespace alpaka
         alpaka::DevGlobal<TViewDst>& viewDst,
         TViewSrc const& viewSrc)
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDst> T;
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDst>;
         auto extent = getExtents(viewSrc);
-        T* pMemAcc(nullptr);
+        Type* pMemAcc(nullptr);
         ALPAKA_UNIFORM_CUDA_HIP_RT_CHECK(
             TApi::getSymbolAddress(reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pMemAcc), *(&viewDst.value)));
 
-        auto view = alpaka::
-            ViewPlainPtr<DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>, T, alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>, alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(
-                pMemAcc,
-                alpaka::getDev(queue),
-                extent);
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<
+            DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>,
+            Type,
+            alpaka::Dim<decltype(extent)>,
+            alpaka::Idx<decltype(extent)>>(pMemAcc, alpaka::getDev(queue), extent);
         enqueue(queue, createTaskMemcpy(std::forward<decltype(view)>(view), viewSrc, extent));
     }
 
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ namespace alpaka
         alpaka::DevGlobal<TViewSrc>& viewSrc,
         TExtent extent)
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc> T;
-        T* pMemAcc(nullptr);
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewSrc>;
+        Type* pMemAcc(nullptr);
         ALPAKA_UNIFORM_CUDA_HIP_RT_CHECK(
             TApi::getSymbolAddress(reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pMemAcc), *(&viewSrc.value)));
 
-        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>, T, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>, Type, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
             pMemAcc,
             alpaka::getDev(queue),
             extent);
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ namespace alpaka
         TViewSrc const& viewSrc,
         TExtent extent)
     {
-        typedef std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDst> T;
-        T* pMemAcc(nullptr);
+        using Type = std::remove_all_extents_t<TViewDst>;
+        Type* pMemAcc(nullptr);
         ALPAKA_UNIFORM_CUDA_HIP_RT_CHECK(
             TApi::getSymbolAddress(reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pMemAcc), *(&viewDst.value)));
 
-        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>, T, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
+        auto view = alpaka::ViewPlainPtr<DevUniformCudaHipRt<TApi>, Type, alpaka::Dim<TExtent>, alpaka::Idx<TExtent>>(
             pMemAcc,
             alpaka::getDev(queue),
             extent);
diff --git a/include/alpaka/test/KernelExecutionFixture.hpp b/include/alpaka/test/KernelExecutionFixture.hpp
index ee444fcd71b4..6181757c8fa0 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/test/KernelExecutionFixture.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/test/KernelExecutionFixture.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2023 Benjamin Worpitz, Andrea Bocci, Bernhard Manfred Gruber, Jan Stephan, Aurora Perego
+/* Copyright 2024 Benjamin Worpitz, Andrea Bocci, Bernhard Manfred Gruber, Jan Stephan, Aurora Perego
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
  */
 
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ namespace alpaka::test
         {
         }
 
-        KernelExecutionFixture(Queue& queue, WorkDiv workDiv) : m_queue{queue}, m_workDiv{std::move(workDiv)}
+        KernelExecutionFixture(Queue queue, WorkDiv workDiv) : m_queue{std::move(queue)}, m_workDiv{std::move(workDiv)}
         {
         }
 
         template<typename TExtent>
-        KernelExecutionFixture(Queue& queue, TExtent const& extent)
-            : m_queue{queue}
+        KernelExecutionFixture(Queue queue, TExtent const& extent)
+            : m_queue{std::move(queue)}
             , m_workDiv{getValidWorkDiv<Acc>(
                   m_device,
                   extent,
diff --git a/test/unit/mem/view/src/ViewStaticAccMem.cpp b/test/unit/mem/view/src/ViewStaticAccMem.cpp
index 6795ed3b3551..d88cfc41c0f0 100644
--- a/test/unit/mem/view/src/ViewStaticAccMem.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/mem/view/src/ViewStaticAccMem.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2023 Axel Huebl, Benjamin Worpitz, Matthias Werner, Bernhard Manfred Gruber, Jan Stephan, Andrea Bocci,
+/* Copyright 2024 Axel Huebl, Benjamin Worpitz, Matthias Werner, Bernhard Manfred Gruber, Jan Stephan, Andrea Bocci,
  * Aurora Perego SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
  */