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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP): An Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stroke Survivors (2025)
Journal Article
Lawrence, M., Davis, B., Clark, N. E., Booth, J., Donald, G., Dougall, N., Fenocchi, L., Grealy, M., Jamieson, M., Jani, B., Kontou, E., Macdonald, J., Mason, H., Maxwell, M., Parkinson, B., Pieri, M., Wang, X., & Mercer, S. W. (online). A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP): An Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stroke Survivors. Mindfulness, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02595-8

Objectives
The purpose of this study was to assess feasibility and acceptability of a stroke-specific mindfulness-based intervention called Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP).

Method
This study was a mixed-methods pi... Read More about A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP): An Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stroke Survivors.

A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy (2025)
Report
Mcgregor, I. (2025). A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy

Efforts to personalise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) have traditionally focused on anatomical accuracy, modelling the head, ears and torso to predict how sound should reach an individual’s ears. While valuable, such approaches often require... Read More about A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy.

Association of education level and depression with cognitive decline: findings from the examining cognitive health outcomes in heart failure study (2025)
Journal Article
Wleklik, M., Lee, C. S., Jędrzejczyk, M., Aldossary, H., & Uchmanowicz, I. (2025). Association of education level and depression with cognitive decline: findings from the examining cognitive health outcomes in heart failure study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 12, Article 1566400. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2025.1566400

Introduction: Cognitive decline in older adults with heart failure (HF) may be influenced by educational level and depressive symptoms. This study assesses the impact of these factors on cognitive function in this patient population to mitigate cogni... Read More about Association of education level and depression with cognitive decline: findings from the examining cognitive health outcomes in heart failure study.

The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Kulpa, R., & Zabrzewska, A. (in press). The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show. [Live Show]. 1 August 2025

This Fringe 2025 show will feature Dr Roberto Kulpa & Dr Adrianna Zabrzewska (Edinburgh Napier University), who discuss why people who reject gender equalities turn to homophobic, transphobic, and anti-feminist fearmongers. The show also features Dr... Read More about The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show.

FedBT: Effective and Robust Federated Unlearning via Bad Teacher Distillation for Secure Internet of Things (2025)
Journal Article
Wang, F., Huo, J., Wang, W., Zhang, X., Liu, Y., Tan, Z., & Wang, C. (in press). FedBT: Effective and Robust Federated Unlearning via Bad Teacher Distillation for Secure Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal,