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PIM Backup Designated Router Procedure draft-ietf-pim-bdr-03 (2025)
Other
Mishra, M., Budhiraja, A., Neema, J., Romdhani, I., & Mishra, G. (2025). PIM Backup Designated Router Procedure draft-ietf-pim-bdr-03

On a multi-access network, one of the PIM routers is elected as a Designated Router (DR). On the last hop LAN, the PIM DR is responsible for tracking local multicast listeners and forwarding traffic to these listeners if the group is operating in PIM... Read More about PIM Backup Designated Router Procedure draft-ietf-pim-bdr-03.

Circulating structural timber and engineered wood products – challenges and potentials towards reliable evaluation of mechanical properties (2025)
Journal Article
Ranttila, H., Fink, G., Brandner, R., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (online). Circulating structural timber and engineered wood products – challenges and potentials towards reliable evaluation of mechanical properties. Wood Material Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/17480272.2025.2517186

Circulating structural timber and engineered wood products require reliable assessment of key mechanical properties. However, existing standards for strength grading sawn timber are not designed for the reuse and recycling of timber and are unsuitabl... Read More about Circulating structural timber and engineered wood products – challenges and potentials towards reliable evaluation of mechanical properties.

OculusNet: Detection of retinal diseases using a tailored web-deployed neural network and saliency maps for explainable AI (2025)
Journal Article
Umair, M., Ahmad, J., Saidani, O., Alshehri, M. S., Al Mazroa, A., Hanif, M., Ullah, R., & Khan, M. S. (2025). OculusNet: Detection of retinal diseases using a tailored web-deployed neural network and saliency maps for explainable AI. Frontiers in Medicine, 12, Article 1596726. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1596726

Retinal diseases are among the leading causes of blindness worldwide, requiring early detection for effective treatment. Manual interpretation of ophthalmic imaging, such as optical coherence tomography (OCT), is traditionally time-consuming, prone t... Read More about OculusNet: Detection of retinal diseases using a tailored web-deployed neural network and saliency maps for explainable AI.

Freedom to learn (2025)
Book Chapter
Di Domenico, A., Harvey, A., Karp, B., Shakespeare, E., van Knippenberg, I., Cowan, J., & Moir, Z. (2025). Freedom to learn. In S. Abegglen, T. Burns, R. F. Heller, R. Madhok, F. Neuhaus, J. Sandars, S. Sinfield, & U. Gitanjali Singh (Eds.), Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education (237-246). Open Book Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0462.21

Rooted in the transformative pedagogies of Paulo Freire and Carl Rogers, and influenced by contemporary thinkers such as Jesse Stommel, Susan Blum, David Clark, Robert Talbert, and Jan McArthur, this chapter presents a collaborative exploration of se... Read More about Freedom to learn.

Computational Analysis of Aerodynamic Blade Load Transfer to the Powertrain of a Direct-Drive Multi-MW Wind Turbine (2025)
Journal Article
Bichan, M., Jaen-Sola, P., Muhammad Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2025). Computational Analysis of Aerodynamic Blade Load Transfer to the Powertrain of a Direct-Drive Multi-MW Wind Turbine. Machines, 13(7), Article 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines13070575

This paper details the development of a full turbine model and ensuing aero-servo-elastic analysis of the International Energy Agency’s 15MW Reference Wind Turbine. This model provides the means to obtain realistic turbine performance data, of which... Read More about Computational Analysis of Aerodynamic Blade Load Transfer to the Powertrain of a Direct-Drive Multi-MW Wind Turbine.

An Overview of Current Optimization Approaches for Hybrid Energy Systems Combining Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Technologies (2025)
Journal Article
Seidu, I., Salisu, S., Mas'ud, A. A., Musa, U., Jabire, A. H., Muhammad‐Sukki, F., & Mas'ud, I. A. (online). An Overview of Current Optimization Approaches for Hybrid Energy Systems Combining Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Technologies. Energy Science & Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.70190

This study reviews recent developments in optimization techniques for hybrid solar photovoltaic and wind energy systems,particularly those using artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid algorithms. Due to the global need for sustainable energy, thestu... Read More about An Overview of Current Optimization Approaches for Hybrid Energy Systems Combining Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Technologies.

Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiar, S., Hairstans, R., Livingstone, A., Saint, R., & Stinson, J. (2025, July). Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact. Paper presented at International Retrofit Conference 2025, University of Salford Energy House Labs

The demand for energy efficient retrofitting in residential buildings is rising, particularly in the UK, which has some of the oldest housing stock in Europe. Existing retrofit strategies primarily focus on operational energy savings while overlookin... Read More about Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact.

Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dobas, C., Ernest, G., Hairstans, R., Irfan Abbas Gani, M., Livingstone, A., Stinson, J., & Keyworth, A. (2025, July). Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation. Paper presented at International Retrofit Conference 2025, University of Salford Energy House Labs

To meet the UK Government’s net-zero target by 2050 requires a radical rethink around how existing households optimise and manage energy. Therefore, to accelerate the path to net-zero ‘Clean Heat’ homes, the research focuses on transitioning from car... Read More about Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation.

Variable Importance Estimation for High-Dimensional Optimisation (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hunter, K., Thomson, S. L., & Hart, E. (2025, September). Variable Importance Estimation for High-Dimensional Optimisation. Paper presented at 24th UK Workshop in Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2025), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Machine learning models trained on the solution spaces of optimisation problems can potentially shed light on variable importance. In prior work the recently established combinatorial benchmark, Polynomial Unconstrained Binary Optimisation with varia... Read More about Variable Importance Estimation for High-Dimensional Optimisation.

Causal ML for fair energy policy interventions: estimating impact heterogeneity of insulation programs via do-calculus (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
D'Amico, B. (2025, September). Causal ML for fair energy policy interventions: estimating impact heterogeneity of insulation programs via do-calculus. Presented at 24th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2025), Edinburgh

Modern machine learning excels at pattern recognition but often fails to support decision-making, as it cannot distinguish correlation from causation. This is a critical limitation in high-stakes domains, where relying on statistical associations can... Read More about Causal ML for fair energy policy interventions: estimating impact heterogeneity of insulation programs via do-calculus.

Vaccine Hesitancy and Confidence Research Programme: Qualitative and Critical Research Approaches with Vulnerable Groups (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C., Carnegie, E., Pow, J., Petrova, D., Garcia Retamero, R., Whittaker, A., & Todorova, I. (2025, July). Vaccine Hesitancy and Confidence Research Programme: Qualitative and Critical Research Approaches with Vulnerable Groups. Presented at 14th Conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP), Galway, Ireland

Vaccine hesitancy, delays and or refusals to be vaccinated despite the availability of a vaccine, are a global problem. Since the Covid-19 pandemic there are declines in most vaccines indicating a crisis in confidence about medicine and science. Mean... Read More about Vaccine Hesitancy and Confidence Research Programme: Qualitative and Critical Research Approaches with Vulnerable Groups.

An innovation of two established methods for monitoring water colour and clarity: participatory science using the mini- and midi- secchi disks (2025)
Journal Article
Brewin, R. J. W., Sun, X., Wood, J. L., Brewin, T. G., McBride, D., Frensley, B. T., Bresnahan, P. J., Simis, S. G. H., Schmidt, N., George, G., Stoy, A. C., Menon, N. N., Chekidhenkuzhiyil, J., Abdulaziz, A., Sathyendranath, S., Krug, L. A., Das, N., Sarker, S., Pasche, N., Haller, L., …Moshi, H. A. (2025). An innovation of two established methods for monitoring water colour and clarity: participatory science using the mini- and midi- secchi disks. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 13, Article 1610130. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1610130

Measurements of water colour and clarity are used to track the environmental status of lakes, estuaries and oceans. The oldest standardised methods for measuring water clarity and colour are the Secchi disk and Forel-Ule colour scale. Both techniques... Read More about An innovation of two established methods for monitoring water colour and clarity: participatory science using the mini- and midi- secchi disks.

Intelligent Optimisation of Heat Treatment Strategies for Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., Kourousis, K., & Tingas, S. (2025, September). Intelligent Optimisation of Heat Treatment Strategies for Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel. Presented at 24th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, Edinburgh

Applying heat treatment to metal (heating to a specific temperature for a set duration) can alter its properties making it suitable for use in specific applications. Due to the costs of heating then testing the metal, it is desirable to minimise... Read More about Intelligent Optimisation of Heat Treatment Strategies for Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel.

Optimisation of Aircraft Maintenance Schedules (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., Rahimi, A., & Tingas, S. (2025, September). Optimisation of Aircraft Maintenance Schedules. Presented at 24th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, Edinburgh

We present an aircraft maintenance scheduling problem, which requires suitably qualified staff to be assigned to maintenance tasks on each aircraft. The tasks on each aircraft must be completed within a given turn around window, so that the aircraft... Read More about Optimisation of Aircraft Maintenance Schedules.

Hypnos (San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival) (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Milne, L. Hypnos (San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival). [Video]. 1 July 2025 - 1 July 2025

Official selection (semi-finalist) for San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival 2025.

An Ancient Egyptian poem, driving through a storm, radio, memory and the otherworld. A dream film on Super8 and HD.

How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I. (2025, July). How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War. Presented at Open edX Conference 2025, Paris

Following the ongoing war in Gaza since last October, all universities in Gaza have been destroyed and students have been deprived of their right to continue studying like their peers around the world. An Edinburgh Napier academic is spearheading an... Read More about How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War.

Implementation outcomes of the waves for change community-based task-shared prevention intervention for adolescent mental health in South Africa (2025)
Journal Article
Davies, T., Marshall, J., van der Merwe, N., Yarrow, P., Conibear, T., & Lund, C. (online). Implementation outcomes of the waves for change community-based task-shared prevention intervention for adolescent mental health in South Africa. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 12, Article e77. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2025.10033

Adolescents face increased vulnerability to mental health conditions, particularly when exposed to multidimensional poverty and trauma and pronounced treatment gaps. Waves for Change, a Sport for Development (SfD) intervention, employs task-sharing t... Read More about Implementation outcomes of the waves for change community-based task-shared prevention intervention for adolescent mental health in South Africa.

On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius) (2025)
Journal Article
Loca, S. L., Collins, P. C., Garbett, A., McGeady, R., Thorburn, J., & McGonigle, C. (2025). On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius). Ecology and Evolution, 15(7), Article e71650. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71650

The flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) is a Critically Endangered skate distributed throughout the NE Atlantic and requiring urgent conservation measures. Existing models of the flapper skate's distribution are not detailed enough to inform managem... Read More about On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius).

Tackling misinformation and disinformation for Scottish school librarians (2025)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B. (2025). Tackling misinformation and disinformation for Scottish school librarians. [Blog post]

Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Prototype Hospital Digital Antibiotic Review Tracking Toolkit: A Qualitative Study Using the RE-AIM Framework (2025)
Journal Article
Wojcik, G., Ring, N., Smith, J., Willis, D., Williams, B., & Kydonaki, C. (2025). Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Prototype Hospital Digital Antibiotic Review Tracking Toolkit: A Qualitative Study Using the RE-AIM Framework. Antibiotics, 14(7), Article 660. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14070660

Background: Internationally, digital health interventions have increasingly been adopted within hospital settings. Optimising their clinical implementation requires user involvement, but there is a lack of evidence regarding how this should be done.... Read More about Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Prototype Hospital Digital Antibiotic Review Tracking Toolkit: A Qualitative Study Using the RE-AIM Framework.