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Optimizing cardiac rehabilitation: structuring dietary support for improved post myocardial infarction outcomes (2025)
Journal Article
Czapla, M., & Uchmanowicz, I. (2025). Optimizing cardiac rehabilitation: structuring dietary support for improved post myocardial infarction outcomes. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(4), 606–607. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaf019

This invited commentary refers to ‘Older adults with acute coronary syndrome: The impact of frailty and nutritional status on in-hospital complications’, by M. Jiménez-Salva et al., https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaf006.

Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Agriculture 4.0 for Smart and Sustainable Farming (2025)
Journal Article
Sai, S., Kumar, S., Gaur, A., Goyal, S., Chamola, V., & Hussain, A. (2025). Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Agriculture 4.0 for Smart and Sustainable Farming. Cognitive Computation, 17(1), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-025-10420-6

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) represents a pioneering class of artificial intelligence systems renowned for producing diverse media, such as text and images. Agriculture 4.0 (AG-4.0) is a concept that integrates advanced technologies such... Read More about Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Agriculture 4.0 for Smart and Sustainable Farming.

Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy (2025)
Journal Article
Toredi, D., Mansour, J., Jones, S., Skelton, F., & McIntyre, A. (in press). Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy. Law and Human Behavior,

Objective: The Cross-Race Effect (CRE) is a reliable and robust phenomenon, whereby individuals better recognize faces that belong to their race compared to another race. Our goal was to produce items for a self-report Inventory (i.e., CRE-I) that br... Read More about Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy.

Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation (2025)
Journal Article
Gerli, P., Neves da Rocha, F., & Mora, L. (2025). Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12, Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04320-7

The Covid-19 pandemic has further evidenced the potential of grassroots actors as initiators of digital innovations, in the form of open-source applications, platform cooperatives, and other crowdsourced digital artifacts. These innovations played a... Read More about Scaling to new heights: methodological insights for uplifting research on grassroots digital innovation.

Experiences of early assessment to teach functional programming (2025)
Journal Article
Chapman, P. (2025). Experiences of early assessment to teach functional programming. Journal of Functional Programming, 35, Article e4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956796824000182

This paper reports on the experiences of using an early assessment intervention, specifically employing a Use-Modify-Create scaffold, to teach first-year undergraduate functional programming. The particular intervention that was trialled was the use... Read More about Experiences of early assessment to teach functional programming.

Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends (2025)
Journal Article
Ismail, M., Ali, A. M., & Costa Pereira, S.-C. (2025). Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends. Results in Engineering, 25, Article 104216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.104216

Vortex generators (VGs) have been identified as an exceedingly effective method in augmenting heat transfer in minichannels, a significant feature of cutting-edge heat sinks, heat exchangers and electronics cooling tools. This paper aims to discuss t... Read More about Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends.

The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Family Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Sibling Resilience (2025)
Journal Article
Nichol, M. R., Curley, L. J., & Sime, P. J. (2025). The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Family Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Sibling Resilience. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), Article 161. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15020161

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adverse Family Experiences (AFEs) frameworks have been employed extensively in research. However, to date, no such studies have considered both frameworks concurrently, nor have they explored the similarit... Read More about The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Family Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Sibling Resilience.

Barriers to achieving net zero sustainability target for Edinburgh City: private property owners’ perspective (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ikediashi, D., Walker, C., & Jaradat, S. (2024, September). Barriers to achieving net zero sustainability target for Edinburgh City: private property owners’ perspective. Presented at The Fourteenth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-14), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

The recent successes made at the 28th Conference of Parties (COP) held in Dubai is a testament that governments globally are committed to combating climate change. United Kingdom is no different and its various devolved powers have made carbon reduct... Read More about Barriers to achieving net zero sustainability target for Edinburgh City: private property owners’ perspective.

An Assessment of Demersal Elasmobranch Occurrence and Associated Habitats Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) (2025)
Journal Article
Taylor, J., Howe, J. A., Thorburn, J., Fox, C. J., McGonigle, C., & Rybanska, P. (2025). An Assessment of Demersal Elasmobranch Occurrence and Associated Habitats Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Marine Ecology, 46(1), Article e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70000

To implement effective management and conservation strategies, an understanding of the spatial ecology, habitat preferences and movement of demersal elasmobranchs is required. This study combines a photographic survey obtained from an autonomous unde... Read More about An Assessment of Demersal Elasmobranch Occurrence and Associated Habitats Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).

Using a digital health intervention “INTERCEPT” to improve secondary prevention in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients: protocol for a mixed methods non-randomised feasibility study (2025)
Journal Article
Gibson, I., Jennings, C., Neubeck, L., Corcoran, M., Wood, D., Sharif, F., Hynes, L., Murphy, A. W., Byrne, M., & McEvoy, J. W. (in press). Using a digital health intervention “INTERCEPT” to improve secondary prevention in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients: protocol for a mixed methods non-randomised feasibility study. HRB Open Research, 6, Article 43. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13781.2

Background
Digital health interventions (DHIs) are increasingly used for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of “INTERCEPT”, a co-designed DHI developed to improve secondary... Read More about Using a digital health intervention “INTERCEPT” to improve secondary prevention in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients: protocol for a mixed methods non-randomised feasibility study.

Molecular dynamics simulations and experimental measurements of density and viscosity of phase change material based on stearic acid with graphene nanoplatelets (2025)
Journal Article
Gonzalez, M. A., Tenorio, M. J., Bismilla, A. Z., D'Oliveira, E. J., Costa Pereira, S. C., & Sanchez-Vicente, Y. (2025). Molecular dynamics simulations and experimental measurements of density and viscosity of phase change material based on stearic acid with graphene nanoplatelets. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 593, Article 114361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2025.114361

Understanding the thermophysical properties of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NEPCMs) is crucial for developing thermal energy storage technologies. Thermal conductivity of NEPCMs is the most studied property, but investigations on density and... Read More about Molecular dynamics simulations and experimental measurements of density and viscosity of phase change material based on stearic acid with graphene nanoplatelets.

Scalable Machine Learning Architectures for IPA-Driven Maintenance Task Allocation in Large-Scale Building Portfolios (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huang, Z., Liu, X., Romdhani, I., & Shih, C.-S. (2024, August). Scalable Machine Learning Architectures for IPA-Driven Maintenance Task Allocation in Large-Scale Building Portfolios. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Information Science and Systems (ICISS 2024), Edinburgh, UK

This research presents a groundbreaking approach to Building Maintenance Management (BMM) by introducing an Intelligent Process Automation (IPA)-Driven Building Maintenance Management (IBMM) model. This innovative model harnesses the synergies betwee... Read More about Scalable Machine Learning Architectures for IPA-Driven Maintenance Task Allocation in Large-Scale Building Portfolios.

Financial Exclusion, Soft Segregation and Moral Constraints as Drivers of Entrepreneurial Activities in Scottish Muslim Immigrants (2025)
Journal Article
Avdukic, A., & Khaleel, F. (2025). Financial Exclusion, Soft Segregation and Moral Constraints as Drivers of Entrepreneurial Activities in Scottish Muslim Immigrants. Global Policy, 16(S1), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13481

This study examines financial structures adopted by Muslim immigrant entrepreneurs in Scotland and the challenges they face accessing state‐driven financial support. It explores the effectiveness of different financing models, emphasising how religio... Read More about Financial Exclusion, Soft Segregation and Moral Constraints as Drivers of Entrepreneurial Activities in Scottish Muslim Immigrants.

Fee or free? Re-think the role of service fees in omnichannel retailing after the pandemic (2025)
Journal Article
Lu, F., & Li, G. (online). Fee or free? Re-think the role of service fees in omnichannel retailing after the pandemic. Journal of the Operational Research Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2451117

Many UK high-street retailers leverage their brick-and-mortar stores to implement omnichannel strategies. This strategy drives online traffic into stores by allowing online customers to collect in-store. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers have e... Read More about Fee or free? Re-think the role of service fees in omnichannel retailing after the pandemic.

The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation Episode 2 | Season 4 (2025)
Digital Artefact
Anderson, K. (2025). The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation Episode 2 | Season 4. [Podcast]

Podcast Description on Website:

'In this episode our host Rachelle Cobain talks to Dr Kirstin Anderson about a new book she’s edited called ‘The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation’.

Kirstin is a Lecturer in Criminology at E... Read More about The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation Episode 2 | Season 4.

Understanding bus policy implementation challenges: the need for a hybrid approach (2025)
Book Chapter
McTigue, C., Monios, J., & Rye, T. (2025). Understanding bus policy implementation challenges: the need for a hybrid approach. In A. Perl, R. Singerman Ray, & L. Reardon (Eds.), Handbook of Transportation and Public Policy (220-234). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888784.00025

Implementation is an important stage in the policy cycle yet is often considered the ‘black box’ within the public policy process. Since the late 1960s, implementation studies have grown substantially, and many scholars have attempted to address the... Read More about Understanding bus policy implementation challenges: the need for a hybrid approach.