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Fiber Optic Sensors Embedded in Textile-Reinforced Concrete for Smart Structural Health Monitoring: A Review (2021)
Journal Article
Alwis, L. S. M., Bremer, K., & Roth, B. (2021). Fiber Optic Sensors Embedded in Textile-Reinforced Concrete for Smart Structural Health Monitoring: A Review. Sensors, 21(15), Article 4948. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21154948

The last decade has seen rapid developments in the areas of carbon fiber technology, additive manufacturing technology, sensor engineering, i.e., wearables, and new structural reinforcement techniques. These developments, although from different area... Read More about Fiber Optic Sensors Embedded in Textile-Reinforced Concrete for Smart Structural Health Monitoring: A Review.

Epidemiology of healthcare-associated infection reported from a hospital-wide incidence study: considerations for infection prevention and control planning (2021)
Journal Article
Stewart, S., Robertson, C., Pan, J., Kennedy, S., Dancer, S., Haahr, L., Manoukian, S., Mason, H., Kavanagh, K., Cook, B., & Reilly, J. (2021). Epidemiology of healthcare-associated infection reported from a hospital-wide incidence study: considerations for infection prevention and control planning. Journal of Hospital Infection, 114, 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.031

Background The measure of disease frequency most widely used to report healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is the point-prevalence survey. Incidence studies are rarely performed due to time and cost constraints; they show which patients are affect... Read More about Epidemiology of healthcare-associated infection reported from a hospital-wide incidence study: considerations for infection prevention and control planning.

Impact of healthcare-associated infection on length of stay (2021)
Journal Article
Stewart, S., Robertson, C., Pan, J., Kennedy, S., Haahr, L., Manoukian, S., Mason, H., Kavanagh, K., Graves, N., Dancer, S., Cook, B., & Reilly, J. (2021). Impact of healthcare-associated infection on length of stay. Journal of Hospital Infection, 114, 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2021.02.026

Background Increased length of stay (LOS) for patients is an important measure of the burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI). Aim To estimate the excess LOS attributable to HAI. Methods This was a one-year prospective incidence study of... Read More about Impact of healthcare-associated infection on length of stay.

Personalized infection prevention and control: dentifying patients at risk of healthcare-associated infection (2021)
Journal Article
Stewart, S., Robertson, C., Kennedy, S., Kavanagh, K., Haahr, L., Manoukian, S., Mason, H., Dancer, S., Cook, B., & Reilly, J. (2021). Personalized infection prevention and control: dentifying patients at risk of healthcare-associated infection. Journal of Hospital Infection, 114, 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.032

Background Few healthcare-associated infection (HAI) studies focus on risk of HAI at the point of admission. Understanding this will enable planning and management of care with infection prevention at the heart of the patient journey from the point... Read More about Personalized infection prevention and control: dentifying patients at risk of healthcare-associated infection.

Bed-days and costs associated with the inpatient burden of healthcare-associated infection in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Manoukian, S., Stewart, S., Graves, N., Mason, H., Robertson, C., Kennedy, S., Pan, J., Kavanagh, K., Haahr, L., Adil, M., Dancer, S., Cook, B., & Reilly, J. (2021). Bed-days and costs associated with the inpatient burden of healthcare-associated infection in the UK. Journal of Hospital Infection, 114, 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.12.027

Background Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality resulting in excess costs. Aim To investigate the impact of all types of HAI on the inpatient cost of HAI using different approaches. Methods T... Read More about Bed-days and costs associated with the inpatient burden of healthcare-associated infection in the UK.

Evaluating the post-discharge cost of healthcare-associated infection in NHS Scotland (2021)
Journal Article
Manoukian, S., Stewart, S., Graves, N., Mason, H., Robertson, C., Kennedy, S., Pan, J., Haahr, L., Dancer, S., Cook, B., & Reilly, J. (2021). Evaluating the post-discharge cost of healthcare-associated infection in NHS Scotland. Journal of Hospital Infection, 114, 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.12.026

Background Whereas the cost burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) extends beyond the inpatient stay into the post-discharge period, few studies have focused on post-discharge costs. Aim To investigate the impact of all types of HAI on... Read More about Evaluating the post-discharge cost of healthcare-associated infection in NHS Scotland.

The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities (2021)
Journal Article
Lok, K. L., Smith, A., Opoku, A., & Chen, C. (2021). The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities. Sustainability, 13(15), Article 8156. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158156

((1) Background: Generally, firms are reluctant to report outsourcing failures, no matter what industry they operate within. To eliminate poor performance of outsourced service providers, it is necessary to establish a specific outsourcing relationsh... Read More about The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities.

The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacLeod, K. (2021, July). The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic. Paper presented at 2021 MPE/MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium, Solent University, Southampton

The presentation will discuss initial reflections on a UKRI funded impact and engagement project in the Pacific, aimed at addressing community based and participatory media production as a development methodology to tackle gender inequality and speci... Read More about The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic.

‘Pinholes in my arms’: the vicious cycle of vascular access (2021)
Journal Article
Kelly, L., & Snowden, A. (2021). ‘Pinholes in my arms’: the vicious cycle of vascular access. British Journal of Nursing, 30(14), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.14.S4

Background: Vascular access devices (VADs) are essential for delivery of intravenous therapies. There are notable gaps in the literature regarding a focus on patient experience and meaning-making related to living with a VAD, specifically a central... Read More about ‘Pinholes in my arms’: the vicious cycle of vascular access.

“I would call them, it seems faster”. The state of Telemedicine in Scotland. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sfakakis, G., & Sobolewska, E. (2021). “I would call them, it seems faster”. The state of Telemedicine in Scotland. In Proceedings of the BCS 34th British HCI Conference 2021 (220-225). https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2021.23

The novel Coronavirus pandemic has affected the way people interact with others and services. Online re-mote solutions have been proposed for most interactions including health care. This position paper shows thatonline health services areunder-utili... Read More about “I would call them, it seems faster”. The state of Telemedicine in Scotland..

Blockchain-based identity and authentication scheme for MQTT protocol (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdelrazig Abubakar, M., Jaroucheh, Z., Al-Dubai, A., & Liu, X. (2021, March). Blockchain-based identity and authentication scheme for MQTT protocol. Presented at ICBCT '21: 2021 The 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Technology, Shanghai, China

The publish and subscribe messaging model has proven itself as a dominant messaging paradigm for IoT systems. An example of such is the commonly used Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol. However, the security concerns with this protoc... Read More about Blockchain-based identity and authentication scheme for MQTT protocol.

Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings (2021)
Report
Buchan, J., Nogales, C., Wooff, A., & Morrison, K. (2021). Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

This report presents interim findings from a research project on local partnership working and resilience in the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures. This grant is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of UK... Read More about Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings.

Seasonal and Ontogenetic Variation in Depth Use by a Critically Endangered Benthic Elasmobranch and Its Implications for Spatial Management (2021)
Journal Article
Thorburn, J. A., Wright, P., Lavender, E., Dodd, J., Neat, F., Martin, J., Lynam, C., & James, M. A. (2021). Seasonal and Ontogenetic Variation in Depth Use by a Critically Endangered Benthic Elasmobranch and Its Implications for Spatial Management. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 656368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.656368

Seasonal and ontogenetic variation in depth use by benthic species are often concomitant with changes in their spatial distribution. This has implications for the efficacy of spatial conservation measures such as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The cr... Read More about Seasonal and Ontogenetic Variation in Depth Use by a Critically Endangered Benthic Elasmobranch and Its Implications for Spatial Management.

Angular dependencies of soiling loss on photovoltaic performance in Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Chanchangi, Y. N., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Angular dependencies of soiling loss on photovoltaic performance in Nigeria. Solar Energy, 225, 108-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.07.001

Photovoltaic performance is significantly affected by soiling on its covering surface, which is strongly influenced by its tilt angle. This raises concern for the potential investor, policymakers, engineers, and local populace in regions where the so... Read More about Angular dependencies of soiling loss on photovoltaic performance in Nigeria.

Investor sentiment and stock returns: Global evidence (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, W., Su, C., & Duxbury, D. (2021). Investor sentiment and stock returns: Global evidence. Journal of Empirical Finance, 63, 365-391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2021.07.010

We assess the impact of investor sentiment on future stock returns in 50 global stock markets. Using the consumer confidence index (CCI) as the sentiment proxy, we document a negative relationship between investor sentiment and future stock returns a... Read More about Investor sentiment and stock returns: Global evidence.

A skipping adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under partial shading in PV arrays (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, J., Salam, Z., Kermadi, M., Afrouzi, H. N., & Ashique, R. H. (2021). A skipping adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under partial shading in PV arrays. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 31(9), Article e13017. https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.13017

This work presents a new Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) scheme which predicts the local peak positions precisely and tracks the global peak under partial shading effectively. In addition to that, a skipping mechanism is integrated into it, which... Read More about A skipping adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under partial shading in PV arrays.

Hamlet Live: the 7 I’s Experiential Strategy Framework for heritage visitor attractions (2021)
Journal Article
Lund, N. F., Holst-Beck, P., Pine II, B. J., & Leask, A. (2022). Hamlet Live: the 7 I’s Experiential Strategy Framework for heritage visitor attractions. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 17(2), 125-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873x.2021.1951277

In an increasingly competitive market for tourist destinations, visitor attractions play a key role in enticing visitors to the destination, and as such must continually develop new extraordinary experiential offerings to keep visitors coming. The Re... Read More about Hamlet Live: the 7 I’s Experiential Strategy Framework for heritage visitor attractions.

Mixed National Allegiances?: Cross-Cultural Encounters, Patriotism and Identity in First World War Internment Camp Newspapers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A. (2021, July). Mixed National Allegiances?: Cross-Cultural Encounters, Patriotism and Identity in First World War Internment Camp Newspapers. Paper presented at Enemy Encounters, Cardiff (Online)

I just feel like this makes sense to me: Stuart’s Story (2021)
Book Chapter
Ford, E., & Lawson, S. (2021). I just feel like this makes sense to me: Stuart’s Story. In Stories of Open: Opening Peer Review through Narrative Inquiry (183-212). Chicago: ACRL Press

This chapter presents an interpretive narrative. It is the culminating document from our conversation that underwent the storying stories process.

Intriguing CeO2–TiO2 hybrid nanostructured photoanode resulting up to 46% efficiency enhancement for dye-sensitized solar cells (2021)
Journal Article
Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Intriguing CeO2–TiO2 hybrid nanostructured photoanode resulting up to 46% efficiency enhancement for dye-sensitized solar cells. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 272, Article 125036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125036

The harvesting of electrical energy from sunrays with low cost, clean form and prosperity is an excellent progression. In this context, significant advancement has been made in the solar energy area in terms of cell's design to enhance efficiency. Li... Read More about Intriguing CeO2–TiO2 hybrid nanostructured photoanode resulting up to 46% efficiency enhancement for dye-sensitized solar cells.