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Modelling Mobility and Infection: The reopening of Edinburgh's Festivals (2021)
Report
Ali-Knight, J. (2021). Modelling Mobility and Infection: The reopening of Edinburgh's Festivals. University of Edinburgh

Closure of business, festivals and cultural activities due to COVID-19 has imposed a significant social and economic loss to the City of Edinburgh. This project modelled the spread of viral infection in the city centre of Edinburgh to see whether thi... Read More about Modelling Mobility and Infection: The reopening of Edinburgh's Festivals.

Entrepreneurial Infographics (2021)
Digital Artefact
Cramphorn, C. (2021). Entrepreneurial Infographics. [Digital image]

Entrepreneurial Infographics to develop understanding of key entrepreneurial activities and concepts within the more general population.

Towards an Understanding of the Olfactory Drive (2021)
Book Chapter
Neill, C., & Di Gianfrancesco, C. (2021). Towards an Understanding of the Olfactory Drive. In B. R. McLaughlin, & E. Daffron (Eds.), The Body in Theory: Essays After Lacan and Foucault (25-33). Jefferson, NC: McFarland

Evidence based practice (2021)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2021). Evidence based practice. Career Matters, 9(2), 18-19

A question of standards: adapting carbon and other PES markets to work for community seagrass conservation   (2021)
Journal Article
Shilland, R., Grimsditch, G., Ahmed, M., Bandeira, S., Kennedy, H., Potouroglou, M., & Huxham, M. (2021). A question of standards: adapting carbon and other PES markets to work for community seagrass conservation  . Marine Policy, 129, Article 104574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104574

Seagrass meadows deliver multiple ecosystem services that are of particular importance to resource-poor coastal communities, yet they are rapidly declining globally. The Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) approach has been used to fund the protect... Read More about A question of standards: adapting carbon and other PES markets to work for community seagrass conservation  .

It's Common Sense, isn't it? Demystifying Human Evaluations in Commonsense-enhanced NLG systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahamood, S., Clinciu, M., & Gkatzia, D. (2021). It's Common Sense, isn't it? Demystifying Human Evaluations in Commonsense-enhanced NLG systems. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Human Evaluation of NLP Systems (HumEval)

Common sense is an integral part of human cognition which allows us to make sound decisions , communicate effectively with others and interpret situations and utterances. Endowing AI systems with commonsense knowledge capabilities will help us get cl... Read More about It's Common Sense, isn't it? Demystifying Human Evaluations in Commonsense-enhanced NLG systems.

A switching feedback control approach for persistence of managed resources (2021)
Journal Article
Franco, D., Guiver, C., Smith, P., & Townley, S. (2022). A switching feedback control approach for persistence of managed resources. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 27(3), 1765-1787. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2021109

An adaptive switching feedback control scheme is proposed for classes of discrete-time, positive difference equations, or systems of equations. In overview, the objective is to choose a control strategy which ensures persistence of the state, consequ... Read More about A switching feedback control approach for persistence of managed resources.

Developing project evaluation models for smart sustainable practices implementation in construction projects: a comparative study between Nigeria and Hong Kong (2021)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2022). Developing project evaluation models for smart sustainable practices implementation in construction projects: a comparative study between Nigeria and Hong Kong. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 29(3), 1522-1552. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-11-2020-0906

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the key facilitating factors for smart sustainable practices (SSP) and develop a project evaluation model (PEM) for SSP implementation in Nigeria and Hong Kong. SSP is coined from the integration of d... Read More about Developing project evaluation models for smart sustainable practices implementation in construction projects: a comparative study between Nigeria and Hong Kong.

Effect of dye sensitization’s temperature on ZnO-based solar cells (2021)
Journal Article
Roy, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Effect of dye sensitization’s temperature on ZnO-based solar cells. Chemical Physics Letters, 776, Article 138688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138688

We have investigated the insights of photo-physical surface characteristics for Ru (II) polypyridyl dye (N719) sensitization and its performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) at different temperatures of ZnO-based photoanodes. The maximum pow... Read More about Effect of dye sensitization’s temperature on ZnO-based solar cells.

Electroceramics for High-Energy Density Capacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, G., Lu, Z., Li, Y., Li, L., Ji, H., Feteira, A., Zhou, D., Wang, D., Zhang, S., & Reaney, I. M. (2021). Electroceramics for High-Energy Density Capacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Chemical Reviews, 121(10), 6124-6172. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01264

Materials exhibiting high energy/power density are currently needed to meet the growing demand of portable electronics, electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage devices. The highest energy densities are achieved for fuel cells, batteries, and... Read More about Electroceramics for High-Energy Density Capacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives.

Are We Willing to Relocate with the Future Introduction of Flying Cars? An Exploratory Empirical Analysis of Public Perceptions in the United States (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, S. S., Fountas, G., Eker, U., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2022). Are We Willing to Relocate with the Future Introduction of Flying Cars? An Exploratory Empirical Analysis of Public Perceptions in the United States. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 18(3), 1025-1052. https://doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2021.1916643

Flying cars, a new transportation mode capable of operating on both land and air, are expected to be introduced in the existing traffic fleet over the next decade or so. Due to their potential in offering flexible mobility patterns, as well as shorte... Read More about Are We Willing to Relocate with the Future Introduction of Flying Cars? An Exploratory Empirical Analysis of Public Perceptions in the United States.

Are we on the road to sustainable freight transport? (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
Zhang, S., & Plant, E. (2021). Are we on the road to sustainable freight transport?

Analysis: To decarbonise road freight transport, researchers have been working on decoupling the link of economic growth to logistics emissions through operational efficiency and technology.

A Conceptual Framework for Establishing Trust in Real World Intelligent Systems (2021)
Journal Article
Guckert, M., Gumpfer, N., Hannig, J., Keller, T., & Urquhart, N. (2021). A Conceptual Framework for Establishing Trust in Real World Intelligent Systems. Cognitive Systems Research, 68, 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2021.04.001

Intelligent information systems that contain emergent elements often encounter trust problems because results do not get sufficiently explained and the procedure itself can not be fully retraced. This is caused by a control flow depending either on s... Read More about A Conceptual Framework for Establishing Trust in Real World Intelligent Systems.

Simulated biological fluids – a systematic review of their biological relevance and use in relation to inhalation toxicology of particles and fibres (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, E., Yiu, H. H. P., McLean, P., Brown, W., & Boyles, M. (2021). Simulated biological fluids – a systematic review of their biological relevance and use in relation to inhalation toxicology of particles and fibres. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 51(3), 217-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408444.2021.1903386

The use of simulated biological fluids (SBFs) is a promising in vitro technique to better understand the release mechanisms and possible in vivo behaviour of materials, including fibres, metal-containing particles and nanomaterials. Applications of S... Read More about Simulated biological fluids – a systematic review of their biological relevance and use in relation to inhalation toxicology of particles and fibres.

A hybrid CNN-LSTM model for predicting PM2.5 in Beijing based on spatiotemporal correlation (2021)
Journal Article
Ding, C., Wang, G., Zhang, X., Liu, Q., & Liu, X. (2021). A hybrid CNN-LSTM model for predicting PM2.5 in Beijing based on spatiotemporal correlation. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 128(3), 503-522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-021-00501-8

Long-term exposure to air environments full of suspended particles, especially PM2.5, would seriously damage people's health and life (i.e., respiratory diseases and lung cancers). Therefore, accurate PM2.5 prediction is important for the government... Read More about A hybrid CNN-LSTM model for predicting PM2.5 in Beijing based on spatiotemporal correlation.

Thermo-economic and environmental optimization of a solar-driven zero-liquid discharge system for shale gas wastewater desalination (2021)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2021). Thermo-economic and environmental optimization of a solar-driven zero-liquid discharge system for shale gas wastewater desalination. Desalination, 511, Article 115098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2021.115098

Wastewater management is one of the main hurdles encountered by the shale gas industry for boosting overall process cost-effectiveness while reducing environmental impacts. In this light, this paper introduces a new multi-objective model for the ther... Read More about Thermo-economic and environmental optimization of a solar-driven zero-liquid discharge system for shale gas wastewater desalination.

An Internet-Based Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Management Integrated With Primary Care Electronic Health Records: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Implementation Fidelity and User Engagement (2021)
Journal Article
Coorey, G., Peiris, D., Scaria, A., Mulley, J., Neubeck, L., Hafiz, N., & Redfern, J. (2021). An Internet-Based Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Management Integrated With Primary Care Electronic Health Records: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Implementation Fidelity and User Engagement. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(4), Article e25333. https://doi.org/10.2196/25333

Background: Growing evidence supports the benefits of eHealth interventions to increase patient engagement and improve outcomes for a range of conditions. However, ineffective program delivery and usage attrition limit exposure to these interventions... Read More about An Internet-Based Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Management Integrated With Primary Care Electronic Health Records: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Implementation Fidelity and User Engagement.

Immune Response of Elite Enduro Racers to Laboratory and Racing Environments: The Influence of Training Impulse and Vibration (2021)
Journal Article
Kirkwood, L., Ingram-Sills, L., Taylor, M. D., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2021). Immune Response of Elite Enduro Racers to Laboratory and Racing Environments: The Influence of Training Impulse and Vibration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), Article 4603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094603

Introduction: Understanding the sport-specific immune response elicited during both training and competition is imperative to maximise athlete health and performance. Despite a growing population of professional enduro mountain bike athletes, little... Read More about Immune Response of Elite Enduro Racers to Laboratory and Racing Environments: The Influence of Training Impulse and Vibration.

Inter-Programme Peer Mentoring to Enhance Employability (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., & Meldrum, S. (2021, April). Inter-Programme Peer Mentoring to Enhance Employability. Paper presented at QAA Enhancement Themes Collaborative Cluster on Programme Leadership, Webinar

No abstract available.