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Selected, Deselected, and Reselected: A Case Study Analysis of Attributes Associated With Player Reselection Following Closure of a Youth Soccer Academy (2021)
Journal Article
Dugdale, J. H., McRobert, A. P., & Unnithan, V. B. (2021). Selected, Deselected, and Reselected: A Case Study Analysis of Attributes Associated With Player Reselection Following Closure of a Youth Soccer Academy. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, Article 633124. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.633124

Considering the perceived benefit of early recruitment and the time and resources spent developing youth players, individuals released from talent development programmes are often re-recruited by rival academies. However, due to the contractual natur... Read More about Selected, Deselected, and Reselected: A Case Study Analysis of Attributes Associated With Player Reselection Following Closure of a Youth Soccer Academy.

Sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life history traits (2021)
Other
Snook, R. R., Brooks, A. L., Holman, L., & Garlovsky, S. D. Sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life history traits

Sexual selection and sexual conflict are expected to affect all aspects of the phenotype, not only traits that are directly involved in reproduction. Here, we show coordinated evolution of multiple physiological and life history traits in response to... Read More about Sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life history traits.

Implementation and Evaluation of Physical, Hybrid, and Virtual Testbeds for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems (2021)
Journal Article
Robles-Durazno, A., Moradpoor, N., McWhinnie, J., Russell, G., & Porcel-Bustamante, J. (2021). Implementation and Evaluation of Physical, Hybrid, and Virtual Testbeds for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems. Symmetry, 13(3), Article 519. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13030519

Industrial Control Systems are an essential part of our daily lives and can be found in industries such as oil, utilities, and manufacturing. Rapid growth in technology has introduced industrial components with network capabilities that allow them to... Read More about Implementation and Evaluation of Physical, Hybrid, and Virtual Testbeds for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems.

Evaluation of the Use of Real-time 3D Graphics to Augment Therapeutic Music Sessions for Young People on the Autism Spectrum (2021)
Journal Article
Mcgowan, J. J., Mcgregor, I., & Leplatre, G. (2021). Evaluation of the Use of Real-time 3D Graphics to Augment Therapeutic Music Sessions for Young People on the Autism Spectrum. ACM transactions on accessible computing, 14(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3445032

The present research evaluates the effectiveness of CymaSense, a real-time 3D visualisation application developed by the authors, as a means of improving the communicative behaviours of autistic participants through the addition of a visual modality... Read More about Evaluation of the Use of Real-time 3D Graphics to Augment Therapeutic Music Sessions for Young People on the Autism Spectrum.

Daydream@Creative Leadership (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Daydream@Creative Leadership. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning, Online

In August 2021 secondary schools across Scotland will pilot the new Creative Thinking qualification. This will be resourced and supported by Daydream Believers. You are invited to be part of this exciting opportunity and help put creative thinking at... Read More about Daydream@Creative Leadership.

A Qualitative Exploration on the Challenges of Transfer Students in an Asian Educational Context (2021)
Journal Article
Ching, S. S. Y., Tam, K. Y., Zhang, L. W., Ng, J., & Cheung, K. (2021). A Qualitative Exploration on the Challenges of Transfer Students in an Asian Educational Context. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), Article 3238. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063238

Limited research has been conducted on community college (CC) transfer students’ (TS) experiences in four-year universities, particularly in Asian contexts. To fill this research gap, in this qualitative study, 124 TS from various disciplines in a Ho... Read More about A Qualitative Exploration on the Challenges of Transfer Students in an Asian Educational Context.

Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions (2021)
Book Chapter
Jamshidi, M. B., Lalbakhsh, A., Talla, J., Peroutka, Z., Roshani, S., Matousek, V., Roshani, S., Mirmozafari, M., Malek, Z., La Spada, L., Sabet, A., Dehghani, M., Jamshidi, M., Honari, M. M., Hadjilooei, F., Jamshidi, A., Lalbakhsh, P., Hashemi-Dezaki, H., Ahmadi, S., & Lotfi, S. (2021). Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions. In I. Arpaci, M. Al-Emran, M. A. Al-Sharafi, & G. Marques (Eds.), Emerging Technologies During the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic (9-31). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67716-9_2

The world is in a frustrating situation, which is exacerbating due to the time-consuming process of the COVID-19 vaccine design and production. This chapter provides a comprehensive investigation of fundamentals, state-of-the-art and some perspective... Read More about Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions.

A Novel Coupled Reaction-Diffusion System for Explainable Gene Expression Profiling (2021)
Journal Article
Farouq, M. W., Boulila, W., Hussain, Z., Rashid, A., Shah, M., Hussain, S., Ng, N., Ng, D., Hanif, H., Shaikh, M. G., Sheikh, A., & Hussain, A. (2021). A Novel Coupled Reaction-Diffusion System for Explainable Gene Expression Profiling. Sensors, 21(6), Article 2190. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21062190

Machine learning (ML)-based algorithms are playing an important role in cancer diagnosis and are increasingly being used to aid clinical decision-making. However, these commonly operate as ‘black boxes’ and it is unclear how decisions are derived. Re... Read More about A Novel Coupled Reaction-Diffusion System for Explainable Gene Expression Profiling.

Dealing with the Competition of English-language Export Editions: Voices from the Dutch Trade Book Market (2021)
Journal Article
Trentacosti, G., & Pilcher, N. (2021). Dealing with the Competition of English-language Export Editions: Voices from the Dutch Trade Book Market. Publishing Research Quarterly, 37, 278-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-021-09798-6

This project explores the responses of the Dutch trade book market to the ever-increasing influx of Anglophone publications. Based on in-depth interviews (n = 42) carried out between 2015 and 2017 with Dutch publishing professionals, this research id... Read More about Dealing with the Competition of English-language Export Editions: Voices from the Dutch Trade Book Market.

Beyond contact-tracing: The public value of eHealth application in a pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Gerli, P., Arakpogun, E. O., Elsahn, Z., Olan, F., & Prime, K. S. (2021). Beyond contact-tracing: The public value of eHealth application in a pandemic. Government Information Quarterly, 38(3), Article 101581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101581

This study adopts a public value perspective to examine the eHealth services deployed by national and regional governments to contain the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, including symptoms checkers, information portals and contact-tracing applicatio... Read More about Beyond contact-tracing: The public value of eHealth application in a pandemic.

A Mobility Aware Duty Cycling and Preambling Solution for Wireless Sensor Network with Mobile Sink Node (2021)
Journal Article
Thomson, C., Wadhaj, I., Tan, Z., & Al-Dubai, A. (2021). A Mobility Aware Duty Cycling and Preambling Solution for Wireless Sensor Network with Mobile Sink Node. Wireless Networks, 27(5), 3423-3439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-021-02580-8

Utilising the mobilisation of a sink node in a wireless sensor network to combat the energy hole, or hotspot issue, is well referenced. However, another issue , that of energy spikes may remain. With the mobile sink node potentially communicating wit... Read More about A Mobility Aware Duty Cycling and Preambling Solution for Wireless Sensor Network with Mobile Sink Node.

Screening for antenatal depression (AND) using self-report questionnaires: Conceptual issues and measurement limitations (2021)
Book Chapter
Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2021). Screening for antenatal depression (AND) using self-report questionnaires: Conceptual issues and measurement limitations. In C. R. Martin, L. Hunter, V. B. Patel, V. R. Preedy, & R. Rajendram (Eds.), The Neuroscience of Depression: Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment (195-203). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817933-8.00090-6

Screening for antenatal depression (AND) is clinically important, with any form of depression impacting upon women’s relationships with her partner and infant postpartum. Surprisingly, screening for AND has received relatively little attention, compa... Read More about Screening for antenatal depression (AND) using self-report questionnaires: Conceptual issues and measurement limitations.

Enablers and barriers in ultra-running: a comparison of male and female ultra-runners (2021)
Journal Article
Valentin, S., Pham, L., & Macrae, E. (2022). Enablers and barriers in ultra-running: a comparison of male and female ultra-runners. Sport in Society, 25(11), 2193-2212. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2021.1898590

Female participation rates in ultra-running is considerably lower than that of males, but the reasons for this are not fully understood. In this study, online questionnaire responses were collected from ultra-runners taking part in the Scottish Jedbu... Read More about Enablers and barriers in ultra-running: a comparison of male and female ultra-runners.

The experiential knowledge of migrant women about vulnerability during pregnancy: A woman-centred mixed-methods study (2021)
Journal Article
(Fontein)Kuipers, Y. J., & Mestdagh, E. (2022). The experiential knowledge of migrant women about vulnerability during pregnancy: A woman-centred mixed-methods study. Women and Birth, 35(1), 70-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2021.03.004

Problem: Within maternity care policies and practice, pregnant migrant women are regarded as a vulnerable population. Background: Women’s experiential knowledge is a key element of woman-centred care but is insufficiently addressed in midwifery pr... Read More about The experiential knowledge of migrant women about vulnerability during pregnancy: A woman-centred mixed-methods study.

Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland (2021)
Report
Johnston, L. Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland. Scottish Government

• The evidence presented here relates to four research studies conducted in relation to workforce resilience, burnout and support around death and dying in the care home sector. • While there are a wealth of resources to support care home staff well... Read More about Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland.

A Good Pair of Ears: Conceiving of and developing aural skills in popular music education (2021)
Book Chapter
Stillie, B., & Moir, Z. (2021). A Good Pair of Ears: Conceiving of and developing aural skills in popular music education. In K. D. Cleland, & P. Fleet (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Aural Skills Pedagogy: Before, In and Beyond Higher Education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429276392-18

When musicians and music educators consider aural training, many of us have a tendency to imagine students transcribing melodic dictation, identifying chord progressions, intervals, and cadences by ear, and otherwise training to recognize the aural f... Read More about A Good Pair of Ears: Conceiving of and developing aural skills in popular music education.

The greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy – Life cycle assessment of a European pressurised reactor (2021)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Hart, J. (2021). The greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy – Life cycle assessment of a European pressurised reactor. Applied Energy, 290, Article 116743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116743

Nuclear energy contributes ~10% of the global electricity generation and different views exist on its carbon-intensity and sustainability. Context is crucial to determine the sustainability of new nuclear power generators, making the existence of a g... Read More about The greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy – Life cycle assessment of a European pressurised reactor.