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Entrepreneurship and institutional challenges: disincentives or opportunities? Case studies in the Palestinian mobile phone sector (2021)
Thesis
Alaydi, S. (2021). Entrepreneurship and institutional challenges: disincentives or opportunities? Case studies in the Palestinian mobile phone sector. (Thesis). University of Glasgow. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2833859

This study aims to address the core research question, are institutional barriers and voids in extremely uncertain environments perceived as disincentives and/or opportunities? The emphasis in the extant entrepreneurship literature is mainly on the s... Read More about Entrepreneurship and institutional challenges: disincentives or opportunities? Case studies in the Palestinian mobile phone sector.

A novel context-aware multimodal framework for persian sentiment analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Dashtipour, K., Gogate, M., Cambria, E., & Hussain, A. (2021). A novel context-aware multimodal framework for persian sentiment analysis. Neurocomputing, 457, 377-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2021.02.020

Most recent works on sentiment analysis have exploited the text modality. However, millions of hours of video recordings posted on social media platforms everyday hold vital unstructured information that can be exploited to more effectively gauge pub... Read More about A novel context-aware multimodal framework for persian sentiment analysis.

The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory (2021)
Journal Article
Fodarella, C., Marsh, J. E., Chu, S., Athwal-Kooner, P., Jones, H. S., Skelton, F. C., Wood, E., Jackson, E., & Frowd, C. D. (2021). The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory. Visual Cognition, 29(3), 180-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2021.1890292

Memory is facilitated by reflecting upon, or revisiting, the environment in which information was encoded. We investigated these “context reinstatement” (CR) techniques to improve the effectiveness of facial composites – visual likenesses of a perpet... Read More about The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory.

Proposing Circular Economy Ecosystem for Chinese SMEs: A Systematic Review (2021)
Journal Article
Min, Z., Sawang, S., & Kivits, R. A. (2021). Proposing Circular Economy Ecosystem for Chinese SMEs: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), Article 2395. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052395

Circular economy (CE) has attracted so much attention around the world as it can contribute to the balance between economic development and environmental sustainability, to address the increasing critical resources scarcity and environmental issues.... Read More about Proposing Circular Economy Ecosystem for Chinese SMEs: A Systematic Review.

“The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
Kulpa, R. (2021). “The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream. [Magazine article]. Warsaw

A week after the premiere of the fourth season of "The Crown", the British media announced that viewership records were broken. Diana's story is the main theme in it. What is it about her character that attracts the attention of filmmakers, the media... Read More about “The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream.

Risk factors for poor outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Ashcroft, T., Chung, A., Dighero, I., Dozier, M., Horne, M., McSwiggan, E., Binti Mohd Shamsuddin, A., & Nair, H. (2021). Risk factors for poor outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Global Health, 11, https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.10001

Background Understanding the risk factors for poor outcomes among COVID-19 patients could help identify vulnerable populations who would need prioritisation in prevention and treatment for COVID-19. We aimed to critically appraise and synthesise pub... Read More about Risk factors for poor outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

A novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation in nearly and truly incompressible solids (2021)
Journal Article
Kadapa, C. (2021). A novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation in nearly and truly incompressible solids. Acta mechanica, 232(6), 2135-2163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-020-02883-5

This paper presents a novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation problems in nearly and truly incompressible material models. The proposed methodology is based on the efficient computation of the Schur complement for the mixed... Read More about A novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation in nearly and truly incompressible solids.

BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home during the pandemic (2021)
Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2021). BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home during the pandemic. [Blog]

Optimal admission and routing with congestion-sensitive customer classes (2021)
Journal Article
Aslan, A. (2022). Optimal admission and routing with congestion-sensitive customer classes. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 36(3), 774-798. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0269964821000073

This paper considers optimal admission and routing control in multi-class service systems in which customers can either receive quality regular service which is subject to congestion or can receive congestion-free but less desirable service at an alt... Read More about Optimal admission and routing with congestion-sensitive customer classes.

Industrial Relations and Sustainable Workplaces: Contradictions, Processes, and Prospects (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bratton, A. (2021, March). Industrial Relations and Sustainable Workplaces: Contradictions, Processes, and Prospects. Paper presented at British Universities Industrial Relations Association Annual Conference, University of Bradford

A review of building integrated photovoltaic: case study of tropical climatic regions (2021)
Journal Article
Abdullahi, M. M., Abubakar Mas’ud, A., Abubakar Mas’ud, I., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Karim, R., Mohd Saudi, A. S., Bani, N. A., & Wirba, A. V. (2021). A review of building integrated photovoltaic: case study of tropical climatic regions. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 12(1), 474-488. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v12.i1.pp474-488

The building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system have recently drawn interest and have demonstrated high potential to assist building owners supply both thermal and electrical loads. In this paper, the BIPV technology has been reviewed, in terms of... Read More about A review of building integrated photovoltaic: case study of tropical climatic regions.

Why do you do what you do to me? How the pandemic is changing the focus from 'what' we teach and assess to 'how' (2021)
Other
Garden, C. (2021). Why do you do what you do to me? How the pandemic is changing the focus from 'what' we teach and assess to 'how'. https://edinburghnapieruniversity.newsweaver.com/rg15q74uj5/1aj5ut6ivy31byryw4zao8?lang=en&a=1&p=3082871&t=319963

Claire reflects on the past year and shares her thoughts on how the focus of teaching and assessment has changed, and how it might develop for the good going forward.

Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Studywith care home staff during the pandemic (2021)
Report
Johnston, L. (2021). Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Studywith care home staff during the pandemic. Edinburgh: CSO

A study in three cares homes was undertaken to assess the feasibility of providing online emotional support and practice-based learning on death/dying and end of life care during the pandemic of 2020, to groups of staff in care homes for older people... Read More about Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Studywith care home staff during the pandemic.

Avoiding Burnout of Care Home Workforce (2021)
Report
Johnston, L., & Malcolm, C. (2021). Avoiding Burnout of Care Home Workforce. Edinburgh: CSO

This small study focused on the resources available and used to support the wellbeing and mental health of frontline care workers (FCW) in care homes for older people. It had two aims; (1) to identify and collate key resources of relevance to FCWs an... Read More about Avoiding Burnout of Care Home Workforce.

Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature (2021)
Journal Article
Kelly, L., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2021). Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 31(1), 96-100

Background: The benefits of immediate safe, observed, skin-to-skin contact following birth are well documented and established best practice following vaginal birth in the United Kingdom (UK). However, women who deliver their babies by caesarean secti... Read More about Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature.

A Systematic Literature Review of Factor Analytic and Mixture Models of ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire (2021)
Journal Article
Redican, E., Nolan, E., Hyland, P., Cloitre, M., McBride, O., Karatzias, T., Murphy, J., & Shevlin, M. (2021). A Systematic Literature Review of Factor Analytic and Mixture Models of ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 79, Article 102381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102381

The 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11; WHO, 2018) describes two distinct trauma related disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). This review aims to summarise and synthesize evidence... Read More about A Systematic Literature Review of Factor Analytic and Mixture Models of ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire.

Palliative care at home: implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and into the future [Policy brief] (2021)
Report
Savinc, J., & Atherton, I. (2021). Palliative care at home: implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and into the future [Policy brief]. SCADR

Challenges of Self-Presentation and Athlete Branding Among Saudi Female Exercisers: An Auto-ethnography of a Muslim Saudi Personal Trainer Instagram User (2021)
Journal Article
Basabain, W., Macleod, K., Westbury, T., & Qutub, A. (2021). Challenges of Self-Presentation and Athlete Branding Among Saudi Female Exercisers: An Auto-ethnography of a Muslim Saudi Personal Trainer Instagram User. Asian Social Science, 17(3), 9-30. https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v17n3p9

Some athletes have attracted millions of audiences, even if being namely recognised. Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar JR., and David Beckham have the most Instagram followers on a global scale. Online Social Networks (OSN) allows users to establish their pr... Read More about Challenges of Self-Presentation and Athlete Branding Among Saudi Female Exercisers: An Auto-ethnography of a Muslim Saudi Personal Trainer Instagram User.

Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, J., Then, Y. L., Asif, N., & Kashem, S. (2021). Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 13(2), 99-108

The power generated in today’s time is dominated using fossil fuels that may get exhausted within the coming decades. Monitoring and management of the energy consumption hold a prime standing due to the discrepancy between power demand and production... Read More about Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management.

Association of Hearing Loss with Physical, Social, and Mental Activity Engagement (2021)
Journal Article
Goman, A. M., Gao, T., Betz, J., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Lin, F. R., & for the ACHIEVE-P Study Group. (2021). Association of Hearing Loss with Physical, Social, and Mental Activity Engagement. Seminars in Hearing, 42(1), 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726001

This article aims to evaluate a hearing loss intervention versus an aging education intervention on activity engagement in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders pilot (ACHIEVE-P). Forty adults (70–84 years) with hearing loss recruited f... Read More about Association of Hearing Loss with Physical, Social, and Mental Activity Engagement.