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Why were Twitter users obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?
Preprint / Working Paper
Mavroeidi, A., Innes, R., Miyake, E., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2022). Why were Twitter users obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?

The aim of this study was to explore how the relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19 has been represented on the social media site Twitter. NCapture was used to collect textual Tweets on a weekly basis for three months during the pandemic. In tot... Read More about Why were Twitter users obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?.

Array-Aware Matching: Taming the Complexity of Large-Scale Simulation Models
Preprint / Working Paper
Fioravanti, M., Cattaneo, D., Terraneo, F., Seva, S., Cherubin, S., Agosta, G., Casella, F., & Leva, A. (2022). Array-Aware Matching: Taming the Complexity of Large-Scale Simulation Models

Equation-based modelling is a powerful approach to tame the complexity of large-scale simulation problems. Equation-based tools automatically translate models into imperative languages. When confronted with nowadays' problems, however, well assessed... Read More about Array-Aware Matching: Taming the Complexity of Large-Scale Simulation Models.

Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office
Report
Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., Taylor, J., Klostermann, K., Stoddart, A., Black, H., Hillen, P., O’Farrell, T., Weir, C., Littlewood, P., & Gill, J. (2018). Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office. Chief Scientist Office

Aim To test whether Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), a USA-developed evidence-based psychological therapy for the treatment of addiction, can be successfully delivered within NHS drug treatment services with drug-dependent parents who have childre... Read More about Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office.

Role of Festivals for Promoting Scottish Pilgrimage
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2023, March). Role of Festivals for Promoting Scottish Pilgrimage. Paper presented at Pilgrimage Today: Routes to Flourishing Communities & Enterprise, Wexford

Building A Smart Academic Advising System Using Association Rule Mining
Preprint / Working Paper
Shatnawi, R., Althebyan, Q., & Ghaleb, B. (2014). Building A Smart Academic Advising System Using Association Rule Mining

In an academic environment, student advising is considered a paramount activity for both advisors and student to improve the academic performance of students. In universities of large numbers of students, advising is a time-consuming activity that ma... Read More about Building A Smart Academic Advising System Using Association Rule Mining.

Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendations
Report
Wilson, M., Stephen, K., & Vargheese, J. P. Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendations. Creative Informatics

Music recommender systems are utilised by many music streaming platforms to provide new artist and song recommendations on a personalised basis to listeners. These algorithm-based systems apply dynamic data modelling techniques and are a recommendati... Read More about Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendations.

Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience – a reflection of process and purpose (Stage 1 – with focus on Edinburgh Case)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kitchen, E., Drake, C., Goh, E., Harkison, T., Losekoot, E., Robertson, M., Steriopolous, E., & Waterston, L. (2023, May). Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience – a reflection of process and purpose (Stage 1 – with focus on Edinburgh Case). Poster presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education 2023, Annual Conference, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

Authentic teaching and learning is a critical pedagogy and curriculum requirement in higher education to better prepare for the future workforce. As such, educators adopt a suite of authentic assessments such as work-integrated learning, industry rep... Read More about Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience – a reflection of process and purpose (Stage 1 – with focus on Edinburgh Case).

FedMark: A Marketplace for Federated Data on the Web
Preprint / Working Paper
Grubenmann, T., Bernstein, A., Moor, D., & Seuken, S. (2018). FedMark: A Marketplace for Federated Data on the Web

The Web of Data (WoD) has experienced a phenomenal growth in the past. This growth is mainly fueled by tireless volunteers, government subsidies, and open data legislations. The majority of commercial data has not made the transition to the WoD, yet.... Read More about FedMark: A Marketplace for Federated Data on the Web.

Explainable Representations of the Social State: A Model for Social Human-Robot Interactions
Preprint / Working Paper
Hernandez Garcia, D., Yu, Y., Sieinska, W., Part, J. L., Gunson, N., Lemon, O., & Dondrup, C. (2020). Explainable Representations of the Social State: A Model for Social Human-Robot Interactions

In this paper, we propose a minimum set of concepts and signals needed to track the social state during Human-Robot Interaction. We look into the problem of complex continuous interactions in a social context with multiple humans and robots, and disc... Read More about Explainable Representations of the Social State: A Model for Social Human-Robot Interactions.