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Channel 4 - then and now - the view from Scotland: the evolution of the Channel’s relationship with the Scottish production sector (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, A., & Correia, N. (2022, September). Channel 4 - then and now - the view from Scotland: the evolution of the Channel’s relationship with the Scottish production sector. Paper presented at Channel 4: Then and Now, BFI Southbank, London

This paper examines the historic relationship between Channel 4 and the Scottish independent production sector over four decades and investigate how the opportunities and support for Scotland’s producers and freelance workforce today compares with th... Read More about Channel 4 - then and now - the view from Scotland: the evolution of the Channel’s relationship with the Scottish production sector.

Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions (2022)
Journal Article
Falzon, D., Aston, E. V., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Sumnall, H., Measham, F., Fletcher, E., Gittins, R., Priyadarshi, S., & Parkes, T. (2022). Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00686-6

Background The impact of policing practices on the engagement of people who use drugs (PWUD) with harm reduction services is well evidenced. Although the police have traditionally taken an enforcement role in responding to drug use, it is increasing... Read More about Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions.

Towards real-time privacy-preserving audio-visual speech enhancement (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gogate, M., Dashtipour, K., & Hussain, A. (2022, September). Towards real-time privacy-preserving audio-visual speech enhancement. Presented at 2nd Symposium on Security and Privacy in Speech Communication, Incheon, Korea

Human auditory cortex in everyday noisy situations is known to exploit aural and visual cues that are contextually combined by the brain’s multi-level integration strategies to selectively suppress the background noise and focus on the target speaker... Read More about Towards real-time privacy-preserving audio-visual speech enhancement.

Sign in Human-Sound Interaction (2022)
Book Chapter
Di Donato, B. (2022). Sign in Human-Sound Interaction. In J. L. Drever, & A. Hugill (Eds.), Aural Diversity (187-192). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003183624-21

This chapter explores the concept of Human–Sound Interaction (HSI) in music performance in the context of Aural Diversity. HSI focuses on human factors in experiencing sound and how this affects interaction with instruments. HSI looks at people’s div... Read More about Sign in Human-Sound Interaction.

A Realist Review of How Community-Based Drug Checking Services Could Be Designed and Implemented to Promote Engagement of People Who Use Drugs (2022)
Journal Article
Masterton, W., Falzon, D., Burton, G., Carver, H., Wallace, B., Aston, E. V., Sumnall, H., Measham, F., Gittins, R., Craik, V., Schofield, J., Little, S., & Parkes, T. (2022). A Realist Review of How Community-Based Drug Checking Services Could Be Designed and Implemented to Promote Engagement of People Who Use Drugs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), Article 11960. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911960

With rising numbers of drug-related deaths in the UK and globally, exploration of interventions that seek to reduce drug-related harm is essential. Drug checking services (DCS) allow people to submit drug samples for chemical analysis and receive fee... Read More about A Realist Review of How Community-Based Drug Checking Services Could Be Designed and Implemented to Promote Engagement of People Who Use Drugs.

Moving AFK: Exploring the applicability of contemporary desistance theorising for cyber-dependent offending (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anderson, S., Horgan, S., & Collier, B. (2022, September). Moving AFK: Exploring the applicability of contemporary desistance theorising for cyber-dependent offending. Paper presented at European Society of Criminology, Malaga

The presentation will explore the analytical utility of contemporary theories of desistance for making sense of narratives of cyber-dependent offending careers. Until recently, cybercrime research has been preoccupied with situational theorisations o... Read More about Moving AFK: Exploring the applicability of contemporary desistance theorising for cyber-dependent offending.

Exploring tourist’s socio-cultural aversions, self-congruity bias, attitudes and willingness to participate in indigenous tourism (2022)
Journal Article
Holder, A., Walters, G., Ruhanen, L., & Mkono, M. (2024). Exploring tourist’s socio-cultural aversions, self-congruity bias, attitudes and willingness to participate in indigenous tourism. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 30(2), 207-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/13567667221124343

Empirical studies of tourist socio-cultural aversions and their influence on tourist consumption are limited. A socio-cultural aversion describes the avoidance associated with an ingrained dislike for, and distancing from something representative of... Read More about Exploring tourist’s socio-cultural aversions, self-congruity bias, attitudes and willingness to participate in indigenous tourism.

A little about the verification of a lot (EN 14358) (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2022, September). A little about the verification of a lot (EN 14358). Paper presented at Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE) 2022, Goettingen, Germany

Sometimes it is necessary to estimate the mean and/or percentile of a certain population by limited sampling, in order to compare with target values. Done properly, the method should account for random chance in the sampling so that the two risks can... Read More about A little about the verification of a lot (EN 14358).

Watching you desist: Policing as punishment in the cybercrime context (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horgan, S., Anderson, S., & Collier, B. (2022, September). Watching you desist: Policing as punishment in the cybercrime context. Paper presented at European Society of Criminology, Malaga

Cyber-dependent crime is now more often considered a national security issue rather than a routine policing matter. 'High-policing' agencies tend to take the lead in law enforcement responses, even when crimes are petty, ‘low-tech’, or born of curios... Read More about Watching you desist: Policing as punishment in the cybercrime context.

The assessment of the mechanical and physical properties of in situ timber (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bather, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2022, September). The assessment of the mechanical and physical properties of in situ timber. Paper presented at Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE) 2022, Goettingen, Germany

The refurbishment of existing buildings is a more sustainable option than demolition and reconstruction, leading to significant reductions in CO2 emissions and many other benefits. Policy across Europe is leaning more towards retaining and upgrading... Read More about The assessment of the mechanical and physical properties of in situ timber.

Can you guess the strength of timber? How (your) wood quality perceptions relate to reality (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cramer, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2022, September). Can you guess the strength of timber? How (your) wood quality perceptions relate to reality. Paper presented at Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE) 2022, Goettingen, Germany

UK-grown timber is often perceived to have “low quality”, and most of the UK’s sawn timber is used for fencing and packaging material. Much of the resource could be used as construction timber, as UK spruce and other softwoods can be strength graded... Read More about Can you guess the strength of timber? How (your) wood quality perceptions relate to reality.

Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Semple, T., Fountas, G., & Fonzone, A. (2023). Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland. Transportation research record, 2677(4), 904-916. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221119192

In this study, we use survey data (n=6,000) to investigate the work trip patterns of Scottish residents at various points of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus specifically on the reported patterns of weekly work trips made during the government-enforce... Read More about Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland.

New Zealand border restrictions amidst COVID-19 and their impacts on temporary migrant workers (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, L. S., Ran, G. J., & Jia, X. (2022). New Zealand border restrictions amidst COVID-19 and their impacts on temporary migrant workers. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 31(3), 312-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/01171968221126206

In September 2021, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) announced the offer of a one-off residence visa category – the 2021 Resident Visa, to over 165,000 temporary migrant workers and their family members living in the country. The offer was a response to... Read More about New Zealand border restrictions amidst COVID-19 and their impacts on temporary migrant workers.

GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change (2022)
Journal Article
Hall, C. A., Illingworth, S., Mohadjer, S., Roxy, M. K., Poku, C., Otu-Larbi, F., Reano, D., Freilich, M., Veisaga, M., Valencia, M., & Morales, J. (2022). GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change. Geoscience Communication, 5(3), 275-280. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-275-2022

There is still a significant lack of diversity and equity in geoscience education, even after decades of work and widespread calls for improvement and action. We join fellow community voices in calls for improved diversity, equity, inclusion, and jus... Read More about GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change.

Dynamic noise filtering for multi-class classification of beehive audio data (2022)
Journal Article
Várkonyi, D. T., Seixas Junior, J. L., & Horváth, T. (2023). Dynamic noise filtering for multi-class classification of beehive audio data. Expert Systems with Applications, 213(Part A), Article 118850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118850

Honeybees are the most specialized insect pollinators and are critical not only for honey production but, also, for keeping the environmental balance by pollinating the flowers of a wide variety of crops. Recording and analyzing bee sounds became... Read More about Dynamic noise filtering for multi-class classification of beehive audio data.

DSMAC: Privacy-Aware Decentralized Self-Management of Data Access Control Based on Blockchain for Health Data (2022)
Journal Article
Saidi, H., Labraoui, N., Ari, A. A. A., Maglaras, L. A., & Emati, J. H. M. (2022). DSMAC: Privacy-Aware Decentralized Self-Management of Data Access Control Based on Blockchain for Health Data. IEEE Access, 10, 101011-101028. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3207803

In recent years, the interest in using wireless communication technologies and mobile devices in the healthcare environment has increased. However, despite increased attention to the security of electronic health records, patient privacy is still at... Read More about DSMAC: Privacy-Aware Decentralized Self-Management of Data Access Control Based on Blockchain for Health Data.

Eight-Element Antenna Array with Improved Radiation Performances for 5G Hand-Portable Devices (2022)
Journal Article
Ullah, A., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Amar, A. S. I., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). Eight-Element Antenna Array with Improved Radiation Performances for 5G Hand-Portable Devices. Electronics, 11(18), Article 2962. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11182962

This study aims to introduce a new phased array design with improved radiation properties for future cellular networks. The procedure of the array design is simple and has been accomplished on a low-cost substrate material while offering several inte... Read More about Eight-Element Antenna Array with Improved Radiation Performances for 5G Hand-Portable Devices.

Understanding factors influencing uptake and sustainable use of the PINCER intervention at scale: A qualitative evaluation using Normalisation Process Theory (2022)
Journal Article
Laing, L., Salema, N., Jeffries, M., Binti Mohd Shamsuddin, A., Sheikh, A., Chuter, A., Waring, J., Avery, A., & Keers, R. (2022). Understanding factors influencing uptake and sustainable use of the PINCER intervention at scale: A qualitative evaluation using Normalisation Process Theory. PLOS ONE, 17(9), Article e0274560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274560

Introduction Medication errors are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The pharmacist-led IT-based intervention to reduce clinically important medication errors (PINCER) has demonstrated improvements in primary care medication safety, and... Read More about Understanding factors influencing uptake and sustainable use of the PINCER intervention at scale: A qualitative evaluation using Normalisation Process Theory.