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The Development of a Cross-Border Energy Trade Cooperation Model of Interconnected Virtual Power Plants Using Bilateral Contracts (2022)
Journal Article
Ullah, Z., Arshad, & Ahmad, J. (2022). The Development of a Cross-Border Energy Trade Cooperation Model of Interconnected Virtual Power Plants Using Bilateral Contracts. Energies, 15(21), Article 8171. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15218171

By coordinating the operation of regionally interconnected virtual power plants (VPPs), the growing penetration problem of renewable energy sources (RESs) into the power system can be addressed. This study presents an interactive trading cooperation... Read More about The Development of a Cross-Border Energy Trade Cooperation Model of Interconnected Virtual Power Plants Using Bilateral Contracts.

Using immersive tech to enrich healthcare education (2022)
Digital Artefact
McKenzie, C., Skinner, J., & Poole, A. Using immersive tech to enrich healthcare education. [Article]

As virtual reality technology has become more affordable and user friendly, it opens opportunities to enhance teaching of clinical skills. Here’s how one team brings VR into the classroom

An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy (2022)
Journal Article
Den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Hubbard, G., Dixon, D., Cristea, M., Davis, A., Dobbie, F., Fitzgerald, N., Fleming, L., Fraquharson, B., HarkessMurphy, E., Hunt, K., Ion, R., Kidd, L., Lansdown, T., Macaden, L., Maltinsky, W., Mercer, S., Murchie, P., O'Carroll, R., …Wyke, S. (2023). An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28(2), 439-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12632

Objectives
Self-efficacy is important for adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours (e.g., physical distancing) as also shown in the CHARIS project. We aimed to show that a theory-based short message can increase physical distancing self-efficac... Read More about An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy.

A Multi-robot Distributed Collaborative Region Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Glasius Bio-inspired Neural Network (2022)
Journal Article
Chen, B., Zhang, H., Zhang, F., Liu, Y., Tan, C., Yu, H., & Wang, Y. (2023). A Multi-robot Distributed Collaborative Region Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Glasius Bio-inspired Neural Network. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 15(3), 1449-1462. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcds.2022.3218718

There are many constraints for a multi-robot system to perform a region coverage search task in an unknown environment. To address this, we propose a novel multi-robot distributed collaborative region coverage search algorithm based on Glasius bio-in... Read More about A Multi-robot Distributed Collaborative Region Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Glasius Bio-inspired Neural Network.

Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda (2022)
Book Chapter
Kebirungi, H., & Mwenyango, H. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda. In M. Laituri, R. B. Richardson, & J. Kim (Eds.), The Geographies of COVID-19: Geospatial Stories of a Global Pandemic (195-207). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11775-6_16

We examined the impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on the livelihoods of commercial male Boda-Boda motorists in Uganda. The objectives of the study were to (1) characterize social services within the working environment of Boda-Boda motorists and (2) e... Read More about Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda.

Why are directors afraid of help? (2022)
Journal Article
Ghio, E., & Thomson, D. (in press). Why are directors afraid of help?. Chicago-Kent Law Review,

Corporate insolvency laws and procedures have changed significantly over the last decades in the UK, especially since the publication of the Cork Report in 1982. The report noted the limitations of existing procedures towards the rescue of companies... Read More about Why are directors afraid of help?.

Let us talk about something: The evolution of e-WOM from the past to the future (2022)
Journal Article
Akbari, M., Foroudi, P., Zaman Fashami, R., Mahavarpour, N., & Khodayari, M. (2022). Let us talk about something: The evolution of e-WOM from the past to the future. Journal of Business Research, 149, 663-689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.061

Because e-WOM is one of the useful digital marketing elements for any organization, a better understanding of its process will help individuals take more advantage of this concept. e-WOM enables individuals to form relationships with firms, brands, a... Read More about Let us talk about something: The evolution of e-WOM from the past to the future.

Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Aiello, F., Impellizzeri, F. M., Brown, S. J., Serner, A., & Mccall, A. (2023). Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review. Sports Medicine, 53(1), 151-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01753-5

Background
A comprehensive examination of the sport-specific activities performed around the time of injury is important to hypothesise injury mechanisms, develop prevention strategies, improve management, and inform future investigations. The aim o... Read More about Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review.

A Trimodel SAR Semisupervised Recognition Method Based on Attention-Augmented Convolutional Networks (2022)
Journal Article
Yan, S., Zhang, Y., Gao, F., Sun, J., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2022). A Trimodel SAR Semisupervised Recognition Method Based on Attention-Augmented Convolutional Networks. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 15, 9566-9583. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2022.3218360

Semisupervised learning in synthetic aperture radars (SARs) is one of the research hotspots in the field of radar image automatic target recognition. It can efficiently deal with challenging environments where there are insufficient labeled samples a... Read More about A Trimodel SAR Semisupervised Recognition Method Based on Attention-Augmented Convolutional Networks.

Is the public library included? An analysis of local government documentation on the integration of forced migrants in Scotland (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R., Hall, H., Webster, G., & Brazier, D. (2022, May). Is the public library included? An analysis of local government documentation on the integration of forced migrants in Scotland. Presented at Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Oslo, Norway

Introduction - Library and information science researchers identify public library roles in the integration of forced migrants into local communities. Here an analysis of formal documentation issued by local authorities allowed for an exploration of... Read More about Is the public library included? An analysis of local government documentation on the integration of forced migrants in Scotland.

Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case (2022)
Journal Article
Adetooto, J., Windapo, A., Pomponi, F., Companie, F., Alade, K., & Mtya, A. (online). Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1108/jedt-06-2022-0290

Purpose
Sandbag building technologies (SBTs) have been offered as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative building technology (ABT) capable of accelerating house construction in South Africa, but its acceptance remains low. However, knowledge a... Read More about Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case.

Capturing career information use in everyday life: introducing the CIEL conceptual framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Milosheva, M., Hall, H., Robertson, P., & Cruickshank, P. (2022, September). Capturing career information use in everyday life: introducing the CIEL conceptual framework. Presented at Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) Conference, Berlin, Germany

Introduction. Everyday career information use is not fully addressed by extant theories, models, and frameworks. In this paper, a conceptual framework of career information behaviour and career information literacy in everyday life is presented. Meth... Read More about Capturing career information use in everyday life: introducing the CIEL conceptual framework.

Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes (2022)
Journal Article
Yang, C., Chen, X., Mao, M., Luo, X., Sheng, W., Lu, Z., Sun, S., He, H., Su, W., & Song, K. (2023). Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes. Ceramics International, 49(5), 7683-7691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.10.264

Orange-yellow luminescent Y2-xSr1-yAl4SiO12: xCe3+, yMn2+ (x = 0.04–0.06, y = 0.1–0.6, abbreviated as YSAS: xCe3+, yMn2+) phosphors with garnet structure were prepared by the high temperature solid-phase method. The matrix energy band is calculated b... Read More about Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes.

A Review on Cadmium and Lead Contamination: Sources, Fate, Mechanism, Health Effects and Remediation Methods (2022)
Journal Article
Bouida, L., Rafatullah, M., Kerrouche, A., Qutob, M., Alosaimi, A. M., Alorfi, H. S., & Hussein, M. A. (2022). A Review on Cadmium and Lead Contamination: Sources, Fate, Mechanism, Health Effects and Remediation Methods. Water, 14(21), Article 3432. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213432

Cadmium and lead soil contamination is a widespread environmental problem that requires profound and sustainable solutions. These toxic elements can be naturally occurring on the Earth’s crust or from man-made origins. Cadmium and lead could accumula... Read More about A Review on Cadmium and Lead Contamination: Sources, Fate, Mechanism, Health Effects and Remediation Methods.

Lessons from the Past for the Future (2022)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2022). Lessons from the Past for the Future. In M. Victoria (Ed.), Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing