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“Like fighting a fire with a water pistol”: A qualitative study of the work experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Miller, J., Young, B., Mccallum, L., Rattray, J., Ramsay, P., Salisbury, L., Scott, T., Hull, A., Cole, S., Pollard, B., & Dixon, D. (2024). “Like fighting a fire with a water pistol”: A qualitative study of the work experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(1), 237-251. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15773

Aim To understand the experience of critical care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, through the application of the Job-Demand-Resource model of occupational stress. Design Qualitative interview study. Methods Twenty-eight critical care nu... Read More about “Like fighting a fire with a water pistol”: A qualitative study of the work experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic.

Film Dramaturgy: A Practice and a Tool for Researchers (2023)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2023). Film Dramaturgy: A Practice and a Tool for Researchers. In R. Davies, P. Russo, & C. Tieber (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies (689-708). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20769-3_36

This chapter gives an overview of dramaturgy as practice and discipline. Dramaturgy has its origins in Antiquity and established itself as a theoretical and analytical approach to understand and support narrative-performative arts in the eighteenth c... Read More about Film Dramaturgy: A Practice and a Tool for Researchers.

#Chavcheck: Does TikTok facilitate the pornification of social class struggles? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Logan-McFarlane, A. (2023, July). #Chavcheck: Does TikTok facilitate the pornification of social class struggles?. Paper presented at Netnocon 2023, University of Salford, Manchester, UK

In 2020, the ‘chav’ trope resurfaced globally on TikTok. The trend featured individuals performing ““chav checks”, heavy makeup tutorials, and showing off the UK’s “chavviest places” with the sound check “Hey yo, chav check” employed to mock “puffa j... Read More about #Chavcheck: Does TikTok facilitate the pornification of social class struggles?.

Establishing the Importance of Operating Temperature in the Structural Integrity of Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Generators (2023)
Journal Article
Bichan, M., Jack, A., & Jaen-Sola, P. (2023). Establishing the Importance of Operating Temperature in the Structural Integrity of Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Generators. Machines, 11(8), Article 780. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11080780

Direct-drive generators are recognised for their low maintenance compared with conventional drivetrains, largely due to their fewer working parts. However, consequent to low-speed operation, these machines necessitate large diameters and are subject... Read More about Establishing the Importance of Operating Temperature in the Structural Integrity of Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Generators.

'It’s not going to be a one size fits all': a qualitative exploration of the potential utility of three drug checking service models in Scotland (2023)
Journal Article
Carver, H., Falzon, D., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Aston, E. V., Measham, F., Hunter, C., Sumnall, H., Gittins, R., Raeburn, F., Craik, V., Priyadarshi, S., Rothney, L., Weir, K., & Parkes, T. (2023). 'It’s not going to be a one size fits all': a qualitative exploration of the potential utility of three drug checking service models in Scotland. Harm Reduction Journal, 20(1), Article 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00830-w

Background: Scotland currently has the highest rates of drug-related deaths in Europe, so drug checking services are being explored due to their potential role in reducing these deaths and related harms. Drug checking services allow individuals to su... Read More about 'It’s not going to be a one size fits all': a qualitative exploration of the potential utility of three drug checking service models in Scotland.

An In-Depth Econometric Analysis of Pavement Performance and Service Life by Pavement Rehabilitation Treatment Type and Delivery Method (2023)
Journal Article
David, D., Ahmed, S. S., Sarwar, M. T., Fountas, G., & Anastasopoulos, P. (2023). An In-Depth Econometric Analysis of Pavement Performance and Service Life by Pavement Rehabilitation Treatment Type and Delivery Method. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 29(4), https://doi.org/10.1061/jitse4.iseng-2203

This paper delivers a detailed statistical assessment of pavement rehabilitation treatments by delivery methods via studying their performance in terms of pavement indicators (international roughness index, rutting depth, and pavement condition ratin... Read More about An In-Depth Econometric Analysis of Pavement Performance and Service Life by Pavement Rehabilitation Treatment Type and Delivery Method.

A systematic decision-making framework for tackling quantum software engineering challenges (2023)
Journal Article
Akbar, M. A., Khan, A. A., & Rafi, S. (2023). A systematic decision-making framework for tackling quantum software engineering challenges. Automated Software Engineering, 30(2), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10515-023-00389-7

Quantum computing systems harness the power of quantum mechanics to execute computationally demanding tasks more effectively than their classical counterparts. This has led to the emergence of Quantum Software Engineering (QSE), which focuses on unlo... Read More about A systematic decision-making framework for tackling quantum software engineering challenges.

A flexible cost model for seaport-hinterland decisions in container shipping (2023)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, T. D. A., Mota, C., Ojiako, U., Chipulu, M., Marshall, A., & Dweiri, F. (2023). A flexible cost model for seaport-hinterland decisions in container shipping. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 49, Article 101016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2023.101016

A seaport–hinterland system offers a wide range of service options for shippers and consignees to export or import containerized cargo. The present study, set within the context of Brazil, seeks to propose a flexible cost model to aid joint seaport–h... Read More about A flexible cost model for seaport-hinterland decisions in container shipping.

Managing the legal, ethical and security risks of a dual-purpose oral history project involving multiple organizations: the experience of the 'Film Bang' project in Scotland (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Correia, N. (2023, July). Managing the legal, ethical and security risks of a dual-purpose oral history project involving multiple organizations: the experience of the 'Film Bang' project in Scotland. Paper presented at XXII IOHA International Conference: Oral History in a Digital and Audiovisual World, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This paper discusses potential approaches for handling the legal, ethical, and data security challenges of a video-based oral history project including multiple organisations; building on experience from the Film Bang research project with film and t... Read More about Managing the legal, ethical and security risks of a dual-purpose oral history project involving multiple organizations: the experience of the 'Film Bang' project in Scotland.

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Telemedicine in Ethiopia (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Demeke, W. (2023). Factors Affecting the Adoption of Telemedicine in Ethiopia. In 2023 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa). https://doi.org/10.23919/IST-Africa60249.2023.10187862

This research aimed to identify the barriers to the adoption and implementation of telemedicine in Ethiopia from the perspectives of health professionals, and to analyse existing policy documents related to telemedicine. A total of 172 health profess... Read More about Factors Affecting the Adoption of Telemedicine in Ethiopia.

Gender and Sexuality Performances Among LGBT+ Equality Dancers: Photo-Elicitation as a Method of Inquiry (2023)
Journal Article
Wong, Y. N. (2023). Gender and Sexuality Performances Among LGBT+ Equality Dancers: Photo-Elicitation as a Method of Inquiry. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231182015

In its classical form, ballroom dancing constitutes heterosexual dance couples enacting conservative forms of masculinity and femininity. A normative focus, both in scholarship and in practice, on the classical form in competitive ballroom dancing (a... Read More about Gender and Sexuality Performances Among LGBT+ Equality Dancers: Photo-Elicitation as a Method of Inquiry.

High-throughput and reliable assessments of the ionization constant of monoprotic organic acids through an arginine based mixed mode HPLC (2023)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Kajtazi, A., Vallaro, M., Surmont, P., Ermondi, G., Anderson, S., Grumetto, L., Caron, G., & Lynen, F. (2023). High-throughput and reliable assessments of the ionization constant of monoprotic organic acids through an arginine based mixed mode HPLC. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 235, Article 115604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115604

The charge state of a molecule is the single most prominent attribute ruling out its interactions with the surrounding environment. In a previous study, the retention of acids on the new Celeris™ Arginine (ARG) column was found to b... Read More about High-throughput and reliable assessments of the ionization constant of monoprotic organic acids through an arginine based mixed mode HPLC.

“Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation (2023)
Journal Article
Guma, T., Blake, Y., Maclean, G., MacLeod, K., Makutsa, R., & Sharapov, K. (2024). “Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(4), 742-762. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2238052

This paper critically examines the placement of people seeking asylum in temporary accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is based on a 14-month collaborative ethnography conducted between 2020 and 2022 with asylum seeking individuals in Glas... Read More about “Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation.

Evaluation of Partial Discharge Signal Propagation Using Finite Element Method in Power Transformer (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abd Jalil, M. A., Rohani, M. N. K. H., Rosmi, A. S., Mas'ud, A. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Ananda-Rao, K. (2023, August). Evaluation of Partial Discharge Signal Propagation Using Finite Element Method in Power Transformer. Presented at AIRoSIP'23: 2023 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Robotics, Signal and Image Processing (AIRoSIP), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Partial discharge (PD) is a phenomenon that can occur in power transformers which can lead to the degradation of the insulation system that resulting the failure of the power transformer. The power transformer uses oil as its insulation medium. An ac... Read More about Evaluation of Partial Discharge Signal Propagation Using Finite Element Method in Power Transformer.

Unexplained Fluctuations in Particle Swarm Optimisation Performance with Increasing Problem Dimensionality (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, K. C., Thomson, S. L., & Brownlee, A. E. I. (2023). Unexplained Fluctuations in Particle Swarm Optimisation Performance with Increasing Problem Dimensionality. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3583133.3596433

We study the behaviour of particle swarm optimisation (PSO) with increasing problem dimension for the Alpine 1 function as an exploratory and preliminary case study. Performance trends are analysed and the tuned population size for PSO across dimensi... Read More about Unexplained Fluctuations in Particle Swarm Optimisation Performance with Increasing Problem Dimensionality.

Randomness in Local Optima Network Sampling (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, S. L., Veerapen, N., Ochoa, G., & van den Berg, D. (2023, July). Randomness in Local Optima Network Sampling. Presented at GECCO '23, Lisbon, Portugal

We consider statistical randomness in the construction of local optima networks (LONs) and conduct a preliminary and exploratory study into this. LONs capture a fitness landscape into network format: the nodes are local optima, and edges are heuristi... Read More about Randomness in Local Optima Network Sampling.

From Fitness Landscapes to Explainable AI and Back (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, S. L., Adair, J., Brownlee, A. E. I., & van den Berg, D. (2023, July). From Fitness Landscapes to Explainable AI and Back. Presented at GECCO '23, Lisbon, Portugal

We consider and discuss the ways in which search landscapes might contribute to the future of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), and vice versa. Landscapes are typically used to gain insight into algorithm search dynamics on optimisation prob... Read More about From Fitness Landscapes to Explainable AI and Back.

A cloud-based Bi-directional LSTM approach to grid-connected solar PV energy forecasting for multi-energy systems (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, Q., Darteh, O. F., Bilal, M., Huang, X., Attique, M., Liu, X., & Acakpovi, A. (2023). A cloud-based Bi-directional LSTM approach to grid-connected solar PV energy forecasting for multi-energy systems. Sustainable Computing, 40, Article 100892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suscom.2023.100892

The drive for smarter, greener, and more livable cities has led to research towards more effective solar energy forecasting techniques and their integration into traditional power systems. However, the availability of real-time data, data storage, an... Read More about A cloud-based Bi-directional LSTM approach to grid-connected solar PV energy forecasting for multi-energy systems.

Evolving Herding Behaviour Diversity in Robot Swarms (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nitschke, G., Hallauer, S., & Hart, E. (2023, July). Evolving Herding Behaviour Diversity in Robot Swarms. Presented at Proceedings of the Companion Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, Lisbon, Portugal

Behavioural diversity has been demonstrated as beneficial in biological social systems, such as insect colonies and human societies, as well as artificial systems such as large-scale software and swarm-robotics systems. Evolutionary swarm robotics is... Read More about Evolving Herding Behaviour Diversity in Robot Swarms.