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A Multirobot Cooperative Area Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Bioinspired Neural Network in Unknown Environments (2022)
Journal Article
Chen, B., Zhang, W., Zhang, F., Liu, Y., & Yu, H. (2023). A Multirobot Cooperative Area Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Bioinspired Neural Network in Unknown Environments. IEEE Systems Journal, 17(2), 1995-2006. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2022.3198712

This article proposes a novel approach based on a bioinspired neural network (BIN) for multirobot area coverage search in unknown environments. We obtain the dynamic environment information in the search process of the multirobot by combining the BIN... Read More about A Multirobot Cooperative Area Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Bioinspired Neural Network in Unknown Environments.

Socio-ecological risks management dynamic simulation in megaproject development of the Edinburgh Tram Network (2022)
Journal Article
Boateng, P., Omotayo, T., Osunsanmi, T., & Ekundayo, D. (online). Socio-ecological risks management dynamic simulation in megaproject development of the Edinburgh Tram Network. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-05-2022-0076

Purpose
The inherent risks and their interactive impacts in megaproject development have been found in numerous cases worldwide. Although risk management standards have been recommended for the best practice in engineering construction projects, the... Read More about Socio-ecological risks management dynamic simulation in megaproject development of the Edinburgh Tram Network.

Denoising Architecture for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Time-Series (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Skaf, W., & Horváth, T. (2022, September). Denoising Architecture for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Time-Series. Presented at ADBIS 2022: 26th European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, Turin, Italy

Anomalies in time-series provide insights of critical scenarios across a range of industries, from banking and aerospace to information technology, security, and medicine. However, identifying anomalies in time-series data is particularly challenging... Read More about Denoising Architecture for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Time-Series.

Advanced Practice Physiotherapists and the implementation of the JIGSAW-E model for the management of osteoarthritis in Scottish primary care settings: a qualitative case study (2022)
Journal Article
Frost, H., Tooman, T., Cowie, J., Gillespie, N., Ackerman, P., Krievs, E., & Dziedzic, K. (2022). Advanced Practice Physiotherapists and the implementation of the JIGSAW-E model for the management of osteoarthritis in Scottish primary care settings: a qualitative case study. Physiotherapy, 117, 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2022.08.007

Objective
To explore the acceptability, barriers and enablers of NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in the Scottish primary care setting using the Joint Implementation of Guidelines for Osteoarthritis in Western Europe (JIGSAW-E) model and investiga... Read More about Advanced Practice Physiotherapists and the implementation of the JIGSAW-E model for the management of osteoarthritis in Scottish primary care settings: a qualitative case study.

‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Parkes, T., Price, T., Foster, R., Trayner, K. M. A., Sumnall, H. R., Livingston, W., Perkins, A., Cairns, B., Dumbrell, J., & Nicholls, J. (2022). ‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00679-5

Background
People who use drugs in Scotland are currently experiencing disproportionately high rates of drug-related deaths. Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are harm reduction services that offer a safe, hygienic environment where pre-obtained drugs c... Read More about ‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland.

Informalization in gig food delivery in the UK: the case of hyper flexible and precarious work (2022)
Journal Article
Mendonça Cardoso, P., Kougiannou, N. K., & Clark, I. (2023). Informalization in gig food delivery in the UK: the case of hyper flexible and precarious work. Industrial Relations, 62(1), 60-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12320

This article examines the process of informalization of work in platform food delivery work in the UK. Drawing on qualitative data, this article provides new analytical insight into what drives individual formal couriers to both supply and demand inf... Read More about Informalization in gig food delivery in the UK: the case of hyper flexible and precarious work.

Realising Scotland’s Policy Potential to R-Evolutionise International Rights-Based Dementia Care (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, F., Hunter, E., Nañagas, M. L., & Eleftheriadou, K. (2022, August). Realising Scotland’s Policy Potential to R-Evolutionise International Rights-Based Dementia Care. Paper presented at 18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress, Paris, France

Introduction: A key element of diverse European Government’s policy development in recent years has been to ensure the human rights of people living with dementia. Whilst different European governments will create their tailored dementia strategies,... Read More about Realising Scotland’s Policy Potential to R-Evolutionise International Rights-Based Dementia Care.

Experience of Playing a Musical Instrument and Lifetime Change in General Cognitive Ability: Evidence From the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (2022)
Journal Article
Okely, J. A., Overy, K., & Deary, I. J. (2022). Experience of Playing a Musical Instrument and Lifetime Change in General Cognitive Ability: Evidence From the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Psychological Science, 33(9), 1495-1508. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221092726

We tested whether experience of playing a musical instrument was associated with lifetime change in cognitive ability. Participants were 366 older adults from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 who had completed general cognitive-ability assessments at ag... Read More about Experience of Playing a Musical Instrument and Lifetime Change in General Cognitive Ability: Evidence From the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936.

Future Proofing Practice Education (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A., Thomas, Y., & Penman, M. (2022, August). Future Proofing Practice Education. Paper presented at 18th WFOT Congress: Occupational R-Evolution, Paris

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Sandy Brechin and Friends (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Currie, J. (2022). Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Sandy Brechin and Friends. [Live Public Performance]. Performed at The A Club at the Merchant's Hall. 27 August 2022. (Unpublished)

He's back! After two years of forced solitary accordion squeezing at home, and to the huge relief of his neighbours, Sandy returns to the A Club once again, upgraded, biceps bulging, pumped and well-oiled, along with special guest singer, the fabulou... Read More about Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Sandy Brechin and Friends.

Evaluating the suitability of close-kin mark-recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population (2022)
Journal Article
Delaval, A., Bendall, V., Hetherington, S. J., Skaug, H. J., Frost, M., Jones, C. S., & Noble, L. R. (2023). Evaluating the suitability of close-kin mark-recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population. Evolutionary Applications, 16(2), 461-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13474

Estimating the demographic parameters of contemporary populations is essential to the success of elasmobranch conservation programmes, and to understanding their recent evolutionary history. For benthic elasmobranchs such as skates, traditional fishe... Read More about Evaluating the suitability of close-kin mark-recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population.

Transfer Learning for Signal Detection in Wireless Networks (2022)
Journal Article
Van Huynh, N., & Li, G. Y. (2022). Transfer Learning for Signal Detection in Wireless Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 11(11), 2325-2329. https://doi.org/10.1109/lwc.2022.3202117

The last decade has witnessed the rapid growth of deep learning (DL) applications in wireless communications, especially for channel estimation and signal detection. However, conventional DL techniques are usually trained for a specific scenario. The... Read More about Transfer Learning for Signal Detection in Wireless Networks.

Oral histories in the Scottish Jazz Scene (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, D. (2022, August). Oral histories in the Scottish Jazz Scene. Paper presented at Jazz Then and Now, Amsterdam

Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O'Connor, R., Williams, B., John, A., Cheyne, H., Fyvie, C., Bisson, J., Hibberd, C., Abbott-Smith, S., & Nolan, L. Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide. Presented at International Population Data Linkage Conference 2022

Objectives
Childhood adversity (CA) carries an increased risk of developing later mental health (MH) problems and suicidal behaviour. This study aimed to summarise lifetime hospital attendances for CA and MH in young people who later died by suicide... Read More about Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide.

MSc CEP Curriculum Framework (2022)
Other
Jones, P. H., Green, . P. D., Whyte, P. G., Askew, A. P. C., Tolfrey, D. K., Scott, D. A., Campbell, P. A., George, P. K., Buckley, P. J., Skelton, P. D., Jack, P. S., McGregor, D. G., O’Doherty, D. A., Broom, P. D., Caldow, D. E., Pitkethly, A., Miller, D. G., Board, D. L., Williams, P. N., Naylor, D. L., …Crozier, A. (2022). MSc CEP Curriculum Framework. [Curriculum Framework]

The Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS) approve education programmes to ensure that they allow students to meet Standards of Proficiency and principles of Good Clinical Practice when they satisfactorily complete the programme. Standards of Proficien... Read More about MSc CEP Curriculum Framework.