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Need and baseline for harmonising nursing education in respiratory care: preliminary results of a global survey (2022)
Journal Article
Šajnić, A., Kelly, C., Smith, S., Heslop-Marshall, K., Axelsson, M., Padilha, J. M., Roberts, N., Hernández, C., Murray, B., Poot, B., & Narsavage, G. (2022). Need and baseline for harmonising nursing education in respiratory care: preliminary results of a global survey. Breathe, 18(3), Article 210172. https://doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0172-2021

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic confirmed that respiratory nurses are critical healthcare providers. Limited knowledge is available about appropriate education to prepare nurses to deliver high-quality respiratory care. A survey was developed by th... Read More about Need and baseline for harmonising nursing education in respiratory care: preliminary results of a global survey.

Leadership skills with classroom instruction integration in hospitality management higher education (2022)
Journal Article
Sisson, A. D., & Roberts, K. R. (2023). Leadership skills with classroom instruction integration in hospitality management higher education. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 23(2), 208-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2022.2123080

To move from the gap between industry and academia, educators must review and change instructional content to meet industry demands. By addressing the industry imperative for leadership skills, this exploratory study evaluates the most prominent lead... Read More about Leadership skills with classroom instruction integration in hospitality management higher education.

Federated Learning for Short-term Residential Load Forecasting (2022)
Journal Article
Briggs, C., Fan, Z., & Andras, P. (2022). Federated Learning for Short-term Residential Load Forecasting. IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, 9, 573-583. https://doi.org/10.1109/oajpe.2022.3206220

Load forecasting is an essential task performed within the energy industry to help balance supply with demand and maintain a stable load on the electricity grid. As supply transitions towards less reliable renewable energy generation, smart meters wi... Read More about Federated Learning for Short-term Residential Load Forecasting.

Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Miranda-Manzanares, M., & Barreto, D. (2022, September). Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection. Presented at 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology, Bucharest, Romania

A Geotechnical Seismic Isolation (GSI) system is proposed in this study based on the use of Rubber-Soil mixtures (RSm) to facilitate the benefits of dynamic soil-foundation structure interaction. The latter is possible due to the lower stiffness and... Read More about Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection.

A different way of being: the influence of a single antenatal relaxation class (ARC) on maternal psychological wellbeing and childbirth experiences: an exploratory sequential mix-method study (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tabib, M., Humphrey, T., Forbes-McKay, K., Hollins-Martin, C., & MacVicar, S. (2022, September). A different way of being: the influence of a single antenatal relaxation class (ARC) on maternal psychological wellbeing and childbirth experiences: an exploratory sequential mix-method study. Poster presented at 21st International normal labour and birth research conference, Aarhus, Denmark

This poster describes a study that aimed to evaluate the impact of an antenatal relaxation class on the psychology and wellbeing of pregnant women during childbirth.

Multimodal audio-visual information fusion using canonical-correlated Graph Neural Network for energy-efficient speech enhancement (2022)
Journal Article
Passos, L. A., Papa, J. P., Del Ser, J., Hussain, A., & Adeel, A. (2023). Multimodal audio-visual information fusion using canonical-correlated Graph Neural Network for energy-efficient speech enhancement. Information Fusion, 90, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2022.09.006

This paper proposes a novel multimodal self-supervised architecture for energy-efficient audio-visual (AV) speech enhancement that integrates Graph Neural Networks with canonical correlation analysis (CCA-GNN). The proposed approach lays its foundati... Read More about Multimodal audio-visual information fusion using canonical-correlated Graph Neural Network for energy-efficient speech enhancement.

Narrative modelling: A comparison of high and low mass dwelling solutions in Afghanistan and Peru (2022)
Journal Article
Eltaweel, A., Kuchai, N., Albadra, D., Coley, D., Hart, J., Acevedo-De-los-Ríos, A., & Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R. (2023). Narrative modelling: A comparison of high and low mass dwelling solutions in Afghanistan and Peru. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 44(1), 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/01436244221125720

Displaced populations are housed in various constructions, including lightweight predesigned structures. Theoretically, self-built heavyweight structures should ensure better temperatures and be closer to cultural norms. To examine this directly for... Read More about Narrative modelling: A comparison of high and low mass dwelling solutions in Afghanistan and Peru.

Nonlinear response of RC columns subjected to equal energy-double impact loads (2022)
Journal Article
Tantrapongsaton, W., Hansapinyo, C., Limkatanyu, S., Zhang, H., & Vimonsatit, V. (2022). Nonlinear response of RC columns subjected to equal energy-double impact loads. Buildings, 12(9), Article 1420. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12091420

Defining the damage and deflection from the impact by using only the impact energy could be misleading due to the effect of the impact momentum. In addition, reinforced concrete columns might be subjected to repeated impact loading. Hence, this study... Read More about Nonlinear response of RC columns subjected to equal energy-double impact loads.

Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn (2022)
Book
Lyall, S. Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn. Association for Scottish Literature

Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn was first published by Jarrolds in 1934. Widely reviewed at the time, it quickly became one of the most controversial texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twent... Read More about Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn.

A Survey on the Integration of Blockchain and IoT: Challenges and Opportunities (2022)
Book Chapter
Abubakar, M., Jaroucheh, Z., Al-Dubai, A., & Liu, X. (2022). A Survey on the Integration of Blockchain and IoT: Challenges and Opportunities. In R. Jiang, A. Bouridane, C.-T. Li, D. Crookes, S. Boussakta, F. Hao, & E. A. Edirisinghe (Eds.), Big Data Privacy and Security in Smart Cities (197-221). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04424-3_11

Since Satoshi Nakamoto first introduced the blockchain as an open-source project for secure financial transactions, it has attracted the scientific community’s interest, paving the way for addressing problems in domains other than cryptocurrencies, o... Read More about A Survey on the Integration of Blockchain and IoT: Challenges and Opportunities.

Insights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short-stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data (2022)
Journal Article
Dick, S., Kyle, R., Wilson, P., Aucott, L., France, E., King, E., Malcolm, C., Hoddinott, P., & Turner, S. W. (2023). Insights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short-stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 108(4), 245-246. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324171

Introduction This study identified the referral source for urgent short-stay admissions (SSAs) and compared characteristics of children with SSA stratified by different referral sources.

Methods Routinely acquired data from urgent admissions to Sc... Read More about Insights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short-stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data.

Seguranca digital e o regulacao do metaverso (in Portuguese) (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haynes, D. (2022, September). Seguranca digital e o regulacao do metaverso (in Portuguese)

This summarises the research questions being investigated in the Starter grant 2021 to investigate the usage of and attitudes towards the metaverse in the UK. The purpose of the talk is to stimulate discussion with Brazilian partners to form the basi... Read More about Seguranca digital e o regulacao do metaverso (in Portuguese).

A Novel Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Model based on Canonical Correlation and Deep Learning (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussain, T., Diyan, M., Gogate, M., Dashtipour, K., Adeel, A., Tsao, Y., & Hussain, A. (2022, July). A Novel Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Model based on Canonical Correlation and Deep Learning. Presented at 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Glasgow, Scotland

Current deep learning (DL) based approaches to speech intelligibility enhancement in noisy environments are often trained to minimise the feature distance between noise-free speech and enhanced speech signals. Despite improving the speech quality, su... Read More about A Novel Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Model based on Canonical Correlation and Deep Learning.

Jazz Festivals in the Time of COVID-19: Exploring Exposed Fragilities, Community Resilience and Industry Recovery (2022)
Book Chapter
Raine, S., Medboe, H., & Dias, J. (2022). Jazz Festivals in the Time of COVID-19: Exploring Exposed Fragilities, Community Resilience and Industry Recovery. In G. Morrow, D. Nordgård, & P. Tschmuck (Eds.), Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data, and COVID-19 (109-127). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09532-0_7

This chapter considers how four festivals across the UK – Brecon Jazz Festival, Brilliant Corners in Belfast, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, and Manchester Jazz Festival – have adapted their processes and practices in order to reimagine the jazz fe... Read More about Jazz Festivals in the Time of COVID-19: Exploring Exposed Fragilities, Community Resilience and Industry Recovery.

The Effects of Sprint Interval Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Hall, A. J., Aspe, R. R., Craig, T. P., Kavaliauskas, M., Babraj, J., & Swinton, P. A. (2023). The Effects of Sprint Interval Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 37(2), 457-481. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000004257

The present study aimed to synthesize findings from published research and through meta-analysis quantify the effect of sprint interval training (SIT) and potential moderators on physical performance outcomes (categorized as aerobic, anaerobic, mixed... Read More about The Effects of Sprint Interval Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Seguranca e o Metaverso (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haynes, D. (2022, September). Seguranca e o Metaverso. Presented at Unesp and UFSC Universities, Sao Paulo State, Brazil [online]

Talk in Portuguese to colleagues at Unesp and UFSC Universities in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. The talk was delivered via an online connection and is available as a recording on YouTube.

The talk outlined some of the problems of privacy and security... Read More about Seguranca e o Metaverso.

Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities (2022)
Book Chapter
Oliver, P., & Lalchev, S. (2022). Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities. In G. Morrow, D. Nordgård, & P. Tschmuck (Eds.), Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data, and COVID-19 (55-72). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09532-0_4

This chapter focuses on digital transformation—its meaning within, and impact on, the global music industry—and explores its role as facilitator of the development and establishment of creative business innovations. Such innovations are significant b... Read More about Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities.

German version of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5) (2022)
Journal Article
Alfermann, D., Lobinger, B., Nesges, O., Martindale, R., & Andronikos, G. (2023). German version of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5). German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 53(1), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-022-00850-x

The quality of the talent development environment and how it supports youth athletes has been identified as one major factor of success. Nonetheless, in psychological talent assessment there is a lack of standardized instruments addressing environmen... Read More about German version of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5).

Reconsidering RepStat Rules in Dialectical Games (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wells, S., & Snaith, M. (2022, September). Reconsidering RepStat Rules in Dialectical Games. Presented at 22nd Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument, Cardiff, Wales

Prohibition of repeated statements has benefits for the tractability and predictability of dialogues carried out by machines, but doesn’t match the real world behaviour of people. This gap between human and machine behaviour leads to problems when fo... Read More about Reconsidering RepStat Rules in Dialectical Games.

Can mental healthcare for Muslim patients be person-centred without consideration of religious identity? A concurrent analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Jabeen, T., & Snowden, A. (2022). Can mental healthcare for Muslim patients be person-centred without consideration of religious identity? A concurrent analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 64, Article 103449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103449

Background
Muslims constitute the largest, fastest growing religious minority in the UK. Globally, nurses are legally, morally and ethically obliged to provide non-discriminatory, person-centred, culturally sensitive care. This obligation includes s... Read More about Can mental healthcare for Muslim patients be person-centred without consideration of religious identity? A concurrent analysis.