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Aridity modulates belowground bacterial community dynamics in olive tree (2021)
Journal Article
Marasco, R., Fusi, M., Rolli, E., Ettoumi, B., Tambone, F., Borin, S., Ouzari, H., Boudabous, A., Sorlini, C., Cherif, A., Adani, F., & Daffonchio, D. (2021). Aridity modulates belowground bacterial community dynamics in olive tree. Environmental Microbiology, 23(10), 6275-6291. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15764

Aridity negatively affects the diversity and abundance of edaphic microbial communities and their multiple ecosystem services, ultimately impacting vegetation productivity and biotic interactions. Investigation about how plant-associated microbial co... Read More about Aridity modulates belowground bacterial community dynamics in olive tree.

Artificial Eyes with Emotion and Light Responsive Pupils for Realistic Humanoid Robots (2021)
Journal Article
Strathearn, C. (2021). Artificial Eyes with Emotion and Light Responsive Pupils for Realistic Humanoid Robots. Informatics, 8(4), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics8040064

This study employs a novel 3D engineered robotic eye system with dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) pupils and a 3D sculpted and colourised gelatin iris membrane to replicate the appearance and materiality of the human eye. A camera system for facia... Read More about Artificial Eyes with Emotion and Light Responsive Pupils for Realistic Humanoid Robots.

Nanostructured perovskite oxides for dye-sensitized solar cells (2021)
Journal Article
Sheikh, M. S., Roy, A., Dutta, A., Sundaram, S., Mallick, T. K., & Sinha, T. (2021). Nanostructured perovskite oxides for dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(49), Article 493001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac252c

Since its discovery, the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology with its low-cost, simple fabrication procedure and promising photovoltaic (PV) performance remains a fertile research topic. Most DSSC research is focused on the TiO2, ZnO and othe... Read More about Nanostructured perovskite oxides for dye-sensitized solar cells.

Performance study on mounting system for displacement transducer in mechanical tests of timber samples using photogrammetry method (2021)
Journal Article
Mohamed, A., Zhang, H., Deng, Y., Lehmann, M., Sigrist, C., Uheida, K., Zheng, Y., Bahadori-Jahromi, A., Shahidan, S., & Caudoux, R. (2022). Performance study on mounting system for displacement transducer in mechanical tests of timber samples using photogrammetry method. Wood Material Science and Engineering, 17(6), 937-953. https://doi.org/10.1080/17480272.2021.1978107

This paper presents a unique study to reveal the effect of the mounting system of the linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) on the mechanical property tests of timber materials. This effect has been overlooked in the past but proven to be s... Read More about Performance study on mounting system for displacement transducer in mechanical tests of timber samples using photogrammetry method.

Festival Soundings of Edinburgh, geolocated soundwalk (2021)
Digital Artefact
Todd, L. (2021). Festival Soundings of Edinburgh, geolocated soundwalk

Festival Soundings of Edinburgh, geolocated soundwalk, developed via Walk, Listen, Create, in Collaboration with the Museum of Walking and available as part of Soundwalk September global festival (2021)

CN25 The haemato-oncology patient experience of the process of palliative care: A constructivist grounded theory study (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, K. CN25 The haemato-oncology patient experience of the process of palliative care: A constructivist grounded theory study

Background
Haemato-oncology (HO) patients comprise 8.5% of the overall adult cancers within the UK. Despite advances in treatment, eventually the majority will enter into a palliative care phase. Evidence suggests palliative care is late or non-exis... Read More about CN25 The haemato-oncology patient experience of the process of palliative care: A constructivist grounded theory study.

Festival Soundings of Edinburgh, online soundwalk event (2021)
Digital Artefact
Todd, L. (2021). Festival Soundings of Edinburgh, online soundwalk event

Festival Soundings of Edinburgh, online soundwalk event, delivered as part of Soundwalk September global festival as a collaboration with the Museum of Walking (21st September 2021)

Mobile health solutions for atrial fibrillation detection and management: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Hermans, A. N. L., Gawalko, M., Dohmen, L., van der Velden, R. M. J., Betz, K., Duncker, D., Verhaert, D. V. M., Heidbuchel, H., Svennberg, E., Neubeck, L., Eckstein, J., Lane, D. A., Lip, G. Y. H., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Sanders, P., Hendriks, J. M., Pluymaekers, N. A. H. A., & Linz, D. (2022). Mobile health solutions for atrial fibrillation detection and management: a systematic review. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 111, 479-491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-021-01941-9

Aim
We aimed to systematically review the available literature on mobile Health (mHealth) solutions, including handheld and wearable devices, implantable loop recorders (ILRs), as well as mobile platforms and support systems in atrial fibrillation (... Read More about Mobile health solutions for atrial fibrillation detection and management: a systematic review.

Interactivity in Linear Diagrams (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chapman, P. (2021, September). Interactivity in Linear Diagrams. Presented at Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams, Online

Linear diagrams have been shown to be an effective method for representing set-based data. Moreover, design principles have been empirically developed that, when followed, improve the efficacy of linear diagrams. These principles are task-independent... Read More about Interactivity in Linear Diagrams.

Workplace Preparedness for an Ageing Workforce: A Case Study (2021)
Journal Article
Egdell, V., Raeside, R., Chen, T., & Maclean, G. (2022). Workplace Preparedness for an Ageing Workforce: A Case Study. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 42(9/10), 890-907. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-07-2021-0175

Design/methodology/approach
A questionnaire survey of workplaces was undertaken in the Fife region of Scotland, which in economic and demographic terms is representative of wider Scotland and other nations in Northern Europe. Descriptive analysis wa... Read More about Workplace Preparedness for an Ageing Workforce: A Case Study.

Field-induced quantum spin disordered state in spin-1/2 honeycomb magnet Na2Co2TeO6 (2021)
Journal Article
Lin, G., Jeong, J., Kim, C., Wang, Y., Huang, Q., Masuda, T., Asai, S., Itoh, S., Günther, G., Russina, M., Lu, Z., Sheng, J., Wang, L., Wang, J., Wang, G., Ren, Q., Xi, C., Tong, W., Ling, L., Liu, Z., …Ma, J. (2021). Field-induced quantum spin disordered state in spin-1/2 honeycomb magnet Na2Co2TeO6. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 5559 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25567-7

Spin-orbit coupled honeycomb magnets with the Kitaev interaction have received a lot of attention due to their potential of hosting exotic quantum states including quantum spin liquids. Thus far, the most studied Kitaev systems are 4d/5d-based honeyc... Read More about Field-induced quantum spin disordered state in spin-1/2 honeycomb magnet Na2Co2TeO6.

Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End (tetralogy, 1924–1928) (2021)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2021). Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End (tetralogy, 1924–1928). In R. Schneider, & J. Potter (Eds.), Handbook of British Literature and Culture of the First World War (253-266). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110422467-015

A key figure in the modernist network, Ford published new writers as the editor of two important journals, The English Review (1908–1910) and the transatlantic review (1924) (Wulfman 2009; Gasiorek 2012). Older than the modernist “jeunes,” who both a... Read More about Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End (tetralogy, 1924–1928).

Process Evaluation of Project FFAB (Fun Fast Activity Blasts): A Multi-Activity School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training Intervention (2021)
Journal Article
Weston, K. L., Innerd, A., Azevedo, L. B., Bock, S., & Batterham, A. M. (2021). Process Evaluation of Project FFAB (Fun Fast Activity Blasts): A Multi-Activity School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training Intervention. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, Article 737900. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.737900

Introduction: Over the last decade, research into the impact of school-based high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on young people's health has markedly increased. Despite this, most authors have focused on the outcomes of their intervention, rathe... Read More about Process Evaluation of Project FFAB (Fun Fast Activity Blasts): A Multi-Activity School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training Intervention.

Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brazier, D., Salzano, R., & Ryan, B. (2021, September). Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic. Poster presented at European Conference on Information Literacy 2021, Bamberg, Germany

Project Aim: This internally funded Public Engagement| project was aimed at engaging the public of Edinburgh to provide learning opportunities on Information Literacy and online search best practice. Two in-person workshops were organised for March 2... Read More about Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic.

Richard Aldington, Images of War (1919) and Death of a Hero (1929) (2021)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2021). Richard Aldington, Images of War (1919) and Death of a Hero (1929). In R. Schneider, & J. Potter (Eds.), Handbook of British Literature and Culture of the First World War (183-195). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110422467-009

Richard Aldington is a distinctive and underrated writer. His Imagist poetry and his coruscating First World War novel Death of a Hero (1929) have continued to receive scholarly attention, but from the first assessments he has tended to be diminished... Read More about Richard Aldington, Images of War (1919) and Death of a Hero (1929).

Moral distress in midwifery practice: A concept analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Foster, W., McKellar, L., Fleet, J., & Sweet, L. (2022). Moral distress in midwifery practice: A concept analysis. Nursing Ethics, 29(2), 364-383. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330211023983

Research suggests that the incidence of moral distress experienced by health professionals is significant and increasing, yet the concept lacks clarity and remains largely misunderstood. Currently, there is limited understanding of moral distress in... Read More about Moral distress in midwifery practice: A concept analysis.

Multi-lingual character handwriting framework based on an integrated deep learning based sequence-to-sequence attention model (2021)
Journal Article
Rabhi, B., Elbaati, A., Boubaker, H., Hamdi, Y., Hussain, A., & Alimi, A. M. (2021). Multi-lingual character handwriting framework based on an integrated deep learning based sequence-to-sequence attention model. Memetic Computing, 13, Article 459-475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12293-021-00345-6

Online signals are rich in dynamic features such as trajectory chronology, velocity, pressure and pen up/down movements. Their offline counterparts consist of a set of pixels. Thus, online handwriting recognition accuracy is generally better than off... Read More about Multi-lingual character handwriting framework based on an integrated deep learning based sequence-to-sequence attention model.

Geolog: Scalable Logic Programming on Spatial Data (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grubenmann, T., & Lehmann, J. (2021, September). Geolog: Scalable Logic Programming on Spatial Data. Presented at 37th International Conference on Logic Programming, Online

Spatial data is ubiquitous in our data-driven society. The Logic Programming community has been investigating the use of spatial data in different settings. Despite the success of this research, the Geographic Information System (GIS) community has r... Read More about Geolog: Scalable Logic Programming on Spatial Data.

A Neglected Area: Development Opportunities for Doctoral Researchers Involved in Project Mentoring and Supervision (2021)
Journal Article
Le Vaul-Grimwood, M., & Hetherington, R. (2023). A Neglected Area: Development Opportunities for Doctoral Researchers Involved in Project Mentoring and Supervision. International Journal for Academic Development, 28(1), 74-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2021.1959336

This paper calls for consideration of appropriate support and development for doctoral research students involved in supervision of undergraduate and Master’s degree projects. This subgroup’s professional development tends to be neglected in academic... Read More about A Neglected Area: Development Opportunities for Doctoral Researchers Involved in Project Mentoring and Supervision.