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Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study (2019)
Journal Article
Muhammad Nor, S. M., Huxham, M., Salmon, Y., Duddy, S. J., Mazars-Simon, A., Mencuccini, M., Meir, P., & Jackson, G. (2019). Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study. Forest Ecology and Management, 444, 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.026

Mangroves often allocate a relatively large proportion of their total biomass production to their roots, and the belowground biomass of these forests contributes towards globally significant carbon sinks. However, little information is available on r... Read More about Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study.

Speech Enhancement Based on Adaptive Noise Cancellation and Particle Swarm Optimization (2019)
Journal Article
Taha, T. M., Wajid, S. K., & Hussain, A. (2019). Speech Enhancement Based on Adaptive Noise Cancellation and Particle Swarm Optimization. Journal of Computer Science, 15(5), 691-701. https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2019.691.701

Speech enhancement is used in almost all modern communication systems. This is due to the quality of speech being degraded by environmental interference factors, such as: Acoustic additive noise, acoustic reverberation or white Gaussian noise. This p... Read More about Speech Enhancement Based on Adaptive Noise Cancellation and Particle Swarm Optimization.

Dreams and Nightmares in Visual Representation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Milne, L. (2019, May). Dreams and Nightmares in Visual Representation. Presented at Postgraduate Symposium, University of Glasgow

A symposium including presentations on work-in-progress by doctoral candidates, Masters by research, and students studying Taught Postgraduate programmes in: Art History; Art, Politics,Transgression: 20th-Century Avant-Gardes; Curatorial Practice (Co... Read More about Dreams and Nightmares in Visual Representation.

Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market (2019)
Report
Cunningham, I., Baluch, A., James, P., Jendro, E., & Young, D. (2019). Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market. Edinburgh: Coalition of Care and Support Providers Scotland

The purpose of this report is to explore the experiences of and issues associated with processes of handing back social care contracts by voluntary sector providers of services. This research has come at a time of increasing concern regarding the sus... Read More about Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market.

History Effects on Perception of Noisy Stimuli (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gekas, N., & Mamassian, P. (2019). History Effects on Perception of Noisy Stimuli. Perception, 48(1_suppl), 1-233. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006618824879

Human perception is partially affected by what has been previously experienced. These history effects presumably help tackle current sensory uncertainty by tracking past stimulus statistics. However, there is no definitive framework on how stimulus h... Read More about History Effects on Perception of Noisy Stimuli.

National Report for France (2019)
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2019). National Report for France. In J. Chuah, & E. Vaccari (Eds.), Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law: A Global Guide (226-247). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788115520.00018

In France, companies encountering financial difficulties are offered two paths to deal with their distress: liquidation or restructuring. The French insolvency test is a pure cash flow test, i.e., a company is declared insolvent (‘en état de cessatio... Read More about National Report for France.

Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms (2019)
Journal Article
Fonseca, J., Riaz, A., Bernal-Sanchez, J., Barreto Gonzalez, D., McDougall, J., Miranda Manzanares, M., Marinelli, A., & Dimitriadi, V. (2019). Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms. Géotechnique Letters, 9(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.18.00221

Sand-rubber mixture (SRm) behaviour is affected by rubber content (RC) whilst dissipation in sands is caused by inter-particle sliding. Dissipation in SRm is as, or more significant than in sands. However, the mechanisms of dissipation in SRm are not... Read More about Particle-scale interaction in sand-rubber mixtures and their influence on energy dissipation mechanisms.

Patient and family centered actionable processes of care and performance measures for persistent and chronic critical illness: a systematic review. (2019)
Journal Article
Rose, L., Istanboulian, L., Allum, L., Burry, L., Dale, C., Hart, N., Kydonaki, K., Ramsay, P., Pattison, N., & Connolly, B. (2019). Patient and family centered actionable processes of care and performance measures for persistent and chronic critical illness: a systematic review. Critical Care Explorations, 1(4), Article e0005. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000005

Objective To identify actionable processes of care, quality indicators, or performance measures and their evidence base relevant to patients with persistent or chronic critical illness and their family members including themes relating to patient/fa... Read More about Patient and family centered actionable processes of care and performance measures for persistent and chronic critical illness: a systematic review..

ARIA pharmacy 2018 “Allergic rhinitis care pathways for community pharmacy”: AIRWAYS ICPs initiative (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, DG CONNECT and DG Santé), 
POLLAR (Impact of Air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis), 
GARD Demonstration project (2019)
Journal Article
Bosnic‐Anticevich, S., Costa, E., Menditto, E., Lourenço, O., Novellino, E., Bialek, S., Briedis, V., Mair, A., & Bousquet, J. (2019). ARIA pharmacy 2018 “Allergic rhinitis care pathways for community pharmacy”: AIRWAYS ICPs initiative (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, DG CONNECT and DG Santé), 
POLLAR (Impact of Air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis), 
GARD Demonstration project. Allergy, 74(7), 1219-1236. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.13701

Pharmacists are trusted health care professionals. Many patients use over‐the‐counter (OTC) medications and are seen by pharmacists who are the initial point of contact for allergic rhinitis management in most countries. The role of pharmacists in in... Read More about ARIA pharmacy 2018 “Allergic rhinitis care pathways for community pharmacy”: AIRWAYS ICPs initiative (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, DG CONNECT and DG Santé), 
POLLAR (Impact of Air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis), 
GARD Demonstration project.

Optimal and Low-Complexity Dynamic Spectrum Access for RF-Powered Ambient Backscatter System With Online Reinforcement Learning (2019)
Journal Article
Van Huynh, N., Hoang, D. T., Nguyen, D. N., Dutkiewicz, E., Niyato, D., & Wang, P. (2019). Optimal and Low-Complexity Dynamic Spectrum Access for RF-Powered Ambient Backscatter System With Online Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 67(8), 5736-5752. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcomm.2019.2913871

Ambient backscatter has been introduced with a wide range of applications for low power wireless communications. In this paper, we propose an optimal and low-complexity dynamic spectrum access framework for the RF-powered ambient backscatter system.... Read More about Optimal and Low-Complexity Dynamic Spectrum Access for RF-Powered Ambient Backscatter System With Online Reinforcement Learning.

Dietary nitrate supplementation alters the oral microbiome but does not improve the vascular responses to an acute nitrate dose (2019)
Journal Article
Burleigh, M., Liddle, L., Muggeridge, D. J., Monaghan, C., Sculthorpe, N., Butcher, J., Henriquez, F., & Easton, C. (2019). Dietary nitrate supplementation alters the oral microbiome but does not improve the vascular responses to an acute nitrate dose. Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, 89, 54-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.niox.2019.04.010

Nitrate (NO3−) contained in food and beverages can transiently increase nitric oxide (NO) availability following a stepwise reduction to nitrite (NO2−) by commensal bacteria in the oral cavity. We tested the hypothesis that regular ingestion of dieta... Read More about Dietary nitrate supplementation alters the oral microbiome but does not improve the vascular responses to an acute nitrate dose.

TAFFO: Tuning Assistant for Floating to Fixed Point Optimization (2019)
Journal Article
Cherubin, S., Cattaneo, D., Chiari, M., Bello, A. D., & Agosta, G. (2020). TAFFO: Tuning Assistant for Floating to Fixed Point Optimization. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 12(1), 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1109/les.2019.2913774

While many approximate computing methods are quite application-dependent, reducing the size of the data representation used in the computation has a more general applicability. We present a tuning assistant for floating to fixed point optimization (T... Read More about TAFFO: Tuning Assistant for Floating to Fixed Point Optimization.

Enhanced efficiency for building integrated concentrator photovoltaic modules based on rare earth doped optics (2019)
Journal Article
Day, J., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2019). Enhanced efficiency for building integrated concentrator photovoltaic modules based on rare earth doped optics. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 199, 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.04.013

A major challenge facing silicon solar cells used in building-integrated concentrator photovoltaics (BICPV) is their reduced electrical response when exposed to light of short or long wavelengths. In an attempt to tackle this problem, single cell sta... Read More about Enhanced efficiency for building integrated concentrator photovoltaic modules based on rare earth doped optics.

Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS): testing the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-delivered, relational intervention for people with problem substance use who are homeless, to improve health outcomes, quality of life and social functioning and reduce harms: study protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Parkes, T., Matheson, C., Carver, H., Budd, J., Liddell, D., Wallace, J., Pauly, B., Fotopoulou, M., Burley, A., Anderson, I., MacLennan, G., & Foster, R. (2019). Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS): testing the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-delivered, relational intervention for people with problem substance use who are homeless, to improve health outcomes, quality of life and social functioning and reduce harms: study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0447-0

Background While people who are homeless often experience poor mental and physical health and problem substance use, getting access to appropriate services can be challenging. The development of trusting relationships with non-judgemental staff can... Read More about Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS): testing the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-delivered, relational intervention for people with problem substance use who are homeless, to improve health outcomes, quality of life and social functioning and reduce harms: study protocol.

Festival quality, self-connection, and bragging (2019)
Journal Article
Gannon, M., Taheri, B., & Olya, H. (2019). Festival quality, self-connection, and bragging. Annals of Tourism Research, 76, 239-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2019.04.014

Festivals provide opportunities for experiential consumption, attracting both first-time and repeat visitors. However, current understanding of the perceptual and behavioural differences between these groups remains incomplete. This study investigate... Read More about Festival quality, self-connection, and bragging.

Voicing the Victims of Narcissistic Partners: A Qualitative Analysis of Responses to Narcissistic Injury and Self-esteem Regulation (2019)
Journal Article
Green, A., & Charles, K. (2019). Voicing the Victims of Narcissistic Partners: A Qualitative Analysis of Responses to Narcissistic Injury and Self-esteem Regulation. SAGE Open, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019846693

Addressing an under-researched aspect of narcissism, this study investigated subclinical ‘grandiose’ and ‘vulnerable’ narcissism within the context of domestic violence. Common triggers evoking narcissistic rage, and differences in narcissistic inju... Read More about Voicing the Victims of Narcissistic Partners: A Qualitative Analysis of Responses to Narcissistic Injury and Self-esteem Regulation.

Business support and training in minority-ethnic, family-run firms: the case of SMEs in Scotland (2019)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J., & McGuire, D. (2019). Business support and training in minority-ethnic, family-run firms: the case of SMEs in Scotland. Human Resource Development International, 22(5), 526-552. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2019.1608124

Minority-ethnic, family-run SMEs perform an increasingly important role in the Scottish economy. Yet, research has identified that such businesses are less likely to access publicly funded business support and training opportunities. This paper draws... Read More about Business support and training in minority-ethnic, family-run firms: the case of SMEs in Scotland.