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Tracking Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit using Whole-Genome Sequencing (2019)
Journal Article
Dancer, S. J., Adams, C. E., Smith, J., Pichon, B., Kearns, A., & Morrison, D. (2019). Tracking Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit using Whole-Genome Sequencing. Journal of Hospital Infection, 103(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.04.016

Background: Staphylococcus aureus remains an important bacterial pathogen worldwide. This study utilized known staphylococcal epidemiology to track S. aureus between different ecological reservoirs in one ten-bed intensive care unit (ICU). Methods... Read More about Tracking Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit using Whole-Genome Sequencing.

Particle loss: An initial investigation into size effects and stress-dilatancy (2019)
Journal Article
McDougall, J., Kelly, D., & Daniel, B. (2019). Particle loss: An initial investigation into size effects and stress-dilatancy. Soils and Foundations, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2019.03.002

Drained triaxial tests have been performed to explore the effect of particle loss on shearing behaviour and critical states in granular mixtures. The mixtures comprise Leighton Buzzard sand (d50 = 0.8 mm), to which was added 15% by mass of salt parti... Read More about Particle loss: An initial investigation into size effects and stress-dilatancy.

Evaluating information security core human error causes (IS-CHEC) technique in public sector and comparison with the private sector (2019)
Journal Article
Evans, M., He, Y., Maglaras, L., Yevseyeva, I., & Janicke, H. (2019). Evaluating information security core human error causes (IS-CHEC) technique in public sector and comparison with the private sector. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 127, 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.04.019

Background The number of reported public sector information security incidents has significantly increased recently including 22% related to the UK health sector. Over two thirds of these incidents pertain to human error, but despite this, there are... Read More about Evaluating information security core human error causes (IS-CHEC) technique in public sector and comparison with the private sector.

Renewable Energy Research at Robert Gordon University (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ayub, A., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2019, April). Renewable Energy Research at Robert Gordon University. Presented at Research Seminar, Petronas Research Sdn Bhd, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Researchers collaborate with same-gendered colleagues more often than expected across the life sciences (2019)
Journal Article
Holman, L., & Morandin, C. (2019). Researchers collaborate with same-gendered colleagues more often than expected across the life sciences. PLOS ONE, 14(4), Article e0216128. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216128

Evidence suggests that women in academia are hindered by conscious and unconscious biases, and often feel excluded from formal and informal opportunities for research collaboration. In addition to ensuring fairness and helping to redress gender imbal... Read More about Researchers collaborate with same-gendered colleagues more often than expected across the life sciences.

A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2019). A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care. Expert Systems with Applications, 137, 167-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.04.057

Increased life expectancy coupled with declining birth rates is leading to an aging population structure. Aging-caused changes, such as physical or cognitive decline, could affect people's quality of life, result in injuries, mental health or the lac... Read More about A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care.

A novel visual attention method for target detection from SAR images (2019)
Journal Article
Gao, F., Liu, A., Liu, K., Yang, E., & Hussain, A. (2019). A novel visual attention method for target detection from SAR images. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 32(8), 1946-1958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2019.03.021

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging systems have been widely used in civil and military fields due to their all-weather and all-day abilities and various other advantages. However, due to image data exponentially increasing, there is a need for no... Read More about A novel visual attention method for target detection from SAR images.

Impact of top management team sociodemographic faultlines on speed of foreign direct investment expansion: An emerging market perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Chhabra, A., & Popli, M. (2019). Impact of top management team sociodemographic faultlines on speed of foreign direct investment expansion: An emerging market perspective. Strategic Change, 28(3), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2261

In an emerging market context, the strength of sociodemographic faultlines of the top management team (TMT) might negatively impact the speed of firm's foreign direct investment (FDI) expansion. Building on upper echelon perspectives, the study propo... Read More about Impact of top management team sociodemographic faultlines on speed of foreign direct investment expansion: An emerging market perspective.

Joseph Conrad: Transnational Identity in the Fictions of Empire (2019)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2019). Joseph Conrad: Transnational Identity in the Fictions of Empire. L'Epoque Conradienne, 41,

Professor Linda Dryden Joseph Conrad was a writer who crossed national boundaries both in his personal life and in his writing, particularly in his early Malay tales and in Heart of Darkness (1901), but also in his fictions set in England and Europe.... Read More about Joseph Conrad: Transnational Identity in the Fictions of Empire.

RGU Update: Malaysia (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ayub, A., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2019, April). RGU Update: Malaysia. Presented at Research Seminar, MABECS, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

RGU Update: Malaysia (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ayub, A., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2019, April). RGU Update: Malaysia. Presented at Research Seminar, GEN Education Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration and Critical Intent (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamieson, K. (2019, April). The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration and Critical Intent. Paper presented at ICOM: Museums as Agents of Change Conference, Tallinn

Deaf people refer to themselves as both a minority and an ethnicity (Lane 2011; Ladd 2003), a cultural designation underwritten by the BSL (Scotland) Act 2015, which formally recognises the linguistic and cultural lives of Scotland’s Deaf communities... Read More about The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration and Critical Intent.

Storytelling and Sense of Place - Beyond the Restaurant (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2019, April). Storytelling and Sense of Place - Beyond the Restaurant. Presented at Food Tourism Innovation 2019 Workshop: Storytelling and Sense of Place, Edinburgh

Urie, G. (2019, April). Storytelling and Sense of Place - Beyond the Restaurant. Presented at Food Tourism Innovation 2019 Workshop: Storytelling and Sense of Place, Interface, Edinburgh.

NEWS2, SBAR, effective communication and leadership: The Scottish Experience (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R. (2019, April). NEWS2, SBAR, effective communication and leadership: The Scottish Experience. Paper presented at 6th Portuguese and Spanish Conference, Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Santarém, Portugal

Invited speaker to deliver a perspective on patient safety in Scotland to Portuguese nursing students and professionals.

Template free synthesis of CdSnO3 micro-cuboids for dye sensitized solar cells (2019)
Journal Article
Roy, A., Das, P. P., Selvaraj, P., Devi, P. S., & Sundaram, S. (2019). Template free synthesis of CdSnO3 micro-cuboids for dye sensitized solar cells. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 380, Article 111824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.04.035

Mesoporous transparent conducting oxide, CdSnO3 has been synthesized using ultrasonication assisted co-precipitation method. Rather employing any template or structure directing agent, the co-precipitation effect of sodium hydroxide and citric acid w... Read More about Template free synthesis of CdSnO3 micro-cuboids for dye sensitized solar cells.

Evaluation of an intervention to promote walking during the commute to work: a cluster randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Audrey, S., Fisher, H., Cooper, A., Gaunt, D., Garfield, K., Metcalfe, C., Hollingworth, W., Gillison, F., Gabe-Walters, M., Rodgers, S., Davis, A. L., Insall, P., & Procter, S. (2019). Evaluation of an intervention to promote walking during the commute to work: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19(1), Article 427. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6791-4

Background: Opportunities for working adults to accumulate recommended physical activity levels (at least 150min of moderate intensity physical activity in bouts of at least 10 min throughout the week) may include the commute to work. Systematic revi... Read More about Evaluation of an intervention to promote walking during the commute to work: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Renewable Energy: Current Trends and Future Prospects (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ayub, A., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2019, April). Renewable Energy: Current Trends and Future Prospects. Presented at Research Seminar, Universiti Kuala Lumpur BMI, Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia

Unkettling the unions? An action research study of surmounting the Trade Union Act 2016 in the UK higher education sector (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (2019, April). Unkettling the unions? An action research study of surmounting the Trade Union Act 2016 in the UK higher education sector. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference

The paper responds to calls for the sharing of ‘best practice’ were trade unions have successfully met turnout levels required of the Trade Union Act 2016 (the Act). The study is based on an action research case study of one higher education (HEI) br... Read More about Unkettling the unions? An action research study of surmounting the Trade Union Act 2016 in the UK higher education sector.