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Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity (2019)
Journal Article
Taranu, M., Wimmer, M. C., Ross, J., Farkas, D., van Ee, R., Winkler, I., & Denham, S. L. (2019). Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 184, 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.03.010

The phenomenon of perceptual bistability provides insights into aspects of perceptual processing not normally accessible to everyday experience. However, most experiments have been conducted in adults, and it is not clear to what extent key aspects o... Read More about Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity.

Card Mapper: Enabling Data-Driven Reflections on Ideation Cards (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Darzentas, D., Velt, R., Wetzel, R., Craigon, P. J., Wagner, H. G., Urquhart, L. D., & Benford, S. (2019, May). Card Mapper: Enabling Data-Driven Reflections on Ideation Cards. Presented at CHI '19: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow

We explore how usage data captured from ideation cards can enable reflection on design. We deployed a deck of ideation cards on a Masters level module over two years, developing the means to capture the students' designs into a digital repository. We... Read More about Card Mapper: Enabling Data-Driven Reflections on Ideation Cards.

An empirical survey of the perceived benefits of executing BIM and sustainability practices in the built environment (2019)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T., & Chan, D. W. (2019). An empirical survey of the perceived benefits of executing BIM and sustainability practices in the built environment. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 19(3), 321-342. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-08-2018-0065

Purpose
The increasing urbanization of the built environment has bolstered the need to promote green Building Information Modeling (BIM) initiative in new construction projects and the rehabilitation of old premises. This study aims to explore and e... Read More about An empirical survey of the perceived benefits of executing BIM and sustainability practices in the built environment.

Antimicrobial stewardship (2019)
Journal Article
Paterson, R. (2019). Antimicrobial stewardship. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 1(5), 222-223. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2019.1.5.222

Ruth Paterson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided.

DIY Community WiFi Networks: Insights on Participatory Design (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., & Helgason, I. (2019). DIY Community WiFi Networks: Insights on Participatory Design. In Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3313073

This paper presents a first version of a set of insights developed collaboratively by researchers during a three-year participatory design project spread across four European locations. The MAZI project explored potential uses of a "Do-It-Yourself" W... Read More about DIY Community WiFi Networks: Insights on Participatory Design.

The effects of low-volume high-intensity interval training and circuit training on maximal oxygen uptake (2019)
Journal Article
Birkett, S. T., Nichols, S., Sawrey, R., Gleadall-Siddall, D., Gordon Mcgregor, G., & Lee Ingle, L. (2019). The effects of low-volume high-intensity interval training and circuit training on maximal oxygen uptake. Sport Sciences for Health, 15(2), 443-451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-019-00552-2

Purpose High-intensity interval training (HIIT) and circuit training (CT) are popular methods of exercise, eliciting improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). However, direct comparisons of these two training methods are limited. We investigat... Read More about The effects of low-volume high-intensity interval training and circuit training on maximal oxygen uptake.

Chest X-ray interpretation (2019)
Journal Article
Dawkes, S., & O'Reilly, M. (2019). Chest X-ray interpretation. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 14(5), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2019.0004

The chest X-ray is a common, low-cost investigation that is an important aid in cardiovascular disease diagnosis. Although newer, more sophisticated modalities of imaging are available, chest X-rays remain fundamental, first-line investigations used... Read More about Chest X-ray interpretation.

Polypharmacy and pharmacovigilance: How they relate and why it matters (2019)
Journal Article
Mair, A. (2019). Polypharmacy and pharmacovigilance: How they relate and why it matters. Uppsala Reports, 80, 12-13

Patients with multiple medical conditions – and, consequently, needing multiple medications – present one of the greatest challenges currently facing health services.

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.

Power plays, passive aggression and compliance: What gets lost when nurses join the team? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharp, S. (2019, May). Power plays, passive aggression and compliance: What gets lost when nurses join the team?. Paper presented at 17th Qualitative Methods Conference, Brisbane, Australia

Negative interactions and bullying in the workplace are commonplace and can cause nurses to experience harmful emotions, burnout and increased intention to leave. It is likely that this impacts on nurses’ relationships with patients. This paper explo... Read More about Power plays, passive aggression and compliance: What gets lost when nurses join the team?.

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.

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.

Study of the Accessibility Inequalities of Cordon-Based Pricing Strategies Using a Multimodal Theil Index (2019)
Journal Article
Comporeale, R., Caggiani, L., Fonzone, R., & Ottomanelli, M. (2019). Study of the Accessibility Inequalities of Cordon-Based Pricing Strategies Using a Multimodal Theil Index. Transportation Planning and Technology, 42(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2019.1609222

The implementation of an appropriate pricing policy in an urban area could alleviate both environmental and congestion problems by encouraging a shift towards more sustainable modes of transportation. However, any positive net social welfare balance... Read More about Study of the Accessibility Inequalities of Cordon-Based Pricing Strategies Using a Multimodal Theil Index.

Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music (2019)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2019). Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music. Popular Music, 38(2), 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143019000084

Authenticity is a key concept in the evaluation of rock music by critics and fans. The production of fakes challenges the means by which listeners evaluate the authentic, by questioning central notions of integrity and sincerity. This paper examine... Read More about Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music.

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.

Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness (2019)
Journal Article
Cally, J. G., Stuart-Fox, D., & Holman, L. (2019). Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness. Nature Communications, 10, Article 2017 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10074-7

Sexual selection has manifold ecological and evolutionary consequences, making its net effect on population fitness difficult to predict. A powerful empirical test is to experimentally manipulate sexual selection and then determine how population fit... Read More about Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness.

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.

Creativity Behind the Barbed Wire: Irony, Humour and Masculinity in the Internment Camp Newspaper ‘Stobsiade’ (1915-1919) (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A. (2019, April). Creativity Behind the Barbed Wire: Irony, Humour and Masculinity in the Internment Camp Newspaper ‘Stobsiade’ (1915-1919). Presented at Professorial Lecture, Edinburgh Napier University

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..

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.