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Colours and Shapes-Perspective from Ghanaians on BIPV Aesthetic Optimisation (2023)
Journal Article
Awuku, S. A., Bennadji, A., Muhammad Sukki, F., Prabhu, R., & Sellami, N. (2023). Colours and Shapes-Perspective from Ghanaians on BIPV Aesthetic Optimisation. International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, 12(4), 117-121. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijscer.12.4.117-121

Colours, texture and shapes of Buildings Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) have been fully explored in recent times to match mainstream architectural aesthetics. This study aims at getting some perspectives from Ghanaians when it comes to the colours an... Read More about Colours and Shapes-Perspective from Ghanaians on BIPV Aesthetic Optimisation.

A blue carbon model for the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and its application in environmental restoration (2023)
Journal Article
Lee, H. Z. L., Davies, I. M., Baxter, J. M., Diele, K., & Sanderson, W. G. (2024). A blue carbon model for the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and its application in environmental restoration. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(1), Article e4030. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4030

1. Historically, considerations of the carbon budget of bivalve shellfish have disproportionately focused on the cycling of carbon in shell alone, overlooking respiratory release and the potential role of bivalve shellfish habitats in the stabilizati... Read More about A blue carbon model for the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and its application in environmental restoration.

Pregnancy length and health in giant pandas: what can metabolic and urinary endocrine markers unveil? (2023)
Journal Article
Wauters, J., Wilson, K. S., Cools, T., Vancsok, C., Bouts, T., Mulot, B., Leclerc, A., Haapakoski, M., Kok, J., Kühne, R., Ochs, A., Duncan, W. C., Girling, S. J., Hildebrandt, T. B., Zhou, Q., Li, R., Zhou, Y., Cai, K., Liu, Y., Hou, R., …Li, D. (2023). Pregnancy length and health in giant pandas: what can metabolic and urinary endocrine markers unveil?. Theriogenology Wild, 3, Article 100063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.therwi.2023.100063

Mature female giant pandas usually ovulate once a year. This is followed by an obligatory luteal phase, consisting of a long-lasting corpus luteum dormancy phase (CLD; primary increase in progestogens) and a much shorter active luteal phase (AL; seco... Read More about Pregnancy length and health in giant pandas: what can metabolic and urinary endocrine markers unveil?.

Can clinical homes influence practice? A description of a first of kind clinical home for Healthcare Science in Scotland (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2023, November). Can clinical homes influence practice? A description of a first of kind clinical home for Healthcare Science in Scotland. Presented at Lothian Health and Care Professions Research Conference 2023, Edinburgh, UK

This is a presentation to describe the first clinical home experience for Healthcare Scientists in NHS Lothian.

The aims of clinical and academic homes are to foster career development opportunities, enhance collaboration and develop capacity and... Read More about Can clinical homes influence practice? A description of a first of kind clinical home for Healthcare Science in Scotland.

Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study (2023)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Bleijenbergh, R., Rimaux, S., & Mestdagh, E. (2024). Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24(1), Article 100422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100422

Background/Objective: WazzUp Mama© is a remotely delivered web-based tailored intervention to prevent and reduce perinatal emotional distress, originally developed in the Netherlands. The current study aimed to evaluate the adapted WazzUp Mama© int... Read More about Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study.

Healers and Midwives Accused of Witchcraft (1563-1736) - What Secondary Analysis of the Scottish Survey of Witchcraft Can Contribute to the Teaching of Nursing and Midwifery History (2023)
Journal Article
Ring, N., McHugh, N. M., Reed, B. B., Davidson-Welch, R., & Dodd, L. S. (2024). Healers and Midwives Accused of Witchcraft (1563-1736) - What Secondary Analysis of the Scottish Survey of Witchcraft Can Contribute to the Teaching of Nursing and Midwifery History. Nurse Education Today, 133, Article 106026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.106026

Background: Nearly 4000 people were accused of witchcraft in Scotland between 1563-1736. Some of these were healers, midwives, and nurses.
Objective: To investigate Scotland’s folk-healers and midwives accused of witchcraft and review their work fr... Read More about Healers and Midwives Accused of Witchcraft (1563-1736) - What Secondary Analysis of the Scottish Survey of Witchcraft Can Contribute to the Teaching of Nursing and Midwifery History.

PASSION: Permissioned Access Control for Segmented Devices and Identity for IoT Networks (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ali, H., Abubakar, M., Ahmad, J., Buchanan, W. J., & Jaroucheh, Z. (2023, November). PASSION: Permissioned Access Control for Segmented Devices and Identity for IoT Networks. Presented at 2023 IEEE 28th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

In recent years, there has been a significant proliferation of industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications, with a wide variety of use cases being developed and put into operation. As the industrial IoT landscape expands, the establishment of se... Read More about PASSION: Permissioned Access Control for Segmented Devices and Identity for IoT Networks.

Double Public Key Signing Function Oracle Attack on EdDSA Software Implementations (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grierson, S., Chalkias, K., Buchanan, W. J., & Maglaras, L. (2023, November). Double Public Key Signing Function Oracle Attack on EdDSA Software Implementations. Presented at 2023 IEEE 28th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

EdDSA is a standardised elliptic curve digital signature scheme introduced to overcome some of the issues prevalent in the more established ECDSA standard. Due to the EdDSA standard specifying that the EdDSA signature be deterministic, if the signing... Read More about Double Public Key Signing Function Oracle Attack on EdDSA Software Implementations.

A Comparative Study of VANET Routing Protocols for Safety Applications (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coyle, K., Thomson, C., Wadhaj, I., & Ghaleb, B. (2023, November). A Comparative Study of VANET Routing Protocols for Safety Applications. Presented at 2023 IEEE 28th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), Edinburgh

The rapid advancement of vehicular communication technologies has led to the emergence of Vehicular AdHoc Networks (VANETs), which hold immense potential for improving road safety and traffic efficiency. VANETs enable vehicles to communicate with eac... Read More about A Comparative Study of VANET Routing Protocols for Safety Applications.

A scoping review exploring adoption of digital stress management resources for long-term health conditions – just useful for respiratory conditions? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N., Gebreheat, G., MacLean, F., Connolly, F., Breen, C., & Porter-Armstrong, A. A scoping review exploring adoption of digital stress management resources for long-term health conditions – just useful for respiratory conditions?. Presented at British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2023, QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE, 22 to 24 November 2023, Programme and Abstracts, London, UK

Teachers' Perceptions of online chemistry-specific CPD (2023)
Journal Article
McGill, C., Buchanan, D., Easson, M., Hendry, S., Macdonald, F., Murray, P., & Stewart, I. (2023). Teachers' Perceptions of online chemistry-specific CPD. Science Teacher Education, 94, 18-25

A collaboration between chemistry educators, Edinburgh Napier University and the Royal Society of Chemistry presented a series of seven online professional learning sessions for chemistry teachers in Scotland, to develop subject-specific knowledge an... Read More about Teachers' Perceptions of online chemistry-specific CPD.

A Hybrid Deep Learning Scheme for Intrusion Detection in the Internet of Things (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Momand, A., Jan, S. U., & Ramzan, N. (2023, May). A Hybrid Deep Learning Scheme for Intrusion Detection in the Internet of Things. Presented at ISPR'2023: The International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Pattern Recognition, Hammamet, Tunisia

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the connection of smart devices and objects to the internet, allowing them to share and analyze data, communicate with each other, and be controlled remotely. Several IoT devices are designed to collect, process, and s... Read More about A Hybrid Deep Learning Scheme for Intrusion Detection in the Internet of Things.

Optimal controller selection and migration in large scale software defined networks for next generation internet of things (2023)
Journal Article
Shahzad, M., Liu, L., Belkout, N., & Antonopoulos, N. (2023). Optimal controller selection and migration in large scale software defined networks for next generation internet of things. SN Applied Sciences, 5(12), Article 309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-023-05535-0

The substantial amount of IoT traffic, coupled with control messages, places a heavy burden on SDN controllers, which compromises their capacity. We investigate how SDN can revolutionize the conventional approach, aiming to overcome the limitations o... Read More about Optimal controller selection and migration in large scale software defined networks for next generation internet of things.

Machine Un-learning: An Overview of Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions (2023)
Journal Article
Sai, S., Mittal, U., Chamola, V., Huang, K., Spinelli, I., Scardapane, S., Tan, Z., & Hussain, A. (2024). Machine Un-learning: An Overview of Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions. Cognitive Computation, 16, 482-506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-023-10219-3

ML applications proliferate across various sectors. Large internet firms employ ML to train intelligent models using vast datasets, including sensitive user information. However, new regulations like GDPR require data removal by businesses. Deleting... Read More about Machine Un-learning: An Overview of Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions.

Developing a new scale for measuring sustainability-oriented innovation (2023)
Journal Article
Baxter, D., & Chipulu, M. (2023). Developing a new scale for measuring sustainability-oriented innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 429, Article 139590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139590

Sustainability-oriented innovation is a developing area in the academic literature, and existing measurement models are either lacking in scope or they have not been validated. Following an extensive review of existing academic literature, this paper... Read More about Developing a new scale for measuring sustainability-oriented innovation.

Interactions Print, Drawing, Technology (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
O'Donnell, R. (2023). Interactions Print, Drawing, Technology. [Print, Drawing, Technology]. 3 November 2023 - 13 December 2023

Leveraging contextual representations with BiLSTM-based regressor for lexical complexity prediction (2023)
Journal Article
Aziz, A., Hossain, M. A., Chy, A. N., Ullah, M. Z., & Aono, M. (2023). Leveraging contextual representations with BiLSTM-based regressor for lexical complexity prediction. Natural Language Processing Journal, 5, Article 100039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlp.2023.100039

Lexical complexity prediction (LCP) determines the complexity level of words or phrases in a sentence. LCP has a significant impact on the enhancement of language translations, readability assessment, and text generation. However, the domain-specific... Read More about Leveraging contextual representations with BiLSTM-based regressor for lexical complexity prediction.