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White Paper: Policing the Pandemic
Preprint / Working Paper
Aston, E., Brandariz, J. A., Czerwinska, D., De Kimpe, S., de Maillard, J., Hoffman, I., O’Neill, M., Rowe, M., & Solhjell, R. White Paper: Policing the Pandemic

This paper presents lessons learned from a quick review of the experience of policing the pandemic in European states. Reflecting on this experience, the paper presents lessons and recommendations for the policing of any future second wave or future... Read More about White Paper: Policing the Pandemic.

Edinburgh Napier University Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Framework
Report
Ramage, L. Edinburgh Napier University Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Framework. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

This framework the University expectations of equal opportunities on research and innovation (R&I) activities, funding and representation on funding decision panels. This is in line with the University Gender Equality Action Plan 2021-2025 and Race E... Read More about Edinburgh Napier University Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Framework.

The Prometheus ODMG Database System
Report
Raguenaud, C., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. J. (2000). The Prometheus ODMG Database System. Napier University

Complex applications such as those to support the emerging field of biodiversity informatics, require database systems able to represent and manipulate their data. Object-oriented databases (OODBs), designed to support complex domains such as Compute... Read More about The Prometheus ODMG Database System.

Database support for taxonomy
Report
Raguenaud, C., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. J. (1999). Database support for taxonomy. Napier University

Taxonomists classify the organisms they study in order to refer to, identify and understand them. However, the same organism may at times be classified according to different taxonomic opinions and subsequently have several alternative names or be pl... Read More about Database support for taxonomy.

Why were Twitter users obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?
Preprint / Working Paper
Mavroeidi, A., Innes, R., Miyake, E., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. Why were Twitter users obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?

The aim of this study was to explore how the relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19 has been represented on the social media site Twitter. NCapture was used to collect textual Tweets on a weekly basis for three months during the pandemic. In tot... Read More about Why were Twitter users obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?.

Array-Aware Matching: Taming the Complexity of Large-Scale Simulation Models
Preprint / Working Paper
Fioravanti, M., Cattaneo, D., Terraneo, F., Seva, S., Cherubin, S., Agosta, G., Casella, F., & Leva, A. Array-Aware Matching: Taming the Complexity of Large-Scale Simulation Models

Equation-based modelling is a powerful approach to tame the complexity of large-scale simulation problems. Equation-based tools automatically translate models into imperative languages. When confronted with nowadays' problems, however, well assessed... Read More about Array-Aware Matching: Taming the Complexity of Large-Scale Simulation Models.

Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office
Report
Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., Taylor, J., Klostermann, K., Stoddart, A., Black, H., Hillen, P., O’Farrell, T., Weir, C., Littlewood, P., & Gill, J. (2018). Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office. Chief Scientist Office

Aim
To test whether Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), a USA-developed evidence-based psychological therapy for the treatment of addiction, can be successfully delivered within NHS drug treatment services with drug-dependent parents who have childre... Read More about Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office.

Building A Smart Academic Advising System Using Association Rule Mining
Preprint / Working Paper
Shatnawi, R., Althebyan, Q., & Ghaleb, B. Building A Smart Academic Advising System Using Association Rule Mining

In an academic environment, student advising is considered a paramount activity for both advisors and student to improve the academic performance of students. In universities of large numbers of students, advising is a time-consuming activity that ma... Read More about Building A Smart Academic Advising System Using Association Rule Mining.