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Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 - Preliminary Report (2020)
Journal Article
The RECOVERY Collaborative Group. (2021). Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 - Preliminary Report. New England Journal of Medicine, 384, 693-704. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2021436

BACKGROUND
Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is associated with diffuse lung damage. Glucocorticoids may modulate inflammation-mediated lung injury and thereby reduce progression to respiratory failure and death.

METHODS
In this controlled, op... Read More about Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 - Preliminary Report.

‘Within my work environment I don’t see gender as an issue’: Reflections on gender from a study of criminal justice social workers in Scotland (2020)
Journal Article
McCulloch, T., Cree, V. E., Kirkwood, S., & Mullins, E. (2021). ‘Within my work environment I don’t see gender as an issue’: Reflections on gender from a study of criminal justice social workers in Scotland. Probation Journal, 68(1), 8-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550520939153

Community justice professionals operate within deeply gendered territory, yet there has been little attention to how gender is understood and embodied by the workforce. Building on findings from a mixed method study, this article explores professiona... Read More about ‘Within my work environment I don’t see gender as an issue’: Reflections on gender from a study of criminal justice social workers in Scotland.

Unmasking gender differences in narcissism within intimate partner violence (2020)
Journal Article
Green, A., MacLean, R., & Charles, K. (2020). Unmasking gender differences in narcissism within intimate partner violence. Personality and Individual Differences, 167, Article 110247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110247

Theoretical understanding of gender differences in narcissistic presentation is underdeveloped due to an overrepresentation of males in the narcissism literature. This study investigated gender differences in manifestations of grandiose and vulnerabl... Read More about Unmasking gender differences in narcissism within intimate partner violence.

Circular cities: the case of Singapore (2020)
Journal Article
Carrière, S., Weigend Rodriguez, R., Pey, P., Pomponi, F., & Ramakrishna, S. (2020). Circular cities: the case of Singapore. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(4), 491-507. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2019-0137

Circular Economy (CE), as a new economic paradigm has gained traction in recent years. Cities’ role in driving CE forward has been perceived as being increasingly important to achieve Sustainable Development (SD). For this reason, there is an urgency... Read More about Circular cities: the case of Singapore.

Respecting the autonomy of the living and dying (2020)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2020). Respecting the autonomy of the living and dying. Journal of Integrated Care, 28(4), 379-385. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-06-2020-0038

Purpose
To inform those who are supporting persons who are dying and are responsible for planning, commissioning or delivering palliative care about the need to support and maximise the decision-making ability and choices of persons with advanced de... Read More about Respecting the autonomy of the living and dying.

Influence of ventilation use and occupant behaviour on surface microorganisms in contemporary social housing (2020)
Journal Article
Sharpe, T., McGill, G., Dancer, S. J., King, M.-F., Fletcher, L., & Noakes, C. J. (2020). Influence of ventilation use and occupant behaviour on surface microorganisms in contemporary social housing. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 11841 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68809-2

In the context of increasingly airtight homes, there is currently little known about the type and diversity of microorganisms in the home, or factors that could affect their abundance, diversity and nature. In this study, we examined the type and pre... Read More about Influence of ventilation use and occupant behaviour on surface microorganisms in contemporary social housing.

Linkage of national health and social care data: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity and social care use in people aged over 65 years in Scotland (2020)
Journal Article
Henderson, D. A., Atherton, I., McCowan, C., Mercer, S. W., & Bailey, N. (2021). Linkage of national health and social care data: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity and social care use in people aged over 65 years in Scotland. Age and ageing, 50(1), 176-182. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa134

Background: Little is known about the relationship between multimorbidity and social care use (also known as long-term care). The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between receipt of formal social care services and multimorbidity.... Read More about Linkage of national health and social care data: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity and social care use in people aged over 65 years in Scotland.

Lean and green in a Scottish university (2020)
Digital Artefact
Pearson, J., & Yorkstone, S. (2020). Lean and green in a Scottish university. [https://planet-lean.com/lean-green-university/]

Why do lean and green go hand in hand? In the experience of this university in Edinburgh, they are both about respecting people and thinking holistically.

The Flying Car – Challenges and Strategies towards Future Adoption (2020)
Journal Article
Shahriar Ahmed, S., Hulme, K., Fountas, G., Eker, U., Benedyk, I., Still, S., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2020). The Flying Car – Challenges and Strategies towards Future Adoption. Frontiers in Built Environment, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00106

In recent years, our surface transportation infrastructure is suffering from overuse, extreme traffic congestion, and roadway disrepair. Instead of following the traditional infrastructure expansion policy, current transportation research focuses on... Read More about The Flying Car – Challenges and Strategies towards Future Adoption.

Cold sintered LiMgPO4 based composites for low temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) applications (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, D., Chen, J., Wang, G., Lu, Z., Sun, S., Li, J., Jiang, J., Zhou, D., Song, K., & Reaney, I. M. (2020). Cold sintered LiMgPO4 based composites for low temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) applications. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103(11), 6237-6244. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17320

Cold sintered, Li2MoO4-based ceramics have recently been touted as candidates for electronic packaging and low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology but MoO3 is an expensive and endangered raw material, not suited for large scale commerciali... Read More about Cold sintered LiMgPO4 based composites for low temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) applications.

An Ontological Model for Courses and Academic Profiles Representation: A case study of King Abdulaziz University (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ashour, G., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Aljohani, N. (2020, June). An Ontological Model for Courses and Academic Profiles Representation: A case study of King Abdulaziz University. Presented at 2020 International Conference Engineering Technologies and Computer Science (EnT), Moscow, Russia

Educational data is growing continuously. This huge amount of data that is scattered and come from different resources with different formats usually is noisy, duplicated, inconsistent, and unorganized. These data can be more efficient and usable whe... Read More about An Ontological Model for Courses and Academic Profiles Representation: A case study of King Abdulaziz University.

Human-Sound Interaction: Towards a Human-Centred Sonic Interaction Design approach (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., Dewey, C., & Michailidis, T. (2020, July). Human-Sound Interaction: Towards a Human-Centred Sonic Interaction Design approach. Presented at MOCO '20: 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing, Jersey City, NJ, USA [Online]

In this paper, we explore human-centered interaction design aspects that determine the realisation and appreciation of musical works (installations, composition and performance), interfaces for sound design and musical expression, augmented instrumen... Read More about Human-Sound Interaction: Towards a Human-Centred Sonic Interaction Design approach.

Recollections of parenting styles in the development of narcissism: The role of gender (2020)
Journal Article
Green, A., MacLean, R., & Charles, K. (2020). Recollections of parenting styles in the development of narcissism: The role of gender. Personality and Individual Differences, 167, Article 110246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110246

Narcissism in females is under-theorized in the literature due to a predominant focus on grandiose features indicative of the male gender. This study aimed to investigate recalled parenting styles in the development of grandiose and vulnerable narcis... Read More about Recollections of parenting styles in the development of narcissism: The role of gender.

Tourist biosecurity awareness and risk mitigation for outdoor recreation: Management implications for Ireland (2020)
Journal Article
Melly, D., & Hanrahan, J. (2020). Tourist biosecurity awareness and risk mitigation for outdoor recreation: Management implications for Ireland. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 31, Article 100313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2020.100313

The purpose of this paper is to analyse tourist's awareness of biosecurity measures in Ireland. The author's recognised tourist vectoring from outdoor recreation can increase the risk of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and disease in destinations worldw... Read More about Tourist biosecurity awareness and risk mitigation for outdoor recreation: Management implications for Ireland.

A mechanism to promote social behaviour in household load balancing (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brooks, N. A., Powers, S. T., & Borg, J. M. (2020, July). A mechanism to promote social behaviour in household load balancing. Presented at The 2020 Conference on Artificial Life, Montreal, Canada

Reducing the peak energy consumption of households is essential for the effective use of renewable energy sources, in order to ensure that as much household demand as possible can be met by renewable sources. This entails spreading out the use of hig... Read More about A mechanism to promote social behaviour in household load balancing.

Pre- and during-labour predictors of low birth satisfaction among Iranian women: a prospective analytical study (2020)
Journal Article
Nahaee, J., Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, S., Abbas-Alizadeh, F., Martin, C. R., Hollins Martin, C. J., Mirghafourvand, M., & Hassankhani, H. (2020). Pre- and during-labour predictors of low birth satisfaction among Iranian women: a prospective analytical study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20, Article 408 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03105-5

Background
Maternal childbirth dissatisfaction has short- and long-term negative effects on the mothers’ health and life, as well as on relation with her child and family. Due to lack of studies in Iran and other counties, we aimed to determine pre-... Read More about Pre- and during-labour predictors of low birth satisfaction among Iranian women: a prospective analytical study.

On Pros and Cons of Evolving Topologies with Novelty Search (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Le Goff, L. K., Hart, E., Coninx, A., & Doncieux, S. (2020, July). On Pros and Cons of Evolving Topologies with Novelty Search. Presented at ALIFE 2020: The 2020 Conference on Artificial Life, Online

Novelty search was proposed as a means of circumventing deception and providing selective pressure towards novel behaviours to provide a path towards open-ended evolution. Initial implementations relied on neuro-evolution approaches which increased n... Read More about On Pros and Cons of Evolving Topologies with Novelty Search.

The European budget after COVID-19. Challenges, Prospects and Opportunities (2020)
Other
Surubaru, N.-C. (2020). The European budget after COVID-19. Challenges, Prospects and Opportunities

During the European Council this week all eyes are, again, on the negotiations for the future European Union (EU) budget. Analysts tended to focus mainly on two things. First, the evolution of the sums of money that will be agreed on for the future E... Read More about The European budget after COVID-19. Challenges, Prospects and Opportunities.

Sample and time efficient policy learning with CMA-ES and Bayesian Optimisation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Le Goff, L. K., Buchanan, E., Hart, E., Eiben, A. E., Li, W., De Carlo, M., Hale, M. F., Angus, M., Woolley, R., Timmis, J., Winfield, A., & Tyrrell, A. M. (2020, July). Sample and time efficient policy learning with CMA-ES and Bayesian Optimisation. Presented at ALife 2020, Online

In evolutionary robot systems where morphologies and controllers of real robots are simultaneously evolved, it is clear that there is likely to be requirements to refine the inherited controller of a 'newborn' robot in order to better align it to its... Read More about Sample and time efficient policy learning with CMA-ES and Bayesian Optimisation.

Our Natural Health Service - Gathering the views of key individuals with an operational or strategic role in the Green Health Partnership Intervention (2020)
Report
Hanson, C., McHale, S., Pearsons, A., & Neubeck, L. (2020). Our Natural Health Service - Gathering the views of key individuals with an operational or strategic role in the Green Health Partnership Intervention. Inverness: Scottish Natural Heritage

Background:
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is the lead organisation in the Our Natural Health Service (ONHS) programme, which aims to make better use of Scotland’s natural environment as a resource to improve health and wellbeing and tackle health... Read More about Our Natural Health Service - Gathering the views of key individuals with an operational or strategic role in the Green Health Partnership Intervention.