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VRtefacts: Performative Substitutional Reality with Museum Objects (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spence, J., Darzentas, D. P., Huang, Y., Cameron, H. R., Beestin, E., & Benford, S. (2020, July). VRtefacts: Performative Substitutional Reality with Museum Objects. Presented at DIS '20: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2020, Eindhoven, Netherlands

We explore how a combination of manipulations and transitions can extend Substitutional Reality to create a highly personal Virtual Reality experience. Our design aimed to meet two challenges faced by museums: the limitations of object handling and t... Read More about VRtefacts: Performative Substitutional Reality with Museum Objects.

A New and Compact Wide-Band Microstrip Filter-Antenna Design for 2.4 GHz ISM Band and 4G Applications (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., Alkhafaji, M. K., A. Alhamadani, H., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Elfergani, I., Saleh, A. L., Rodriguez, J., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2020). A New and Compact Wide-Band Microstrip Filter-Antenna Design for 2.4 GHz ISM Band and 4G Applications. Electronics, 9(7), Article 1084. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9071084

A new and compact four-pole wide-band planar filter-antenna design is proposed in this article. The effect of the dielectric material type on the characteristics of the design is also investigated and presented. The filter-antenna structure is formed... Read More about A New and Compact Wide-Band Microstrip Filter-Antenna Design for 2.4 GHz ISM Band and 4G Applications.

A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism (2020)
Journal Article
Stanley, M., Rogers, S., Forwell, S., Hocking, C., Nayar, S., Laliberte Rudman, D., Prodinger, B., Vera, L. F., Townsend, E. E., Magalhães, L., Simaan, J., Reid, H., & Pols, V. (2020). A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism. Journal of Occupational Science, 27(3), 294-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1793446

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A feasibility study of development and implementation of smart energy system for 100% renewable energy and transport solutions in Sri Lanka (2020)
Thesis
Fernando, W. P. R. S. S. A feasibility study of development and implementation of smart energy system for 100% renewable energy and transport solutions in Sri Lanka. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2707187

Sri Lanka as a developing country is facing existential energy challenges. Total electricity consumption was 12.79 TWh in 2016 and is projected to increase about 6 times to 71.97 TWh by 2050. The projected energy demand will exceed supply in a few ye... Read More about A feasibility study of development and implementation of smart energy system for 100% renewable energy and transport solutions in Sri Lanka.

English-language reading in the Netherlands and its consequences on Dutch-language publishing (2020)
Thesis
Trentacosti, G. English-language reading in the Netherlands and its consequences on Dutch-language publishing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2704454

English-language proficiency, and thus the number of consumers able to read in English, is rapidly growing in Europe. Concomitantly, digitization and online retailing make English-language books readily available to consumers.
Whilst representing an... Read More about English-language reading in the Netherlands and its consequences on Dutch-language publishing.

Sources and survival of listeria monocytogenes on fresh, leafy produce (2020)
Thesis
Smith, A. J. Sources and survival of listeria monocytogenes on fresh, leafy produce. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2704449

Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that has been responsible for many severe disease outbreaks resulting in multiple fatalities. L. monocytogenes enters the body through contaminated food and is known to contaminate fresh l... Read More about Sources and survival of listeria monocytogenes on fresh, leafy produce.

Rising to the top: exploring the role of political skill, career self-efficacy and perceived organisational support in the career success of women in Germany (2020)
Thesis
Weissenrieder, C. O. Rising to the top: exploring the role of political skill, career self-efficacy and perceived organisational support in the career success of women in Germany. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2704133

Interest in the careers of women is still highly relevant and remains an often-discussed topic amongst both scholars and practitioners. Despite several decades of legislative re-form and government intervention which go aside of considerable efforts... Read More about Rising to the top: exploring the role of political skill, career self-efficacy and perceived organisational support in the career success of women in Germany.

Elucidating the dimensions of communication and the role of culture in an Austrian medical setting (2020)
Thesis
Saurwein, L. Elucidating the dimensions of communication and the role of culture in an Austrian medical setting. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2702849

This piece of research has been conducted with women immigrants and general practitioners to understand their perceptions and experiences in their medical encounter in the Tyrol, Austria. It aims to explore and understand the communication process be... Read More about Elucidating the dimensions of communication and the role of culture in an Austrian medical setting.

The relationship between demographic variables and consumer confidence levels in the rationales for regulation: A quantitative study of Scottish retail banking consumers (2020)
Thesis
McCafferty, C. L. The relationship between demographic variables and consumer confidence levels in the rationales for regulation: A quantitative study of Scottish retail banking consumers. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2694688

Confidence in the banking system is critical to the health of households, businesses and the overall economy. Government intervention in the financial services sector and the strict regulation of the banking industry is rationalised by the need to m... Read More about The relationship between demographic variables and consumer confidence levels in the rationales for regulation: A quantitative study of Scottish retail banking consumers.

An exploratory Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of childbearing women's perceptions of risk associated with having a high Body Mass Index (BMI) (2020)
Journal Article
Norris, G., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Dickson, A. (2020). An exploratory Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of childbearing women's perceptions of risk associated with having a high Body Mass Index (BMI). Midwifery, 89(October 2020), Article 102789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102789

Background: In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) labelled 13% of the world's adult population as obese. This increase in obesity is accompanied by mortality and morbidity problems, with maternal obesity and its accompanying risk for mother an... Read More about An exploratory Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of childbearing women's perceptions of risk associated with having a high Body Mass Index (BMI).

Sibling rivalry versus mother's curse: can kin competition facilitate a response to selection on male mitochondria? (2020)
Journal Article
Keaney, T. A., Wong, H. W. S., Dowling, D. K., Jones, T. M., & Holman, L. (2020). Sibling rivalry versus mother's curse: can kin competition facilitate a response to selection on male mitochondria?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1930), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0575

Assuming that fathers never transmit mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to their offspring, mitochondrial mutations that affect male fitness are invisible to direct selection on males, leading to an accumulation of male-harming alleles in the mitochondrial ge... Read More about Sibling rivalry versus mother's curse: can kin competition facilitate a response to selection on male mitochondria?.

A Core Outcome Set for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (2020)
Journal Article
Kelly, L. E., Shan, F., MacVicar, S., Czaplinksi, E., Moulsdale, W., Simpson, S., Allegaert, K., Jansson, L. M., & Offringa, M. (2020). A Core Outcome Set for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. Pediatrics, 146(1), Article e20200018. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-0018

BACKGROUND: As rates of neonatal opioid withdrawal are increasing, the need for research to evaluate new treatments is growing. Large heterogeneity exists in health outcomes reported in current literature. Our objective is to develop an evidence-info... Read More about A Core Outcome Set for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome.

The 21st century public library in England and Scotland: epistemic, community and political roles in the public sphere (2020)
Thesis
Appleton, L. The 21st century public library in England and Scotland: epistemic, community and political roles in the public sphere. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2679832

This work is concerned with the role of the public library in England and Scotland in the twenty-first century. The findings derive from the analysis of empirical data collected in 24 focus groups over a period of four years between 2014 and 2018.... Read More about The 21st century public library in England and Scotland: epistemic, community and political roles in the public sphere.

Exploring justifications of “The Social Contract” between the banking sector, financial regulators, and NGOs (2020)
Thesis
Langford, P. Exploring justifications of “The Social Contract” between the banking sector, financial regulators, and NGOs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2694680

The banking sector is important to the UK, employing 1.2% of the workforce whilst contributing 5.5% of tax receipts; indeed, the credit creation role of banks is essential in modern economies. Banks caused the financial crisis of 2007/8 and subseque... Read More about Exploring justifications of “The Social Contract” between the banking sector, financial regulators, and NGOs.

Towards a unified method to synthesising scenarios and solvers in combinatorial optimisation via graph-based approaches (2020)
Thesis
Stone, C. L. Towards a unified method to synthesising scenarios and solvers in combinatorial optimisation via graph-based approaches. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2707229

Hyper-heuristics is a collection of search methods for selecting, combining and generating heuristics used to solve combinatorial optimisation problems. The primary objective of hyper-heuristics research is to develop more generally applicable search... Read More about Towards a unified method to synthesising scenarios and solvers in combinatorial optimisation via graph-based approaches.

Determination of virulence of L. monocytogenes strains of environmental and food sources using an invertebrate model (2020)
Thesis
Bah, U. Determination of virulence of L. monocytogenes strains of environmental and food sources using an invertebrate model. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2682695

The virulence potential of 9 L. monocytogenes strains isolated from food products at different stages of the fresh produce supply chain and a food processing facility was determined using G. mellonella. Strains were used to infect G. mellonella larva... Read More about Determination of virulence of L. monocytogenes strains of environmental and food sources using an invertebrate model.

Conversations surrounding "consent": are those working within sexual health services equipped to facilitate conversations around consent? (2020)
Thesis
Jones, V. Conversations surrounding "consent": are those working within sexual health services equipped to facilitate conversations around consent?. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2694670

Sexual health is a concept in which the definition adapts to fit the current “sociocultural, historical, and political climate” (Coleman, 2011:19). As we see our society becoming more concerned with the idea of consent within sexual relationships, we... Read More about Conversations surrounding "consent": are those working within sexual health services equipped to facilitate conversations around consent?.