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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027 (2024)
Report
Mair, A., Kennon, B., Chalmers, J., Smith, G., Strath, A., McMahon, A., & Leitch, J. (2024). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027. Scottish Government

This quality prescribing guide is intended to support clinicians across the multidisciplinary team and people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in shared decision-making and the effective use of medicines, and offers practical advice and options f... Read More about Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027.

Career Development as Freedom (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, P. (2023, December). Career Development as Freedom. Presented at iCEGS annual lecture 2023, University of Derby

This lecture explores the Capability Approach and its potential to provide a way of thinking about career development that links theory, practice, and policy. Considering theory first, the Capability Approach provides a broad-brush way of looking at... Read More about Career Development as Freedom.

A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M., Pyke, J., & Drake, C. (2023, February). A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne. Presented at 33rd Annual Conference of the Council for Australasian Universities Tourism and Hospitality Education, Fremantle, Western Australia

Business events can support the needs of access, equality, and learning for work and social inclusion, and determine a greater range of benefits than had been previously considered (Edwards, Foley, & Schlenker, 2011; Foley, Edwards, & Schlenker, 2014... Read More about A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne.

Domestic abuse and child contact in Scotland: the perspectives of family law practitioners (2023)
Journal Article
Burman, M., Friskney, R., Mair, J., & Whitecross, R. (2023). Domestic abuse and child contact in Scotland: the perspectives of family law practitioners. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 45(3), 234-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2023.2243147

It is now well-established that children are adversely affected by domestic abuse, and that domestic abuse does not always cease following parental separation. However, the issue of post-separation child contact in the context of domestic abuse remai... Read More about Domestic abuse and child contact in Scotland: the perspectives of family law practitioners.

Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy (2023)
Book Chapter
Mair, A. (2023). Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy. In Encyclopaedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50247-8_146-1

As many as 50% of all patients with long-term conditions are using their medicines in a way that is not fully effective. This results in suboptimal treatment of their condition and attendance or admission to hospital. There is a significant level of... Read More about Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy.

Diabetes Management System in Mauritius: Current Perspectives and Potentials of Pervasive Healthcare Technologies (2021)
Book Chapter
Huzooree, G., Khedo, K., & Joonas, N. (2021). Diabetes Management System in Mauritius: Current Perspectives and Potentials of Pervasive Healthcare Technologies. In M. Shahid Husain, M. Hariz Bin Muhamad Adnan, M. Zunnun Khan, S. Shukla, & F. U. Khan (Eds.), Pervasive Healthcare (325-347). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77746-3_20

Diabetes is a growing scourge in Mauritius, and the complications associated with it have major implications for public health in terms of high social and economic burden and low quality of life (QoL). The aim of the study was to measure the satisfac... Read More about Diabetes Management System in Mauritius: Current Perspectives and Potentials of Pervasive Healthcare Technologies.

Isolation of Streptococcus Mutans and its Bacteriophage from Human Plaque Samples (2019)
Journal Article
Ahmed, H., Flockhart, A., Foley, S., & Foley, J. (2019). Isolation of Streptococcus Mutans and its Bacteriophage from Human Plaque Samples. Saudi Journal of Oral and Dental Research, 4(8), 561-564. https://doi.org/10.21276/sjodr.2019.4.8.10

Background: Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is one of the main agents of caries formation, mainly because of the ability to form biofilms on the tooth surface. Bacteriophage of S. mutans are viruses that can attack and limit the pathogenic activity... Read More about Isolation of Streptococcus Mutans and its Bacteriophage from Human Plaque Samples.

Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., Ring, N., McCulloch, C., Willis, D., Kydonaki, K., & Williams, B. (2018, October). Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals. Presented at 6th International Conference on Antibiotics, Antimicrobials and Resistance, Edinburgh, UK

Introduction
The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to public health and patient safety due to associated morbidity, mortality and healthcare-associated infections. With the lack of new antibiotics currently in de... Read More about Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals..

Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note) (2018)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Hutton, A., & Brown, S. (2018). Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note). Event Management, 22(6), 1073-1081. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15346132863157

This work, a conceptual forward-looking paper, examines the management of audiences at music festivals now and indicates a critical manoeuvre of focus for the future. The theoretical objectives and conclusions of a body of work by Robertson – discuss... Read More about Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note).

Pervasive mobile healthcare systems for chronic disease monitoring (2017)
Journal Article
Huzooree, G., Kumar Khedo, K., & Joonas, N. (2019). Pervasive mobile healthcare systems for chronic disease monitoring. Health Informatics Journal, 25(2), 267-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458217704250

Pervasive mobile healthcare system has the potential to improve healthcare and the quality of life of chronic disease patients through continuous monitoring. Recently, many articles related to pervasive mobile healthcare system focusing on health mon... Read More about Pervasive mobile healthcare systems for chronic disease monitoring.

Wireless Body Area Network System Architecture for Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huzooree, G., Khedo, K. K., & Joonas, N. (2016, November). Wireless Body Area Network System Architecture for Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring. Presented at First International Conference on Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering (ELECOM 2016), Bagatelle, Mauritius

Technological advancement in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) has gained much interest and became an emerging technology in the remote healthcare monitoring as WBANs are a collection of low-power, intelligent, miniaturized, lightweight, invasive o... Read More about Wireless Body Area Network System Architecture for Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring.

Non-contact injury incidence and warm-up observation in hockey in Scotland (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Johnston, T., Brown, S., Kaliarntas, K., & Taylor, C. (2016, August). Non-contact injury incidence and warm-up observation in hockey in Scotland. Poster presented at International Sports Science + Sports Medicine Conference 2016

Noncontact injuries occur during manoeuvres such as landing, accelerating and the side-cut. This investigation has assessed the prevalence and manoeuvres associated with noncontact injuries and the current warm up practice. An online questionnaire wa... Read More about Non-contact injury incidence and warm-up observation in hockey in Scotland.

Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M., & Rogers, P. (2008, June). Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations. Presented at International Conference for Sustainable Tourism and Spirit of Hospitality in the Alpine Environment., Sappada, Italy

The economic and social composition of rural society has changed irrevocably. The role of the market town as economic epicentre of rural wealth has all but completely evaporated (Courtney & Errington, 2003). Rural areas, inclusive of mountainous ones... Read More about Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations.

Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes)
Other
Robertson, M. Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes)

Evaluation Summary of Best Contributions completed and awareded in June 2024 for

British Hip Society 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting & Instructional Course, 8th-10th March, 2023

European Society of Cardiology ACNAP 2023 Congress, 23-24th June,... Read More about Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes).