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A feasibility study of a cross-diagnostic, CBT-based psychological intervention for acute mental health inpatients: Results, challenges, and methodological implications (2018)
Journal Article
Paterson, C., Karatzias, T., Harper, S., Dougall, N., Dickson, A., & Hutton, P. (2019). A feasibility study of a cross-diagnostic, CBT-based psychological intervention for acute mental health inpatients: Results, challenges, and methodological implications. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(2), 211-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12209

Objectives
Acute psychiatric inpatient wards are characterised by minimal provision of therapeutic activities and high readmission rates. Implementation of a comprehensive inpatient psychological intervention service has been recommended to overcome... Read More about A feasibility study of a cross-diagnostic, CBT-based psychological intervention for acute mental health inpatients: Results, challenges, and methodological implications.

How universities can better engage with the animation/VFX sector in Scotland (2018)
Journal Article
Mortimer, J. (2018). How universities can better engage with the animation/VFX sector in Scotland. Animation Practice, Process & Production, 7(1), 157-173. https://doi.org/10.1386/ap3.7.1.157_1

This research explores how universities can better engage with the animation/VFX industry in Scotland, by examining what skills current industry requires of graduates, and how institutes can better collaborate with working studios. Given the unknown... Read More about How universities can better engage with the animation/VFX sector in Scotland.

An Artificial Intelligence Method for Comfort Level Prediction (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M., Jafari, M., & Siebers, P. (2018, June). An Artificial Intelligence Method for Comfort Level Prediction. Presented at 10th International Conference in Sustainability on Energy and Buildings (SEB’18), Gold Coast, Australia

With the rapid demand for the energy efficient consumption in buildings, bridging the gap between predicted and measured performance is essential. However, recent studies show that there is a significant mismatch between predicted and actual building... Read More about An Artificial Intelligence Method for Comfort Level Prediction.

Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2018). Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Music Education, 2(3), 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme.2.3.199_1

This article reports on a qualitative study, which explored perceptions of fourteen first-year undergraduate music students in the United Kingdom regarding their secondary school music education as preparation for undertaking degree-level music study... Read More about Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom.

The bastard verdict and its influence on jurors (2018)
Journal Article
Curley, L. J., Maclean, R., Murray, J., Laybourn, P., & Brown, D. (2019). The bastard verdict and its influence on jurors. Medicine, Science and the Law, 59(1), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/0025802418811740

The Scottish Legal system is a unique jurisdiction as jurors are able to give Not Proven verdicts in addition to the well-known Anglo-American verdicts (Guilty and Not Guilty). The Not Proven verdict has never been legally defined, meaning that curre... Read More about The bastard verdict and its influence on jurors.

SMK-means: An Improved Mini Batch K-means Algorithm Based on Mapreduce with Big Data (2018)
Journal Article
Xiao, B., Wang, Z., Liu, Q., & Liu, X. (2018). SMK-means: An Improved Mini Batch K-means Algorithm Based on Mapreduce with Big Data. Computers, Materials & Continua, 56(3), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmc.2018.01830

In recent years, the rapid development of big data technology has also been favored by more and more scholars. Massive data storage and calculation problems have also been solved. At the same time, outlier detection problems in mass data have also co... Read More about SMK-means: An Improved Mini Batch K-means Algorithm Based on Mapreduce with Big Data.

Family Travel in the US: Attitudes and Barriers to Family Wellbeing (2018)
Book Chapter
Minnaert, L. (2018). Family Travel in the US: Attitudes and Barriers to Family Wellbeing. In A. M. Munar, J. G. Alsop, S. Benjamin, K. Boluk, A. Carr, L. Cooke, & P. Wright (Eds.), Tourism and Wellness: Travel for the Good of All?. Rowman & Littlefield

Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives (2018)
Journal Article
Goman, A. M., & Lin, F. R. (2018). Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives. Hearing Research, 369, 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.03.031

The broader implications of hearing loss for the health and functioning of older adults have begun to be demonstrated in epidemiologic studies. These research findings on the association between hearing loss and poorer health outcomes have formed the... Read More about Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives.

Climate communication in practice: how are we engaging the UK public on climate change? (2018)
Report
McLoughlin, N., Corner, A., Capstick, S., Richardson, H., Bell, A., Muller, C., & Illingworth, S. (2018). Climate communication in practice: how are we engaging the UK public on climate change?. NERC

What should the aim of engagement on climate change be? What principles should underpin the way it is carried out? What do climate communication practitioners agree on and disagree on?

This report acts as a barometer for the current state of UK cl... Read More about Climate communication in practice: how are we engaging the UK public on climate change?.

Assessment of health status of the elderly and pre-elderly at a Malaysia elderly care centre (2018)
Journal Article
Bani, N. A., Hassan, M. Z., Kaidi, H. M., Hashim, N. F. M., Dziyauddin, R. A., Musa, R., Suhot, M. A., Usman, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., & Mas'ud, A. A. (2018). Assessment of health status of the elderly and pre-elderly at a Malaysia elderly care centre. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 10(7), 10-22. https://doi.org/10.30880/ijie.2018.10.07.002

They were once called the baby boomers, born between 1946 to 1964, but now aged above 50 years old, they contribute to the increasing number of elderly population in Malaysia. Age classification for elderly people varies between countries but commonl... Read More about Assessment of health status of the elderly and pre-elderly at a Malaysia elderly care centre.

Investigation of the turbulent flame structure and topology at different Karlovitz numbers using the tangential stretching rate index (2018)
Journal Article
Manias, D. M., Tingas, E., Hernández Pérez, F. E., Malpica Galassi, R., Paolo Ciottoli, P., Valorani, M., & Im, H. G. (2019). Investigation of the turbulent flame structure and topology at different Karlovitz numbers using the tangential stretching rate index. Combustion and Flame, 200, 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.11.023

Turbulent premixed flames at high Karlovitz numbers exhibit highly complex structures in different reactive scalar fields to the extent that the definition of the flame front in an unambiguous manner is not straightforward. This poses a significant c... Read More about Investigation of the turbulent flame structure and topology at different Karlovitz numbers using the tangential stretching rate index.

The role of fan benefits in shaping responses to sponsorship activation (2018)
Journal Article
Dreisbach, J., Woisetschläger, D. M., Backhaus, C., & Cornwell, T. B. (2021). The role of fan benefits in shaping responses to sponsorship activation. Journal of Business Research, 124, 780-789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.11.041

As sponsorship in sports, arts and entertainment has grown, so have the myriad ways to activate partnerships. This study investigates the mechanisms through which sales-oriented activation campaigns affect consumer evaluations. Based on a benefit typ... Read More about The role of fan benefits in shaping responses to sponsorship activation.

'A Night at Stobs' (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A. (2018, November). 'A Night at Stobs'. Presented at The Internment Research Centre (IRC) opening

Presentation on the occasion of the Internment Research Centre (IRC) opening, Hawick, Scotland

New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Khalily, M., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018, November). New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle. Presented at 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Kyoto

In this work it is demonstrated that substrate integrated waveguide longitudinal slotted array antenna (SIWLSAA) which is loaded with metal fences exhibits highisolation across VHF/UHF bands. A reference SIWLSAA used for comparison purpose comprises... Read More about New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle.

Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States (2018)
Journal Article
Julien, S.-A., Cowie, J., & Monios, J. (2020). Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 22(2), 239-264. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-018-0115-y

This paper investigates the evolutionary technical efficiency and productivity of ports in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The focus is primarily on Caribbean SIDS, benchmarked against two comparator groups: major top ports and ports in other... Read More about Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States.

Inspirational Practice Workshop: Deaf Heritage Collective (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamieson, K. (2018, November). Inspirational Practice Workshop: Deaf Heritage Collective. Presented at NCCPE Engage Conference, Edinburgh

In Scotland, Deaf culture has been unacknowledged by the Creative Industries where minority cultural groups are still poorly represented by creative sector funding streams. While the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017 included activity fr... Read More about Inspirational Practice Workshop: Deaf Heritage Collective.

Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Darzentas, D., Flintham, M., & Benford, S. (2018, November). Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences. Presented at PCI '18: 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics, Athens Greece

In this paper we present the creation and deployment of a concerted set of Mixed Reality Technologies designed for creating engaging public experiences and enhanced storytelling opportunities focused on artefacts. Under the title of the Mixed Reality... Read More about Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences.