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Accelerating Retinal Fundus Image Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Reconfigurable Hardware (FPGA) (2019)
Journal Article
Ghani, A., See, C. H., Sudhakaran, V., Ahmad, J., & Abd-Alhammed, R. (2019). Accelerating Retinal Fundus Image Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Reconfigurable Hardware (FPGA). Electronics, 8(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8121522

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and Glaucoma are common eye diseases that affect a blood vessel in the retina and are one of the leading causes of vision loss around the world. Glaucoma is a common eye condition where the optic nerve that connects the eye... Read More about Accelerating Retinal Fundus Image Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Reconfigurable Hardware (FPGA).

Tensiomyography Derived Parameters Reflect Skeletal Muscle Architectural Adaptations Following 6-Weeks of Lower Body Resistance Training (2019)
Journal Article
Wilson, M. T., Ryan, A. M. F., Vallance, S. R., Dias-Dougan, A., Dugdale, J. H., Hunter, A. M., Hamilton, D. L., & Macgregor, L. J. (2019). Tensiomyography Derived Parameters Reflect Skeletal Muscle Architectural Adaptations Following 6-Weeks of Lower Body Resistance Training. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, Article 1493. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01493

Measurement of muscle specific contractile properties in response to resistance training (RT) can provide practitioners valuable information regarding physiological status of individuals. Field based measurements of such contractile properties within... Read More about Tensiomyography Derived Parameters Reflect Skeletal Muscle Architectural Adaptations Following 6-Weeks of Lower Body Resistance Training.

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Blockchain-Based Secure and Trusted Computing for IoT (2019)
Journal Article
Li, S., Yuan, Y., Zhang, J. J., Buchanan, B., Liu, E., & Ramadoss, R. (2019). Guest Editorial Special Issue on Blockchain-Based Secure and Trusted Computing for IoT. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 6(6), 1369-1372. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcss.2019.2954939

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to connect a massive number of smart devices to the Internet. The existing centralized architecture for handling the huge volume of data created in the IoT is facing many research challenges, including securit... Read More about Guest Editorial Special Issue on Blockchain-Based Secure and Trusted Computing for IoT.

Use of ubiquitous real-time bus passenger information (2019)
Journal Article
Islam, M. F., Fonzone, A., MacIver, A., & Dickinson, K. (2020). Use of ubiquitous real-time bus passenger information. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 14(3), 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2019.0324

Ubiquitous real-time passenger information (URTPI) enhances the perceived quality of service of public transport and enables travellers to make better pre-trip and en-route travel choices. The paper presents an exploratory study of the use of URTPI.... Read More about Use of ubiquitous real-time bus passenger information.

A Multi-attributes-based Trust Model of Internet of Vehicle (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ou, W., Luo, E., Tan, Z., Xiang, L., Yi, Q., & Tian, C. (2019). A Multi-attributes-based Trust Model of Internet of Vehicle. In Network and System Security (706-713). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36938-5_45

Internet of Vehicle (IoV) is an open network and it changes in constant, where there are large number of entities. Effective way to keep security of data in IoV is to establish a trustworthy mechanism. Through transmission and dissemination of trust,... Read More about A Multi-attributes-based Trust Model of Internet of Vehicle.

States of exception, human rights, and social harm: Towards a border zemiology (2019)
Journal Article
Soliman, F. (2021). States of exception, human rights, and social harm: Towards a border zemiology. Theoretical Criminology, 25(2), 228-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480619890069

Crimmigration, that is, the merging of criminal and migration law, is receiving increasing attention within criminology. However, while crimmigration widens our understanding of coercion and punishment, it is a reductive lens through which to make se... Read More about States of exception, human rights, and social harm: Towards a border zemiology.

Single-item satisfaction scores mask large variations in pain, function and joint awareness in patients following total joint arthroplasty (2019)
Journal Article
Loth, F. L., Giesinger, J. M., Giesinger, K., Howie, C. R., & Hamilton, D. F. (2020). Single-item satisfaction scores mask large variations in pain, function and joint awareness in patients following total joint arthroplasty. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, 30(2), 267-274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-019-02560-x

Introduction
Single-item questions assessing patient satisfaction following total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) provide immediate and comprehensible information. However, they have limited reliability as satisfaction as a concept is influenced... Read More about Single-item satisfaction scores mask large variations in pain, function and joint awareness in patients following total joint arthroplasty.

Introduction to the Special Section on Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): The Evolution of a Disorder (2019)
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., & Levendosky, A. A. (2019). Introduction to the Special Section on Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): The Evolution of a Disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 32(6), 817-821. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22476

The inclusion of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases is an important development in the field of psychotraumatology. Complex PTSD was developed as a response to a clinical... Read More about Introduction to the Special Section on Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): The Evolution of a Disorder.

SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papadopoulos, S., Galassini, A., Ruksnaitis, L., Farhat, N., Kiselychnyk, O., Midgley, W., & Degano, M. (2019). SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation. . https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8926931

This paper proposes a new ultra-reliable architecture for fully electric propulsion primarily aimed at the automotive sector. The system considers a direct drive arrangement, minimizing the number of moving components and is based on a network of mul... Read More about SMART: Modular Architecture for Reliable Transportation.

Population health as a 'platform' for nurse education: A qualitative study of nursing leaders (2019)
Journal Article
Lasater, K., Atherton, I. M., & Kyle, R. G. (2020). Population health as a 'platform' for nurse education: A qualitative study of nursing leaders. Nurse Education Today, 86, Article 104313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104313

Background: Challenges to the sustainability of global healthcare systems are prompting a shift towards more population-focused models of care. Nurse educators need to develop courses that prepare students for population health practice. However, the... Read More about Population health as a 'platform' for nurse education: A qualitative study of nursing leaders.

The Flying Car - Emergent Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Policies and Standards concerns (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hulme, K., Anastasopoulos, P. C., Still, S., Fountas, G., Sonduru Pantangi, S., Ahmed, S. S., & Eker, U. (2019). The Flying Car - Emergent Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Policies and Standards concerns.

Emergent modes of Transportation are becoming increasingly paramount to our everyday lives. Simultaneously however, our surface transportation infrastructure is suffering from overuse, extreme traffic congestion, and roadway disrepair, which necessit... Read More about The Flying Car - Emergent Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Policies and Standards concerns.

Scraping cytology and scanning electron microscopy in diagnosis and therapy of corneal ulcer by mycobacterium infection (2019)
Journal Article
Del Prete, S., Marasco, D., Del Prete, A., Meloni, M., Capaldi, R., Grumetto, L., & Russo, G. (2019). Scraping cytology and scanning electron microscopy in diagnosis and therapy of corneal ulcer by mycobacterium infection. Archives of Case Reports, 3(1), 50-53. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.acr.1001024

Purpose: This work is aimed at demonstrating that scraping cytology and scanning electron microscopy can successfully assist in the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection. For this purpose, we report the use of both these techniques in th... Read More about Scraping cytology and scanning electron microscopy in diagnosis and therapy of corneal ulcer by mycobacterium infection.

Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Grant, K., & Williams, R. (2019). Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

The UK public sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with a growing demand for leaders and leadership to improve the delivery of sustainable public services. This Reflective Learning Paper is co-written by Kirsteen Grant, Associate Professor (Wor... Read More about Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action.

Uptake of a primary care atrial fibrillation screening program (AF-SMART): a realist evaluation of implementation in metropolitan and rural general practice (2019)
Journal Article
Orchard, J., Li, J., Gallagher, R., Freedman, B., Lowres, N., & Neubeck, L. (2019). Uptake of a primary care atrial fibrillation screening program (AF-SMART): a realist evaluation of implementation in metropolitan and rural general practice. BMC Family Practice, 20, Article 170 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-1058-9

Background
Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) in people aged ≥65 years is recommended by international guidelines. The Atrial Fibrillation Screen, Management And guideline-Recommended Therapy (AF-SMART) studies of opportunistic AF screening in... Read More about Uptake of a primary care atrial fibrillation screening program (AF-SMART): a realist evaluation of implementation in metropolitan and rural general practice.

Assessment of knowledge of secondary/high school students on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), HIV, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV), nutrition and substance use and abuse in Lesotho (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nyangu, I. (2019, December). Assessment of knowledge of secondary/high school students on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), HIV, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV), nutrition and substance use and abuse in Lesotho. Paper presented at 11th National Health Research Forum

Opencache: Distributed sdn/nfv based in-network caching as a service (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alalmaei, S., Broadbent, M., Race, N., & Chelloug, S. (2019, December). Opencache: Distributed sdn/nfv based in-network caching as a service. Presented at ICC: International Conference on Computing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

In-network content caching allows content to be located towards the edge of the network, closer to users. This approach addresses the challenge of exponentially increasing video traffic. We consider OpenCache: an open-source, highly configurable, eff... Read More about Opencache: Distributed sdn/nfv based in-network caching as a service.

Lead-free (Ba,Sr)TiO3 – BiFeO3 based multilayer ceramic capacitors with high energy density (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, G., Lu, Z., Li, J., Ji, H., Yang, H., Li, L., Sun, S., Feteira, A., Yang, H., Zuo, R., Wang, D., & Reaney, I. M. (2020). Lead-free (Ba,Sr)TiO3 – BiFeO3 based multilayer ceramic capacitors with high energy density. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(4), 1779-1783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.12.009

High recoverable energy density (10 J cm−3) multilayers have been fabricated from lead-free 0.61BiFeO3-0.33(Ba0.8Sr0.2)TiO3-0.06La(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3 ceramics. High breakdown strength > 730 kV cm-1 was achieved through the optimisation of multilayer proce... Read More about Lead-free (Ba,Sr)TiO3 – BiFeO3 based multilayer ceramic capacitors with high energy density.

Adherence to Cardiac Medications in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Pilot Study (2019)
Journal Article
Pacleb, A., Lowres, N., Randall, S., Neubeck, L., & Gallagher, R. (2020). Adherence to Cardiac Medications in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Pilot Study. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29(7), e131-e139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.11.012

Background
Non-adherence to medications is common in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), increasing the risk of stroke, co-morbidities, and AF symptoms. Understanding factors influencing medication adherence is important in providing holistic ca... Read More about Adherence to Cardiac Medications in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Pilot Study.