All Outputs (1547)

On the use of serious games technology to facilitate large-scale training in cybercrime response (2017)
Journal Article
Coull, N., Donald, I., Ferguson, I., Keane, E., Mitchell, T., Smith, O. V., Stevenson, E., & Tomkins, P. (2017). On the use of serious games technology to facilitate large-scale training in cybercrime response. European Police Science and Research Bulletin, Special Conference Edition, 123--130

As technology becomes pervasive in everyday life, there are very few crimes that don’t have some ‘cyber’ element to them. The vast majority of crime now has some digital footprint; whether it’s from a CCTV camera, mobile phone or IoT device, there ex... Read More about On the use of serious games technology to facilitate large-scale training in cybercrime response.

The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography (2017)
Journal Article
Sharp, S., Mcallister, M., & Broadbent, M. (2017). The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography. Collegian, 25(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.02.002

Problem: Person centred care is a key indicator of quality care and a policy direction in many hospitals yet some patients experience care that falls short of this standard.
Background: Health services worldwide are prioritising the delivery of pers... Read More about The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography.

Mental Health and Unemployment in Scotland: Understanding the impact of welfare reforms in Scotland for individuals with mental health conditions (2017)
Report
Maclean, G., Marks, A., & Cowan, S. (2017). Mental Health and Unemployment in Scotland: Understanding the impact of welfare reforms in Scotland for individuals with mental health conditions. Edinburgh: Carnegie Trust

During 2016, 30 individuals with a mental health condition (who claimed ESA, have had their ESA withdrawn and moved on to JSA, or have been directed into the WRAG group based on the decision of the WCA) were interviewed. The 30 participants were recr... Read More about Mental Health and Unemployment in Scotland: Understanding the impact of welfare reforms in Scotland for individuals with mental health conditions.

Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews (2017)
Journal Article
McClatchey, K., Murray, J., Rowat, A., & Chouliara, Z. (2017). Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 47(6), 729-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12336

Suicide is a global public health problem and with recent economic and societal changes, there may be emerging risk factors unrecognised by healthcare professionals. The aim of this systematic review is to update existing suicide risk factor literatu... Read More about Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews.

Identifying competitive strategies for each phase of the intermodal terminal life cycle (2017)
Journal Article
Monios, J., & Bergqvist, R. (2017). Identifying competitive strategies for each phase of the intermodal terminal life cycle. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 23, 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2017.02.007

This paper applies the marketing strategy literature to the four phases of the intermodal terminal life cycle (ITLC) to identify the appropriate competitive strategy to be undertaken at each phase, based on fluctuating markets and competitor behaviou... Read More about Identifying competitive strategies for each phase of the intermodal terminal life cycle.

Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medboe, H., Bares, W., Webster, E., Frost Fadnes, P., Inglis, C., Kahr, M., Stefanie, R., & Heyman, M. (2016, July). Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe. Presented at Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe, Edinburgh, UK

Following popular exposure in France to the proto-jazz of James Reese Europe and his 369th “Harlem Hellfighters” Infantry Regiment during the latter years of WW1, the jazz bug took hold and, in the period that followed, spread throughout Europe. This... Read More about Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe.

Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners (2017)
Journal Article
Long, J. J., Butchart, M., Brown, M., Bain, J., McMillan, A., & Karatzias, T. (2018). Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(2), e244-e252. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12330

Background: The research reported here sought to evaluate whether a dedicated education programme in vision awareness improved the knowledge and skills of autism support practitioners in identifying visual impairment in autistic people with intellect... Read More about Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners.

Examining the Disconnect Between Psychometric Models and Clinical Reality of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2017)
Journal Article
Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Bisson, J. I., & Roberts, N. P. (2017). Examining the Disconnect Between Psychometric Models and Clinical Reality of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 47, 54-59

There have been many factor analytic studies aimed at testing alternative latent structures of DSM-IV and DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The primary rationale for such studies is that determining the ‘best’ factor analytic model... Read More about Examining the Disconnect Between Psychometric Models and Clinical Reality of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

The Greater The Power, The More Dangerous The Abuse: Facing Malicious Insiders in The Cloud (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitropakis, N., Lyvas, C., & Lambrinoudakis, C. (2017, February). The Greater The Power, The More Dangerous The Abuse: Facing Malicious Insiders in The Cloud. Presented at The Eighth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization, Athens, Greece

The financial crisis made companies around the world search for cheaper and more efficient solutions to cover their needs in terms of computational power and storage. Their quest came to end with the birth of Cloud Computing infrastructures. However,... Read More about The Greater The Power, The More Dangerous The Abuse: Facing Malicious Insiders in The Cloud.

Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship (2017)
Journal Article
Perchard, A., MacKenzie, N. G., Decker, S., & Favero, G. (2017). Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship. Business History, 59(6), 904-927. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2017.1280025

On the back of recent and significant new debates on the use of history within business and management studies, we consider the perception of historians as being anti-theory and of having methodological shortcomings; and business and management schol... Read More about Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship.

‘Determined to breastfeed’: A case study of exclusive breastfeeding using interpretative phenomenological analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Charlick, S. J., Fielder, A., Pincombe, J., & McKellar, L. (2017). ‘Determined to breastfeed’: A case study of exclusive breastfeeding using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Women and Birth, 30(4), 325-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.01.002

Background
Given the significant benefits of breastfeeding, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend exclusive breastfeeding for six months. Despite numerous strategies aimed at increasing the percentage of babies who are exclusively breastfed,... Read More about ‘Determined to breastfeed’: A case study of exclusive breastfeeding using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Mitigating the effect of series capacitance unbalance on the voltage reduction capability of an auxiliary CSI used as switching ripple active filter (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papadopoulos, S., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2016, September). Mitigating the effect of series capacitance unbalance on the voltage reduction capability of an auxiliary CSI used as switching ripple active filter. Presented at 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, USA

The use of series connected capacitors for high voltage applications has been proven to be beneficial for voltage stress reduction across power semiconductors. In a 3-phase grid any asymmetry in the value of the series capacitance may lead to signifi... Read More about Mitigating the effect of series capacitance unbalance on the voltage reduction capability of an auxiliary CSI used as switching ripple active filter.

Intergroup contact and the potential for post-conflict reconciliation: Studies in Northern Ireland and South Africa. (2017)
Journal Article
Tropp, L. R., Hawi, D. R., O'Brien, T. C., Gheorghiu, M., Zetes, A., & Butz, D. A. (2017). Intergroup contact and the potential for post-conflict reconciliation: Studies in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 23(3), 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000236

With surveys of Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, and Whites and Blacks in South Africa, this research examines how both contact quality and exposure to intergroup conflict predict attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors relevant to intergroup... Read More about Intergroup contact and the potential for post-conflict reconciliation: Studies in Northern Ireland and South Africa..

Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
Lennon, M. R., Bouamrane, M., Devlin, A. M., O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., Chetty, U., Agbakoba, R., Bikker, A., Grieve, E., Finch, T., Watson, N., Wyke, S., & Mair, F. S. (2017). Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(2), Article e42. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.6900

Background: Digital health has the potential to support care delivery for chronic illness. Despite positive evidence from localized implementations, new technologies have proven slow to become accepted, integrated, and routinized at scale.

Objecti... Read More about Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom.

Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains (2017)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Telfer, I. (2017). Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 23(4), 131-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/08854726.2017.1279935

Chaplains are employed by health organizations around the world to support patients in recognizing and addressing their spiritual needs. There is currently no generalizable measure of the impact of these interventions and so the clinical and strategi... Read More about Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains.

Ocean Floating Solar Still (2017)
Report
Muhammad Sukki, F., Jamieson, R., Arnott, S., Calarasu, M., Thomson, D., & Elliot, S. (2017). Ocean Floating Solar Still. Scottish Funding Council

Are developments in mental scanning and mental rotation related? (2017)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., Robinson, E. J., & Doherty, M. J. (2017). Are developments in mental scanning and mental rotation related?. PLOS ONE, 12, Article e0171762. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171762

The development and relation of mental scanning and mental rotation were examined in 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-year old children and adults (N = 102). Based on previous findings from adults and ageing populations, the key question was whether they develop as a... Read More about Are developments in mental scanning and mental rotation related?.

Glitchspace: teaching programming through puzzles in cyberspace (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donald, I., & MacLeod, K. (2017). Glitchspace: teaching programming through puzzles in cyberspace. In M. Pivec, & J. Grundler (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2017 (148--154)

There is an increasing need to address the player experience in games-based learning. Whilst games offer enormous potential as learning experiences, the balance between entertainment and education must be carefully designed and delivered. Successful... Read More about Glitchspace: teaching programming through puzzles in cyberspace.

Woman's Experience of Childbirth: Qualitative Analysis from Data Derived from the 30-Item-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale (2017)
Journal Article
Procter, S., Hollins Martin, C. J., Larkin, D., & Martin, C. R. (2017). Woman's Experience of Childbirth: Qualitative Analysis from Data Derived from the 30-Item-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale. Journal of Nursing and Practice, 1(1), 10-17

Background: The 30-Item-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale (30-item-BSS) was developed to evaluate women’s experiences of
childbirth.
Objective: To thematically analyse the qualitative responses to questions comprising the 30-item BSS questionnaire, to ident... Read More about Woman's Experience of Childbirth: Qualitative Analysis from Data Derived from the 30-Item-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale.

The Role of Interactive Technology in the Co-creation of Experience in Scottish Visitor Attractions (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, E. (2017). The Role of Interactive Technology in the Co-creation of Experience in Scottish Visitor Attractions. In PhD Workshop Research Proposals (113-118)

As a sector reliant on the creation of memorable experiences, visitor attractions (VAs) have increasingly turned to interactive technology as a platform for engaging and communicating with visitors. However, little is known about how these technologi... Read More about The Role of Interactive Technology in the Co-creation of Experience in Scottish Visitor Attractions.