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Validity and Consistency of Concurrent Extraction of Gait Features Using Inertial Measurement Units and Motion Capture System (2020)
Journal Article
Anwary, A. R., Yu, H., Callaway, A., & Vassallo, M. (2021). Validity and Consistency of Concurrent Extraction of Gait Features Using Inertial Measurement Units and Motion Capture System. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(2), 1625-1634. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2020.3021501

Conditions causing gait abnormalities are very common and their treatment requires the detailed assessment of gait. Currently such assessments are carried out in gait laboratories and require the use of complex and expensive equipment. To increase av... Read More about Validity and Consistency of Concurrent Extraction of Gait Features Using Inertial Measurement Units and Motion Capture System.

Development of Global Film Industry: Industrial Competition and Cooperation in the Context of Globalization (2020)
Book
Li, J. Q., Guan, Y., & Lu, H. (Eds.). (2020). Development of Global Film Industry: Industrial Competition and Cooperation in the Context of Globalization. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003051503

The global film industry has witnessed significant transformations in the past few years. Regions outside the USA have begun to prosper while non-traditional production companies such as Netflix have assumed a larger market share and online movies ad... Read More about Development of Global Film Industry: Industrial Competition and Cooperation in the Context of Globalization.

Midwives' role in screening for antenatal depression and postnatal depression (2020)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., Norris, G., & Martin, C. R. (2020). Midwives' role in screening for antenatal depression and postnatal depression. British Journal of Midwifery, 28(9), 666-672. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2020.28.9.666

This is an educational paper which aims to inform midwives of tools available to help them make appropriate provisional diagnosis of perinatal depression. A second aim of the paper is to increase midwives' awareness of the relatively newer diagnosis... Read More about Midwives' role in screening for antenatal depression and postnatal depression.

Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development (2020)
Book Chapter
Robertson, P. J. (2021). Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development. In P. J. Robertson, T. Hooley, & P. McCash (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Career Development. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190069704.013.26

Evidence is essential to enable practitioners and services to best meet the needs of their service users. The concept of evidence-based practice has been imported to career development, but its implicit medical model is problematic to apply to the so... Read More about Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development.

The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework (2020)
Book Chapter
Robertson, P. J. (2021). The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework. In P. J. Robertson, T. Hooley, & P. McCash (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Career Development. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190069704.013.9

This chapter explores and questions the aims of public policy for career development. In the early years of the 21st century, an international consensus emerged in the literature describing the intentions of governments when they seek to intervene in... Read More about The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework.

A secure edge monitoring approach to unsupervised energy disaggregation using mean shift algorithm in residential buildings (2020)
Journal Article
Liu, Q., Nakoty, F. M., Wu, X., Anaadumba, R., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., & Qi, L. (2020). A secure edge monitoring approach to unsupervised energy disaggregation using mean shift algorithm in residential buildings. Computer Communications, 162, 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2020.08.024

Compared to Intrusive Load Monitoring which uses smart power meters at each level to be monitored, Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) is an ingenious way that relies on signal readings at a single point to deduce the share of the devices that have... Read More about A secure edge monitoring approach to unsupervised energy disaggregation using mean shift algorithm in residential buildings.

Refocusing modern methods of construction on the climate emergency: a 'five capitals' model for action (2020)
Journal Article
Campbell, A., Hairstans, R., & Jones, G. (2020). Refocusing modern methods of construction on the climate emergency: a 'five capitals' model for action. The structural engineer : journal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, 98(9), 22-28

Adrian Campbell, Robert Hairstans and Giulia Jones explain how natural, human, social, manufactured and economic capital can all benefit from a sustainability-focused approach to off -site manufacturing.

A Novel Generation-Adversarial-Network-Based Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Method for Intelligent Vehicular Networks (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Liu, Y., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Zomaya, A. Y., Min, G., & Hawbani, A. (2021). A Novel Generation-Adversarial-Network-Based Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Method for Intelligent Vehicular Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 8(3), 2066-2077. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2020.3021141

Prediction of the future location of vehicles and other mobile targets is instrumental in intelligent transportation system applications. In fact, networking schemes and protocols based on machine learning can benefit from the results of such accurat... Read More about A Novel Generation-Adversarial-Network-Based Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Method for Intelligent Vehicular Networks.

Changes and Continuities in Adoption Social Work: Adoption in Scotland Since the 1968 Act (2020)
Journal Article
Critchley-Morris, A., Cowan, P., Grant, M., & Hardy, M. (2021). Changes and Continuities in Adoption Social Work: Adoption in Scotland Since the 1968 Act. British Journal of Social Work, 51(6), 2061-2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa114

This article charts changes and continuities in the social work role in adoption since 1968. The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 established the Children’s Hearing System, Scotland’s unique approach to child welfare in which lay volunteers make decis... Read More about Changes and Continuities in Adoption Social Work: Adoption in Scotland Since the 1968 Act.

Compassion as a Powerful Intervention: How the interactions between women, midwives and maternity services influence women’s childbirth experiences and subsequent trauma (2020)
Journal Article
Patterson, J., & Ménage, D. (2020). Compassion as a Powerful Intervention: How the interactions between women, midwives and maternity services influence women’s childbirth experiences and subsequent trauma. Practising Midwife, 23(08), https://doi.org/10.55975/iaod9019

This article combines work from two separate PhD research studies by Dr Jenny Patterson and Dr Diane Ménage.
These studies explored, from different perspectives, how the nature of interactions between midwives and women may
contribute to, or preven... Read More about Compassion as a Powerful Intervention: How the interactions between women, midwives and maternity services influence women’s childbirth experiences and subsequent trauma.

Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow (2020)
Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2020). Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow. [Application]

An online demo version of the application can be viewed at https://jsvnc.shinyapps.io/dashboard-pivot-data/;
Please allow a minute to load, then click on "Load made-up data" on the top of the page, and wait for the data to finish loading (there will... Read More about Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow.

African BIM Report 2020 (2020)
Report
Saka, A., Itanola, M., Olawumi, T., Kori, S., Hamma-adama, M., Akinradewo, O., Fordjour Antwi-Afari, M., Ayinla, K., Banahene Blay, K., Adamu, Z., Kaduma, L., Blay, K., Udeze, O., Kolo, S., Markafi, U., Khalid, B., Yusuf, H., Aghimien, E. I., Olanrewaju, O., Aliu, S., …Mimoun, M. (2020). African BIM Report 2020. Abuja, Nigeria: BIM AFRICA

While it may seem like the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) across Africa is slow-paced, the increasing advocacy efforts from various stakeholders is now resulting in a widespread drive for implementation and deployment. Coupled with... Read More about African BIM Report 2020.

A Feasibility Study for the Optimized Development of Renewable Air-Conditioning for Different Climatic Conditions (2020)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2020). A Feasibility Study for the Optimized Development of Renewable Air-Conditioning for Different Climatic Conditions. Environmental management and sustainable development, 9(3), 87-109. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v9i3.17459

This paper aims to present renewable air-conditioning as a sustainable system for varied climatic conditions with the feasibility of optimization to reduce the level of energy consumption and the rate of carbon emissions. Extreme use of air-condition... Read More about A Feasibility Study for the Optimized Development of Renewable Air-Conditioning for Different Climatic Conditions.

International Legal Cooperation and the Principle of Harmonisation: Lessons from Cross-Border Insolvency (2020)
Journal Article
Ghio, E. (2020). International Legal Cooperation and the Principle of Harmonisation: Lessons from Cross-Border Insolvency. Juris Poiesis, 23(32), 576-581. https://doi.org/10.5935/2448-0517.20200026

This project assesses how harmonisation can be promoted and achieved in the EU without a completely uniform legal system in place. The project focuses on international legal cooperation as a means to promote harmonisation throughout the EU. It uses t... Read More about International Legal Cooperation and the Principle of Harmonisation: Lessons from Cross-Border Insolvency.

Learner autonomy in music performance practices (2020)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., Wong, P. W. Y., & Lam, C. Y. (2020). Learner autonomy in music performance practices. British Journal of Music Education, 37(3), 234-246. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265051720000170

The language of music shares a number of basic processing mechanisms with natural languages, yet studies of learner autonomy in music education are rare. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of fostering music students’ learner autonomy in per... Read More about Learner autonomy in music performance practices.

DNA and Plaintext Dependent Chaotic Visual Selective Image Encryption (2020)
Journal Article
Khan, J. S., Boulila, W., Ahmad, J., Rubaiee, S., Rehman, A. U., Alroobaea, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2020). DNA and Plaintext Dependent Chaotic Visual Selective Image Encryption. IEEE Access, 8, 159732-159744. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3020917

Visual selective image encryption can both improve the efficiency of the image encryption algorithm and reduce the frequency and severity of attacks against data. In this article, a new form of encryption is proposed based on keys derived from Deoxyri... Read More about DNA and Plaintext Dependent Chaotic Visual Selective Image Encryption.

Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource (2020)
Journal Article
Robb, L., & Moffat, S. (2020). Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 8(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v8i1.402

Evidence from UK universities’ Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) concluded that whilst confident and experienced in their area of practice, some find the prospect of returning to study in an on-line environment and making the transition to... Read More about Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource.

The truth is in the detail: predators attack aposematic prey with less aggression than other prey types (2020)
Journal Article
Yamazaki, Y., Pagani-Núñez, E., Sota, T., & Barnett, C. R. (2020). The truth is in the detail: predators attack aposematic prey with less aggression than other prey types. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131(2), 332-343. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa119

Aposematic organisms are often unprofitable to predators (e.g. because of defensive chemicals) which they advertise with a conspicuous signal (e.g. bright and conspicuous colour signals). Aposematism is thought to reduce predation of prey because the... Read More about The truth is in the detail: predators attack aposematic prey with less aggression than other prey types.

Evaluation of Ensemble Learning for Android Malware Family Identification (2020)
Journal Article
Wylie, J., Tan, Z., Al-Dubai, A., & Wang, J. (2020). Evaluation of Ensemble Learning for Android Malware Family Identification. Journal of Guangzhou University (Natural Science Edition), 19(4), 28-41

Every Android malware sample generally belongs to a specific family that performs a similar set of actions and characteristics. Having the ability to effectively identify Android malware families can assist in addressing the damage caused by malware.... Read More about Evaluation of Ensemble Learning for Android Malware Family Identification.