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Health law and policy, devolution and Brexit (2020)
Journal Article
McHale, J., Speakman, E. M., Hervey, T., & Flear, M. (2021). Health law and policy, devolution and Brexit. Regional Studies, 55(9), 1561-1570. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1736538

The National Health Service (NHS) was a critical symbolic issue in the European Union (EU) referendum. The practical ramifications of Brexit on UK patients, professionals, health research and public health are significant, with particular challenges... Read More about Health law and policy, devolution and Brexit.

The novel between the wars (2020)
Book Chapter
Lyall, S. (in press). The novel between the wars. In I. Duncan (Ed.), The Cambridge History of Scottish Literature. Cambridge University Press

No abstract available.

Forthcoming 2024.

Scottish Modernism and the “Renaissance” (2020)
Book Chapter
Lyall, S. (in press). Scottish Modernism and the “Renaissance”. In I. Duncan (Ed.), The Cambridge History of Scottish Literature. Cambridge University Press

No abstract available.

Forthcoming 2024.

Undergraduate nursing and midwifery student’s attitudes to mental illness (2020)
Journal Article
Hawthorne, A., Fagan, R., Leaver, E., Baxter, J., Logan, P., & Snowden, A. (2020). Undergraduate nursing and midwifery student’s attitudes to mental illness. Nursing Open, 7(4), 1118-1128. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.494

Aim
To explore levels of stigma in students of all fields of nursing and midwifery at different years, and examine the impact of exposure to people with mental illness.

Design
A cross-sectional survey was used.

Methods
The Community Attitude... Read More about Undergraduate nursing and midwifery student’s attitudes to mental illness.

Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System (2020)
Journal Article
Ahmed, A., Shanks, K., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System. Energies, 13(8), Article 1902. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081902

Concentrator photovoltaics have several advantages over flat plate systems. However, the increase in solar concentration usually leads to an increase in the solar cell temperature, which decreases the performance of the system. Therefore, in this pap... Read More about Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System.

Optimal Energy and Reserve Market Management in Renewable Microgrid-PEVs Parking Lot Systems: V2G, Demand Response and Sustainability Costs (2020)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Antunes, C. H., & Trovão, J. P. F. (2020). Optimal Energy and Reserve Market Management in Renewable Microgrid-PEVs Parking Lot Systems: V2G, Demand Response and Sustainability Costs. Energies, 13(8), Article 1884. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081884

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology heralds great promise as a demand-side resource to contribute to more efficient grid management and promote the use of decentralized renewable energy. In this light, we propose a new optimization model for the sustain... Read More about Optimal Energy and Reserve Market Management in Renewable Microgrid-PEVs Parking Lot Systems: V2G, Demand Response and Sustainability Costs.

Physical activity for children and young people aged 5-18 years during COVID-19. Stay safe; be active. (2020)
Other
Fawkner, S., Niven, A., Hanson, S., Williamson, C., & Hanson, C. (2020). Physical activity for children and young people aged 5-18 years during COVID-19. Stay safe; be active. https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/04/13/physical-activity-for-children-and-young-people-aged-5-18-years-during-covid-19-stay-safe-be-active/

Fawkner, S., Niven, A., Hanson, S., Williamson, C., & Hanson, C. (2020). Physical activity for children and young people aged 5-18 years during COVID-19. Stay safe; be active. https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/04/13/physical-activity-for-children-and-y... Read More about Physical activity for children and young people aged 5-18 years during COVID-19. Stay safe; be active..

Smart Systems of Innovation for Smart Places: Challenges in Deploying Digital Platforms for Co-Creation and Data-Intelligence (2020)
Journal Article
Panori, A., Kakderi, C., Komninos, N., Fellnhofer, K., Reid, A., & Mora, L. (2021). Smart Systems of Innovation for Smart Places: Challenges in Deploying Digital Platforms for Co-Creation and Data-Intelligence. Land Use Policy, 111, Article 104631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104631

The effect of digital transformation towards more efficient, place-based and bottom-up innovation policies at different spatial scales has proven significant, as digital technologies modify existing policy-design routines in cities and regions. Smart... Read More about Smart Systems of Innovation for Smart Places: Challenges in Deploying Digital Platforms for Co-Creation and Data-Intelligence.

The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, C., Bahadur Rijal, H., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov Salaj, A. (2020). The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK. In Windsor 2020: Resilient Comfort - Proceedings (298-208)

Considering the prevalence of the different climatic conditions in Northern and Midland regions of the UK, this study investigated the occupants’ thermal comfort requirements in two university campuses in Scotland and England, UK. The aim of this inv... Read More about The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK.

Design and synthesis of novel pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives targeting V600EBRAF (2020)
Journal Article
Abdel-Maksoud, M. S., Ali, E. M., Ammar, U. M., Mersal, K. I., Yoo, K. H., & Oh, C. (2020). Design and synthesis of novel pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives targeting V600EBRAF. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 28(11), Article 115493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115493

Several pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-based B-RAF inhibitors are well known and some of them are currently FDA approved as anticancer agents. Based on the structure of these FDA approved V600E B-RAF inhibitors, two series of pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine scaffold... Read More about Design and synthesis of novel pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives targeting V600EBRAF.

The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services: A systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Stefanidou, T., Hughes, E., Kester, K., Edmondson, A., Majeed-Ariss, R., Smith, C., Ariss, S., Brooker, C., Gilchrist, G., Kendal, S., Lucock, M., Maxted, F., Perot, C., Shallcross, R., Trevillion, K., & Lloyd-Evans, B. (2020). The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services: A systematic review. PLOS ONE, 15(4), Article e0231260. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231260

Background
Specialist sexual assault services, which collect forensic evidence and offer holistic healthcare to people following sexual assault, have been established internationally. In England, these services are called sexual assault referral cen... Read More about The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services: A systematic review.

Experimental investigation on micromachining of epoxy/graphene nano platelet nanocomposites (2020)
Journal Article
Fu, G., Huo, D., Shyha, I., Pancholi, K., & Alzahrani, B. (2020). Experimental investigation on micromachining of epoxy/graphene nano platelet nanocomposites. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 107, 3169-3183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05190-4

This paper investigates the effect of graphene nano platelet (GNP) content (%weight fraction) on the machinability of epoxy/GNP nanocomposites. The machinability of nanocomposites with varying loadings of GNP content was evaluated experimentally thro... Read More about Experimental investigation on micromachining of epoxy/graphene nano platelet nanocomposites.

#50+ fashion Instagram influencers: cognitive age and aesthetic digital labours (2020)
Journal Article
McFarlane, A., & Samsioe, E. (2020). #50+ fashion Instagram influencers: cognitive age and aesthetic digital labours. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 24(3), 399-413. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMM-08-2019-0177

This paper demonstrates how #50+ fashion Instagram influencers contribute to the social construction of cognitive age through their aesthetic digital labours.
Non-participative netnography in the form of visual and textual analysis of over 300 Insta... Read More about #50+ fashion Instagram influencers: cognitive age and aesthetic digital labours.

Returnee Entrepreneurs: A Systematic Literature Review, Thematic Analysis, and Research Agenda (2020)
Journal Article
Gruenhagen, J. H., Davidsson, P., & Sawang, S. (2020). Returnee Entrepreneurs: A Systematic Literature Review, Thematic Analysis, and Research Agenda. Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 16(4), 310-392. https://doi.org/10.1561/0300000096

Returnee entrepreneurs are individuals who return to their home country to start a new venture after studying or working abroad. Such individuals are argued to be key agents of growth and innovation in emerging economies. Hence, they have attracted i... Read More about Returnee Entrepreneurs: A Systematic Literature Review, Thematic Analysis, and Research Agenda.

The Local Optima Level in Chemotherapy Schedule Optimisation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, S. L., & Ochoa, G. (2020, April). The Local Optima Level in Chemotherapy Schedule Optimisation. Presented at EvoCOP 2020: Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, Seville, Spain

In this paper a multi-drug Chemotherapy Schedule Optimisation Problem (CSOP) is subject to Local Optima Network (LON) analysis. LONs capture global patterns in fitness landscapes. CSOPs have not previously been subject to fitness landscape analysis.... Read More about The Local Optima Level in Chemotherapy Schedule Optimisation.

Appropriate adjustments post Brexit: residual jurisdiction and forum non conveniens in UK courts (2020)
Journal Article
Gillies, L. (2020). Appropriate adjustments post Brexit: residual jurisdiction and forum non conveniens in UK courts. Journal of Business Law, 20(3), 161-183

International jurisdiction is fundamental to the effective resolution of cross border disputes. Brexit invites focus on the scope and function of the UK’s future approach to residual jurisdiction. These rules reflect national values whilst managing t... Read More about Appropriate adjustments post Brexit: residual jurisdiction and forum non conveniens in UK courts.

Analysis of a wooden specimen's mechanical properties through acoustic measurements in the very near field (2020)
Journal Article
Pantelić, F., Mijić, M., Šumarac Pavlović, D., Ridley-Ellis, D., & Dudeš, D. (2020). Analysis of a wooden specimen's mechanical properties through acoustic measurements in the very near field. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147(4), EL320-EL325. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001030

This paper presents the method for prediction of some basic mechanical parameters of a wood specimen by using simple instrumentation. The standard acoustic method for assessment of modulus of elasticity using the impulse excitation is extended by usi... Read More about Analysis of a wooden specimen's mechanical properties through acoustic measurements in the very near field.