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FELIDS: Federated learning-based intrusion detection system for agricultural Internet of Things (2022)
Journal Article
Friha, O., Ferrag, M. A., Shu, L., Maglaras, L., Choo, K. R., & Nafaa, M. (2022). FELIDS: Federated learning-based intrusion detection system for agricultural Internet of Things. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 165, 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2022.03.003

In this paper, we propose a federated learning-based intrusion detection system, named FELIDS, for securing agricultural-IoT infrastructures. Specifically, the FELIDS system protects data privacy through local learning, where devices benefit from the... Read More about FELIDS: Federated learning-based intrusion detection system for agricultural Internet of Things.

Antimicrobial Resistance and Machine Learning: Challenges and Opportunities (2022)
Journal Article
Elyan, E., Hussain, A., Sheikh, A., Elmanama, A. A., Vuttipittayamongkol, P., & Hijazi, K. (2022). Antimicrobial Resistance and Machine Learning: Challenges and Opportunities. IEEE Access, 10, 31561-31577. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3160213

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the top ten global health threats. Inappropriate use of antibiotics around the world and in particular in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), wher... Read More about Antimicrobial Resistance and Machine Learning: Challenges and Opportunities.

Unlocking the Value of Stockpiled Mobile Handsets: a Delphi Evaluation of Factors Influencing End of Use (2022)
Journal Article
Pierron, X., Williams, I. D., & Shaw, P. J. (2022). Unlocking the Value of Stockpiled Mobile Handsets: a Delphi Evaluation of Factors Influencing End of Use. Detritus: Multidisciplinary journal for Waste Resources and Residues, 12-23. https://doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2022.15159

Meeting consumers’ demands for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) products in the face of diminishing natural resources necessitate a shift from take-make-dispose to circular economy approaches. Mobile handsets are ubiquitous but only a fracti... Read More about Unlocking the Value of Stockpiled Mobile Handsets: a Delphi Evaluation of Factors Influencing End of Use.

Burdens of Proposing: On the Burden of Proof in Deliberation Dialogues (2022)
Journal Article
Godden, D., & Wells, S. (2022). Burdens of Proposing: On the Burden of Proof in Deliberation Dialogues. Informal Logic, 42(1), 291-342. https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v42i1.7225

This paper considers the probative burdens of proposing action or policy options in deliberation dialogues. Do proposers bear a burden of proof? Building on pioneering work by Douglas Walton (2010), and following on a growing literature within comput... Read More about Burdens of Proposing: On the Burden of Proof in Deliberation Dialogues.

GLASS: A Citizen-Centric Distributed Data-Sharing Model within an e-Governance Architecture (2022)
Journal Article
Lo, O., Buchanan, W., Sayeed, S., Papadopoulos, P., Pitropakis, N., & Chrysoulas, C. (2022). GLASS: A Citizen-Centric Distributed Data-Sharing Model within an e-Governance Architecture. Sensors, 22(6), Article 2291. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22062291

E-governance is a process that aims to enhance a government’s ability to simplify all the processes that may involve government, citizens, businesses, and so on. The rapid evolution of digital technologies has often created the necessity for the esta... Read More about GLASS: A Citizen-Centric Distributed Data-Sharing Model within an e-Governance Architecture.

Disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine: A scoping literature review of emerging challenges and vulnerabilities (2022)
Report
Anderson, D., & Sharapov, K. (2022). Disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine: A scoping literature review of emerging challenges and vulnerabilities. Edinburgh: AHRC

This paper presents a synthesis of the available literature on the topics of disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine. The discussion contained here represents a scoping review, rather than a systematic narrative literature review; however a... Read More about Disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine: A scoping literature review of emerging challenges and vulnerabilities.

Restorative Justice: Another Way of Doing Justice in Scotland? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchan, J. (2022, March). Restorative Justice: Another Way of Doing Justice in Scotland?. Presented at Morningside Justice and Peace, Edinburgh [Online]

In this invited talk for Morningside Justice and Peace, I introduce the concept of restorative justice, discuss its history and some critical issues in the field and then report on findings from two pieces of Edinburgh Napier research looking at rest... Read More about Restorative Justice: Another Way of Doing Justice in Scotland?.

Organ-specific or personalized treatment for COVID-19: rationale, evidence, and potential candidates (2022)
Journal Article
Mousavi, S. Z., Rahmanian, M., & Sami, A. (2022). Organ-specific or personalized treatment for COVID-19: rationale, evidence, and potential candidates. Functional and Integrative Genomics, 22(3), 429-433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-022-00841-z

Although extrapulmonary manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are increasingly reported, no effective therapeutic strategy for these multisystemic complications is available due to a poor understanding of the pathophysiology of COVID-... Read More about Organ-specific or personalized treatment for COVID-19: rationale, evidence, and potential candidates.

Serving the regime: The state police and Kenya's electoral authoritarianism (2022)
Book Chapter
Wairuri, K. (2022). Serving the regime: The state police and Kenya's electoral authoritarianism. In J. Bach (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa (354-366). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429426957-34

This chapter seeks to understand the designation of Kenya as a competitive authoritarian state through an examination of the use of the state police to, as it were, police politics. The use of state security apparatuses to enhance the capacity of the... Read More about Serving the regime: The state police and Kenya's electoral authoritarianism.

Value Creation in the Public Service Ecosystem: An Integrative Framework (2022)
Journal Article
Osborne, S. P., Powell, M., Cui, T., & Strokosch, K. (2022). Value Creation in the Public Service Ecosystem: An Integrative Framework. Public Administration Review, 82(4), 634-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13474

This article develops the concept of the “public service ecosystem” across four levels—the institutional, service, individual, and beliefs levels. It does this by integrating service management and marketing theory with public administration and mana... Read More about Value Creation in the Public Service Ecosystem: An Integrative Framework.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a systematic review of physical and psychosocial recovery following discharge from hospital (2022)
Journal Article
Neubeck, L., McHale, S., Ross, M., MacGillvray, S., Galbraith, M., & Hanson, C. (2022). Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a systematic review of physical and psychosocial recovery following discharge from hospital. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 21(7), 665-676. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvac009

Introduction
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction, particularly among women. SCAD survivors may not know what physical activity is safe and effective and there may be... Read More about Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a systematic review of physical and psychosocial recovery following discharge from hospital.

An Intelligent Method for Upper Limb Posture Recognition Based on Limited MEMS Data (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, Z., Wu, X., Liu, Q., & Liu, X. (2021, October). An Intelligent Method for Upper Limb Posture Recognition Based on Limited MEMS Data. Presented at The 6th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (2021) (CyberSciTech 2021), AB, Canada [Online]

There are more than 10 million new stroke cases worldwide every year, and stroke has become one of the main causes of death and disability. In recent years, with the rapid development of computer science and technology, through the combination of Int... Read More about An Intelligent Method for Upper Limb Posture Recognition Based on Limited MEMS Data.

Improving Domestic NILM Using An Attention- Enabled Seq2Point Learning Approach (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, J., Sun, J., Gan, J., Liu, Q., & Liu, X. (2021, October). Improving Domestic NILM Using An Attention- Enabled Seq2Point Learning Approach. Presented at The 6th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (2021) (CyberSciTech 2021), AB, Canada [Online]

The past decade have seen a growth in Internet technology, the overlap of cyberspace and social space provides great convenience for people's life. The in-depth study of non-intrusive load management (NILM) promotes the development of multi-integrati... Read More about Improving Domestic NILM Using An Attention- Enabled Seq2Point Learning Approach.

Cu2O-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Non-Invasive and Portable Glucose Detection (2022)
Journal Article
Franco, F. F., Hogg, R. A., & Manjakkal, L. (2022). Cu2O-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Non-Invasive and Portable Glucose Detection. Biosensors, 12(3), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12030174

Electrochemical voltammetric sensors are some of the most promising types of sensors for monitoring various physiological analytes due to their implementation as non-invasive and portable devices. Advantages in reduced analysis time, cost-effectivene... Read More about Cu2O-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Non-Invasive and Portable Glucose Detection.

High Steaks: Climate Change Mitigation in the Cattle Sector (2022)
Thesis
Williams, R. (2022). High Steaks: Climate Change Mitigation in the Cattle Sector. (Thesis). European University Institute. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2886694

Increasingly, the environmental impact of animal agriculture is being recognised. In the past, climate criticism was largely reserved for the fossil fuel sector, or even the transport and aviation sectors. However, now it is being realised that the a... Read More about High Steaks: Climate Change Mitigation in the Cattle Sector.

What makes inpatient treatment for PTSD effective? Investigating daily therapy process factors (2022)
Journal Article
Kratzer, L., Schiepek, G., Heinz, P., Schöller, H., Knefel, M., Haselgruber, A., & Karatzias, T. (2022). What makes inpatient treatment for PTSD effective? Investigating daily therapy process factors. Psychotherapy Research, 32(7), 847-859. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2022.2050830

Objective
Therapeutic process factors including alliance and motivation are considered to play a key role in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Yet, our understanding of change processes in therapy is mostly based on theoretical... Read More about What makes inpatient treatment for PTSD effective? Investigating daily therapy process factors.