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Scottish Government Consultation Response: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law (2019)
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Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019). Scottish Government Consultation Response: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law

Response to the Scottish Government Consultation: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law. Response 308224602 by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane, Edinburgh Napier University (Child and Family Law and Policy Team)... Read More about Scottish Government Consultation Response: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law.

The story of the Scottish patient reported outcome measure: an example of innovation, collaboration and education in chaplaincy research (2019)
Book Chapter
Snowden, A., & Telfer, I. (2019). The story of the Scottish patient reported outcome measure: an example of innovation, collaboration and education in chaplaincy research. In E. Kelly, & J. Swinton (Eds.), Chaplaincy and the Soul of Health and Social Care (187-202). Jessica Kingsley Publishers

The effects of syllable and utterance position on tongue shape and gestural magnitude in /l/ and /r (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lawson, E., Leplatre, G., Stuart-Smith, J., & Scobbie, J. M. (2019, August). The effects of syllable and utterance position on tongue shape and gestural magnitude in /l/ and /r. Presented at 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia

This paper is an ultrasound-based articulatory study of the impact of syllable-position and utterance position on tongue shape and tongue-gesture magnitude in liquid consonants in American, Irish and Scottish English. Mixed effects modelling was used... Read More about The effects of syllable and utterance position on tongue shape and gestural magnitude in /l/ and /r.

External Refractive Index Sensitivity Enhancement of a Long Period Grating by Graphene Oxide Overlay (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dissanayake, K., Ghosh, S., Binetti, L., Rente, B., Alwis, L., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. (2019, July). External Refractive Index Sensitivity Enhancement of a Long Period Grating by Graphene Oxide Overlay. Presented at Latin Americal Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors (LAWOFS2019), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In this paper, an external refractive index sensor is presented based on a graphene oxide coated long period grating and based on creating a stable graphene oxide coating on the fibre surface using a drop casting technique. The wavelength shift sensi... Read More about External Refractive Index Sensitivity Enhancement of a Long Period Grating by Graphene Oxide Overlay.

The Applicability of Commercial Supply Chain Models in Humanitarian Supply Chain Thinking (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duddy, D. G., Weaver, M., & Stantchev, D. (2019). The Applicability of Commercial Supply Chain Models in Humanitarian Supply Chain Thinking.

This research argues that there are a number of potential pitfalls when using traditional commercial supply chain models for humanitarian supply chain issues and it examines the extent to which existing humanitarian supply chain thinking is based on... Read More about The Applicability of Commercial Supply Chain Models in Humanitarian Supply Chain Thinking.

Dyslipidaemia and altered hepatic function in males - consequences of androgen excess in fetal life (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siemienowicz, K., Filis, P., Shaw, S., Douglas, A., Thomas, J., Howie, F., Fowler, P., Duncan, C., & Rae, M. (2019, May). Dyslipidaemia and altered hepatic function in males - consequences of androgen excess in fetal life. Presented at 21st European Congress of Endocrinology, Lyon, France

Introduction: Adult male offspring of women with PCOS have increased dyslipidaemia, characterised by elevated triglycerides (TG), increased total and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), and hyperinsulinaemia. As altered intrauterine endocrine environments can ‘... Read More about Dyslipidaemia and altered hepatic function in males - consequences of androgen excess in fetal life.

Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator (2019)
Journal Article
Giangrande, P., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., Al-Timimy, A., Lo Calzo, G., Degano, M., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2019). Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2019.2907231

The more electric aircraft concept aims to improve the fuel consumption, the weight and both the maintenance and operating costs of the aircraft, by promoting the use of electric power in actuation systems. According to this scenario, electromechanic... Read More about Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator.

Photo-Realistic Facial Details Synthesis from Single Image (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, A., Chen, Z., Zhang, G., Zhang, Z., Mitchell, K., & Yu, J. (2019, October). Photo-Realistic Facial Details Synthesis from Single Image. Presented at 2019 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Seoul, Korea

We present a single-image 3D face synthesis technique that can handle challenging facial expressions while recovering fine geometric details. Our technique employs expression analysis for proxy face geometry generation and combines supervised and uns... Read More about Photo-Realistic Facial Details Synthesis from Single Image.

Hands-on or hands off: How useful is Newsday as a teaching tool (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kocic, A. (2016, June). Hands-on or hands off: How useful is Newsday as a teaching tool. Presented at Association for Journalism Education Conference, London, UK

Journalism is now a graduate occupation and apparently it is extremely difficult to enter the industry without a degree. Training no longer occurs systematically on the job. Instead, the industry increasingly relies upon higher education to provide i... Read More about Hands-on or hands off: How useful is Newsday as a teaching tool.

An Implementation of the UTAUT Model for Understanding Students’ Perceptions of Learning Management Systems: A Study Within Tertiary Institutions in Saudi Arabia (2019)
Journal Article
Alshehri, A., Rutter, M. J., & Smith, S. (2019). An Implementation of the UTAUT Model for Understanding Students’ Perceptions of Learning Management Systems: A Study Within Tertiary Institutions in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 17(3), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJDET.2019070101

The rapid growth of e-learning around the globe is inspiring various academic institutions to adopt it. Uptake is motivated by convincing benefits such as flexibility, accessibility and the management of course delivery and educational materials. In... Read More about An Implementation of the UTAUT Model for Understanding Students’ Perceptions of Learning Management Systems: A Study Within Tertiary Institutions in Saudi Arabia.

Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to Understand Students’ Use of Learning Management Systems in Saudi Higher Education (2019)
Journal Article
Binyamin, S., Rutter, M., & Smith, S. (2019). Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to Understand Students’ Use of Learning Management Systems in Saudi Higher Education. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 14(3), 4-21. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v14i03.9732

Although learning management systems (LMS) have been widely adopted by higher educational institutions in many countries, they are considered an emerging technology in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, research has demonstrated that the students’ use of the... Read More about Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to Understand Students’ Use of Learning Management Systems in Saudi Higher Education.

Iterative solutions to classical second-order ordinary differential equations (2019)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2019). Iterative solutions to classical second-order ordinary differential equations. Journal of Innovative Technology and Education, 6(1), 1-12

An elementary scheme is detailed for introducing certain basic concepts in the solution of (especially) the basic second-order ordinary differential equations of classical mathematical physics. The method proposed, an integration/iteration process, a... Read More about Iterative solutions to classical second-order ordinary differential equations.

H. G. Wells and J. B. Pinker: Previously Unpublished Correspondence Concerning Conrad (2019)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2019). H. G. Wells and J. B. Pinker: Previously Unpublished Correspondence Concerning Conrad. Conradian, 44(2), 37-58

No abstract available.

A Review on Deep Learning Approaches to Image Classification and Object Segmentation (2019)
Journal Article
Wu, H., Liu, Q., & Liu, X. (2019). A Review on Deep Learning Approaches to Image Classification and Object Segmentation. Computers, Materials & Continua, 60(2), 575-597. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2019.03595

Deep learning technology has brought great impetus to artificial intelligence, especially in the fields of image processing, pattern and object recognition in recent years. Present proposed artificial neural networks and optimization skills have effe... Read More about A Review on Deep Learning Approaches to Image Classification and Object Segmentation.

One, Two, Three, Many: Dream-Culture, Charms and Nightmares (2019)
Book Chapter
Milne, L. S. (2019). One, Two, Three, Many: Dream-Culture, Charms and Nightmares. In E. Pocs, J. Kapaló, L. S. Milne, & C. Somerville (Eds.), Charms and Charming: Studies on Magic in Everyday Life (129-167). Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Researchers may focus on charms as evidence about belief-systems in particular regions, periods or demographics; for insights into wider theoretical issues in the anthropology of religion, magic and ritual; or for their intrinsic qualities as poetic... Read More about One, Two, Three, Many: Dream-Culture, Charms and Nightmares.

Accounting for the Ideology and Culture within Literature: Deconstruction of Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance (2019)
Journal Article
Khaleel, F., & Avdukic, A. (2019). Accounting for the Ideology and Culture within Literature: Deconstruction of Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance. Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, 8(2), 112-137

There currently exists a body of discourse on finance, economics, and social governance representative of emerging and contemporary Islamic thought with an aim to create an Islamic perspective within these fields. It consists of legal rulings, recomm... Read More about Accounting for the Ideology and Culture within Literature: Deconstruction of Arguments in Modern Islamic Discourse on Economics and Finance.

Using a longitudinal focus group methodology to measure the value and impact of public libraries (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Appleton, L., Duff, A. S., Hall, H., & Raeside, R. (2019). Using a longitudinal focus group methodology to measure the value and impact of public libraries. In Conference Proceedings (484-492)

Introduction There is a general acceptance that public libraries contribute to ‘community’, and at least have the potential to have a very positive impact on civil society. (Varheim, 2007). This ‘impact’ is longitudinal, or ongoing, in that library... Read More about Using a longitudinal focus group methodology to measure the value and impact of public libraries.

Counter-culture and underground (2019)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2019). Counter-culture and underground. In A. Nash, C. Squires, & I. R. Willison (Eds.), Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume 7: The Twentieth Century and Beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Abstract not available.

Performance of WO3-incorporated carbon electrodes for ambient mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (2019)
Journal Article
Bhandari, S., Roy, A., Ghosh, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Performance of WO3-incorporated carbon electrodes for ambient mesoscopic perovskite solar cells. ACS Omega, 5(1), 422-429. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b02934

The stability of perovskite solar cells (PSC) is often compromised by the organic hole transport materials (HTMs). We report here the effect of WO3 as an inorganic HTM for carbon electrodes for improved stability in PSCs, which are made under ambient... Read More about Performance of WO3-incorporated carbon electrodes for ambient mesoscopic perovskite solar cells.

Use of Biologics as an Adjunct Therapy to Arthroscopic Surgery for the Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review (2019)
Journal Article
Robinson, P. G., Murray, I. R., Maempel, J., Rankin, C. S., Hamilton, D., & Gaston, P. (2019). Use of Biologics as an Adjunct Therapy to Arthroscopic Surgery for the Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 7(12), Article 232596711989067. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967119890673

Background: There has been a recent increase in the use of biologics in hip arthroscopy to assist in the management of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Purpose: To analyze the current use of biologics for the treatment of FAI and its associat... Read More about Use of Biologics as an Adjunct Therapy to Arthroscopic Surgery for the Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review.