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Popular Modernisms? Resituating R. H. Mottram’s post-war fiction (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2017, April). Popular Modernisms? Resituating R. H. Mottram’s post-war fiction. Paper presented at The Fictional First World War: Imagination and Memory Since 1914, University of Aberdeen

R.H. Mottram’s critically-acclaimed novels of The Spanish Farm Trilogy (1924-27) used to great effect his experience of the defining historical event of the age. These were his first novels, although he had previously been on the periphery of London’... Read More about Popular Modernisms? Resituating R. H. Mottram’s post-war fiction.

Making emotional information retrieval a reality (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2017, April). Making emotional information retrieval a reality. Paper presented at #IRFest2017, Glasgow

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Rapid one-shot acquisition of dynamic VR avatars (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Malleson, C., Kosek, M., Klaudiny, M., Huerta, I., Bazin, J., Sorkine-Hornung, A., Mine, M., & Mitchell, K. (2017, March). Rapid one-shot acquisition of dynamic VR avatars. Presented at 2017 IEEE Virtual Reality (VR), Los Angeles, US

We present a system for rapid acquisition of bespoke, animatable, full-body avatars including face texture and shape. A blendshape rig with a skeleton is used as a template for customization. Identity blendshapes are used to customize the body and fa... Read More about Rapid one-shot acquisition of dynamic VR avatars.

Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salayma, M., Al-Dubai, A., & Romdhani, I. (2017). Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health. In 2016 19th Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT). https://doi.org/10.23919/FRUCT.2016.7892202

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is a technology that revolutionises our understanding of the future digitised healthcare systems. WBAN has unique challenges and features compared to other wireless sensor networks. In addition to battery power consu... Read More about Reliability and energy efficiency enhancement in wireless body area networks for e-health.

Theorizing the Affective Registers of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamieson, K., & McCleery, A. (2017, April). Theorizing the Affective Registers of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland. Paper presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston

In history, the desire for form is expressed in formulation (White 1980) where re-makings of the past reveal both the politics of production and the shifting technologies of narrating. In an effort to understand this process of formulation we theori... Read More about Theorizing the Affective Registers of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland.

Public Art: Spaces as Sites of living together: Edinburgh’s Botanic Lights (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamieson, K. (2017, April). Public Art: Spaces as Sites of living together: Edinburgh’s Botanic Lights. Paper presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston

Edinburgh boasts an identity reliant upon the curation of ambient festival space and cosmopolitan public life that announces the arrival of a self-consciously international urban mood. The city’s longstanding ‘reflexive accumulation’ (Lash and Urry... Read More about Public Art: Spaces as Sites of living together: Edinburgh’s Botanic Lights.

A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environment performance enhancement in the construction industry. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robinson, M. (2017, April). A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environment performance enhancement in the construction industry. Poster presented at CIBSE Technical Symposium, Loughborough, UK

A mismatch has been observed between predicted energy performance and actual measured consumption, often termed the ‘performance gap’. This is a major concern given the significant contribution of the building sector to global energy use and greenhou... Read More about A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environment performance enhancement in the construction industry..

A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robinson, M., Currie, J., Brown, A., & Garnier, C. (2017, April). A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement. Paper presented at CIBSE Technical Symposium, Loughborough, UK

A ubiquitous effort to phase the adoption of a fully integrated Building Information Modelling (BIM) approach into the construction industry is gaining pace due to the many reported benefits claimed of working in a holistically digital environment. T... Read More about A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement.

Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) after treatment for colorectal cancer within outpatient clinics: using findings to improve practice and policies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Johnston, L., Rodger, J., & Campbell, K. (2017, April). Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) after treatment for colorectal cancer within outpatient clinics: using findings to improve practice and policies. Presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2017, Oxford

Introduction: Patients can be unprepared for the impact of cancer and treatment. A proportion have unmet needs. The Transforming Care after Treatment (TCAT) programme in Scotland aims to improve after care for cancer survivors. Funded by Macmillan Ca... Read More about Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) after treatment for colorectal cancer within outpatient clinics: using findings to improve practice and policies.

Realistic and appreciative: developing a dual model of evaluation of ‘Transforming Care after Treatment’ programme in Scotland (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Johnston, L., & Smith, S. (2017, April). Realistic and appreciative: developing a dual model of evaluation of ‘Transforming Care after Treatment’ programme in Scotland. Poster presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2017, Oxford

Background: The Transforming Care after Treatment programme in Scotland (TCAT) aims to improve the after care for people living with and beyond cancer by focussing on improving patient experience/outcomes, enhancing service integration/coordination,... Read More about Realistic and appreciative: developing a dual model of evaluation of ‘Transforming Care after Treatment’ programme in Scotland.

Shale Water Desalination: Multistage Membrane Distillation considering Different Configurations and Heat Integration (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carrero-Parreño, A., Onishi, V., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Caballero, J., & Labarta, J. (2017). Shale Water Desalination: Multistage Membrane Distillation considering Different Configurations and Heat Integration.

This work introduces a simultaneous synthesis of membrane distillation systems with heat exchanger networks (HENs) for desalinating shale gas flowback and produce water. The direct contact and vacuum membrane configurations are the best options for d... Read More about Shale Water Desalination: Multistage Membrane Distillation considering Different Configurations and Heat Integration.

Preventative risk factors for osteoarthritis in Great Britain's Olympians (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cooper, D., Batt, M., Scammell, B., & Palmer-Green, D. (2017, March). Preventative risk factors for osteoarthritis in Great Britain's Olympians. Presented at 5th IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport, Monaco

Background: Relatively little is known about the risk factors associated with osteoarthritis (OA) in Olympic athletes. As the first step towards prevention, knowledge of preventative/modifiable risk factors are needed.

Objective: To examine injury... Read More about Preventative risk factors for osteoarthritis in Great Britain's Olympians.

Female Gaze Behaviour, Status and the Menstrual Cycle: An Exploratory Study (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharp, M. A., & Hamilton, G. E. (2016, August). Female Gaze Behaviour, Status and the Menstrual Cycle: An Exploratory Study. Presented at XXIII ISHE Congress, Stirling, Scotland

Whilst not explaining all social behaviour and organisation, dominance is nevertheless an important dimension of human social interaction. It has been hypothesized that gaze behaviour reflects the dominance hierarchy of primate groups and several stu... Read More about Female Gaze Behaviour, Status and the Menstrual Cycle: An Exploratory Study.

The students' acceptance of learning management systems in Saudi Arabia: A case study of King Abdulaziz University (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binyamin, S., Rutter, M., & Smith, S. (2017). The students' acceptance of learning management systems in Saudi Arabia: A case study of King Abdulaziz University. In INTED2017 Proceedings (9324-9333). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2017.2205

The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has become one of the most widely-used models in understanding user acceptance of technologies and has been employed in many empirical studies. However, TAM has barely been used within the context of Saudi Arabia... Read More about The students' acceptance of learning management systems in Saudi Arabia: A case study of King Abdulaziz University.

Underrepresentation of the needs of children with disabilities and their families in community outdoor play spaces: A local government perspective (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., Naughton, G., Villeneuve, M., Froude, E., Wyver, S., & Bundy, A. (2017, March). Underrepresentation of the needs of children with disabilities and their families in community outdoor play spaces: A local government perspective. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA

A local government in a culturally and linguistically diverse city was used as a case to better understand considerations around providing outdoor play opportunities for children with developmental disabilities within the community. Triangulation occ... Read More about Underrepresentation of the needs of children with disabilities and their families in community outdoor play spaces: A local government perspective.

Adult decision making on outdoor play for children with disabilities: A systematic review of qualitative studies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., Naughton, G., Villeneuve, M., Froude, E., Wyver, S., Beetham, K., & Anita, B. (2017, March). Adult decision making on outdoor play for children with disabilities: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA

This systematic review used an ecocultural framework to synthesize qualitative data across 11 studies involving decision making of parents, teachers, and other adults around outdoor play for children with disabilities. Results highlight the complexit... Read More about Adult decision making on outdoor play for children with disabilities: A systematic review of qualitative studies.