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Generating real-time detailed ground visualisations from sparse aerial point clouds (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murray, A., Mitchell, S., Bradley, A., Waite, E., Ross, C., Jamrozy, J., & Mitchell, K. (2022, December). Generating real-time detailed ground visualisations from sparse aerial point clouds. Paper presented at CVMP 2022: The 19th ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production, London

We present an informed kind of atomic rendering primitive, which forms a local adjacency aware classified particle basis decoupled from texture and topology. Suited to visual synthesis of detailed landscapes inferred from sparse unevenly distributed... Read More about Generating real-time detailed ground visualisations from sparse aerial point clouds.

The effectiveness of a targeted protein education intervention to increase protein intake in patients with coronary heart disease and low protein intake: A pilot randomised controlled trial (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
James, E., Das, R., Rickleton, E., Cummins, S., Nichols, S., Goodall, S., & O’Doherty, A. F. (2022, October). The effectiveness of a targeted protein education intervention to increase protein intake in patients with coronary heart disease and low protein intake: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Presented at BACPR Annual Conference abstracts, Birmingham Conference and Events Centre

Background
Low protein intake is prevalent in, and detrimental to, patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). We have shown that protein education in UK cardiac rehabilitation (CR) needs improvement. Evidence-based targeted protein education may i... Read More about The effectiveness of a targeted protein education intervention to increase protein intake in patients with coronary heart disease and low protein intake: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

Provision of dietary education in UK-based cardiac rehabilitation: a cross-sectional survey (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Doherty, A. F., James, E., Nichols, S., Goodall, S., & Butler, T. (2022, October). Provision of dietary education in UK-based cardiac rehabilitation: a cross-sectional survey. Presented at BACPR Annual Conference abstracts, Birmingham


Background
The cardioprotective diet is effective in reducing risk of mortality and morbidity in patients with heart disease. Therefore, high-quality dietary education in UK cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is needed. However, little is known about it... Read More about Provision of dietary education in UK-based cardiac rehabilitation: a cross-sectional survey.

Developing Strategic Partnerships through a Sustainability Enrichment Week (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hitt, S. J., Hairstans, R., Leitch, K., & Connell-Skinner, K. (2022, September). Developing Strategic Partnerships through a Sustainability Enrichment Week. Presented at SEFI Annual Conference, Barcelona

This paper describes the development of a mini-module focused on sustainability and timber engineering as a component of a strategic partnership designed to broaden Transnational Education, increase staff/student mobility, and further develop industr... Read More about Developing Strategic Partnerships through a Sustainability Enrichment Week.

Live Long and May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour: Emblem gestures in sci-fi and their uptake in popular culture (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kruk, J., Gawne, L., & Freestone, P. (2022, November). Live Long and May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour: Emblem gestures in sci-fi and their uptake in popular culture. Paper presented at Australian Linguistic Society 2022, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

This paper draws attention to the important effect that gesture in science fiction can have on real-world communicative contexts, as well as the benefits and challenges of using corpus approaches in gesture study.

How to evaluate the Scottish shortened midwifery programme – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crozier, S., Kuipers, Y., McLuckie, C., & Norris, G. (2022, November). How to evaluate the Scottish shortened midwifery programme – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions. Paper presented at Scotland Maternity and Midwifery Festival, Edinburgh

The presentation will outline the development of a new shortened midwifery programme in Scotland, the stakeholder-led participatory approach to evaluation and the emerging themes of interest for the management and leadership of midwifery education an... Read More about How to evaluate the Scottish shortened midwifery programme – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions.

The impact of childhood adversity and mental health episodes prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control individual-level linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017 (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O’Connor, R. C., Williams, B., John, A., Cheyne, H., Fyvie, C., Bisson, J. I., Hibberd, C., Abbott-Smith, S., & Nolan, L. (2022, November). The impact of childhood adversity and mental health episodes prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control individual-level linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017. Poster presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the NRS Mental Health Network: ‘Changing Minds: Rethinking mental health research’, Glasgow

This poster depicts some main findings from a national linked data study of hospital and death records for those young people who have died by suicide. The study summarised in-patient admissions related to childhood adversity and mental health condit... Read More about The impact of childhood adversity and mental health episodes prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control individual-level linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017.

Can Gamification Improve User Experience (UX) of Servitization in the Financial and Construction Sector? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, M. S., Charissis, V., & Harrison, D. K. (2022, June). Can Gamification Improve User Experience (UX) of Servitization in the Financial and Construction Sector?. Presented at International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Online

The monetisation of the provision of consumer services rather than products is advantageous and leads to higher profit margins for the providing companies in comparison to the sole manufacturing of consumer products. This business model has gradually... Read More about Can Gamification Improve User Experience (UX) of Servitization in the Financial and Construction Sector?.

Servitization Through VR Serious Games: From Manufacturing to Consumer Electronics (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charissis, V., Khan, M. S., & Harrison, D. K. (2022, June). Servitization Through VR Serious Games: From Manufacturing to Consumer Electronics. Presented at 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2022), Online

The provision of services instead of the actual products is becoming a major area of interest for the products provision companies involved in the manufacturing, electronics and construction industries amongst others. Current work in the disseminatio... Read More about Servitization Through VR Serious Games: From Manufacturing to Consumer Electronics.

Methodological nationalism and ethnic lens in CEE migration research: A critical reflection (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guma, T. (2022, November). Methodological nationalism and ethnic lens in CEE migration research: A critical reflection. Paper presented at Migration to/from/within Central and Eastern Europe: Decolonial perspectives on race, gender, sexuality and class, Online

This paper offers a critical reflection on methodological approaches within the field of CEE migration. Drawing on ideas from critical migration studies, I discuss the ways in which the predominance of methodological nationalism and the fallacy of et... Read More about Methodological nationalism and ethnic lens in CEE migration research: A critical reflection.

Universally Hard Hamiltonian Cycle Problem Instances (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sleegers, J., Thomson, S. L., & van den Berg, D. (2022, November). Universally Hard Hamiltonian Cycle Problem Instances. Presented at ECTA 2022 : 14th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications, Valletta, Malta

In 2021, evolutionary algorithms found the hardest-known yes and no instances for the Hamiltonian cycle problem. These instances, which show regularity patterns, require a very high number of recursions for the best exact backtracking algorithm (Vand... Read More about Universally Hard Hamiltonian Cycle Problem Instances.

Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohd Saudi, A., Abdullah, A., Shafii, N., Khairuddin, M., Ismail, M., Mejía, P., Kadir, K., Saudi, M., Kamarudin, M., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ali, M., & Bani, N. (2022, November). Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Presented at The 3rd International Conference on Medical Science Technology, Online

Air pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues in the world. The district of Hulu Langat, bordering the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, is the focus area of the surrounding population. The district experienced a decline in air quality i... Read More about Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia.

Decarbonising the Transport Industry (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2022, November). Decarbonising the Transport Industry. Presented at Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University

The electric vehicles (EVs) sales in Scotland increased by 97% in 2020, but Scotland still lags behinds when compared to other locations in the UK. One of the reasons for the slow rollout is limited charging infrastructure to power the EVs especially... Read More about Decarbonising the Transport Industry.

Synonym-Based Essay Generation and Augmentation for Robust Automatic Essay Scoring (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tashu, T. M., & Horváth, T. (2022, November). Synonym-Based Essay Generation and Augmentation for Robust Automatic Essay Scoring. Presented at 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL), Manchester

Automatic essay scoring (AES) models based on neural networks (NN) have had a lot of success. However, research has shown that NN-based AES models have robustness issues, such that the output of a model changes easily with small changes in the input.... Read More about Synonym-Based Essay Generation and Augmentation for Robust Automatic Essay Scoring.

Solving Multi-class Imbalance Problems Using Improved Tabular GANs (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farou, Z., Kopeikina, L., & Horváth, T. (2022, November). Solving Multi-class Imbalance Problems Using Improved Tabular GANs. Presented at 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL), Manchester

Multi-class imbalance problems are non-standard derivative data science problems. These problems are associated with the skewness in the data underlying distribution, which, in turn, raises numerous issues for conventional machine learning techniques... Read More about Solving Multi-class Imbalance Problems Using Improved Tabular GANs.

Effective Practical Work in Science (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGill, C. (2022, November). Effective Practical Work in Science. Presented at ResearchED Aberdeen, Robert Gordon College, Aberdeen

Practical work is carried out in the science classroom to teach scientific concepts, increase motivation, develop practical skills and practise being a scientist. Research suggests that much practical work carried out in science classrooms has very l... Read More about Effective Practical Work in Science.

Development of a National Advanced Practice Doctoral Support Network (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McPhillips, H., Henderson, C., Barrie, F., Cooper, D., Morrison, L., Hamilton Smith, L., Allen, M., MacDonald, P., & Campbell, G. (2022, November). Development of a National Advanced Practice Doctoral Support Network. Poster presented at ACAP Conference 2022, Beancross Farm, Grangemouth

Engaging the Owner Occupier towards a Net Zero future via a Persona Modelling Framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morton, A., Rowlatt, J., Reeves, A., & Brown, N. (2022, November). Engaging the Owner Occupier towards a Net Zero future via a Persona Modelling Framework. Poster presented at BECC 2022, Washington, DC

The U.K. government commissions an annual English Housing Survey and then uses Acorn consumer classification software to produce 5 personae to plan policy around. However, they do not create tailored engagement plans to enact them, rather they follow... Read More about Engaging the Owner Occupier towards a Net Zero future via a Persona Modelling Framework.

Investigating the role of cell fate regulator ASCL1 in driving and maintaining lethal neuroendocrine castrate resistant prostate cancer (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bruce, I., Pang, L., Poole, A., & Fraser, J. (2022, November). Investigating the role of cell fate regulator ASCL1 in driving and maintaining lethal neuroendocrine castrate resistant prostate cancer. Poster presented at Society for Endocrinology BES 2022, Harrogate

Neuroendocrine castrate resistant prostate cancer (NE-CRPC) is a lethal CRPC subtype that arises as prostate cancer cells transdifferentiate to neuroendocrine cells, evading the potent selective pressure of androgen deprivation therapies (ADT). Curre... Read More about Investigating the role of cell fate regulator ASCL1 in driving and maintaining lethal neuroendocrine castrate resistant prostate cancer.