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After Action (AAR) and Hot Reviewing in sport: An overview (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Westbury, T. (2017, December). After Action (AAR) and Hot Reviewing in sport: An overview. Paper presented at British Psychological Society Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Glasgow, Scotland

In a range of performance areas, it has become common practice to engage in 'huddles' or times out. The purpose being to reorient individual or team performance to the goals establishing in planning or preparation. However few contexts are so time co... Read More about After Action (AAR) and Hot Reviewing in sport: An overview.

Work Package 1 - Review of construction process (2017)
Report
Bros Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2017). Work Package 1 - Review of construction process. Edinburgh: Private, Cala Group Ltd

This report was commissioned by the Product Design Department at Cala Group Ltd (CALA) from the Scottish Energy Centre (review team) to assess current designs and construction methods. This review forms part of work package 1 (WP1) proposed as the fi... Read More about Work Package 1 - Review of construction process.

Breastfeeding and opiate dependency (2017)
Journal Article
MacVicar, S. (2017). Breastfeeding and opiate dependency. RcM Midwives, 34

Breastfeeding and opiate dependency: My PhD Summary. A lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University on her doctoral study.

Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy: An analysis of bus policy in Great Britain (2017)
Journal Article
McTigue, C., Monios, J., & Rye, T. (2017). Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy: An analysis of bus policy in Great Britain. Utilities Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2017.12.002

This research aims to identify barriers to the implementation of local transport policy by exploring bus policy implementation in Great Britain. The methodology is based on an online survey with 56% of local authorities and follow-up interviews with... Read More about Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy: An analysis of bus policy in Great Britain.

Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Tingas, E., Kashtanov, R., Hernández Pérez, F., Im, H., Paolo Ciottoli, P., Malpica Galassi, R., & Valorani, M. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime. Paper presented at 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Sydney, Australia

Tingas, E., Kashtanov, R., Hernández Pérez, F., Im, H., Paolo Ciottoli, P., Malpica Galassi, R., & Valorani, M. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime. Paper presented at 11th A... Read More about Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime.

Dynamical Analysis of Methanol-Dimethyl Ether Autoignition at Engine-Relevant Conditions (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Song, W., Tingas, E., & Im, H. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Methanol-Dimethyl Ether Autoignition at Engine-Relevant Conditions. Paper presented at 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Sydney, Australia

Song, W., Tingas, E., & Im, H. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Methanol-Dimethyl Ether Autoignition at Engine-Relevant Conditions. Paper presented at 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Sydney, Australia.

Various works. In Films by Paul Holmes (solo programme) (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Various works. In Films by Paul Holmes (solo programme). Exhibited at Theatre for Experiments in New Technologies, Kolkata, India. 10 December 2017. (Unpublished)

A retrospective programme of film works: "These Measures are for Your Protection", "The Persistence of Vision" and "Time Machine", screening as part of the Little Cinema International Film Festival. Curator: Maduja Mukherjee

Reflection on practice: Consultation skills (2017)
Journal Article
McLeish, L., & Snowden, A. (2017). Reflection on practice: Consultation skills. Nurse Prescribing, 15(12), 600-604. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2017.15.12.600

The aim of this case study is to illustrate how prescribing decisions can be enhanced through the use of systematic consultation, reflection on practice and relevant information seeking. The enhanced Calgary-Cambridge model was used to structure the... Read More about Reflection on practice: Consultation skills.

An ensemble model with ranking for social dialogue (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Papaioannou, I., Curry, A. C., Part, J. L., Shalyminov, I., Xu, X., Yu, Y., …Lemon, O. (2017, December). An ensemble model with ranking for social dialogue. Paper presented at NIPS 2017 Conversational AI Workshop, Long Beach, US

Open-domain social dialogue is one of the long-standing goals of Artificial Intelligence. This year, the Amazon Alexa Prize challenge was announced for the first time, where real customers get to rate systems developed by leading universities worldwi... Read More about An ensemble model with ranking for social dialogue.

Anthropometries Revisited - A Homage to Yves Klein (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lambert, I., & Galama, F. (2017, December). Anthropometries Revisited - A Homage to Yves Klein. Poster presented at Drawing Conversations 2: Body, Space, Object

This project is presented as a homage to Yves Klein’s Anthropometries series (1960), but with reference to Klein’s devotion to judo. Klein was a 4th dan black belt in judo, and wrote a book: Les Fondements du Judo (1954; recently republished in Engli... Read More about Anthropometries Revisited - A Homage to Yves Klein.

People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland: 2017 Health Needs Assessment Update Report (2017)
Report
Truesdale, M., & Brown, M. (2017). People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland: 2017 Health Needs Assessment Update Report. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland

The health needs assessment provides a broad overview of the current research evidence of the health needs of adults with learning disabilities. It is an update of the 2004 health needs assessment.

FGF-2 promotes osteocyte differentiation through increased E11/podoplanin expression (2017)
Journal Article
Ikpegbu, E., Basta, L., Clements, D. N., Fleming, R., Vincent, T. L., Buttle, D. J., …Farquharson, C. (2018). FGF-2 promotes osteocyte differentiation through increased E11/podoplanin expression. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 233(7), 5334-5347. https:

E11/podoplanin is critical in the early stages of osteoblast-to-osteocyte transitions (osteocytogenesis) however the upstream events which regulate E11 expression are unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of FGF-2 on E11-mediated... Read More about FGF-2 promotes osteocyte differentiation through increased E11/podoplanin expression.

Developing entrepreneurial capabilities for the global labour market: A cross national study of IT students in the UK and Australia (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamilton, M., Gribble, C., & Smith, S. (2017, December). Developing entrepreneurial capabilities for the global labour market: A cross national study of IT students in the UK and Australia. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education SRHE

In Australia and the UK there is growing emphasis on ‘entrepreneurship’ in response to challenging economic circumstances. The current focus on developing ‘entrepreneurial’ capabilities in graduates is largely driven by stakeholder and societal desir... Read More about Developing entrepreneurial capabilities for the global labour market: A cross national study of IT students in the UK and Australia.

Opportunities for Brokering between Teaching-Focused and Research-Focused UK Life Science Academics (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A. (2017, December). Opportunities for Brokering between Teaching-Focused and Research-Focused UK Life Science Academics. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Research Conference

Life Sciences teaching-focused academics working in UK universities have been an expanding and emergent group in the past two decades. However, despite their successes in supporting and innovation in Life Sciences higher education, there is an anxiet... Read More about Opportunities for Brokering between Teaching-Focused and Research-Focused UK Life Science Academics.

Placement or practicalities? Barriers and disincentives to work experience, as reported by computing students (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Smith, C. (2017, December). Placement or practicalities? Barriers and disincentives to work experience, as reported by computing students. Paper presented at Society for Research Into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conferen

Having relevant work experience, such as a placement or internship, is valued by employers in the technology sector and can improve employment outcomes for computing graduates (Shadbolt 2016). However, gaining good work experience positions is compet... Read More about Placement or practicalities? Barriers and disincentives to work experience, as reported by computing students.

Solar powered charging backpack (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Taverne, J., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ayub, A. S., Sellami, N., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Bani, N. A., & Mas'ud, A. A. (2017, December). Solar powered charging backpack. Paper presented at 2017 International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering (ICEECC2017), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This paper demonstrated a step by step process in designing a solar powered charging backpack that is capable of charging a mobile phone efficiently. A selection of existing products available on the market were reviewed and compared to ascertain the... Read More about Solar powered charging backpack.

Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH): A Novel Feature Extraction Technique (2017)
Journal Article
Wajid, S. K., Hussain, A., & Huang, K. (2018). Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH): A Novel Feature Extraction Technique. Expert Systems with Applications, 112, 388-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.11.057

In this paper, we present a novel feature extraction technique, termed Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH), and exploit it to detect breast cancer in volumetric medical images. The technique is incorporated as part of an in... Read More about Three-Dimensional Local Energy-Based Shape Histogram (3D-LESH): A Novel Feature Extraction Technique.