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Peer-delivery of a gender-specific smoking cessation intervention for women living in disadvantaged communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) – a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Hayes, C. B., Patterson, J., Castello, S., Burke, E., O’Connell, N., Darker, C. D., …Dougall, N. (2022). Peer-delivery of a gender-specific smoking cessation intervention for women living in disadvantaged communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) –

Introduction. The We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) pilot trial assessed the feasibility of ‘We Can Quit’ (WCQ), a community-based stop-smoking programme delivered by trained community facilitators, based on the socio-ecological framework and developed using a Com... Read More about Peer-delivery of a gender-specific smoking cessation intervention for women living in disadvantaged communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) – a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.

Studying the complexities of events and festivals and relationships to the visitor economy (2021)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M., Mair, J., Lockstone-Binney, L., & Duignan, M. B. (2021). Studying the complexities of events and festivals and relationships to the visitor economy. In M. Duignan (Ed.), Managing events, festivals and the the visitor economy - concepts, col

This chapter argues festivals and events are complex management and organisational contexts. It suggests overlaying events management studies with organisational studies is a fruitful space for theoretical and applied analysis. This chapter aims to i... Read More about Studying the complexities of events and festivals and relationships to the visitor economy.

Probabilistic microsimulation to examine the cost-effectiveness of hospital admission screening strategies for carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Manoukian, S., Stewart, S., Dancer, S. J., Mason, H., Graves, N., Robertson, C., …Reilly, J. (2022). Probabilistic microsimulation to examine the cost-effectiveness of hospital admission screening strategies for carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriacea

Background Antimicrobial resistance has been recognised as a global threat with carbapenemase- producing-Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) as a prime example. CPE has similarities to COVID-19 where asymptomatic patients may be colonised representing a source... Read More about Probabilistic microsimulation to examine the cost-effectiveness of hospital admission screening strategies for carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in the United Kingdom.

Compassion and complex interpersonal trauma in adolescence: An early systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Amari, N., & Mahoney, A. (2022). Compassion and complex interpersonal trauma in adolescence: An early systematic review. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 29(3), 799-814. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2689

Background Whilst childhood trauma has been identified as a transdiagnostic risk factor for poly-psychopathology, compassion-focused interventions have emerged as transdiagnostic treatment modality. However, no previous systematic review has specifi... Read More about Compassion and complex interpersonal trauma in adolescence: An early systematic review.

Promoting the Solar Industry in Ghana through Effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Lessons from South Africa and Morocco (2021)
Journal Article
Amo Awuku, S., Bennadji, A., Muhammad Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2022). Promoting the Solar Industry in Ghana through Effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Lessons from South Africa and Morocco. Energies, 15(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.33

Over the past decades, solar energy has gained much attention in Ghana, especially after the 2012–2016 power crisis. The government through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) has attempted to increase the shares of solar generation to augment its eff... Read More about Promoting the Solar Industry in Ghana through Effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Lessons from South Africa and Morocco.

A comment on 'The adaptive value of gluttony: predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold' by Pruitt & Krauel (2010) (2021)
Journal Article
Postma, E., Gonzalez‐Voyer, A., & Holman, L. (2021). A comment on 'The adaptive value of gluttony: predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold' by Pruitt & Krauel (2010). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(12), 1989-1993. htt

Inspection of the data that accompany Pruitt and Krauel's study of individual variation in satiation threshold and a comparison of these data with the Materials and Methods and Results sections of the paper have revealed a number of issues that cast... Read More about A comment on 'The adaptive value of gluttony: predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold' by Pruitt & Krauel (2010).

A journey that motivates: Exploring the Associate Students Transition Framework (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meharg, D., Varey, A., & Cairncross, S. (2021). A journey that motivates: Exploring the Associate Students Transition Framework. In 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637158

This research to practice full paper presents empirical work exploring the transition experiences of transfer students into computing degrees in Scotland. Students on this journey face transitional barriers as they adapt to the change in culture, com... Read More about A journey that motivates: Exploring the Associate Students Transition Framework.

Effect of velocity and acceleration in joint angle estimation for an EMG-Based upper-limb exoskeleton control (2021)
Journal Article
Tang, Z., Yu, H., Yang, H., Zhang, L., & Zhang, L. (2022). Effect of velocity and acceleration in joint angle estimation for an EMG-Based upper-limb exoskeleton control. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 141, Article 105156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.com

Most studies on estimating user's joint angles to control upper-limb exoskeleton have focused on using surface electromyogram (sEMG) signals. However, the variations in limb velocity and acceleration can affect the sEMG data and decrease the angle es... Read More about Effect of velocity and acceleration in joint angle estimation for an EMG-Based upper-limb exoskeleton control.

Human Gait Data Augmentation and Trajectory Prediction for Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Robot Control Using GANs and Attention Mechanism (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Li, Z., Wang, X., Yu, H., Liao, W., & Arifoglu, D. (2021). Human Gait Data Augmentation and Trajectory Prediction for Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Robot Control Using GANs and Attention Mechanism. Machines, 9(12), Article 367. https://doi.org/10.33

To date, several alterations in the gait pattern can be treated through rehabilitative approaches and robot assisted therapy (RAT). Gait data and gait trajectories are essential in specific exoskeleton control strategies. Nevertheless, the scarcity o... Read More about Human Gait Data Augmentation and Trajectory Prediction for Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Robot Control Using GANs and Attention Mechanism.

An Eigendecomposition-based and Mesh-sensitivity Reduced Constitutive Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures under Non-proportional Cyclic Loading (2021)
Journal Article
Yuen, T. Y., Wen, T., Hung, C., Zhang, H., Huy Pham, P. A., & Deng, Y. (2022). An Eigendecomposition-based and Mesh-sensitivity Reduced Constitutive Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures under Non-proportional Cyclic Loading. Journal of Buil

Emerging 3D printed concrete techniques has raised numerous possibilities in contemporary architectural creations that are often beyond the scope of prevailing structural design standards. Rigorous, three-dimensional, and nonlinear finite element ana... Read More about An Eigendecomposition-based and Mesh-sensitivity Reduced Constitutive Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures under Non-proportional Cyclic Loading.

Event-driven Temporal Models for Explanations - ETeMoX: Explaining Reinforcement Learning (2021)
Journal Article
Parra-Ullauri, J. M., Garcoa-Dominguez, A., Bencomo, N., Zheng, C., Zhen, C., Boubeta-Puig, J., …Yang, S. (2022). Event-driven Temporal Models for Explanations - ETeMoX: Explaining Reinforcement Learning. Software and Systems Modeling, 21, 1091-1113. ht

Modern software systems are increasingly expected to show higher degrees of autonomy and self-management to cope with uncertain and diverse situations. As a consequence, autonomous systems can exhibit unexpected and surprising behaviours. This is... Read More about Event-driven Temporal Models for Explanations - ETeMoX: Explaining Reinforcement Learning.

A DEM Study On The Effect Of Inherent Variability In Assemblies Of Spherical Particles (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leak, J., Barreto, D., & Dimitriadi, V. (2021, December). A DEM Study On The Effect Of Inherent Variability In Assemblies Of Spherical Particles. Paper presented at 18th Annual Geomechanics From Micro to Macro Conference, Dundee

These slides were presented at the 18th annual geomechanics from micro to macro conference in 2021 at the university of Dundee. They detail a study on the effect of inherent variability on soil parameters (such as initial void ratio, peak stress etc.... Read More about A DEM Study On The Effect Of Inherent Variability In Assemblies Of Spherical Particles.

Feasibility of conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation compared with usual care in critical illness: the Role of Active Deresuscitation After Resuscitation-2 (RADAR-2) randomised clinical trial (2021)
Journal Article
Silversides, J. A., McMullan, R., Emerson, L. M., Bradbury, I., Bannard-Smith, J., Szakmany, T., …McAuley, D. F. (2022). Feasibility of conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation compared with usual care in critical illness: the Role of Activ

Purpose Fluid overload is common in critical illness and is associated with mortality. This study investigated the feasibility of a randomised trial comparing conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation (active removal of accumulated fluid... Read More about Feasibility of conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation compared with usual care in critical illness: the Role of Active Deresuscitation After Resuscitation-2 (RADAR-2) randomised clinical trial.

Use of Solar Technology to Improve the Rural Community (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2021, December). Use of Solar Technology to Improve the Rural Community. Presented at Webinar Series: Social Work and Development, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia

Embodied Energy and Cost Assessments of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Module (2021)
Journal Article
Freier Raine, D., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Jafry, T., & Gamio, C. (2021). Embodied Energy and Cost Assessments of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Module. Sustainability, 13(24), Article 13916. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1324

This paper focuses on the embodied energy and cost assessments of a static concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module in comparison to the flat photovoltaic (PV) module. The CPV module employs a specific concentrator design from the Genetically Optimise... Read More about Embodied Energy and Cost Assessments of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Module.

From fast food to a well-balanced diet: toward a programme focused approach to feedback in higher education (2021)
Journal Article
Wilder-Davis, K., Carless, D., Huxham, M., McCune, V., McLatchie, J., Jessop, T., & Marzetti, H. (2021). From fast food to a well-balanced diet: toward a programme focused approach to feedback in higher education. Practitioner Research in Higher Education

Feedback may be considered ‘good’ according to many of the criteria in the literature whilst still having little or no impact on students’ learning in the longer term. Feedback in the context of this paper is defined as the process of learners obtain... Read More about From fast food to a well-balanced diet: toward a programme focused approach to feedback in higher education.

An efficient message passing algorithm for decentrally controlling complex systems (2021)
Journal Article
Herzallah, R., & Zhou, Y. (2023). An efficient message passing algorithm for decentrally controlling complex systems. International Journal of Control, 96(3), 719-730. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2021.2011422

This paper proposes a decentralised stochastic control framework for a class of large-scale and complex dynamic networks. The proposed framework describes a decentralised probabilistic control and message passing architecture of mutually interacting... Read More about An efficient message passing algorithm for decentrally controlling complex systems.

The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells (2021)
Journal Article
Sadhukhan, P., Roy, A., Sengupta, P., Das, S., Mallick, T. K., Nazeeruddin, M. K., & Sundaram, S. (2021). The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells. Applied Physics Reviews, 8(4), Article 041324. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0062

The emergence of high-efficiency photovoltaic research is undergoing intense study and is technologically desirable to meet sustainable energy and environmental demand. However, every single solar cell has a theoretical power conversion efficiency li... Read More about The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells.