All Projects (1705)

Innovative Distributed Platform for Educational Content Jan 15, 2022 - Jun 30, 2022
This project aims to setup a dynamic sharing content platform for tutor led plans using Hyperledger Fabric and IPFS.

Translating informed consent in Scottish maternity services Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project examines informed consent during pregnancy, labour and birth in the case of parents with limited English-proficiency (LEP) in Scotland (e.g. refugees and asylum seekers who have recently arrived at the country). It is often difficult for... Read More about Translating informed consent in Scottish maternity services.

PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement Oct 18, 2021 - Oct 17, 2025
The Action PROFEEDBACK aims to foster the networking of the policy evaluation community at EU-level, raise awareness on the importance of evaluation policy research and improve its impact on policy-making. The Platform, following a bottom-up and open... Read More about PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement.

IV: Airglove Leg product design for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Feb 21, 2022 - Jun 27, 2022
GCM would like to work with a specialist academic team who could analyse the product design aspect of the PAD design

Electronics and Control Panels design for Airglove Arm and Leg medical products for Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA) Oct 3, 2022 - Apr 17, 2023
Green Cross Medico would like to continue the collaboration with Edinburgh Napier University as not only do they understand the project, but they have the skills and knowledge to develop the Airglove unit for the leg.

The Airglove leg... Read More about Electronics and Control Panels design for Airglove Arm and Leg medical products for Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA).

Dissident Distilling Feb 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2022
Dissident Spirits Ltd intends to employ a novel heating method in the production of Scotch whisky by using thermal oil as the medium of heat transfer, allowing the production to run entirely electrically, thus reducing our onsite carbon emissions to... Read More about Dissident Distilling.

Tackling bottlenecks to the use of Johne’s Disease data and adding value to increase farmer and vet engagement in Johne’s disease control Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023
Tackling bottlenecks to the use of Johne’s Disease data and adding value to increase farmer and vet engagement in Johne’s disease control

Management of post-weaning diarrhoea and the implications for AMR in response to the upcoming ban on zinc supplementation in pigs May 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
Management of post-weaning diarrhoea and the implications for AMR in response to the upcoming ban on zinc supplementation in pigs

Assessing the implementation of the Public Health Scotland Physical Activity Referral Standards: A process evaluation Nov 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2025
Physical inactivity is a major public health problem and increasing population physical activity levels is a Scottish Government priority. In Scotland, 49% of men and 58% of women were not active enough to benefit their health in 2020, increasing the... Read More about Assessing the implementation of the Public Health Scotland Physical Activity Referral Standards: A process evaluation.

How cross-service collaboration can improve community safety and wellbeing Jan 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) in partnership with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service is providing funding to support a Rapid Research Project which will explore collaboration between Fire, Am... Read More about How cross-service collaboration can improve community safety and wellbeing.

Drawing the Roadmap for Tomorrow's Electromobility Apr 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023
The latest reports indicate that the number of drivers switching to electric cars is insufficient for the Scottish Government to meet its target of ending the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032 and that Scotland is lagging behind in providing... Read More about Drawing the Roadmap for Tomorrow's Electromobility.

Mara Seaweed May 1, 2022 - May 15, 2023
Process intensification and decarbonisation of a seaweed drying process. This is an energy intensive process, requiring specialist heating equipment to control the heat supplied to seaweed drying appliances. This heating equipment has to-date typical... Read More about Mara Seaweed.

Blackthorn Salt May 1, 2022 - Feb 28, 2023
Blackthorn Salt is a specialist food grade sea salt produced from Scottish sea water utilising an historic production process which is both sustainable and environmentally responsible. In-keeping with the company’s ethos of sustainable production, wh... Read More about Blackthorn Salt.

Annandale Distillery Mar 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2022
As part of the practise to make whisky, the fermentation processes result in CO2 emissions from the 6 x 12,000 litre wooden washbacks. Each fermentation lasts for 72 hours, producing CO2 for the whole process. Consequently, the distillery would like... Read More about Annandale Distillery.

Portable Solar Kiln Mar 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
DLT is a mass timber product that can be used for floor, wall, and roof structures. It is structurally very efficient and economical to use in construction.

As part of the process to make DLT, the wood requires to be kiln dried. Ligna... Read More about Portable Solar Kiln.

First Recordings of the Soundscape of Pristine European Flat Oyster Reefs Jan 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
European flat oyster reefs (EFORs) are ecologically and economically important as they improve water quality, increase overall biodiversity, store carbon and are a much valued food source. Over fishing in the early 1900’s vastly reduced number and ex... Read More about First Recordings of the Soundscape of Pristine European Flat Oyster Reefs.

MRes - Player Profiling in professional male football (project 2) Mar 1, 2022 - Feb 29, 2024
The aim of this project will be to bring objectivity and scientific rigor to an existing, in-house, physical profiling protocol encompassing a series of football-specific outcome measures.

Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Jan 1, 2023 - Jan 1, 2025
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI). Despite this, there are no recovery programmes tailored for SCAD survivors, who are mainly female, and typically younger tha... Read More about Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.

Development of a scale-up process for production of Kombucha Aug 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Gut Feelings main commercial product is Kombucha, a fermented tea produced by natural microbial fermentation and assumed to contain a variety of microbes that link to health benefits. It is produced using a two-stage process in which a SCOBY (a symbi... Read More about Development of a scale-up process for production of Kombucha.

Music and Communication for Mothers and Young Children in Prison Dec 6, 2021 - Dec 6, 2022
The objectives of the research workshops for the project, ‘Music and Communication for Mothers and Young Children in Prison’ are threefold;

1) to investigate current music practice in prisons between mothers and their young children t... Read More about Music and Communication for Mothers and Young Children in Prison.