All Outputs (708)

Nurse/midwife-to-patient ratios: a scoping review. (2024)
Journal Article
TAIT, D., DAVIS, D., ROCHE, M.A. and PATERSON, C. 2024. Nurse/midwife-to-patient ratios: a scoping review. Contemporary nurse [online], 60(3), pages 257-269. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2024.2318361

A significant body of work has linked high nurse or midwife workload to negative patient outcomes. Anecdotal reports suggest that mandated ratio models enhance patient care and improve nurse job satisfaction. However, there is limited focused researc... Read More about Nurse/midwife-to-patient ratios: a scoping review..

The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers. (2024)
Journal Article
KOLYVAS, S., KOSTAGIOLAS, P.A. and MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers. Journal of documentation [online], 80(4), pages 898-921. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-11-2023-0233

The aim of this study is to investigate how the information needs satisfaction of visual art teachers affects their creativity. Visual art teachers' information seeking behaviour and specifically the association of information needs satisfaction with... Read More about The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers..

Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELKOURI, D. and DOUNAS, T. 2024. Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool. In Di Marco, G., Lombardi, D. and Tedjosaputro, M. (eds.) Creativity in the age of digital reproduction: proceedings of the 1st xArch symposium (xArch 2023), 11-12 November 2023, Suzhou, China. Lecture notes in civil engineering, 343. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 103-110. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0621-1_13

The urban planning discipline is increasingly turning to specialized technologies to better understand the multiple and complex processes within cities. Automation is already reshaping infrastructure and urban ecosystems. This study seeks to reconcil... Read More about Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool..

An introduction to social policy. [Website] (2024)
Digital Artefact
SPICKER, P. 2024. An introduction to social policy. [Website]. Available from: https://spicker.uk/

This website is an introduction to the study of social services and the welfare state. In general terms, it looks at the idea of social welfare, and its relationship to politics and society. More specifically, it also considers: 1) policy and adminis... Read More about An introduction to social policy. [Website].

Factors influencing mobile app user experience: an analysis of education app user reviews. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ARAMBEPOLA, N., MUNASINGHE, L. and WARNAJITH, N. 2024. Factors influencing mobile app user experience: an analysis of education app user reviews. In 4th International conference on advanced research in computing 2024 (ICARC 2024), 21-24 February 2024, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 223-228. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARC61713.2024.10499727

In the competitive digital world, user reviews considered as the most vital source of user feedback, provide valuable insights that reflect the success of software applications in terms of user experience (UX). As user-generated content grows exponen... Read More about Factors influencing mobile app user experience: an analysis of education app user reviews..

Generalizing infrastructure inspection: step transfer learning aided extreme learning machine for automated crack detection in concrete structures. (2024)
Journal Article
SOHAIB, M., HASAN, M.J., CHEN, J. and ZHENG, Z. 2024. Generalizing infrastructure inspection: step transfer learning aided extreme learning machine for automated crack detection in concrete structures. Measurement science and technology [online], 35(5): AI-driven measurement methods for resilient infrastructure and communities, article number 055402. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ad296c

Identification of damage and selection of a restoration strategy in concrete structures is contingent upon automatic inspection for crack detection and assessment. Most research on deep learning models for autonomous inspection has focused solely on... Read More about Generalizing infrastructure inspection: step transfer learning aided extreme learning machine for automated crack detection in concrete structures..

Unlocking hidden geothermal potential: leveraging artificial intelligence for subsurface exploration. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ALGAIAR, M.M. 2024. Unlocking hidden geothermal potential: leveraging artificial intelligence for subsurface exploration. Presented at the 3rd Annual geothermal seminar (Geothermal 2024): heating up the market, 21-22 February 2024, [virtual event].

Geothermal energy shows potential as a renewable and sustainable energy source. However, geothermal exploration is challenging and costly due to the subsurface complexities involved in locating potential reservoirs. Recent advancements in artificial... Read More about Unlocking hidden geothermal potential: leveraging artificial intelligence for subsurface exploration..

Experimental investigations on the thermal characteristics of domestic convectors. (2024)
Journal Article
GIBB, D., OLIPHANT, J., MCINTOSH, R.G., ASIM, T. and KARNIK, A. 2024. Experimental investigations on the thermal characteristics of domestic convectors. Energies [online], 17(5), article number 1017. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en17051017

Better understanding of local thermal characteristics of domestic convectors could play a crucial role in reducing energy consumption for space heating and decarbonizing the economy. The current study evaluates the impact of varying water inlet tempe... Read More about Experimental investigations on the thermal characteristics of domestic convectors..

Generalisation challenges in deep learning models for medical imagery: insights from external validation of COVID-19 classifiers. (2024)
Journal Article
HAYNES, S.C., JOHNSTON, P. and ELYAN, E. 2024. Generalisation challenges in deep learning models for medical imagery: insights from external validation of COVID-19 classifiers. Multimedia tools and applications [online], 83(31), pages 76753-76772. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-18543-y

The generalisability of deep neural network classifiers is emerging as one of the most important challenges of our time. The recent COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge of deep learning publications that proposed novel models for the detection of COVID-1... Read More about Generalisation challenges in deep learning models for medical imagery: insights from external validation of COVID-19 classifiers..

Reducing North Sea emissions using cost-effective field layout strategies. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MUNRO, G., IYALLA, I. and MAHON, R. 2024. Reducing North Sea emissions using cost-effective field layout strategies. Presented at the 2024 Subsea expo, 20-22 February 2024, Aberdeen, UK.

To achieve the Paris Agreement's Net Zero emissions targets by 2050, reducing GHG emissions and carbon footprint is currently at the forefront operators' strategies for new and existing field layouts in the North Sea. Among the options to reduce Nort... Read More about Reducing North Sea emissions using cost-effective field layout strategies..

Trust people you’ve never worked with: a social network visualization of teamwork, cohesion, social support, and mental health in NHS Covid personnel. [Dataset] (2024)
Data
SCHILLING, S., ARMAOU, M., MORRISON, Z., CARDING, P., BRICKNELL, M. and CONNELLY, V. 2024. Trust people you’ve never worked with: a social network visualization of teamwork, cohesion, social support, and mental health in NHS Covid personnel. [Dataset]. Frontiers in psychology [online], 15, article number 1293171. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1293171/full#supplementary-material

The complexity, patient volume, and severity of COVID-19, exacerbated by already existing staff shortages in the healthcare sector, required an unprecedented upscaling of capacity during the peak phases of COVID-19. Hospitals around the world relied... Read More about Trust people you’ve never worked with: a social network visualization of teamwork, cohesion, social support, and mental health in NHS Covid personnel. [Dataset].

Trust people you’ve never worked with: a social network visualization of teamwork, cohesion, social support, and mental health in NHS Covid personnel. (2024)
Journal Article
SCHILLING, S., ARMAOU, M., MORRISON, Z., CARDING, P., BRICKNELL, M. and CONNELLY, V. 2024. Trust people you’ve never worked with: a social network visualization of teamwork, cohesion, social support, and mental health in NHS Covid personnel. Frontiers in psychology [online], 15, article number 1293171. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1293171

The unprecedented rapid re-deployment of healthcare workers from different care pathways into newly created and fluid COVID-19 teams provides a unique opportunity to examine the interaction of many of the established non-technical factors for success... Read More about Trust people you’ve never worked with: a social network visualization of teamwork, cohesion, social support, and mental health in NHS Covid personnel..

Safety in numbers: an investigation into reductions in road traffic collisions across North East Scotland, 2011-2020. (2024)
Report
HOOD, C. 2024. Safety in numbers: an investigation into reductions in road traffic collisions across North East Scotland, 2011-2020. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2255409

During the ten-year period 2011-2020, recorded road collisions and casualties in North East Scotland saw significant reductions. In the six vulnerable road user categories - i.e. children; motorcyclists; young drivers; older drivers; pedal cyclists;... Read More about Safety in numbers: an investigation into reductions in road traffic collisions across North East Scotland, 2011-2020..

Painted conversations, exhibition 3: Esther Thorniley-Walker and Ellen Macdonald. [Exhibition] (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Painted conversations, exhibition 3: Esther Thorniley-Walker and Ellen Macdonald. [Exhibition]. Exhibited 17-22 February 2024, Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh.

The "Painted Conversations" exhibition series is organised and facilitated by Lyndsey Gilmour and Peter Chalmers, whose collaborative partnership has formed through their roles as lecturers and early-career researchers in the Painting Department at G... Read More about Painted conversations, exhibition 3: Esther Thorniley-Walker and Ellen Macdonald. [Exhibition].

Stagnation-point Brinkman flow of nanofluid on a stretchable plate with thermal radiation. (2024)
Journal Article
MAHABALESHWAR, U.S., MAHESH, R. and CHAN, A. 2024. Stagnation-point Brinkman flow of nanofluid on a stretchable plate with thermal radiation. International journal of applied and computational mathematics [online], 10(2), article number 47. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-024-01685-w

The study is an analytical exploration of hybrid nanofluid flow at a stagnation-point with Brinkman effect on a stretchable plate with thermal radiation. All of the aforementioned factors were taken into account when developing the mathematical model... Read More about Stagnation-point Brinkman flow of nanofluid on a stretchable plate with thermal radiation..

The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity. [Preprint] (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
STONE, R.A., BROWN, A., DOUGLAS, F., GREEN, M.A., HUNTER, E., LONNIE, M., JOHNSTONE, A.M., HARDMAN, C.A., on behalf of the FIO-Food Team. 2024. The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity. [Preprint]. Hosted on OSF: Centre for Open Science [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/pjkhd_v1

Lower income households are at greater risk of food insecurity and poor diet quality. In high-income countries, food insecurity is associated with higher levels of obesity, and the global cost of living crisis is likely to have exacerbated existing d... Read More about The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity. [Preprint].

Dr. David Breen, Hon. Consultant Neurologist and Sen. Clinical Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh. [Podcast] (2024)
Digital Artefact
JONES, J., BREEN, D. and MACFARLANE, H. 2024. Dr. David Breen, Hon. Consultant Neurologist and Sen. Clinical Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh. [Podcast]. North of Scotland Parkinson's Research Interest Group (NoSPRIG) podcast, series 2 (episode 2). Hosted on PodBean [online]. Available from: https://nosprigpod.podbean.com/e/dr-david-breen-honorary-consultant-neurologist-and-senior-clinical-research-fellow-at-the-university-of-edinburgh/

Sleep issues are one of the most widely reported non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's In this episode, Dr David Breen explains the mechanism of sleep, talks us through some of the theories surrounding sleep as a possible predictor of disease or indicat... Read More about Dr. David Breen, Hon. Consultant Neurologist and Sen. Clinical Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh. [Podcast].

Shaping the contemporary: Macedonian video art since 1984. [Exhibition] (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Shaping the contemporary: Macedonian video art since 1984. [Exhibition]. Exhibited 15 February - 29 March 2024, [online exhibition]. Hosted on RE_EXHIBIT [online], RE_EXHIBIT 3. Available from: https://rewind.ac.uk/re_exhibit/re_exhibit-shaping-the-contemporary/

This exhibition focuses on the development, discussion and production of moving image and video art in North Macedonia, since the late Yugoslav period. Many of these videos are being shown for the first time in many years and are little known to audi... Read More about Shaping the contemporary: Macedonian video art since 1984. [Exhibition].

The Trusts and Succession (Scotland) bill: a critical analysis of modernising Scottish trust law. (2024)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2024. The Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill: a critical analysis of modernising Scottish trust law. Scots law times [online], 2024(5), pages 23-26. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

This article discusses the scope and application of the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill 2021, now the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024, which modernises the legal framework governing the appointment and removal of trustees, duties of t... Read More about The Trusts and Succession (Scotland) bill: a critical analysis of modernising Scottish trust law..

The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity. (2024)
Journal Article
STONE, R.A., BROWN, A., DOUGLAS, F., GREEN, M.A., HUNTER, E., LONNIE, M., JOHNSTONE, A.M. and HARDMAN, C., on behalf of the FIO-Food Team. 2024. The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity. Appetite [online], 196, article number 107255. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107255

Lower income households are at greater risk of food insecurity and poor diet quality than higher income households. In high-income countries, food insecurity is associated with high levels of obesity, and in the UK specifically, the cost of living cr... Read More about The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity..