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Timber joints analysis and design using shape and graph grammar-based machine learning approach: synthetic data preparation of timber joints’ shape and graph grammar for machine learning application. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
YAU, H.M., DOUNAS, T., JABI, W. and LOMBARDI, D. 2023. Timber joints analysis and design using shape and graph grammar-based machine learning approach: synthetic data preparation of timber joints’ shape and graph grammar for machine learning application. In Dokonal, W., Hirschberg, U. and Wurzer, G. (eds.) Digital design reconsidered: proceedings of the 41st Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe (eCAADe) conference 2023 (eCAADe 2023), 20-23 September 2023, Graz, Austria. Berlin: eCAADe, volume 1, pages 569-578. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.569

Timber joints had been applied as one of the primary methods across different cultures of building construction. The technique of crafting timber joints uses simple geometry to connect different components without the need of adhesives or fixings. Di... Read More about Timber joints analysis and design using shape and graph grammar-based machine learning approach: synthetic data preparation of timber joints’ shape and graph grammar for machine learning application..

Decentralised additive manufacturing for architecture: exploring the integration of distributed ledger technologies with 3D printing. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BERDOS, Y., VELE, J. and DOUNAS, T. 2023. Decentralised additive manufacturing for architecture: exploring the integration of distributed ledger technologies with 3D printing. In Dokonal, W., Hirschberg, U. and Wurzer, G. (eds.) Digital design reconsidered: proceedings of the 41st Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe (eCAADe) conference 2023 (eCAADe 2023), 20-23 September 2023, Graz, Austria. Berlin: eCAADe, volume 1, pages 709-718. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.709

This paper investigates the potential integration of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies with Additive Manufacturing in the context of architectural design and fabrication. The study aims to identify knowledge gaps, explore the affinity be... Read More about Decentralised additive manufacturing for architecture: exploring the integration of distributed ledger technologies with 3D printing..

Mass-customisation of dwellings in the Middle East: developing a design-to-fabrication framework to resolve the housing crisis in Saudi Arabia. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABDULMAJEED, A., AGKATHIDIS, A., LOMBARDI, D. and DOUNAS, T. 2023. Mass-customisation of dwellings in the Middle East: developing a design-to-fabrication framework to resolve the housing crisis in Saudi Arabia. In Dokonal, W., Hirschberg, U. and Wurzer, G. (eds.) Digital design reconsidered: proceedings of the 41st Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe (eCAADe) conference 2023 (eCAADe 2023), 20-23 September 2023, Graz, Austria. Berlin: eCAADe, volume 2, pages 157-164. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.157

The Saudi government is taking the initiative to modernise the country and address critical challenges. One of its primary goals is to relieve the housing deficit. One of the challenges in supplying the houses is that potential inhabitants have denie... Read More about Mass-customisation of dwellings in the Middle East: developing a design-to-fabrication framework to resolve the housing crisis in Saudi Arabia..

Families, finances and food insecurity: implications for health visitors and public health practitioners. (2023)
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DOUGLAS, F. 2023. Families, finances and food insecurity: implications for health visitors and public health practitioners. Presented at the 2023 iHV (Institute of Health Visiting) evidence-based practice conference, 21 September 2023, Manchester, UK

This study investigated the early implementation of the Financial Inclusion Pathway within the NHS Grampian area, and how it relates to clinical practice and the experience of care. The perspectives and experiences of low-income parents and their eng... Read More about Families, finances and food insecurity: implications for health visitors and public health practitioners..

Gated recurrent unit autoencoder for fault detection in penicillin fermentation process. (2023)
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PETROVSKI, A., ARIFEEN, M. and PETROVSKI, S. 2023. Gated recurrent unit autoencoder for fault detection in penicillin fermentation process. In Kovalev, S., Kotenko, I. and Sukhanov, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th Intelligent information technologies for industry international scientific conference 2023 (IITI'23), 20-25 September 2023, St. Petersburg, Russia, volume 1. Lecture notes in networks and systems (LNNS), 776. Cham: Springer [online], pages 86-95. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43789-2_8

The penicillin fermentation process is a fed-batch system to generate industrial-scale penicillin for antibiotic production. Any fault in the fermentation tank can lead to low-quality penicillin products, which may cause a severe impact on final anti... Read More about Gated recurrent unit autoencoder for fault detection in penicillin fermentation process..

Weathering the storm: supporting students through co-producing a resilience toolkit in Higher Education. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HENDERSON, S. and WORK, F. 2023. Weathering the storm: supporting students through co-producing a resilience toolkit in Higher Education. Presented at the 2023 Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology annual conference (DART-P 2023), 20 September 2023, [virtual event].

It is generally recognised that student wellbeing and mental health are key issues in Higher Education. COVID and lockdown led to unpreceded challenges and increased wellbeing concerns, yet students often do not access support for mental health issue... Read More about Weathering the storm: supporting students through co-producing a resilience toolkit in Higher Education..

Understanding the causes of local disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. [NHS Grampian R&D Poster] (2023)
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SIVERS, S., DOWNIE, M., TAI, J., MORGAN, H., TURNER, S., HERD, F., WORDIE, A. and DONALD, A. 2023. Understanding the causes of local disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. Presented at the 2023 NHS Grampian research and development conference (NHS Grampian R&D 2023), 20 September 2023, Aberdeen, UK.

Conflicts between parents and clinicians over the care of children with life-limiting conditions can reach the point where courts must intervene, causing distress, unwanted media attention and costs. This NHS Grampian case study sought to understand... Read More about Understanding the causes of local disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. [NHS Grampian R&D Poster].

Understanding how to support university student wellbeing. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HENDERSON, S. and FORBES-MCKAY, K. 2023. Understanding how to support university student wellbeing. Presented at the 2023 Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology annual conference (DART-P 2023), 20 September 2023, [virtual event].

In 2022 Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) reported that between 2016/17 in the UK over 120,000 students were recorded with a mental health condition. This was exacerbated by COVID-19 and the resultant lockdown. Many students do not access sup... Read More about Understanding how to support university student wellbeing..

Towards expert systems for improved customer services using ChatGPT as an inference engine. (2023)
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EZENKWU, C.P. 2023. Towards expert systems for improved customer services using ChatGPT as an inference engine. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE (Institute of electrical and Electronics Engineers) International conference on digital applications, transformation and economy (ICDATE 2023), 14-16 July 2023, Miri, Malaysia, article 10248647. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDATE58146.2023.10248647

By harnessing both implicit and explicit customer data, companies can develop a more comprehensive understanding of their consumers, leading to better customer engagement and experience, and improved loyalty. As a result, businesses have embraced man... Read More about Towards expert systems for improved customer services using ChatGPT as an inference engine..

Join the coalition: collective action spaces in pioneer journalism and the reimagination of journalistic epistemology. (2023)
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ANDERSON, B. 2023. Join the coalition: collective action spaces in pioneer journalism and the reimagination of journalistic epistemology. Presented at the 9th Future of journalism conference 2023: journalism in troubled times: threats, opportunities and research, 14-15 September 2023, Cardiff, UK

The aim of this project is to examine how transformation-focused journalism communities produce knowledge vis-à-vis their audiences, public and wider world. This will be carried out by metajournalistic discourse analysis, 30 semi-structured interview... Read More about Join the coalition: collective action spaces in pioneer journalism and the reimagination of journalistic epistemology..

Understanding lived experiences of navigating supermarket foodscapes when living on a low income. (2023)
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DOUGLAS, F. and HUNTER, E. 2023. Understanding lived experiences of navigating supermarket foodscapes when living on a low income. Presented at the 8th United Kingdom congress on obesity (UKCO 2023), 14-15 September 2023, Belfast, UK.

Despite being a public health priority for over 30 years, the prevalence of obesity in the UK remains high. Strategies to tackle obesity have typically focused on behaviour change at the individual level, ignoring wider health and social inequities t... Read More about Understanding lived experiences of navigating supermarket foodscapes when living on a low income..

The impact of blockchain and smart contracts on dispute settlement: a case for mediation. (2023)
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MAK, C.H.W. and MANTE, J. 2023. The impact of blockchain and smart contracts on dispute settlement: a case for mediation. Presented at the 2023 TIAC (Tashkent International Arbitration Centre) Journal of international dispute settlement inaugural annual conference (TJIDS 2023): dispute settlement: the past, present and future dimensions, 14 September 2023, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The research is premised on two important developments, accelerating technological innovation and shifts in dispute resolution paradigms. These advancements offer an innovative framework for dispute avoidance and a more efficient, transparent process... Read More about The impact of blockchain and smart contracts on dispute settlement: a case for mediation..

Understanding and supporting NHS employees with long COVID return to and remain in work: key barriers and facilitators. (2023)
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MACIVER, E., ADAMS, N.N., KENNEDY, C., DOUGLAS, F., SKÅTUN, D., HERNANDEZ SANTIAGO, V., TORRANCE, N. and GRANT, A. 2023. Understanding and supporting NHS employees with long COVID return to and remain in work: key barriers and facilitators. Presented at the 2023 Annual conference of the British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Study Group (BSA MedSoc 2023), 13-15 September 2023, Brighton, UK.

Long COVID (LC) is a debilitating illness with complex and dynamic symptoms, affecting all aspects of personal and work life. The process and implications of returning to work following chronic illness have been considered across various conditions;... Read More about Understanding and supporting NHS employees with long COVID return to and remain in work: key barriers and facilitators..

Of mentors, teachers and pioneers: herstories of video and media art in Europe. (2023)
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LEUZZI, L. 2023. Of mentors, teachers and pioneers: herstories of video and media art in Europe. In Franco, F. and Burbano, A. (eds.) Re:source 2023: proceedings of the 10th International conference on the histories of media art, science and technology 2023, 13-16 September 2023, Venice, Italy. Venice: Resource Press [online], pages 247-252. Available from: https://www.mediaarthistory.org/?page_id=4393

In the 70s many women artists perceived video – that at the time was relatively new - as a tool free from the heavy patriarchal imprint of traditional artistic practices. Thanks to its technical specificities, it facilitated performance to camera and... Read More about Of mentors, teachers and pioneers: herstories of video and media art in Europe..

Towards resilience: examining complex and hybridised coping strategies used by NHS workers experiencing long COVID illness. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ADAMS, N.N., MACIVER, E., KENNEDY, C., DOUGLAS, F., SKÅTUN, D., HERNANDEZ SANTIAGO, V., TORRANCE, N. and GRANT, A. 2023. Towards resilience: examining complex and hybridised coping strategies used by NHS workers experiencing long COVID illness. Presented at the 2023 Annual conference of the British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Study Group (BSA MedSoc 2023), 13-15 September 2023, Brighton, UK.

NHS workers faced an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic and many now experience long COVID (LC). Over 10,000 NHS workers are estimated absent from work due to LC. LC represents a complex, dynamic and often serious condition, f... Read More about Towards resilience: examining complex and hybridised coping strategies used by NHS workers experiencing long COVID illness..

Optical-fibre based sensors for monitoring offshore floating photovoltaic farms. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEWART, C., JOSEPH, C.S.J., JOHNY, J., ERDOGAN, N., FOUGH, N. and PRABHU, R. 2023. Optical fibre-based sensors for monitoring offshore floating photovoltaic farms. In Proceedings of 2023 IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society conference and exposition (OCEANS 2023): blue ocean planet earth, 5-8 June 2023, Limerick, Ireland. Piscataway: IEEE [online], document number 10244737. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSLimerick52467.2023.10244737

Solar photovoltaic farms are seeing increasing expansion into new domains (offshore) in order to harvest the sunlight as society pushes towards reaching Net Zero by 2050. However, photovoltaics are bound by physics, parameters such as temperature and... Read More about Optical-fibre based sensors for monitoring offshore floating photovoltaic farms..

Multimodal, software defined networking for subsea sensing and monitoring. (2023)
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STEWART, C., FOUGH, N. and PRABHU, R. 2023. Multimodal, software defined networking for subsea sensing and monitoring. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society conference and exposition (OCEANS 2023): blue ocean planet earth, 5-8 June 2023, Limerick, Ireland. Piscataway: IEEE [online], document number 10244664. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSLimerick52467.2023.10244664

The prevalence of oceanic industry and ocean borne interests has given rise to the concept of the Underwater Internet of Things as a vector for automation and data analytics in an environment hostile to anthropomorphic activity. Through the Internet... Read More about Multimodal, software defined networking for subsea sensing and monitoring..

Designing, delivering and evaluating an educational activity integrating human factors principles and practices into the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DEPASQUALE, C., MCDONALD, C. and VOSPER, H. 2023. Designing, delivering and evaluating an educational activity integrating human factors principles and practices into the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum. Presented at the 2023 Pharmacy education conference: enabling prescriber ready education, 11 September 2023, Manchester, UK.

High-profilecases worldwide have raised public, professional and political awareness of avoidable health and social care harm. This increased focus on patient safety has been reflected by regulators mandating strengthened patient safety educat... Read More about Designing, delivering and evaluating an educational activity integrating human factors principles and practices into the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum..

Exploring current provision of interprofessional education during experiential learning placements for student pharmacists in Scotland. (2023)
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DEPASQUALE, C., ARNOLD, A., CUNNINGHAM, S., POWER, A., BOYTER, A., JACOB, S.A., PORTLOCK, J. and ADDISON, B. 2023. Exploring current provision of interprofessional education during experiential learning placements for student pharmacists in Scotland. Presented at the 2023 Pharmacy education conference: enabling prescriber ready education, 11 September 2023, Manchester, UK.

Global strategies identify interprofessional education (IPE) as an integral part of transformative policies aimed at developing the health and social care workforce's capacity to strengthen integrated health systems (World Health Organization, 2016).... Read More about Exploring current provision of interprofessional education during experiential learning placements for student pharmacists in Scotland..

Proceedings of the 6th International workshop on knowledge discovery from healthcare data (KDH@IJCAI 2023). (2023)
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IBRAHIM, Z., WU, H. and WIRATUNGA, N. (eds.) 2023. Proceedings of the 6th International workshop on knowledge discovery from healthcare data (KDH@IJCAI 2023), co-located with the 32nd International joint conference on artificial intelligence (IJCAI 2023), 20 August 2023, Macao, China. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3479. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online]. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3479/

This workshop is centred around novel AI methodologies that aim to solve some of the grand challenges associated with medical data. Held in conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2023), this year's works... Read More about Proceedings of the 6th International workshop on knowledge discovery from healthcare data (KDH@IJCAI 2023)..