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Pharmacology of non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids and their potential for treatment of cardiometabolic disease. (2025)
Book Chapter
WAINWRIGHT, C.L. and WALSH, S.K. 2025. Pharmacology of non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids and their potential for treatment of cardiometabolic disease. In Wainwright, C. and Schini-Kerth, V. (eds.) Natural products as sources of novel drugs. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 287. Cham: Springer [online], pages 61-93. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/164_2024_731

The use of Cannabis sativa by humans dates back to the third millennium BC, and it has been utilized in many forms for multiple purposes, including production of fibre and rope, as food and medicine, and (perhaps most notably) for its psychoactive pr... Read More about Pharmacology of non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids and their potential for treatment of cardiometabolic disease..

Few-shot essay grading: weighted prototypical networks for ordinal text classification. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WIJAYASEKARA, V.A., MARTIN, K., WIRATUNGA, N., MASSIE, S. and WIJEKOON, A. [2025]. Few-shot essay grading: weighted prototypical networks for ordinal text classification. To be presented at the 25th European conference on artificial intelligence 2025 (ECAI-2025), 25-30 October 2025, Bologna, Italy.

Automated Essay Scoring (AES) presents a key opportunity to improve student experience while reducing the administrative burden of academic staff. However existing methods for AES are reliant on large volumes of data and fail to consider the ordinal... Read More about Few-shot essay grading: weighted prototypical networks for ordinal text classification..

Leveraging artificial intelligence for water optimisation in upstream oil and gas energy operations. (2025)
Journal Article
CASTAGNOLI, J. and AMISH, M. 2025. Leveraging artificial intelligence for water optimisation in upstream oil and gas energy operations. Arabian journal of geosciences [online], 18(8), article number 149. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-025-12289-z

Water scarcity and climate change are significant challenges for sustainable water management worldwide. Factors such as population growth, industrial development, and unsustainable practices are increasing water demand. The upstream oil and gas ener... Read More about Leveraging artificial intelligence for water optimisation in upstream oil and gas energy operations..

An exploration into the relationship between information needs satisfaction and creativity of visual artists in Greece. (2025)
Journal Article
KOLYVAS, S., MARTZOUKOU, K. and KOSTAGIOLAS, P. [2025]. An exploration into the relationship between information needs satisfaction and creativity of visual artists in Greece. Journal of documentation [online], (accepted). To be made available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2025-0087

There is a current research gap based on exploring the information behaviour of visual artists (professional, semi-professional, and amateur) and, particularly, the impact of their information needs satisfaction on their creativity. This research aim... Read More about An exploration into the relationship between information needs satisfaction and creativity of visual artists in Greece..

I did it before, so I can do it again(?): recalling sucess, expectations of future success and the impact of ease-of retrieval and attributions. (2025)
Journal Article
ABDULLA, A. and WOODS, R. 2025. I did it before, so I can do it again(?): recalling success, expectations of future success and the impact of ease-of-retrieval and attributions. Psychological research [online], 89(4), article number 117. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-025-02136-x

It is widely assumed that recalling past success raises expectations of future success ("expectancy"). However, experimental research investigating that assumption has generated mixed results. The present study examined two (meta)cognitive factors th... Read More about I did it before, so I can do it again(?): recalling sucess, expectations of future success and the impact of ease-of retrieval and attributions..

Imposter participants in synchronous qualitative research: a systematic scoping review. (2025)
Journal Article
HUSTED, M., DOWRICK, A., PORTER, R., VELO HIGUERAS, M., WHITMORE, C., EVERED, J., KENNEDY, M. and SCOTT, S.D. 2025. Imposter participants in synchronous qualitative research: a systematic scoping review. International journal of qualitative methods [online], 24, pages 1-10. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251342542

Although the issue of bots and fraudulent participants is well established within quantitative research, in recent years there have been increasing incidences of imposter participants within qualitative research. However, how qualitative researchers... Read More about Imposter participants in synchronous qualitative research: a systematic scoping review..

Collaborative and social learning in virtual environments. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
BREMNER, P. 2025. Collaborative and social learning in virtual environments. HETL frontiers magazine [online], (accepted). To be made available from: https://www.hetl.org/hetl-frontiers/

The Higher Education Institution (HEI) sector is changing, driven by digital advancements and social expectations. Educators must reflect on how, what and why they teach ensuring it is meaningful and relevant. Experiential learning (Kolb, 2014) has... Read More about Collaborative and social learning in virtual environments..

A 10-year review of periconceptual folic acid supplementation in women with epilepsy taking antiseizure medications. (2025)
Journal Article
TURNER, C., MCINTOSH, T., GAFFNEY, D., GERMAINE, M., HOGAN, J. and O’HIGGINS, A. 2025. A 10-year review of periconceptual folic acid supplementation in women with epilepsy taking antiseizure medications. Journal of maternal fetal and neonatal medicine [online], 38(1), article 2524094. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2025.2524094

Epidemiological studies have reported that women with epilepsy who are taking antiseizure medications have an increased risk of Neural Tube Defects. Periconceptual folic acid supplementation potentially prevents two-thirds of cases. International gui... Read More about A 10-year review of periconceptual folic acid supplementation in women with epilepsy taking antiseizure medications..

The history and development of health psychology in the United Kingdom. (2025)
Other
QUINN, F., CHATER, A.M. and MORRISON, V. 2025. The history and development of health psychology in the United Kingdom. In Brown, K., et al. (eds.) SAGE handbook of health psychology: contexts, theory and methods in health psychology. Second edition. London: Sage [online], chapter 1. Available from: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-sage-handbook-of-health-psychology/book280824

Ideas about how the mind, body and health are interconnected date to ancient times and became a focus of psychology in the 20th century. In the first half of the 20th century, medical psychology and psychosomatic medicine applied psychological scienc... Read More about The history and development of health psychology in the United Kingdom..

Characterization of resin-infused nonwoven natural fiber-reinforced epoxy composites for renewable energy structural applications: comparative experimental and finite element analysis. (2025)
Journal Article
OWEN, M.M., WONG, L.S., ACHUKWU, E.O., SHUIB, S. and MD DIN, N.B. 2025. Characterization of resin-infused nonwoven natural fiber-reinforced epoxy composites for renewable energy structural applications: comparative experimental and finite element analysis. Polymer composites [online], Early View. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.70064

Natural resource-based composites are biodegradable, eco-friendly, and sustainable; however, variations in their properties and performance quality present significant challenges. This study presents the fabrication and performance evaluation of nonw... Read More about Characterization of resin-infused nonwoven natural fiber-reinforced epoxy composites for renewable energy structural applications: comparative experimental and finite element analysis..

Home clutter and mental well-being: exploring moderators and the mediating role of home beauty. (2025)
Journal Article
QUINN, F. 2025. Home clutter and mental well-being: exploring moderators and the mediating role of home beauty. Journal of environmental psychology [online], In Press, article number 102672. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102672

Home clutter in non-hoarding populations correlates negatively with psychological well-being. However, mediators (i.e. mechanisms of action) and moderators (i.e. under what conditions or for whom do the effects hold) require further study. A cross-se... Read More about Home clutter and mental well-being: exploring moderators and the mediating role of home beauty..

Understanding perceptions, attitudes and experiences of nursing students during clinical placement in primary health care settings; a scoping review. (2025)
Journal Article
PROCTER, D., MCCULLOUGH, K., MASSEY, D. and STRICKLAND, K. 2025. Understanding perceptions, attitudes and experiences of nursing students during clinical placement in primary health care settings: a scoping review. Nurse education in practice [online], 86, article number 104434. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104434

Critically analyse literature on undergraduate nursing students' perceptions, attitudes and experiences during Primary Health Care (PHC) placements and identify factors influencing their satisfaction. These insights may improve educational outcomes,... Read More about Understanding perceptions, attitudes and experiences of nursing students during clinical placement in primary health care settings; a scoping review..

Diffusion limit and the reactivity/affinity conundrum: implications for optimization and hit finding for irreversible modulators. (2025)
Journal Article
SRINIVASAN, B. 2025. Diffusion limit and the reactivity/affinity conundrum: implications for optimization and hit finding for irreversible modulators. Journal of medicinal chemistry [online], 68(13), pages 13137-13147. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02863

Irreversible inhibition as a therapeutic modality has come of age over the previous decade. With minimal theoretical guidance for the design of an irreversible modulator, empirical optimization efforts often involve increasing the affinity of the sma... Read More about Diffusion limit and the reactivity/affinity conundrum: implications for optimization and hit finding for irreversible modulators..

Improving geothermal resource assessment: a data-driven approach to chemical geothermometry using deep learning. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ALGAIAR, M. 2025. Improving geothermal resource assessment: a data-driven approach to chemical geothermometry using deep learning. Presented at the 2025 SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) Net-zero emissions workshop, 23-25 June 2025, [virtual event].

This study presents a deep learning model trained on a dataset of 674 water samples from Nevada to predict geothermal reservoir temperatures. The model outperforms traditional geothermometers and other machine learning models, achieving high accuracy... Read More about Improving geothermal resource assessment: a data-driven approach to chemical geothermometry using deep learning..

Experiments on cyclic behaviour of reusable side plate cold-formed steel semi-rigid moment-resisting connections. (2025)
Journal Article
IBRAHIMOV, K., SABBAGH, A.B., JAFARIFAR, N. and DAVIDSON, P. 2025. Experiments on cyclic behaviour of reusable side plate cold-formed steel semi-rigid moment-resisting connections. Engineering structures [online], 341, article number 120797. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2025.120797

Eight large-scale tests are presented on cantilever side plate cold-formed steel (CFS) semi-rigid moment-resisting connections. These comprise lipped or unlipped side-plates attached to both sides of built-up tubular CFS beam and column sections by m... Read More about Experiments on cyclic behaviour of reusable side plate cold-formed steel semi-rigid moment-resisting connections..

Sustainable supply chains: beyond the final product. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BREMNER, P. 2025. Sustainable supply chains: beyond the final product. Presented at the 2025 CQI/IRCA (Chartered Quality Institute/International Register of Certified Auditors) Quality live conference and awards ( Quality Live 2025): dreamers and disruptors: driving innovative, sustainable, competitive quality, 19 June 2025, London, UK.

Globally, the fashion industry produces around 92 million tonnes of textile waste annually. This contributes significantly to environmental pollution, with the industry responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions. We consume 62 million tonnes of t... Read More about Sustainable supply chains: beyond the final product..

Enhanced quantile regression long short-term memory hybrid neural network for the state of charge point and interval estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2025)
Journal Article
ZOU, Y., WANG, S., HAI, N., BLAABJERG, F., FERNANDEZ, C. and CAO, W. 2025. Enhanced quantile regression long short-term memory hybrid neural network for the state of charge point and interval estimation of lithium-ion batteries. Energy [online], 332, article number137201. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.137201

The state of charge (SOC) estimation accuracy of lithium-ion batteries directly affects the reliability and management efficiency of clean energy storage systems. However, due to the nonlinear characteristics of batteries and complex working conditio... Read More about Enhanced quantile regression long short-term memory hybrid neural network for the state of charge point and interval estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Comparison of match running demands between U18, reserve and first-team footballers. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAUGHAN, P., COWIE, G., MACFARLANE, N., SWINTON, P. and BURGESS, K. 2025. Comparison of match running demands between U18, reserve and first-team footballers. Presented at the 2025 World congress in science and soccer (WCSS 2025), 17-20 June 2025, Glasgow, UK.

The aim of this study was to investigate differences in match running demands between first-team, reserve, and U18 footballers. A retrospective, season-long study of 37 male professional footballers was undertaken. Total distance, low-intensity runni... Read More about Comparison of match running demands between U18, reserve and first-team footballers..

Monitoring load experienced by players during the transition from academy to professional soccer. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAUGHAN, P., BURGESS, K. and MACFARLANE, N. 2025. Monitoring load experienced by players during the transition from academy to professional soccer. Presented at the 2025 World congress in science and soccer (WCSS 2025), 17-20 June 2025, Glasgow, UK.

This study investigates the load experienced by players transitioning from academy to professional soccer and if subjective measures of training load able to give useful insights into training volumes and training intensity.

You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BREMNER, P. and MCGREGOR, R. 2025. You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU. Presented at the 2025 Advance HE research symposium: enablers and inhibitors of thriving research cultures, 17 June 2025, [virtual event].

In 2002 Alan Jenkins first referred Higher education research (HER) as the 'Cinderella of academia'. HER was really not recognised or valued by the 'ugly sisters' of the QAA and Research Assessment Exercise. Even after 20 years challenges still exist... Read More about You shall go to the ball!: overcoming inhibitors to promote a higher education research culture at RGU..