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Locomotor activities and subjective load differences between professional youth soccer players and professional development loans: a comparative analysis. (2022)
Journal Article
CRAIG, T.P., SWINTON, P., BARRETT, S. and MAUGHAN, P. 2022. Locomotor activities and subjective load differences between professional youth soccer players and professional development loans: a comparative analysis. International journal of sports science and coaching [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221141145

This study quantified and compared the weekly locomotor activity and subjective load between elite and development loan youth soccer players registered to a primary club. Development loan players were loaned to a lower-league club and trained part-ti... Read More about Locomotor activities and subjective load differences between professional youth soccer players and professional development loans: a comparative analysis..

Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness. [Dataset] (2022)
Dataset
AGHAHOSSEINI, A., SOLOMON, A.A., BREYER, C., PREGGER, T., SIMON, S., STRACHAN, P. and JÄGER-WALDAU, A. 2023. Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness. [Dataset]. Applied energy [online], 331, article ID 120401. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261922016580#s0095

This research aims to explore and analyse various energy transition pathways through a uniform modelling environment. This is a research gap that has not yet been investigated, although it significantly enhances comparability and offers new insights... Read More about Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness. [Dataset].

Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness. (2022)
Journal Article
AGHAHOSSEINI, A., SOLOMON, A.A., BREYER, C., PREGGER, T., SIMON, S., STRACHAN, P. and JÄGER-WALDAU, A. 2023. Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness. Applied energy [online], 331, article ID 120401. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120401

This study presents a novel energy system modelling approach for the analysis and comparison of global energy transition pathways for the decarbonisation of the electricity sector. The results of the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Teske/D... Read More about Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness..

A robust exploration strategy in reinforcement learning based on temporal difference error. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
HAJAR, M.S., KALUTARAGE, H. and AL-KADRI, M.O. 2022. A robust exploration strategy in reinforcement learning based on temporal difference error. In Aziz, H., Corrêa, D. and French, T. (eds.) AI 2022: advances in artificial intelligence; proceedings of the 35th Australasian joint conference 2022 (AI 2022), 5-8 December 2022, Perth, Australia. Lecture notes in computer science (LNCS), 13728. Cham: Springer [online], pages 789-799. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22695-3_55

Exploration is a critical component in reinforcement learning algorithms. Exploration exploitation trade-off is still a fundamental dilemma in reinforcement learning. The learning agent needs to learn how to deal with a stochastic environment in orde... Read More about A robust exploration strategy in reinforcement learning based on temporal difference error..

The experiences and unmet supportive care needs of partners of men diagnosed with prostate cancer: a meta-aggregation systematic review. (2022)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, C., TOOHEY, K. and PETERSON, C. [2023]. The experiences and unmet supportive care needs of partners of men diagnosed with prostate cancer: a meta-aggregation systematic review. Cancer nursing [online], Ahead-of-print. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000001172

Partners of men diagnosed with prostate cancer face their own emotional struggles as they navigate additional caregiver responsibilities while concurrently adjusting to the diagnosis and coping with greater illness uncertainty for their loved one. Th... Read More about The experiences and unmet supportive care needs of partners of men diagnosed with prostate cancer: a meta-aggregation systematic review..

Pharmacy students' experience of technology-enhanced learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2022)
Journal Article
DURAND, E., KERR, A., KAVANAGH, O., CROWLEY, E., BUCHANAN, B. and BERMINGHAM, M. 2023. Pharmacy students' experience of technology-enhanced learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy [online], 9, article 100206. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2022.100206

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacy students and educators experienced an abrupt shift as programmes that were previously taught exclusively in-person were then predominantly taught online. This sudden change provided little time for s... Read More about Pharmacy students' experience of technology-enhanced learning during the COVID-19 pandemic..

A bench-scale electrochemical peroxidation reactor performance on removal of organic pollutants from tannery industrial wastewater. (2022)
Journal Article
GOPAL, S., SOMANATHAN, A., JEYAKUMAR, R. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. A bench-scale electrochemical peroxidation reactor performance on removal of organic pollutants from tannery industrial wastewater. Desalination and water treatment [online], 277, pages 120-135. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2022.29039

The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of a novel laboratory scale electrochemical peroxidation (ECP) reactor using iron (Fe) electrodes (anode and cathode) for treatment of tannery wastewater. In order to minimize operating cost, the e... Read More about A bench-scale electrochemical peroxidation reactor performance on removal of organic pollutants from tannery industrial wastewater..

Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s. (2022)
Book Chapter
BLACKWOOD, J. 2022. Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s. In Leuzzi, L., Partridge, S. and Shemilt, E. (eds.) Richard Demarco: the Italian connection. Barnet: John Libbey, chapter 7, pages 105-113.

During the Cold War period, relations between the UK and Yugoslavia were couched entirely in the frames of politics, economics or military history; in the later years of socialist Yugoslavia, from the later seventies onwards, links were also develope... Read More about Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s..

Piloting the learning by development action model pedagogy in UK HEIs. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
LINTILÄ, T. and ZARB, M. 2022. Piloting the learning by development action model pedagogy in UK HEIs. In Proceedings of the 2022 Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2022): grand challenges in engineering education, 8-11 October 2022, Uppsala, Sweden. Piscataway: IEEE [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962469

This Research to Practice full paper presents pilot implementations of the Learning by Developing (LbD) at a higher educational institution in the UK as part of a project-based module. The study analyses the students' experiences of LbD and the perce... Read More about Piloting the learning by development action model pedagogy in UK HEIs..

A different way of being. (2022)
Presentation / Conference
TABIB, M., HUMPHREY, T., FORBES-MCKAY, K., HOLLINS-MARTIN, C. and MCVICAR, S. 2022. A different way of being. Presented at the 2022 Scotland maternity and midwifery festival, 29 November 2022, Edinburgh, UK.

This presentation gives an overview of the findings from the author's PhD project, which aimed to explore the impact of an antenatal relaxation class on maternal psychological wellbeing and childbirth.

Clinical dialogue transcription error correction using Seq2Seq models. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
NANAYAKKARA, G., WIRATURNGA, N., CORSAR, D., MARTIN, K. and WIJEKOON, A. 2022. Clinical dialogue transcription error correction using Seq2Seq models. In Shaban-Nejad, A., Michalowski, M. and Bianco, S. (eds.) Multimodal AI in healthcare: a paradigm shift in health intelligence; selected papers from the 6th International workshop on health intelligence (W3PHIAI-22), co-located with the 34th AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence) Innovative applications of artificial intelligence (IAAI-22), 28 February - 1 March 2022, [virtual event]. Studies in computational intelligence, 1060. Cham: Springer [online], pages 41-57. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14771-5_4

Good communication is critical to good healthcare. Clinical dialogue is a conversation between health practitioners and their patients, with the explicit goal of obtaining and sharing medical information. This information contributes to medical decis... Read More about Clinical dialogue transcription error correction using Seq2Seq models..

Global differences in current strength and conditioning practice within soccer. (2022)
Journal Article
MCQUILLIAM, S.J., CLARK, D.R., ERSKINE, R.M. and BROWNLEE, T.E. 2022. Global differences in current strength and conditioning practice within soccer. International journal of sports science and coaching [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221136048

Differences exist between top-tier soccer leagues (e.g. anthropometry and match demands), which may influence strength and conditioning (S&C) practice. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether current S&C practice in men's and women's (... Read More about Global differences in current strength and conditioning practice within soccer..

Passing the torch. [Exhibition] (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Passing the torch. [Exhibition]. Exhibited 25 November - 2 December 2022, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen.

The "Fired Up" event on the 30th October 2022 was the first communal firing of the on-campus wood-fired kiln that had been jointly constructed by both staff and students. The works resulting from this firing were then presented at the "Passing the To... Read More about Passing the torch. [Exhibition].

The experiences of clinical academic nurses: a meta-aggregation. (2022)
Journal Article
PATERSON, C. and STRICKLAND, K. 2023. The experiences of clinical academic nurses: a meta-aggregation. Seminars in oncology nursing [online], 39(1), article 151364. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2022.151364

Objective: Historically, clinical academic careers were only available for dental and medical professions. The title of a clinical academic nurse is recognized as a role that concurrently engages in both clinical practice and research. This systemati... Read More about The experiences of clinical academic nurses: a meta-aggregation..

Analysis of the optimal policy for managing strategic petroleum reserves under long-term uncertainty: the ASEAN case. (2022)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F.S., ZAHUR, N.B. and WU, F. 2023. Analysis of the optimal policy for managing strategic petroleum reserves under long-term uncertainty: the ASEAN case. Computers and industrial engineering [online], 175, article number 108834. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2022.108834

We examine the issue of petroleum stockpiling in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), computing the optimal build-up and draw-down policies under different conditions. We study, in detail, the properties of petroleum prices, oil import... Read More about Analysis of the optimal policy for managing strategic petroleum reserves under long-term uncertainty: the ASEAN case..

Hyperspectral imaging based detection of PVC during Sellafield repackaging procedures. (2022)
Journal Article
ZABALZA, J., MURRAY, P., MARSHALL, S., REN, J., BERNARD, R. and HEPWORTH, S. 2023. Hyperspectral imaging based detection of PVC during Sellafield repackaging procedures. IEEE sensors journal [online], 23(1), pages 452-459. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3221680

Traditionally, Special Nuclear Material (SNM) at Sellafield has been stored in multi-layered packages, consisting of metallic cans and an over-layer of plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) as an intermediate layer when transitioning between areas of... Read More about Hyperspectral imaging based detection of PVC during Sellafield repackaging procedures..

Object-based attention mechanism for color calibration of UAV remote sensing images in precision agriculture. (2022)
Journal Article
HUANG, H., TANG, Y., TAN, Z., ZHUANG, J., HOU, C., CHEN, W. and REN, J. 2022. Object-based attention mechanism for color calibration of UAV remote sensing images in precision agriculture. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 60, article number 4416013. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3224580

Color calibration is a critical step for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing, especially in precision agriculture, which relies mainly on correlating color changes to specific quality attributes, e.g. plant health, disease, and pest stresses... Read More about Object-based attention mechanism for color calibration of UAV remote sensing images in precision agriculture..

What are the unmet supportive care needs of people affected by cancer: an umbrella systematic review. (2022)
Journal Article
PATERSON, C., TOOHEY, K., BACON, R., KAVANAGH, P.S. and ROBERTS, C. 2023. What are the unmet supportive care needs of people affected by cancer: an umbrella systematic review. Seminars in oncology nursing [online], 39(3), article 151353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2022.151353

The aim of this umbrella systematic review was to critically synthesize unmet supportive care needs of people affected by cancer. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) umbrella review method provided an overall examination of the body of evidence that wa... Read More about What are the unmet supportive care needs of people affected by cancer: an umbrella systematic review..

Deep scattering spectrum germaneness for fault detection and diagnosis for component-level prognostics and health management (PHM). (2022)
Journal Article
ROHAN, A. 2022. Deep scattering spectrum germaneness for fault detection and diagnosis for component-level prognostics and health management (PHM). Sensors [online], 22(23), article 9064. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239064

Most methodologies for fault detection and diagnosis in prognostics and health management (PHM) systems use machine learning (ML) or deep learning (DL), in which either some features are extracted beforehand (in the case of typical ML approaches) or... Read More about Deep scattering spectrum germaneness for fault detection and diagnosis for component-level prognostics and health management (PHM)..

States and welfare states: government for the people. (2022)
Book
SPICKER, P. 2022. States and welfare states: government for the people. Bristol: Policy Press [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447367383

Most governments in the world – including many that are autocratic or authoritarian – have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social security. This book explores the role of government and... Read More about States and welfare states: government for the people..