All Outputs (749)

Robust cardiac segmentation corrected with heuristics. (2023)
Journal Article
CERVANTES-GUZMÁN, A., MCPHERSON, K., OLVERES, J., MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F., ROBLES, F.T., ELYAN, E. and ESCALANTE-RAMÍREZ, B. 2023. Robust cardiac segmentation corrected with heuristics. PLoS ONE [online], 18(10), article e0293560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293560

Cardiovascular diseases related to the right side of the heart, such as Pulmonary Hypertension, are some of the leading causes of death among the Mexican (and worldwide) population. To avoid invasive techniques such as catheterizing the heart, improv... Read More about Robust cardiac segmentation corrected with heuristics..

Design of a novel α-shaped flue gas route flame incinerator for the treatment of municipal waste materials. (2023)
Journal Article
LIU, X., ZHU, G., ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2024. Design of a novel α-shaped flue gas route flame incinerator for the treatment of municipal waste materials. Waste and biomass valorization [online], 15(4), pages 2483-2498. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02291-5

In order to improve the combustion characteristics of municipal waste materials and reduce excess pollutants generated during the incineration process, this study develops a novel waste incinerator with an α-shaped flue gas route. This has been achie... Read More about Design of a novel α-shaped flue gas route flame incinerator for the treatment of municipal waste materials..

Smart meter data-driven voltage forecasting model for a real distribution network based on SCO-MLP. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
DOKUR, E., SENGOR, I., ERDOGAN, N., YUZGEC, U. and HAYES, B.P. 2023. Smart meter data-driven voltage forecasting model for a real distribution network based on SCO-MLP. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE PES (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society) Innovative smart grid technologies conference Europe (2023 IEEE PES ISGT Europe): powering solutions for decarbonized and resilient future smartgrids, 23-26 October 2023, Grenoble, France. Piscataway: IEEE [online], 10408345. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEUROPE56780.2023.10408345

Advanced metering infrastructure like smart meter technology has enabled the collection of high-resolution data on voltage, active, and reactive power consumption from end-users in real-time. This paper introduces a new machine learning model, named... Read More about Smart meter data-driven voltage forecasting model for a real distribution network based on SCO-MLP..

Interventional pharmacoepidemiology: design and evaluation of interventions to improve prescribing. (2023)
Journal Article
ALEXANDER, C., GRANT, A., HUGHES, C. and DREISCHULTE, T. 2023. Interventional pharmacoepidemiology: design and evaluation of interventions to improve prescribing. American journal of epidemiology [online], (accepted).

Despite the value of modern therapeutics, many obstacles prevent their optimal use. Overuse, underuse and misuse are common, resulting in morbidity and mortality impacting billions of individuals across the world. Pharmacoepidemiology provides import... Read More about Interventional pharmacoepidemiology: design and evaluation of interventions to improve prescribing..

Judex: hope for the hopeful and the hopeless. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
HARPER, L., EGBEWOLE, W. and CHRISTODOULIDIS, E. 2023. Judex: hope for the hopeful and the hopeless. Presented at the 3rd Cross-cultural conversation of the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), 25 October 2023, Aberdeen, UK.

This seminar was the third meeting or cross-cultural conversation (CCC) organised by the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), convened by Olufemi Ilesanmi. This particular event, mod... Read More about Judex: hope for the hopeful and the hopeless..

Valorisation of whisky distillery waste as a sustainable source of antioxidant and antibacterial properties with neuroprotective potential. (2023)
Journal Article
BLAIKIE, L., WELGAMAGE DON, A., FRANZEN, X., FERNANDEZ, C., FAISAL, N. and KONG THOO LIN, P. [2023]. Valorisation of whisky distillery waste as a sustainable source of antioxidant and antibacterial properties with neuroprotective potential. Waste and biomass valorization [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02292-4

Waste by-products such as pot ale are abundantly produced during the whisky distillation process and are conventionally used as livestock feed, however a significant proportion continues to require land and sea disposal. Here, the novel potential of... Read More about Valorisation of whisky distillery waste as a sustainable source of antioxidant and antibacterial properties with neuroprotective potential..

Provision of dietary education in UK-based cardiac rehabilitation: a cross-sectional survey conducted in conjunction with the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. (2023)
Journal Article
JAMES, E., BUTLER, T., NICHOLS, S., GOODALL, S. and O'DOHERTY, A.F. 2023. Provision of dietary education in UK-based cardiac rehabilitation: a cross-sectional survey conducted in conjunction with the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. British journal of nutrition [online], First View. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114523002374

Dietary education is a core component of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). It is unknown how or what dietary education is delivered across the United Kingdom (UK). We aimed to characterise practitioners who deliver dietary education in UK CR and determine... Read More about Provision of dietary education in UK-based cardiac rehabilitation: a cross-sectional survey conducted in conjunction with the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation..

Capacity expansion in liberalized electricity markets with locational pricing and renewable energy investments. (2023)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F.S., WILLIAM-RIOUX, B. and PIERRU, A. 2023. Capacity expansion in liberalized electricity markets with locational pricing and renewable energy investments. Energy economics [online], 127(B), article number 106958. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106958

We study the long-term incentives for expanding production capacity in liberalized electricity markets. How does electricity market design affect the prices of energy, capacity and social welfare? And how is this capacity market affected by the geogr... Read More about Capacity expansion in liberalized electricity markets with locational pricing and renewable energy investments..

A novel genetic marginalized particle filter method for state of charge and state of energy estimation adaptive to multi-temperature conditions of lithium-ion batteries. (2023)
Journal Article
JIA, X., WANG, S., CAO, J., QIAO, J., YANG, X., LI, Y. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2023. A novel genetic marginalized particle filter method for state of charge and state of energy estimation adaptive to multi-temperature conditions of lithium-ion batteries. Journal of energy storage [online], 74(part A), article number 109291. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.109291

Power lithium-ion batteries are widely used in various fields, the battery management system (BMS) is the main object of battery energy management and safety monitoring, so the accurate collaboration of state of charge (SoC) and state of energy (SoE)... Read More about A novel genetic marginalized particle filter method for state of charge and state of energy estimation adaptive to multi-temperature conditions of lithium-ion batteries..

Early detection of citrus anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides using hyperspectral imaging. (2023)
Journal Article
TANG, Y., YANG, J., ZHUANG, J., HOU, C., MIAO, A., REN, J., HUANG, H., TAN, Z. and PALIWAL, J. 2023. Early detection of citrus anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides using hyperspecral imaging. Computers and electronics in agriculture [online], 214, article number 108348. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2023.108348

Citrus fruit are susceptible to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides infestation during postharvest and shelf storage. Early and accurate detection of citrus anthracnose is conducive for carrying out targeted pesticide control and mitigating the potential... Read More about Early detection of citrus anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides using hyperspectral imaging..

3R: a reliable multi agent reinforcement learning based routing protocol for wireless medical sensor networks. (2023)
Journal Article
HAJAR, M.S., KALUTARAGE, H.K. and AL-KADRI, M.O. 2023. 3R: a reliable multi agent reinforcement learning based routing protocol for wireless medical sensor networks. Computer networks [online], 237, article number 110073. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.110073

Interest in the Wireless Medical Sensor Network (WMSN) is rapidly gaining attention thanks to recent advances in semiconductors and wireless communication. However, by virtue of the sensitive medical applications and the stringent resource constraint... Read More about 3R: a reliable multi agent reinforcement learning based routing protocol for wireless medical sensor networks..

Fighters, not victims: on victimhood recognition and gender representations in the enslavement charges in the Ongwen case. (2023)
Journal Article
SÁNCHEZ MERA, S. 2023. Fighters, not victims: on victimhood recognition and gender representations in the enslavement charges in the Ongwen case. International criminal law review [online], 23(5-6), pages 782-803. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10164

In the Ongwen case, according to the OTP women were abducted to be wives and men to be soldiers, women were forced to work and men forced to fight. The OTP brought enslavement charges for some of these crimes. Absent from the charges was the forced f... Read More about Fighters, not victims: on victimhood recognition and gender representations in the enslavement charges in the Ongwen case..

A study exploring public opinion and attitudes towards being vaccinated in a community pharmacy. [SIFaCT Poster] (2023)
Presentation / Conference
ZERBINATO, F. and TONNA, A. 2023. A study exploring public opinion and attitudes towards being vaccinated in a community pharmacy. Presented at 11th SIFaCT (Italian Society of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics) national congress 2023, 19-21 October 2023, Verona, Italy.

This poster described a small-scale study exploring the public opinion and attitudes towards being vaccinated in a community pharmacy in the Veneto region of Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Current landscape of ecological momentary assessment (real-time data) methodology in cancer research: a systematic review. (2023)
Journal Article
PATERSON, C., ARMITAGE, L. and TURNER, M. 2023. Current landscape of ecological momentary assessment (real-time data) methodology in cancer research: a systematic review. Seminars in oncology nursing [online], 39(6), article number 151514. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2023.151514

To critically synthesize and describe the use and methods of ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in cancer research. A systematic review was conducted and has been reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-... Read More about Current landscape of ecological momentary assessment (real-time data) methodology in cancer research: a systematic review..

Nature-based solution to eliminate cyanotoxins in water using biologically enhanced biochar. (2023)
Journal Article
MOORE, J., JAYAKUMAR, A., SOLDATOU, S., MAŠEK, O., LAWTON, L.A. and EDWARDS, C. 2023. Nature-based solution to eliminate cyanotoxins in water using biologically enhanced biochar. Environmental science and technology [online], 57(43), pages 16372-16385. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05298

Climate change and high eutrophication levels of freshwater sources are increasing the occurrence and intensity of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in drinking water supplies. Conventional water treatment struggles to eliminate cyanobacteria/cyanotoxins a... Read More about Nature-based solution to eliminate cyanotoxins in water using biologically enhanced biochar..

ASXC2 approach: a service-X cost optimization strategy based on edge orchestration for IIoT. (2023)
Journal Article
MEKALA, M.S., DHIMAN, G., PARK, J.H., JUNG, H.-Y. and VIRIYASITAVAT, W. 2023. ASXC2 approach: a service-X cost optimization strategy based on edge orchestration for IIoT. IEEE transactions on industrial informatics [online], Early Access. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2023.3315744

Most computation-intensive industry applications and servers encounter service-reliability challenges due to the limited resource capability of the edge. Achieving quality data fusion and accurate service reliability with optimized service-x executio... Read More about ASXC2 approach: a service-X cost optimization strategy based on edge orchestration for IIoT..

Gender inequality in the Nigerian power sector: the case of Nigerian electricity companies. (2023)
Journal Article
ONOSHAKPOR, R. and ONOSHAKPOR, C. 2023. Gender inequality in the Nigerian power sector: the case of Nigerian electricity companies. American journal of engineering research [online], 12(10), pages 21-26. Available from: https://www.ajer.org/papers/Vol-12-issue-10/12102126.pdf

A gender imbalance in the energy sector workforce is evident in most countries worldwide, yet women's participation in, and contributions to, the energy industry have been under researched and lacks characterization. As the energy sector transitions... Read More about Gender inequality in the Nigerian power sector: the case of Nigerian electricity companies..

Improving access to service charities for female veterans. (2023)
Report
BAILEY, M., PHILLIPS, R. and MORRISON, Z. 2023. Improving access to service charities for female veterans. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2079145

To date, considerations of improving access to and quality of care for veterans often emphasise male perspectives. This may not reflect the needs of female veterans, nor anticipate the needs of the increasing numbers of female service personnel as th... Read More about Improving access to service charities for female veterans..

Vision based relative position estimation in surgical robotics. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
MUTHUKRISHNAN, R., KANNAN, S., PRABHU, R., ZHAO, Y., BHOWMICK, P. and HASAN, M.J. 2023. Vision based relative position estimation in surgical robotics. In Proceedings of the 2023 Network, multimedia and information technology international conference (NMITCON 2023), 1-2 September 2023, Bengaluru, India. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 10275973. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/NMITCON58196.2023.10275973

Teleoperation-based Robotic-Assisted Minimally In-vasive Surgery (RAMIS) has gained immense popularity in medical field. However, limited physical interaction between the surgeon and patient poses a significant challenge. In RAMIS, the surgeon operat... Read More about Vision based relative position estimation in surgical robotics..

Understanding the causes of disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. (2023)
Report
SIVERS, S. 2023. Understanding the causes of disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2113793

This briefing note provides a summary of the findings from a project looking at dispute resolution in paediatrics, funded by NHS Grampian Charity.