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A narrative synthesis of qualitative studies conducted to assess patient safety culture in hospital settings. (2019)
Journal Article
ALQATTAN, H., MORRISON, Z. and CLELAND, J.A. 2019. A narrative synthesis of qualitative studies conducted to assess patient safety culture in hospital settings. Sultan Qaboos University medical journal [online], 19(2), pages e91-e98. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2019.19.02.002

This review aimed to identify methodological aspects of qualitative studies conducted to assess patient safety culture (PSC) in hospital settings. Searches of Google Scholar (Google LLC, Menlo Park, California, USA), MEDLINE® (National Library of Med... Read More about A narrative synthesis of qualitative studies conducted to assess patient safety culture in hospital settings..

Inclusive design for immersive spaces. (2019)
Journal Article
CRABB, M., CLARKE, D., ALWAER, H., HERON, M. and LAING, R. 2019. Inclusive design for immersive spaces. Design journal [online], 22(Sup 1: running with scissors: proceedings from 13th European Academy of Design international conference (EAD 2019), 10-12 April 2019, Dundee, UK), pages 2105-2118. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2019.1594934

It is vital when creating learning environments that attention is paid towards individuals using a given space, activities that they will carry out, and the available equipment that will facilitate this. It is also important that these spaces are cre... Read More about Inclusive design for immersive spaces..

Ontology driven information retrieval. (2019)
Thesis
NKISI-ORJI, I. 2019. Ontology driven information retrieval. Robert Gordon University [online], PhD thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

Ontology-driven information retrieval deals with the use of entities specified in domain ontologies to enhance search and browse. The entities or concepts of lightweight ontological resources are traditionally used to index resources in specialised d... Read More about Ontology driven information retrieval..

Degradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by continuous flow UV-A photocatalysis over immobilised TiO2. [Dataset] (2019)
Dataset
FERVERS, A.-S. and CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D. 2019. Degradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by continuous flow UV-A photocatalysis over immobilised TiO2. [Dataset]. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/969451

The aim of this research was to evaluate the efficiency of photocatalysis using a continuous-flow reactor with immobilised TiO2 on glass tubes and a UV-A light. The effect of flow rate and hydrogen peroxide addition on the efficiency of cyanotoxin re... Read More about Degradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by continuous flow UV-A photocatalysis over immobilised TiO2. [Dataset].

Acoustic spectral imaging and transfer learning for reliable bearing fault diagnosis under variable speed conditions. (2019)
Journal Article
HASAN, M.J., ISLAM, M.M.M. and KIM, J.-M. 2019. Acoustic spectral imaging and transfer learning for reliable bearing fault diagnosis under variable speed conditions. Measurement [online], 138, pages 620-631. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2019.02.075

Incipient fault diagnosis of a bearing requires robust feature representation for an accurate condition-based monitoring system. Existing fault diagnosis schemes are mostly confined to manual features and traditional machine learning approaches such... Read More about Acoustic spectral imaging and transfer learning for reliable bearing fault diagnosis under variable speed conditions..

Advance decisions, dementia and subsequent inconsistent behaviour: a call for greater clarity in the law. (2019)
Journal Article
CHRISTIE, S. 2019. Advance decisions, dementia and subsequent inconsistent behaviour: a call for greater clarity in the law. Journal of medical law and ethics [online], 2019(1). Available from: https://www.uitgeverijparis.nl/en/reader/205341/1001426917

This paper considers the interpretation of section 25(2)(c) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, on the relevance of subsequent inconsistent behaviour by the maker of an advance decision. Consideration of the very few cases, and analysis of how existing... Read More about Advance decisions, dementia and subsequent inconsistent behaviour: a call for greater clarity in the law..

Environmental protection in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and Jonah Gbemre v Shell PDC Nigeria Limited: let the plunder continue? (2019)
Journal Article
FATUROTI, B., AGBAITORO, G. and ONYA, O. 2019. Environmental protection in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and Jonah Gbemre v Shell PDC Nigeria Limited: let the plunder continue? African journal of international and comparative law [online], 27(2), pages 225-245. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/ajicl.2019.0270

The case of Jonah Gbemre v. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited made an historic deviation from the usual trend of seeking for monetary compensation by host communities in oil rich regions in Nigeria. Rather, it seeks to correct re... Read More about Environmental protection in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and Jonah Gbemre v Shell PDC Nigeria Limited: let the plunder continue?.

Video tampering localisation using features learned from authentic content. (2019)
Journal Article
JOHNSTON, P., ELYAN, E. and JAYNE, C. 2020. Video tampering localisation using features learned from authentic content. Neural computing and applications [online], 32(16): special issue on Real-world optimization problems and meta-heuristics and selected papers from the 19th Engineering applications of neural networks conference 2018 (EANN 2018), 3-5 September 2018, Bristol UK , pages 12243-12257. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-019-04272-z

Video tampering detection remains an open problem in the field of digital media forensics. As video manipulation techniques advance, it becomes easier for tamperers to create convincing forgeries that can fool human eyes. Deep learning methods have a... Read More about Video tampering localisation using features learned from authentic content..

Using static concentrator technology to achieve global energy goal. (2019)
Journal Article
ALAMOUDI, A., SAADUDDIN, S.M., MUNIR, A.B., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., ABU-BAKAR, S.H., YASIN, S.H.M., KARIM, R., BANI, N.A., MAS'UD, A.A., ARDILA-REY, J.A., PRABHU, R. and SELLAMI, N. 2019. Using static concentrator technology to achieve global energy goal. Sustainability [online], 11(11), article ID 3056. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113056

Solar energy has demonstrated promising prospects in satisfying energy requirements, specifically through solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. Despite that, the cost of installation is deemed as the main hurdle to the widespread uptake of solar PV sys... Read More about Using static concentrator technology to achieve global energy goal..

Calculating the impact of event using emotion detection. (2019)
Journal Article
SHIVA, T., KAVYA, T., REDDY, N.A. and BANO, S. 2019. Calculating the impact of event using emotion detection. International journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering [online], 8(7), article number G5105058719, pages 183-189. Available from: https://www.ijitee.org/portfolio-item/G5105058719/

Regardless of the extraordinary advancements in artificial intelligence, we are still far from having the capacity to normally associate with machines. Feature analysis in emotion recognition is significantly less concentrated than the facial recogni... Read More about Calculating the impact of event using emotion detection..

Coal bed methane development in Indonesia: the economics of the stakeholders' perspective. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
SUMARNO, T.B., BERGMANN, A., DOW, S. and HEFFRON, R.J. 2019. Coal bed methane development in Indonesia: the economics of the stakeholders' perspective. In Proceedings of the 42nd International Association for Energy Economics international conference 2022 (IAEE 2019): local energy, global market, Montreal, Canada. Cleveland: IAEE [online]. Available from: https://www.iaee.org/proceedings/article/16305

The Government of Indonesia (GoI) initiated a study on Coal Bed Methane (CBM) resources in 2002 through its oil and gas research institution called Lemigas. This contributed to the first CBM project starting in 2008 by PT Medco CBM Sekayu, in South S... Read More about Coal bed methane development in Indonesia: the economics of the stakeholders' perspective..

Greenhouse gas emissions, corporate environmental policy and disclosure. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
HASSAN, O. 2019. Greenhouse gas emissions, corporate environmental policy and disclosure. Presented at the 42nd Annual congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA 2019), 29-31 May 2019, Paphos, Cyprus.

This study explores whether and how corporate environmental policies (CEPs) influence greenhouse gas emissions intensity (GHG) and/or voluntary environmental disclosure (CED). This study is important for two reasons: 1) If corporate environmental pol... Read More about Greenhouse gas emissions, corporate environmental policy and disclosure..

Convolutional neural network-based real-time object detection and tracking for parrot AR drone 2. (2019)
Journal Article
ROHAN, A., RABAH, M. and KIM, S.-H. 2019. Convolutional neural network-based real-time object detection and tracking for parrot AR drone 2. IEEE access [online], 7, pages 69575-69584. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2919332

Recent advancements in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have provided an opportunity to create autonomous devices, robots, and machines characterized particularly with the ability to make decisions and perform tasks without human mediation.... Read More about Convolutional neural network-based real-time object detection and tracking for parrot AR drone 2..

l-α-Lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) aggravates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via a GPR55/ROCK-dependent pathway. (2019)
Journal Article
ROBERTSON-GRAY, O.J., WALSH, S.K., RYBERG, E., JÖNSSON-RYLANDER, A.-C., LIPINA, C. and WAINWRIGHT, C.L. 2019. l‐α‐Lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) aggravates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via a GPR55/ROCK‐dependent pathway. Pharmacology research and perspectives [online], 7(3), article ID e00487. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.487

The phospholipid l-α-lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI), an endogenous ligand for GPR55, is elevated in patients with acute coronary syndrome, and a GPR55 antagonist cannabidiol (CBD) reduces experimental ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. While LPI acti... Read More about l-α-Lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) aggravates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via a GPR55/ROCK-dependent pathway..

Medication errors in hospitals in the Middle East: a systematic review of prevalence, nature, severity and contributory factors. (2019)
Journal Article
THOMAS, B., PAUDYAL, V., MACLURE, K., PALLIVALAPILA, A., MCLAY, J., EL KASSEM, W., AL HAIL, M. and STEWART, D. 2019. Medication errors in hospitals in the Middle East: a systematic review of prevalence, nature, severity and contributory factors. European journal of clinical pharmacology [online], 75(9), pages 1269-1282. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-019-02689-y

Purpose: The aim was to critically appraise, synthesise and present the evidence of medication errors amongst hospitalised patients in Middle Eastern countries, specifically prevalence, nature, severity and contributory factors. Methods: CINAHL, Emba... Read More about Medication errors in hospitals in the Middle East: a systematic review of prevalence, nature, severity and contributory factors..

A fuzzy inference system applied to value of information assessment for oil and gas industry. (2019)
Journal Article
VILELA, M., OLUYEMI, G. and PETROVSKI, A. 2019. A fuzzy inference system applied to value of information assessment for oil and gas industry. Decision making: applications in management and engineering [online], 2(2), pages 1-18. Available from: https:// doi.org/10.31181/dmame1902001v

Value of information is a widely accepted methodology for evaluating the need to acquire new data in the oil and gas industry. In the conventional approach to estimating the value of information, the outcomes of a project assessment relate to the dec... Read More about A fuzzy inference system applied to value of information assessment for oil and gas industry..

Association of psychosocial-spiritual experiences around childbirth and subsequent perinatal mental health outcomes: an integrated review. (2019)
Journal Article
CROWTHER, S., STEPHEN, A. and HALL, J. 2020. Association of psychosocial–spiritual experiences around childbirth and subsequent perinatal mental health outcomes: an integrated review. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology [online], 38(1), pages 60-85. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2019.1616680

Background: Perinatal mental health is a concern for women, families, communities and maternity care providers internationally. However, there is little understanding of poor perinatal maternal mental health and association with women’s experiences o... Read More about Association of psychosocial-spiritual experiences around childbirth and subsequent perinatal mental health outcomes: an integrated review..

Sustainable road freight in port cities: Aberdeen and Civitas Portis. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
HOOD, C., LAING, R., GRAY, D., BURROWS, N., DICKSON, R. and ROBINSON, A. 2019. Sustainable road freight in port cities: Aberdeen and Civitas Portis. Presented at the 2019 Scottish transport applications and research conference (2019 STAR) [online], 22 May 2019, Glasgow, UK. Available from: http://starconference.org.uk/star/2019/Hood.pdf

The CIVITAS PORTIS (PORT-cities: Innovation for Sustainability) Project is a Horizon 2020 initiative concerned with the design, demonstration and evaluation of integrated packages of sustainable mobility measures in five major port cities in Europe.... Read More about Sustainable road freight in port cities: Aberdeen and Civitas Portis..

Understanding experiences and wellbeing needs of people who access integrated health and social care: an integrative review. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
HENDERSON, L., BAIN, H., ALLAN, E. and KENNEDY, C. 2019. Understanding experiences and wellbeing needs of people who access integrated health and social care: an integrative review. Presented at 2019 Robert Gordon University postgraduate research symposium, 22 May 2019, Aberdeen, UK.

Integrated, person-centred health and social support systems are a global priority. Much of current research appears to focus on specific models for delivery of integrated health and social care (IHSC) and service evaluation; fewer studies focus on t... Read More about Understanding experiences and wellbeing needs of people who access integrated health and social care: an integrative review..

An ecological momentary assessment of self-management in prostate cancer survivors. (2019)
Journal Article
PATERSON, C. 2019. An ecological momentary assessment of self-management in prostate cancer survivors. Journal of cancer survivorship [online], 13(3), pages 364-373. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-019-00758-w

Purpose: To assess the ‘real-time’ self-management strategies employed by prostate cancer survivors to inform personalised supportive care interventions in the future. Method: A purposive sampling framework was used to recruit men with different stag... Read More about An ecological momentary assessment of self-management in prostate cancer survivors..