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Influence of solids and hydraulic retention times on microbial diversity and removal of estrogens and nonylphenols in a pilot-scale activated sludge plant. (2023)
Journal Article
MENSAH, L., PETRIE, B., SCRIMSHAW, M., CARTMELL, E., FLETTON, M. and CAMPO, P. 2023. Influence of solids and hydraulic retention times on microbial diversity and removal of estrogens and nonylphenols in a pilot-scale activated sludge plant. Heliyon [online], 9(9), article e19461. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19461

The removal of EDCs in activated sludge processes can be enhanced by increasing solid and hydraulic retention times (SRT and HRT); it has been suggested that the improvement in removal is due to changes in microbial community structure (MCS). Though... Read More about Influence of solids and hydraulic retention times on microbial diversity and removal of estrogens and nonylphenols in a pilot-scale activated sludge plant..

Enhancing the drilling efficiency through the application of machine learning and optimization algorithm. (2023)
Journal Article
BOUKREDERA, F.S., YOUCEFI, M.R., HADJADJ, A., EZENKWU, C.P., VAZIRI, V. and APHALE, S.S. 2023. Enhancing the drilling efficiency through the application of machine learning and optimization algorithm. Engineering applications of artificial intelligence [online], 126(part C), article 107035. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.107035

This article presents a novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) workflow to enhance drilling performance by mitigating the adverse impact of drill-string vibrations on drilling efficiency. The study employs three supervised machine learning (ML) algorithm... Read More about Enhancing the drilling efficiency through the application of machine learning and optimization algorithm..

Mitigating the impact of cross-culture on project team effectiveness in the Nigerian oil and gas industry: the mediating role of organizational culture and project leadership. (2023)
Journal Article
UMUTEME, O.M. and ADEGBITE, W.M. 2023. Mitigating the impact of cross-culture on project team effectiveness in the Nigerian oil and gas industry: the mediating role of organizational culture and project leadership. Social sciences and humanities open [online], 8(1), article 100653. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100653

This paper investigates the interplay between cross-culture, organisational culture, path-goal leadership, and team effectiveness in Nigerian oil and gas projects. Employing a quantitative research approach with a philosophical assumption between pos... Read More about Mitigating the impact of cross-culture on project team effectiveness in the Nigerian oil and gas industry: the mediating role of organizational culture and project leadership..

A comprehensive review of pre- and post-treatment approaches to achieve sustainable desalination for different water streams. (2023)
Journal Article
POIRIER, K., LOTFI, M., GARG, K., PATCHIGOLLA, K., ANTHONY, E.J., FAISAL, N.H., MULGUNDMATH, V., SAHITH, J.K., JADHAWAR, P., KOH, L., MOROSUK, T. and AL MHANNA, N. 2023. A comprehensive review of pre- and post-treatment approaches to achieve sustainable desalination for different water streams. Desalination [online], 566, article 116944. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116944

Desalination is an energy intensive process requiring adequate pre- and post- treatment. The novelty of this paper is that it jointly reviews the technologies for pre-treatment, desalination and post-treatment and bridges the gap between them while c... Read More about A comprehensive review of pre- and post-treatment approaches to achieve sustainable desalination for different water streams..

Perceptions and experiences of different Long COVID community rehabilitation service models from the perspectives of people living with Long COVID and healthcare professionals. (2023)
Working Paper
DUNCAN, E., ALEXANDER, L., COWIE, J., MORRIS, J., MOSS, R., PRESTON, J., SHIM, J., STAGE, E., TOOMAN, T. and COOPER, K. 2023. Perceptions and experiences of different Long COVID community rehabilitation service models from the perspectives of people living with Long COVID and healthcare professionals. MedRxiv [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.23.23293876

To explore the perceptions and experiences of barriers and facilitators to accessing Long COVID community rehabilitation. We used a qualitative descriptive design over two rounds of data collection with three participant groups: i) people with experi... Read More about Perceptions and experiences of different Long COVID community rehabilitation service models from the perspectives of people living with Long COVID and healthcare professionals..

The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. (2023)
Report
PEDERSEN, S., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and MILLER, L. 2023. The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. Aberdeen: Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR). Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2049031

Domestic abuse and violence in rural, remote and island locations tends to be underestimated and the unique experiences of women and girls from rural communities are rarely captured in domestic abuse scholarship. Moreover, rural, remote and island co... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland..

Leadership in practice. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
BROGAN, J. 2023. Leadership in practice. Presented at the Aberdeen regional paramedic conference, 23 August 2023, Aberdeen, UK.

The aim of this talk was to elevate the audience's clinical prowess, teaching them how to lead confidently, optimise patient outcomes and navigate challenges effectively.

Lifetime greenhouse gas emissions from offshore hydrogen production. (2023)
Journal Article
DAVIES, A.J. and HASTINGS, A. 2023. Lifetime greenhouse gas emissions from offshore hydrogen production. Energy reports [online], 10, pages 1538-1554. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.08.021

With a limited global carbon budget, it is imperative that decarbonisation decisions are based on accurate, holistic accounts of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced to assess their validity. Here the upstream GHG emissions of potential UK off... Read More about Lifetime greenhouse gas emissions from offshore hydrogen production..

Assessing the impacts of climate variables on long-term air quality trends in Peninsular Malaysia. (2023)
Journal Article
ZHENG, Y., OOI., M.C.G., JUNENG, L., WEE, H.B., LATIF, M.T., NADZIR, M.S.M., HANIF, N.M., CHAN, A., LI, L., AHMAD, N.B., TANGANG, F. 2023. Assessing the impacts of climate variables on long-term air quality trends in Peninsular Malaysia. Science of the total environment [online], 901, article 166430. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166430

Climate change is thought to influence the composition of atmospheric air, but little is known about the direct relationship between these variables, especially in a hot tropical climate like that of Malaysia. This work summarizes and analyzes the cl... Read More about Assessing the impacts of climate variables on long-term air quality trends in Peninsular Malaysia..

How do midwives feel when women choose to freebirth? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
VELO HIGUERAS, M. 2023. How do midwives feel when women choose to freebirth? Presented at the 2023 RGU Graduate School module GSM011 poster competition, 18 August 2023, Aberdeen, UK.

Freebirth is a birth that happens intentionally without the attendance of a qualified health care professional - even when free, universal access to midwifery care is provided by public health care services. A systematic literature review on women's... Read More about How do midwives feel when women choose to freebirth?.

Hydrodynamic characterisation of fire sprinkler system of a passenger railroad car. (2023)
Journal Article
CRAIG, M., YOUNAS, M. and ASIM, T. 2023. Hydrodynamic characterisation of fire sprinkler system of a passenger railroad car. International journal of condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management (COMADEM) [online], 26(3), pages 15-23. Available from: https://apscience.org/comadem/index.php/comadem/article/view/403

Fire safety is one of the major concerns in the public transport and thus passenger trains in the UK seek continuous improvement in passenger safety and comfort. In order to combat fire, there is a legal requirement in most countries across the globa... Read More about Hydrodynamic characterisation of fire sprinkler system of a passenger railroad car..

Multiple layer kernel extreme learning machine modeling and eugenics genetic sparrow search algorithm for the state of health estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2023)
Journal Article
LI, Y., WANG, S., CHEN, L., QI, C. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2023. Multiple layer kernel extreme learning machine modeling and eugenics genetic sparrow search algorithm for the state of health estimation of lithium-ion batteries. Energy [online], 282, article number 128776. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128776

High precision state of health (SOH) estimation of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is a research hotspot in battery management system (BMS). To achieve this goal, an improved integrated algorithm based on multiple layer kernel extreme learning machine (... Read More about Multiple layer kernel extreme learning machine modeling and eugenics genetic sparrow search algorithm for the state of health estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Using therapeutic photography in social work: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of the dynamics within a group programme. (2023)
Journal Article
GIBSON, N. 2024. Using therapeutic photography in social work: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of the dynamics within a group programme. British journal of social work [online], 54(1), pages 305-325. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad196

Therapeutic photography is the practice of using photography in order to explore issues and reach defined outcomes with people who use services. It has been deemed to be an accessible tool which can have a positive impact on self-esteem, self-efficac... Read More about Using therapeutic photography in social work: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of the dynamics within a group programme..

Naturalistic decision making and decision drivers in the front end of complex projects. (2023)
Journal Article
LAWANI, A., FLIN, R., OJO-ADEDOKUN, R.F. and BENTON, P. 2023. Naturalistic decision making and decision drivers in the front end of complex projects. International journal of project management [online], 41(6), article 102502. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102502

Decision making plays a crucial role in the front end of projects, which is a critical stage for maximising the performance of complex projects. Although it has been suggested that project managers rely more on analytical approaches to decision makin... Read More about Naturalistic decision making and decision drivers in the front end of complex projects..

The memorial afterlives of online crowdsourcing: "Lives of the First World War" at Imperial War Museums. (2023)
Journal Article
FOSTER, A.-M. and WALLIS, J. 2023. The memorial afterlives of online crowdsourcing: "Lives of the First World War" at Imperial War Museums. Public history review [online], 30, pages 89-104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5130/phrj.v30i0.8048

From May 2014 to March 2019 the Imperial War Museums launched a large-scale digital crowdsourcing project, 'Lives of the First World War'. 'Lives' melded official and unofficial datasets to create an integrated database of people who had participated... Read More about The memorial afterlives of online crowdsourcing: "Lives of the First World War" at Imperial War Museums..

Remaining useful life prediction and state of health diagnosis for lithium-ion batteries based on improved grey wolf optimization algorithm-deep extreme learning machine algorithm. (2023)
Journal Article
ZHOU, Y., WANG, S., XIE, Y., SHEN, X. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2023. Remaining useful life prediction and state of health diagnosis for lithium-ion batteries based on improved grey wolf optimization algorithm-deep extreme learning machine algorithm. Energy [online], 285, article 128761. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128761

The prediction of SOH for Lithium-ion battery systems determines the safety of Electric vehicles and stationary energy storage devices powered by LIBs. State of health diagnosis and remaining useful life prediction also rely significantly on excellen... Read More about Remaining useful life prediction and state of health diagnosis for lithium-ion batteries based on improved grey wolf optimization algorithm-deep extreme learning machine algorithm..

A hybrid algorithm based on beluga whale optimization-forgetting factor recursive least square and improved particle filter for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2023)
Journal Article
SHEN, X., WANG, S., YU, C., QI, C., LI, Z. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2023. A hybrid algorithm based on beluga whale optimization-forgetting factor recursive least square and improved particle filter for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. Ionics [online], 29(10), pages 4351-4363. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-05147-z

Battery state of charge (SOC) is crucial in power battery management systems for improving the efficiency of battery use and its safety performance. In this paper, we propose a forgotten factor recursive least squares (FFRLS) method based on the belu... Read More about A hybrid algorithm based on beluga whale optimization-forgetting factor recursive least square and improved particle filter for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Beyond vanilla: improved autoencoder-based ensemble in-vehicle intrusion detection system. (2023)
Journal Article
RAJAPAKSHA, S., KALUTARAGE, H., AL-KADRI, M.O., PETROVSKI, A. and MADZUDZO, G. 2023. Beyond vanilla: improved autoencoder-based ensemble in-vehicle intrusion detection system. Journal of information security and applications [online], 77, article number 103570. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2023.103570

Modern automobiles are equipped with a large number of electronic control units (ECUs) to provide safe driver assistance and comfortable services. The controller area network (CAN) provides near real-time data transmission between ECUs with adequate... Read More about Beyond vanilla: improved autoencoder-based ensemble in-vehicle intrusion detection system..

Recovery of kidney function after acute kidney disease: a multi-cohort analysis. (2023)
Journal Article
SAWHNEY, S., BALL, W., BELL, S. BLACK, C., CHRISTIANSEN, C.F., HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, U., JENSEN, S.K., LAMBOURG, E., RONKSLEY, P.E., TAN, Z., TONELLI, M. and JAMES, M.T. 2024. Recovery of kidney function after acute kidney disease: a multi-cohort analysis. Nephrology dialysis transplantation [online], 39(3), pages 426-435. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfad180

There are no consensus definitions for evaluating kidney function recovery after acute kidney injury (AKI) and acute kidney disease (AKD), nor is it clear how recovery varies across populations and clinical subsets. We present a federated analysis of... Read More about Recovery of kidney function after acute kidney disease: a multi-cohort analysis..

Improved fractional-order hysteresis-equivalent circuit modeling for the online adaptive high-precision state of charge prediction of urban-electric-bus lithium-ion batteries. (2023)
Journal Article
ZENG, J., WANG, S., CAO, W., ZHANG, M., FERNANDEZ, C. and GUERRERO, J.M. 2023. Improved fractional-order hysteresis-equivalent circuit modeling for the online adaptive high-precision state of charge prediction of urban-electric-bus lithium-ion batteries. International journal of circuit theory and application [online], Early View. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3767

Accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation is based on a precise battery model and is the focus of the battery management system (BMS). First, based on the second-order RC equivalent circuit model and Grunwald-Letnikov (G-L) definition, the high-preci... Read More about Improved fractional-order hysteresis-equivalent circuit modeling for the online adaptive high-precision state of charge prediction of urban-electric-bus lithium-ion batteries..