Outputs (213)

Electronic records in ambulances: an observational study (ERA). (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PORTER, A., BLACK, S., DALE, J., HARRIS-MAYES, R., LAWRENSON, R., LYONS, R., MASON, S., MORRISON, Z., POTTS, H, SIRIWARDENA, N., REES, N., SNOOKS, H. and WILLIAMS, V. 2019. Electronic records in ambulances: an observational study (ERA). Presented at the 2019 999 EMS research forum, 1-2 April 2019, Birmingham, UK.

Background: The introduction of information technology (IT) in emergency ambulance services to electronically capture, interpret and store patient data can support out of hospital care. Although electronic health records (EHR) in ambulances and other... Read More about Electronic records in ambulances: an observational study (ERA)..

A theoretically based cross-sectional survey on the behaviours and experiences of clinical pharmacists caring for chronic kidney disease patients. (2019)
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AL RAIISI, F., STEWART, D., ASHLEY, C., FAHMY, M. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2019. A theoretically based cross-sectional survey on the behaviours and experiences of clinical pharmacists caring for chronic kidney disease patients. European journal of hospital pharmacy [online], 26(Supplement 1): proceedings of the 24th European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) congress 2019: personalised hospital pharmacy: meeting the needs of every patient, 27-29 March 2019, Barcelona, Spain, article number 4CPS-193. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2019-eahpconf.342

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a comorbid condition with high economic burden. Patients need multiple medications and pharmacists provide care that improves outcomes. Al Raiisi et al. recently completed a systematic review showing a paucity of infor... Read More about A theoretically based cross-sectional survey on the behaviours and experiences of clinical pharmacists caring for chronic kidney disease patients..

Implementation of pharmaceutical care service: renal perspectives. (2019)
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AL RAIISI, F. 2019. Implementation of pharmaceutical care service: renal perspectives. Presented at the 9th Pharmaceutical care conference, 4-6 February 2019, Muscat, Oman.

This presentation covers pharmaceutical care for chronic kidney disease and the results so far from the presenter's PhD research on this subject. The work highlights the insights gained from existing clinical pharmacy services and outlines the possib... Read More about Implementation of pharmaceutical care service: renal perspectives..

A pilot study of malnutrition among elderly in a Malaysia elderly care centre - part I: assessment of handgrip strength measurement. (2018)
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BANI, N.A., HASSAN, M.Z., MAD KAIDI, H., HASHIM, N.F.M., DZIYAUDDIN, R.A., MUSA, R., SUHOT, M.A., USMAN, S., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., ABU-BAKAR, S.H. and MAS'UD, A.A. 2018. A pilot study of malnutrition among elderly in a Malaysia elderly care centre - part I: assessment of handgrip strength measurement. In Proceedings of the 2nd International conference on biosignal analysis, processing and systems (ICBAPS), 24-26 July 2018, Kuching, Malaysia. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], pages 119-122. Available from: https://doi.org/ 10.1109/ICBAPS.2018.8527416

The number of elderly population in Malaysia of aged 60 years and above is expected to increase every year. Apart from that, the life expectancy of the elderly population is also estimated to rise up with female tend to live longer than male. These u... Read More about A pilot study of malnutrition among elderly in a Malaysia elderly care centre - part I: assessment of handgrip strength measurement..

General public awareness and views of community pharmacy services in Scotland: the 'first port of call' study. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MACLURE, K., CRAIG, G., BOYTER, A., MACLURE, A., POWER, A., OSPREY, A., MCGREGOR, A. and STEWART, D. 2018. General public awareness and views of community pharmacy services in Scotland: the 'first port of call' study. Presented at the 47th European symposium on clinical pharmacy (ESCP 2018): personalised pharmacy care, 24-26 October 2018, Belfast, UK.

Background: The recently published 'Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care: a Strategy for Scotland' urges community pharmacy (CP) to make itself the 'first port of call' for healthcare advice. Purpose: To explore the Scottish general public's a... Read More about General public awareness and views of community pharmacy services in Scotland: the 'first port of call' study..

An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers within primary care medical practices in NHS Highland. (2018)
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MACLURE, K., STEWART, D., BUIST, E., MCLELLAND, R., SHAW, T., MACLURE, A., CUNNINGHAM, S., MACASKILL, K. and RUSHWORTH, G. 2018. An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers within primary care medical practices in NHS Highland. Presented at the 47th European symposium on clinical pharmacy: personalised pharmacy care, 24-26 October 2018, Belfast, UK.

Background: A pilot has been conducted during which a specialist mental health clinical pharmacist prescriber (SMHCPP) consulted with patients by appointment at one of two GP Practices. Purpose: To evaluate the SMHCPP delivered pharmaceutical care to... Read More about An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers within primary care medical practices in NHS Highland..

Conjugated metallothionein-carbon-doxorubicin nanotransporter for targeted breast cancer therapy. (2018)
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SKALIČKOVÁ, S., KEPINSKA, M., LOFFELMANN, M., UHLÍŘOVÁ, D., GARGULÁK, M., DOČEKALOVÁ, M., HOSNEDLOVÁ, B., RUTTKAY-NEDECKÝ, B., MILNEROWICZ, H., FERNANDEZ, C. and KIZEK, R. 2018. Conjugated metallothionein-carbon-doxorubicin nanotransporter for targeted breast cancer therapy. In Proceedings of 10th Nanomaterials international conference 2018 (NANOCON 2018): research and application, 17-19 October 2018, Brno, Czech Republic. Ostrava: Tanger Ltd [online], pages 342-347. Available from: https://www.confer.cz/nanocon/2018/download/193-metallothionein-fullerene-doxorubicin-nanotransporter-conjugates-for-targeted-breast-cancer-therapy.pdf

Metalothionein (MT) is a polypeptide of molecular weight in the range of 6-10 kDa. MT typically contains 60 to 68 amino acid residues. MT is characterized by its unique content of metal ions as well as its sulfur content. Higher MT levels were observ... Read More about Conjugated metallothionein-carbon-doxorubicin nanotransporter for targeted breast cancer therapy..

A multi-perspective evaluation of specialist mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers practising withing general practices in NHS Highland. (2018)
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BUIST, E., MCLELLAND, R., MACLURE, K., STEWART, D., RUSHWORTH, G., GIBSON SMITH, K., MACLURE, A. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2018. A multi-perspective evaluation of specialist mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers practising within general practices in NHS Highland. Presented at the 9th International College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) psychiatric pharmacy conference, 12-14 October 2018, Loughborough, UK.

Mental health issues are a common feature of primary care consultations and around a third of GP consultations have a mental health element. The Scottish Government’s 10 year Mental Health Strategy has ambitions to transform services so every GP prac... Read More about A multi-perspective evaluation of specialist mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers practising withing general practices in NHS Highland..

Integration of health and social care in the a regional area of Scotland: exploring the needs and experiences of service users and their families. (2018)
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HENDERSON, L., KENNEDY, C., BAIN, H. and ALLAN, E. 2018. Integration of health and social care in the a regional area of Scotland: exploring the needs and experiences of service users and their families. Presented at 2018 NHS Grampian excellence event, 11 October 2018, Inverurie, UK.

This presentation gave an overview and review process to-date of the research project: A case study of service user, informal carer and staff experiences of integrated health and social care at a NHS Grampian Excellence Event, Inverurie in October 20... Read More about Integration of health and social care in the a regional area of Scotland: exploring the needs and experiences of service users and their families..

Factors influencing health managers' acceptance of eHealth services in Saudi Arabia. (2018)
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ALSHAHRANI, A., STEWART, D. and MACLURE, K. 2018. Factors influencing health managers’ acceptance of eHealth services in Saudi Arabia. Presented at the 2018 HIMSS Saudi Arabia conference and exhibition (HISMSS 2018): reimagining healthcare in Saudi Arabia, 10-11 October 2018, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to the term of Electronic Health (eHealth) as “the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for health”. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) where difficult geographical terrain m... Read More about Factors influencing health managers' acceptance of eHealth services in Saudi Arabia..

Improving kNN for human activity recognition with privileged learning using translation models. (2018)
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WIJEKOON, A., WIRATUNGA, N., SANI, S., MASSIE, S. and COOPER, K. 2018. Improving kNN for human activity recognition with privileged learning using translation models. In Cox, M.T., Funk, P. and Begum, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 26th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2018), 9-12 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Lecture notes in computer science, 11156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 448-463. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01081-2_30

Multiple sensor modalities provide more accurate Human Activity Recognition (HAR) compared to using a single modality, yet the latter is preferred by consumers as it is more convenient and less intrusive. This presents a challenge to researchers, as... Read More about Improving kNN for human activity recognition with privileged learning using translation models..

Personalised human activity recognition using matching networks. (2018)
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SANI, S., WIRATUNGA, N., MASSIE, S. and COOPER, K. 2018. Personalised human activity recognition using matching networks. In Cox, M.T., Funk, P. and Begum, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 26th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2018), 9-12 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Lecture notes in computer science, 11156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 339-353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01081-2_23

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is typically modelled as a classification task where sensor data associated with activity labels are used to train a classifier to recognise future occurrences of these activities. An important consideration when trai... Read More about Personalised human activity recognition using matching networks..

FITsense: employing multi-modal sensors in smart homes to predict falls. (2018)
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MASSIE, S., FORBES, G., CRAW, S., FRASER, L. and HAMILTON, G. 2018. FITsense: employing multi-modal sensors in smart homes to predict falls. In Cox, M.T., Funk, P. and Begum, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 26th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2018), 9-12 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Lecture notes in computer science, 11156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 249-263. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01081-2_17

As people live longer, the increasing average age of the population places additional strains on our health and social services. There are widely recognised benefits to both the individual and society from supporting people to live independently for... Read More about FITsense: employing multi-modal sensors in smart homes to predict falls..

Therapeutic exercises for affecting post-treatment swallowing in people treated for advanced-stage head and neck cancers: a Cochrane systematic review. (2018)
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PERRY, A., LEE, S.H., COTTON, S., and KENNEDY, C. 2018. Therapeutic exercises for affecting post-treatment swallowing in people treated for advanced-stage head and neck cancers: a Cochrane systematic review. Presented at the 22nd International congress on palliative care (PAL 2018), 2-5 October 2018, Montreal, Canada.

Head and neck cancer encompasses tumours of the upper aero-digestive tract (oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses and salivary glands). There are 550,000 new cases, globally, each year, the majority of these are mucosal small... Read More about Therapeutic exercises for affecting post-treatment swallowing in people treated for advanced-stage head and neck cancers: a Cochrane systematic review..

Family carers' preferences for support when caring for a family member at the end of life at home: an integrative literature review. (2018)
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LARSSON, M., LEE, S.H., GROV, E.K., HOV. R., WILDE-LARSSON, B., OLSSON,C., BJURESÄTER, K and KENNEDY, C. 2018. Family carers' preferences for support when caring for a family member at the end of life at home: an integrative literature review. Presented at the 22nd International congress on palliative care (PAL 2018), 2-5 October 2018, Montreal, Canada.

Approximately 60% of people wish to die at home and across Europe there are an estimated 100 million family carers meeting the needs of loved ones at the end of life. Family carers have unmet health and social care needs and also an understanding of... Read More about Family carers' preferences for support when caring for a family member at the end of life at home: an integrative literature review..

Conditional generative adversarial and convolutional networks for X-ray breast mass segmentation and shape classification. (2018)
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SINGH, V.K., ROMANI, S., RASHWAN, H.A., AKRAM, F., PANDEY, N., SARKER, M.M.K., ABDULWAHAB, S., TORRENTS-BARRENA, J., SALEH, A., ARQUEZ, M., ARENAS, M. and PUIG, D. 2018. Conditional generative adversarial and convolutional networks for X-ray breast mass segmentation and shape classification. In Frangi, A.F., Schnabel, J.A., Davatzikos, C., Alberola-López, C. and Fictinger, G. (eds.) Medical image computing and computer assisted intervention (MICCAI 2018): proceedings of 21st international conference on Medical image computing and computer assisted interventions 2018 (MICCAI 2018), 16-20 September 2018, Granada, Spain. Lecture notes in computer science, 11071. Cham: Springer [online], pages 833-840. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00934-2_92

This paper proposes a novel approach based on conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGAN) for breast mass segmentation in mammography. We hypothesized that the cGAN structure is well-suited to accurately outline the mass area, especially when... Read More about Conditional generative adversarial and convolutional networks for X-ray breast mass segmentation and shape classification..

The NHS health check for developing HFE competencies. (2018)
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VOSPER, H., BOWIE, P. and HIGNETT, S. 2018. The NHS health check for developing HFE competencies. In Charles, R. and Wilkinson, J. (eds.) Contemporary ergonomics and human factors 2018: proceedings of the Ergonomic and human factors conference 2018 (EHF 2018), 23-25 April 2018, Birmingham, UK. Birmingham: Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors [online], pages 31-37. Available from: https://publications.ergonomics.org.uk/publications/the-nhs-health-check-for-developing-hfe-competencies.html

Patient safety is an emergent property of complex sociotechnical healthcare systems. Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), with its design-based systems focus, offers frameworks for developing resilient systems, although use in healthcare has been limi... Read More about The NHS health check for developing HFE competencies..

General public awareness of community pharmacy services in Scotland: the 'first port of call' study. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MACLURE, K., CRAIG, G., BOYTER, A., MACLURE, A., POWER, A., OSPREY, A., MCGREGOR, A. and STEWART, D. 2018. General public awareness and views of community pharmacy services in Scotland: the 'first port of call' study. Presented at 78th International Federation of Pharmacists (FIP) world pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences congress 2018 (FIP 2018), 2-6 September 2018, Glasgow, UK.

Background: The recently published 'Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care: a Strategy for Scotland' urges community pharmacy (CP) to make itself the 'first port of call' for healthcare advice. Purpose: To explore the Scottish general public's a... Read More about General public awareness of community pharmacy services in Scotland: the 'first port of call' study..

An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers within primary care medical practices in NHS Highland. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MACLURE, K., STEWART, D., BUIST, E., MCLELLAND, R., SHAW, T., MACLURE, A., CUNNINGHAM, S., MACASKILL, K. and RUSHWORTH, G. 2018. An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers within primary care medical practices in NHS Highland. Presented at the 78th International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) world congress of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences (FIP 2018), 2-6 September 2018, Glasgow, UK.

Background: A pilot has been conducted during which a specialist mental health clinical pharmacist prescriber (SMHCPP) consulted with patients by appointment at one of two GP Practices. Purpose: To evaluate the SMHCPP delivered pharmaceutical care to... Read More about An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers within primary care medical practices in NHS Highland..

Technology-enabled pharmaceutical care in NHS Highland: equality of access to remote populations. (2018)
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MORRISON, C., MACLURE, K., GIBSON SMITH, K., HANNAM, P., DIXON, L., MACRAE, Y., CUNNINGHAM, S. and STEWART, D. 2018. Technology-enabled pharmaceutical care in NHS Highland: equality of access to remote populations. Presented at the 78th International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) world congress of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences (FIP 2018), 2-6 September 2018, Glasgow, UK.

Background: Equity of access to healthcare is a strategic priority in Scotland. Purpose: To evaluate the NHS Highland technology-enabled delivery of pharmaceutical care. Methods: A mixed-methods evaluation followed 3 remotely-based pharmacists who de... Read More about Technology-enabled pharmaceutical care in NHS Highland: equality of access to remote populations..