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Making a Case for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Housing Delivery in Saudi Arabia

Journal Article
Alhamoudi, A. M., & Osunsanmi, T. O. (2024)
Making a Case for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Housing Delivery in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 16(8), Article 3399. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083399
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) grapples with the challenge of achieving sustainable housing delivery amidst rapid urbanization and rising construction costs. Current housin...

Special issue: Disciplinary perspectives in career development

Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., & Alexander, R. (2024)
Special issue: Disciplinary perspectives in career development. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 52(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.5201
This editorial sets the scene for the special issue, and provides an introduction to thinking about disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity in the field of career development.

A transformer-based approach empowered by a self-attention technique for semantic segmentation in remote sensing

Journal Article
Semantic segmentation of Remote Sensing (RS) images involves the classification of each pixel in a satellite image into distinct and non-overlapping regions or segments. This ...

Simulation of Partial Discharge Phenomenon in Epoxy-Resins Insulation Under Very Low and High Stressing Frequencies

Conference Proceeding
Aliyu, B. D., Rohani, M. N. K. H., Musa, U., Sulaiman, S. H., Jibril, Y., Mas'ud, A. A., …Jamil, A. I. M. (2024)
Simulation of Partial Discharge Phenomenon in Epoxy-Resins Insulation Under Very Low and High Stressing Frequencies. In 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference in Power Engineering Applications (ICPEA). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPEA60617.2024.10499042
Partial discharge (PD) degrades the quality of insulation systems, and its impact becomes even more severe with ageing. Several studies have revealed PD activity to be environ...

Advancing sustainable building through passive cooling with phase change materials, a comprehensive literature review

Journal Article
Ghamari, M., See, C. H., Hughes, D., Mallick, T., Reddy, K. S., Patchigolla, K., & Sundaram, S. (2024)
Advancing sustainable building through passive cooling with phase change materials, a comprehensive literature review. Energy and Buildings, 312, Article 114164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114164
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) present cutting-edge technology with substantial promise for advancing sustainable and energy-efficient cooling in buildings. These materials can...

Researchers and Social Networking Sites usage: the application of UTAUT theory

Journal Article
Al Badi, A., & Rasmussen McAdie, D. (in press)
Researchers and Social Networking Sites usage: the application of UTAUT theory. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, https://doi.org/10.1108/gkmc-10-2023-0394
Purpose (limit 100 words) This study aims to investigate the use of SNS by researchers and their behaviours when conducting research-related activities by applying the UTAUT t...

A narrative review of global and national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development processes - The GUidelines Standards (GUS) project

Journal Article
Milton, K., Hanson, C., Pearsons, A., Chou, R., & Stamatakis, E. (in press)
A narrative review of global and national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development processes - The GUidelines Standards (GUS) project. Preventive Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107959
Background: Clinical and public health guidelines serve to direct clinical practice and policy, based on the best available evidence. The World Health Organization (WHO) and ...

‘To level those monstrous Blotches or Pustules’: Skincare in Daniel Turner’s De Morbis Cutaneis (1714).

Book Chapter
Aske, K. (2024)
‘To level those monstrous Blotches or Pustules’: Skincare in Daniel Turner’s De Morbis Cutaneis (1714). In A. Ingram, H. Williams, & C. Lawlor (Eds.), Myth and (Mis)information: Constructing the Medical Professions in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature and Culture (23–40). Manchester,UK: Manchester University Press
In 1711 Daniel Turner removed himself from the Barber-Surgeons Company and was admitted to licentiate by the Royal College of Physicians. Turner battled with his reputation as...

Design Ecologies Exercise: The Innovation Landscape Matrix

Book Chapter
Dewberry, E., Boehnert, J., & Sinclair, M. (2024)
Design Ecologies Exercise: The Innovation Landscape Matrix. In R. B. Egenhoefer (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design (618-623). (Second Edition). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365433-49
This chapter on sustainable design pedagogy shares the Innovation Landscape Matrix (ILM) as a tool for understanding design ecologies and making visible the systemic interacti...

Worldwide soundscape ecology patterns across realms

Working Paper
Darras, K. F., Rountree, R., Van Wilgenburg, S., Dong, L., Gasc, A., Chen, Y., …Wanger, T. C. Worldwide soundscape ecology patterns across realms

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Darras, K. F., Rountree, R., Van Wilgenburg, S., Dong, L., Gasc, A., Chen, Y., …Wanger, T. C. Worldwide soundscape ecology patterns across realms
The need for remote, reliable, and scalable monitoring of plummeting biodiversity amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems and changing climate has sparked enormous inter...

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BE-ST UK Mass Timber Handbook

2024 - 2027
The purpose of this project is to draw upon track record of research carried out by Edinburgh Napier University on home grown mass timber systems and expand upon this via each of the six topics: 1. Se...
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £10,000

Exploring AI-Enabled Opportunities for Wellbeing Tourism

2024 - 2024
Bilateral Exchange Programme
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £1,850

Investigating the Experiences of ChatGPT and AI by Students in UK Universities

2024 - 2026
The proposed research project aims to study the usage of ChatGPT and other such tools by students in UK universities. The objective is to understand how these technologies are being utilised in their ...
Funder: Leverhulme Trust | Value: £142,760

“Everything depends on us”: narratives of celebration and survival at Dounreay Experimental Research Establishment, c.1955-c.2005

2024 - 2025
This project builds on a TBS funded project from 2023 that resulted in a paper entitled "“Welcome to Dounreay”: ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay fast breeder reactor visitor centr...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £2,715

Development of new sustainable approach in drug discovery: One-pot parallel synthetic strategy to minimise the environmental footprint

2024 - 2025
Over thousands of Medicinal Chemistry research groups around the world across academia, research-based institutions are involved in synthesizing libraries of compounds in the early drug discovery phas...
Funder: Royal Society of Chemistry | Value: £9,240

Living in a complex world: statistical learning of complex visual information

2024 - 2025
A fundamental aspect of any intelligent system is its ability to learn from experience. However, understanding how the brain develops statistical models of the world seamlessly and automatically remai...
Funder: British Academy | Value: £8,653

ExtraCECI: A cluster randomised controlled trial of community-based person-centred enhanced care for people with HIV/AIDS in Ghana

2024 - 2028
This study focuses on people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who continue to experience distressing symptoms and concerns, so that even while taking their HIV medications, they still have physical pain a...
Funder: Medical Research Council | Value: £1,463,809

Co-creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit to enable pre-registration nursing students acquire the skills and knowledge to enable individuals with learning disabilities to self man...

2024 - 2025
Co-Design of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit to enable pre-registration nursing students acquire the skills and knowledge to enable individuals with learning disabilities to self mana...
Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing | Value: £68,270

Developing remote exercise support and rehabilitation for patients after spontaneous coronary artery dissection - a feasibility study

2024 - 2026
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI), particularly among younger women and has been linked participating in stre...
Value: £176,214

Researcher in Residence -- Multi-Scale Energy Systems Modelling

2024 - 2026
This project is funded by the Innovation Launchpad Network+ for £50K research collaboration project with one of the catapults. This project will be a collaboration with the Energy systems catapult on ...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £49,531

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Project Outline of Smart Attack Detection and Mitigation for Autonomous Core Networks Using Digital Twin

2023 - date
Yagmur Yigit | Director of Studies: Prof Leandros Maglaras | Second Supervisor: Prof Berk Canberk

AI-Driven Conversational Storytelling with Humans in Natural Language

2023 - date
Lewis Watson | Director of Studies: Dr Yanchao Yu | Second Supervisor: Prof Kenny Mitchell

Privacy and Security

2023 - date
Huda Aljalaoud | Director of Studies: Dr Kia Dashtipour

A comparative study of the impact of Covid-19 on the hospitality industry labour market and consequent change in leadership approach expected of owners and managers by employees in The People’s Republic of China and the United States of America

2023 - date
John Kidd | Director of Studies: Prof Lynn Minnaert | Second Supervisor: Dr Martin Robertson

‘Bring back manly Muppets, anyone?’ The critical analysis of gender-neutral characters in children’s fiction television

2023 - date
William Muir-Kirk | Director of Studies: Dr Emily Alder | Second Supervisor: Dr Tara Thomson

Screenwriting as research into UNESCOs Sustainable Development Goals

2023 - date
Tanya Oestergaard | Director of Studies: Prof Kerstin Stutterheim | Second Supervisor: Nigel Smith

Algebraic Modelling of Molecular Interactions in Biological Cells

2023 - date
Robert Gal | Director of Studies: Prof Peter Andras | Second Supervisor: Dr Kevin Hughes Jr

Mindful Musicking

2023 - date
Neil Mackenzie | Director of Studies: Dr Zack Moir | Second Supervisor: Dr John Hails

A Spotlight On Creativity: Dark Personality And The Performing Arts

2023 - date
Melissa Mcmullan | Director of Studies: Dr Rory MacLean | Second Supervisor: Dr Lindsey Carruthers

Mass Timber Systems - An approach to delivering sustainable construction by effective use of homegrown resources

2023 - date
Wojciech Plowas | Director of Studies: Prof Robert Hairstans | Second Supervisor: Dr Dan Ridley-Ellis

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ExtraCECI Project Awarded over £1.4 million by the Medical Research Council

30 April 2024
RESEARCH QUESTION: Is the Extra community-based enhanced care intervention (ExtraCECI) effective and cost-effective in improving quality of life and person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV/...

Films by Napier academics Paul Gray and Ita Jansen screen at Cameo

28 April 2024
Films by Edinburgh Napier academics are screening at Cameo as part of the Folk Film Gathering.

Film by Napier academic wins the Grand Prize at the Arizona International Film Festival

27 April 2024
The film Itu Ninu by Itandehui Jansen, Programme Lead for the MA Film at Edinburgh Napier University, has just received the Grand Prize at the Arizona International Film Festival.

The RESIST Project Press Release: Findings from the Work Package 1 Released

9 April 2024
Headline: Europe-wide research reveals how transgender rights, feminism, and LGBTIQ+ advocacy are systematically attacked in politics and media. Lead: A project researching so-called ‘anti-gender’ po...

Invited to participate in the launch of the innovative green room in Kuwait

26 March 2024
As the PI of the externally funded project, Islam has participated in the launch of the innovative green room at Kuwait College for Science and Technology with the British and Australian Ambassadors.

Meet the jewel in the crown of Edinburgh Napier University’s health training: its Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre where the latest technologies are used to help train nursing and midwifery students.

21 March 2024
Recruitment Study in a high-tech environment If you’re thinking about a career in nursing or midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Edinburgh Napier University has the latest...

Call for papers: Special issue of Research in International Business and Finance (CABS 2, SSCI Q1, ABDC B, Impact Factor 6.5). “Integrating Inclusive Finance and Sustainability: Pathways to Carbon Neutrality and Nature-Positive Futures"

15 March 2024
Special issue in Research in International Business and Finance (CABS 2, JCR Q1, ABDC B, Impact factor: 6.5, 6th out of 111 finance journals based on impact factor): Integrating Inclusive Finance and ...

Dr Kulpa organises a gender & sexuality-focused event to celebrate inclusive queer-feminist politics across the month of March 2024.

6 March 2024
Dr Kulpa organises an inclusive queer-feminist event celebrating our diverse lives and work across Edinburgh Napier University.

Universities join forces to accelerate health technology innovation

20 February 2024
A first-of-its-kind research collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot-Watt University is bringing together engineering and nursing students to develop cutting-edge health technolog...

Napier academic guest edits Special Issue on East-West divisions in Europe

20 February 2024
Dr Cristian Surubaru has guest edited a Special Issue (SI) of the Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP) on the topic of the East-West divide within the European Union (2024, Volume 31, Issue 3). H...

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