University of Edinburgh

What I learned in my attempt to decolonise my syllabus

Abstract This musing details my approach to decolonising the syllabus for my course “Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science.” It describes the motivation behind the changes I made, what happened, and future directions for this endeavour.

Perceptions and preferences of teaching methods among medical students in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria – A mixed methods study

Introduction This study investigated the perceptions and preferences of medical students at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) regarding various teaching methods, including lectures, problem-based learning (PBL), team-based learning (TBL), practical demonstrations, and digi...

Combining insights from ontological insecurity and moral panics: Post-COVID-19 discourses of young children’s ‘learning deficits’ in the United Kingdom

Children are ambivalently positioned as both threats and redemptive agents to adult hopes and dreams. Bringing together concepts from ontological insecurity and moral panics, this article analyses media discourses in the United Kingdom on young children’s learning and development...

Three Hardness Results for Graph Similarity Problems

Notions of graph similarity provide alternative perspective on the graph isomorphism problem and vice-versa. In this paper, we consider measures of similarity arising from mismatch norms as studied in Gervens and Grohe: the edit distance $δ_{\mathcal{E}}$, and the metrics arising...

Deep underground energy storage solutions for data centers driven by artificial intelligence energy consumption

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has driven an unprecedented surge in electricity consumption by data centers (DCs). Although renewable energy and ground-based energy storage technologies are being widely adopted, they still face inherent limitations in scala...

Skills and far-right support: how education and training systems moderate voting behaviour in the knowledge economy

Technological change has reshaped labour-market risks for non-tertiary educated workers, but these risks vary across educational tracks and institutional contexts. This article connects comparative political economy research on skill formation with scholarship on far-right voting...

Dietary exposures and risk of anxiety and depression symptoms in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: a cohort-level GLAD Project analysis

Background Mental disorders such as anxiety and depression are leading contributors to disability worldwide, with growing concern in older adults—particularly in Scotland—where poor diet and mental health challenges are common. While the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study has i...

Machine learning-genetic algorithm coupled optimization of heteroatom-doped carbon electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries

The development and optimization of high-performance carbon electrodes are critical for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). However, electrode performance is influenced by multiple interacting factors, while traditional experimental approaches are often time-consuming, ineffic...

Emotion regulation and reintegration: a mixed-methods study on UK military veterans

The transition of non-clinically diagnosed UK veterans from military to civilian life remains underexplored in particularly in areas such as, emotional adjustment, and emotion valence. Drawing on the Circumplex Model of Arousal and Valence, this study conceptualises arousal as th...

Does AI undermine democratic deliberation? How engagement algorithms hijack epistemic agency

Abstract Does artificial intelligence (AI) threaten deliberative democracy? This paper argues that it does, not because it isolates citizens in simplistic “filter bubbles” understood as ideologically homogeneous silos, but because it hijacks the capacities through which beliefs a...

BUILDING BETTER PHENOTYPES: MEASURING ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENT RESPONSE USING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

Linkage to electronic health records provides an important opportunity for examining the genetics of depression and treatment on a population scale. While depression diagnoses are identified using clinical coding schemes, symptoms and treatment regimens are often not systematical...

Sosym section for Bran Selić: an editorial

Our friend and colleague Bran Selić is retiring this year, after a long and extremely distinguished career from which every reader of this section will have benefitted, knowingly or unknowingly. It is a pleasure for us as guest editors to introduce this special section in his hon...

PGC GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP

Overall Description/Abstract This three-hour workshop will provide practical guidance on preparing competitive grant and fellowship applications. Delivered by senior investigators, the session will combine short talks to cover the core features of strong applications, including h...

Construction and characterisation of the DarkSide-20k veto silicon photo-multiplier tiles

Abstract Silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs) are state-of-the-art sensors capable of detecting a single photoelectron under cryogenic conditions, with potentially lower radioactivity than widely used photomultiplier tubes. The DarkSide-20k experiment, designed to perform direct dar...

The rate and spectrum of germline mutations in chicken from a commercial pedigree line

Abstract Background Pedigree-based studies of germline mutations provide a direct understanding of the origin and consequences of genetic variation, and allow quantification of how mutations affect functional variation. Here, we use whole-genome sequencing data from 194 chicken (...

Deterioration mechanisms under combined low-amplitude thermal-fatigue and sulphate attack of concrete lining materials for underground thermal energy storage

Underground thermal energy storage (UTES) is an emerging decarbonisation technology for storing heat. However, the complex working environment with fluctuating temperature and potentially varying water chemistry may pose challenges to the lining materials, threatening the stabili...

From the Shire to the Archive and back again: A journey to lasting data

Creating, processing and analysing research data marks the beginning of a journey, which results not only in new knowledge but should also produce lasting and sustainable data in accordance with the FAIR Guiding Principles. Yet for many researchers, navigating the vast landscape...

Metascience, Research Software, and the Case for RS Metascience: Extended Preprint

Metascience is the study of science itself, including how scientific research is conducted, evaluated, and improved. Rather than asking questions about the natural or social world, metascience asks questions about scientific research -- its methods, objects of study, participants...

Metascience, Research Software, and the Case for RS Metascience: Extended Preprint

Metascience is the study of science itself, including how scientific research is conducted, evaluated, and improved. Rather than asking questions about the natural or social world, metascience asks questions about scientific research -- its methods, objects of study, participants...

From the Shire to the Archive and back again: A journey to lasting data

Creating, processing and analysing research data marks the beginning of a journey, which results not only in new knowledge but should also produce lasting and sustainable data in accordance with the FAIR Guiding Principles. Yet for many researchers, navigating the vast landscape...