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Murchie P, Masthoff J, Walter FM, Rahman K, Allan JL, Burrows N, Proby C, Lee AJ, Johnston M, Durrani A, Depasquale I, Brant B, Neilson A, Meredith F & Treweek SP (2019) Achieving Self-Directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare (ASICA) in melanoma: Protocol for a randomised patient-focused pilot trial of delivering the ASICA intervention as a means to earlier detection of recurrent and second primary... See

Background Melanoma is common; 15,906 people in the UK were diagnosed with melanoma in 2015 and incidence has increased fivefold in 30 years. Melanoma affects old and young people, with poor prognosis once metastatic. UK guidelines recommend people treated for cutaneous melanoma receive extended outpatient, hospital follow up to detect recurrence or new primaries. Such follow up of the growing population of melanoma survivors is burdensome for both individuals and health services. Follow up i...

Andelic N, Allan J, Bender KA, Powell D & Theodossiou I (2024) Performance-related Pay: Mental and Physiological Health. Industrial Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12334 See

Much of the literature on performance-related pay (PRP) and poor health relies on self reported data, and the relationship is difficult to examine due to confounding variables. We examine the relationship between PRP and three groups of health measures using data from the UKHLS: blood pressure, inflammation markers in blood and self-reported health. Regressions correcting for self-selection bias and socio-demographic covariates find that PRP contracts are associated with poorer mental health,...

den Daas C, Dixon D, Hubbard G, Allan J & Johnston M (2023) Habits and Reflective Processes in COVID-19 Transmission-reducing Behaviors: Examining Theoretical Predictions in a Representative Sample of the Population of Scotland. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57 (11), pp. 910-920. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad025 See

BACKGROUND: Based on theory, COVID-19 transmission-reducing behaviors (TRBs) should become habitual because of their frequent performance. Habits have been hypothesized to develop through reflective processes and, to act in conjunction with them. PURPOSE: We investigated the existence, development, and consequences of TRB habits, for physical distancing, handwashing, and wearing face coverings. METHODS: A representative sample of the Scottish population (N = 1,003) was interviewed by a co...

Allan JL, Johnston DW, Johnston M & Murchie P (2022) Describing, predicting and explaining adherence to total skin self-examination (TSSE) in people with melanoma: a 12-month longitudinal study. BMJ Open, 12. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056755 See

OBJECTIVES: To describe trajectories in melanoma survivors' adherence to monthly total skin self-examination (TSSE) over 12 months, and to investigate whether adherence trajectories can be predicted from demographic, cognitive or emotional factors at baseline.DESIGN: A longitudinal observational study nested within the intervention arm of the ASICA (Achieving Self-Directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare) randomised controlled trial.SETTING: Follow-up secondary care in Aberdeen and Cambridge UK.P...

Chacón Sartori C, Blum C & Ochoa G (2023) STNWeb: A new visualization tool for analyzing optimization algorithms. Software Impacts, 17, Art. No.: 100558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpa.2023.100558 See

STNWeb is a new web tool for the visualization of the behavior of optimization algorithms such as metaheuristics. It allows for the graphical analysis of multiple runs of multiple algorithms on the same problem instance and, in this way, it facilitates the understanding of algorithm behavior. It may help, for example, in identifying the reasons for a rather low algorithm performance. This, in turn, can help the algorithm designer to change the algorithm in order to improve its performance. ST...

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