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Policy conformance in the corporate blog space. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCARTHUR, R., BRUZA, P.D. and SONG, D. 2005. Policy conformance in the corporate blog space. In Kagal, L., Finin, T. and Hendler, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the Policy management for the web workshop, part of the 14th International world wide web conference (WWW2005), 10-14 May 2005, Chiba, Japan. Baltimore: University of Maryland [online], pages 21-28. Available from: https://www.csee.umbc.edu/conference/pm4w/papers/mcarthur13.pdf

This paper describes part of a solution to the interpretation of human-readable policy documents into semi-automatic conformance checking. Using a socio-cognitively motivated representation of shared knowledge, and applying appropriate inference mech... Read More about Policy conformance in the corporate blog space..

The engineering dimension of nD modelling: performance assessment at conceptual design stage. (2005)
Journal Article
BOUCHLAGHEM, N.B., HOLMES, M., LOVEDAY, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2005. The engineering dimension of nD modelling: performance assessment at conceptual design stage. Journal of information technology in construction [online], 10, pages 17-25. Available from: https://itcon.org/paper/2005/3

Whilst naturally ventilated buildings are currently considered to be the ideal solution to low energy design there remain a large proportion of buildings for which air conditioning offers the only practical solution. The project presented in this pap... Read More about The engineering dimension of nD modelling: performance assessment at conceptual design stage..

Alternative strategies for security labelling/encoding of paper and plastic products. (2005)
Thesis
OFFICER, S.J. 2005. Alternative strategies for security labelling/encoding of paper and plastic products. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

A literature and patent review of current optical security techniques has been carried out and identified a need in the market for an improved optical security label to rival molecular fluorescent dyes. The label proposed was a rare earth (RE) doped... Read More about Alternative strategies for security labelling/encoding of paper and plastic products..

Pride and glory: Aberdeen Public Library during the Second World War. (2005)
Journal Article
NOLAN, M.E. and REID, P.H. 2005. Pride and glory: Aberdeen Public Library during the Second World War. Library history [online], 21(1), pages 9-27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1179/002423005x19121

Between 1939 and 1945 Britain's public libraries often struggled to balance wartime shortages in materials and staff with an increased readership, while also being expected to contribute actively services and skills to the war effort. Government docu... Read More about Pride and glory: Aberdeen Public Library during the Second World War..

Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HAWORTH, J., GOLLIFER, S., FAURE-WALKER, J., COLDWELL, P., KEMP, T. and PENGELLY, J. 2005. Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art. In Proceedings of the 5th Conference on creativity and cognition (C&C '05), 12-15 April 2005, London, UK. New York: ACM [online], pages 310-317. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1056224.1056285

The workshop will explore in depth the nature of freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art from the perspective of embodied mind. The problem is crucial to our understanding of the creative process in fine art. The aims and o... Read More about Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art..

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity: using a case study to identify critical success factors contributing to the initiation of international collaborative projects. (2005)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2005. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity: using a case study to identify critical success factors contributing to the initiation of international collaborative projects. Education for information [online], 23(1-2), pages 9-42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-2005-231-202

This paper identifies factors that contribute to the successful initiation of international collaborative projects intended to support the development of education for librarianship and information sciences. It discusses the widespread failure to ana... Read More about In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity: using a case study to identify critical success factors contributing to the initiation of international collaborative projects..

News and nuances of the entrepreneurial myth and metaphor: linguistic games in entrepreneurial sense-making and sense-giving. (2005)
Journal Article
NICHOLSON, L. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2005. News and nuances of the entrepreneurial myth and metaphor: linguistic games in entrepreneurial sense-making and sense-giving. Entrepreneurship theory and practice [online], 29(2), pages 153-173. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00074.x

This article describes a social construction of entrepreneurship by exploring the constructionalist building blocks of communication, myth, and metaphor presented in a major British middle range broadsheet newspaper with no particular party political... Read More about News and nuances of the entrepreneurial myth and metaphor: linguistic games in entrepreneurial sense-making and sense-giving..

The emotional well-being of young people: a review of the literature. (2005)
Preprint / Working Paper
SUTTON, P.W., LOVE, J.G., BELL, J., CHRISTIE, E., MAYRHOFER, A., MILLMAN, Y., WILLIAMS, H. and YUILL, C. 2005. The emotional well-being of young people: a review of the literature. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

Suicide is increasingly described by governments and policy-makers as a global public health problem. Between 1950 and 1995 global suicide rates have increased by 60%. In recent years concerns have been expressed in Scotland and the UK about rising s... Read More about The emotional well-being of young people: a review of the literature..

Five types of complexity. (2005)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 2005. Five types of complexity. Benefits, 13(1), pages 5-9.

This article describes five types of complexity in the operation of social security benefits. The first is intrinsic complexity: some benefits are complex in their concept, structure or operation. The second is extrinsic: systems become complicated w... Read More about Five types of complexity..

Match made in heaven. (2005)
Journal Article
MACLEOD, C. 2005. Match made in heaven. Electronics world, 111, Article 1826, pages 20-22.

In this article, the interface between biotechnology, nanotechnology and microelectronics is discussed. In particular, how proteins or other active organic agents may be bound onto silicon wafers. The article also discusses the applications of such s... Read More about Match made in heaven..

On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland. (2005)
Book Chapter
DOUGLAS, A. 2005. On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland. In Miles, M. and Hall, T. (eds.) Interventions: art in the public sphere. Advances in art and urban features, 4. Bristol: Intellect, pages 89-106.

This case study is a programme of five visual art projects in Northern Scotland with five regional partners that have come about through a research framework. It demonstrates aspects of the dynamic of intervention largely focused by conversation betw... Read More about On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland..

Women in media and communication. (2005)
Report
MARCELLA, R., ILLINGWORTH, L., BAXTER, G. and SMITH, F. 2005. Women in media and communication. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

This ESF funded project sought, by examining a particular sector in depth, to improve understanding of best practice in implementing active gender equality policies from the perspective both of companies and the women they employ. Overall the project... Read More about Women in media and communication..

A review of web information seeking research: considerations of method and foci of interest. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2005. A review of web information seeking research: considerations of method and foci of interest. Information research [online], 10(2): proceedings of the 5th Information seeking in context conference 2004, Dublin, Ireland, 1-3 September 2004. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/10-2/paper215.html

Introduction. This review shows that Web information seeking research suffers from inconsistencies in method and a lack of homogeneity in research foci. Background. Qualitative and quantitative methods are needed to produce a comprehensive view of in... Read More about A review of web information seeking research: considerations of method and foci of interest..

Visual perception of content-prioritised sign language video quality. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MUIR, L.J., RICHARDSON, I.E.G. and HAMILTON, K. 2005. Visual perception of content-prioritised sign language video quality. In Proceedings of the 2005 Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) international conference on visual information engineering (VIE 2005), 4-6 April 2005, Glasgow, UK.

Video communication systems currently provide poor quality and performance for deaf people using sign language, particularly at low bit rates. Our previous work, involving eye movement tracking experiments and analysis of visual attention mechanisms... Read More about Visual perception of content-prioritised sign language video quality..

High dimensional indexing for protein structure matching using bowties. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HUANG, Z.H., ZHOU, X. and SONG, D. 2005. High dimensional indexing for protein structure matching using bowties. In Chen, Y.-P.P. and Wong, L. (eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd Asia-Pacific bioinformatics conference (APBC'05), 17-21 January 2005, Singapore. Advances in bioinformatics and computational biology, 1. London: Imperial College Press [online], pages 21-30. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/9781860947322_0003

For determining functionality dependencies between two proteins, both represented as 3D structures, it is an essential condition that they have a matching structure. As 3D structures for proteins are large, complex and constantly evolving, it is very... Read More about High dimensional indexing for protein structure matching using bowties..

An evaluation of the first year of family health nursing practice in Scotland. (2005)
Journal Article
MACDUFF, C. and WEST, B.J.M. 2005. An evaluation of the first year of family health nursing practice in Scotland. International journal of nursing studies [online], 42(1), pages 47-59. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.05.003

Scotland has led enactment of the new World Health Organisation (Europe) Family Health Nurse (FHN) concept. This paper presents research which evaluated the initial operation and impact of the role in remote and rural regions of Scotland. Through use... Read More about An evaluation of the first year of family health nursing practice in Scotland..