All Outputs (473)

Role of feed-in tariff policy in promoting solar photovoltaic investments in Malaysia: a system dynamics approach. (2015)
Journal Article
AHMAD, S., TAHAR, R.M., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., MUNIR, A.B. and RAHIM, R.A. 2015. Role of feed-in tariff policy in promoting solar photovoltaic investments in Malaysia: a system dynamics approach. Energy [online], 84, pages 808-815. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.047

Solar photovoltaic has shown a significant rise in terms of worldwide installation. One of the main reason is due to the introduction of the FiT (feed-in tariff) policy by the governments. This paper aims to evaluate FiT policy in promoting solar PV... Read More about Role of feed-in tariff policy in promoting solar photovoltaic investments in Malaysia: a system dynamics approach..

Ecoartscotland library / The Caledonian everyday. [Installation and seminar series] (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
FREMANTLE, C. 2015. Ecoartscotland library / The Caledonian everyday. Installation and seminar series held during the exhibition Sylva Caledonia, 4 April - 22 May 2015, Summerhall, Edinburgh.

The Sylva Caledonia exhibition was held on 4 April - 22 May 2015, Summerhall, Edinburgh, and formed part of the 2015 Edinburgh International Science Festival. Among other works, the exhibtion featured 'The Ecoartscotland Library' by Chris Fremantle -... Read More about Ecoartscotland library / The Caledonian everyday. [Installation and seminar series].

A clinician's guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing 1: an introduction. (2015)
Journal Article
TAYLOR, C., NICHOLS, S. and INGLE, L. 2015. A clinician's guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing 1: an introduction. British journal of hospital medicine [online], 76(4), pages 192-195. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2015.76.4.192

Compared to standard exercise tolerance testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a reliable and powerful tool that can be used for risk stratification, exercise prescription and clinical diagnosis.

Tourism development and the backpacker market in Highland Scotland. (2015)
Journal Article
HINDLE, N., MARTIN, A. and NASH, R. 2015. Tourism development and the backpacker market in Highland Scotland. Tourism and hospitality research [online], 15(3), pages 178-192. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1467358415578471

Backpacking is an emerging market within the tourism sector. Despite its growth limited research has been conducted in Scotland, or even Europe, in relation to this form of travel. Qualitative data were gathered utilising a combination of interviews... Read More about Tourism development and the backpacker market in Highland Scotland..

The biophilic organization: an integrative metaphor for corporate sustainability. (2015)
Journal Article
JONES, D.R. 2015. The biophilic organization: an integrative metaphor for corporate sustainability. Journal of business ethics [online], 138(3), pages 401-416. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2640-2

This paper proposes a new organizational metaphor, the 'Biophilic Organization', which aims to counter the bio-cultural disconnection of many organizations despite their espoused commitment to sustainability. This conceptual research draws on multipl... Read More about The biophilic organization: an integrative metaphor for corporate sustainability..

A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of non-surgical obesity interventions in men. (2015)
Journal Article
BOYERS, D., AVENELL, A., STEWART, F., ROBERTSON, C., ARCHIBALD, D., DOUGLAS, F., HODDINOTT, P. and VAN TEIJLINGEN, E. 2015. A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of non-surgical obesity interventions in men. Obesity research and clinical practice [online], 9(4), pages 310-327. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2015.03.001

Increasing obesity related health conditions have a substantial burden on population health and healthcare spending. Obesity may have a sex-specific impact on disease development, men and women may respond differently to interventions, and there may... Read More about A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of non-surgical obesity interventions in men..

Structuring and coding in health care records: a qualitative analysis using diabetes as a case study. (2015)
Journal Article
ROBERTSON, A.R.R., FERNANDO, B., MORRISON, Z., KALRA, D. and SHEIKH, A. 2015. Structuring and coding in health care records: a qualitative analysis using diabetes as a case study. Journal of innovation in health informatics [online], 22(2), pages 275-283. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v22i2.90

Background: Globally, diabetes mellitus presents a substantial burden to individuals and healthcare systems. Structuring and/or coding of medical records underpin attempts to improve information sharing and searching, potentially bringing clinical an... Read More about Structuring and coding in health care records: a qualitative analysis using diabetes as a case study..

Method to discard partial discharge (PD) pulses from neighboring high voltage equipment. (2015)
Journal Article
MOHAMED, F.P., SIEW, W.H., STRACHAN, S.S., AYUB, A.S. and MCLELLAN, K. 2015. Method to discard partial discharge (PD) pulses from neighboring high voltage equipment. High voltage engineering [online], 4, pages 1125-1131. Available from: http://caod.oriprobe.com/articles/44523683/Method_to_Discard_Partial_Discharge_Pulses_from_Neighboring_High_Volta.htm

On-line partial discharge (PD) diagnostics data are corrupted by various noise sources and this makes it more challenging to extract the PD signal contained in the raw data. Though the noise sources can be filtered out using signal processing techniq... Read More about Method to discard partial discharge (PD) pulses from neighboring high voltage equipment..

Critical evaluation of locally fabricated maize shelling machine. (2015)
Journal Article
ADEWOLD, C.A., BABAJIDE, T.M., OKE, A.M., BABAJIDE, N.A., AREMU, D.O. and OGUNLADE, C.A. 2015. Critical evaluation of locally fabricated maize shelling machine. International journal of engineering science and innovative technology [online], 4(2), pages 67-73. Available from: https://www.ijesit.com/Volume%204/Issue%202/IJESIT201502_10.pdf

Maize shelling has been a tedious operation over the years; it takes weeks and causes pain and hand injuries, efforts have been made by artisans, welders and local fabricators at constructing some shelling machines for maize in Nigeria. This research... Read More about Critical evaluation of locally fabricated maize shelling machine..

Neutron diffraction residual strain measurements of plasma sprayed solid oxide fuel cells. [Dataset] (2015)
Data
FAISAL, N., PRATHURU, A., AHMED, R. and ZHANG, S.Y. 2015. Neutron diffraction residual strain measurements of plasma sprayed solid oxide fuel cells. [Dataset]. Hosted on STFC ISIS neutron and muon source data journal [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.58451518

Manufacturing of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) using thermal spray technology is one of the most economical and technologically advanced approaches for energy applications. High cooling rates during thermal spray deposition process however impart res... Read More about Neutron diffraction residual strain measurements of plasma sprayed solid oxide fuel cells. [Dataset].

A mixed methods investigation into aspects of medication wastage in Malta. (2015)
Thesis
WEST, L.M. 2015. A mixed methods investigation into aspects of medication wastage in Malta. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Reducing medication wastage is a paramount objective in promoting appropriate utilisation of finite resources and preventing negative consequences. The aim of this research was to investigate aspects of medication wastage in Malta by applying mixed m... Read More about A mixed methods investigation into aspects of medication wastage in Malta..

Global nomadism: a discursive and narratological analysis of identity concepts in the 'mobile professional'. (2015)
Thesis
WHITEHEAD, G. 2015. Global nomadism: a discursive and narratological analysis of identity concepts in the 'mobile professional'. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis examined to what extent a particular class of highly mobile professionals has internalized the contemporary discourse of corporate global nomadism, proposed by the researcher as an example of the kind of corporate discourses that are emer... Read More about Global nomadism: a discursive and narratological analysis of identity concepts in the 'mobile professional'..

Creating sparks: comparing search results using discriminatory search term word co-occurrence to facilitate serendipity in the enterprise. (2015)
Journal Article
CLEVERLEY, P.H. and BURNETT, S. 2015. Creating sparks: comparing search results using discriminatory search term word co-occurrence to facilitate serendipity in the enterprise. Journal of information and knowledge management [online], 14(1), article 1550007. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219649215500070

Categories or tags that appear in faceted search interfaces which are representative of an information item, rarely convey unexpected or non-obvious associated concepts buried within search results. No prior research has been identified which assesse... Read More about Creating sparks: comparing search results using discriminatory search term word co-occurrence to facilitate serendipity in the enterprise..

Promoting weight management services in community pharmacy: perspectives of the pharmacy team in Scotland. (2015)
Journal Article
WEIDMANN, A.E., MACLURE, K., MARSHALL, S., GRAY, G. and STEWART, D. 2015. Promoting weight management services in community pharmacy: perspectives of the pharmacy team in Scotland. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 37(4), pages 599-606. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-015-0102-7

Background Obesity has reached pandemic levels with more than 1.4 billion adults affected worldwide. While there is a need to systematically develop and evaluate community pharmacy based models of weight management, it is imperative to describe and u... Read More about Promoting weight management services in community pharmacy: perspectives of the pharmacy team in Scotland..

Guest editorial preface: special issue on Evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE'14) 2014, Sweden. (2015)
Journal Article
BECKERS, K., FAILY, S., LEE, S.-W. and MEAD, N. 2015. Guest editorial preface: special issue on Evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE'14) 2014, Sweden. International journal of secure software engineering [online], 6(1), pages iv-vii. Available from: https://bit.ly/3pGkcZD

At the Evolving Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering (ESPRE) workshop, practitioners and researchers interested in security and privacy requirements gather to discuss significant issues in the field. In particular, ESPRE participants probe t... Read More about Guest editorial preface: special issue on Evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE'14) 2014, Sweden..

Hydrogen transport through dense and porous membranes for fuel cell applications. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
NWOGU, N.C., ALKALI, A. and GOBINA, E. 2015. Hydrogen transport through dense and porous membranes for fuel cell applications. Proceedings of the 1st International industrial technology and management science conference 2015 (ITMS 2015), 27-28 March 2015, Tianjin, China. Advances in computer science research, 34. Amsterdam: Atlantis press [online], pages 157-160. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2991/itms-15.2015.40

In this work the design of a nano structured ceramic membrane is carried out for fuel cell applications. However the innovation is that a membrane porous network is modified through its immersion in silica based solution and in a palladium solution t... Read More about Hydrogen transport through dense and porous membranes for fuel cell applications..

Stroke self-management: what does good nursing support look like? (2015)
Journal Article
KIDD, L., LAWRENCE, M., BOOTH, J. and ROWAT, A. 2015. Stroke self-management: what does good nursing support look like? Primary health care [online], 25(3), pages 24-27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.25.3.24.e946

Nurses play a pivotal role in stroke self-management, yet there is a gap in our understanding of the perspectives of, and challenges faced, by stroke nurses in relation to the development, implementation and effect of stroke self-management support s... Read More about Stroke self-management: what does good nursing support look like?.

Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg. (2015)
Book Chapter
LYONS, C. 2015. Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg. In Kochenov, D., de Búrca, G. and Williams, A. (eds.) Europe's justice deficit? Oxford: Hart [online], chapter 26, pages 381-400. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474201193.ch-026

The primary preoccupation of this chapter is an examination of how Europe's highest human rights court works through the enduring effects of the 'moral catastrophe' of the Holocaust. The issue of the role of past inhumanity within Europe's present is... Read More about Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg..

The role of selenium supplementation in cardiovascular disease prevention: an in vitro study to identify the molecular mechanism(s). (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LEIGHTON, D., GOUA, M., DOLAN, E., BURGESS, K. and BERMANO, G. 2015. The role of selenium supplementation in cardiovascular disease prevention: an in vitro study to identify the molecular mechanism(s). Presented at the 2015 Nutrition Society Scottish section meeting: diet, gene regulation and metabolic disease, 25-26 March 2015, Aberdeen, UK.

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic, with two thirds of the UK population either overweight or obese (body mass index (BMI) 25–29·9 and >30 kg/m2 respectively). Obesity is characterised by systemic oxidative stress (OS), which itself results from chronic... Read More about The role of selenium supplementation in cardiovascular disease prevention: an in vitro study to identify the molecular mechanism(s)..

Challenges associated with communication medium among project teams on mass housing project delivery in Ghana. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ADINYIRA, E., KWOFIE, T.E. and AHIAGA-DAGBUI, D.D. 2015. Challenges associated with communication medium among project teams on mass housing project delivery in Ghana. In Badu, E., Ayarkwa, J., Ahadzie, D., Adinyira, E., Owusu-Manu, D. and Kwofie, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International conference on infrastructure development in Africa (ICIDA 2015), 25-26 March 2015, Kumasi, Ghana. Kumasi: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, pages 394-411.

The construction of mass housing has become a very important policy in the government of Ghanas efforts at reducing the countrys housing deficit. Unlike traditional one-off building projects, Mass Housing Projects (MHPs) typically present a plethora... Read More about Challenges associated with communication medium among project teams on mass housing project delivery in Ghana..