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A STEP AP 203-214-based machinable volume identifier for identifying the finish cut machinable volumes from rough machined parts. (2008)
Journal Article
ARIVAZHAGAN, A., MEHTA, N.K. and JAIN, P.K. 2009. A STEP AP 203-214-based machinable volume identifier for identifying the finish-cut machinable volumes from rough-machined parts. International journal of advanced manufacturing technology [online], 42(9-10), pages 850-872. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-008-1659-2

This paper presents a STEP AP203–214-based machinable volume identifier (MVI) to identify the finish-cut machinable volume in prismatic parts by deducting the rough-machined part from the final part. The MVI provides an intermediate link between roug... Read More about A STEP AP 203-214-based machinable volume identifier for identifying the finish cut machinable volumes from rough machined parts..

Photocatalytic destruction of geosmin using novel pelleted titanium dioxide. (2008)
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BELLU, E., LAWTON, L.A. and ROBERTSON, P.K.J. 2008. Photocatalytic destruction of geosmin using novel pelleted titanium dioxide. Journal of advanced oxidation technologies [online], 11(2), pages 384-388. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2008-0225

Geosmin is produced by cyanobacteria and actinomycetes in surface waters. It causes undesirable earthy off-flavours in freshwater fish and is a major concern for the drinking water industry. This paper presents the first published study on the use of... Read More about Photocatalytic destruction of geosmin using novel pelleted titanium dioxide..

From throwing cartwheels to feeling kinda seasick. (2008)
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LAUTERBACH, T. 2008. From throwing cartwheels to feeling kinda seasick. Scottish law gazette, 76(3/4), pages 73-76.

Not so long ago, Gazette readers were alerted to the victory by the organist, Matthew Fisher, of 1960s cult band Procol Harum, as High Court judge Blackburne J agreed that his contributions to the classic “ A Whiter Shade of Pale” not only rendered F... Read More about From throwing cartwheels to feeling kinda seasick..

The PhD thesis as a virtual guest house. (2008)
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MACDUFF, C. 2008. The PhD thesis as a virtual guest house. Journal of clinical nursing [online], 17(18), pages 2381-2383. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02256.x

PhD theses. Who reads them? Within UK nursing the answer is: hardly anybody, save a few PhD supervisors, students and enamoured academics. Since the millennium, the Royal College of Nursing’s Steinberg Collection of over 1000 hard bound theses has se... Read More about The PhD thesis as a virtual guest house..

Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America. (2008)
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JOHNSON, I.M. 2008. Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America. New library world [online], 109(7/8), pages 337-353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800810888168

Purpose - This paper aims to review traditional forms of international support for developing schools of librarianship and information sciences, and traditional approaches. Design/methodology/approach - There view draws evidence from the literature a... Read More about Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America..

Toward a fuzzy domain ontology extraction method for adaptive e-learning. (2008)
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LAU, R.Y.K., SONG, D., LI, Y., CHEUNG, T.C.H. and HAO, J.-X. 2009. Towards a fuzzy domain ontology extraction method for adaptive e-learning. IEEE transactions on knowledge and data engineering [online], 21(6), pages 800-813. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2008.137

With the widespread applications of electronic learning (e-Learning) technologies to education at all levels, increasing number of online educational resources and messages are generated from the corresponding e-Learning environments. Nevertheless, i... Read More about Toward a fuzzy domain ontology extraction method for adaptive e-learning..

What works with men? A systematic review of health promoting interventions targeting men. (2008)
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ROBERTSON, L.M., DOUGLAS, F., LUDBROOK, A., REID, G. and VAN TEIJLINGEN, E. 2008. What works with men? A systematic review of health promoting interventions targeting men. BMC health services research [online], 8, article 141. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-141

Background: Encouraging men to make more effective use of (preventive) health services is considered one way of improving their health. The aim of this study was to appraise the available evidence of effective interventions aimed at improving men's h... Read More about What works with men? A systematic review of health promoting interventions targeting men..

Zzzz.... Some reflections on the dynamics of village entrepreneurship. (2008)
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SMITH, R. 2008. Zzzz... Some reflections on the dynamics of village entrepreneurship. International journal of entrepreneurship and small business [online], 6(3), pages 370-389. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2008.019133

Using the qualitative research techniques of auto-ethnography, active reflection and natural observation to construct a data set of businesses in a village in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK this exploratory, longitudinal study examines the dynamic... Read More about Zzzz.... Some reflections on the dynamics of village entrepreneurship..

Crisis plan? What crisis plan! How microentrepreneurs manage in a crisis. (2008)
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BUDGE, A., IRVINE, W. and SMITH, R. 2008. Crisis plan? What crisis plan! How microentrepreneurs manage in a crisis. International journal of entrepreneurship and small business [online], 6(3), pages 337-354. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2008.019131

This inductive research study seeks to answer these research questions: (1) Do owners of successful microbusinesses react to crises unknowingly; or (2) Do they proactively manage crises? Using naturalistic observation and in-depth interviews of busin... Read More about Crisis plan? What crisis plan! How microentrepreneurs manage in a crisis..

ICT (information communication technology), peripherality and smaller hospitality businesses in Scotland. (2008)
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IRVINE, W. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2008. ICT (information communication technology), peripherality and smaller hospitality businesses in Scotland. International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 14(4), pages 200-218. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550810887381

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of information communication technology (ICT) in small rural hospitality businesses. Although ICT is often presented as a means of reducing the impact of being rural, little is known about th... Read More about ICT (information communication technology), peripherality and smaller hospitality businesses in Scotland..

Public-to-private buy-outs, distress costs and private equity. (2008)
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WEIR, C., WRIGHT, M. and SCHOLES, L. 2008. Public-to-private buy-outs, distress costs and private equity. Applied financial economics [online], 18(10), pages 801-819. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100701222283

This article extends previous work by testing the financial distress costs hypothesis in the context of the UK, a contract-based distress resolution system, and by considering the role of private equity firms. Using a hand-collected dataset covering... Read More about Public-to-private buy-outs, distress costs and private equity..

Windows and mirrors: reflections of a module team teaching the arts in nurse education. (2008)
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MCKIE, A., ADAMS, V., GASS, J.P. and MACDUFF, C. 2008. Windows and mirrors: reflections of a module team teaching the arts in nurse education. Nurse education in practice [online], 8(3), pages 156-164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2007.03.002

The five-year experience of a group of nursing lecturers teaching the expressive arts within a Scottish degree programme is outlined and discussed. The place of the arts is contextualised within curriculum developments and module content, sequencing,... Read More about Windows and mirrors: reflections of a module team teaching the arts in nurse education..

Electrochemical investigation of doped titanium dioxide. (2008)
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HAMILTON, J.W.J., BYRNE, J.A., MCCULLAGH, C. and DUNLOP, P.S.M. 2008. Electrochemical investigation of doped titanium dioxide. International journal of photoenergy [online], 2008, article ID 631597. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/631597

Thin films of transition-metal doped (0.2, 1.0, and 5.0 atom%) TiO2 were prepared on titanium foil using a sol-gel route catalyzed by ammonium acetate. Dopants investigated were the fourth-period transition metals. The prepared films were characteris... Read More about Electrochemical investigation of doped titanium dioxide..

Role typologies for enterprising education: the professional artisan? (2008)
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ANDERSON, A.R. and JACK, S.L. 2008. Role typologies for enterprising education: the professional artisan? Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], 15(2), pages 259-273. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/14626000810871664

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine how the context, approach and teaching techniques used for entrepreneurship education need to reflect the different roles that encompass enterprise. Design/methodology/approach - The authors analyse a... Read More about Role typologies for enterprising education: the professional artisan?.

Means-end theory in tourism research. (2008)
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MCDONALD. S., THYNE, M. and MCMORLAND, L.-A. 2008. Means-end theory in tourism research. Annals of tourism research [online], 35(2), pages 596-599. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2007.09.006

Means-end theory has been widely used in marketing to identify values-based motivations behind consumption (Reynolds and Olson 2001). It has also been adopted by researchers arguing that it deepens understanding of tourist behavior by linking specifi... Read More about Means-end theory in tourism research..

Civil liability for illegal file-sharing: who faces the music? (2008)
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LAUTERBACH, T. 2008. Civil liability for illegal file-sharing: who faces the music? Scottish law gazette, 76(2), pages 46-47.

For some time music copyright owners and their representatives, e.g. the BPI in the UK, have been pursuing copyright pirates, be they operative in the physical or virtual worlds, through the criminal courts. If successful, these actions usually resul... Read More about Civil liability for illegal file-sharing: who faces the music?.

Excellence: capturing Aristotelian notions of meaning and purpose. (2008)
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ANDERSON, A.R. and CROCKETT, C. 2008. Excellence: capturing Aristotelian notions of meaning and purpose. International journal of business excellence [online], 1(3), pages 262-281. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBEX.2008.017883

In this paper, we argue that conventional models for excellence are too narrow, too internally focused, too instrumental and too functionalist to achieve excellence in dealing with emerging broad socioeconomic concerns. We try to show that Aristotle’... Read More about Excellence: capturing Aristotelian notions of meaning and purpose..

The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914. (2008)
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SKED, K.M.L. and REID, P.H. 2008. The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914. Library history [online], 24(1), pages 48-63. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1179/174581608X295284

Examines Scottish library philanthropists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a key period in the development of the public library service. Utilizing the technique of prosopography, which goes beyond recounting basic biographical detail... Read More about The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914..

Towards a belief-revision-based adaptive and context-sensitive information retrieval system. (2008)
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LAU, R.Y.K., BRUZA, P. and SONG, D. 2008. Towards a belief-revision-based adaptive and context-sensitive information retrieval system. ACM transactions on information systems [online], 26(2), article number 8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1344411.1344414

In an adaptive information retrieval (IR) setting, the information seekers' beliefs about which terms are relevant, or non-relevant, will naturally fluctuate. This article investigates how the theory of belief revision can be used to model adaptive I... Read More about Towards a belief-revision-based adaptive and context-sensitive information retrieval system..

From 'business culture' to 'brand state': conceptions of nation and culture in business literature on cultural difference. (2008)
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HALSALL, R. 2008. From 'business culture' to 'brand state': conceptions of nation and culture in business literature on cultural difference. Culture and organization [online], 14(1), pages 15-30. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14759550701863290

This article examines changing conceptions of culture and nation in business literature from the early 1990s to the present. In the early 1990s the growth of literature concerned with depicting the cultural differences between national varieties of c... Read More about From 'business culture' to 'brand state': conceptions of nation and culture in business literature on cultural difference..