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Preparation and analysis of multi-layered hybrid nanostructures. (2016)
Journal Article
KHOBRAGADE, P.S., HANSORA, D.P., NAIK, J.B., NJUGUNA, J. and MISHRA, S. 2016. Preparation and analysis of multi-layered hybrid nanostructures. Applied clay science [online], 132-133, pages 668-674. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2016.08.022

In this study, we report a simple and efficient (bath ultrasonication) method for the preparation of multi-functional layered hybrid nanostructures using graphene oxide (GO) and modified Mg-Al layered double hydroxides (LDH) [LDH@GO]. The functional... Read More about Preparation and analysis of multi-layered hybrid nanostructures..

The truth about images. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HAMLYN, J. 2016. The truth about images. Presented at the 7th International conference on the image, 1-2 September 2016, Liverpool, UK.

Many people believe that images-photographs in particular-are truth bearers; that they provide meaningful testimony and have what philosophers sometimes call factive, as opposed to fictive, status. We also commonly hear of how images are untrustworth... Read More about The truth about images..

Digital literacy knowledge and needs of pharmacy staff: a systematic review. (2016)
Journal Article
MACLURE, K. and STEWART, D. 2016. Digital literacy knowledge and needs of pharmacy staff: a systematic review. Journal of innovation in health informatics [online], 23(3), pages 560-571. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v23i3.840

Objective: To explore the digital literacy knowledge and needs of pharmacy staff including pharmacists, graduate (pre-registration) pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dispensing assistants and medicine counter assistants. Methods: A systematic review... Read More about Digital literacy knowledge and needs of pharmacy staff: a systematic review..

Quantifying behavioural determinants relating to health professional reporting of medication errors: a cross-sectional survey using the Theoretical Domains Framework. (2016)
Journal Article
ALQUBAISI, M., TONNA, A., STRATH, A. and STEWART, D. 2016. Quantifying behavioural determinants relating to health professional reporting of medication errors: a cross-sectional survey using the Theoretical Domains Framework. European journal of clinical pharmacology [online], 72(11), pages 1401-1411. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-016-2124-z

The aims of this study were to quantify the behavioural determinants of health professional reporting of medication errors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to explore any differences between respondents. The research was undertaken using a cross... Read More about Quantifying behavioural determinants relating to health professional reporting of medication errors: a cross-sectional survey using the Theoretical Domains Framework..

Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences. (2016)
Journal Article
MADEBWE, T. 2016. Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences. Hong Kong law journal, 46(2), page 749.

This is a book review of "Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences", edited by Kheng-Lian Koh, Ilan Kelman, Robert Kibugi and Rose-Liza Eisma Osorio. The book is available for purchase from the publisher's website: https://doi.... Read More about Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences..

The migrant crisis and refugee law in Scotland. (2016)
Journal Article
ARNELL, P. and LEWIS, O. 2016. The migrant crisis and refugee law in Scotland. SCOLAG legal journal, 466, page 152-155.

In October 2015 the world's media carried an image of a dead young boy lying face down on a beach in Greece. He had died in an effort to come to Europe.1 The photograph sparked international outcry. Amongst the political responses to the development... Read More about The migrant crisis and refugee law in Scotland..

Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda. (2016)
Thesis
RUGERINYANGE, N. 2016. Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis.

For most of Rwanda's post-independence past, the country has been marked by ethnic feuding, mass population movements and long exiles in neighbouring countries, and civil wars that culminated in the genocide in 1994. As this research shows in its rev... Read More about Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda..

Energy efficiency improvements in traditional buildings: exploring the role of user behaviour in the hygrothermal performance of solid walls. (2016)
Thesis
HERRERA GUTIERREZ-AVELLANOSA, D. 2016. Energy efficiency improvements in traditional buildings: exploring the role of user behaviour in the hygrothermal performance of solid walls. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Thermal improvement of traditional and historic buildings is going to play a crucial role in the achievement of established carbon emission targets. The suitable retrofit options for traditional buildings are, however, very limited and their long ter... Read More about Energy efficiency improvements in traditional buildings: exploring the role of user behaviour in the hygrothermal performance of solid walls..

Every child a library member: an evaluative review. (2016)
Report
REID, P.H. and HOOD, C. 2016. Every child a library member: an evaluative review. Glasgow: Scottish Library and Information Council [online]. Available from: https://scottishlibraries.org/research-skills/every-child-a-library-member/

In August 2016 the Department of Information Management at Robert Gordon University conducted an Evaluative Review of the Every Child A Library Member project. The review, conducted by Professor Peter Reid and Caroline Hood, examined the various ECAL... Read More about Every child a library member: an evaluative review..

RK-EDA: a novel random key based estimation of distribution algorithm. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AYODELE, M., MCCALL, J. and REGNIER-COUDERT, O. 2016. RK-EDA: a novel random key based estimation of distribution algorithm. In Handl, J., Hart, E., Lewis, P.R., López-Ibáñez, M., Ochoa, G. and Paechter, B. (eds.) Parallel problem solving from natuture: proceedings of the 14th International parallel problem solving from nature conference (PPSN XIV), 17-21 September 2016, Edinburgh, UK. Lecture notes in computer science, 9921. Cham: Springer [online], pages 849-858. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45823-6_79

The challenges of solving problems naturally represented as permutations by Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs) have been a recent focus of interest in the evolutionary computation community. One of the most common alternative representation... Read More about RK-EDA: a novel random key based estimation of distribution algorithm..

Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation: experiments in poetics and justice. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FREMANTLE, C. 2016. Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation: experiments in poetics and justice. Presented at 2016 Petrocultures conference: the offshore, 31 August - 3 September 2016, Newfoundland, Canada.

The Land Art Generator Initiative project in Glasgow is inspired by four key factors: Scottish Government’s ambitious targets for renewable energy; the Scottish environment’s multiple significant opportunities for renewables; the interaction between... Read More about Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation: experiments in poetics and justice..

Delivering lower carbon urban transport choices: European ambition meets the reality of institutional (mis)alignment. (2016)
Journal Article
GRAY, D., LAING, R. and DOCHERTY, I. 2017. Delivering lower carbon urban transport choices: European ambition meets the reality of institutional (mis)alignment. Environment and planning A: economy and space [online], 49(1), pages 226-242. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X16662272

Reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector has become a critical imperative for public policy as our understanding of the impacts of the mobility system on the environment has developed. This paper contrasts policy development in three citie... Read More about Delivering lower carbon urban transport choices: European ambition meets the reality of institutional (mis)alignment..

Therapeutic exercises for affecting post-treatment swallowing in people treated for advanced-stage head and neck cancers. (2016)
Journal Article
PERRY, A., LEE, S.H., COTTON, S. and KENNEDY, C. 2016. Therapeutic exercises for affecting post-treatment swallowing in people treated for advanced-stage head and neck cancers. Cochrane database of systematic reviews [online], Issue 8, article number CD011112. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011112.pub2

Background - Head and neck cancer treatment has developed over the last decade, with improved mortality and survival rates, but the treatments often result in dysphagia (a difficulty in swallowing) as a side effect. This may be acute, resolving after... Read More about Therapeutic exercises for affecting post-treatment swallowing in people treated for advanced-stage head and neck cancers..

Assessment of absolute partial discharge intensity from a free-space radiometric measurement. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
JABER, A., LAZARIDIS, P., ZHANG, Y., SAEED, B., KHAN, U., UPTON, D., AHMED, H., MATHER, P., VIEIRA, M.F.Q., ATKINSON, R., JUDD, M. and GLOVER, I.A. 2016. Assessment of absolute partial discharge intensity from a free-space radiometric measurement. In Proceedings of 2016 International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Asia-Pacific radio science conference (URSI AP-RASC 2016), 21-25 August 2016, Seoul, Korea. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article ID 7601345, pages 1011-1014. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/URSIAP-RASC.2016.7601345

Partial discharge (PD) is measured simultaneously using free-space radiometric (FSR) and a galvanic contact measurement technique based on the IEC 60270 standard. The PD source is an emulator of the floating-electrode type. The radiated signal is cap... Read More about Assessment of absolute partial discharge intensity from a free-space radiometric measurement..

RiCORE project final report. (2016)
Report
GRAY, D. and GRINNALL, A. 2016. RiCORE project final report. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/RiCORE-D1-3-Final-Report.pdf

This report reviews the entire RiCORE project, which aimed to promote the successful development of offshore renewable energy in the European Union.

Ethical and professional complications in the construction of multi-developer hobbyist games. (2016)
Journal Article
HERON, M.J. 2016. Ethical and professional complications in the construction of multi-developer hobbyist games. Computer games journal [online], 5(3), pages 115-129. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-016-0025-0

The modern availability of powerful video game development frameworks has resulted in something of an indie renaissance. Within this blossoming of small scale development are numerous hobbyist developers who build games for their own inherent satisfa... Read More about Ethical and professional complications in the construction of multi-developer hobbyist games..

Development of an integrated connectedness model to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AL-HAMAD, S., KOLLAR, L.E., ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2016. Development of an integrated connectedness model to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning. In Dwivedi, Y.K., Mäntymäki, M., Ravishankar, M.N., Janssen, M., Clement, M., Slade, E.L., Rana, N.P., Al-Sharhan, S. and Simintiras, A.C. (eds.) Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly: proceedings of the 15th International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) e-Business, e-services and e-society conference (I3E 2016), 13-15 September, 2016, Swansea, UK. Lecture notes in computer science, 9844. Cham: Springer [online], pages 707-716. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45234-0_64

Use of blended learning system in a structured manner results in achieving higher order skills in cognitive domain. However, there is a need to quantify skills improvements as the students go through lower level skills to higher level skills. To asce... Read More about Development of an integrated connectedness model to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning..

The effect of early berthing prospects on the energy efficiency operational index in oil tanker vessels. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ACOMI, N. and ACOMI, O.C. 2016. The effect of early berthing prospects on the energy efficiency operational index in oil tanker vessels. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 145(8): proceedings of the 4th Modern technologies in industrial engineering international conference (ModTech 2016), 15-18 June 2016, Lasi, Romania, article ID 082001. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/145/8/082001

Marine pollution is one of the main concerns of our society. In order to reduce air pollution produced by ships, the International Maritime Organization has developed technical, operational and management measures. Part of the operational measures re... Read More about The effect of early berthing prospects on the energy efficiency operational index in oil tanker vessels..

Complexity and simplicity: tensions in teaching computation to large numbers of architecture students. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SPAETH, A.B., DOUNAS, T. and KIEFERLE, J. 2016. Complexity and simplicity: tensions in teaching computation to large numbers of architecture students. In Herneoja, A., Österlund, T. and Markkanen, P. (eds.) Proceedings of the 34th Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe conference (eCAADe 2016): complexity and simplicity, 22-26 August 2016, Oulu, Finland. Oulu: University of Oulu [online], volume 1, pages 229-236. Available from http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2016_104

This paper describes the challenges and approaches to introduce computational thinking to a large and diverse group of architecture students during an international workshop with 300 students from different cultural backgrounds and educational levels... Read More about Complexity and simplicity: tensions in teaching computation to large numbers of architecture students..

Ubiquitous digital repositories in the design studio: a case study. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUNAS, T. and SPAETH, B. 2016. Ubiquitous digital repositories in the design studio: a case study. In Herneoja, A., Österlund, T. and Markkanen, P. (eds.) Proceedings of the 34th Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe conference (eCAADe 2016): complexity and simplicity, 22-26 August 2016, Oulu, Finland. Oulu: University of Oulu [online], volume 1, pages 241-249. Available from http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2016_208

The paper investigates the usability and effect of a ubiquitous digital repository in the architectural design process. Acknowledging the post-digital era where students work with diverse media either digital or analogue, the project explores the sui... Read More about Ubiquitous digital repositories in the design studio: a case study..