All Outputs (117)

The molecular contribution of TNF-α in the link between obesity and breast cancer. (2010)
Journal Article
WEICHHAUS, M., BROOM, I. and BERMANO, G. 2011. The molecular contribution of TNF-α in the link between obesity and breast cancer. Oncology reports [online], 25(2), pages 477-483. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2010.1099

Obesity is a growing worldwide medical problem, as it pre-disposes the affected hosts to a number of severe diseases, including postmenopausal breast cancer. Obesity development is characterised, amongst others, by aberrant secretion of adipokines. W... Read More about The molecular contribution of TNF-α in the link between obesity and breast cancer..

Security through usability: a user-centered approach for balanced security policy requirements. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2010. Security through usability: a user-centered approach for balanced security policy requirements. Presented at the 26th Annual computer security applications conference (ACSAC 2010), 6-10 December 2010, Austin, USA.

Security policy authors face a dilemma. On one hand, policies need to respond to a constantly evolving, well reported threat landscape, the consequences of which have heightened the security awareness of senior managers. On the other hand, the impact... Read More about Security through usability: a user-centered approach for balanced security policy requirements..

Beyond the barricades: the quest for global health, safety and emergency response training standards in the oil and gas industry. (2010)
Report
MARCELLA, R. and PIRIE, T. 2010. Beyond the barricades: the quest for global health, safety and emergency response training standards in the oil and gas industry. Unpublished internal document. Dubai: OPITO International FZ LLC.

An independent study, covering senior leaders in sixty companies across the globe, was conducted by the Aberdeen Business School at Robert Gordon University, to assist OPITO in exploring how internationalisation impacts on emergency response and basi... Read More about Beyond the barricades: the quest for global health, safety and emergency response training standards in the oil and gas industry..

Molecular aspects of the link between obesity, insulin resistance and breast cancer. (2010)
Thesis
WEICHHAUS, M.G. 2010. Molecular aspects of the link between obesity, insulin resistance and breast cancer. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Obesity is a multi-factorial metabolic disease, resulting in increased adipose tissue acquisition by the host. This disease increases the risk for developing co-morbidities, including Metabolic Syndrome and other disorders such as breast cancer. Obes... Read More about Molecular aspects of the link between obesity, insulin resistance and breast cancer..

Home making and identity: a psychology of personality processes in North East Scotland. (2010)
Thesis
TOWNSEND, L. 2010. Home making and identity: a psychology of personality processes in North East Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis investigates the roles of identity and personality in the home making process. Well-known approaches to identity typically define context in social or temporalterms, largely neglecting the physical environment. Personalisation of the dwel... Read More about Home making and identity: a psychology of personality processes in North East Scotland..

An exploration of the process of informed consent for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): the nurses' and doctors' role. (2010)
Thesis
BURKE, S.M. 2010. An exploration of the process of informed consent for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): the nurses' and doctors' role. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis.

Experience suggests that there is variability in the knowledge of medical and nursing staff with regard to informed consent. This includes the type of information given to patients to enable them to make an informed decision in the consent process, a... Read More about An exploration of the process of informed consent for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): the nurses' and doctors' role..

Development of an innovative and environmentally sustainable solid waste stream treatment process. (2010)
Thesis
RAMACHANDRAN, V. 2010. Development of an innovative and environmentally sustainable solid waste stream treatment process. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis.

Oily sludges and oil contaminated solid wastes are generated from various sources such as from a) interceptors in petrol stations, automobile garages and rail service stations b) tank oil bottoms from crude oil storage tanks c) drill cuttings from oi... Read More about Development of an innovative and environmentally sustainable solid waste stream treatment process..

Scottish country of origin: its role and value in the identities of Scottish premium/luxury brands. (2010)
Thesis
HAMILTON, M. 2010. Scottish country of origin: its role and value in the identities of Scottish premium/luxury brands. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The focus of this study is the role and function of country of origin (COO) in the creation and communication of the brand identities of Scottish premium/luxury brands. It applies the identity concept which is well developed in the branding literatur... Read More about Scottish country of origin: its role and value in the identities of Scottish premium/luxury brands..

Reflections of career, perceptions of maternity leave: a pilot study using narrative analysis. (2010)
Report
MCDOUGALL, B. 2010. Reflections of career, perceptions of maternity leave: a pilot study using narrative analysis. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Maternity leave is linked to role-conflict and gender discrimination in the workplace. Decisions on working life at this time are unavoidable; it is a natural time for self reflection. It is a time when work and career are perceived to be suspended.... Read More about Reflections of career, perceptions of maternity leave: a pilot study using narrative analysis..

The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change. (2010)
Journal Article
WOODS, R., FERNÁNDEZ, A. and COEN, S. 2012. The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change. Public understanding of science [online], 21(3), pages 323-339. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662510385061

British newspapers have denigrated anthropogenic climate change by misrepresenting scientific consensus and/or framing climate change within unsympathetic discourses. One aspect of the latter that has not been studied is the use of metaphor to dispar... Read More about The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change..

Security and usability: searching for the philosopher's stone. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FLÉCHAIS, I. and FAILY, S. 2010. Security and usability: searching for the philosopher's stone. Presented at the Workshop on the development of EuroSOUPS, 24 November 2010, Newcastle, UK. Hosted on CoCoLab.org [online]. Available from: https://www.cocolab.org/soups/eurosoups

This paper describes the unique challenges facing usable security research and design, and introduces three proposals for addressing these. For all intents and purposes security design is currently a craft, where quality is dependent on individuals a... Read More about Security and usability: searching for the philosopher's stone..

Designing and aligning e-science security culture with design. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2010. Designing and aligning e-science security culture with design. Information management and computer security [online], 18(5): selected papers from the South African information security multi-conference (SAISMC 2010), 17-18 May 2010, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, pages 339-349. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/09685221011095254

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key cultural concepts affecting security in multi-organisational systems, and to align these with design techniques and tools. A grounded theory model of security culture was derived from the related secur... Read More about Designing and aligning e-science security culture with design..

The client perspective on factors in the retrofitting of sustainable technologies to traditional rural homes in North East Scotland. (2010)
Journal Article
MOORE, D.R. 2010. The client perspective on factors in the retrofitting of sustainable technologies to traditional rural homes in North East Scotland. Journal of building appraisal [online], 6(2), pages 117-128. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/jba.2010.18

Through the study of a project completed in 2009, this article seeks to determine what barriers can be encountered by homeowners when trying to improve the performance of older properties with regard to energy use and CO2 emissions. The scope of the... Read More about The client perspective on factors in the retrofitting of sustainable technologies to traditional rural homes in North East Scotland..

Re-storying and visualizing the changing entrepreneurial identities of Bill Gates and Richard Branson. (2010)
Journal Article
BOJE, D. and SMITH, R. 2010. Re-storying and visualizing the changing entrepreneurial identities of Bill Gates and Richard Branson. Culture and organization [online], 16(4), pages 307-331. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551003769250

The storytelling in textual and visual re-constructions of Bill Gates and Richard Branson by their organizations produces entrepreneurial identities bound into particular social power-knowledge relations. Our purpose is to examine how these organizat... Read More about Re-storying and visualizing the changing entrepreneurial identities of Bill Gates and Richard Branson..

The 'main street' in Kirkwall: a pilot research projects. (2010)
Report
BAXTER, G., GRAY, D., MORRISON, K., REID, P.H., VERGUNST, J., WILLIAMS, D. 2010. The 'main street' in Kirkwall: a pilot research projects. Draft report. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

In July 2010, researchers from Robert Gordon University, in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, conducted a pilot research project which investigated the role of the main street (i.e. Bridge Street, Albert Street, Broad Street and Victoria... Read More about The 'main street' in Kirkwall: a pilot research projects..

Organizational factors shaping software process improvement in small-medium sized software teams: a multi-case analysis. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ALLISON, I. 2010. Organizational factors shaping software process improvement in small-medium sized software teams: a multi-case analysis. In Proceedings of the 7th International conference on the quality of information and communications technology (QUATIC 2010), 29 September - 2 October 2010, Porto, Portugal. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computing Society [online], article number 5655656, pages 418-423. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/QUATIC.2010.81

Previous work looking at software process improvement (SPI) in small organizations has highlighted difficulties faced by small organizations in implementing SPI successfully, but there is little analysis to understand why this is from an organization... Read More about Organizational factors shaping software process improvement in small-medium sized software teams: a multi-case analysis..

Alcohol and nicotine use during pregnancy: its nature, occurrence and consequences. (2010)
Thesis
DUNCAN, E.M. 2010. Alcohol and nicotine use during pregnancy: its nature, occurrence and consequences. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This PhD project investigated the nature, occurrence , and consequences of alcohol and nicotine use during pregnancy. The main objective bieng to identify those at risk of continued alcohol and nicotine use, to determine the current practice of midwi... Read More about Alcohol and nicotine use during pregnancy: its nature, occurrence and consequences..

Specific and non-specific interactions on carbon material surfaces. (2010)
Thesis
ANDREU, A.Y. 2010. Specific and non-specific interactions on carbon material surfaces. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The interactions which occur between both polar and non-polar fluid phases and surfaces of various carbon materials: Activated Carbon (AC), non-porous Carbon Black (CB) and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)with different surface chemistry have been... Read More about Specific and non-specific interactions on carbon material surfaces..

Development and evaluation of oral solid dosage forms for colonic delivery of drugs for the treatment of cystinosis. (2010)
Thesis
IBIE, C.O. 2010. Development and evaluation of oral solid dosage forms for colonic delivery of drugs for the treatment of cystinosis. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis.

Modified-release multiparticulate pellets have been produced by the process of extrusion and spheronisation for colon-targeted delivery of cystamine, a cysteamine derivative. Orally-ingested cysteamine formulations, used in the treatment of cystinosi... Read More about Development and evaluation of oral solid dosage forms for colonic delivery of drugs for the treatment of cystinosis..

Entrepreneurial networking, trust process and virtual interactions. (2010)
Thesis
HARDWICK, J.Y. 2010. Entrepreneurial networking, trust process and virtual interactions. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The aim of this research was to understand the entrepreneurial networking process and the role played by virtual interactions. In particular, the objective was to establishing how, and if, virtual interactions enhanced collaborative incremental produ... Read More about Entrepreneurial networking, trust process and virtual interactions..