All Outputs (117)

Emotional support in palliative care nursing: a concept analysis. (2010)
Thesis
WATSON, F.C.T. 2010. Emotional support in palliative care nursing: a concept analysis. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis.

This thesis reports a study that aimed to examine the use of the term emotional support within palliative care nursing. The term žemotional supportŸ appears frequently in the nursing literature, however, there is no clear definition of what it is and... Read More about Emotional support in palliative care nursing: a concept analysis..

Integration of CAD/tool path data for 5-axis STEP-NC machining of free form/irrregular controured surfaces. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANBALAGAN, A. 2010. Integration of CAD/tool path for 5 axis STEP-NC machining of free form/irrregular contoured surfaces. In Katalinic, B. (ed.) Proceedings of 21st Danube Adria Association for Automation and Manufacturing (DAAAM) international symposium 2010: intelligent manufacturing and automation, 20-23 October 2010, Zadar, Croatia. Vienna: DAAAM International [online], article ID 617, pages 1233-1235. Available from: https://www.daaam.info/Downloads/Pdfs/proceedings/proceedings_2010/24469_Symp_1_head.pdf

This research paper presents the work on feature recognition, tool path data generation and integration with STEP-NC (AP-238 format) for features having Free form/Irregular Contoured Surfaces(s) (FICS). Initially, the FICS features are modelled/impor... Read More about Integration of CAD/tool path data for 5-axis STEP-NC machining of free form/irrregular controured surfaces..

Feature recognition and tool path generation for 5 axis STEP-NC machining of free form/irregular contoured surfaces. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANBALAGAN, A. 2010. Feature recognition and tool path generation for 5 axis STEP-NC machining of free form/irregular contoured surfaces. In Katalinic, B. (ed.) Proceedings of 21st Danube Adria Association for Automation and Manufacturing (DAAAM) international symposium 2010: intelligent manufacturing and automation, 20-23 October 2010, Zadar, Croatia. Vienna: DAAAM International [online], article ID 618, pages 1235-1236. Available from: https://www.daaam.info/Downloads/Pdfs/proceedings/proceedings_2010/24469_Symp_2_head.pdf

This research paper presents a five step algorithm to generate tool paths for machining Free form / Irregular Contoured Surface(s) (FICS) by adopting STEP-NC (AP-238) format. In the first step, a parametrized CAD model with FICS is created or importe... Read More about Feature recognition and tool path generation for 5 axis STEP-NC machining of free form/irregular contoured surfaces..

Developing a market-based approach to managing the US strategic petroleum reserve. (2010)
Journal Article
MURPHY, F. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2010. Developing a market-based approach to managing the US strategic petroleum reserve. European journal of operational research [online], 206(2), pages 488-495. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.02.030

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has not been used effectively to manage the consequences of oil shocks in the United States. The main reason is that political decision makers tend to hoard the reserves during crises and bureaucratic processes delay t... Read More about Developing a market-based approach to managing the US strategic petroleum reserve..

To boldly go where invention isn't secure: applying security entrepreneurship to secure systems design. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2010. To boldly go where invention isn't secure: applying security entrepreneurship to secure systems design. In Proceedings of the 2010 New security paradigms workshop (NSPW 2010), 21-23 September 2010, Concord, USA. New York: ACM [online], pages 73-84. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1900546.1900557

When designing secure systems, we are inundated with an eclectic mix of security and non-security requirements; this makes predicting a successful outcome from the universe of possible security design decisions a difficult problem. We propose augment... Read More about To boldly go where invention isn't secure: applying security entrepreneurship to secure systems design..

Barry is not the weakest link: eliciting secure system requirements with personas. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2010. Barry is not the weakest link: eliciting secure system requirements with personas. In Proceedings of the 24th International BCS human computer interaction conference (HCI 2010): games are a serious business, 6-10 September 2010, Dundee, UK. Swindon: BCS, pages 124-132. Hosted on ScienceOpen [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2010.17

Building secure and usable systems means specifying systems for the people using it and the tasks they carry out, rather than vice-versa. User-centred design approaches encourage an early focus on users and their contexts of use, but these need to be... Read More about Barry is not the weakest link: eliciting secure system requirements with personas..

Perceiving and using genre by form: an eye-tracking study. (2010)
Journal Article
CLARK, M., RUTHVEN, I. and HOLT, P.O'B. 2010. Perceiving and using genre by form: an eye-tracking study. Libri [online], 60(3), pages 268-280. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.2010.023

This paper reports on an approach to the analysis of genre recognition using eye-tracking. The researchers focused on eight different types of e-mail, such as calls for papers, newsletters and spam, which were chosen to represent different genres. Th... Read More about Perceiving and using genre by form: an eye-tracking study..

Development and testing of thin composite palladium membrane for membrane fuel cell processors. (2010)
Thesis
CHEN, C.C. 2010. Development and testing of thin composite palladium membrane for membrane fuel cell processors. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The Palladium (Pd) based membranes have long been the focus of studies for the separation of hydrogen due to its high permeability and selectivity toward hydrogen. However, palladium is a precious metal and extremely expensive and its wider applicati... Read More about Development and testing of thin composite palladium membrane for membrane fuel cell processors..

The best-laid schemes? The provision and accessibility of government consultation information in the UK. (2010)
Journal Article
BAXTER, G. 2010. The best-laid schemes? The provision and accessibility of government consultation information in the UK. Libri [online], 60(3), pages 253-267. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.2010.022

In recent years, government at all levels in the UK has increasingly recognised the need for ongoing dialogue between policy makers and stakeholders during the policymaking process. Prompted by a number of factors, including devolution and New Labour... Read More about The best-laid schemes? The provision and accessibility of government consultation information in the UK..

Meaningful engagement: computer-based interactive media art in public space. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HER, J.-J. and HAMLYN, J., 2010. Meaningful engagement: computer-based interactive media art in public space. In Huang, F. and Wang, R.-C. (eds.) Arts and Technology: revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 1st International conference on arts and technology (ArtsIT 2009), 24-25 September 2009, Yi-Lan, Taiwan. Lecture notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 30. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 17-24. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11577-6_3

Interactive technologies, including electronic devices are increasingly being utilized as a medium for artistic expression and have been placed in freely accessible public environments with mixed results. When audiences encounter computer-based inter... Read More about Meaningful engagement: computer-based interactive media art in public space..

Multi-HDCS: solving DisCSPs with complex local problems cooperatively. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LEE, D., ARANA, I., AHRIZ, H. and HUI, K. 2009. Multi-HDCS: solving DisCSPs with complex local problems cooperatively. In Huang, X.J., Ghorbani, A.A., Hacid, M.-S. and Yamaguchi, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM international conference on intelligent agent technology (IAT 2010), co-located with the 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM international conference on web intelligence (WI 2010), and the joint conference workshops (WI-IAT Workshops 2010), 31 August - 3 September 2010, Toronto, Canada. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society [online], volume 2, article number 5614767, pages 295-302. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/WI-IAT.2010.141

We propose Multi-HDCS, a new hybrid approach for solving Distributed CSPs with complex local problems. In Multi-HDCS, each agent concurrently: (i) runs a centralised systematic search for its complex local problem; (ii) participates in a distributed... Read More about Multi-HDCS: solving DisCSPs with complex local problems cooperatively..

In vitro and in vivo anticancer activity of a novel nano-sized formulation based on self-assembling polymers against pancreatic cancer. (2010)
Journal Article
HOSKINS, C., OUAISSI, M., LIMA, S.C., CHENG, W.P., LOUREIRIO, I., MAS, E., LOMBARDO, D., CORDEIRO-DA-SILVA, A., OUAISSI, A. and KONG THOO LIN, P. 2010. In vitro and in vivo anticancer activity of a novel nano-sized formulation based on self-assembling polymers against pancreatic cancer. Pharmaceutical research [online], 27(12), pages 2694-2703. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-010-0268-6

Purpose: To evaluate the in vitro and in vivo pancreatic anticancer activity of a nano-sized formulation based on novel polyallylamine grafted with 5% mole cholesteryl pendant groups (CH5-PAA). Methods: Insoluble novel anticancer drug, Bisnaphthalimi... Read More about In vitro and in vivo anticancer activity of a novel nano-sized formulation based on self-assembling polymers against pancreatic cancer..

Extending RSS to meet central bank needs. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ASMAN, P., CANNON, S. and SOMMO, C. 2010. Extending RSS to meet central bank needs. Proceedings of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications [online], 2010: proceedings of the 10th DCMI international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications (DC-2010), 20-22 October 2010, Pittsburgh, USA, pages 115-127. Available from: https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/1005

The Federal Reserve wanted to use RSS to represent not only news, such as press releases, but also data, such as exchange rates. The Fed hoped to use one set of feeds to accommodate two different audiences for RSS; human readers (at one remove) and s... Read More about Extending RSS to meet central bank needs..

Gender identity: challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal. (2010)
Journal Article
PATHAK, R., REGMI, P., PANT, P., SIMKHADA, P., DOUGLAS, F. and STEPHENS, J. 2010. Gender identity: challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal. Global journal of health science [online], 2(2), pages 207-214. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v2n2p207

Literatures about same-sex love and sexuality in Nepal are rare. However, limited anecdotal evidence on these issues signals that the health and social care needs of lesbians in Nepal are high. This qualitative study explores the challenges faced by... Read More about Gender identity: challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal..

Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: qualitative analysis of interim results from a prospective national evaluation. (2010)
Journal Article
ROBERTSON, A., CRESSWELL, K., TAKIAN, A., et al. 2010. Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: qualitative analysis of interim results from a prospective national evaluation. BMJ [online], 341(7778), article c4564. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c4564

Objectives: To describe and evaluate the implementation and adoption of detailed electronic health records in secondary care in England and thereby provide early feedback for the on going local and national rollout of the NHS Care Records Service. De... Read More about Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: qualitative analysis of interim results from a prospective national evaluation..

Policing the changing landscape of rural crime: a case study from Scotland. (2010)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2010. Policing the changing landscape of rural crime: a case study from Scotland. International journal of police science and management [online], 12(3), pages 373-387. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1350/ijps.2010.12.3.171

Although the notion of rural crime has an idyllic aura to it, crime occurs in a changing social landscape and is affected by demographic changes, changing crime trends and by the introduction of new policing practices. Similarly, exactly what constit... Read More about Policing the changing landscape of rural crime: a case study from Scotland..

Maximising the impact of skills in the oil and gas industry: interim research report. (2010)
Report
GIBBONS-WOOD, D. and MACLEOD, I. 2010. Maximising the impact of skills in the oil and gas industry: interim research report. Executive summary. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

This interim report provides an overview of the research phase of a project examining the way in which skills use can be maximised in the oil and gas industry. The research has been funded by the Scottish Funding Council as part of a broader package... Read More about Maximising the impact of skills in the oil and gas industry: interim research report..

Enhancing the capabilities of small producers in developing countries to meet global challenges: an investigation into the contribution of international craft development initiatives. (2010)
Thesis
REIJONEN, E.K. 2010. Enhancing the capabilities of small producers in developing countries to meet global challenges: an investigation into the contribution of international craft development initiatives. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Worldwide, externally supported craft development initiatives aim to enhance the capability of local craft producers to succeed in globalized markets. However, the contribution that these organizations make towards the abilities of local actors remai... Read More about Enhancing the capabilities of small producers in developing countries to meet global challenges: an investigation into the contribution of international craft development initiatives..

Developing a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions: what are the outcomes and when should we expect to see them? (2010)
Journal Article
MACDIARMID, J., LOE, J., DOUGLAS, F., LUDBROOK, A., COMERFORD, C. and MCNEILL, G. 2011. Developing a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions: what are the outcomes and when should we expect to see them? Public health nutrition [online], 14(4), pages 729-739. Available from; https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980010002168

Objective: To develop a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions. Design: Concept mapping, a stakeholder-driven approach for developing an evaluation framework to estimate the ‘time to impact’ for policy interventions. The... Read More about Developing a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions: what are the outcomes and when should we expect to see them?.

In vitro and in vivo characterisation of a novel peptide delivery system: amphiphilic polyelectrolyte–salmon calcitonin nanocomplexes. (2010)
Journal Article
CHENG, W.-P., THOMPSON, C., RYAN, S.M., AGUIRRE, T., TETLEY, L. and BRAYDEN, D.J. 2010. In vitro and in vivo characterisation of a novel peptide delivery system: amphiphilic polyelectrolyte–salmon calcitonin nanocomplexes. Journal of controlled release [online], 147(2), pages 289-297. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.07.128

The cationic peptide, salmon calcitonin (sCT) was complexed with the cationic amphiphilic polyelectrolyte, poly(allyl)amine, grafted with palmitoyl and quaternary ammonium moieties at pH 5.0 and 7.4 to yield particulates (sCT-QPa). The complexes were... Read More about In vitro and in vivo characterisation of a novel peptide delivery system: amphiphilic polyelectrolyte–salmon calcitonin nanocomplexes..