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Making poetry to invent policy: the practice of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FREMANTLE, C. 2008. Making poetry to invent policy: the practice of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison. Presented at the 5th Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment UK biennial conference (ASLE UK 2008): activism, apocalypse and the avant-garde, 10-13 July 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

The works of Helen Mayer Harrison (1927-2018) and Newton Harrison (b.1932) focus on large-scale landscape and environment issues from city scale to continental scale. The paper draws on Greenhouse Britain: Losing Ground, Gaining Wisdom (2008), Green... Read More about Making poetry to invent policy: the practice of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison..

And they say don't work with children. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BREMNER, P. 2008. And they say don't work with children. Presented at the 2008 Annual conference of the Academy of Marketing (AM2008): reflective marketing in a material world, 8-10 July 2008, Aberdeen, UK.

This paper explores the role and method a researcher must consider when using children as research objects. Three areas are discussed; the researcher's role, children as research objects, and the results and conclusions. Researchers must consider an... Read More about And they say don't work with children..

Gift giving to children at Christmas and birthdays. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BREMNER, P. 2008. Gift giving to children at Christmas and birthdays. Presented at the 2008 Annual conference of the Academy of Marketing (AM2008): reflective marketing in a material world, 8-10 July 2008, Aberdeen, UK.

This paper explores gift giving of toys to children at Christmas and Birthdays and their perception of the gift giver. Three areas are discussed; gift giving, the methodological approach and the results and conclusions. Gift giving is an historical c... Read More about Gift giving to children at Christmas and birthdays..

What works with men? A systematic review of health promoting interventions targeting men. (2008)
Journal Article
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..

Crisis plan? What crisis plan! How microentrepreneurs manage in a crisis. (2008)
Journal Article
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..

Zzzz.... Some reflections on the dynamics of village entrepreneurship. (2008)
Journal Article
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..

Finance and growth: the long-run and short-run puzzle effect. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GHIMIRE, B.R. 2008. Finance and growth: the long-run and short-run puzzle effect. Presented at the 2008 Liverpool John Moores University annual PhD conference, 13 June 2008, Liverpool, UK.

This presentation covers the author's PhD research into financial development and economic growth from the perspective of two specific puzzles. The first puzzle relates to the finding that banks have a positive effect upon economic growth in the long... Read More about Finance and growth: the long-run and short-run puzzle effect..

ICT (information communication technology), peripherality and smaller hospitality businesses in Scotland. (2008)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..

Paintings 07-08. [Exhibition] (2008)
Exhibition / Performance
Paintings 07-08. Exhibition held on 1 June - 31 July 2008, Panter and Hall Gallery, London.

This work was invited by the Panter and Hall Gallery for a solo exhibition, held from June to July 2008.

An investigation into the learning experience of textile designers and makers: examining the relationship between experiential learning and 'intelligent making'. (2008)
Thesis
TONER-EDGAR, M. 2008. An investigation into the learning experience of textile designers and makers: examining the relationship between experiential learning and 'intelligent making'. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis examines the relationship between textile craft practice and Kolb's Theory of Experiential Learning. The nature of craft practice has been described as 'Intelligent Making'. The aims were to investigate the term 'Intelligent Making' and c... Read More about An investigation into the learning experience of textile designers and makers: examining the relationship between experiential learning and 'intelligent making'..

Auditor-client relationships: an assessment of relationship quality. (2008)
Thesis
BELOUCIF, A. 2008. Auditor-client relationships: an assessment of relationship quality. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Corporate failures and financial scandals are not a phenomenon of the 21st century. In the 1990s, the British economy witnessed the collapse of some well-known companies such as Polly Peck, Sock Shop, Coloroll, BCCI, Maxwell Group, etc. In the US, th... Read More about Auditor-client relationships: an assessment of relationship quality..

Windows and mirrors: reflections of a module team teaching the arts in nurse education. (2008)
Journal Article
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..

Cytochrome P450 mRNA profile in human breast cancer cell lines. (2008)
Thesis
WARASIHA, B. 2008. Cytochrome P450 mRNA profile in human breast cancer cell lines. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are involved in cancer development and treatment due to their roles in the oxidative metabolism of various compounds, both endogenous (e.g. oestrogen) and exogenous (e.g. tamoxifen). Intermediate P450 metabolites deriv... Read More about Cytochrome P450 mRNA profile in human breast cancer cell lines..

Report to Ministers from the Department of Health Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK. (2008)
Report
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 2008. Report to Ministers from the Department of Health Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK. (Chairman: Professor R. Michael Pittilo). Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

This report represents a significant milestone in meeting the Government's objectives for the public safely to access acupuncture, herbal/traditional medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. It represents the culmination of many years of work by pr... Read More about Report to Ministers from the Department of Health Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK..

Electrochemical investigation of doped titanium dioxide. (2008)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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?.

Molecular aspects of insulin resistance, cell signaling pathways and breast cancer in relation to obesity. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WEICHHAUS, M., BROOM, J., WAHLE, K. and BERMANO, G. 2008. Molecular aspects of insulin resistance, cell signaling pathways and breast cancer in relation to obesity. Presented at 16th European congress on obesity 2008 (ECO 2008), 14-17 May 2008, Geneva, Switzerland.

A growing number of clinical studies validate a relation of insulin resistance and breast cancer in obese patients. We hypothesised that high plasma insulin levels cause aberrant insulin signalling in breast epithelial cells which may be responsible... Read More about Molecular aspects of insulin resistance, cell signaling pathways and breast cancer in relation to obesity..

Civil liability for illegal file-sharing: who faces the music? (2008)
Journal Article
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?.