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Organisational information behaviour in the public consultation process in Scotland. (2010)
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BAXTER, G., MARCELLA, R. and ILLINGWORTH, L. 2010. Organisational information behaviour in the public consultation process in Scotland. Information research [online], 15(4), paper 442. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/15-4/paper442.html

This study explored the information behaviour of representative groups in responding to Scottish Government consultations. It investigated how organizations find out about relevant consultations, how they go about gathering information in preparation... Read More about Organisational information behaviour in the public consultation process in Scotland..

A reconsideration of electrostatically accelerated and confined nuclear fusion for space applications. (2010)
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MACLEOD, C. and GOW, K.S. 2010. A reconsideration of electrostatically accelerated and confined nuclear fusion for space applications. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society [online], 63(5/6), pages 192-205. Available from: http://jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2010.63.192

Most present-day research into Nuclear Fusion concentrates on high-temperature plasmas combined with Inertial or Magnetic Confinement. However, there exists another body of less well-known work based on Electrostatic Acceleration and Confinement. The... Read More about A reconsideration of electrostatically accelerated and confined nuclear fusion for space applications..

Some practical aspects of electromagnetic activation. (2010)
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MACLEOD, C., GOW, K.S. and CAPANNI, N. 2009. Some practical aspects of electromagnetic activation. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society [online], 62(9), pages 320-331. Available from: http://jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2009.62.320

Electromagnetic Activation (EMA) is an alternative to combustion in Scramjet-like hypersonic engines. The basis of the system was outlined in previous publications. This paper builds on these results and explores some further practical and theoretica... Read More about Some practical aspects of electromagnetic activation..

The molecular contribution of TNF-α in the link between obesity and breast cancer. (2010)
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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..

The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change. (2010)
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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..

Designing and aligning e-science security culture with design. (2010)
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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)
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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)
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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..

Developing a market-based approach to managing the US strategic petroleum reserve. (2010)
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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..

Perceiving and using genre by form: an eye-tracking study. (2010)
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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..

The best-laid schemes? The provision and accessibility of government consultation information in the UK. (2010)
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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..

In vitro and in vivo anticancer activity of a novel nano-sized formulation based on self-assembling polymers against pancreatic cancer. (2010)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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..

Developing a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions: what are the outcomes and when should we expect to see them? (2010)
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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)
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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..

Patellar tendon properties with fluctuating menstrual cycle hormones. (2010)
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BURGESS, K.E., PEARSON, S.J. and ONAMBÉLÉ, G.L. 2010. Patellar tendon properties with fluctuating menstrual cycle hormones. Journal of strength and conditioning research [online], 24(8), pages 2088-2095. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181aeb12b

Debate continues over whether skeletal muscle performance and injury risk vary over the course of the menstrual cycle. Alterations in tendon properties may play a role in the potential fluctuations of both of these variables. The aim of the current s... Read More about Patellar tendon properties with fluctuating menstrual cycle hormones..