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It's a breech! (2013)
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TABIB, M. 2013. It's a breech! Midwifery today [online], 108, pages 46-47. Available from: https://www.midwiferytoday.com/mt-magazine/issue-108/

Over the last decades, caesarean section has become the method of choice for breech presentation. This article is a reflection on my personal experience as a midwife and my thoughts in regard to questioning the justifications for performing routine c... Read More about It's a breech!.

Anti-pancreatic cancer potential of secalonic acid derivatives from endophytic fungi isolated from Ocimum basilicum. (2013)
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SHOEB, M., HOQUE, M.E., KONG THOO LIN, P. and NAHAR, N. 2013. Anti-pancreatic cancer potential of secalonic acid derivatives from endophytic fungi isolated from Ocimum basilicum. Dhaka University journal of pharmaceutical sciences [online], 12(2), pages 91-95. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3329/dujps.v12i2.17624

The word endophyte means "in the plant" and refers to all microorganisms that live in the intercellular spaces of stems, petioles, roots and leaves of plants causing no apparent symptoms of disease. Seven endophytic fungi were isolated from the medic... Read More about Anti-pancreatic cancer potential of secalonic acid derivatives from endophytic fungi isolated from Ocimum basilicum..

Testing an integrated behavioural and biomedical model of disability in N-of-1 studies with chronic pain. (2013)
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QUINN, F., JOHNSTON, M. and JOHNSTON, D. W., 2013. Testing an integrated behavioural and biomedical model of disability in N-of-1 studies with chronic pain. Psychology and health [online], 28(12), pages 1391-1406. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2013.814773

Background. Previous research has supported an integrated biomedical and behavioural model explaining activity limitations. However, further tests of this model are required at the within-person level, because while it proposes that the constructs ar... Read More about Testing an integrated behavioural and biomedical model of disability in N-of-1 studies with chronic pain..

Signs of crisis and recovery: geographical imaginaries in press coverage of the financial crisis in the UK and German press 2008-2009. (2013)
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HALSALL, R., 2013. Signs of crisis and recovery: geographical imaginaries in press coverage of the financial crisis in the UK and German press 2008-2009. Culture and organization [online], 19(5), pages 377-395. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2013.815617

This article examines the role of models of capitalism in the media coverage surrounding the economic crisis in the period 2008“2009 in the UK and German press, during the outbreak of the crisis and the beginning of the recovery from it. Models of ca... Read More about Signs of crisis and recovery: geographical imaginaries in press coverage of the financial crisis in the UK and German press 2008-2009..

Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective. (2013)
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WERFS, M., BAXTER, G., ALLISON, I. K. and SOMMERVILLE, I. 2013. Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective. Journal of international technology and information management [online], 22(3), pp. 37-54. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/jitim/vol22/iss3/3

Cloud computing, as a disruptive innovation, has the potential to adversely affect companies. The effects can be particularly extreme for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Subsequently, considerations of organisational resilience should be m... Read More about Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective..

Causation compared: facts, fictions inferences and legal legitimacy. (2013)
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ARNELL, S. 2013. Causation compared: facts, fictions inferences and legal legitimacy. Journal of comparative law, 8(1), pages 63-104.

An analysis of how the supreme courts in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom have dealt with evidential difficulties in establishing causation in tort/delict, where there is a gap in scientific knowledge which makes it impossible to say how an... Read More about Causation compared: facts, fictions inferences and legal legitimacy..

CRC general comment 14 on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration. (2013)
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ROSS, H. 2013. CRC general comment 14 on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration. Irish journal of family law, 16(4), pages 110-114.

In May 2013, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (“CRC”) published General Comment 14 which had been adopted at its 62nd session. General Comment 14 relates to the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consid... Read More about CRC general comment 14 on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration..

CRC general comments on children's health, impact of the business sector and the right to rest, leisure and play. (2013)
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WALLACE, R.M.M., MARTIN-ORTEGA, O. and ROSS, H. 2013. CRC general comments on children's health, impact of the business sector and the right to rest, leisure and play. Irish journal of family law, 6(2), pages 35-40.

In April 2013, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) published the three General Comments which had been adopted at its 62nd session. General comments 15, 16 and 17 relate to the right of the child to enjoyment of the highest attainable s... Read More about CRC general comments on children's health, impact of the business sector and the right to rest, leisure and play..

Effective approaches for innovation support for SMEs. (2013)
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MALINS, J. and GULARI, M.N. 2013. Effective approaches for innovation support for SMEs. Swedish design research journal [online], 2(13), pages 32-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3384/svid.2000-964X.13232

Providing appropriate innovation support to small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is an on-going challenge. Governments offer a range of initiatives from advice, to research and development grants; however, the underlying methodological frameworks... Read More about Effective approaches for innovation support for SMEs..

Developing a working typology of rural criminals: from a UK police intelligence perspective. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2013. Developing a working typology of rural criminals: from a UK police intelligence perspective. International journal of rural criminology [online], 2(1), pages 126-145. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18061/1811/58844

This article develops a working typology of rural criminal types in a UK wide context. It considers strategies used by these diverse ideal-typologies of rural criminals to successfully evade the police intelligence apparatus. It demonstrates hidden l... Read More about Developing a working typology of rural criminals: from a UK police intelligence perspective..

Atomistic investigation on the structure-property relationship during thermal spray nanoparticle impact. (2013)
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GOEL, S., FAISAL, N.H., RATIA, V., AGRAWAL, A. and STUKOWSKI, A. 2014. Atomistic investigation on the structure-property relationship during thermal spray nanoparticle impact. Computational materials science [online], 84, pages 163-174. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2013.12.011

During thermal spraying, hot particles impact on a colder substrate. This interaction of crystalline copper nanoparticles and copper substrate is modeled, using MD simulation. The quantitative results of the impacts at different velocities and temper... Read More about Atomistic investigation on the structure-property relationship during thermal spray nanoparticle impact..

Long-term weight loss maintenance and management following a VLCD: a 3-year outcome. (2013)
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ROLLAND, C., JOHNSTON, K. L., LULA, S., MACDONALD, I. and BROOM, I. 2014. Long-term weight loss maintenance and management following a VLCD: a 3-year outcome. International journal of clinical practice [online], 68(3), pages 379-387. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12300

Background: Effective weight loss treatment is important as obesity has severe health and socioeconomic repercussions. Emerging evidence suggests that rapid initial weight loss results in better long-term weight loss maintenance. This remains controv... Read More about Long-term weight loss maintenance and management following a VLCD: a 3-year outcome..

Conceptual physicochemical models for scale inhibitor-formation rock interaction. (2013)
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OLUYEMI, G.F. 2014. Conceptual physicochemical models for scale inhibitor-formation rock interaction. Petroleum science and technology [online], 32(3), pages 253-260. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2011.580293

The current oil industry approach to geomechanical evaluation of reservoir formations invaded by chemical inhibitors does not in any way take into consideration any potential effects of these chemicals on the reservoir formation fabrics. It is more o... Read More about Conceptual physicochemical models for scale inhibitor-formation rock interaction..

Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of research. (2013)
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BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2013. Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of research. eJournal of eDemocracy and open government [online], 5(2), pages 107-127. Available from: https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v5i2.210

Over the last ten years, the authors have conducted a series of investigations into the use of the Internet by political parties and individual candidates during parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland. These are the only such studies which have... Read More about Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of research..

The digital marketing skills gap: developing a digital marketer model for the communication industries. (2013)
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ROYLE, J. and LAING, A. 2014. The digital marketing skills gap: developing a digital marketer model for the communication industries. International journal of information management [online], 34(2), pages 65-73. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.11.008

Scholarly literature suggests digital marketing skills gaps in industry, but these skills gaps are not clearly identified. The research aims to specify any digital marketing skills gaps encountered by professionals working in communication industries... Read More about The digital marketing skills gap: developing a digital marketer model for the communication industries..

The embeddedness of illegal entrepreneurship in a closed ethnic community. (2013)
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SMITH, R. and MCELWEE, G., 2013. The embeddedness of illegal entrepreneurship in a closed ethnic community. International journal of business and globalisation [online], 11(1), pages 45-62. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2013.055315

There is an emerging body of literature which attempts to differentiate between the conceptual and theoretical aspects of legal and illegal, amoral and immoral entrepreneurial practice. Legal and illegal entrepreneurship are regarded as separate sphe... Read More about The embeddedness of illegal entrepreneurship in a closed ethnic community..

Exploring just-in-time teaching 3D development as a tool for enhancing knowledge and understanding. (2013)
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MCFADYEN, M.C.E. and WATSON, E.W. 2013. Exploring just-in-time teaching 3D development as a tool for enhancing knowledge and understanding. Pharmacy [online], 1(2), 269-281. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy1020269

The integumentary system (skin) is the first line of defence in the body and part of the innate immune system. Within first-year modules on Pharmaceutical Biology and Integrative Physiology in the Masters of Pharmacy degree at Robert Gordon Universit... Read More about Exploring just-in-time teaching 3D development as a tool for enhancing knowledge and understanding..

Electroanalytical sensing of Flunitrazepam based on screen printed graphene electrodes. (2013)
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GARCIA-GUTIERREZ, E. and LLEDO-FERNANDEZ, C. 2013. Electroanalytical sensing of Flunitrazepam based on screen printed graphene electrodes. Chemosensors [online], 1(3), pages 68-77. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors1030068

We present a new electrochemical sensor for Flunitrazepam using disposable and economic Screen Printed Graphene Electrodes. It was found that the electrochemical response of this sensor was improved compared to Screen Printed Graphite Electrodes and... Read More about Electroanalytical sensing of Flunitrazepam based on screen printed graphene electrodes..

A SMART software package for maintenance optimisation of offshore wind turbines. (2013)
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SINHA, Y., STEEL, J.A., ANDRAWUS, J.A. and GIBSON, K. 2013. A SMART software package for maintenace optimisation of offshore wind turbines. Wind engineering [online], 37(6), pages 569-577. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1260/0309-524X.37.6.569

Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) maintenance costs in between 20 - 35% of the lifetime power generation cost. Many techniques and tools that are being developed to curtail this cost are challenged by the stochastic climatic conditions of offshore location... Read More about A SMART software package for maintenance optimisation of offshore wind turbines..

An empirical investigation of Ivorian SMEs access to bank finance: constraining factors at demand-level. (2013)
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GHIMIRE, B. and ABO, R. 2013. An empirical investigation of Ivorian SMEs access to bank finance: constraining factors at demand-level. Journal of finance and investment analysis [online], 2(4), pages 29-55. Available from: https://www.scienpress.com/journal_focus.asp?main_id=69&Sub_id=IV&Issue=988

This paper investigates the issue of inadequate funding among SMEs operating in Cote D'Ivoire. Data was collected from SMEs operators in both urban and rural areas. The research applies probability sampling, cross-tabulation and correspondence analys... Read More about An empirical investigation of Ivorian SMEs access to bank finance: constraining factors at demand-level..