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Psychological effects of a low-grade abnormal cervical smear test result: anxiety and associated factors. (2006)
Journal Article
GRAY, N.M., SHARP, L., COTTON, S.C., MASSON, L.F., LITTLE, J., WALKER, L.G., AVIS, M., PHILIPS, Z., RUSSELL, I., WHYNES, D., CRUICKSHANK, M. and WOOLLEY, C.M. 2006. Psychological effects of a low-grade abnormal cervical smear test result: anxiety and associated factors. British journal of cancer [online], 94(9), pages 1253-1262. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603086

Receipt of an abnormal cervical smear result often generates fear and confusion and can have a negative impact on a woman's well-being. Most previous studies have focussed on high-grade abnormal smears. This study describes the psychological and psyc... Read More about Psychological effects of a low-grade abnormal cervical smear test result: anxiety and associated factors..

Photo-dynamic biocidal action of methylene blue and hydrogen peroxide on the cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis under visible light irradiation. (2006)
Journal Article
MCCULLAGH, C. and ROBERTSON, P.K.J. 2006. Photo-dynamic biocidal action of methylene blue and hydrogen peroxide on the cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis under visible light irradiation. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology B: biology [online], 83(1), pages 63-68. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2005.11.013

Biofilm growth on stone surfaces is a significant contributing factor to stone biodeterioration. Current market based biocides are hazardous to the environment and to public health. We have investigated the photo-dynamic effect of methylene blue (MB)... Read More about Photo-dynamic biocidal action of methylene blue and hydrogen peroxide on the cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis under visible light irradiation..

Everything but the kitchen sink: building a metadata repository for time series data at the Federal Reserve Board. (2006)
Journal Article
CANNON, S. and KRUG, M. 2006. Everything but the kitchen sink: building a metadata repository for time series data at the Federal Reserve Board. IASSIST quarterly [online], 30(1), pages 20-25. Available from: https://doi.org/10.29173/iq606

In support of the Board's duty to conduct monetary policy for the United States, the research divisions at the Federal Reserve Board use a variety of time series data for both research and forecasting. The collection, maintenance and upkeep of more t... Read More about Everything but the kitchen sink: building a metadata repository for time series data at the Federal Reserve Board..

The extent of financial disclosure and its determinants in an emerging capital market: the case of Egypt. (2006)
Journal Article
HASSAN, O.A.G., GIORGIONI, G. and ROMILLY, P. 2006. The extent of financial disclosure and its determinants in an emerging capital market: the case of Egypt. International journal of accounting, auditing and performance evaluation [online], 3(1), pages 41-67. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/ijaape.2006.010102

This paper uses panel data analysis to investigate the extent and determinants of disclosure levels of non-financial companies quoted on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. It distinguishes between private sector companies and public business sector compani... Read More about The extent of financial disclosure and its determinants in an emerging capital market: the case of Egypt..

Thinking around abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk. (2006)
Journal Article
BROOM, I. 2006. Thinking around abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk. British journal of diabetes and vascular disease, 6(2), pages 58-61.

Obesity, particularly intra-abdominal (visceral) obesity, is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD), insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia, inflammation and thrombosis. A useful indicator for visceral fat is waist circumference,... Read More about Thinking around abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk..

The development of a model of information seeking behaviour of students in higher education when using internet search engines. (2006)
Thesis
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2006. The development of a model of information seeking behaviour of students in higher education when using internet search engines. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis develops a model of Web information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students with a specific focus on Web search engines' use. It extends Marchionini's eight stage model of information seeking, geared towards electronic environments, to... Read More about The development of a model of information seeking behaviour of students in higher education when using internet search engines..

Towards operational abduction from a cognitive perspective. (2006)
Journal Article
BRUZA, P., COLE, R., SONG, D. and BARI, Z. 2006. Towards operational abduction from a cognitive perspective. Logic journal of the IGPL [online], 14(2), pages 161-177. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jigpal/jzk012

Diminishing awareness is a consequence of the information explosion: disciplines are becoming increasingly specialized; individuals and groups are becoming ever more insular. This article considers how awareness can be enhanced via operational abduct... Read More about Towards operational abduction from a cognitive perspective..

Electronic document delivery in academic and research organizations in the Gulf States: a case study in Kuwait. (2006)
Journal Article
AL FADHLI, M.S. and JOHNSON, I.M. 2006. Electronic document delivery in academic and research organizations in the Gulf States: a case study in Kuwait. Information development [online], 22(1), pages 32-47. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666906060071

Outlines the nature of research and publishing in Arabic, the attempts to encourage resource sharing in the Arab Gulf States, the existing arrangements for interlibrary lending and the development of electronic document delivery systems that facilita... Read More about Electronic document delivery in academic and research organizations in the Gulf States: a case study in Kuwait..

A follow-up study of professionals' perspectives on the development of family health nursing in Scotland: a questionnaire survey. (2006)
Journal Article
MACDUFF, C. 2006. A follow-up study of professionals' perspectives on the development of family health nursing in Scotland: a questionnaire survey. International journal of nursing studies [online], 43(3), pages 345-356. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.05.004

Background: In 1998 the World Health Organisation Europe introduced the Family Health Nurse concept. The envisaged role of this community-based nurse was seen as multi-faceted and included helping individuals, families and communities to cope with il... Read More about A follow-up study of professionals' perspectives on the development of family health nursing in Scotland: a questionnaire survey..

Women in the creative industries. (2006)
Report
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and ILLINGWORTH, L. 2006. Women in the creative industries. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The aim of this stage of the project was to explore equality policy and practice in companies in the Scottish creative industries, from the perspective of both employers and employees, and to identify examples of good practice that might be adopted t... Read More about Women in the creative industries..

Success in Israeli high-tech start-ups: critical factors and process. (2006)
Journal Article
CHOREV, S. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2006. Success in Israeli high-tech start-ups: critical factors and process. Technovation [online], 26(2), pages 162-174. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2005.06.014

This paper develops a model of the factors deemed critical for success in high-tech new ventures in Israel. Israel presents an interesting forum, geographically distant from main markets but richly endowed with human capital, new high-tech ventures a... Read More about Success in Israeli high-tech start-ups: critical factors and process..

Islamic 'new social movements'? (2006)
Journal Article
SUTTON, P. and VERTIGANS, S. 2006. Islamic 'new social movements'? Radical Islam, Al-Qa'ida and social movement theory. Mobilization: an international quarterly [online], 11(1), pages 101-115. Available from: http://mobilizationjournal.org/doi/abs/10.17813/maiq.11.1.h072u0r458458426

European new social movement (NSM) theory was developed to describe and explain the apparently unique character of the wave of collective action that began in the 1960s and continues to this day. Key characteristics of NSM theory are a post-industria... Read More about Islamic 'new social movements'?.

Swinging open or slamming shut? The implications of China's open-door policy for women, educational choice and work. (2006)
Journal Article
TURNER, Y. 2006. Swinging open or slamming shut? The implications of China's open-door policy for women, educational choice and work. Journal of education and work [online], 19(1), pages 47-65. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080500522986

This paper explores the link between international tertiary education and evolving attitudes about women and work in China. The paper reviews literature about gender and education in China, commenting on the late-twentieth-century post-reform environ... Read More about Swinging open or slamming shut? The implications of China's open-door policy for women, educational choice and work..

Gender barriers in the Scottish creative industries. (2006)
Presentation / Conference
MARCELLA, R., ILLINGWORTH, L. and BAXTER, G. 2006. Gender barriers in the Scottish creative industries. Presented at a seminar of the University of Glasgow's Centre for Cultural Policy Research, 13 February 2006, Glasgow, UK.

This paper presented the key results of two research projects, funded by the European Social Fund, which explored the gender policies and flexible working opportunities in the Scottish creative industries. The first project, 'Women in the Scottish Me... Read More about Gender barriers in the Scottish creative industries..

Understanding the entrepreneur as socially constructed. (2006)
Thesis
SMITH, R. 2006. Understanding the entrepreneur as socially constructed. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The objective of this thesis, which combines two levels of analysis, is to explore the entrepreneur as a social construct and the socially constructed nature of entrepreneurship. It builds upon a limited number of extant studies considering the socia... Read More about Understanding the entrepreneur as socially constructed..

Dimensionality reduction in patch-signature based protein structure matching. (2006)
Conference Proceeding
HUANG, Z., ZHOU, X., SONG, D. and BRUZA, P. 2006. Dimensionality reduction in patch-signature based protein structure matching. In: Dobbie, G. and Bailey, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the 17th Australasian database conference (ADC'06), 16-19 January 2006, Hobart, Australia. Darlinghurst: Australian Computer Society [online], pages 89-97. Available from: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1151746

Searching bio-chemical structures is becoming an important application domain of information re- trieval. This paper introduces a protein structure matching problem and formulates it as an infor- mation retrieval problem. We first present a novel vec... Read More about Dimensionality reduction in patch-signature based protein structure matching..

Chinese students in a UK business school: hearing the student voice in reflective teaching and learning practice. (2006)
Journal Article
TURNER, Y. 2006. Chinese students in a UK business school: hearing the student voice in reflective teaching and learning practice. Higher education quarterly [online], 60(1), pages 27-51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00306.x

This paper presents the outcomes of a study carried out in 2001-2002 with nine postgraduate students from China, enrolled on taught master's programmes in a UK university business school. The aims of the research were to explore the development of th... Read More about Chinese students in a UK business school: hearing the student voice in reflective teaching and learning practice..

Glass ceilings and velvet ghettos? (2006)
Presentation / Conference
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and ILLINGWORTH, L. 2006. Glass ceilings and velvet ghettos? Women in the Scottish media and communication industries. Presented at the 2nd Joint annual conference of the Media Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) and Association of Media Practice Educators (AMPE), 13-15 January 2006, Leeds, UK.

This paper reports the results to date of a research project, funded by the European Social Fund and currently in its second year, which is investigating the existence of any barriers facing women in the Scottish media and communication industries, i... Read More about Glass ceilings and velvet ghettos?.

Narrating the decline of subsistence entrepreneurship in a Scottish fishing community: 1934-2004. (2006)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2006. Narrating the decline of subsistence entrepreneurship in a Scottish fishing community: 1934-2004. International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 12(1), pages 40-62. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550610644472

Purpose - The purpose of this research paper is to explore the decline of subsistence entrepreneurship in a 'Scottish Fishing Community', namely the village of Gourdon in Kincardineshire, Scotland over a 60-year period. Design/methodology/approach -... Read More about Narrating the decline of subsistence entrepreneurship in a Scottish fishing community: 1934-2004..

Developing the entrepreneurial skills of farmers: some myths explored. (2006)
Journal Article
PYYSIAINEN, J., ANDERSON, A.R., MCELWEE, G. and VESALA, K. 2006. Developing the entrepreneurial skills of farmers: some myths explored. International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 12(1), pages 21-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550610644463

Purpose - Entrepreneurship is currently at the focus of much theoretical, practical and political interest. In Europe, agriculture has faced dramatic pressures for restructuring, and facilitation of the entrepreneurial skills of farmers and stronger... Read More about Developing the entrepreneurial skills of farmers: some myths explored..