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Molecular aspects linking insulin resistance to breast cancer by activation of cell signalling pathways. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
WEICHHAUS, M., BROOM, J., WAHLE, K. and BERMANO, G. 2008. Molecular aspects linking insulin resistance to breast cancer by activation of cell signalling pathways. Presented at 6th annual World congress on insulin resistance syndrome 2008 (WCIRS 2008), 25-27 September 2008, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Recent findings suggest a connection between obesity and breast cancer. Obesity is linked with higher incidences of insulin resistance as part of the metabolic syndrome, resulting in chronically elevated insulin plasma levels. We examined the effect... Read More about Molecular aspects linking insulin resistance to breast cancer by activation of cell signalling pathways..

Making the invisible visible: a theory of security culture for secure and usable grids. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2008. Making the invisible visible: a theory of security culture for secure and usable grids. Presented at the 2008 UK e-science all hands meeting (AHM 2008), 8-11 September 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

This presentation addressed the concept of security culture and how it might be applied to grid-based collaborative environments. The presentation outlined some guidelines for fostering a healthy security culture and proposed ideas for future work.

Destruction of preferential accumulation using Lorentz force interactions. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
KARNIK, A. and SHRIMPTON, J. 2008. Destruction of preferential accumulation using Lorentz force interactions. Presented at the 22nd European conference on liquid atomization and spray systems (ILASS2008), 8-10 September 2008, Como Lake, Italy [online]. Available from: https://www.ilasseurope.org/ICLASS/ILASS2008_COMO/file/papers/5-1.pdf

The effect of electric charge, residing on particles, upon the phenomenon of preferential accumulation is investigated using direct numerical simulations of forced isotropic turbulence. It is well known that particles with a certain range of Stokes n... Read More about Destruction of preferential accumulation using Lorentz force interactions..

A STEP AP 203-214-based machinable volume identifier for identifying the finish cut machinable volumes from rough machined parts. (2008)
Journal Article
ARIVAZHAGAN, A., MEHTA, N.K. and JAIN, P.K. 2009. A STEP AP 203-214-based machinable volume identifier for identifying the finish-cut machinable volumes from rough-machined parts. International journal of advanced manufacturing technology [online], 42(9-10), pages 850-872. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-008-1659-2

This paper presents a STEP AP203–214-based machinable volume identifier (MVI) to identify the finish-cut machinable volume in prismatic parts by deducting the rough-machined part from the final part. The MVI provides an intermediate link between roug... Read More about A STEP AP 203-214-based machinable volume identifier for identifying the finish cut machinable volumes from rough machined parts..

Exploring the policing-entrepreneurship nexus. (2008)
Report
SMITH, R. 2008. Exploring the policing-entrepreneurship nexus. SIPR Briefing Paper, 5. Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee.

Although the term Entrepreneurial Policing (EP) is in vogue, it remains little more than meaningless rhetoric; traditionally the term entrepreneur itself has not been part of the pragmatic lexicon of policing. Indeed, the term is little more than a b... Read More about Exploring the policing-entrepreneurship nexus..

Adopting 'agile leadership' in the Police Service. (2008)
Report
SMITH, R. 2008. Adopting 'agile leadership' in the Police Service. SIPR Briefing Paper, 5. Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee.

The police service in Britain is undergoing a period of rapid and significant change both organisationally and environmentally a fact appreciated Sir Ronnie Flannigan (Flannigan, 2008: 1) in his review of policing in England and Wales. Flannigan (200... Read More about Adopting 'agile leadership' in the Police Service..

Photocatalytic destruction of geosmin using novel pelleted titanium dioxide. (2008)
Journal Article
BELLU, E., LAWTON, L.A. and ROBERTSON, P.K.J. 2008. Photocatalytic destruction of geosmin using novel pelleted titanium dioxide. Journal of advanced oxidation technologies [online], 11(2), pages 384-388. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2008-0225

Geosmin is produced by cyanobacteria and actinomycetes in surface waters. It causes undesirable earthy off-flavours in freshwater fish and is a major concern for the drinking water industry. This paper presents the first published study on the use of... Read More about Photocatalytic destruction of geosmin using novel pelleted titanium dioxide..

The development and evaluation of a holistic approach to obesity management for primary care nurses. (2008)
Thesis
BROWN, J.E. 2008. The development and evaluation of a holistic approach to obesity management for primary care nurses. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The prevalence of obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30kg/m2) in the Scottish population is rising at an alarming pace. The health implications for those affected and the lack of sustained success in treatment, demands that new strategies be explo... Read More about The development and evaluation of a holistic approach to obesity management for primary care nurses..

Dissimilarity measures for content-based image retrieval. (2008)
Conference Proceeding
HU, R., RUGER, S., SONG, D., LIU, H. and HUANG, Z. 2008. Dissimilarity measures for content-based image retrieval. In Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE international conference on multimedia and expo (ICME 2008), 23-26 June 2008, Hannover, Germany. New York: IEEE [online], article number 4607697, pages 1365-1368. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICME.2008.4607697

Dissimilarity measurement plays a crucial role in content-based image retrieval. In this paper, 16 core dissimilarity measures are introduced and evaluated. We carry out a systematic performance comparison on three image collections, Corel, Getty and... Read More about Dissimilarity measures for content-based image retrieval..

The PhD thesis as a virtual guest house. (2008)
Journal Article
MACDUFF, C. 2008. The PhD thesis as a virtual guest house. Journal of clinical nursing [online], 17(18), pages 2381-2383. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02256.x

PhD theses. Who reads them? Within UK nursing the answer is: hardly anybody, save a few PhD supervisors, students and enamoured academics. Since the millennium, the Royal College of Nursing’s Steinberg Collection of over 1000 hard bound theses has se... Read More about The PhD thesis as a virtual guest house..

A portable wireless-based architecture for solving minimum digital divide problems. (2008)
Conference Proceeding
FENU, G. and PIRAS, L. 2008. A portable wireless-based architecture for solving minimum digital divide problems. In Reznik, L. and Popescu, M. (eds.) Proceedings of 4th International conference on wireless and mobile communications 2008 (ICWMC 2008), 27 July - 1 August 2008, Athens, Greece. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 130-136. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icwmc.2008.21

In today's society digital services have become the key to the success of anyone. Hence, for being competitive it is important that these services are available, employ the latest technology and are low cost. Unfortunately, it often happens that thes... Read More about A portable wireless-based architecture for solving minimum digital divide problems..

The role of market orientation in developing and sustaining market relationships: an empirical study in Taiwan. (2008)
Thesis
TING, S. 2008. The role of market orientation in developing and sustaining market relationships: an empirical study in Taiwan. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Significant work has taken place in the development of our understanding of business dyadic relationships but much work remains to be done in determining the antecedents, particularly our understanding of cultural contexts. This research aims to add... Read More about The role of market orientation in developing and sustaining market relationships: an empirical study in Taiwan..

Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America. (2008)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2008. Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America. New library world [online], 109(7/8), pages 337-353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800810888168

Purpose - This paper aims to review traditional forms of international support for developing schools of librarianship and information sciences, and traditional approaches. Design/methodology/approach - There view draws evidence from the literature a... Read More about Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America..

Toward a fuzzy domain ontology extraction method for adaptive e-learning. (2008)
Journal Article
LAU, R.Y.K., SONG, D., LI, Y., CHEUNG, T.C.H. and HAO, J.-X. 2009. Towards a fuzzy domain ontology extraction method for adaptive e-learning. IEEE transactions on knowledge and data engineering [online], 21(6), pages 800-813. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2008.137

With the widespread applications of electronic learning (e-Learning) technologies to education at all levels, increasing number of online educational resources and messages are generated from the corresponding e-Learning environments. Nevertheless, i... Read More about Toward a fuzzy domain ontology extraction method for adaptive e-learning..

Making poetry to invent policy: the practice of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
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
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
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..