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Design, implementation and evaluation of broadband law noise amplifier (LNA) for radiometer. (2008)
Conference Proceeding
KHAN, U.F., HAMEED, S. and BADII, A. 2008. Design, implementation and evaluation of broadband low noise amplifier (LNA) for radiometer. In Irani, Z., Sahraoui, S., Ghoneim, A., Sharp, J., Ozkan, S., Ali, M. and Alshawi, S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2008 European and Mediterranean conference on information systems (EMCIS 2008) [online], 25-26 May 2008, Dubai, UAE. Uxbridge: Brunel University, C36 [Paper not presented]. Available from: http://emcis.eu/Emcis_archive/EMCIS/EMCIS2008/Proceedings/Refereed%20Papers/Contributions/C%2036/Design%20evaluation%20BroadBand%20low%20Noise%20Amplifier-OKOK.pdf

The two major applications of microwave remote sensors are radiometer and radar. Because of its importance and the nature of the application, much research has been made on the various aspects of the radar. This paper will focus on the various aspect... Read More about Design, implementation and evaluation of broadband law noise amplifier (LNA) for radiometer..

A simulation model for the dynamic analysis of a stand-alone PEM fuel cell. (2008)
Journal Article
ALI, D.M. 2008. A simulation model for the dynamic analysis of a stand-alone PEM fuel cell. Alexandria engineering journal, 47(2), pages 163-174.

The ever increasing demand for electrical energy and the rise in the electricity prices due to the recent instability of the oil prices in addition to the degrading of the air quality resulting from the emissions of the existing energy conversion dev... Read More about A simulation model for the dynamic analysis of a stand-alone PEM fuel cell..

Investigation of hypoxia and hyperglycaemia mediated DNA damage in human endothelial cells. (2008)
Thesis
WEIDMANN, A.E. 2008. Investigation of hypoxia and hyperglycaemia mediated DNA damage in human endothelial cells. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Chronic complications of diabetes mellitus are a pathological consequence of unregulated levels of blood glucose leading to disorders of the vascular system. When investigating the vascular complications the changes in the endothelium are of particul... Read More about Investigation of hypoxia and hyperglycaemia mediated DNA damage in human endothelial cells..

Bioavailability of organic contaminants in sediments. (2008)
Thesis
YATES, K. 2008. Bioavailability of organic contaminants in sediments. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and chlorobiphenyls (CBs) in sediments is largely dependent on the freely dissolved concentration of these pollutants. However, measuring these is challenging, due to the low concentratio... Read More about Bioavailability of organic contaminants in sediments..

From 'business culture' to 'brand state': conceptions of nation and culture in business literature on cultural difference. (2008)
Journal Article
HALSALL, R. 2008. From 'business culture' to 'brand state': conceptions of nation and culture in business literature on cultural difference. Culture and organization [online], 14(1), pages 15-30. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14759550701863290

This article examines changing conceptions of culture and nation in business literature from the early 1990s to the present. In the early 1990s the growth of literature concerned with depicting the cultural differences between national varieties of c... Read More about From 'business culture' to 'brand state': conceptions of nation and culture in business literature on cultural difference..

Towards a belief-revision-based adaptive and context-sensitive information retrieval system. (2008)
Journal Article
LAU, R.Y.K., BRUZA, P. and SONG, D. 2008. Towards a belief-revision-based adaptive and context-sensitive information retrieval system. ACM transactions on information systems [online], 26(2), article number 8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1344411.1344414

In an adaptive information retrieval (IR) setting, the information seekers' beliefs about which terms are relevant, or non-relevant, will naturally fluctuate. This article investigates how the theory of belief revision can be used to model adaptive I... Read More about Towards a belief-revision-based adaptive and context-sensitive information retrieval system..

The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914. (2008)
Journal Article
SKED, K.M.L. and REID, P.H. 2008. The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914. Library history [online], 24(1), pages 48-63. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1179/174581608X295284

Examines Scottish library philanthropists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a key period in the development of the public library service. Utilizing the technique of prosopography, which goes beyond recounting basic biographical detail... Read More about The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914..

An inductive logic programming approach to learning which uORFs regulate gene expression. (2008)
Thesis
SELPI 2008. An inductive logic programming approach to learning which uORFs regulate gene expression. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Some upstream open reading frames (uORFs) regulate gene expression (i.e. they are functional) and can play key roles in keeping organisms healthy. However, how uORFs are involved in gene regulation is not het fully understood. In order to get a compl... Read More about An inductive logic programming approach to learning which uORFs regulate gene expression..

Curriculum design for pre-registration nurse education: meeting skill requirements. (2008)
Thesis
JOSEPH, S.C. 2008. Curriculum design for pre-registration nurse education: meeting skill requirements. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The preparation of newly qualified nurses has raised many professional debates and yet the end product of nurse education, the qualified nurse continues to demonstrate knowledge and skill deficits in areas considered essential to patient care. Techno... Read More about Curriculum design for pre-registration nurse education: meeting skill requirements..

Applications of minimal path set and dual fault tree approach for piecewise reliability evaluation of large-scale electrical power systems. (2008)
Conference Proceeding
ALI, D.M. 2008. Applications of minimal path set and dual fault tree approach for piecewise reliability evaluation of large-scale electrical power systems. In Proceedings of the 12th International Middle East power system conference 2008 (MEPCON 2008), 12-15 March 2008, Aswan, Egypt. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 11-17. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MEPCON.2008.4562331

Reliability assessment techniques and programs handling is an important issue for both power systems planning and testing in existing power system configurations. The Assessment techniques are suitable for detecting weak points in the reliability ass... Read More about Applications of minimal path set and dual fault tree approach for piecewise reliability evaluation of large-scale electrical power systems..

A simplified dynamic simulation model (prototype) for a stand-alone Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack (2008)
Conference Proceeding
ALI, D.M. 2008. A simplified dynamic simulation model (prototype) for a stand-alone Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack. In Proceedings of 12th international Middle East power system conference 2008 (MEPCON 2008), 12-15 March 2008, Aswan, Egypt. Piscataway: IEEE [online], 480-485. From: https://doi.org/10.1109/MEPCON.2008.4562321

The ever increasing demand for electrical energy and the rise in the electricity prices due to the recent instability of the oil prices in addition to the degrading of the air quality resulting from the emissions of the existing energy conversion dev... Read More about A simplified dynamic simulation model (prototype) for a stand-alone Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack.

The value of information in electricity investment games. (2008)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F. 2008. The value of information in electricity investment games. Energy policy [online], 36(7), pages 2364-2375. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2008.01.005

In this paper we look at the assumptions behind a Cournot model of investment in electricity markets. We analyze how information influences investment, looking at the way common knowledge of marginal costs, expectations on the competitors' marginal c... Read More about The value of information in electricity investment games..

An exploration of hybrid art and design practice using computer-based design and fabrication tools. (2008)
Thesis
MARSHALL, J.J. 2008. An exploration of hybrid art and design practice using computer-based design and fabrication tools. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The researchers previous experience suggested the use of computer-based design and fabrication tools might enable new models of practice that yield a greater integration between the 3D art and design disciplines. A critical, contextual review was con... Read More about An exploration of hybrid art and design practice using computer-based design and fabrication tools..

Aesthetic experience and action in participatory art. (2008)
Thesis
WALLACE, C. 2008. Aesthetic experience and action in participatory art. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR, [online]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/386

The purpose of this study is to explore the diverse ways that aesthetic experience is tested by participatory art. The study will show the part played by participatory action in changing the conditions in which aesthetic experience arises. It will be... Read More about Aesthetic experience and action in participatory art..

Video feedback and its impact on the development of communication skills within social work education. (2008)
Thesis
BOLGER, J. 2008. Video feedback and its impact on the development of communication skills within social work education. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis.

Video feedback has been utilised in training situations across a range of professional disciplines such as medicine and psychotherapy, and its use in developing communication and selfassessment skills has also been experimented with in social work ed... Read More about Video feedback and its impact on the development of communication skills within social work education..

The Open University at TREC 2007 Enterprise Track. (2008)
Conference Proceeding
ZHU, J., SONG, D. and RUGER, S. 2007. The Open University at TREC 2007 Enterprise Track. In Proceedings of the 16th Text retrieval conference (TREC 2007), 5-9 November 2007, Gaithersburg, USA. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) special publications, SP 500-274. Gaithersburg: NIST [online], paper number 49. Available from: https://trec.nist.gov/pubs/trec16/papers/openu.ent.final.pdf

The Multimedia and Information Systems group at the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University participated in the Expert Search and Document Search tasks of the Enterprise Track in TREC 2007. In both the document and expert search tasks, we ha... Read More about The Open University at TREC 2007 Enterprise Track..

A constraint logic programming algorithm for modeling dynamic pricing. (2008)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2008. A constraint logic programming algorithm for modeling dynamic pricing. INFORMS journal on computing [online], 20(1), pages 69-77. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.1060.0218

We extend Lemke's algorithm to solve a dynamic pricing problem. We identify an instance in which Lemke's algorithm fails to converge to an optimal solution (when an optimum does exist) and propose a constraint logic programming solution to this probl... Read More about A constraint logic programming algorithm for modeling dynamic pricing..

Agency costs, corporate governance mechanisms and ownership structure in large UK publicly quoted companies: a panel data analysis. (2008)
Journal Article
MCKNIGHT, P.J. and WEIR, C. 2009. Agency costs, corporate governance mechanisms and ownership structure in large UK publicly quoted companies: a panel data analysis. Quarterly review of economics and finance [online], 49(2), pages 139-158. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2007.09.008

This paper examines the impact of governance and ownership variables on agency costs for a panel of large UK quoted companies. We use three measures of agency costs: the ratio of sales-to-total assets, the interaction of free cash flows and growth pr... Read More about Agency costs, corporate governance mechanisms and ownership structure in large UK publicly quoted companies: a panel data analysis..

Being differently abled: learning lessons from dyslexic entrepreneurs. (2008)
Book Chapter
SMITH, R. 2008. Being differently abled: learning lessons from dyslexic entrepreneurs. In Harrison, R.T. and Leitch, C.M. (eds.) Entrepreneurial learning: conceptual frameworks and applications. Abingdon: Routledge, pages 291-312.

Learning plays a crucial part in the development of entrepreneurial propensity and is inextricably linked to communication. An appreciation of the role of communication in entrepreneurial studies is increasing, albeit slowly, and in particular the pe... Read More about Being differently abled: learning lessons from dyslexic entrepreneurs..

Fetishism and the stories of feminist art. (2008)
Book Chapter
KOKOLI, A.M. 2008. Fetishism and the stories of feminist art. In Kokoli, A.M. (ed.) Feminism reframed: reflections on art and difference. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pages 206-226.

Feminism in art history finds itself at an interesting intersection. Having long lost its links to activism, and with much of poststructuralist and psychoanalytic theory (on which it drew, and which it irreversibly transformed) now seemingly depleted... Read More about Fetishism and the stories of feminist art..