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Social welfare analysis of the Iberian electricity market accounting for carbon emission prices. (2010)
Journal Article
MOREIRA, A., OLIVEIRA, F.S. and PEREIRA, J. 2010. Social welfare analysis of the Iberian electricity market accounting for carbon emission prices. IET generation, transmission and distribution [online], 4(2), pages 231-243. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-gtd.2009.0105

In this study, the authors analyse the social welfare impact of the integration of Portugal and Spain in the Iberian electricity market (MIBEL), taking into account the CO2 price for emissions trading. They model the impact of emissions trading on th... Read More about Social welfare analysis of the Iberian electricity market accounting for carbon emission prices..

Evaluation of methodology for detection and quantification of coliform bacteria and their survival in soil and water. (2010)
Thesis
BANNISTER, E. 2010. Evaluation of methodology for detection and quantification of coliform bacteria and their survival in soil and water. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

In Aberdeenshire, approximately 25,000 people rely on potable water from private water supplies. Many of these supplies are of questionable quality with regards to microbiological contamination, which is often due to a lack of maintenance and protect... Read More about Evaluation of methodology for detection and quantification of coliform bacteria and their survival in soil and water..

Network practices and entrepreneurial growth. (2010)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R., DODD, S.D. and JACK, S. 2010. Network practices and entrepreneurial growth. Scandinavian journal of management [online], 26(2), pages 121-133. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2010.01.005

Networking plays an important and well-studied role in entrepreneurial start-up processes, but its role in subsequent venture growth is less well understood. This paper reports on an in-depth longitudinal study of entrepreneurial networking practices... Read More about Network practices and entrepreneurial growth..

The inner world of medical students: listening to their voices in poetry. (2010)
Journal Article
MCKIE, A. 2010. The inner world of medical students: listening to their voices in poetry. Nursing ethics [online], 17(2), page 275. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330100170020705

What themes constitute the experience of undertaking a medical school education? Shapiro, a medical humanities scholar, explores this question through a content analysis of poetry written by American medical students. The result is a fascinating insi... Read More about The inner world of medical students: listening to their voices in poetry..

Using a realist approach to evaluate smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnant women and young people. (2010)
Journal Article
DOUGLAS, F.C.G., GRAY, D.A. and VAN TEIJLINGEN, E.R. 2010. Using a realist approach to evaluate smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnant women and young people. BMC health services research [online], 10, article 49. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-49

Background: This paper describes a study protocol designed to evaluate a programme of smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnant women and young people living in urban and rural locations in Northeast Scotland. The study design was developed... Read More about Using a realist approach to evaluate smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnant women and young people..

Improving secure systems design with security culture. (2010)
Presentation / Conference
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2010. Improving secure systems design with security culture. Presented at the Human factors in information security conference (HFIS 2010), 22-24 February 2010, London, UK.

This poster summarises how the concept of security culture can be used to improve systems security and secure systems design. It highlights: the use of personas and user-centred design; environment modeling and understanding a system's context; and t... Read More about Improving secure systems design with security culture..

Institutions and the shaping of different forms of entrepreneurship. (2010)
Journal Article
HARBI, S.E. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2010. Institutions and the shaping of different forms of entrepreneurship. Journal of socio-economics [online], 39(3), pages 436-444. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2010.02.011

Entrepreneurship is a broad concept encompassing a wide range of activities, from the Schumpertian ideal associated with innovation to simply creating a job for oneself. Because we ask about national differences in entrepreneurship, we consider natio... Read More about Institutions and the shaping of different forms of entrepreneurship..

On probation: 'Tracey Emin' as sign. (2010)
Journal Article
KOKOLI, A.M. 2010. On probation: 'Tracey Emin' as sign. Wasafiri [online], 25(1), pages 33-40. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02690050903425342

Emin’s multimedia practice is not merely profoundly autobiographical, narrating intimate details of her teens in Margate and beyond, but has become emblematic of a genre of confessionalism, which attracts popular attention, if not always critical acc... Read More about On probation: 'Tracey Emin' as sign..

A critique of the concept of accuracy in social information processing models of children’s peer relations. (2010)
Journal Article
WOODS, R. 2010. A critique of the concept of accuracy in social information processing models of children’s peer relations. Theory and psychology [online], 20(1), pages 5-27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354309350243

According to Kenneth Dodge’s social information processing model, children who behave aggressively do so because they interpret others’ behaviour, and evaluate aggressive acts, inaccurately. The concept of accuracy is inappropriate here because membe... Read More about A critique of the concept of accuracy in social information processing models of children’s peer relations..

Rural small businesses in turbulent times: impacts of the economic downturn. (2010)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R., OSSEICHUK, E. and ILLINGWORTH, L. 2010. Rural small businesses in turbulent times: impacts of the economic downturn. International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation [online], 11(1), pages 45-56. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5367/000000010790772449

This paper explores differences in behaviour and performance between rural and urban small firms during the economic downturn. The authors had anticipated that the thinness of the rural environment would have had adverse effects. However, their surve... Read More about Rural small businesses in turbulent times: impacts of the economic downturn..

What do young athletes implicitly understand about psychological skills? (2010)
Journal Article
MCCARTHY, P.J., JONES, M.V., HARWOOD, C.G. and OLIVIER, S. 2010. What do young athletes implicitly understand about psychological skills? Journal of clinical sport psychology [online], 4(2), pages 158-172. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.4.2.158

One reason sport psychologists teach psychological skills is to enhance performance in sport; but the value of psychological skills for young athletes is questionable because of the qualitative and quantitative differences between children and adults... Read More about What do young athletes implicitly understand about psychological skills?.

Waste management policies for industrial symbiosis development: case studies in European countries. (2010)
Journal Article
COSTA, I., MASSARD, G. and AGARWAL, A. 2010. Waste management policies for industrial symbiosis development: case studies in European countries. Journal of cleaner production [online], 18(8), pages 815-822. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.019

Industrial symbiosis (IS) emerged as a self-organizing business strategy among firms that are willing to cooperate to improve their economic and environmental performance. The adoption of such cooperative strategies relates to increasing costs of was... Read More about Waste management policies for industrial symbiosis development: case studies in European countries..

The degradation of microcystin-LR using doped visible light absorbing photocatalysts. (2010)
Journal Article
GRAHAM, D., KISCH, H., LAWTON, L.A. and ROBERTSON, P.K.J. 2010. The degradation of microcystin-LR using doped visible light absorbing photocatalysts. Chemosphere [online], 78(9), pages 1182-1185. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.003

Microcystins are one of the primary hepatotoxic cyanotoxins released from cyanobacteria. The presence of these compounds in water has resulted in the death of both humans and domestic and wild animals. Although microcystins are chemically stable tita... Read More about The degradation of microcystin-LR using doped visible light absorbing photocatalysts..