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Stroke self-management: what does good nursing support look like? (2015)
Journal Article
KIDD, L., LAWRENCE, M., BOOTH, J. and ROWAT, A. 2015. Stroke self-management: what does good nursing support look like? Primary health care [online], 25(3), pages 24-27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.25.3.24.e946

Nurses play a pivotal role in stroke self-management, yet there is a gap in our understanding of the perspectives of, and challenges faced, by stroke nurses in relation to the development, implementation and effect of stroke self-management support s... Read More about Stroke self-management: what does good nursing support look like?.

Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg. (2015)
Book Chapter
LYONS, C. 2015. Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg. In Kochenov, D., de Búrca, G. and Williams, A. (eds.) Europe's justice deficit? Oxford: Hart [online], chapter 26, pages 381-400. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474201193.ch-026

The primary preoccupation of this chapter is an examination of how Europe's highest human rights court works through the enduring effects of the 'moral catastrophe' of the Holocaust. The issue of the role of past inhumanity within Europe's present is... Read More about Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg..

The role of selenium supplementation in cardiovascular disease prevention: an in vitro study to identify the molecular mechanism(s). (2015)
Presentation / Conference
LEIGHTON, D., GOUA, M., DOLAN, E., BURGESS, K. and BERMANO, G. 2015. The role of selenium supplementation in cardiovascular disease prevention: an in vitro study to identify the molecular mechanism(s). Presented at the 2015 Nutrition Society Scottish section meeting: diet, gene regulation and metabolic disease, 25-26 March 2015, Aberdeen, UK.

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic, with two thirds of the UK population either overweight or obese (body mass index (BMI) 25–29·9 and >30 kg/m2 respectively). Obesity is characterised by systemic oxidative stress (OS), which itself results from chronic... Read More about The role of selenium supplementation in cardiovascular disease prevention: an in vitro study to identify the molecular mechanism(s)..

Challenges associated with communication medium among project teams on mass housing project delivery in Ghana. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
ADINYIRA, E., KWOFIE, T.E. and AHIAGA-DAGBUI, D.D. 2015. Challenges associated with communication medium among project teams on mass housing project delivery in Ghana. In Badu, E., Ayarkwa, J., Ahadzie, D., Adinyira, E., Owusu-Manu, D. and Kwofie, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International conference on infrastructure development in Africa (ICIDA 2015), 25-26 March 2015, Kumasi, Ghana. Kumasi: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, pages 394-411.

The construction of mass housing has become a very important policy in the government of Ghanas efforts at reducing the countrys housing deficit. Unlike traditional one-off building projects, Mass Housing Projects (MHPs) typically present a plethora... Read More about Challenges associated with communication medium among project teams on mass housing project delivery in Ghana..

Synthesis, characterisation and in vitro evaluation of novel thiolated derivatives of polyallylamine and quaternised polyallylamine. (2015)
Journal Article
IBIE, C.O., THOMPSON, C.J. and KNOTT, R. 2015. Synthesis, characterisation and in vitro evaluation of novel thiolated derivatives of polyallylamine and quaternised polyallylamine. Colloid and polymer science [online], 293(6), pages 1737-1748. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3561-4

Polyallylamine (Paa) was quaternised by methylation of its primary amines using methyl iodide to yield quaternised Paa (QPaa). Average level of polymer quaternisation was determined by elemental analysis and was found to be 72 ± 2mol%. Subsequent thi... Read More about Synthesis, characterisation and in vitro evaluation of novel thiolated derivatives of polyallylamine and quaternised polyallylamine..

Monitoring acoustic emission (AE) energy in slurry impingement using a new model for particle impact. (2015)
Journal Article
DROUBI, M.G., REUBEN, R.L. and WHITE, G. 2015. Monitoring acoustic emission (AE) energy in slurry impingement using a new model for particle impact. Mechanical systems and signal processing [online], 62-63, pages 415-430. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.01.023

A series of systematic impact tests have been carried out to investigate the influence of particle size, free stream velocity, particle impact angle, and nominal particle concentration on the amount of energy dissipated in a carbon steel target using... Read More about Monitoring acoustic emission (AE) energy in slurry impingement using a new model for particle impact..

The effectiveness of self-management support interventions for men with long-term conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2015)
Journal Article
ALDAS, P., FELL, J., BOWER, P., KIDD, L., BLICKEM, C., MCPHERSON, K., HUNT, K., GILBODY, S. and RICHARDSON, G. 2015. The effectiveness of self-management support interventions for men with long-term conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ open [online], 5(3), e006620. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006620

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of self-management support interventions in men with longterm conditions. Methods: A quantitative systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews was searched to... Read More about The effectiveness of self-management support interventions for men with long-term conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis..

Structural coherence of problem and algorithm: an analysis for EDAs on all 2-bit and 3-bit problems. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
BROWNLEE, A.E.I., MCCALL, J.A.W. and CHRISTIE, L.A. 2015. Structural coherence of problem and algorithm: an analysis for EDAs on all 2-bit and 3-bit problems. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2015), 25-28 May 2015, Sendai, Japan. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], pages 2066-2073. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2015.7257139

Metaheuristics assume some kind of coherence between decision and objective spaces. Estimation of Distribution algorithms approach this by constructing an explicit probabilistic model of high fitness solutions, the structure of which is intended to r... Read More about Structural coherence of problem and algorithm: an analysis for EDAs on all 2-bit and 3-bit problems..

A scalable expressive ensemble learning using random prism: a MapReduce approach. (2015)
Book Chapter
STAHL, F., MAY, D., MILLS, H., BRAMER, M. and GABER, M.M. 2015. A scalable expressive ensemble learning using random prism: a MapReduce approach. In Hameurlain, A., Küng, J., Wagner, R., Sakr, S., Wang, L. and Zomaya, A. (eds.) Transactions on large-scale data- and knowledge-centred systems XX: special issue on advanced techniques for big data management. Lecture notes in computer science, 9070. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 90-107. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46703-9_4

The induction of classification rules from previously unseen examples is one of the most important data mining tasks in science as well as commercial applications. In order to reduce the influence of noise in the data, ensemble learners are often app... Read More about A scalable expressive ensemble learning using random prism: a MapReduce approach..

The Internet of Things: the future or the end of mechatronics. (2015)
Journal Article
BRADLEY, D., RUSSELL, D., FERGUSON, I., ISAACS, J., MACLEOD, A. and WHITE, R. 2015. The Internet of Things: the future or the end of mechatronics. Mechatronics [online], 27, pages 57-74. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2015.02.005

The advent and increasing implementation of user configured and user oriented systems structured around the use of cloud configured information and the Internet of Things is presenting a new range and class of challenges to the underlying concepts of... Read More about The Internet of Things: the future or the end of mechatronics..

Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world. (2015)
Journal Article
STRACHAN, P.A., COWELL, R., ELLIS, G., SHERRY-BRENNAN, F. and TOKE, D. 2015. Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world. Sustainable development [online], 23(2), pages 96-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1576

Small-scale, decentralized and community-owned renewable energy is widely acknowledged to be a desirable feature of low carbon futures, but faces a range of challenges in the context of conventional, centralized energy systems. This paper draws on tr... Read More about Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world..

Now it's over to you: a workbook approach. (2015)
Book Chapter
MCFADYEN, M.C.E. 2015. Now it's over to you: a workbook approach. In Thomas, L. (ed.) Compendium of effective practice in directed independent learning. York: Higher Education Academy [online], pages 85-87. Available from: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/compendium-effective-practice-directed-independent-learning

During the oncology topic within the third year 'Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2' module (CPT2) of the MPharm at Robert Gordon University (RGU), it quickly became apparent that students had difficulty in placing complex concepts into context... Read More about Now it's over to you: a workbook approach..

Highly textured and transparent RF sputtered Eu2O3 doped ZnO films. (2015)
Journal Article
SREEDHARAN, R. S., GANESAN, V., SUDARSANAKUMAR, C. P., BHAVSAR, K., PRAHBU, R. and PILLAI, V.P.P.M., 2015. Highly textured and transparent RF sputtered Eu2O3 doped ZnO films. Nano reviews [online], 6, Article 26759. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3402/nano.v6.26759

Background: Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a wide, direct band gap II-VI oxide semiconductor. ZnO has large exciton binding energy at room temperature, and it is a good host material for obtaining visible and infrared emission of various rare-earth ions. Method... Read More about Highly textured and transparent RF sputtered Eu2O3 doped ZnO films..

Integer linear programming for the Bayesian network structure learning problem. (2015)
Journal Article
BARTLETT, M. and CUSSENS, J. 2017. Integer linear programming for the Bayesian network structure learning problem. Artificial intelligence [online], 244, pages 258-271. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2015.03.003

Bayesian networks are a commonly used method of representing conditional probability relationships between a set of variables in the form of a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Determination of the DAG which best explains observed data is an NP-hard prob... Read More about Integer linear programming for the Bayesian network structure learning problem..

Living absence: the strange geographies of missing people. (2015)
Journal Article
PARR, H., STEVENSON, O., FYFE, N. and WOOLNOUGH, P. 2015. Living absence: the strange geographies of missing people. Environment and planning D: society and space [online], 33(2), pages 191-208. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1068/d14080p

In this paper ‘missing people’ gain an unstable presence through their (restaged) testimonies recounting individual occupations of material urban public space during the lived practice of absence. We explore ‘missing experience’ with reference to hom... Read More about Living absence: the strange geographies of missing people..

A living legislature: the EP as an ordinary legislator. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
ROEDERER-RYNNING, C. and GREENWOOD, J. 2015. A living legislature: the EP as an ordinary legislator. Presented at the 14th Biennial conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA 2015), 5-7 March 2015, Boston, USA [online]. Available from: https://eustudies.org/conference/papers/download/250

This paper explores possibilities of cooperation between rationalist and sociological insights by examining the institutionalization of legislative powers in the European Parliament (EP). By this, we refer to the social processes unfolding as the EP... Read More about A living legislature: the EP as an ordinary legislator..

Solar-hydrogen energy storage for enabling Qatar solar-grid integration and eco-friendly transportation. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
ALI, D., AKLIL, D. and GAZEY, R. 2015. Solar-hydrogen energy storage for enabling Qatar solar-grid integration and eco-friendly transportation. Presented at the 4th TAMUQ (Texas A and M University at Qatar) annual research and industry forum 2015, 2-3 March 2015, Doha, Qatar.

Qatar has drawn up an ambitious plan to install 1.8 GW of solar capacity by 2020. In the transport sector, green hydrogen produced from solar PV offers one of the best opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and significantly reduce depende... Read More about Solar-hydrogen energy storage for enabling Qatar solar-grid integration and eco-friendly transportation..

Interventions, productions and collaborations: the relationship between RAI and visual artists. (2015)
Journal Article
LEUZZI, L. 2015. Interventions, productions and collaborations: the relationship between RAI and visual artists. Journal of Italian cinema and media studies [online], 3(1-2), pages 155-170. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1386/jicms.3.1-2.155_1

On 17 May 1952, before RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Studios began their regular broadcast from Milan, the Spatialist painter and sculptor Lucio Fontana broadcast his own experimental 'artwork' on Italian television, beginning a fruitful relationship... Read More about Interventions, productions and collaborations: the relationship between RAI and visual artists..

What should social work learn from 'the fire of social movements that burns at the heart of society'? (2015)
Journal Article
SMITH, L.H. 2015. What should social work learn from 'the fire of social movements that burns at the heart of society'? Critical and radical social work [online], 3(1), pages 19-34. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1332/204986015X14226342177835

That social work should be 'on the side of the poor and the oppressed' in the context of the ubiquitous and increasingly pernicious consequences of global neoliberal capitalism, demands a differently engaged practice (Dominelli, 2004; Ferguson and La... Read More about What should social work learn from 'the fire of social movements that burns at the heart of society'?.

The social psychology of cybersecurity. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
MCALANEY, J., TAYLOR, J. and FAILY, S. 2015. The social psychology of cybersecurity. In Proceedings of the 1st International conference on cyber security for sustainable society, 26-27 February 2015, Coventry, UK. Working papers of the SSN+, 3. London: Sustainable Society Network+, pages 686-689.

As the fields of HCI, cybersecurity and psychology continue to grow and diversify, there is greater overlap between these areas and new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. This paper argues for a focus specifically on the role of socia... Read More about The social psychology of cybersecurity..