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Assessing the facilitators and barriers of interdisciplinary team working in primary care using normalisation process theory: an integrative review. (2017)
Journal Article
O'REILLY, P., LEE, S.H., O'SULLIVAN, M., CULLEN, W., KENNEDY, C. and MACFARLANE, A. 2017. Assessing the facilitators and barriers of interdisciplinary team working in primary care using normalisation process theory: an integrative review. PLOS one [online], 12(5), article e0177026. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177026

Interdisciplinary team working is of paramount importance in the reform of primary care in order to provide cost-effective and comprehensive care. However, international research shows that it is not routine practice in many healthcare jurisdictions.... Read More about Assessing the facilitators and barriers of interdisciplinary team working in primary care using normalisation process theory: an integrative review..

Collaborating for innovation: the socialised management of knowledge. (2017)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. and HARDWICK, J. 2017. Collaborating for innovation: the socialised management of knowledge. International entrepreneurship and management journal [online], 13(4), pages 1181-1197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-017-0447-6

Although the importance of diverse knowledge is widely recognised for open innovation, there may be a gap in our understanding of the social processes that shape how collaborators engage in knowledge exchange. This social gap may be significant becau... Read More about Collaborating for innovation: the socialised management of knowledge..

Stokes coordinates. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
SAVOYE, Y. 2017. Stokes coordinates. In Spencer, S.N. (ed.) Proceedings of the 33rd Spring conference on computer graphics (SCCG'17), 15-17 May 2017, Mikulov, Czech Republic. New York: ACM [online], article number 5. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3154353.3154354

Cage-based structures are reduced subspace deformers enabling non-isometric stretching deformations induced by clothing or muscle bulging. In this paper, we reformulate the cage-based rigging as an incompressible Stokes problem in the vorticity space... Read More about Stokes coordinates..

Deep reward shaping from demonstrations. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
HUSSEIN, A., ELYAN, E., GABER, M.M. and JAYNE, C. 2017. Deep reward shaping from demonstrations. In Proceedings of the 2017 International joint conference on neural networks (IJCNN 2017), 14-19 May 2017, Anchorage, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 7965896, pages 510-517. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2017.7965896

Deep reinforcement learning is rapidly gaining attention due to recent successes in a variety of problems. The combination of deep learning and reinforcement learning allows for a generic learning process that does not consider specific knowledge of... Read More about Deep reward shaping from demonstrations..

The challenges of implementing packaged hospital electronic prescribing and medicine administration systems in UK hospitals: premature purchase of immature solutions? (2017)
Book Chapter
MOZAFFAR, H., WILLIAMS, R., CRESSWELL, K.M., POLLOCK, N., MORRISON, Z. and SHEIKH, A. 2017. The challenges of implementing packaged hospital electronic prescribing and medicine administration systems in UK hospitals: premature purchase of immature solutions? In Aanestad, M., Grisot, M., Hanseth, O. and Vassilakopoulou, P. (eds.) Information infrastructures within European health care: working with the installed base. Health Informatics. Cham: Springer [online], pages 129-149. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51020-0_9

The UK National Health Service is making major efforts to implement Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicine Administration (HEPMA) to improve patient safety and quality of care. Substantial public investments have attracted a wide range of UK an... Read More about The challenges of implementing packaged hospital electronic prescribing and medicine administration systems in UK hospitals: premature purchase of immature solutions?.

The 3rd international conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016). (2017)
Journal Article
NJUGUNA, J. 2017. The 3rd international conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016). IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016): Nanoscience and nanotechnologies; recent advances towards nanoproducts and applications, 12-15 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article 011001. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/011001

The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen hosted The NANOSTRUC 2016 in Aberdeen (Scotland, United Kingdom). The conference focused on 'Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies – Recent Advances towards Nanoproducts and Applications'. It promoted activities in v... Read More about The 3rd international conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016)..

Non-linear differential equations and rotating disc electrodes: Padé approximation technique. (2017)
Journal Article
CHITRA DEVI, M., RAJENDRAN, L., BIN YOUSAF, A. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2017. Non-linear differential equations and rotating disc electrodes: Padé approximation technique. Electrochimica acta [online], 243, pages 1-6. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.05.061

Rotating disc electrodes are preferred devices to analyze electrochemical reactions in electrochemical cells and various rotating machinery such as fans, turbines, and centrifugal pumps. This model contains system of fully coupled and highly non-line... Read More about Non-linear differential equations and rotating disc electrodes: Padé approximation technique..

Environmental particle emissions due to automated drilling of polypropylene composites and nanocomposites reinforced with talc, montmorillonite and wollastonite. (2017)
Journal Article
STAROST, K., FRIJNS, E., LAER, J.V., FAISAL, N., EGIZABAL, A., ELIZEXTEA, C., NELISSEN, I., BLAZQUEZ, M. and NJUGUNA, J. 2016. Environmental particle emissions due to automated drilling of polypropylene composites and nanocomposites reinforced with talc, montmorillonite and wollastonite. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of the 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2016), 12-16 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article number 012011. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012011

In this study, the effect on nanoparticle emissions due to drilling on Polypropylene (PP) reinforced with 20% talc, 5% montmorillonite (MMT) and 5% Wollastonite (WO) is investigated. The study is the first to explore the nanoparticle release from WO... Read More about Environmental particle emissions due to automated drilling of polypropylene composites and nanocomposites reinforced with talc, montmorillonite and wollastonite..

Tensile and flexural properties of hybrid graphene oxide/epoxy carbon fibre reinforced composites. (2017)
Journal Article
WATSON, G., STAROST, K., BARI, P., FAISAL, N., MISHRA, S. and NJUGUNA, J. 2016. Tensile and flexural properties of hybrid graphene oxide/epoxy carbon fibre reinforced composites. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of the 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2016), 12-16 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article number 012009. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012009

In this study, nano-sized graphene oxide sheets were homogenously dispersed via sonication methods in epoxy followed by vacuum resin infusion for the fabrication of the epoxy, graphene oxide (GO) and micro-sized carbon fibre reinforced nanocomposites... Read More about Tensile and flexural properties of hybrid graphene oxide/epoxy carbon fibre reinforced composites..

Oil based drilling fluid waste: an overview on environmentally persistent pollutants. (2017)
Journal Article
SIDDIQUE, S., KWOFFIE, L., ADDAE-AFOAKWA, K., YATES, K. and NJUGUNA, J. 2016. Oil based drilling fluid waste: an overview on environmentally persistent pollutants. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of the 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2016), 12-16 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article number 012008. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012008

Operational discharges of spent drilling fluid, produced water, and accumulated drill cuttings from oil and gas industry are a continuous point source of environmental pollution. To meet the strict environmental standard for waste disposal, oil and g... Read More about Oil based drilling fluid waste: an overview on environmentally persistent pollutants..

Synthesis, structural and morphological property of BaSnO3 nanopowder prepared by solid state ceramic method. (2017)
Journal Article
JOHN, J., PILLAI, V.P.M., THOMAS, A.R., PHILIP, R., JOSEPH, J., MUTHUNATESAN, S., RAGAVENDRAN, V. and PRABHU, R. 2016. Synthesis, structural and morphological property of BaSnO3 nanopowder prepared by solid state ceramic method. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of the 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2016), 12-16 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article number 012007. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012007

BaSnO3 is a cubic perovskite-type oxide that behaves as an n-type semiconductor with a wide band gap of 3.4 eV and remains stable at temperatures up to 1000{deg}C. It has wide applications such as thermally stable capacitors, humidity sensors, gas se... Read More about Synthesis, structural and morphological property of BaSnO3 nanopowder prepared by solid state ceramic method..

Computational study of nanostructured composite materials for photonic crystal fibre sensors. (2017)
Journal Article
JOHNY, J., PRABHU, R. and FUNG, W.-K. 2016. Computational study of nanostructured composite materials for photonic crystal fibre sensors. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of the 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2016), 12-16 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article number 012012. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012012

Photonic Crystal Fibres (PCFs) developed using nanostructured composite materials provides special optical properties which can revolutionise current optical sensing technologies. The modal and propagation characteristics of the PCF can be tailored b... Read More about Computational study of nanostructured composite materials for photonic crystal fibre sensors..

An exploratory study of community pharmacist diagnosis and management of dermatitis and acne. (2017)
Journal Article
TUCKER, R.P., MACLURE, K., PAUDYAL, V., LAYTON, A.M., BEWLEY, A. and STEWART, D. 2017. An exploratory study of community pharmacist diagnosis and management of dermatitis and acne. Selfcare [online], 8(2), pages 1-10. Available from: http://selfcarejournal.com/article/exploratory-study-community-pharmacist-diagnosis-management-dermatitis-acne/

BACKGROUND: Dermatitis and acne account for a large number of general practitioner appointments yet are amenable to treatment with products available to purchase from community pharmacies. OBJECTIVES: 1. The clinical appropriateness of community phar... Read More about An exploratory study of community pharmacist diagnosis and management of dermatitis and acne..

New insights into the associations between financial performance, and environmental disclosure and performance. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
HASSAN, O. and ROMILLY, P. 2017. New insights into the associations between financial performance, and environmental disclosure and performance. Presented at the 40th Annual congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA 2017), 10-12 May 2017, Valencia, Spain.

This study employes dynamic models to examine the assocations between enivromental disclosure (ED), environmental performance (EP) and financial performance (FP) using a longitudinal multi-country sample. It responds to research calls from recent stu... Read More about New insights into the associations between financial performance, and environmental disclosure and performance..

An edit distance between graph correspondences. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
MORENO-GARCIA, C.F., SERRATOSA, F. and JIANG, X. 2017. An edit distance between graph correspondences. In Foggia, P., Liu, C.-L. and Vento, M (eds.) 2017. Graph-based representations in pattern recognition: proceedings of the 11th Image analysis in patter recognition technical committee 15th (IAPR-TC-15) international workshop (GbRPR 2017), 16-18 May 2017, Anacapri, Italy. Cham: Springer [online], pages 232-241. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58961-9_21

The Hamming Distance has been largely used to calculate the dissimilarity of a pair of correspondences (also known as labellings or matchings) between two structures (i.e. sets of points, strings or graphs). Although it has the advantage of being sim... Read More about An edit distance between graph correspondences..

The social status of entrepreneurs: contrasting German perspectives. (2017)
Journal Article
KALDEN, J.N., CUNNINGHAM, J. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2017. The social status of entrepreneurs: contrasting German perspectives. International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation [online], 18(2), pages 91-104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1465750317706439

The German economy is praised for its stability, creating a seemingly strong economic environment in which entrepreneurship should thrive. Our research problem is that, in spite of the strong economy, new venture creation rates are substantially lowe... Read More about The social status of entrepreneurs: contrasting German perspectives..

Misoprostol for miscarriage management in a woman with previous five cesarean deliveries: a case report and literature review. (2017)
Journal Article
ALSAAD, D., ALOBAIDLY, S., ABDULROUF, P., THOMAS, B., AHMED, A., ALHAIL, M. 2017. Misoprostol for miscarriage management in a woman with previous five cesarean deliveries: a case report and literature review. Therapeutics and clinical risk management [online], 13, pages 625-627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S132294

Background: Misoprostol is an effective medical method for the management of pregnancy loss. However, data on its efficacy and safety in women with previous cesarean deliveries are limited. Case presentation: We report a 36-year-old patient, gravida... Read More about Misoprostol for miscarriage management in a woman with previous five cesarean deliveries: a case report and literature review..

Full-duplex small cells for next generation heterogeneous cellular networks: a case study of outage and rate coverage analysis. (2017)
Journal Article
AL-KADRI, M.O., DENG, Y., AIJAZ, A. and NALLANATHAN, A. 2021. Full-duplex small cells for next generation heterogeneous cellular networks: a case study of outage and rate coverage analysis. IEEE access [online], 5, pages 8025-8038. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2684542

Full-duplex (FD) technology is currently under consideration for adoption in a range of legacy communications standards due to its attractive features. On the other hand, cellular networks are becoming increasingly heterogeneous as operators deploy a... Read More about Full-duplex small cells for next generation heterogeneous cellular networks: a case study of outage and rate coverage analysis..

Comparison of artificial neural network and multiple regression for partial discharge sources recognition. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
MAS'UD, A.A., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., ALBARRACIN, R., ARDILA-REY, J.A., ABU-BAKAR, S.H., AZIZ, N.F.A., BANI, N.A. and MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N. 2017. Comparison of artificial neural network and multiple regression for partial discharge sources recognition. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE-GCC conference and exhibition 2017 (GCCCE 2017), 8-11 May 2017, Manama, Bahrain. New York: IEEE [online], article number 8448033, pages 519-522. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2017.8448033

This paper compares the capabilities of the artificial neural network (ANN) and multiple linear regression (MLR) for recognizing and discriminating partial discharge (PD) defects. Statistical fingerprints obtained from a several PD measurement were a... Read More about Comparison of artificial neural network and multiple regression for partial discharge sources recognition..

Streaming and 3D mapping of AGRI-data on mobile devices. (2017)
Journal Article
STOJANOVIC, V., FALCONER, R.E., ISAACS, J., BLACKWOOD, D., GILMOUR, D., KIEZEBRINK, D. and WILSON, J. 2017. Streaming and 3D mapping of AGRI-data on mobile devices. Computers and electronics in agriculture [online], 138(1), pages 188-199. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.03.019

Farm monitoring and operations generate heterogeneous AGRI-data from a variety of different sources that have the potential to be delivered to users 'on the go' and in the field to inform farm decision making. A software framework capable of interfac... Read More about Streaming and 3D mapping of AGRI-data on mobile devices..