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Biophysical study of CdTe quantum dots interactions with albumin and antibody as the base of photodynamic therapy. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
RUTTKAY-NEDECKY, B., SOCHOROVA, A., DOCEKALOVA, M., UHLIROVA, D., STANKOVA, M., KEPINSKA, M., SKALICKOVA, S., CIHALOVA, K., MILNEROWICZ, H., FERNANDEZ, C., ZIDKOVA, J and KIZEK, R. 2017. Biophysical study of CdTe quantum dots interactions with albumin and antibody as the base of photodynamic therapy. In Proceedings of the 9th Nanomaterials international conference 2017 (NANOCON 2017): research and application, 18-20 October 2017, Brno, Czech Republic. Ostrava: Tanger Ltd [online], pages 537-542. Available from: https://www.confer.cz/nanocon/2017/download/348-biophysical-study-of-cdte-quantum-dots-interactions-with-albumin-and-antibody-as-the-base-of-photodynamic-therapy.pdf

Photodynamic therapy is a relatively new type of cancer treatment, or eventually it is used at the elimination of undesirable pathogenic microorganisms. Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting nanocrystals with a size of 2-20 nm and can be used in phot... Read More about Biophysical study of CdTe quantum dots interactions with albumin and antibody as the base of photodynamic therapy..

Dependence of antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles on their surface modification. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
CIHALOVA, K., BREZINOVA, K., STANKOVA, M., DOCEKALOVA, M., UHLIROVA, D., KEPINSKA, M., SOCHOR, J., MILNEROWICZ, H., FERNANDEZ, C., ZIDKOVA, J. and KIZEK, R. 2017. Dependence of antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles on their surface modification. In Proceedings of the 9th Nanomaterials international conference 2017 (NANOCON 2017): research and application, 18-20 October 2017, Brno, Czech Republic. Ostrava: Tanger Ltd [online], pages 692-697. Available from: https://www.confer.cz/nanocon/2017/download/370-dependence-of-antibacterial-properties-of-silver-nanoparticles-of-their-surface-modification.pdf

Nanosilver, in the form of colloidal silver, has been used for many years. In recent years, the development of efficient green chemistry methods for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles by organisms has become a major focus of researchers. The differ... Read More about Dependence of antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles on their surface modification..

Seasonal variations of the digestive tract of the Eurasian beaver castor fiber. (2017)
Journal Article
BELZECKI, G., MILTKO, R., KOWALIK, B., DEMIASZKIEWICZ, A.W., LACHOWICZ, J., GIZEJEWSKI, Z., OBIDZINSKI, A., and MCEWAN, N.R. 2018. Seasonal variations of the digestive tract of the Eurasian beaver castor fiber. Mammal research [online], 63(1), pages 21-31. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-017-0337-x

Forage availability for wild rodents varies with season. In turn, the composition of food can affect morphometric parameters of the digestive tract. This study was performed in Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) whose population was close to extinction... Read More about Seasonal variations of the digestive tract of the Eurasian beaver castor fiber..

Talent exchange project description and evaluation. (2017)
Report
COOK, Y., FULFORD, H. and MARCELLA, R. 2017. Talent exchange project description and evaluation. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The 3 year Talent Exchange project, funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), was designed to widen and extend the pool of work related experience (WRE) opportunities available to Robert Gordon University (RGU) students; enhance student employabi... Read More about Talent exchange project description and evaluation..

Validity and reliability of the Apple Watch for measuring heart rate during exercise. (2017)
Journal Article
KHUSHHAL, A., NICHOLS, S., EVANS, W., GLEADALL-SIDDALL, D.O., PAGE, R., O'DOHERTY, A.F., CARROLL, S., INGLE, L. and ABT, G. 2017. Validity and reliability of the Apple Watch for measuring heart rate during exercise. Sports medicine international open [online], 1(06), pages E206-E211. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-120195

We examined the validity and reliability of the Apple Watch heart rate sensor during and in recovery from exercise. Twenty-one males completed treadmill exercise while wearing two Apple Watches (left and right wrists) and a Polar S810i monitor (crite... Read More about Validity and reliability of the Apple Watch for measuring heart rate during exercise..

Flow noise identification using acoustic emission (AE) energy decomposition for sand monitoring in flow pipeline. (2017)
Journal Article
DROUBI, M.G., REUBEN, R.L. and STEEL, J.I. 2018. Flow noise identification using acoustic emission (AE) energy decomposition for sand monitoring in flow pipeline. Applied acoustics [online], 131, pages 5-15. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.10.016

In pipelines used for petroleum production and transportation, sand particles may be present in the multi-phase flow of oil and gas and water. The Acoustic Emission (AE) measurement technique is used in the field of sand monitoring and detection in t... Read More about Flow noise identification using acoustic emission (AE) energy decomposition for sand monitoring in flow pipeline..

A textbook of community nursing. (2017)
Book
BAIN, H. and CHILTON. S. (eds.). 2017. A textbook of community nursing. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315157207

A Textbook of Community Nursing is a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction covering the full range of professional topics, including professional approaches to care, public health, eHealth, therapeutic relationships and the role of community... Read More about A textbook of community nursing..

Interactions and entrepreneurial agency; a relational view of entrepreneurs' control cognitions. (2017)
Journal Article
VESALA, K.M., ANDERSON, A.R. and VESALA, H.T. 2017. Interactions and entrepreneurial agency; a relational view of entrepreneurs' control cognitions. Archives of psychology [online], 1(1), article ID 11. Available from: http://archivesofpsychology.org/index.php/aop/article/view/11/18

This paper is about relational view to control constructs and entrepreneurship. It introduces the concept 'interaction locus of control' to the study of entrepreneurial agency cognitions. We argue that a better understanding of entrepreneurial agency... Read More about Interactions and entrepreneurial agency; a relational view of entrepreneurs' control cognitions..

CFD based investigations for the design of severe service control valves used in energy systems. (2017)
Journal Article
ASIM, T., CHARLTON, M. and MISHRA., R. 2017. CFD based investigations for the design of severe service control valves used in energy systems. Energy conversion and management [online], 153, pages 288-303. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2017.10.012

Multistage severe service control valves are extensively used in various energy systems, such as oil & gas, nuclear etc. The primary purpose of such valves is to control the amount of fluid flow passing through them under extreme pressure changes. As... Read More about CFD based investigations for the design of severe service control valves used in energy systems..

Enhancing safety performance: non-technical skills and a modicum of chronic unease. (2017)
Book Chapter
FLIN, R. 2017. Enhancing safety performance: non-technical skills and a modicum of chronic unease. In Bieder C., Gilbert C., Journé B., Laroche H. (eds.) Beyond safety training. SpringerBriefs in applied sciences and technology. Cham: Springer [online], pages 45-58. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65527-7_6

Current debates on professionalism and safety cover a range of interpretative challenges and theoretical perspectives, as the workshop organized by FonCSI in 2015 revealed. One avenue for consideration was to address the question of the role of profe... Read More about Enhancing safety performance: non-technical skills and a modicum of chronic unease..

Stakeholders' views and experiences of pharmacist prescribing: a systematic review. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
JEBARA, T., CUNNINGHAM, S., MACLURE, K., AWAISU, A., PALLIVALAPILA, A. and STEWART, D 2017. Stakeholders' views and experiences of pharmacist prescribing: a systematic review. Presented at the 46th European symposium on clinical pharmacy: science meets practice: towards evidence-based clinical pharmacy services, 9-11 October 2017, Heidelberg, Germany.

While prescribing has been traditionally been the domain of physicians, prescribing by pharmacists has been implemented successfully in countries across the world. Developments are supported by evidence of effectiveness and safety. To facilitate furt... Read More about Stakeholders' views and experiences of pharmacist prescribing: a systematic review..

Views and perceptions of key stakeholders in Qatar on pharmacist prescribing. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
JEBARA, T., CUNNINGHAM, S., MACLURE, K., AWAISU, A., AL-HAIL, M., PALLIVALAPILA, A. and STEWART, D. 2017. Views and perceptions of key stakeholders in Qatar on pharmacist prescribing. Presented at the 46th European symposium on clinical pharmacy: science meets practice: towards evidence-based clinical pharmacy services, 9-11 October 2017, Heidelberg, Germany.

Background and Objective: Pharmacist prescribing has been implemented successfully in several countries around the world, with evidence of effectiveness, safety and acceptability. The Qatar Health Strategy provides the opportunity to advance further... Read More about Views and perceptions of key stakeholders in Qatar on pharmacist prescribing..

Pharmacists' training, experiences and behaviours in managing homeless patients. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
PAUDYAL, V., GIBSON-SMITH, K., MACLURE, K., FORBES-MCKAY, K., BUCHANAN, C., WILSON, L., RADLEY, A. and STEWART, D. 2017. Pharmacists' training, experiences and behaviours in managing homeless patients. Presented at the 46th European symposium on clinical pharmacy: science meets practice: towards evidence-based clinical pharmacy services, 9-11 October 2017, Heidelberg, Germany.

Community pharmacists are well-situated to offer proactive and opportunistic support and advice to the homeless. The aim of this research was to investigate pharmacists' training, experiences and behaviours in managing homeless patients. A questionna... Read More about Pharmacists' training, experiences and behaviours in managing homeless patients..

Community pharmacist clinical portal enabled access to aspects of patients' primary and secondary care EHR: exploring the general public's views in NHS Tayside. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
MACLURE, K., COULSON, D., THOMSON, G., ROBERTSON, D., MACDONALD, C., DREISCHULTE, T., RADLEY, A., MACLURE, A. and STEWART, D. 2017. Community pharmacist clinical portal enabled access to aspects of patients' primary and secondary care EHR: exploring the general public's views in NHS Tayside. Presented at the 46th European symposium on clinical pharmacy: science meets practice: towards evidence-based clinical pharmacy services, 9-11 October 2017, Heidelberg, Germany.

Background and Objective: Community pharmacist access to aspects of patients' primary and secondary care electronic healthcare records (EHR) was piloted in NHS Tayside, Scotland. While policy makers and pharmacists are largely in favour of community... Read More about Community pharmacist clinical portal enabled access to aspects of patients' primary and secondary care EHR: exploring the general public's views in NHS Tayside..

Scottish adherence to antihypertensive medication in the elderly: promoting evidence-based community pharmacy services. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
MACLURE, K., CRAIG, G., POWER, A., PEDDIE, S., OSPREY, A., BOYTER, A., COUSINS, G., MACLURE, A. and STEWART, D. 2017. Scottish adherence to antihypertensive medication in the elderly: promoting evidence-based community pharmacy services. Presented at the 46th European symposium on clinical pharmacy: science meets practice: towards evidence-based clinical pharmacy services, 9-11 October 2017, Heidelberg, Germany.

Background and Objective: Detection and treatment of hypertension continues to be a major public health challenge affecting between 30 and 45% of the general population, increasing steeply with age. Many studies have shown the benefit of antihyperten... Read More about Scottish adherence to antihypertensive medication in the elderly: promoting evidence-based community pharmacy services..

Social media guidelines: recommendations for the development of undergraduate pharmacy student guidelines. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
BROWN, A. and MACLURE, K. 2017. Social media guidelines: recommendations for the development of undergraduate pharmacy student guidelines. Presented at the 46th European symposium on clinical pharmacy: science meets practice: towards evidence-based clinical pharmacy services, 9-11 October 2017, Heidelberg, Germany.

Background and Objective: The ubiquitous nature of social media (SoMe) involves merging of personal-professional personas. Healthcare organisations publish guidance on how to use social media responsibly. However, inappropriate use of social media co... Read More about Social media guidelines: recommendations for the development of undergraduate pharmacy student guidelines..

Captured state: new art from Macedonia. [Exhibition] (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Captured state: new art from Macedonia. Exhibition held on 7 October - 30 November 2017, Summerhall, Edinburgh.

An exhibition of Macedonia artists Ephemerki (Jasna Dimitrovska and Dragana Zarevska), Verica Kovacevska, OPA (Slobadanka Stevceska and Denis Saraginovski), Igor Toshevski and Bojan Ivanov, curated by Jon Blackwood.

The future of social security in Scotland: views from inside the system. (2017)
Report
PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES UNION and SPICKER, P. 2017. The future of social security in Scotland: views from inside the system. Glasgow: PCS [online]. Available from: https://www.pcs.org.uk/sites/default/files/site_assets/regional_websites/scotland/2017/FSS_Scotland_FINAL.pdf

The report is based on group interviews and questionnaires done earlier this year with 228 DWP officers. This is not the first report ever to ask social security officers what they think, but it's a rare and rather special event. The officers general... Read More about The future of social security in Scotland: views from inside the system..

Design optimization of Cassegrain telescope for remote explosive trace detection. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
BHAVSAR, K., ESELLER, K.E. and PRABHU, R. 2017. Design optimization of Cassegrain telescope for remote explosive trace detection. In Bourma, H., Carlysle-Davies, F., Stokes, R.J. and Yitzhaky, Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the 1st Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics and surveillance technologies conference 2017: co-located with the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Security and defence 2017 conference, 11-12 September 2017, Warsaw, Poland. Proceedings of SPIE, 10441. Bellingham, WA: SPIE [online], article number 1044103. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2277932

The past three years have seen a global increase in explosive-based terror attacks. The widespread use of improvised explosives and anti-personnel landmines have caused thousands of civilian casualties across the world. Current scenario of globalized... Read More about Design optimization of Cassegrain telescope for remote explosive trace detection..

Banknote authentication using chaotic elements technology. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
AMBADIYIL, S., KRISHNENDU, P.S., PILLAI, V.P.M. and PRABHU, R. 2017. Banknote authentication using chaotic elements technology. In Bourma, H., Carlysle-Davies, F., Stokes, R.J. and Yitzhaky, Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the 1st Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics and surveillance technologies conference 2017: co-located with the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Security and defence 2017 conference, 11-12 September 2017, Warsaw, Poland. Proceedings of SPIE, 10441. Bellingham, WA: SPIE [online], article number 1044104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278343

The counterfeit banknote is a growing threat to the society since the advancements in the field of computers, scanners and photocopiers, as they have made the duplication process for banknote much simpler. The fake note detection systems developed so... Read More about Banknote authentication using chaotic elements technology..