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Bringing social and cultural considerations into environmental management for vulnerable coastal communities: responses to environmental change in Xuan Thuy National Park, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. (2018)
Journal Article
MABON, L., NGUYEN, S.T., NGUYEN, T.K.D., PHAM, T.T., CAO, T.T.N., LE, T.Q., DANG, T.T., NGUYEN, T.H.T., NGUYEN, T.B.N., LE, H.N., TRAN, T.T., BUI, T.C.T., TRAN, N.A., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and YUILL, C. 2018. Bringing social and cultural considerations into environmental management for vulnerable coastal communities: responses to environmental change in Xuan Thuy National Park, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. Ocean and coastal management [online], 158, pages 32-44. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.03.022

This paper elaborates the importance of considering social and cultural factors within management responses to environmental change in coastal areas. The case study taken is Xuan Thuy National Park in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. This is a marginalise... Read More about Bringing social and cultural considerations into environmental management for vulnerable coastal communities: responses to environmental change in Xuan Thuy National Park, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam..

Comparative advantage in de-globalisation: Brexit, America First and Africa's continental free trade area. (2018)
Journal Article
EZEANI, E. 2018. Comparative advantage in de-globalisation: Brexit, America First and Africa's continental free trade area. Journal of international trade law and policy [online], 17(1/2), pages 46-61. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JITLP-01-2018-0005

This paper examines the relevance of the theory of comparative advantage in the present realities of a world undergoing de-globalisation, that is, a retreat from closer integration. It presents eight arguments which analyse the theory as posited by A... Read More about Comparative advantage in de-globalisation: Brexit, America First and Africa's continental free trade area..

Optimizing webpage relevancy using page ranking and content based ranking. (2018)
Journal Article
BABU, J.S., KUMAR, T.R. and BANO, S. 2018. Optimizing webpage relevancy using page ranking and content based ranking. International journal of engineering and technology (Science Publishing Corporation) [online], 7(2.7): proceedings of the 2018 International conference on Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber security (ICICS 2018), 22-23 March 2018, Vijayawada, India, pages 1025-1029. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.7.12220

Systems for web information mining can be isolated into a few classifications, depending on the type of target data and the purposes of the activity: Web structure mining; Web utilization mining; and Web Content Mining. This paper proposes another We... Read More about Optimizing webpage relevancy using page ranking and content based ranking..

A compressive survey on different image processing techniques to identify the brain tumor. (2018)
Journal Article
BHAGAVAN, K., IMAMBI, S.S. and BANO, S. 2018. A compressive survey on different image processing techniques to identify the brain tumor. International journal of engineering and technology (Science Publishing Corporation) [online], 7(2.7): proceedings of the 2018 International conference on Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber security (ICICS 2018), 22-23 March 2018, Vijayawada, India, pages 1081-1084. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.7.12232

Medical imaging technology has revolutionized health care over the past three decades, allowing doctors to detect, cure and improve patient outcomes. Medicinal imaging involves pictures - of internal organs, parts, tissues and bones - for therapeutic... Read More about A compressive survey on different image processing techniques to identify the brain tumor..

The world is flat: an intercultural experiential exercise in business communication. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
LUCK, S., BARBOSA, B., CRAWFORD, I. and SWARTZ, S. 2018. The world is flat: an intercultural experiential exercise in business communication. Presented at the 5th Annual interdisciplinary symposium: a teaching and research conference for free market intellectuals and academic diversity in higher education, 16 March 2018, Myrtle Beach, USA.

In 2016, the Fortune 500 earned two-thirds of the US GDP and 37% of the global GDP, with 28 trillion in revenue and 1.5 billion in profits. These companies employ 67 million people in 34 countries. To compete and be successful in these world business... Read More about The world is flat: an intercultural experiential exercise in business communication..

A nurse researcher's guide to reflexive interviewing. (2018)
Journal Article
LEAR, H., EBOH, W. and DIACK, L. 2018. A nurse researcher's guide to reflexive interviewing. Nurse researcher [online], 25(4), pages 35-42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2018.e1550

Background: In a wider doctoral study related to unfavourable experiences of nursing students studying abroad, the researcher undertook a reflexive interview to reduce the potential for bias. Aim: To discuss a method for conducting reflexive intervie... Read More about A nurse researcher's guide to reflexive interviewing..

Integrated health and social care; exploring of the needs and experiences of service users and their families. [Protocol] (2018)
Other
HENDERSON, L., BAIN, H., ALLAN, E. and KENNEDY, C. 2018. Integrated health and social care; exploring of the needs and experiences of service users and their families. [Protocol]. PROSPERO [online], item number CRD42018085550. Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42018085550

Protocol for a review, aiming to address the following questions: 1) What are the perceptions of service users and their families in relation to their health and wellbeing needs? 2) What are the experiences of service users and their families who acc... Read More about Integrated health and social care; exploring of the needs and experiences of service users and their families. [Protocol].

Employee engagement theory and practice in UK universities. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
CRAWFORD, I. 2018. Employee engagement theory and practice in UK universities. Presented at the 2018 Robert Gordon University Research Students Association (RSA) research students showcase, 14 March 2019, Aberdeen, UK.

An examination of emerging employee engagement theory within the context of Higher Education (HE), to understand how the specific traits of the sector reinforce or negate current theoretical models and ideas. The technological facilitation and social... Read More about Employee engagement theory and practice in UK universities..

Polymeric materials for conversion of electromagnetic waves from the sun to electric power. (2018)
Journal Article
HAQUE, S.M., ARDILA-REY, J.A., UMAR, Y., RAHMAN, H., MAS'UD, A.A., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and ALBARRACIN, R. 2018. Polymeric materials for conversion of electromagnetic waves from the sun to electric power. Polymers [online], 10(3), article number 307. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10030307

Solar photoelectric energy converted into electricity requires large surface areas with incident light and flexible materials to capture these light emissions. Currently, sunlight rays are converted to electrical energy using silicon polymeric materi... Read More about Polymeric materials for conversion of electromagnetic waves from the sun to electric power..

A process model for implementing information systems security governance. (2018)
Journal Article
NICHO, M. 2018. A process model for implementing information systems security governance. Information and computer security [online], 26(1), pages 10-38. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-07-2016-0061

Purpose: The frequent and increasingly potent cyber-attacks due to lack of an optimal mix of technical as well as non-technical IT controls, has led to increased adoption of security governance controls by organizations. The paper thus seeks to const... Read More about A process model for implementing information systems security governance..

An evaluation of patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait. (2018)
Journal Article
ALQATTAN, H., CLELAND, J. and MORRISON, Z. 2018. An evaluation of patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait. Journal of Taibah University medical sciences [online], 13(3), pages 272-280. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.02.002

Objectives: To improve patient safety outcomes, it is considered essential to create a positive culture of patient safety. This study carried out an initial evaluation of the patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait. Methods: This... Read More about An evaluation of patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait..

An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish residential care home using institutional ethnography. (2018)
Journal Article
REID, L., KYDD, A. and SLATER, B. 2018. An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish residential care home using institutional ethnography. Journal of research in nursing [online], 23(2-3), pages 220-236. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118756

Aim: This paper provides an institutional ethnographic analysis of how advance care planning discussions, which included advance decisions about serious illness, hospital admission and Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) forms, were... Read More about An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish residential care home using institutional ethnography..

The impact of pharmacists’ input on the screening, management and prevention of metabolic syndrome. [Protocol] (2018)
Other
AL ADAWI, R., TONNA, A., STEWERT, D., RAYAN, C., ELEDRISI, M., and ABDELAZIZ, H. [2018]. The impact of pharmacists’ input on the screening, management and prevention of metabolic syndrome. [Protocol]. PROSPERO [online], item number CRD42018089862. Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42018089862

The aim of this research was to critically appraise, synthesise, and present the available evidence on the impact of pharmacists' input on the screening, prevention and management of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The specific aims were: 1) To determine... Read More about The impact of pharmacists’ input on the screening, management and prevention of metabolic syndrome. [Protocol].

Complexity in the lives of looked after children and their families in Scotland: 2003 to 2016 (2018)
Report
WOOD, R., HENDERSON, G., KURLUS, I., PROUDFOOT, P., HOBBS, N. and LAMB, D. 2018. Complexity in the lives of looked after children and their families in Scotland: 2003 to 2016. Research report. Stirling: SCRA [online]. Available from: https://www.scra.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Complexity-in-the-lives-of-looked-after-children-and-their-families.pdf

This research sought to answer the question: Has child protection in Scotland become more complex over time, and if so, how? To do this we examined changes in complexity in: 1) Society. 2) The Children’s Hearings System and associated legislation and... Read More about Complexity in the lives of looked after children and their families in Scotland: 2003 to 2016.

Model predictive cooperative localization control of multiple UAVs using potential function sensor constraints: a workflow to create sensor constraint based potential functions for the control of cooperative localization scenarios with mobile robots. (2018)
Journal Article
DENTLER, J., KANNAN, S., BEZZAOUCHA, S., OLIVARES-MENDEZ, M.A. and VOOS, H. 2019. Model predictive cooperative localization control of multiple UAVs using potential function sensor constraints: a workflow to create sensor constraint based potential functions for the control of cooperative localization scenarios with mobile robots. Autonomous robots [online], 43(1), pages 153-178. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-018-9711-z

The global localization of multiple mobile robots can be achieved cost efficiently by localizing one robot globally and the others in relation to it using local sensor data. However, the drawback of this cooperative localization is the requirement of... Read More about Model predictive cooperative localization control of multiple UAVs using potential function sensor constraints: a workflow to create sensor constraint based potential functions for the control of cooperative localization scenarios with mobile robots..

Parametric embodied carbon prediction model for early stage estimating. (2018)
Journal Article
VICTORIA, M.F. and PERERA, S. 2018. Parametric embodied carbon prediction model for early stage estimating. Energy and buildings [online], 168, pages 106-119. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.02.044

The focus of carbon management is shifting from operational carbon to embodied carbon as a result of the improved operational energy efficiency of buildings. Measuring and managing embodied carbon right from the early stages of projects will unlock a... Read More about Parametric embodied carbon prediction model for early stage estimating..

Deficient legislation sanctioning oil spill in Nigeria: a need for a review of the regulatory component of petroleum laws in Nigeria and the Petroleum Industries Bill. (2018)
Journal Article
CHUKS-EZIKE, C.I. 2018. Deficient legislation sanctioning oil spill in Nigeria: a need for a review of the regulatory component of petroleum laws in Nigeria and the Petroleum Industries Bill. International journal of environment and sustainability [online], 7(1), pages 30-44. Available from: https://www.sciencetarget.com/Journal/index.php/IJES/article/view/816/227

The grave challenges of oil pollution have been over stated in several environmental journals. Similarly, there have been several discourses on the prevailing nature of Nigerian oil spill pollution. Alarmingly, the spills seem to have persisted, desp... Read More about Deficient legislation sanctioning oil spill in Nigeria: a need for a review of the regulatory component of petroleum laws in Nigeria and the Petroleum Industries Bill..

Change in nephrometry scoring in small renal masses ( < 4 cm) on active surveillance: preliminary observations from Tayside Active Surveillance Cohort (TASC) study. (2018)
Journal Article
KHAN, K.H., ZHANG, W., PATERSON, C., SZEWCZYK-BIEDA, M., LANG, S. and NABI, G. 2018. Change in nephrometry scoring in small renal masses ( < 4 cm) on active surveillance: preliminary observations from Tayside Active Surveillance Cohort (TASC) study. Academic radiology [online], 25(11), pages 1381-1387. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2018.02.001

Rationale and Objectives: - Prediction of growth, in particular knowing the possibility of aggressive cancer in small renal masses on active surveillance, remains poorly understood. The study was designed to determine whether serial nephrometry score... Read More about Change in nephrometry scoring in small renal masses ( < 4 cm) on active surveillance: preliminary observations from Tayside Active Surveillance Cohort (TASC) study..

Pension funds, large capital inflows and stock returns in a thin market. (2018)
Journal Article
BRZESZCZYŃSKI, J., BOHL, M.T. and SERWA, D. 2019. Pension funds, large capital inflows and stock returns in a thin market. Journal of pension economics and finance [online], 18(3), pages 347-387. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S147474721800001X

Using unique data about capital flows from the public social security institute ZUS (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych) to private pension funds OFEs (Otwarte Fundusze Emerytalne) in Poland, we find that their impact, as a group of large institutional i... Read More about Pension funds, large capital inflows and stock returns in a thin market..

Challenges in journal publishing in the Arab world. (2018)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2018. Challenges in journal publishing in the Arab world. Journal of information studies and technology [online], 2018(1), pages 1-3. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5339/jist.2018.1

This editorial aims to identify a few of the contemporary challenges facing the information sector that should be addressed by all journal publishers, including those in the Arabic-speaking world. In particular, it seems useful to draw attention to t... Read More about Challenges in journal publishing in the Arab world..