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Not what to wear? (2018)
Journal Article
MIDDLEMISS, S. 2018. Not what to wear? Employers' liability for dress codes? International journal of discrimination and the law [online], 18(1), pages 40-51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1358229118757867

This article argues that in the United Kingdom currently there is a lack of an effective legal basis for challenging the imposition by employers of unfair or discriminatory dress codes in the workplace on employees or workers. Given the breadth of th... Read More about Not what to wear?.

Relations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions: new insights. (2018)
Journal Article
HASSAN, O.A.G. and ROMILLY, P. 2018. Relations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions: new insights. Business strategy and the environment [online], 27(7), pages 893-909. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2040

This study examines the associations and causations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions, utilising a large, longitudinal, multi-country dataset disaggregated between developed and developing c... Read More about Relations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions: new insights..

Disentangling the meaning of STEM: implications for science education and science teacher education (2018)
Journal Article
AKERSON, V.L., BURGESS, A., GERBER, A., GUO, M., KHAN, T.A. and NEWMAN, S. 2018. Disentangling the meaning of STEM: implications for science education and science teacher education. Journal of science teacher education [online], 29(1), pages 1-8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2018.1435063

We have a wide variety of teaching experiences, from formal settings in elementary school, high school, higher education, and teacher education to international settings and also to informal settings. Despite our multiple teaching settings and experi... Read More about Disentangling the meaning of STEM: implications for science education and science teacher education.

Looked after children. (2018)
Book Chapter
BOLGER, J. 2018. Looked after children. In Smith, M. and Cree, V. E. (eds.) Social work in a changing Scotland. Abingdon: Routledge [online], pages 121-130. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315100821-13

This chapter will begin by considering what it means to be a ‘looked after’ child or young person. Legislative and policy developments will be outlined from the wide ranging impact of the Kilbrandon Report (1964) to the Children and Young People (Sc... Read More about Looked after children..

Identity, enactment and entrepreneurship engagement in a declining place. (2018)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R., WARREN, L. and BENSEMANN, J. 2019. Identity, enactment and entrepreneurship engagement in a declining place. Journal of small business management [online], 57(4), pages 1559-1577. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12406

We examine entrepreneurship practice and identity work in a rural small town in New Zealand. Once prosperous, the town suffered economically and socially as old industries closed. Recently the town was rejuvenated, at least in part because of the ent... Read More about Identity, enactment and entrepreneurship engagement in a declining place..

Colistin causes profound morphological alteration but minimal cytoplasmic membrane perforation in populations of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (2018)
Journal Article
O'DRISCOLL, N.H., CUSHNIE, T.P.T., MATTHEWS, K.H. and LAMB, A.J. 2018. Colistin causes profound morphological alteration but minimal cytoplasmic membrane perforation in populations of escherichia coli and pseudomonas aeruginosa. Archives of microbiology [online], 200(5), pages 793-802. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-018-1485-3

Whilst colistin (polymyxin E) represents the last mainstream treatment option for multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens, details of its mechanism of action remain to be fully resolved. In this study, the effects of sub-inhibitory, inhibitory-b... Read More about Colistin causes profound morphological alteration but minimal cytoplasmic membrane perforation in populations of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa..

Breastfeeding and the substance-exposed mother and baby. (2018)
Journal Article
MACVICAR, S., HUMPHREY, T. and FORBES-MCKAY, K.E. 2018. Breastfeeding and the substance-exposed mother and baby. Birth [online], 45(4), pages 450-458. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12338

Background: Breastfeeding rates are typically low for women with a substance-use disorder. This is despite the specific benefits of breastfeeding to alleviate the severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome and the well-documented generic advantages. Th... Read More about Breastfeeding and the substance-exposed mother and baby..

Unsupervised image saliency detection with Gestalt-laws guided optimization and visual attention based refinement. (2018)
Journal Article
YAN, Y., REN, J., SUN, G., ZHAO, H., HAN, J., LI, X., MARSHALL, S. and ZHAN, J. 2018. Unsupervised image saliency detection with Gestalt-laws guided optimization and visual attention based refinement. Pattern recognition [online], 79, pages 65-78. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2018.02.004

Visual attention is a kind of fundamental cognitive capability that allows human beings to focus on the region of interests (ROIs) under complex natural environments. What kind of ROIs that we pay attention to mainly depends on two distinct types of... Read More about Unsupervised image saliency detection with Gestalt-laws guided optimization and visual attention based refinement..

Solar energy potentials and benefits in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a review of substantial issues. (2018)
Journal Article
MAS'UD, A.A., WIRBA, A.V., ALSHAMMARI, S.J., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., ABDULLAHI, M.M., ALBARRACIN, R. and HOQ, M.Z. 2018. Solar energy potentials and benefits in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a review of substantial issues. Energies [online], 11(2), article number 372. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en11020372

It is a well-known fact that the fossil fuel industry has dominated the economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries during the last few decades. However, recent developments show that most of the GCC countries plan to increase the share o... Read More about Solar energy potentials and benefits in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a review of substantial issues..

A novel safety anticipation estimation method for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack based on the real-time detection and filtering. (2018)
Journal Article
WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., CHEN, M., WANG, L. and SU, J. 2018. A novel safety anticipation estimation method for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack based on the real-time detection and filtering. Journal of cleaner production [online], 185, pages 187-197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.236

Lithium-ion battery packs have become increasingly important for power supply applications, in which the state of charge estimation and output voltage tracking should be very critical for the safety protection. A novel real-time estimation method is... Read More about A novel safety anticipation estimation method for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack based on the real-time detection and filtering..

An e-learning recommender that helps learners find the right materials. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
MBIPO, B., MASSIE, S. and CRAW, S. 2018. An e-learning recommender that helps learners find the right materials. In Zilberstein, S., McIlraith, S., Weinberger, K., Youngblood, G.M., Myers, K., Eaton, E. and Wollowski, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 32nd Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Artificial intelligence conference (AAAI18), co-located with the 30th Innovative applications of artificial intelligence conference (IAAI18) and the 8th AAAI Educational advances in artificial intelligence (EAAI-18), 2-7 February 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Palo Alto: AAAI Press [online], pages 7928-7933. Available from: https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/AAAI/AAAI18/paper/view/16253

Learning materials are increasingly available on the Web making them an excellent source of information for building e-Learning recommendation systems. However, learners often have difficulty finding the right materials to support their learning goal... Read More about An e-learning recommender that helps learners find the right materials..

Fluid nonlinearities effect on wake oscillator model performance. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
KURUSHINA, V. and PAVLOVSKAIA, E. 2018. Fluid nonlinearities effect on wake oscillator model performance. In Manoach, E., Stoykov, S. and Wiercigroch, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2017 International conference on engineering vibration (ICoEV 2017), 4-7 September 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. MATEC web of conferences, 148. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences [online], paper number 04002. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814804002

Vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) need to be accounted for in the design of marine structures such as risers and umbilicals. If a resonance state of the slender structure develops due to its interaction with the surrounding fluid flow, the consequences... Read More about Fluid nonlinearities effect on wake oscillator model performance..

The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study. (2018)
Journal Article
REID, L.E.M., LONE, N.I., MORRISON, Z.J., WEIR, C.J. and JONES, M.C. 2018. The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study. QJM: an international journal of medicine [online], 111(5), pages 295-301. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcy024

Background: Acute medical units (AMUs) are a central component of the admission pathway for the majority of medical patients presenting to hospital in the United Kingdom and other international settings. Detail on multidisciplinary staffing provision... Read More about The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study..

State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control. (2018)
Journal Article
LIU, B., FUNG, W.-K. and LIU, Y. 2018. State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control. MATEC web of conferences [online], 148: proceedings of the 2017 International conference on engineering vibration (ICoEV 2017), 4-7 September 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, article number 10001. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814810001

A new PD-like control law is proposed in this paper to control a multistable impacting system. This control law can switch the system from a current, undesired state to a desired one by using the differences of the displacement and velocity between t... Read More about State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control..

REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy = I primi anni della videoarte in Italia. (2018)
Journal Article
LEUZZI, L. 2018. REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy = I primi anni della videoarte in Italia. Engramma [online], 152, article ID 3346. Avilable from: http://www.engramma.it/eOS/index.php?id_articolo=3346

This article presents the book "REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy", edited by Laura Leuzzi and Stephen Partridge, and published in 2015 by John Libbey Publishing. The volume is the main output from the REWIND Italia project, which was funded by... Read More about REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy = I primi anni della videoarte in Italia..

Examining health information source-selection, access, and use by men in rural areas of south-east Nigeria: mapping culturally appropriate health information provision. (2018)
Thesis
EMELE, C.D. 2018. Examining health information source-selection, access, and use by men in rural areas of south-east Nigeria: mapping culturally appropriate health information provision. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The provision of accessible and usable health information is vital for making informed health decisions and embracing active and preventative health behaviours (such as reporting of symptoms, early screening and seeking medical help). Previous resear... Read More about Examining health information source-selection, access, and use by men in rural areas of south-east Nigeria: mapping culturally appropriate health information provision..

Domain-specific lexicon generation for emotion detection from text. (2018)
Thesis
BANDHAKAVI, A. 2018. Domain-specific lexicon generation for emotion detection from text. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Emotions play a key role in effective and successful human communication. Text is popularly used on the internet and social media websites to express and share emotions, feelings and sentiments. However useful applications and services built to under... Read More about Domain-specific lexicon generation for emotion detection from text..

The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. (2018)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R. 2018. The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. Library and information science research [online], 40(1), pages 45-52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2018.04.004

The existence of an information belief system is tested for the first time through innovative use of self moderated focus groups. Initial generation of information beliefs was achieved in an open, unpredicted and unbiased way through focus groups. To... Read More about The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour..

Analysis and visualization of the new architectural spatiality: light and sound topologies in museums. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
SARAOUI, S., BELAKEHAL, A., ATTAR, A. and BENNADJI, A. 2018. Analysis and visualization of the new architectural spatiality: light and sound topologies in museums. In Chau, H.-W. and Hentschke, C. dos S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th International conference of the Zero Energy Mass Customer Home Network (ZEMCH 2018), 29 January - 1 February 2018, Melbourne, Australia.

This work aims at demonstrating that like geometry or anthropology, topology can offer the architectural space a new form of dimensioning and spatiality, this would amount to a participation of daylight and sound ambiences. We will explore this new s... Read More about Analysis and visualization of the new architectural spatiality: light and sound topologies in museums..

CARE CR: cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory adaptations to routine exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods. [Protocol] (2018)
Other
NICHOLS, S., NATION, F., GOODMAN, T., CLARK, A.L., CARROLL, S. and INGLE, L. 2018. CARE CR: cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory adaptations to routine exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods. [Protocol]. BMJ open [online], 8(1), article number e019216. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019216

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Much of this improvement has been attributed to the beneficial effects of structured exercise training. However, UK-based studie... Read More about CARE CR: cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory adaptations to routine exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods. [Protocol].