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Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning. (2013)
Journal Article
RANA, R. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2014. Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning. Omega [online], 47, pages 116-126. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.10.004

This paper examines the problem of establishing a pricing policy that maximizes the revenue for selling a given inventory by a fixed deadline. This problem is faced by a variety of industries, including airlines, hotels and fashion. Reinforcement lea... Read More about Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning..

Recent development of flax fibres and their reinforced composites based on different polymeric matrices. (2013)
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ZHU, J., ZHU, H., NJUGUNA, J. and ABHYANKAR, H., 2013. Recent development of flax fibres and their reinforced composites based on different polymeric matrices. Materials [online], 6(11), pages 5171-5198. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma6115171

This work describes flax fibre reinforced polymeric composites with recent developments. The properties of flax fibres, as well as advanced fibre treatments such as mercerization, silane treatment, acylation, peroxide treatment and coatings for the e... Read More about Recent development of flax fibres and their reinforced composites based on different polymeric matrices..

Is a claim for post-employment victimisation currently permissible under the Equality Act 2010? (2013)
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MIDDLEMISS, S. 2014. Is a claim for post-employment victimisation currently permissible under the Equality Act 2010? International journal of discrimination and the law [online], 14(2), pages 117-125. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1358229113510825

This article provides an overview of the current legal rules dealing with post-employment victimisation and an analysis of the nature and scope of the law on this issue in the United Kingdom. The main focus of the article is to consider the conflicti... Read More about Is a claim for post-employment victimisation currently permissible under the Equality Act 2010?.

Sustainable approach to regenerating residential form and density: case in Dhaka. (2013)
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ZAMAN, Q.M.M. and LAING, R. 2013. Sustainable approach to regenerating residential form and density: case in Dhaka. Urban studies research [online], Article ID 783792. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/783792

This paper presents principles and praxis of sustainable approach to maintaining targeted residential regeneration by density yet achieving innovations in urban form in a contextual scenario of Dhaka City, the capital of Bangladesh. It is evident fro... Read More about Sustainable approach to regenerating residential form and density: case in Dhaka..

How to save a theatre: The Orpheum, Vancouver. (2013)
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LAING, R. 2013. How to save a theatre: The Orpheum, Vancouver. Structural survey [online], 31(5), pages 355-367. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/SS-01-2013-0010

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to concern the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, which survived the threat of major internal demolition and rebuilding during the 1960s and early 1970s. The building has subsequently undergone significant restoration... Read More about How to save a theatre: The Orpheum, Vancouver..

Do company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions? (2013)
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OWUSU, A. and WEIR, C. 2013. Do company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions? A survey approach. Journal of modern accounting and auditing [online], 9(11), pages 1526-1534. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17265/1548-6583/2013.11.010

This paper examines whether company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions within Ghanaian listed firms. Using a survey approach, the respondents, who were company executives and non-executive directors with knowledge... Read More about Do company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions?.

Healthy city manifesto: can we afford to keep urban planning and design away from public health? (2013)
Journal Article
MAHTAB-UZ-ZAMAN, Q.M. 2013. Healthy city manifesto: can we afford to keep urban planning and design away from public health? Global built environment review [online], 8(3), pages 3-10.

Conventional notion and praxis of unravelling the discipline of 'urban planning and design' from 'built environment and health' [Corburn, 2004] has contributed to urban conditions unwieldy enough to question the liveability and sustainability [Hill &... Read More about Healthy city manifesto: can we afford to keep urban planning and design away from public health?.

National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation. (2013)
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MORRISON, Z., FERNANDO, B., KALRA, D., CRESSWELL, K. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [online], 21(3), pages 492-500. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001666

Objective: We aimed to explore stakeholder views, attitudes, needs, and expectations regarding likely benefits and risks resulting from increased structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records (EHRs). Materials and me... Read More about National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation..

Evolution of the legal framework for oil and gas exploration and production in Namibia. (2013)
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MOLLER, L. 2013. Evolution of the legal framework for oil and gas exploration and production in Namibia. Oil, gas and energy law (OGEL) [online], 2013(5). Available from: www.ogel.org/article.asp?key=3383

This article highlights the existing national legal framework in Namibia relating to the exploration and production of offshore petroleum resources. It gives a brief summary of the historical context before discussing the extent to which the policy a... Read More about Evolution of the legal framework for oil and gas exploration and production in Namibia..

A decision support model proving 'value for money' selection of elements and components on hospital refurbishments: development of a functioning prototype. (2013)
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WILSON, G. and KISHK, M. 2013. A decision support model proving 'value for money' selection of elements and components on hospital refurbishments: development of a functioning prototype. Construction engineering [online], 1(3), pages 53-61. Available from: http://www.seipub.org/ce/Download.aspx?ID=8702

Capital investment in current economic circumstances, is severely challenged. This is especially evident within the NHS built estate. Estate managers and Design Teams have a duty to achieve Value for Money on projects; yet, no measured and standardis... Read More about A decision support model proving 'value for money' selection of elements and components on hospital refurbishments: development of a functioning prototype..

Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: a case study on the solar thermal system. (2013)
Journal Article
ABU-BAKAR, S.H., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., RAMIREZ-INIGUEZ, R., MUNIR, A.B., YASIN, S.H.M., MALLICK, T.K., MCLENNAN, C. and RAHIM, R.A. 2014. Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: a case study on the solar thermal system. Energy policy [online], 65, pages 552-561. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.018

This short communication paper focuses on the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme in the United Kingdom (UK); and in particular, on its implication on domestic installations of solar thermal systems (STSs). First, a short review on the STS in the U... Read More about Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: a case study on the solar thermal system..

Undertaking qualitative health research in social virtual worlds. (2013)
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MCELHINNEY, E., CHEATER, F.M. and KIDD, L. 2014. Undertaking qualitative health research in social virtual worlds. Journal of advanced nursing [online], 70(6), pages 1267-1275. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12281

Aims: This paper discusses the methodological challenges of using the 3D social virtual world Second Life for research and offers some solutions on a range of research issues including research ethics committee approval, gaining consent, recruitment... Read More about Undertaking qualitative health research in social virtual worlds..

Acceptability and perceived barriers and facilitators to creating a national research register to enable 'direct to patient' enrolment into research: the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE). (2013)
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GRANT, A., URE, J., NICOLSON, D.J., HANLEY, J., SHEIKH, A., MCKINSTRY, B. and SULLIVAN, F. 2013. Acceptability and perceived barriers and facilitators to creating a national research register to enable 'direct to patient' enrolment into research: the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE). BMC health services research [online], 13, article number 422. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-422

Background: Difficulties with recruitment pose a major, increasingly recognised challenge to the viability of research. We sought to explore whether a register of volunteers interested in research participation, with data linkage to electronic health... Read More about Acceptability and perceived barriers and facilitators to creating a national research register to enable 'direct to patient' enrolment into research: the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE)..

Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2013. Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 7(4), pages 316-339. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-09-2012-0051

Purpose: This research paper aims to examine how organized criminals rescript their identities to engage with entrepreneurship discourse when authoring their biographies. From a sociological perspective, stereotypes and social constructs of the entre... Read More about Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse..

The effect of very low-calorie diets on renal and hepatic outcomes: a systematic review. (2013)
Journal Article
ROLLAND, C., MAVROEIDI, A., JOHNSTON, K.L. and BROOM, J. 2013. The effect of very low-calorie diets on renal and hepatic outcomes: a systematic review. Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity: targets and therapy [online], 6, pages 393-401. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S51151

Very low-calorie diets (VLCDs) are an effective means by which to induce clinically significant weight loss. However, their acceptance by health care practitioners and the public is generally lower than that for other nonsurgical weight loss methods.... Read More about The effect of very low-calorie diets on renal and hepatic outcomes: a systematic review..

Senior charge nurses’ leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method study. (2013)
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AGNEW, C. and FLIN, R. 2014. Senior charge nurses' leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method. International journal of nursing studies [online], 51(5), pages 768-780. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.10.001

Background: High standards of quality and patient safety in hospital wards cannot be achieved without the active role of the nursing leaders that manage these units. Previous studies tended to focus on the leadership behaviours of nurses in relation... Read More about Senior charge nurses’ leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method study..

A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. (2013)
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CRESSWELL, K., COLEMAN, J., SLEE, A., MORRISON, Z. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine [online], 107(1), pages 8-13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813502955

Hospital electronic prescribing (or ePrescribing) systems have the potential to reduce drug-related morbidity and mortality. However, their implementation and adoption has been slow to date, despite the considerable service interest in implementing s... Read More about A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations..

Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media? (2013)
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GOTTSCHALK, P. and SMITH, R. 2015. Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media? Journal of gender studies [online], 24(3), pages 310-325. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2013.841571

Using documentary research methodology, we collected empirical data from three national Norwegian newspapers to examine the issue of gender and white-collar crime to examine representations of women in the media. Only 8 out of the 179 white-collar cr... Read More about Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media?.

Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2015. Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings. Family business review [online], 28(1), pages 76-82. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486513504585

The purpose of this research note is to illustrate the usefulness of the qualitative method of visual ethnography in producing new insights into family business research by investigating the 'lived narrative' of a family business in Scotland. The ove... Read More about Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings..

Supporting the creative industries: the rationale for an exchange of thinking between the art and business schools. (2013)
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KEARNEY, G. and HARRIS, P., 2013. Supporting the creative industries: the rationale for an exchange of thinking between the art and business schools. International journal of education through art [online], 9(3), pages 311-326. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1386/eta.9.3.311_1

Increasing interest in the concept of the Creative Industries with emphasis upon the industry aspect, presents questions as to how Art Schools can best prepare students. Indeed the industrial aspect encourages consideration of business and entreprene... Read More about Supporting the creative industries: the rationale for an exchange of thinking between the art and business schools..