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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..

Sibling birth order, use of statutory measures and patterns of placement for children in public care: implications for international child protection systems and research. (2017)
Journal Article
HENDERSON, G., JONES, C. and WOODS, R. 2017. Sibling birth order, use of statutory measures and patterns of placement for children in public care: implications for international child protection systems and research. Children and youth services review [online], 82, pages 321-328. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.10.001

Public care of abused and neglected children is one important element of statutory intervention which aims to address the major global challenge of protecting children from abuse and neglect. Where a child is part of a sibling group, this introduces... Read More about Sibling birth order, use of statutory measures and patterns of placement for children in public care: implications for international child protection systems and research..

Design as code: facilitating collaboration between usability and security engineers using CAIRIS. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S. and IACOB, C. 2017. Design as code: facilitating collaboration between usability and security engineers using CAIRIS. In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE 2017), part of the 25th IEEE international requirements engineering conference workshops (REW 2017), 4-8 September 2017, Lisbon, Portugal. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society [online], pages 76-82. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.23

Designing usable and secure software is hard without tool-support. Given the importance of requirements, CAIRIS was designed to illustrate the form tool-support for specifying usable and secure systems might take. While CAIRIS supports a broad range... Read More about Design as code: facilitating collaboration between usability and security engineers using CAIRIS..

From requirements to operation: components for risk assessment in a pervasive system of systems. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
KI-ARIES, D., DOGAN, H., FAILY, S., WHITTINGTON, P. and WILLIAMS, C. 2017. From requirements to operation: components for risk assessment in a pervasive system of systems. In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE 2017), part of the 25th IEEE international requirements engineering conference workshops (REW 2017), 4-8 September 2017, Lisbon, Portugal. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society [online], pages 83-89. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.36

Framing Internet of Things (IoT) applications as a System of Systems (SoS) can help us make sense of complexity associated with interoperability and emergence. However, assessing the risk of SoSs is a challenge due to the independence of component sy... Read More about From requirements to operation: components for risk assessment in a pervasive system of systems..

Dissecting wage dispersion. (2017)
Journal Article
CANNON, S. and MUSTRE-DEL-RIO, J. 2017. Dissecting wage dispersion. Economic review (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) [online], 102(3), pages 35-52. Available from: https://www.kansascityfed.org/Economic%20Review/documents/544/2017-Dissecting%20Wage%20Dispersion.pdf

At any time, wages differ dramatically across US workers. Some differences in workers' hourly wages may be due to differences in observable characteristics, such as age, sex, race or education level. But substantial dispersion in wages across individ... Read More about Dissecting wage dispersion..

Collateral commentaries: construction law and the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill. (2017)
Journal Article
CHRISTIE, D. 2017. Collateral commentaries: construction law and the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill. Juridical review, 3, pages 195-202. Available from: http://www.westlaw.co.uk

Contracts create binding legal relationships between the parties to that contract. In Scotland and England, those who are not parties to a contract - 'third parties' - only gain rights in restricted circumstances. The existing historic common law rul... Read More about Collateral commentaries: construction law and the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill..

Experimental evaluation of a solar window incorporating rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrators (RACPC). (2017)
Journal Article
RAMIREZ-INIGUEZ, R., DECIGA-GUSI, J., FREIER, D., ABU-BAKAR, S.H. and MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. 2017. Experimental evaluation of a solar window incorporating rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrators (RACPC). Energy procedia [online], 130: proceedings of the 11th SNEC international photovoltaic power generation conference and exhibition (SNEC 2017), 17-20 April 2017, Shanghai, China, pages 102-107. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.402

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems have been proposed to make solar photovoltaic systems more attractive. These systems are not only capable of generating electricity, but can also contribute to minimise energy consumption in buildings b... Read More about Experimental evaluation of a solar window incorporating rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrators (RACPC)..

Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell. (2017)
Journal Article
LI, W., PAUL, M.C., SELLAMI, N., MALLICK, T.K. and KNOX, A.R. 2017. Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell. Case studies in thermal engineering [online], 10, pages 499-516. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2017.10.009

The free convective heat transfer phenomenon in an isolated, walled CCPC with PV cell is studied experimentally at 1000 W/m2 irradiance and 28.5 {deg}C ambient temperature as well as 0{deg}, 10{deg}, 20{deg}, 30{deg} and 40{deg} incidences in indoor... Read More about Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell..

Corrosion properties of anodized titanium. (2017)
Journal Article
HLINKA, J., LASEK, S. and FAISAL, N. 2017. Corrosion properties of anodized titanium. Acta metallurgica Slovaca [online], 23(3), pages 270-275. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12776/ams.v23i3.982

In this paper corrosion properties and microstructure features of amorphous self-organised TiO2 nanotubes electrochemically deposited on titanium are discussed. There was titanium of second grade used as a substrate for these experiments. There was a... Read More about Corrosion properties of anodized titanium..

Neutron scattering study of stress-strain behaviour of porous geological materials. [Dataset] (2017)
Dataset
FAISAL, N., KABRA, S., SANAEE, R. and SINGH, R.M. 2017. Neutron scattering study of stress-strain behaviour of porous geological materials. [Dataset]. Hosted on STFC ISIS neutron and muon source [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.87813334

Quantifying the relationship between stress-strain and fracture is important to the perfection of fracture capability if it is to be used as a tool for guiding failure operations in geological materials drilling. The development of fracture predictio... Read More about Neutron scattering study of stress-strain behaviour of porous geological materials. [Dataset].

The effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms and metabolic substrates on the cellular distribution of mammalian BK channels. (2017)
Thesis
ADEYILEKA-TRACZ, B.A. 2017. The effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms and metabolic substrates on the cellular distribution of mammalian BK channels. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Humans are approximately 99% similar with inter-individual differences caused in part by single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which poses a challenge for the effective treatment of disease. Bioinformatics resources can help to store and analyse ge... Read More about The effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms and metabolic substrates on the cellular distribution of mammalian BK channels..

The design, synthesis and evaluation of selective, non invasive imaging agents for atherosclerotic plaque. (2017)
Thesis
JESUDOSS, J.R. 2017. The design, synthesis and evaluation of selective, non invasive imaging agents for atherosclerotic plaque. Robert Gordon University, MPhil thesis.

The aim of this research study was the synthesis of an imaging agent, which could be used to non-invasively image atherosclerotic plaques via MRI. In order to achieve this, a library of peptide substrates designed to be substrate specific for either... Read More about The design, synthesis and evaluation of selective, non invasive imaging agents for atherosclerotic plaque..

Social and cognitive influences on prescribing decisions among non-medical prescribers. (2017)
Thesis
MCINTOSH, T. 2017. Social and cognitive influences on prescribing decisions among non-medical prescribers. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Non-medical prescribers make an increasing contribution to healthcare across the UK yet little is known about influences on their prescribing decision-making. The aim of this programme of research was to explore and describe prescribing decision-maki... Read More about Social and cognitive influences on prescribing decisions among non-medical prescribers..

Accurate AVO modelling and reservoir characterisation of the upper cretaceous deepwater reservoirs in the Vøring Basin. (2017)
Thesis
CHALMERS, B. 2017. Accurate AVO modelling and reservoir characterisation of the upper cretaceous deepwater reservoirs in the Vøring Basin. Robert Gordon University, MPhil thesis.

In an exploration setting, reservoir characterisation is concerned with the identification of fluids and lithology. Seismic interpreters seek to distinguish hydrocarbons from brine and sand from shale. Amplitude vs offset (AVO) is a fundamental techn... Read More about Accurate AVO modelling and reservoir characterisation of the upper cretaceous deepwater reservoirs in the Vøring Basin..

Influence of adipose tissue mass on bone mass in an overweight or obese population: systematic review and meta-analysis. (2017)
Journal Article
DOLAN, E., SWNTON, P.A., SALE, C., HEALY, A. and O'REILLY, J. 2017. Influence of adipose tissue mass on bone mass in an overweight or obese population: systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition reviews [online], 75(10), pagers 858-870. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nux046

Context: The scientific literature shows conflicting evidence about the relationship between adiposity and bone mass in overweight and obese populations. Objective: The aim of this review was to quantify the correlation between adipose mass (absolute... Read More about Influence of adipose tissue mass on bone mass in an overweight or obese population: systematic review and meta-analysis..

Discovering strange events in empty spaces: the role of multimodal practice and the interpretation of paranormal events. (2017)
Journal Article
IRONSIDE, R. 2017. Discovering strange events in empty spaces: the role of multimodal practice and the interpretation of paranormal events. Journal of pragmatics [online], 120, pages 88-100. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2017.09.005

This article examines how empty space may be used as an interactional resource to see, understand and categorise events as potentially paranormal. By drawing upon video data of groups noticing and negotiating their experiences of a strange event, thi... Read More about Discovering strange events in empty spaces: the role of multimodal practice and the interpretation of paranormal events..

Solar powered desalination: zero carbon footprint water desalination plants in Qatar. (2017)
Book
ALI, D. and AL SAOUD, N. 2017. Solar powered desalination: zero carbon footprint water desalination plants in Qatar. Chișinău, Moldova: LAP [online]. Available from: https://www.lap-publishing.com/catalog/details/store/gb/book/978-620-2-05340-2/solar-powered-desalination

Environmental challenges include water and energy consumption. The rapid growth in population associated with industrial and agricultural expansion, especially in industrial countries, have resulted into a higher per capita water consumption and glob... Read More about Solar powered desalination: zero carbon footprint water desalination plants in Qatar..

Copyright and digital academic library development in the UK. (2017)
Journal Article
MUIR, A. 2019. Copyright and digital academic library development in the UK. Journal of librarianship and information science [online], 51(3), pages 702-709. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617732380

Reviews the role of copyright in digital academic and research library development in the UK over the last 25 years, drawing on policy documents, legislative reviews and statutes, project documentation and programme syntheses. Finds that copyright-re... Read More about Copyright and digital academic library development in the UK..

DNA profiling of sperm cells by using micromanipulation and whole genome amplification. (2017)
Journal Article
THEUNISSEN, G.M.G., ROLF, B., GIBB, A. and JAGER, R. 2017. DNA profiling of sperm cells by using micromanipulation and whole genome amplification. Forensic science international: genetics supplement series [online], 6, pages e497-e499. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2017.09.183

The differential extraction method is based on separate lysis of vaginal cells and spermatozoa and was designed to prevent mixed DNA profiles from intimate swabs. However, DNA from the victim can still be present in the sperm fraction, and the suspec... Read More about DNA profiling of sperm cells by using micromanipulation and whole genome amplification..