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Do company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions? (2013)
Journal Article
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?.

Preparation, characterization and testing of inorganic ceramic membranes. (2013)
Thesis
OGBUKE, I. 2013. Preparation, characterization and testing of inorganic ceramic membranes. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

A novel approach to enhance the concentration of Carbon dioxide to economic scale using low efficient Inorganic Ceramic membranes has been proposed. This was achieved by the addition of second and third stage permeation trains to the existing low CO2... Read More about Preparation, characterization and testing of inorganic ceramic membranes..

Anomaly monitoring framework based on intelligent data analysis. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
RATTADILOK, P., PETROVSKI, A. and PETROVSKI, S. 2013. Anomaly monitoring framework based on intelligent data analysis. In Yin, H., Tang, K., Gao, Y., Klawonn, F., Lee, M., Weise, T., Li, B. and Yao, X. (eds.) Proceedings of the 14th International conference on intelligent data engineering and automated learning (IDEAL 2013), 20-23 October 2013, Hefei, China. Lecture notes in computer science, 8206. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 134-141. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41278-3_17

Real-time data processing has become an increasingly important challenge as the need for faster analysis of big data widely manifests itself. In this research, several Computational Intelligence methods have been applied for identifying possible anom... Read More about Anomaly monitoring framework based on intelligent data analysis..

A decision support model proving 'value for money' selection of elements and components on hospital refurbishments: development of a functioning prototype. (2013)
Journal Article
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..

Evolution of the legal framework for oil and gas exploration and production in Namibia. (2013)
Journal Article
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..

An integrated decision support model for the sustainable refurbishment of hospitals and healthcare facilities: developing a prototype. (2013)
Thesis
WILSON, G. 2013. An integrated decision support model for the sustainable refurbishment of hospitals and healthcare facilities: developing a prototype. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The National Health Service (NHS) is recognised as the largest public sector institution in Europe. This presents significant challenges in regards to operation and maintenance of the diverse built estate, and the ever-evolving clinical models of car... Read More about An integrated decision support model for the sustainable refurbishment of hospitals and healthcare facilities: developing a prototype..

Consumer behaviour in online shopping - understanding the role of regulatory focus. (2013)
Thesis
ATOROUGH, P. 2013. Consumer behaviour in online shopping - understanding the role of regulatory focus. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The behaviour of consumers on the Internet is increasingly a focus of marketing research. In particular, consumers behaviour in online shopping, from adoption motivation to post-usage behaviour, has become a major focus of research in the field of ma... Read More about Consumer behaviour in online shopping - understanding the role of regulatory focus..

Increasing the temperature stability of environmentally friendly drilling and completion fluids based on organic brine. (2013)
Thesis
KAMINSKI, L. 2013. Increasing the temperature stability of environmentally friendly drilling and completion fluids based on organic brine. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis.

Formates provide an already superior system, designed to complement synthetic polymers and extend their temperature capabilities as drilling fluids. However, as HPHT drilling continues to move into more harsh environments with expected bottom-hole te... Read More about Increasing the temperature stability of environmentally friendly drilling and completion fluids based on organic brine..

Contemplations on results from investigating the personal epistemology of computing students. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
MCDERMOTT, R., PIRIE, I., LAXER, C., CAJANDER, A. and DANIELS, M. 2013. Contemplations on results from investigating the personal epistemology of computing students. In Proceedings of the 2013 Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2013): energizing the future, 23-26 October 2013, Oklahoma City, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 6684941, pages 825-831. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6684941

'Personal Epistemology' is the analysis of the ways in which an individual perceives what constitutes knowledge, its boundaries, how it is justified, and how it is related to learning. While investigation of metacognitive strategies used by students... Read More about Contemplations on results from investigating the personal epistemology of computing students..

Undertaking qualitative health research in social virtual worlds. (2013)
Journal Article
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..

Empowering information literacy and continuing professional development of librarians: new paradigms for learning. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2013. Empowering information literacy and continuing professional development of librarians: new paradigms for learning. In Kurbanoglu, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Catts, R. and Špiranec, S. (eds.) Worldwide commonalities and challenges in information literacy research and practice: revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 2013 European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2013), 22-25 October 2013, Istanbul, Turkey. Communications in computer and information science, 397. Cham: Springer [online], pages 647-654. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_87

Information professionals play a key role in facilitating and advocating the development of information literacy in educational, organizational and everyday life contexts. However, their information literacy continuing professional needs have not att... Read More about Empowering information literacy and continuing professional development of librarians: new paradigms for learning..

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..

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)
Journal Article
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)..

Placentofagia, ¿una opción mas? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
VELO HIGUERAS, M., CAMPOS LÓPEZ, M.R. and RAMOS GARCÍA, I. 2013. Placentofagia, ¿una opción mas? Presented at the 2nd Congress of ANAMA (Asociación de Matronas de la Región de Murcia), co-located with 12th congress of FAME (Federación de Asociaciones de Matronas de España) 2013, 17-19 October 2013, Pamplona, Spain. Hosted on Blogger [online]. Available from: http://matronataurt.blogspot.com/2013/10/placentofagia-una-opcion-mas.html

Placentophagy is common practice in most mammals. Ancestral human being could have practiced it in the past, but they could stop doing it in some time in our evolutive history. In last few years, placentophagy is a trend, standing up for its potentia... Read More about Placentofagia, ¿una opción mas?.

Practising equality: issues for co-creative and participatory practices addressing social justice and equality. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
FREMANTLE, C. and HARRIS, P. 2013. Practising equality: issues for co-creative and participatory practices addressing social justice and equality. Presented at the 2013 Moving targets conference, 15-16 October 2013, Dundee, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. Held on Vimeo [online]. Available from: https://vimeo.com/77427158

This exercise started from a hunch that it would be useful to break out of the somewhat enclosed discourses in the respective fields of media and art to see if there were useful experiences and even lessons by assuming that participation and co-creat... Read More about Practising equality: issues for co-creative and participatory practices addressing social justice and equality..

Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse. (2013)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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?.