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The role of renewable and non-renewable sources for meeting future UK energy needs (2007)
Journal Article
Asif, M., Currie, J., & Muneer, T. (2007). The role of renewable and non-renewable sources for meeting future UK energy needs. International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology, 1, 372-383. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNGEE.2007.016657

Provision of sufficient, affordable and secure energy is very crucial for modern economies. Countries across the world are facing energy challenges one way or the other. This article discusses the present energy scenario of the UK and the emerging ch... Read More about The role of renewable and non-renewable sources for meeting future UK energy needs.

Robert Crawford: works for piano. (2007)
Exhibition / Performance
Ashton, N. (2007). Robert Crawford: works for piano. 1 December 2007 - 1 December 2007. (Unpublished)

'Music for Piano and Strings' includes the 2005 piano quintet with the Artists in Residence at Napier, the Edinburgh Quartet, as well as all of the major works for solo piano. It is Crawford's first offering in three years and only his second body of... Read More about Robert Crawford: works for piano..

Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation (2007)
Journal Article
Andras, P., Lazarus, J., & Roberts, G. (2007). Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7, Article 240 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-240

Background
A major cornerstone of evolutionary biology theory is the explanation of the emergence of cooperation in communities of selfish individuals. There is an unexplained tendency in the plant and animal world – with examples from alpine plants... Read More about Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation.

Strengthening of the Örnsköldsviks Bridge with Near Surface Mounted CFRP Rods (2007)
Report
Kerrouche, A. (2007). Strengthening of the Örnsköldsviks Bridge with Near Surface Mounted CFRP Rods. European Commission

During June/July 2006 a full scale loading of a railway bridge up to failure was carried out in Sweden. The opportunity to make this loading came up due to partly upgrade the old line and partly building of a new railway line, the Botnia Line, betwee... Read More about Strengthening of the Örnsköldsviks Bridge with Near Surface Mounted CFRP Rods.

Aging of the labour force and globalization. (2007)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2007). Aging of the labour force and globalization. In R. Cooper, K. Donaghy, & G. Hewings (Eds.), Globalization and Regional Economic Modelling (69-85). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72444-5_5

The rapid aging of the population structure across most developed countries is one of the main challenges facing their economies and governments (CEC 2004a).1 These changes will have significant impacts upon pension and healthcare costs, the demand f... Read More about Aging of the labour force and globalization..

Taxi Licensing, Regulation and Control: An analysis of taxi supply in medium sized UK cities (2007)
Thesis
Cooper, J. M. Taxi Licensing, Regulation and Control: An analysis of taxi supply in medium sized UK cities. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7242

The primary objective of this thesis is to provide a new approach to optimizing the supply of taxis as applied in UK cities. Taxi supply, both in the UK and elsewhere, is controlled by a series of regulations (defined in relation to controls affectin... Read More about Taxi Licensing, Regulation and Control: An analysis of taxi supply in medium sized UK cities.

Vibrational behaviour of timber floors - experimental investigations (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weckendorf, J., Zhang, B., Kermani, A., & Reid, D. (2007, November). Vibrational behaviour of timber floors - experimental investigations. Presented at The Third Scottish Conference for Postgraduate Researchers of the Built & Natural Environment (PRoBE),

Vibrational behaviour of timber floors - experimental investigations.

Benchmarking in National Health Service Procurement in Scotland (2007)
Journal Article
Walker, S., Masson, R., Telford, R., & White, D. (2007). Benchmarking in National Health Service Procurement in Scotland. Health Services Management Research, 20, 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1258/095148407782219030

The paper reports the results of a study on benchmarking activities undertaken by the procurement organization within the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, namely National Procurement (previously Scottish Healthcare Supplies Contracts Branch... Read More about Benchmarking in National Health Service Procurement in Scotland.