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The rationale and practice of gender specific employability services. (2014)
Report
Dutton, M., Lister, B., Canduela, J., Botfield, J., & Drogony, M. (2014). The rationale and practice of gender specific employability services. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Government

As the pace of labour market activation and welfare reform increases, women are increasingly expected to engage with the labour market. In many cases this transition will be managed effectively by the individual with minimal third party support. Howe... Read More about The rationale and practice of gender specific employability services..

From The City Of Bits to E-Topia: Space, Citizenship and Community as Global Strategy. (2014)
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2014). From The City Of Bits to E-Topia: Space, Citizenship and Community as Global Strategy. International Journal of E-Adoption, 6, https://doi.org/10.4018/ijea.2014010102

Mitchell's book on the City of Bits, sets out a vision of urban life literally done to bits. His next book e-topia, provides the counter-point to this vision of urban life and scenario where the city is no longer left in bits and pieces, but a place... Read More about From The City Of Bits to E-Topia: Space, Citizenship and Community as Global Strategy..

BS 8605-1:2012 External timber cladding – Part 1: Method of specifying (2014)
Other
Davies, I. (2014). BS 8605-1:2012 External timber cladding – Part 1: Method of specifying

This part of BS 8605 was prepared by BSI Panel B/543/-/2, under the authority of Technical Committee B/543. Edinburgh Napier University are represented on these committees and were technical authors of this standard.

The Standard complements the h... Read More about BS 8605-1:2012 External timber cladding – Part 1: Method of specifying.

A form finding method for post formed timber grid shell structures. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
D'Amico, B., Kermani, A., & Zhang, H. (2014). A form finding method for post formed timber grid shell structures. . https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.3949.8888

Timber grid shells provide efficient ways of covering large openings with relatively small amount of materials. With three-dimensional CAD software, it is now possible to model a free-form surface and discretize it in smaller straight elements, thus... Read More about A form finding method for post formed timber grid shell structures..

Thermal assessment of internal shutters and window film applied to traditional single glazed sash and case windows (2014)
Report
Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., & Jonnard, M. (2014). Thermal assessment of internal shutters and window film applied to traditional single glazed sash and case windows. Scotland: National Trust of Scotland, Historic Scotland

This report describes the work conducted by the Scottish Energy Centre (SEC) at Edinburgh Napier University for the National Trust of Scotland, measuring the thermal transmittance (U-value), for two types of glazing insulation: shutters and film. The... Read More about Thermal assessment of internal shutters and window film applied to traditional single glazed sash and case windows.

Information literacy, policy issues and employability (2014)
Journal Article
Crawford, J., & Irving, C. (2014). Information literacy, policy issues and employability. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Comparative Studies, Volume, 8-25

Although the term information literacy dates back to 1974 it has developed as a powerful information ideology only in the past twenty years. There is still much debate about how it should be defined and what topics it embraces. It remains largely loc... Read More about Information literacy, policy issues and employability.

OPENsenima - Open Source Energy Interceptors for Mobile Apps (Guest Technical Presentation). (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chinenyeze, S. (2014). OPENsenima - Open Source Energy Interceptors for Mobile Apps (Guest Technical Presentation). In Presentations in 2nd GreenCode Lab Euro Conference

In software engineering interceptors are components (or pattern - a way of design) that changes or augments the usual processing cycle of a system. Interceptors can be used for intelligent decision making which consequently improves the user experien... Read More about OPENsenima - Open Source Energy Interceptors for Mobile Apps (Guest Technical Presentation)..

Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security

The growing extent to which our day-to-day infrastructure is computer-controlled and internet-connected leaves it open to the possibility that malicious hackers could intercept data or take control of devices. Often this sort of critical infrastructu... Read More about Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security..

How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees

TweetDeck, a Twitter app with millions of users, is back online after a rather surprising security scare. For several hours, the service was taken down all because a 19-year-old user tried to add a cute heart to his messages.

The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals (2014)
Journal Article
Bergqvist, R., & Monios, J. (2014). The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals. World review of intermodal transportation research, 5(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1504/writr.2014.065040

Public sector actors often provide financial or planning support to intermodal terminal developments with the aim of achieving societal benefits through modal shift from road haulage to rail transport. Once operational, such terminals exhibit a varie... Read More about The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals.

Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism. (2014)
Journal Article
Ayan, S., & Benyon, D. (2014). Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism. International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design, 7(2), 1-12

This work relates heavily to blended space theory and the trajectories approach previously done in this field. Imaz and Benyon have introduced the ideas of conceptual blending to analyze developments in HCI and software engineering. Benford explains... Read More about Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism..

Temporal Multivariate Networks. (2014)
Book Chapter
Archambault, D., Abello, J., Kennedy, J., Kobourov, S., Ma, K., Miksch, S., Muelder, C., & Telea, A. C. (2014). Temporal Multivariate Networks. In A. Kerren, H. Purchase, & M. Ward (Eds.), Multivariate Network Visualization (151-175). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06793-3_8

In this chapter, we define, characterize, and summarize the data and visualization techniques relating to temporal multivariate networks. Section 2.1.1 provides definitions and examples that characterize the networks we address in this chapter. We fu... Read More about Temporal Multivariate Networks..

Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study. (2014)
Thesis
Arbelet, A. (2014). Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7334

Over ten years ago, major changes in the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology led to its explosion in popularity. GPS devices are now ubiquitous, escorting their users everywhere they go, and potentially recording the entirety of their whereabo... Read More about Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study..

Modelling the relationship between pilgrims’ pedestrian casualties and land use type: a case study of Al Madinah Al Monawarah (2014)
Thesis
Alahmadi, R. N. Modelling the relationship between pilgrims’ pedestrian casualties and land use type: a case study of Al Madinah Al Monawarah. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8797

The growing fatality of road traffic accidents in most cities constitutes a public health challenge. Annually, about 1.24 million people are killed from road accidents, among which more than one fifth of these deaths occur among pedestrians. Pedestri... Read More about Modelling the relationship between pilgrims’ pedestrian casualties and land use type: a case study of Al Madinah Al Monawarah.

Travel behaviour in Saudi Arabia and the role of social factors. (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Atawi, A. M., & Saleh, W. (2014). Travel behaviour in Saudi Arabia and the role of social factors. Transport, 29, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2014.91319

Travel behaviour research indicates that travel decisions are usually influenced by accessibility as well as characteristics of the transport systems. Factors such as travel times, travel costs, waiting times, walking times have the most significant... Read More about Travel behaviour in Saudi Arabia and the role of social factors..

From intelligent to smart cities. (2014)
Book
(2014). M. Deakin, & H. Al Waer (Eds.), From intelligent to smart cities. Routledge/ Taylor and Francis

The concept of smart cities offers a revolutionary vision of urban design for sustainability. Utilising the intelligent application of new technologies, smart cities also incorporate considerations of social and environmental capital in order to tran... Read More about From intelligent to smart cities..

Creating smart-er cities (2014)
Book
Deakin, M. (Ed.). (2014). Creating smart-er cities. Routledge/ Taylor and Francis

Drawing upon the smart experiences of "world class" cities in n.America, Canada and Europe, this book provides the evidence to show how entrepreneurship-based and market dependent representations of knowledge production are now being replaced by a co... Read More about Creating smart-er cities.

Communicating Process Architectures 2014 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2014). Communicating Process Architectures 2014. In P. H. Welch, F. R. M. Barnes, J. F. Broenink, K. Chalmers, T. Gibson-Robinson, R. Ivimey-Cook, …M. L. Smith (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2014

CPA 2014 is one of an annual series of conferences organised over almost thirty years concerned with the design of parallel systems inspired by the Theory of Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) of C. A. R. Hoare. Particular aims are the promotio... Read More about Communicating Process Architectures 2014.

Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England (2014)
Book
Schwan, A. (2014). Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England. Durham: University of New Hampshire Press

In this lively study of the development and transformation of voices of female offenders in nineteenth-century England, Anne Schwan analyzes a range of colorful sources, including crime broadsides, reform literature, prisoners' own writings about imp... Read More about Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England.