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COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport for reducing carbon emissions – Final results and Conclusions. (2013)
Report
Bielefeldt, C., Bak, M., Borkowski, P., Carreno, M., Matthews, B., Stewart, K., Caramanico, G., Cooper, J., Enei, R., Biosca, O., Shibayama, T., de Stasio, C., & Schnell, O. (2013). COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport for reducing carbon emissions – Final results and Conclusions. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The motivation and the general objectives of the COMPASS project are deeply rooted in the European
Transport Policy (ETP) in the first decade of the 21st Century, with a look towards the new challenges
of the incoming second deca... Read More about COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport for reducing carbon emissions – Final results and Conclusions..

Evaluation of the pilot of an outcomes framework used in child protection cases in Falkirk council. Final Report (2013)
Report
Burgess, C., & Stone, K. (2013). Evaluation of the pilot of an outcomes framework used in child protection cases in Falkirk council. Final Report. WithScotland, University of Stirling

Moving towards a better understanding of outcomes is key to the development of legislation, policy and practice in Scotland. The evidence for the need for agreed plans to benefit children, which focus on protecting children and identifying achievable... Read More about Evaluation of the pilot of an outcomes framework used in child protection cases in Falkirk council. Final Report.

Fusiforma themisticola n. gen., n. sp., a New Genus and Species of Apostome Ciliate Infecting the Hyperiid Amphipod Themisto libellula in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), and Establishment of the Pseudocolliniidae (Ciliophora, Apostomatia) (2013)
Journal Article
Chantangsi, C., Lynn, D. H., Rueckert, S., Prokopowicz, A. J., Panha, S., & Leander, B. S. (2013). Fusiforma themisticola n. gen., n. sp., a New Genus and Species of Apostome Ciliate Infecting the Hyperiid Amphipod Themisto libellula in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), and Establishment of the Pseudocolliniidae (Ciliophora, Apostomatia). Protist, 164(6), 793-810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2013.09.001

A novel parasitic ciliate Fusiforma themisticola n. gen., n. sp. was discovered infecting 4.4% of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula. Ciliates were isolated from a formaldehyde-fixed whole amphipod and the DNA was extracted for amplification of... Read More about Fusiforma themisticola n. gen., n. sp., a New Genus and Species of Apostome Ciliate Infecting the Hyperiid Amphipod Themisto libellula in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), and Establishment of the Pseudocolliniidae (Ciliophora, Apostomatia).

Housing Innovation Showcase 2012: Building Performance Evaluation, Phase 1-Part 1 (2013)
Report
Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., & Stinson, J. (2013). Housing Innovation Showcase 2012: Building Performance Evaluation, Phase 1-Part 1. Inverness, Scotland: Kingdom Housing Association

The HIS comprised of twenty seven homes: twelve flats with communal gardens and fifteen houses with their own gardens. Within each of the blocks all of the tested dwellings varied in terms of size, form and construction technique. New technologies we... Read More about Housing Innovation Showcase 2012: Building Performance Evaluation, Phase 1-Part 1.

A Future Direction for Lighting Education? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Innes, M. (2013). A Future Direction for Lighting Education?.

For several years a momentum has been building behind efforts to provide some measure of the professional competence of lighting practitioners. This move is a natural progression towards the kind of professional recognition afforded to architects and... Read More about A Future Direction for Lighting Education?.

Is there a Right White for Museum and Gallery Lighting? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Innes, M. (2013). Is there a Right White for Museum and Gallery Lighting?.

For the last two decades, the choice of light source for gallery lighting seemed straightforward. Specifying spotlights for a conservation gallery almost always meant using low voltage tungsten halogen.

Now the go-to technology in gallery lighting... Read More about Is there a Right White for Museum and Gallery Lighting?.

The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation. (2013)
Journal Article
Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2013). The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation. Transport Policy, 30, 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.09.010

The port regionalisation concept extended earlier spatial models of port development with a focus on institutional relationships governing the complexity of inland connections. The concept accounts for the fact that modern ports operate in an increas... Read More about The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation..

The product as a point of value. (2013)
Book Chapter
Omar, M., Osei, C., Williams, J., & Williams, H. A. (2013). The product as a point of value. In A. Gbadamosi, I. Bathgate, & S. Nwankwo (Eds.), Principles of Marketing: a value-based approach, 165-198. Palgrave Macmillan

Can pay, should pay? Comparing employer and student outcomes of paid and unpaid work opportunities. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C. F., Smith, S., & Irving, C. (2013, April). Can pay, should pay? Comparing employer and student outcomes of paid and unpaid work opportunities. Presented at 2013 STEM Annual Conference

This paper looks across and beyond this project to examine the range of placement and work experience forms currently experienced by computing students, and asks the question – are all of these opportunities equal? Or more specifically, are the benef... Read More about Can pay, should pay? Comparing employer and student outcomes of paid and unpaid work opportunities..

IntelliBike: a cycling infrastructure asset management system (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, M. D., Shackleton, J., Clavey, J., & Llewellyn, R. (2013). IntelliBike: a cycling infrastructure asset management system.

Research methods employed and pilot study data results for the authors’ IntelliBike: an innovative instrumented bicycle that can be used to monitor the conditions of off-road cycling infrastructure in real-time, are presented. The IntelliBike is desi... Read More about IntelliBike: a cycling infrastructure asset management system.

Do canopy disturbances drive forest plantations into more natural conditions? A case study from Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam. (2013)
Journal Article
Vogt, J., Kautz, M., Herazo, M. L. F., Triet, T., Walther, D., Saint-Paul, U., …Berger, U. (2013). Do canopy disturbances drive forest plantations into more natural conditions? A case study from Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam. Global and Planetary Change, 110, 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.09.002

Large areas of mangrove forests were devastated in South Viet Nam during the second Indochina war. After its end in 1975, extensive reforestation with monocultures took place. Can Gio, one of the biggest replanted sites with about 20,000 ha of mangro... Read More about Do canopy disturbances drive forest plantations into more natural conditions? A case study from Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam..

Transformative professional learning: embedding critical literacies in the classroom (2013)
Journal Article
Sangster, P., Stone, K., & Anderson, C. (2013). Transformative professional learning: embedding critical literacies in the classroom. Professional Development in Education, 39(5), 615-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2012.751617

This article reports on part of a wider study in which a group of teachers opted for a new model of continuing professional development (CPD) that was offered by one local authority (LA) in Scotland. In collaboration with the LA, the teachers selecte... Read More about Transformative professional learning: embedding critical literacies in the classroom.

Forest expansion in Scotland and its potential effects on black grouse Tetrao tetrix conservation (2013)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2013). Forest expansion in Scotland and its potential effects on black grouse Tetrao tetrix conservation. Forest Ecology and Management, 308, 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.038

Increasing forest cover has been the policy of various countries in recent decades. The Scottish government aims to increase national forest cover from 18% to 25% by 2050. Mid-altitude upland areas above farmland and below the natural tree line will... Read More about Forest expansion in Scotland and its potential effects on black grouse Tetrao tetrix conservation.

Left in the dark about asthma: Older asthma patients are often unaware of their potentially fatal condition and how to manage it effectively until a severe attack strikes, say Elaine Carnegie and Angela Jones (2013)
Journal Article
Carnegie, E., & Jones, A. (2013). Left in the dark about asthma: Older asthma patients are often unaware of their potentially fatal condition and how to manage it effectively until a severe attack strikes, say Elaine Carnegie and Angela Jones. Nursing Older People, 25(9), 11-11. https://doi.org/10.7748/nop2013.11.25.9.11.s14

THE PREVALENCE of asthma in older people in developed countries has been estimated at between 6 and 10 per cent of the population (Cardona et al 2011). The proportion of the overall number of asthma deaths in the over-65s remains high – 75 per cent;... Read More about Left in the dark about asthma: Older asthma patients are often unaware of their potentially fatal condition and how to manage it effectively until a severe attack strikes, say Elaine Carnegie and Angela Jones.

Vibration Transient Detection of Broken Rotor Bars by PSH Sidebands (2013)
Journal Article
Climente-Alarcon, V., Antonino-Daviu, J. A., Vedreno-Santos, F., & Puche-Panadero, R. (2013). Vibration Transient Detection of Broken Rotor Bars by PSH Sidebands. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 49(6), 2576-2582. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2013.2265872

In recent years, the study of transients of induction motors for diagnosis purposes has gained strength in order to overcome some inherent problems of the classical diagnosis of such machines, which uses Fourier analysis of steady-state quantities. N... Read More about Vibration Transient Detection of Broken Rotor Bars by PSH Sidebands.

New technologies in prevention of cardiovascular disease. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neubeck, L. (2013, November). New technologies in prevention of cardiovascular disease. Presented at National heart foundation of Australia cardiac rehabilitation forum, Sydney, Australia. (Unpublished)

Professionalism - is it sustainable. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster, B. (2013, November). Professionalism - is it sustainable. Presented at Scottish Collaboration for the Enhancement of Pre-registrationNursing Conference, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

No abstract available.

Catching Two European Birds With One Renewable Stone Mitigating Climate Change Relieving Recession (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Creutzig, F., Christoph Goldschmidt, J., Lehmann, P., Schmid, E., von Blücher, F., Breyer, C., …Susca, T. Catching Two European Birds With One Renewable Stone Mitigating Climate Change Relieving Recession

The threat of climate change and other risks for ecosystems and human health require a transition of the energy system from fossil fuels towards renewable energies and higher efficiency. The European geographical periphery, and specifically Southern... Read More about Catching Two European Birds With One Renewable Stone Mitigating Climate Change Relieving Recession.

European Cities Can Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation by Changing Urban Albedo (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Susca, T., & Creutzig, F. European Cities Can Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation by Changing Urban Albedo

The IPCC Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report found that since pre-industrial times until 2005, Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC) led to an increase in Earth´s albedo mainly due to the deforestation and the modification of land for agricultu... Read More about European Cities Can Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation by Changing Urban Albedo.

ADePT (algorithm for decision-making after pilot and feasibility trials): a decision aid for progression from feasibility study to main trial (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bugge, C., Williams, B., & Hagen, S. (2013, November). ADePT (algorithm for decision-making after pilot and feasibility trials): a decision aid for progression from feasibility study to main trial. Presented at 2nd Clinical Trials Methodology Conference: Methodology Matters, 18 – 19 November 2013, , Edinburgh, Scotland

Background: Complex intervention guidance advocates pilot trials and feasibility studies as part of a phased approach to development, testing and evaluation of healthcare interventions. In this paper an example of a feasibility study and pilot trial... Read More about ADePT (algorithm for decision-making after pilot and feasibility trials): a decision aid for progression from feasibility study to main trial.