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Breaking the Rules: writing reflectively for yourself. (2009)
Book Chapter
Cowan, J. (2009). Breaking the Rules: writing reflectively for yourself. In N. L. Mertens (Ed.), Writing, Processes, Tools and Techniques (109-113). Nova Science Publishers

The rules which epitomise good writing may on occasions be broken, deliberately and with what the writers judge to be good purpose. This can well occur when students or staff set out to engage effectively with their personal and professional developm... Read More about Breaking the Rules: writing reflectively for yourself..

External Examining: an Engineering Subject Centre guide. (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cowan, J. External Examining: an Engineering Subject Centre guide

This handbook was prepared for external examiners and for use in training workshops for newly appointed external examiners.

Targets to tackle the obesity epidemic: a review of twelve developed countries. (2009)
Journal Article
Crombie, I. K., Irvine, L., Elliott, L., & Wallace, H. (2009). Targets to tackle the obesity epidemic: a review of twelve developed countries. Public Health Nutrition, 12, 406-413. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980008002292

OBJECTIVE: Health targets describe government intentions for improving population health. The present paper determines whether the targets which twelve developed countries have set for obesity match the seriousness of the public health problem.

D... Read More about Targets to tackle the obesity epidemic: a review of twelve developed countries..

Key corporate governance indicators and their relation to the decision to profit maximize (2009)
Journal Article
Crossan, K. (2009). Key corporate governance indicators and their relation to the decision to profit maximize. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 21,

Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., & Smith, C. F. (2009, September). Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions

E-petitions are seen as one response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated symptoms of disengagement. In this paper, some current research into epetitioning in Europe is reviewed, and the need to understa... Read More about Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions..

A capacity-based measure of container port accessibility (2009)
Journal Article
Cullinane, K., & Wang, Y. (2009). A capacity-based measure of container port accessibility. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 12, 103-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675560902749340

Exacerbated by a global trend towards greater market concentration in shipping and port operation, competition between container ports has intensified. In evaluating port competitiveness, minimal consideration has been given to the accessibility of i... Read More about A capacity-based measure of container port accessibility.

Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Capper, G. (2009, June). Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , ICBBE 2009

Indoor and outdoor concentrations of various pollutants were measured in a naturally ventilated city centre office building in order to assess the effect upon indoor pollution levels of the closure of some streets in the city to road traffic. The rel... Read More about Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality..

Resisting change from within and without the Organisation. (2009)
Journal Article
Cutcher, L. (2009). Resisting change from within and without the Organisation. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 22(3), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810910951069

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to contribute further to our understanding of why and how employees resist workplace change. Building on previous studies exploring the link between worker subjectivity and workplace change, the paper highlights... Read More about Resisting change from within and without the Organisation..

A community-based approach to sustainable urban regeneration (2009)
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2009). A community-based approach to sustainable urban regeneration. Journal of Urban Technology, 16, 91-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630730903090354

This paper outlines the research that has been carried out to understand Large Urban Distressed Areas (LUDAs) and the community-based approach to sustainable urban regeneration that cities are developing to meet the challenges LUDAs pose. After expos... Read More about A community-based approach to sustainable urban regeneration.

Scoping Report of the implementation of the National Approach to Mentor Preparation: Core Curriculum Framework. (2009)
Report
Donaldson, J. H., Irvine, L., McArthur, G., Millar, L., & Moffat, A. (2009). Scoping Report of the implementation of the National Approach to Mentor Preparation: Core Curriculum Framework

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This project report will discuss the findings of a baseline/scoping exercise of
the National Approach to Mentor Preparation for Nurses and Midwives (Core
Curriculum Framework) (NES 2007) to six mentor preparation programmes in
S... Read More about Scoping Report of the implementation of the National Approach to Mentor Preparation: Core Curriculum Framework..

Changes in students attitudes, skills and motivation towards, and knowledge of, selling while studying a personal selling module. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Douglas, T., & Brodie, J. (2009, June). Changes in students attitudes, skills and motivation towards, and knowledge of, selling while studying a personal selling module. Presented at EFMD 2009 Conference

An investigation into sales skills gaps in young SME food firms in Scotland. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Douglas, T., & Brodie, J. (2009, July). An investigation into sales skills gaps in young SME food firms in Scotland. Presented at AM 2009 Conference

Introduction: Writing Twixt Land and Sea. (2009)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2009). Introduction: Writing Twixt Land and Sea. In L. Dryden, S. Arata, & E. Massie (Eds.), Stevenson and Conrad: writers of transition (1-12). Texas Tech University Press

Penguin Editions of Conrad: A Review Essay by Linda Dryden (2009)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2009). Penguin Editions of Conrad: A Review Essay by Linda Dryden. English literature in transition, 1880-1920, 52, 196

This is a review essay requested by the Editor of English Literature in Transition. The essay gives an overview of the importance of Joseph Conrad and then discusses the merits of the new Penguin editions of his work.

Performing Malaya. (2009)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2009). Performing Malaya. In K. Baxter, & R. Hand (Eds.), Joseph Conrad and the performing Arts (11-28). Ashgate Publishing

This is an essay in a collection called Conrad and Performance edited by Katherine Baxter and Richard Hand. It discusses how Conrad's characters in his Malay novels perform as cultural stereotypes yet retain an individual humanity.

Times indeed are changed: Conrad, "Typhoon" and Pall Mall Magazine. (2009)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2009). Times indeed are changed: Conrad, "Typhoon" and Pall Mall Magazine. Conradiana, 41, 132-152. https://doi.org/10.1353/cnd.2011.0015

This is a journal article in a special edited edition of Conradiana. It discusses Joseph Conrad's publishing history prior to and during his relationship with Pall Mall Magazine, focussing specifically on the serialization of 'Typhoon.'

An exploration of student nurses’ experiences of formative assessment (2009)
Journal Article
Duers, L. E., & Brown, N. (2009). An exploration of student nurses’ experiences of formative assessment. Nurse Education Today, 29(6), 654-659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.02.007

The idea that formative assessment has the potential to prepare students, not only to succeed in summative assessments during the course, but also in the world beyond the classroom [Melland, H., Volden, C., 1998. Classroom assessment: linking teachin... Read More about An exploration of student nurses’ experiences of formative assessment.

The effects of a distractor on the visual gaze behaviour of children at signalized road crossings (2009)
Journal Article
Egan, C. D., Willis, A., & Wincenciak, J. (2009). The effects of a distractor on the visual gaze behaviour of children at signalized road crossings. Journal of Vision, 9(8), https://doi.org/10.1167/9.8.371

Children are over-represented in pedestrian injuries. This may be explained, at least in part, by poorer attentional mechanisms at the roadside compared with skilled adults. We have recently shown that children are more likely to attend to task-irrel... Read More about The effects of a distractor on the visual gaze behaviour of children at signalized road crossings.

Mental health inequalities and mental health nursing (2009)
Journal Article
Elliott, L., & Masters, H. (2009). Mental health inequalities and mental health nursing. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(8), 762-771. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01453.x

Reducing inequalities in health, including mental health, is of high priority in many national policies. However, it is not yet known how mental health nurses might respond to these policies. Using examples from the available evidence, we argue that... Read More about Mental health inequalities and mental health nursing.

Stability of the small γ-tubulin complex requires HCA66, a protein of the centrosome and the nucleolus. (2009)
Journal Article
Fant, X., Gnadt, N., Haren, L., & Merdes, A. (2009). HCA66, a protein of the centrosome and the nucleolus. Journal of Cell Science, 122, 1134-1144. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.035238

To investigate changes at the centrosome during the cell cycle,
we analyzed the composition of the pericentriolar material
from unsynchronized and S-phase-arrested cells by gel
electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. We identified HCA66,
a protein... Read More about Stability of the small γ-tubulin complex requires HCA66, a protein of the centrosome and the nucleolus..