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People with Learning Disabilities. (2013)
Book Chapter
Sowney, M., & Brown, M. (2013). People with Learning Disabilities. In B. Dolan, & L. Holt (Eds.), Accident & Emergency: Theory into PracticeBailliere Tindall

Process Costing: part one. (2013)
Newspaper / Magazine
Steven, G. (2013). Process Costing: part one

Process costing allocates costs to finished and partially completed products but it doesn’t provide useful control information. In the first of a two-part series, lecturer Grahame Steven from Edinburgh Napier University explains more.

Fabrication and characterisation of planar and tubular solid oxide fuel cell anodes (2013)
Thesis
Zhang, Y. Fabrication and characterisation of planar and tubular solid oxide fuel cell anodes. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6071

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) are energy conversion devices that convert the chemical energy of a fuel directly into electricity and useful heat, where the latter is recovered at the device’s high working temperature. SOFCs have become important in... Read More about Fabrication and characterisation of planar and tubular solid oxide fuel cell anodes.

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. Paper presented at HEA STEM Conference

In a time of high youth unemployment, when relevant work experience is often cited as the most important factor in finding a graduate job, computing students are being advised to pursue work placements or other work experience during their studies to... Read More about Can Pay, Should Pay? Comparing employer and student outcomes of paid and unpaid work opportunities.

Attitudes towards caring for older people: literature review and methodology: In the first of two articles, Angela Kydd and Deidre Wild discuss how the specialty could be made a more desirable career choice (2013)
Journal Article
Kydd, A. & Wild, D. (2013). Attitudes towards caring for older people: literature review and methodology: In the first of two articles, Angela Kydd and Deidre Wild discuss how the specialty could be made a more desirable career choice. Nursing Older People. 25. (3). 22-27. doi:10.7748/nop2013.04.25.3.22.e769. ISSN 1472-0795.

Care of older people is often referred to as a ‘Cinderella’ service and is not seen as an attractive career option in health care, but with the global population continuing to age, caring for this group will become increasingly important. This art... Read More about Attitudes towards caring for older people: literature review and methodology: In the first of two articles, Angela Kydd and Deidre Wild discuss how the specialty could be made a more desirable career choice.

Tweeting our way to cardiovascular health. (2013)
Journal Article
Redfern, J., Ingles, J., Neubeck, L., Johnston, S., & Semsarian, C. (2013). Tweeting our way to cardiovascular health. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 61(15), 1657-1658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.041

This study illustrates the emerging role of Twitter as a medium by which cardiovascular health information and education can be disseminated quickly, efficiently, and on a worldwide scale. Our study illustrates that Twitter not only encompasses healt... Read More about Tweeting our way to cardiovascular health..

Education programmes preparing independent prescribers in Scotland: An evaluation (2013)
Journal Article
Boreham, N., Coull, A. F., Murray, I. D., Turner-Halliday, F., & Watterson, A. E. (2013). Education programmes preparing independent prescribers in Scotland: An evaluation. Nurse Education Today, 33(4), 321-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.018

Summary Background Nurse prescribing (NP) is part of the modernisation of the health care workforce and contributes to patient care by improving access to quality services and medication, through utilisation of advanced professional skills. Nurses... Read More about Education programmes preparing independent prescribers in Scotland: An evaluation.

Monitoring information security risks within health care (2013)
Journal Article
van Deursen, N., Buchanan, W. J., & Duff, A. (2013). Monitoring information security risks within health care. Computers and Security, 37, 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2013.04.005

This paper presents an overview of possible risks to the security of health care data. These risks were detected with a novel approach to information security. It is based on the philosophy that information security risk monitoring should include h... Read More about Monitoring information security risks within health care.

Multiple Band-Notched UWB Antenna With Band-Rejected Elements Integrated in the Feed Line (2013)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S., Ho, A. T., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Brown, T. W. C., Li, J., Wei, G., & Xu, J. (2013). Multiple Band-Notched UWB Antenna With Band-Rejected Elements Integrated in the Feed Line. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 61(8), 3952-3960. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2013.2260119

To mitigate potential interferences with coexisting wireless systems operating over 3.3-3.6 GHz, 5.15-5.35 GHz, or 5.725-5.825 GHz bands, four novel band-notched antennas suitable for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications are proposed. These include UWB... Read More about Multiple Band-Notched UWB Antenna With Band-Rejected Elements Integrated in the Feed Line.

A framework for collecting inclusive design data for the UK population (2013)
Journal Article
Langdon, P., Johnson, D., Huppert, F., & Clarkson, P. J. (2015). A framework for collecting inclusive design data for the UK population. Applied Ergonomics, 46, 318-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2013.03.011

Successful inclusive product design requires knowledge about the capabilities, needs and aspirations of potential users and should cater for the different scenarios in which people will use products, systems and services. This should include: the ind... Read More about A framework for collecting inclusive design data for the UK population.

Persuasive Dialogue for Older Adults: Promoting and Encouraging Social Interaction (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vargheese, J. P., Sripada, S., Masthoff, J., Oren, N., Schofield, P., & Hanson, V. L. (2013, April). Persuasive Dialogue for Older Adults: Promoting and Encouraging Social Interaction. Presented at CHI '13: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Paris, France

We describe a persuasive dialogue component for promoting and encouraging social interaction for older adults. In order to identify effective persuasive strategies we conducted an interview study with formal carers for older adults. From the results... Read More about Persuasive Dialogue for Older Adults: Promoting and Encouraging Social Interaction.

Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lazar, J., Barbosa, S., Gulliksen, J., McEwan, T., Normand, L. M., Palanque, P., Prates, R., Tsai, J., Winckler, M., & Wulf, V. (2013, April). Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. Presented at 2013 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

There is an increasing interest in the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. This day-long workshop will examine successes and challenges related to public policy and human computer interaction, in order to provide a forum to... Read More about Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally..

UrbanixD: designing human interactions in the networked city (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., Helgason, I., Brynskov, M., Mitrovic, I., & Zaffiro, G. (2013, April). UrbanixD: designing human interactions in the networked city. Presented at CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Interaction Design, in an urban context, is an increasingly important field of research. City populations are currently in a state of rapid flux. Conurbations are fast becoming a hybrid of the physical environment and the digital datasphere. How we,... Read More about UrbanixD: designing human interactions in the networked city.

A validated design simulation tool for passive solar space heating: Results from a monitored house in West Lothian, Scotland (2013)
Journal Article
Girard, A., Muneer, T., & Caceres, G. (2014). A validated design simulation tool for passive solar space heating: Results from a monitored house in West Lothian, Scotland. Indoor and Built Environment, 23(3), 353-372. https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326X13480057

Determining the availability of renewable sources on a particular site would result in increasing the efficiency of buildings through appropriate design. The overall aim of the project is to develop a pioneering software tool allowing the assessment... Read More about A validated design simulation tool for passive solar space heating: Results from a monitored house in West Lothian, Scotland.

The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2013)
Thesis
Kerr, G. The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (Thesis). University of Warwick. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1596320

Meiosis is a specialised cell division that results in the formation of four genetically unique haploid daughter cells from one diploid parent cell. This is achieved by one round of DNA replication followed by two rounds of nuclear division. This is... Read More about The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Size-dependent physiological responses of shore crabs to single and repeated playback of ship noise (2013)
Journal Article
Radford, A. N., Wale, M. A., & Simpson, S. D. (2013). Size-dependent physiological responses of shore crabs to single and repeated playback of ship noise. Biology Letters, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.1194

Anthropogenic noise has fundamentally changed the acoustics of terrestrial and aquatic environments, and there is growing empirical evidence that even a single noise exposure can affect behaviour in a variety of vertebrate organisms. Here, we use con... Read More about Size-dependent physiological responses of shore crabs to single and repeated playback of ship noise.

Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macdonald, I. (2013). Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers (577-589)

At a time when digital media is regarded as orthodoxy in education, in advanced global economies there is a pressing argument to review the lessons of the past and reflect on whether they are still applicable. This paper will enquire into today’s iss... Read More about Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education..

The impact of career guidance on well-being outcomes (2013)
Thesis
Robertson, P. J. The impact of career guidance on well-being outcomes. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6133

The thesis explores the interrelationship between career guidance, mental health, and well-being: an area neglected by the career guidance community in the UK. This topic is explored against a background of growing interest in the connections between... Read More about The impact of career guidance on well-being outcomes.

Employee Participation in Workplace Environmental Sustainability (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bratton, A. (2013, April). Employee Participation in Workplace Environmental Sustainability. Paper presented at First Annual Sustainable Business Conference Mini-Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK