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Can a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation Increase Intentions to Engage in Physical Activity in Young People with Asthma? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murray, J., Williams, B., Hoskins, G., Skar, S., McGhee, J., Gauld, D., Brown, G., Treweek, S., Sniehotta, F., Cameron, L., Sheikh, A., & Hagen, S. (2014, June). Can a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation Increase Intentions to Engage in Physical Activity in Young People with Asthma?. Presented at International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction HCI 2014: Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services

A theoretically-informed interactive animation was developed, using themes drawn from psychology, sociology, applied health research, and narrative theory, which aimed to encourage young people with asthma to engage in physical activity. The animatio... Read More about Can a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation Increase Intentions to Engage in Physical Activity in Young People with Asthma?.

Exploring organ donation with bereaved relatives: healthcare professional's experiences in 3 European countries. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neades, B. L. (2013, April). Exploring organ donation with bereaved relatives: healthcare professional's experiences in 3 European countries. Presented at International Congress ‘Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation. Global Issues, Local Solutions

Bereaved families are the crucial link in obtaining
organs for donation and are involved in the organ
donation decision making process. The challenges of
requesting organ donation from relatives have been
widely documented often resulting in orga... Read More about Exploring organ donation with bereaved relatives: healthcare professional's experiences in 3 European countries..

Evaluating the impact of the NMC(2008) approved preparation programme for mentors within the Lothian and Borders area. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neades, B. L., Lawson, B., & Watson, W. (2014, April). Evaluating the impact of the NMC(2008) approved preparation programme for mentors within the Lothian and Borders area. Presented at RCN 2014 international nursing research conference

The Lothian and Borders Mentorship Steering Group has considerable experience of preparing and supporting a large number of student mentors cohorts who have completed the mentorship in practice preparation programme. In order to address the lack of d... Read More about Evaluating the impact of the NMC(2008) approved preparation programme for mentors within the Lothian and Borders area..

Without ground: Lacanian ethics and the assumption of subjectivity. (2014)
Book
Neill, C. (2014). Without ground: Lacanian ethics and the assumption of subjectivity. Palgrave Macmillan

In this new paperback edition, Calum Neill explores the ideas of Jacques Lacan to present a powerful argument for an approach to ethics which is neither rooted in a traditional morality nor reduced to a relativism, an ethics, that is, which is withou... Read More about Without ground: Lacanian ethics and the assumption of subjectivity..

The act and the author. (2014)
Book Chapter
Neill, C. (2014). The act and the author. In I. Parker, & D. Pavón-Cuéllar (Eds.), Lacan, Discourse, Event: New Psychoanalytic Approaches to Textual Indeterminacy (270-278). Routledge

A Blended Space for Heritage Storytelling. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Keefe, B., Benyon, D., Chandwani, G., & Menon, M. (2014, September). A Blended Space for Heritage Storytelling. Presented at 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

This paper explores the role of Blending Theory, as a framework, to aid in design decisions while
deploying mobile experiences for heritage storytelling. Blending Theory provides a structured way
of thinking about how digital and physical spaces ca... Read More about A Blended Space for Heritage Storytelling..

Predictive crowding as a concept to support the assessment of disruptive Ideas: a conceptual framework (2014)
Journal Article
Peisl, T., Selen, W., Raeside, R., & Albera, T. (2014). Predictive crowding as a concept to support the assessment of disruptive Ideas: a conceptual framework. The journal of new business ideas & trends, 12(2), 1-13

Purpose - The purpose of this paper, is to develop a conceptual framework for a holistic view on how to use crowd intelligence to identify the logic of sequences to fully address the potential of crowds, and contest the common assumption that one cro... Read More about Predictive crowding as a concept to support the assessment of disruptive Ideas: a conceptual framework.

Student and staff perceptions of the use of multiple choice testing in higher education assessments. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Penny, K. I., & Brodie, J. (2014, June). Student and staff perceptions of the use of multiple choice testing in higher education assessments. Presented at EDEN 2014 Annual Conference

Introduction
Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are commonly used in higher education assessments and their use has increased alongside the availability of information and computer technology. Online MCQ testing is often considered an option to help d... Read More about Student and staff perceptions of the use of multiple choice testing in higher education assessments..

Burrows of the semi-terrestrial crab Ucides cordatus enhance CO2 release in a North Brazilian mangrove forest (2014)
Journal Article
Puelmanns, N., Diele, K., Mehlig, U., & Nordhaus, I. (2014). Burrows of the semi-terrestrial crab Ucides cordatus enhance CO2 release in a North Brazilian mangrove forest. PLOS ONE, 9(10), Article e109532. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109532

Ucides cordatus is an abundant mangrove crab in Brazil constructing burrows of up to 2 m depth. Sediment around burrows may oxidize during low tides. This increase in sediment-air contact area may enhance carbon degradation processes. We hypothesized... Read More about Burrows of the semi-terrestrial crab Ucides cordatus enhance CO2 release in a North Brazilian mangrove forest.

An introductory study of the Maltese Soundscape. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quinton, M., & McGregor, I. (2014, July). An introductory study of the Maltese Soundscape. Presented at Invisible places: sounding cities, Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place

This is an introductory study of the Maltese Soundscape and is part of an even bigger project. It introduces a soundscape diced with traditional sounds which still echo in the present and mutate and conflict with the modern sounds that are becoming p... Read More about An introductory study of the Maltese Soundscape..

Cleaning and restoring old masonry buildings - investigations of physical and chemical characteristics of masonry stones and clay bricks during cleaning (2014)
Thesis
Reza, H. Cleaning and restoring old masonry buildings - investigations of physical and chemical characteristics of masonry stones and clay bricks during cleaning. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8851

Historic buildings and monuments are a precious finite asset and powerful reminders for future generations of the work and way of life of earlier cultures and civilisations.
The stone cleaning and restoration of historic buildings is a crucial eleme... Read More about Cleaning and restoring old masonry buildings - investigations of physical and chemical characteristics of masonry stones and clay bricks during cleaning.

Dan Ridley-Ellis (2014)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2014). Dan Ridley-Ellis. The Networker,

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Adaptive learning in computing for non-native speakers. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rimbaud, Y., McEwan, T., Lawson, A., & Cairncross, S. (2014, October). Adaptive learning in computing for non-native speakers

A significant proportion of e-Learning resources for engineering and computing education appear to be exclusively in English, requiring many learners to adapt themselves to learning within an English language context. Adaptive learning has a role to... Read More about Adaptive learning in computing for non-native speakers..

Frobenius Series Solution of Fuchs Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). Frobenius Series Solution of Fuchs Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration. International Mathematical Forum, 9, 953-965. https://doi.org/10.12988/imf.2014.4491

A method is presented (with standard examples) based on an elementary complex integral expression, for developing Frobenius series solutions for second-order linear homogeneous ordinary Fuchs differential equations. The method reduces the task of fin... Read More about Frobenius Series Solution of Fuchs Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration.

Ladder-Operator Factorization and the Bessel Differential Equations (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). Ladder-Operator Factorization and the Bessel Differential Equations. International Mathematical Forum, 9, 71-80. https://doi.org/10.12988/imf.2014.311214

We present an alternative approach to the discussion of Bessel equations and Bessel functions, through an elementary factorization method. The various Bessel equations are represented by a single parameterized form and, after a standard transformatio... Read More about Ladder-Operator Factorization and the Bessel Differential Equations.

On the procedure for the series solution of second-order homogeneous linear differential equation via the complex integration method (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). On the procedure for the series solution of second-order homogeneous linear differential equation via the complex integration method. Nonlinear Analysis and Differential Equations, 2(4), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.12988/nade.2014.4713

The theory of series solutions for second-order linear homogeneous ordinary differential equation is developed ab initio, using an elementary complex integral expression (based on Herrera’ work [3]) derived and applied in previous papers [8, 9]. As w... Read More about On the procedure for the series solution of second-order homogeneous linear differential equation via the complex integration method.