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An Evaluation of the Expansion of Nurse Prescribing in Scotland (2009)
Report
Watterson, A., Turner, F., Coull, A., Murray, I. & Boreham, N. (2009). An Evaluation of the Expansion of Nurse Prescribing in Scotland. http://www.stir.ac.uk/research/hub/publication/1636: Scottish Government

Introduction 1. Nurse prescribing first became part of the UK government's policy agenda following the Cumberlege Report (DHSS, 1986). By 2001, nurse prescribing was extended to include more nurses and to cover a wider formulary. Nurse prescribers in... Read More about An Evaluation of the Expansion of Nurse Prescribing in Scotland.

Clinical decision making (2009)
Book Chapter
Sque, M., Chipulu, M., & McGonigle, D. (2009). Clinical decision making. In M. Hall, A. Noble, & S. Smith (Eds.), A Foundation for Neonatal Care: a Multi-disciplinary Guide (235-251). Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing

What influences postgraduate trainees involvement with e-learning? (2009)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. J., Smith, S. F., & Partridge, M. R. (2009). What influences postgraduate trainees involvement with e-learning?. European Respiratory Journal, 34(suppl 53), Article 188

The Role of Context in the Construction of Police Facial Composites (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Skelton, F., Frowd, C., & Speers, K. (2009, September). The Role of Context in the Construction of Police Facial Composites. Poster presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section conference, University of Hertfordshire

Introducing Child Care Social Work: contemporary Policy and Practice (2009)
Book
Bigmore, J., & Davey, J. (2009). Introducing Child Care Social Work: contemporary Policy and Practice. Exeter: Learning Matters

This book was co-authored by students undertaking a post qualifying award in children and families social work.

Co-simulation of wireless networked control systems over mobile ad hoc network using SIMULINK and OPNET (2009)
Journal Article
Hasan, M., Yu, H., Carrington, A., & Yang, T. (2009). Co-simulation of wireless networked control systems over mobile ad hoc network using SIMULINK and OPNET. IET Communications, 3(8), 1297-1310. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-com.2008.0536

Wireless networked control systems (WNCS) over mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a new area of research and has many potential applications, for instance, military or rescue missions, exploring hazardous environments, and so on. For performance evalua... Read More about Co-simulation of wireless networked control systems over mobile ad hoc network using SIMULINK and OPNET.

Dendritic cell trafficking: from Immunology to Engineering. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., & Davoudani, D. (2009). Dendritic cell trafficking: from Immunology to Engineering. In Artificial Immune Systems (11-13). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03246-2_4

The field of Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) has derived inspiration from many different elements of the natural immune system in order to develop engineered systems that operate in environments with constraints similar to those faced by the immune s... Read More about Dendritic cell trafficking: from Immunology to Engineering..

An Investigation into Maintaining Naso-gastric Feeding for Stroke Patients: A Mixed Methods Design. (2009)
Thesis
Mahoney, C. M. An Investigation into Maintaining Naso-gastric Feeding for Stroke Patients: A Mixed Methods Design. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2744

Background Dysphagia is common after stroke, so feeding through a naso-gastric (NG) tube may be necessary. NG tubes are frequently dislodged, potentially causing feed or fluids to enter the lungs. Interventions to prevent this include taping NG tube... Read More about An Investigation into Maintaining Naso-gastric Feeding for Stroke Patients: A Mixed Methods Design..

Development of 3d lattice models for predicting nonlinear timber joint behaviour (2009)
Thesis
Reichert, T. Development of 3d lattice models for predicting nonlinear timber joint behaviour. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2827

This work presents the development of a three-dimensional lattice material model for wood and its application to timber joints including the potential strengthening benefit of second order effects. A lattice of discrete elements was used to capture t... Read More about Development of 3d lattice models for predicting nonlinear timber joint behaviour.

Hospitality as a Human Phenomenon: Host–Guest Relationships in a Post-Conflict Setting (2009)
Journal Article
Causevic, S., & Lynch, P. (2009). Hospitality as a Human Phenomenon: Host–Guest Relationships in a Post-Conflict Setting. Tourism and Hospitality Planning and Development, 6(2), 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790530902981498

This paper explores relationships between the diaspora and the new hosts in the context of the post-conflict setting of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complexity of this particular relationship cannot be conceptualised through the commercial lens of th... Read More about Hospitality as a Human Phenomenon: Host–Guest Relationships in a Post-Conflict Setting.

Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the Secret History of Cinema, documentary film, 60 min (2009)
Digital Artefact
Milne, L. (2009). Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the Secret History of Cinema, documentary film, 60 min. [Documentary Film]

Documentary feature Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the Secret History of the Cinema, directed by Sean Martin & Louise Milne.

Cardiovascular risk benefits of the CHOICE (choice of health options in prevention of cardiovascular events) program are maintained for four years: randomised controlled trial. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., Briffa, T., Ascanio, R., Bauman, A., & Freedman, S. B. (2009, August). Cardiovascular risk benefits of the CHOICE (choice of health options in prevention of cardiovascular events) program are maintained for four years: randomised controlled trial. Poster presented at European Society of Cardiology Congress

Caricaturing to Improve Face Matching (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hancock, P. J., McIntyre, A. H., & Kittler, J. (2009). Caricaturing to Improve Face Matching. In Symposium on Bio-inspired Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security, 2009. BLISS '09https://doi.org/10.1109/bliss.2009.17

Identity verification by matching face images is a common security task; is this person on a wanted list? With unfamiliar faces, this is surprisingly difficult, with error rates in the region of 30%. With photographic identification increasingly comm... Read More about Caricaturing to Improve Face Matching.

Notational analysis of scoring techniques in competitive men’s karate (2009)
Journal Article
Laird, P., & McLeod, K. (2009). Notational analysis of scoring techniques in competitive men’s karate. International journal of performance analysis in sport, 9(2), 171-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2009.11868475

The aim of this study was to determine frequencies of scoring techniques executed during a series of karate fights and whether there was a difference between the techniques used by winners and losers. A hand notation system aided by video analysis wa... Read More about Notational analysis of scoring techniques in competitive men’s karate.

An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment (2009)
Journal Article
Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2009). An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment. Europe's journal of psychology, 5(3), 96-104. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v5i3.257

The current article presents an application of attribution theory to clinical judgment, with a focus on the theory’s application to clinical judgments of violence risk assessment. While attribution theory has been applied to many diverse fields of h... Read More about An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment.

Therapeutic effects of magnetic and copper bracelets in osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo controlled crossover trial (2009)
Journal Article
Richmond, S. J., Brown, S., Campion, P. D., Porter, A. J. L., Klaber Moffett, J. A., Jackson, D. A., …Taylor, A. J. (2009). Therapeutic effects of magnetic and copper bracelets in osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo controlled crossover trial. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 17, 249-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2009.07.002

Objectives: to test the effectiveness of a typical magnetic wrist strap for reducing pain and stiffness, and for improving physical functioning amongst patients with osteoarthritis. Design: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial... Read More about Therapeutic effects of magnetic and copper bracelets in osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo controlled crossover trial.

The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets (2009)
Journal Article
Cobbe, N., Marshall, K. M., Rao, S. G., Chang, C., Di Cara, F., Duca, E., Vass, S., Kassan, A., & Heck, M. M. (2009). The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets. Journal of Cell Science, 122(18), 3414-3423. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.044610

Invadolysin is a metalloprotease conserved in many different organisms, previously shown to be essential in Drosophila with roles in cell division and cell migration. The gene seems to be ubiquitously expressed and four distinct splice variants have... Read More about The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets.

Design and evaluation of optical fibre sensors in civil engineering applications for Structural Health Monitoring (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grattan, K. T. V., Kerrouche, A., Sun, T., Grattan, S., Taylor, S. E., & Basheer, P. A. M. (2009, July). Design and evaluation of optical fibre sensors in civil engineering applications for Structural Health Monitoring. Presented at 14th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), Hong Kong, China

A number of studies on the use of optical fibre sensor techniques for structural monitoring are discussed and results obtained, both in the laboratory and in the field, are reported.

Physiotherapy management of cancer-related fatigue: a survey of UK current practice (2009)
Journal Article
Donnelly, C. M., Lowe-Strong, A., Rankin, J. P., Campbell, A., Allen, J. M., Gracey, J., & Gracey, J. H. (2010). Physiotherapy management of cancer-related fatigue: a survey of UK current practice. Supportive Care in Cancer, 18(7), 817-825. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-009-0715-2

To establish physiotherapy management of cancer-related fatigue (CRF), in particular, to determine physiotherapy exercise management of CRF.

Employability of Older People. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W. (2009). Employability of Older People.

[A Scottish demographic study concerning employability of older people in an aging population.]