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Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., van den Hoven, E., & Oakley, I. (2013, February). Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task. Presented at 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction - TEI '13

This paper explores how different interfaces to a problem-solving task affect how users perform it. Specifically, it focuses on a customized version of the game of Four-in-a-row and compares play on a physical, tangible game board with that conducted... Read More about Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task.

Increasing learners’ satisfaction/intention to adopt more e‐learning (2013)
Journal Article
Sawang, S., Newton, C., & Jamieson, K. (2013). Increasing learners’ satisfaction/intention to adopt more e‐learning. Education and Training, 55(1), 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911311295031

Purpose
E‐learning is an organizationally risky investment given the cost and poor levels of adoption by users. In order to gain a better understanding of this problem, the aim of this paper is to conduct a study into the use of e‐learning in a rail... Read More about Increasing learners’ satisfaction/intention to adopt more e‐learning.

An investigation of a healthcare management system with the use of multimodal interaction and 3D simulation: a technical note (2013)
Journal Article
Alfalah, S., Harrison, D., Charissis, V., & Evans, D. (2013). An investigation of a healthcare management system with the use of multimodal interaction and 3D simulation: a technical note. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 26(1/2), 183-197. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410391311289622

Current healthcare applications produce a complex and inaccessible set of data that often needs to be investigated simultaneously. As such the conflicting software applications and mental effort being demanded from the user result in time-consuming a... Read More about An investigation of a healthcare management system with the use of multimodal interaction and 3D simulation: a technical note.

Spatial and institutional characteristics of inland port development in China (2013)
Journal Article
Monios, J., & Wang, Y. (2013). Spatial and institutional characteristics of inland port development in China. GeoJournal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-013-9473-2

This paper examines the spatial and institutional characteristics of the emerging trend of inland port development in China. The paper analyses a sample of 18 major inland ports in three geographical clusters, comparing observed issues with similar d... Read More about Spatial and institutional characteristics of inland port development in China.

A critical analysis of evidence-based practice in UK healthcare: The case of asthma action plans. (2013)
Thesis
Ring, N. A critical analysis of evidence-based practice in UK healthcare: The case of asthma action plans. (Thesis). University of Stirling. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/975082

Evidence-based practice is an integral part of multi-disciplinary healthcare, but its routine clinical implementation remains a challenge internationally. Written asthma action plans are an example of sub-optimal evidence-based practice because, desp... Read More about A critical analysis of evidence-based practice in UK healthcare: The case of asthma action plans..

Assessing Cognitive Therapy Instead Of Neuroleptics: Rationale, study design and sample characteristics of the ACTION trial (2013)
Journal Article
Morrison, A. P., Wardle, M., Hutton, P., Davies, L., Dunn, G., Brabban, A., Byrne, R., Drage, L., Spencer, H., & Turkington, D. (2013). Assessing Cognitive Therapy Instead Of Neuroleptics: Rationale, study design and sample characteristics of the ACTION trial. Psychosis, 5(1), 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2012.756539

Aims:
Recent evidence regarding over-estimation of the efficacy of antipsychotics and under-estimation of their toxicity, as well as emerging data regarding alternative treatment options, suggest it may be time to introduce patient choice. However,... Read More about Assessing Cognitive Therapy Instead Of Neuroleptics: Rationale, study design and sample characteristics of the ACTION trial.

Match injuries in English youth academy and schools rugby union, an epidemiological study (2013)
Journal Article
Palmer-Green, D. S., Stokes, K. A., Fuller, C. W., England, M., Kemp, S. P., & Trewartha, G. (2013). Match injuries in English youth academy and schools rugby union, an epidemiological study. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 41(4), 749-755. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546512473818

Background - Numerous injury epidemiology studies have reported injury patterns in senior rugby union, but investigations in youth rugby are limited.
Purpose - To describe the nature of injuries resulting from match play within the English youth rug... Read More about Match injuries in English youth academy and schools rugby union, an epidemiological study.

The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (2013)
Journal Article
Blair, J., Angus, N. J., Lauder, W. J., Atherton, I., Evans, J., & Leslie, S. J. (2014). The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 13(1), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515113477272

Background: Despite the established benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) attendance rates remain variable. Physical barriers to attendance have been extensively investigated but relatively less is known about the relationship between attendance at... Read More about The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation.

Penguin and post-colonial publishing 1948–1972 (2013)
Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2013). Penguin and post-colonial publishing 1948–1972. Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 48(1), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021989412470950

This article examines the trading structures within which UK publishers operated in the markets of Empire and Commonwealth and, in doing so, concentrates on the development there of Penguin Books. It proposes a model of this development mapped onto a... Read More about Penguin and post-colonial publishing 1948–1972.

Separating Religions and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution (2013)
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2013). Separating Religions and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution. In A. K. Thiruvengadam, V. Raghavan, & S. Khilnani (Eds.), Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia (116-144). Oxford University Press

This chapter investigates Bhutan's constitutional history up to the 2008 Constitution. It specifically reflects on the relationship between Buddhism, the new Constitution, and the avowed secular nature of the contemporary Bhutanese State. It then exp... Read More about Separating Religions and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution.

Impact of lifespan on nursing interventions (2013)
Book Chapter
Tait, D. (2013). Impact of lifespan on nursing interventions. In C. Brooker, & A. Waugh (Eds.), Foundations of Nursing Practice (159-192). (2nd). Elsevier

Abstract not available.

Declining total cholesterol levels and increasing lipid lowering therapy use at presentation in patients with acute coronary syndrome. (2013)
Journal Article
Chan, T., Ranasinghe, I., Neubeck, L., Hyun, K., Brieger, D., Aliprandi-Costa, B., Lefkovits, J., Devlin, G., Juergens, C., Turnbull, F., Chew, D., & Freedman, S. (2013). Declining total cholesterol levels and increasing lipid lowering therapy use at presentation in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 22(Supp. 1), S61-S62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.147

Abstract from the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting and the International Society for Heart Research Australasian Section Annual Scientific Meeting, 8-11 Aug 2013, Gold Coast

Screening education and recognition in community pHarmacies of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (SEARCH-AF Stroke Prevention Study) (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lowres, N., Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., McLachlan, A., Krass, I., Bennett, A., Briffa, T., Selkeld, G., Brieger, D., Sy, R., Baumann, A., & Freedman, S. Screening education and recognition in community pHarmacies of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (SEARCH-AF Stroke Prevention Study)

BACKGROUND:
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a high risk of stroke and may often be asymptomatic. AF is commonly undiagnosed until patients present with sequelae, such as heart failure and stroke. Stroke secondary to AF is highly preventa... Read More about Screening education and recognition in community pHarmacies of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (SEARCH-AF Stroke Prevention Study).

Human MHC Class I-restricted high avidity CD4 + T cells generated by co-transfer of TCR and CD8 mediate efficient tumor rejection in vivo (2013)
Journal Article
Xue, S.-A., Gao, L., Ahmadi, M., Ghorashian, S., Barros, R. D., Pospori, C., Holler, A., Wright, G., Thomas, S., Topp, M., Morris, E. C., & Stauss, H. J. (2013). Human MHC Class I-restricted high avidity CD4 + T cells generated by co-transfer of TCR and CD8 mediate efficient tumor rejection in vivo. OncoImmunology, 2(1), Article e22590. https://doi.org/10.4161/onci.22590

In this study, we generated human MHC Class I-restricted CD4+ T cells specific for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV), two herpesviridae associated with lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and medulloblastoma, respectively. Retroviral... Read More about Human MHC Class I-restricted high avidity CD4 + T cells generated by co-transfer of TCR and CD8 mediate efficient tumor rejection in vivo.

Investigating gaps in higher civil engineering education regarding students’ level of knowledge and understanding of basic structural concepts (2013)
Thesis
Tsechelidou, E. Investigating gaps in higher civil engineering education regarding students’ level of knowledge and understanding of basic structural concepts. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6076

A key issue for young graduates of civil engineering is their ability to obtain the necessary knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts of civil engineering, which are necessary to work with success in real projects. The literature review ind... Read More about Investigating gaps in higher civil engineering education regarding students’ level of knowledge and understanding of basic structural concepts.

Construction of the Lothian PROM. (2013)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Telfer, I., Kelly, E., Bunniss, S., & Mowat, H. (2013). Construction of the Lothian PROM. Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy, 16, 3

What we know already
Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are an increasingly popular and prevalent method of ascertaining the impact of an intervention in health. For example there are PROMs measuring the success of intervention in diabetes, s... Read More about Construction of the Lothian PROM..