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Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness. (2011)
Journal Article
Mayock, P., Corr, M., & O'Sullivan, E. (2011). Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness. Child and Family Social Work, 16, 391-401. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00753.x

The families of homeless young people are most often portrayed as a precipitating factor in their homelessness. However, recent studies, particularly those taking a longitudinal approach, have drawn attention to the enabling role of family members an... Read More about Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness..

Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition. (2011)
Journal Article
Mayock, P., O'Sullivan, E., & Corr, M. (2011). Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition. Housing Studies, 26, 803-826. doi:10.1080/02673037.2011.593131

In the past decade in particular, research attention has shifted from an almost exclusive focus on routes or pathways into homelessness towards the investigation of exits from homelessness. As well as demonstrating the multiple paths possible for you... Read More about Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition..

Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at sprint pace (2011)
Journal Article
McCabe, C., Psycharakis, S., & Sanders, R. (2011). Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at sprint pace. Journal of Sports Sciences, 29, 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2010.523090

The purpose of this study was to use three-dimensional methods to determine whether there are distinct kinematic differences between sprint and distance front crawl swimmers when swimming at a sprint pace. Seven sprint and eight distance specialists... Read More about Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at sprint pace.

Estimating metabolic heat loss in birds and mammals by combining infrared thermography with biophysical modelling (2011)
Journal Article
McCafferty, D. J., Gilbert, C., Paterson, W., Pomeroy, P. P., Thompson, D., Currie, J., & Ancel, A. (2011). Estimating metabolic heat loss in birds and mammals by combining infrared thermography with biophysical modelling. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 158, 337-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.09.012

Infrared thermography (IRT) is a technique that determines surface temperature based on physical laws of
radiative transfer. Thermal imaging cameras have been used since the 1960s to determine the surface
temperature patterns of a wide range of bir... Read More about Estimating metabolic heat loss in birds and mammals by combining infrared thermography with biophysical modelling.

Changing audiences: the case of the Penguin "Ulysses". (2011)
Book Chapter
McCleery, A. (2011). Changing audiences: the case of the Penguin "Ulysses". In G. Allen, C. Griffin, & M. O'Connell (Eds.), Readings on audience and textual materiality (131-142). Chatto and Pickering

The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory (2011)
Journal Article
McCreaddie, M., Lyons, I., Horsburgh, D., Miller, M., & Frew, J. (2011). The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory. Gastroenterology Nursing, 34, 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1097/SGA.0b013e31820b2254

Hepatitis C has a global prevalence of 3%, causing chronic infection in 75% of cases, and is currently the main cause of liver transplant in the United Kingdom. This study reviewed patients' and service providers' perspectives on hepatitis C as an en... Read More about The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory.

Affliate advertising fraud and an investigatory fraud framework. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Miehling, M. J., Buchanan, W. J., & Lawson, A. (2011). Affliate advertising fraud and an investigatory fraud framework. In CyberForensics 2011

This paper outlines the details of a real-life scam, which involves creating fraudulent Web sites which pretend to sell goods, but are actually used to perform click-through crime or use identity fraud to claim commission on the sale of goods. It inv... Read More about Affliate advertising fraud and an investigatory fraud framework..

Unpacking stored and storied knowledge: Elicited biographies of activism in mental health (2011)
Journal Article
Milligan, C., Kearns, R., & Kyle, R. G. (2011). Unpacking stored and storied knowledge: Elicited biographies of activism in mental health. Health and Place, 17, 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.016

In this paper we consider the potential of autobiographical narratives for accessing ‘storied knowledge’ in research around geographies of health voluntarism. We firstly consider what is meant by elicited autobiography and how the narrative approach... Read More about Unpacking stored and storied knowledge: Elicited biographies of activism in mental health.

Remodelling Home: engaging the public in architectural and design debate through participatory design (2011)
Journal Article
Milton, A., Winton, E., & Hollis, E. (2011). Remodelling Home: engaging the public in architectural and design debate through participatory design. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal - Annual Review, 5, 509-526

The “Remodelling Home” project was created for Scotland’s Housing Expo by Claystation, in collaboration with Sustainability, the Scottish Government’s mechanism for promoting sustainable design in the built environment. The Expo was the first event o... Read More about Remodelling Home: engaging the public in architectural and design debate through participatory design.

Future of Interactive technologies (2011)
Thesis
Mohammed, N. Future of Interactive technologies. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4659

The concept of interactivity continuously enhances our day-to-day living, allowing us to experience a more convenient and enjoyable life style. Existing analogue technologies such as the internet, mobile phone and satellite have now entered their dig... Read More about Future of Interactive technologies.

Predicting Malaysian managers' objective and subjective career success. (2011)
Journal Article
Mohd Rasdi, R., Ismail, M., & Garavan, T. N. (2011). Predicting Malaysian managers' objective and subjective career success. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22, 3528-3549. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.560878

Compared with the extensive research on managerial career in the west, little has emerged from Asia. This study reports an investigation of the determinants of objective and subjective career success of managers working in the Malaysian public sector... Read More about Predicting Malaysian managers' objective and subjective career success..

The role of inland terminal development in the hinterland access strategies of Spanish ports. (2011)
Journal Article
Monios, J. (2011). The role of inland terminal development in the hinterland access strategies of Spanish ports. Research in Transportation Economics, 33, 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2011.08.007

The aim of this paper is to understand how inland terminals are developed in relation both to ports and to other inland terminals within a national system.

The paper builds on previous work developing inland terminal taxonomies and applies them to... Read More about The role of inland terminal development in the hinterland access strategies of Spanish ports..

Location splitting or structural transformation? Giving a direction to port regionalisation. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2011). Location splitting or structural transformation? Giving a direction to port regionalisation. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists

As theoretical approaches to port development have advanced over the years, the role of
the inland terminal has attracted increasing focus, particularly under the framework of port
regionalisation. This paper will explore port regionalisation in di... Read More about Location splitting or structural transformation? Giving a direction to port regionalisation..

Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa (2011)
Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E., Wamuziri, S., & Sloan, B. (2011). Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa. The Built and Human Environment Review, 4, 41-55

As the knowledge and understanding of environmental impacts associated with buildings increase, methods of assessing the impacts are also improving in building research. This paper attempts to analyse how applicable the conventional and improved proc... Read More about Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Environmental monitoring and evaluation in Sub-Sahara Africa – a state of the art review (2011)
Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E., Wamuziri, S., & Sloan, B. (2011). Environmental monitoring and evaluation in Sub-Sahara Africa – a state of the art review. Built & Human Environment Reivew, 4, 56-63

The knowledge and understanding of the environmental related problems associated with development activities has increased rapidly in recent years. Consequently, arise in adoption of appraisal tools for monitoring environmental performance is also ev... Read More about Environmental monitoring and evaluation in Sub-Sahara Africa – a state of the art review.