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Lightweight Software Product Line Based Privacy Protection Scheme for Pervasive Applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaroucheh, Z., Liu, X., Smith, S., & Zhao, H. (2011, July). Lightweight Software Product Line Based Privacy Protection Scheme for Pervasive Applications. Presented at 2011 IEEE 35th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops

Protecting user's privacy is one of the main concerns for the deployment of pervasive computing systems in the real world. In pervasive environments, the user context information is naturally distributed among different spatial or logical domains. Ma... Read More about Lightweight Software Product Line Based Privacy Protection Scheme for Pervasive Applications.

Acupuncture for gastrointestinal disorders (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D. (2011). Acupuncture for gastrointestinal disorders. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 9(6), 15-16. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2011.9.6.15

Summary There is an increasing worldwide use of CAM in gastrointestinal diseases „ Limited current evidence to support use of acupuncture in IBD and IBS „ The best acupuncture evidence relates to management of nasuea and vomiting „ It is importan... Read More about Acupuncture for gastrointestinal disorders.

The Druids: Travels in Deep England, documentary film, 72 min (2011)
Digital Artefact
Milne, L. (2011). The Druids: Travels in Deep England, documentary film, 72 min. [Documentary Film]

The Druids is an exploration of neo-pagan magical belief in the 21st Century. Shot over three years in Somerset, England, this ethnographic documentary follows a group of modern pagans and their friends through their celebrations of the ritual year i... Read More about The Druids: Travels in Deep England, documentary film, 72 min.

Ethical Dimensions of Shared Ethnicity, Language, and Immigration Experience (2011)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2011). Ethical Dimensions of Shared Ethnicity, Language, and Immigration Experience. TESL Canada Journal, 28, 72-79

In this article I illustrate how some commonalities that I share with my participants―ethnic background, native language, and immigration experience―create unexpected ethical concerns. I explore how these commonalities facilitate the establishment of... Read More about Ethical Dimensions of Shared Ethnicity, Language, and Immigration Experience.

The Criticality of Transferable Skills Development and Virtual Learning Environments Used in the Teaching of Project Management (2011)
Journal Article
Ojiako, G., Ashleigh, M., Chipulu, M., & Kai-Wang, J. (2011). The Criticality of Transferable Skills Development and Virtual Learning Environments Used in the Teaching of Project Management. Project Management Journal, 42(4), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmj.20240

Studies have found the development of transferable skills and the provision of virtual learning environments (VLEs) to be crucial to students who are learning project management. Taking these factors into consideration, this article explores why proj... Read More about The Criticality of Transferable Skills Development and Virtual Learning Environments Used in the Teaching of Project Management.

Adaptive neural network tracking control of robot manipulators with prescribed performance (2011)
Journal Article
Xie, X., Hou, Z., Cheng, L., Ji, C., Tan, M., & Yu, H. (2011). Adaptive neural network tracking control of robot manipulators with prescribed performance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 225(6), 790-797. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959651811398853

In this paper, a controller for robot manipulators is proposed to guarantee the tracking error of the systems bounded by predefined decreasing boundary. In this control scheme, a multi-layer neural network is used to approximate the unknown non-linea... Read More about Adaptive neural network tracking control of robot manipulators with prescribed performance.

BBC Radio Scotland Comedy Café. (2011)
Digital Artefact
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2011). BBC Radio Scotland Comedy Café

Contributor to pre-recorded BBC Radio Scotland programme. Also broadcast as part of the Comedy Zone programme (13 Aug 2011)

The rationale for the DREaM: Developing Research Excellence and Methods Project (2011)
Journal Article
Hall, H., Kenna, S., & Oppenheim, C. (2011). The rationale for the DREaM: Developing Research Excellence and Methods Project. Library and information research, 35(110), 43-49

The article describes the background to the development of the DREaM project, which is aimed at expanding the range of skills of UK-based researchers in the LIS field, and at developing a network of active researchers, both in academia and amongst LI... Read More about The rationale for the DREaM: Developing Research Excellence and Methods Project.

Responsiveness of the frontal EMG for monitoring the sedation state of critically ill patients (2011)
Journal Article
Walsh, T. S., Lapinlampi, T. P., Ramsay, P., Särkelä, M. O. K., Uutelo, K., & Viertiö-Oja, H. E. (2011). Responsiveness of the frontal EMG for monitoring the sedation state of critically ill patients. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 107, 710-718. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aer228

Background. Excessive sedation is associated with adverse patient outcomes during critical illness, and a validated monitoring technology could improve care. We developed a novel method, the responsiveness index (RI) of the frontal EMG. We compared R... Read More about Responsiveness of the frontal EMG for monitoring the sedation state of critically ill patients.

What would have been: nostalgia, fantasy and the past of the future. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2011, July). What would have been: nostalgia, fantasy and the past of the future. Paper presented at 3rd Annual Conference of the Apartheid Archive Project, Narratives, Nostalgia and Nationhood, Witswatersrand University, Johannesburg

A Compact Tuneable PIFLA Notched Ultra-Wideband Antenna for Wireless Applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Hraga, H., & Ramli, K. (2011). A Compact Tuneable PIFLA Notched Ultra-Wideband Antenna for Wireless Applications.

This paper proposes a compact PIFLA ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a tuneable band-notched response from 3.2 to 4.5 GHz. Tuning of the rejected frequency is realised by loading an embedded resonant slot with lumped capacitors (equivalent to varact... Read More about A Compact Tuneable PIFLA Notched Ultra-Wideband Antenna for Wireless Applications.

Dual-bands four-element antenna array design for MIMO application (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abidin, Z., Abd-Alhameed, R., Ma, Y., Ramli, R., & See, C. (2011). Dual-bands four-element antenna array design for MIMO application.

A compact of 4 x 4 crescent antennas operating on dual-band frequency in Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) application technology, printed on a relatively low dielectric constant substrate is presented. In order to enhance the mutual coupling, th... Read More about Dual-bands four-element antenna array design for MIMO application.

Consequences of customer loyalty to the loyalty program and to the company (2011)
Journal Article
Evanschitzky, H., Ramaseshan, B., Woisetschläger, D. M., Richelsen, V., Blut, M., & Backhaus, C. (2012). Consequences of customer loyalty to the loyalty program and to the company. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 40, 625-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-011-0272-3

Gaining customer loyalty is an important goal of marketing, and loyalty programs are intended to help in reaching it. Research on loyalty programs suggests that customers differentiate between loyalty to a company and loyalty to a loyalty program, ye... Read More about Consequences of customer loyalty to the loyalty program and to the company.

The impact of prenatal stress on basal nociception and evoked responses to tail-docking and inflammatory challenge in juvenile pigs (2011)
Journal Article
Sandercock, D. A., Gibson, I. F., Rutherford, K. M. D., Donald, R. D., Lawrence, A. B., Brash, H. M., …Nolan, A. M. (2011). The impact of prenatal stress on basal nociception and evoked responses to tail-docking and inflammatory challenge in juvenile pigs. Physiology and Behavior, 104(5), 728-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.07.018

The consequences of tail-docking (at 2–4 days) and prenatal stress (maternal social stress during the 2nd third of pregnancy) on baseline nociceptive thresholds and responses to acute inflammatory challenge were investigated in juvenile pigs in two s... Read More about The impact of prenatal stress on basal nociception and evoked responses to tail-docking and inflammatory challenge in juvenile pigs.

Piloting tele-monitoring in COPD: a mixed methods exploration of issues in design and implementation (2011)
Journal Article
Ure, J., Ure, J. P., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., Kidd, G., Smith, E. M., Tarling, A., Pagliari, C., Sheikh, A., MacNee, W., & McKinstry, B. (2012). Piloting tele-monitoring in COPD: a mixed methods exploration of issues in design and implementation. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 21(1), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2011.00065

Background: In 2008 NHS Lothian implemented a COPD tele-monitoring service incorporating a touch-screen computer for daily recording of symptoms and weekly oximetry and spirometry measurement. Data were transmitted by secure broadband link to a call... Read More about Piloting tele-monitoring in COPD: a mixed methods exploration of issues in design and implementation.

The skeleton: no bones about it (2011)
Journal Article
Farquharson, C., & Staines, K. (2011). The skeleton: no bones about it. Journal of Endocrinology, 211(2), 107-108. doi:10.1530/joe-11-0274

NO abstract available.

ScotPID – A model of collaboration (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A. (2011, July). ScotPID – A model of collaboration. Paper presented at 36th International conference, Improving University Teaching, Bielefeld, Germany

ScotPID is a national personal development initiative in Scotland, with thirteen higher education institutions taking part in the development of case studies which enhance personal development planning for students. As a model of collaboration, ScotP... Read More about ScotPID – A model of collaboration.

Design, kinematics, simulation, and experiment for a lower-limb rehabilitation robot (2011)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Shi, X., Liu, H., Li, L., Hou, Z., & Yu, H. (2011). Design, kinematics, simulation, and experiment for a lower-limb rehabilitation robot. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 225(6), 860-872. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959651811408978

This paper investigates and proposes a lower-limb rehabilitation robot that is used to help patients with lower-limb paralysis to improve and resume physical functions. The proposed rehabilitation robot has the feature that three rotary joints consis... Read More about Design, kinematics, simulation, and experiment for a lower-limb rehabilitation robot.