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The East of Scotland haematology nurse group use of the virtual classroom environment in the provision of continuous professional development through a Macmillan online lecture series. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, K., & Horn, J. (2011, October). The East of Scotland haematology nurse group use of the virtual classroom environment in the provision of continuous professional development through a Macmillan online lecture series. Poster presented at EBMT 2011

The East of Scotland Haematology Nurses Group (ESHNG) are dedicated to the provision of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of Scottish haematology nurses that often work in isolation across the country with little opportunity to network and sh... Read More about The East of Scotland haematology nurse group use of the virtual classroom environment in the provision of continuous professional development through a Macmillan online lecture series..

Representations of Community in Twentieth-Century Scottish Fiction (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2011, October). Representations of Community in Twentieth-Century Scottish Fiction. Paper presented at Association for Scottish Literary Studies (ASLS) Conference, The roots and the fruits of contemporary Scotland: literature and society, Universite Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France

Motivation to volunteer: a case study of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival (2011)
Journal Article
Barron, P., & Rihova, I. (2011). Motivation to volunteer: a case study of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2(3), 202-217. https://doi.org/10.1108/17582951111170281

Purpose – Using the inaugural Edinburgh International Magic Festival (EIMF) as a case study, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the motivational factors prevalent in a group of young event and festival volunteers.Design/methodology/approach –... Read More about Motivation to volunteer: a case study of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival.

Metamaterial resonator arrays for organic and inorganic compound sensing (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2011). Metamaterial resonator arrays for organic and inorganic compound sensing. In Proceedings Volume 8306, Photonics, Devices, and Systems V; 83060I (2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912267

In this paper, an electromagnetic metamaterial resonator operating in the terahertz frequency range is presented. By arranging the resonator in a planar array, it is possible to use the structure as a sensing device for organic and inorganic compound... Read More about Metamaterial resonator arrays for organic and inorganic compound sensing.

Ontology-driven cardiovascular decision support system (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farooq, K., Hussain, A., Leslie, S., Eckl, C., & Slack, W. (2011, May). Ontology-driven cardiovascular decision support system. Presented at 2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops, Dublin, Ireland

We discuss work-in-progress and propose an ontology driven framework for the development of a clinical expert system for chest pain risk assessment. The framework has the following key components: adaptive questionnaire, patient medical history, risk... Read More about Ontology-driven cardiovascular decision support system.

Modernity and nationhood: “Little Magazines” in Scotland. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A. (2011). Modernity and nationhood: “Little Magazines” in Scotland. In E. Dymock, & M. P. McCulloch (Eds.), Scottish & International Modernisms: Relationships and Reconfigurations, 34-46

Metamaterial-based design of biological sensors operating at THz frequencies (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2011). Metamaterial-based design of biological sensors operating at THz frequencies.

In this contribution, we present an omega-shaped electromagnetic resonator, which is of potential interest for THz biosensors. A new analytical model for such an inclusion-type is developed, considering the effects of the fringing capacitance. After... Read More about Metamaterial-based design of biological sensors operating at THz frequencies.

Modernist Cosmopolitanation: Lewis Grassic Gibbon and James Joyce. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2011, October). Modernist Cosmopolitanation: Lewis Grassic Gibbon and James Joyce. Paper presented at Scottish Network of Modernist Studies (SNoMS), Scottish Modernisms: Relationships and Reconfigurations Symposium, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Higher co-moments and asset pricing on London Stock Exchange (2011)
Journal Article
Kostakis, A., Muhammad, K., & Siganos, A. (2012). Higher co-moments and asset pricing on London Stock Exchange. Journal of Banking and Finance, 36(3), 913-922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.10.002

This study examines the asset pricing implications of preferences over the higher moments of returns’ distributions. We show that in a market populated by risk-averse, prudent and temperate investors, firms whose returns exhibit negative coskewness o... Read More about Higher co-moments and asset pricing on London Stock Exchange.

Methods of synthesizing qualitative research studies for health technology assessment (2011)
Journal Article
Ring, N., Jepson, R., & Ritchie, K. (2011). Methods of synthesizing qualitative research studies for health technology assessment. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 27(04), 384-390. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462311000389

Objectives: Synthesizing qualitative research is an important means of ensuring the needs, preferences, and experiences of patients are taken into account by service providers and policy makers, but the range of methods available can appear confusing... Read More about Methods of synthesizing qualitative research studies for health technology assessment.

Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore (2011)
Journal Article
MacPherson, R. (2011). Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore. Culture360,

Analysis of the experience of some smaller European countries’ box-office data together with that of one South Asian country suggests that, despite significantly different levels of production, the distribution of ‘hits’ is in fact very similar and c... Read More about Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore.

Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in NHS Tayside. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., Black, P., Campbell, K., & Nicol, J. (2011). Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in NHS Tayside.

Following international trends, increasing adoption of Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) have occurred in the United Kingdom (UK) in the face of economic drives towards cost-effectiveness and changes to the regulation of workforce such as junior do... Read More about Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in NHS Tayside..

Cancer survivors' exercise barriers, facilitators and preferences in the context of fatigue, quality of life and physical activity participation: a questionnaire-survey: Cancer survivors' exercise barriers (2011)
Journal Article
Blaney, J. M., Lowe-Strong, A., Rankin-Watt, J., Campbell, A., & Gracey, J. H. (2013). Cancer survivors' exercise barriers, facilitators and preferences in the context of fatigue, quality of life and physical activity participation: a questionnaire-survey: Cancer survivors' exercise barriers. Psycho-Oncology, 22(1), 186-194. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.2072

ObjectiveTo investigate the exercise barriers, facilitators and preferences of a mixed sample of cancer survivors as well as fatigue levels, quality of life (QoL) and the frequency and intensity of exercise that cancer survivors typically engage in.M... Read More about Cancer survivors' exercise barriers, facilitators and preferences in the context of fatigue, quality of life and physical activity participation: a questionnaire-survey: Cancer survivors' exercise barriers.

Palliative Care Education for Undergraduate Nurses in Practice (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, J., & Nicol, J. (2011, October). Palliative Care Education for Undergraduate Nurses in Practice. Poster presented at Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual conference 2011

Development of palliative care education sessions in the clinical setting for undergraduate nurses.

Identifying time-space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse (2011)
Journal Article
Grieco, M., & Crowther, D. (2011). Identifying time-space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse. Social responsibility journal, 7, 638-648. https://doi.org/10.1108/17471111111175182

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide conceptual provocation in the context of collective expertise on the identification of time-space constraints – a conceptual provocation that pushes understandings of routines and practices and the... Read More about Identifying time-space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse.

Rapid Internationalization and Sustained Competitive Advantage in US and UK Life Science International New Ventures: A Resource Based View (2011)
Book Chapter
Warner, K. S. R., & Carrick, J. (2011). Rapid Internationalization and Sustained Competitive Advantage in US and UK Life Science International New Ventures: A Resource Based View. In International Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences (175-193). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849808200.0001

This chapter uses the resource based view (RBV) to study rapid internationalisation and sustained competitive advantage of life science international new ventures (INVs). Applying Hitt et al (2005) RBV framework, we research life science INVs tangibl... Read More about Rapid Internationalization and Sustained Competitive Advantage in US and UK Life Science International New Ventures: A Resource Based View.

Human-machine design considerations in advanced machine-learning systems (2011)
Journal Article
Keates, S., Varker, P., & Spowart, F. (2011). Human-machine design considerations in advanced machine-learning systems. IBM Journal of Research and Development, 55(5), 4:1-4:10. https://doi.org/10.1147/JRD.2011.2163274

This paper explores issues related to human–computer interaction with the new class of machine-learning systems that represent an exciting development on the frontiers of information technology. These systems represent a significant breakthrough in h... Read More about Human-machine design considerations in advanced machine-learning systems.