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Improving the safety of school travel via bus warning signage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fraser, R., & Carreno, M. (2011, October). Improving the safety of school travel via bus warning signage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Paper presented at European Transport Conference 2011

Following two fatal accidents involving local school children who were alighting school buses in September 2008, Aberdeenshires local authority has progressed a number of demonstration projects that sought to improve the safety of home-to-school tran... Read More about Improving the safety of school travel via bus warning signage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland..

In a class of their own: the autodidact impulse and working class readers in twentieth century Scotland. (2011)
Book Chapter
Fleming, L., McCleery, A., & Finkelstein, D. (2011). In a class of their own: the autodidact impulse and working class readers in twentieth century Scotland. In The History of Reading, Volume 2, evidence from the British Isles , c1750-1950 (189-205). Palgrave Macmillan

In a class of their own: the autodidact impulse and working class readers in twentieth century Scotland.

Language choices and 'blind shadows': investigating interviews with Chinese participants (2011)
Journal Article
Cortazzi, M., Pilcher, N., & Jin, L. (2011). Language choices and 'blind shadows': investigating interviews with Chinese participants. Qualitative Research, 11(5), 505-535. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794111413225

This article shows the importance of the language chosen for research interviewing when more than one language could be used. It does so through the context of research with Chinese speakers published in English. The article has two research aims: fi... Read More about Language choices and 'blind shadows': investigating interviews with Chinese participants.

A frequency-based maritime container assignment model (2011)
Journal Article
Bell, M. G. H., Angeloudis, P., Liu, X., Fonzone, A., & Hosseinloo, S. H. (2011). A frequency-based maritime container assignment model. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 45, 1152-1161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2011.04.002

This paper transfers the classic frequency-based transit assignment method of Spiess and Florian to containers demonstrating its promise as the basis for a global maritimecontainerassignmentmodel. In this model, containers are carried by shipping lin... Read More about A frequency-based maritime container assignment model.

Characterisation of carbohydrate transport in the solventogenic organism Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 (2011)
Thesis
Bird, E. J. Characterisation of carbohydrate transport in the solventogenic organism Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6194

Fossil fuels are a finite resource, which are subject to erratic price fluctuations and are contributing to disruption of the global carbon cycle. There is a requirement to establish a renewable, sustainable and secure fuel source that can reduce wor... Read More about Characterisation of carbohydrate transport in the solventogenic organism Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824.

The importance of village and rural pubs to community life and peoples well being (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Canduela, J., Cabras, I., & Raeside, R. (2011). The importance of village and rural pubs to community life and peoples well being

In Great Britain the make-up of rural communities is changing. Young
individuals are moving to cities and the population of rural communities is
ageing. In this context, it is important to sustain and enhance people’s
well-being and community cohe... Read More about The importance of village and rural pubs to community life and peoples well being.

The Role of Skills in the Transition from Worklessness into Sustainable Jobs with Progression (2011)
Report
Devins, D., Bickerstaffe, T., Nunn, A., Mitchell, B., McQuaid, R. W., Egdell, V., & Lindsay, C. (2011). The Role of Skills in the Transition from Worklessness into Sustainable Jobs with Progression

This study is shaped by the recognition that while there has been a great deal of policy development around the transition from unemployment and inactivity to employment over the last decade, policy has not been sufficiently informed about how best t... Read More about The Role of Skills in the Transition from Worklessness into Sustainable Jobs with Progression.

Demo Hour: Anthony Otten, Daniel Schulze, Mie Sorensen, Di Mainstone, Tim Murray-Browne (2011)
Journal Article
Helgason, I. (2011). Demo Hour: Anthony Otten, Daniel Schulze, Mie Sorensen, Di Mainstone, Tim Murray-Browne. Interactions, 18, 8-9. https://doi.org/10.1145/2008176.2008179

These Demo Hour projects were curated by Ingi Helgason, a researcher and design lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University and the Open University. The projects were presented at Create ‘10, hosted by Edinburgh Napier University, as part of the conferen... Read More about Demo Hour: Anthony Otten, Daniel Schulze, Mie Sorensen, Di Mainstone, Tim Murray-Browne.

Research into attitudes to environmental noise from concerts. NANR292 Final Report. (2011)
Report
Lurcock, D., MacKenzie, R., & Smith, S. (2011). Research into attitudes to environmental noise from concerts. NANR292 Final Report

The purpose of this report is to analyse the results of the social study together
with the event noise to determine potential correlations that will help inform the
review of the Noise Council‟s Code of Practice on Environmental Noise Control
at C... Read More about Research into attitudes to environmental noise from concerts. NANR292 Final Report..

Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay (2011)
Journal Article
Lv, Y. C., Cullinane, K., & Lu, P. (2011). Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 97-98, 659-663. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.97-98.659

Container handling in the ports of the Bohai Bay region is analyzed from the perspective of the competitiveness of the Port of Qingdao. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is applied to this problem based on the main factors affecting the com... Read More about Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay.

The digestion of chitin by callitrichids (2011)
Thesis
Macdonald, C. The digestion of chitin by callitrichids. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6654

Studies of wild callitrichids reveal limited data about their complex diets. As insectivorous primates it is likely that they can digest chitin. Using the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, as a model, this study assessed chitin digestibility and w... Read More about The digestion of chitin by callitrichids.

"My Home Is My Castle": Defiance of the Commercial Homestay Host in Tourism (2011)
Journal Article
McIntosh, A., Lynch, P., & Sweeney, M. (2011). "My Home Is My Castle": Defiance of the Commercial Homestay Host in Tourism. Journal of Travel Research, 50, 509-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287510379160

The intrinsic nature of small tourism business provision has rarely been captured in previous literature, but it has recently
gained momentum within scholarly discourse exploring the role of the “home” in tourism and hospitality. This article
contr... Read More about "My Home Is My Castle": Defiance of the Commercial Homestay Host in Tourism.

Partnership action for continuing employment (PACE) -early intervention. (2011)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., & Hollywood, E. (2011). Partnership action for continuing employment (PACE) -early intervention

The Employment Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University was
commissioned by the Scottish Government to help develop a future
delivery model for the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment
(PACE). Building upon an earlier report by the... Read More about Partnership action for continuing employment (PACE) -early intervention..

An investigation of highly skilled Bangladeshi migration in the UK: a micro study of Edinburgh and London. (2011)
Thesis
Mohsin, M. An investigation of highly skilled Bangladeshi migration in the UK: a micro study of Edinburgh and London. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5217

Migration is a spatial phenomenon and is the movement of the people one of state/country administrative unit to another, alone or together with others, for a short visit or a long period of time, for the purpose of permanent and temporary residence o... Read More about An investigation of highly skilled Bangladeshi migration in the UK: a micro study of Edinburgh and London..

An evaluation to assess the implementation of NHS delivered Alcohol Brief Interventions: Final Report. (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
Parkes, T., Atherton, I., Evans, J., Gloyn, S., McGhee, S., Stoddart, B., …Choudury, H. (2011). An evaluation to assess the implementation of NHS delivered Alcohol Brief Interventions: Final Report.

Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) have been identified as an effective strategy for treating people whose alcohol consumption is posing a risk to their health. As part of its Alcohol Strategy the Scottish Government established a health improvement... Read More about An evaluation to assess the implementation of NHS delivered Alcohol Brief Interventions: Final Report..

Youth participation through distributed discussion. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Taylor-Smith, E., & Kimpeler, S. (2011, September). Youth participation through distributed discussion. Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

The paper describes an eParticipation project, piloted in four EU countries: Estonia, Germany, Ireland and the UK. HUWY, Hub Websites for Youth Participation, was an initiative where young people were invited to think about current and future problem... Read More about Youth participation through distributed discussion..

A randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing fatigue with gynaecological cancer survivors (2011)
Journal Article
Donnelly, C., Blaney, J., Lowe-Strong, A., Rankin, J., Campbell, A., McCrum-Gardner, E., & Gracey, J. (2011). A randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing fatigue with gynaecological cancer survivors. Gynecologic Oncology, 122(3), 618-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.05.029

Objective To determine the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing cancer-related fatigue among gynaecological cancer survivors during and post anti-cancer treatments. Methods A two arm, single blin... Read More about A randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing fatigue with gynaecological cancer survivors.