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Body roll in swimming: a review (2010)
Journal Article
Psycharakis, S., & Sanders, R. (2010). Body roll in swimming: a review. Journal of Sports Sciences, 28, 219-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410903508847

In this article, we present a critical review of the swimming literature on body roll, for the purposes of summarizing and highlighting existing knowledge, identifying the gaps and limitations, and stimulating further research. The main research find... Read More about Body roll in swimming: a review.

Concept Neighbourhoods in Lexical Databases (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Priss, U., & Old, L. J. (2010, March). Concept Neighbourhoods in Lexical Databases. Presented at International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis ICFCA 2010: Formal Concept Analysis, Agadir, Morocco

This paper discusses results from an experimental study of concept
neighbourhoods in WordNet and Roget’s Thesaurus. The general aim of this research is to determine ways in which neighbourhood lattices can be derived in real time from a lexical data... Read More about Concept Neighbourhoods in Lexical Databases.

Concept neighbourhoods in knowledge organisation systems. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Priss, U., & Old, L. J. (2010, February). Concept neighbourhoods in knowledge organisation systems. Presented at Eleventh international ISKO conference, Rome, Italy

This paper discusses the application of concept neighbourhoods (in the sense of Formal Concept Analysis) to Knowledge Organisation Systems.
Examples are provided using Roget’s Thesaurus, WordNet and Wikipedia categories

Combining FCA software and Sage. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Priss, U. (2010, October). Combining FCA software and Sage. Presented at International Conference on Concept Lattices and Their Applications

Engaging students in learning: managing retention and reducing attrition. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pollock, C., Brown, N., Chalmers, C., Laird, P., & Laybourn, P. (2010, December). Engaging students in learning: managing retention and reducing attrition. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University staff conference

No abstract available.

Simulating Ucides cordatus population recovery on fished grounds. (2010)
Book Chapter
Piou, C., Berger, U., & Diele, K. (2010). Simulating Ucides cordatus population recovery on fished grounds. In Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil (299-303). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13457-9_20

The recovery of fishing grounds of Ucides cordatus populations in the Caeté Peninsula is a recurrent process due to individual movements. However, these movements could not be observed in the field. A pattern-oriented modeling approach was used to in... Read More about Simulating Ucides cordatus population recovery on fished grounds..

Knowledge management: Information and communication technologies usage in Scottish and Croatian students. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Penny, K. I., Dukic, G., & Dukic, D. (2010, June). Knowledge management: Information and communication technologies usage in Scottish and Croatian students. Presented at Information Technology Interfaces 2010

The aim of this research study was to explore students' use of ICT in higher education in Scotland and Croatia. A questionnaire survey to gather information was administered at two universities. The sample comprises 450 students at Edinburgh Napier U... Read More about Knowledge management: Information and communication technologies usage in Scottish and Croatian students..

Prison health needs assessment for alcohol problems. (2010)
Preprint / Working Paper
Parkes, T., MacAskill, S., Brooks, O., Jepson, R., Atherton, I., Doi, L., McGhee, S., & Eadie, D. Prison health needs assessment for alcohol problems

A comparative study of in-band and out-of-band VOIP protocols in layer 3 and layer 2.5 environments (2010)
Thesis
Pallis, G. A comparative study of in-band and out-of-band VOIP protocols in layer 3 and layer 2.5 environments. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4005

For more than a century the classic circuit-switched telephony in the form of PSTN (Public Service Telephone Network) has dominated the world of phone communications (Varshney et al., 2002). The alternative solution of VoIP (Voice over Internet Proto... Read More about A comparative study of in-band and out-of-band VOIP protocols in layer 3 and layer 2.5 environments.

Copper Homeostasis in Salmonella is atypical and Copper-CueP Is a major periplasmic metal complex (2010)
Journal Article
Osman, D., Waldron, K. J., Denton, H., Taylor, C. M., Grant, A. J., Mastroeni, P., Robinson, N. J., & Cavet, J. S. (2010). Copper Homeostasis in Salmonella is atypical and Copper-CueP Is a major periplasmic metal complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 25259-25268. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.145953

Salmonella enterica sv. typhimurium (S. enterica sv. Typhimurium) has two metal-transporting P1-type ATPases whose actions largely overlap with respect to growth in elevated copper. Mutants lacking both ATPases over-accumulate copper relative to wild... Read More about Copper Homeostasis in Salmonella is atypical and Copper-CueP Is a major periplasmic metal complex.

Using emerging markets as a means to diversify the industrial base. (2010)
Book
Omar, M., Williams, J., & Ensor, J. (2010). Using emerging markets as a means to diversify the industrial base. Edinburgh Napier Universtiy, School of Accounting and Economics

E-consumer and the drive behind customer satisfaction: the Chinese online (2010)
Journal Article
Omar, M. (2010). E-consumer and the drive behind customer satisfaction: the Chinese online. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2, 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEBR.2010.032296

The purpose of this paper is to present and validate a model of factors influencing the customers' satisfaction on internet shopping in China. To attain these, a questionnaire was sent to 300 potential Chinese customers. The findings indicate that th... Read More about E-consumer and the drive behind customer satisfaction: the Chinese online.

One amongst many: the ethical significance of Antigone and the films of Lars von Trier. (2010)
Book Chapter
Neill, C. (2010). One amongst many: the ethical significance of Antigone and the films of Lars von Trier. In S. E. Wilmer, & A. Zukauskaite (Eds.), Interrogating Antigone in postmodern philosophy and criticism (135-146). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199559213.003.0008

Like Sophocles' Antigone, the work of Lars von Trier is often called upon to illustrate a point regarding ethics. Among those who so use these works are many Lacanians, such as Žižek, and, indeed, Lacan himself draws on Antigone in The Ethics of Psyc... Read More about One amongst many: the ethical significance of Antigone and the films of Lars von Trier..

Use of solar PV and hot water for buildings. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muneer, T., & Bowmaker, H. (2010, June). Use of solar PV and hot water for buildings

Sustainable energy for world economies (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muneer, T. (2010, December). Sustainable energy for world economies. Presented at Energy Options Impact on Regional Security

Energy is inevitable for human life and a secure and accessible supply of energy is crucial for the sustainability of modern societies. Yet mankind now faces challenges of depletion of fossil fuel reserves, global warming and other environmental conc... Read More about Sustainable energy for world economies.

Environmental sustainability in the construction Industry in developing countries: a study of embodied energy of low-cost housing. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mpakati Gama, E., Wamuziri, S., & Sloan, B. (2010, September). Environmental sustainability in the construction Industry in developing countries: a study of embodied energy of low-cost housing. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference

The embodied energy (EE) of a residential building is estimated at 20-40% of
operation energy over its total usable life. However, this varies from one context to
the other due to the primary energy used, technological advancement of a particular... Read More about Environmental sustainability in the construction Industry in developing countries: a study of embodied energy of low-cost housing..

Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer patients: Implications for nurses (2010)
Journal Article
Morris, M., & Cruickshank, S. (2010). Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer patients: Implications for nurses. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14, 205-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2009.12.003

Purpose

This paper reports a review of the literature with a specific focus on osteonecrosis of the jaw. Bisphosphonate drugs are commonly used in the treatment of bone disease secondary to myeloma and solid tumours, such as breast and prostate ca... Read More about Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer patients: Implications for nurses.

The effect of government policy and funding on short sea shipping in Scotland. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Monios, J. (2010, July). The effect of government policy and funding on short sea shipping in Scotland. Presented at World Association of Transportation Research (WCTR),

Investigating the interaction design challenges of developing applications and services for multi-touch, multi-user collaboration technologies. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mival, O. (2010, June). Investigating the interaction design challenges of developing applications and services for multi-touch, multi-user collaboration technologies. Presented at Create 10

Analysis of malicious affiliate network activity as a test case for an investigatory framework. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Miehling, M. J., Buchanan, W. J., Old, L. J., Batey, A., & Rahman, A. (2010, July). Analysis of malicious affiliate network activity as a test case for an investigatory framework

Currently there is a great deal of literature surrounding methods that can be used to de-tect click-fraud, but there is very little published work on actual cases of click-through fraud. The aim of this paper is to present the details of a real-life... Read More about Analysis of malicious affiliate network activity as a test case for an investigatory framework..