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Investigation into Maintaining Naso-gastric Feeding for Stroke Patients. A Mixed Methods Study. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahoney, C. (2009, March). Investigation into Maintaining Naso-gastric Feeding for Stroke Patients. A Mixed Methods Study. Presented at Postgraduate Research Conference, Edinburgh Napier University

Mahoney, C. (2009, March). Investigation into Maintaining Naso-gastric Feeding for Stroke Patients. A Mixed Methods Study. Presented at Postgraduate Research Conference, Edinburgh Napier University

Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people (2009)
Journal Article
Lyons, I., & Paterson, R. (2009). Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people. Emergency Nurse, 16(10), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.7748/en2009.03.16.10.26.c6851

People over the age of 65 make up about 20 per cent of the population of Scotland (Wood and Bain 2001). They also account for 185,000 emergency hospital admissions a year across the country, a figure that is expected to rise to 397,000 by 2021 (NHS Q... Read More about Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people.

Improving the Quality of Police Facial Composites (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Skelton, F., Frowd, C., & Speers, K. (2009, March). Improving the Quality of Police Facial Composites. Poster presented at SET for Britain, London, UK

I was invited to present this research, shortlisted from over 600 applications. SET for Britain recognises excellence in Early Career Researchers.

Enhanced FBG sensor-based system performance assessment for monitoring strain along a prestressed CFRP rod in structural monitoring (2009)
Journal Article
Kerrouche, A., Boyle, W., Sun, T., Grattan, K., Schmidt, J., & Täljsten, B. (2009). Enhanced FBG sensor-based system performance assessment for monitoring strain along a prestressed CFRP rod in structural monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 151(2), 127-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2009.02.030

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor-based systems have been widely used for many engineering applications including most recently a number of applications in structural health monitoring. It is well known that strain and temperature both affect the FBG... Read More about Enhanced FBG sensor-based system performance assessment for monitoring strain along a prestressed CFRP rod in structural monitoring.

The alternative splice variant of DAPK-1, s-DAPK-1, induces proteasome-independent DAPK-1 destabilization. (2009)
Journal Article
Lin, Y., Stevens, C., Harrison, B., Pathuri, S., Amin, E., & Hupp, T. R. (2009). The alternative splice variant of DAPK-1, s-DAPK-1, induces proteasome-independent DAPK-1 destabilization. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 328(1-2), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-009-0079-4

Death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK-1) is a Ca2+/CaM-regulated kinase involved in multiple cellular signalling pathways that trigger cell survival, apoptosis, and autophagy. An alternatively spliced product expressed from the dapk1 locus, named s... Read More about The alternative splice variant of DAPK-1, s-DAPK-1, induces proteasome-independent DAPK-1 destabilization..

The impact of physical environment on employee commitment in call centres: The mediating role of employee well‐being (2009)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., & McLaren, L. (2009). The impact of physical environment on employee commitment in call centres: The mediating role of employee well‐being. Team Performance Management, 15(1/2), 35-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527590910937702

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the effect of the physical environment on employee commitment. It explores how favourable working conditions can affect an employee's sense of well‐being which in turn can generate higher levels of em... Read More about The impact of physical environment on employee commitment in call centres: The mediating role of employee well‐being.

Student part‐time employment: Implications, challenges and opportunities for higher education (2009)
Journal Article
Barron, P., & Anastasiadou, C. (2009). Student part‐time employment: Implications, challenges and opportunities for higher education. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 21, 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110910935642

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern of part‐time working amongst a cohort of full time hospitality and tourism students studying at a university in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach Students studying hospitality and tou... Read More about Student part‐time employment: Implications, challenges and opportunities for higher education.

Identifying components of a network having high importance for network integrity (2009)
Patent
Young, M. P., Andras, P. E., & O'Neill, M. A. (2009). Identifying components of a network having high importance for network integrity. US20090062136A1

A computer system (2) is provided which is arranged to receive network data (1) identifying nodes and links between nodes. The computer system (2) processes the input network data (1) to utilise the network topology to identify nodes and links having... Read More about Identifying components of a network having high importance for network integrity.

A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions. (2009)
Journal Article
Pai, C., Hwang, K. P., & Saleh, W. (2009). A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions. Accident analysis and prevention, 41(3), 565-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.007

Research suggested that motorists’ right-of-way (ROW) violation in automobile–motorcycle gap-acceptance accidents at priority (i.e., stop-/yield-controlled) T-intersections has been a safety concern to motorcyclists. This study examines the character... Read More about A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions..

Reframing: Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Women at the Beginning of the Breast Cancer Experience (2009)
Journal Article
Ching, S. S. Y., Martinson, I. M., & Wong, T. K. S. (2009). Reframing: Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Women at the Beginning of the Breast Cancer Experience. Qualitative Health Research, 19(3), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732309331867

In this article, we present findings from a larger study that explored how Chinese women cope with breast cancer. We report on the process of early psychological adjustment, along with contextual factors and how they influence the women's coping mech... Read More about Reframing: Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Women at the Beginning of the Breast Cancer Experience.

Beyond the United States and Japan: testing Yamagishi's emancipation theory of trust across 31 nations. (2009)
Journal Article
Gheorghiu, M. A., Vignoles, V. L., & Smith, P. B. (2009). Beyond the United States and Japan: testing Yamagishi's emancipation theory of trust across 31 nations. Social Psychology Quarterly, 72(4), 365-383. https://doi.org/10.1177/019027250907200408

We examined the relationship between Individualism/Collectivism and generalized social trust across 31 European nations participating in the European Social Survey. Using multi-level regression analyses, the current study provides the first empirical... Read More about Beyond the United States and Japan: testing Yamagishi's emancipation theory of trust across 31 nations..

The recognition and adoption of the recovery approach by occupational therapists in acute psychiatric settings in Ireland. (2009)
Journal Article
Hurley, E., & McKay, E. A. (2009). The recognition and adoption of the recovery approach by occupational therapists in acute psychiatric settings in Ireland. The Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 37,

This qualitative study aimed to establish how occupational therapists have implemented Recovery principles in acute psychiatric hospitals in Ireland. Recovery can be defined as a "deeply personal, unique process of changing one's attitudes, values, f... Read More about The recognition and adoption of the recovery approach by occupational therapists in acute psychiatric settings in Ireland..

A Wire-Grid Adaptive Meshing Program for Microstrip Patch Antenna Designs Using a Genetic Algorithm (2009)
Journal Article
Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., & Excel, P. (2009). A Wire-Grid Adaptive Meshing Program for Microstrip Patch Antenna Designs Using a Genetic Algorithm. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 51(1), 147-151. https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2009.4939045

A program to adaptively generate equivalent wire-grid structures for electromagnetic simulation of two-dimensional structures has been developed. The main purpose of this program is to simulate planar microstrip-patch antenna designs, using the numer... Read More about A Wire-Grid Adaptive Meshing Program for Microstrip Patch Antenna Designs Using a Genetic Algorithm.

Design and in-the-field performance evaluation of compact FBG sensor system for structural health monitoring applications (2009)
Journal Article
Kerrouche, A., Boyle, W., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. (2009). Design and in-the-field performance evaluation of compact FBG sensor system for structural health monitoring applications. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 151(2), 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2009.01.021

Over the last few years optical fibre sensor systems have been developed and their use reported for the monitoring of large civil engineering structures. In this way they have shown themselves to be well suited to the measurement of strain and temper... Read More about Design and in-the-field performance evaluation of compact FBG sensor system for structural health monitoring applications.

Engaging pupils with asthma in physical activity (2009)
Journal Article
Hoskins, G., Williams, B., Coyle, J., Corlett, J., & Neville, R. (2009). Engaging pupils with asthma in physical activity. British Journal of School Nursing, 4(1), 23-27

It is essential for all children and young people to participate in physical activity. Pupils suffering from asthma, however, are more likely to avoid it. This study explores the beliefs and attitudes of educational staff towards the condition and ho... Read More about Engaging pupils with asthma in physical activity.

Protecting mobile agents from external replay attacks (2009)
Journal Article
Garrigues, C., Migas, N., Buchanan, W., Robles, S., & Borrell, J. (2009). Protecting mobile agents from external replay attacks. Journal of Systems and Software, 82(2), 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2008.05.018

This paper presents a protocol for the protection of mobile agents against external replay attacks. This kind of attacks are performed by malicious platforms when dispatching an agent multiple times to a remote host, thus making it reexecute part of... Read More about Protecting mobile agents from external replay attacks.

Putting ourselves in the picture: art workshops in the professional development of university lecturers. (2009)
Journal Article
Loads, D. J. (2009). Putting ourselves in the picture: art workshops in the professional development of university lecturers. International Journal for Academic Development, 14(1), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/13601440802659452

Nurse education is characterised by dissonance, ambiguity and uncertainty. Such a context makes demands on the educator’s authenticity or sense of self. This paper reports an attempt to provide a space where dissonance, ambiguity and uncertainty coul... Read More about Putting ourselves in the picture: art workshops in the professional development of university lecturers..

Corporate risk disclosure: its determinants and its impact on the company's cost of equity capital (2009)
Thesis
Rajab, B. Corporate risk disclosure: its determinants and its impact on the company's cost of equity capital. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3744

Risk disclosure has received considerable interest and attention in recent times. The aim of this research is to examine risk information disclosure in annual reports with the aim of establishing trends. Further, this research empirically examines th... Read More about Corporate risk disclosure: its determinants and its impact on the company's cost of equity capital.