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An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report. (2002)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., & Greig, M. (2002). An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report

Outlines the background leading to the commissioning of this report from Napier University, reviews the findings which point to the present Bridge tolls regime as suppressing the economy of Skye, and presents the case for early reduction in the lev... Read More about An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report..

Alfred Noyes and 'Ulysses'. (2002)
Journal Article
McCleery, A., & Finkelstein, D. (2001). Alfred Noyes and 'Ulysses'. James Joyce quarterly, 39, (558-562). ISSN 0021-4183

Technology to support participatory democracy. (2002)
Book Chapter
Macintosh, A., Davenport, E., Malina, A., & Whyte, A. (2002). Technology to support participatory democracy. In Å. Grönlund (Ed.), Electronic Government: design, applications and management (226-248). Idea Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-930708-19-8.ch011

This chapter focuses on the development, application and impact of information and communication technology on civic representation and participation in the democratic process. Governments, at local and national levels, need to restore public confide... Read More about Technology to support participatory democracy..

Identification and characterization of teicoplanin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolates in NE Scotland. (2002)
Journal Article
MacKenzie, F. M., Greig, P., Morrison, D., Edwards, G., & Gould, I. M. (2002). Identification and characterization of teicoplanin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolates in NE Scotland. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 50, 689-697. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkf191

The study objective was to screen both methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) isolates from blood cultures for reduced susceptibility to vancomycin and teicoplanin. A total of 72 MRSA and 143 MSS... Read More about Identification and characterization of teicoplanin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolates in NE Scotland..

A note on the asymptotic behaviour of a prime factor decomposition of the general Catalan-Larcombe-French number. (2002)
Journal Article
Larcombe, P. J., French, D. R., & Woodham, C. A. (2002). A note on the asymptotic behaviour of a prime factor decomposition of the general Catalan-Larcombe-French number. Congressus numerantium, 156, 17-25

The Catalan-Larcombe-French sequence has been studied in several previous papers [P. J. Larcombe and D. R. French, Congr. Numerantium 143, 33-64 (2000; Zbl 0971.05001) and ibid. 148, 65-91 (2001; Zbl 0999.05003)]. The second of these papers derived a... Read More about A note on the asymptotic behaviour of a prime factor decomposition of the general Catalan-Larcombe-French number..

Application of context-mediated behavior to a multi-agent pedestrian flow model (PEDFLOW). (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kukla, R., Willis, A., & Kerridge, J. (2002). Application of context-mediated behavior to a multi-agent pedestrian flow model (PEDFLOW).

Developers of pedestrian models often overlook the fact that pedestrians are subjected to a multitude of influences when walking. The majority of existing models only focus on a single aspect, typically the avoidance of obstructions or other pedestri... Read More about Application of context-mediated behavior to a multi-agent pedestrian flow model (PEDFLOW)..

Maintaining connectivity in a scaleable and robust distributed environment. (2002)
Journal Article
Jelasity, M., Preuss, M., Van Steen, M., & Paechter, B. (2002). Maintaining connectivity in a scaleable and robust distributed environment. Cluster Computing and the Grid, 389-394. https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGRID.2002.1017166

This paper describes a novel peer-to-peer (P2P) environment for running distributed Java applications on the Internet. The possible application areas include simple load balancing, parallel evolutionary computation, agent-based simulation and artific... Read More about Maintaining connectivity in a scaleable and robust distributed environment..

A scaleable and robust framework for distributed application. (2002)
Journal Article
Jelasity, M., Preuss, M., & Paechter, B. (2002). A scaleable and robust framework for distributed application. World Congress on Computational Intelligence, 2, 1540-1545

This paper describes a novel tool for running distributed experiments on the Internet. The possible applications include simple load balancing, parallel evolutionary computation, agent-based simulation and artificial life. Our environment is based on... Read More about A scaleable and robust framework for distributed application..

Exploiting the analogy between immunology and sparse distributed memory. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., & Ross, P. (2002). Exploiting the analogy between immunology and sparse distributed memory. In J. Timmis, & P. J. Bentley (Eds.), ICARIS 2002 : 1st International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems (59-67)

The relationship between immunological memory and a class of associative memories known as sparse distributed memories (SDM) is well known. This paper proposes a new model for clustering non-stationary data based on a combination of salient features... Read More about Exploiting the analogy between immunology and sparse distributed memory..

Exploring knowledge sharing in distributed organisations: report on research in progress (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2002). Exploring knowledge sharing in distributed organisations: report on research in progress. In KMSS 2002: the new scope of knowledge management in theory and in practice

Published academic research and reported practice in the professional press indicate that social capital is a driver of knowledge management. This paper reports on progress to date on part of a project that examines the role of social capital in know... Read More about Exploring knowledge sharing in distributed organisations: report on research in progress.

Reported levels of alcohol consumption and binge drinking within the UK undergraduate student population over the last 25 years. (2002)
Journal Article
Gill, J. S. (2002). Reported levels of alcohol consumption and binge drinking within the UK undergraduate student population over the last 25 years. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 37, 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/37.2.109

Results of a literature review of 18 studies investigating the drinking behaviour of undergraduate students at UK universities over a period of 25 years are presented. While comparison between studies is complicated by inconsistencies in the terms em... Read More about Reported levels of alcohol consumption and binge drinking within the UK undergraduate student population over the last 25 years..

Avian dermatology. (2002)
Journal Article
Fraser, M., & Girling, S. J. (2002). Avian dermatology. VN Times, 2,

The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum. (2002)
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2002). The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum. Library Review, 51(3/4), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530210420997

Argues for a central role for information society studies in degree programmes. Information society studies is an interdisciplinary specialism devoted to examination of the macrolevel role of information flows and technologies. The views of informati... Read More about The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum..