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Regulatory compliance in Scotland's tattooing and cosmetic body piercing industry: A concurrent mixed methods study (2011)
Thesis
Chalmers, C. Regulatory compliance in Scotland's tattooing and cosmetic body piercing industry: A concurrent mixed methods study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4361

The objective of any regulation is to realise the goal(s) that justified its intervention. One means of demonstrating this is to determine the extent of regulatory compliance. This study intended to determine the extent of regulatory compliance with... Read More about Regulatory compliance in Scotland's tattooing and cosmetic body piercing industry: A concurrent mixed methods study.

Ontology based knowledge formulation and an interpretation engine for intelligent devices in pervasive environments (2011)
Thesis
Kosek, A. Ontology based knowledge formulation and an interpretation engine for intelligent devices in pervasive environments. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6037

Ongoing device miniaturization makes it possible to manufacture very small devices; therefore more of them can be embedded in one space. Pervasive computing concepts, envisioning computers distributed in a space and hidden from users' sight, presente... Read More about Ontology based knowledge formulation and an interpretation engine for intelligent devices in pervasive environments.

Cryptographic privacy-preserving enhancement method for investigative data acquisition (2011)
Thesis
Kwecka, Z. Cryptographic privacy-preserving enhancement method for investigative data acquisition. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4437

The current processes involved in the acquisition of investigative data from third parties, such as banks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and employers, by the public authorities can breach the rights of the individuals under investigation. This i... Read More about Cryptographic privacy-preserving enhancement method for investigative data acquisition.

The Development of a Holistic and Quantitative Tool for the Assessment and Improvement of Survey Quality. (2011)
Thesis
Chen, T. The Development of a Holistic and Quantitative Tool for the Assessment and Improvement of Survey Quality. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4404

There are a variety of guidelines and methods available to measure and assess survey quality. Most of these are based on qualitative descriptions. In practice, they are not easy to implement and it is very difficult to make comparisons between survey... Read More about The Development of a Holistic and Quantitative Tool for the Assessment and Improvement of Survey Quality..

Festival Images: brand image and stakeholders' brand relationship types at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2011)
Thesis
Todd, L. A. Festival Images: brand image and stakeholders' brand relationship types at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4344

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the largest arts festival in the world and it has inspired the creation of similar festivals world-wide. Since its conception in 1947, the Fringe has demonstrated significant growth in visitor numbers; ti... Read More about Festival Images: brand image and stakeholders' brand relationship types at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Optimal treatment of patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and the evolutionary role of nurses and allied health professionals (2011)
Thesis
McLean, S. Optimal treatment of patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and the evolutionary role of nurses and allied health professionals. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4415

Heart disease is a serious problem for both the individual and society at large. It takes many lives. As an acute cardiac nurse I have spent the bulk of my clinical and research career striving to provide acute cardiac care outwith the historical bou... Read More about Optimal treatment of patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and the evolutionary role of nurses and allied health professionals.

Wild networks: the articulation of feedback and evaluation in a creative inter-disciplinary design studio (2011)
Thesis
Joel, S. Wild networks: the articulation of feedback and evaluation in a creative inter-disciplinary design studio. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4578

It is argued that design exists within a collective social network of negotiation, feedback sharing and reflection that is integral to the design process. To encourage this, requires a technological solution that enables designers to access, be aware... Read More about Wild networks: the articulation of feedback and evaluation in a creative inter-disciplinary design studio.

Modelling the energy resource for buildings and the use of appropriate low carbon technologies (2011)
Thesis
Girard, A. Modelling the energy resource for buildings and the use of appropriate low carbon technologies. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6695

This thesis investigates the feasibility of the use of Low or Zero Carbon Energy Sources (LZCES) in the built environment and the development of an innovative Integrated Renewable Energy Planner (IREP) tool. It can be divided into four main research... Read More about Modelling the energy resource for buildings and the use of appropriate low carbon technologies.

Family business networks: mulit-rational perspectives on networking in family owned and managed small and micro-businesses (2011)
Thesis
Seaman, C. E. A. Family business networks: mulit-rational perspectives on networking in family owned and managed small and micro-businesses. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5684

This portfolio considers the manner in which family businesses network. Networks are vital for small and micro-businesses but within current research mono-rationalist approaches, where the business is studied in relative isolation from the social com... Read More about Family business networks: mulit-rational perspectives on networking in family owned and managed small and micro-businesses.

Efficient routing and communication algorithms for wireless mesh networks (2011)
Thesis
Zhao, L. Efficient routing and communication algorithms for wireless mesh networks. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4267

There has been an increasing demand to create wireless technologies that allow people to connect their home networks together as well as to the Internet through wireless community networks (WCNs). Although several network architectu... Read More about Efficient routing and communication algorithms for wireless mesh networks.

A conceptual expansion of critical human resource development: insights into practice in a healthcare organisation (2011)
Thesis
Ramdhony, A. A conceptual expansion of critical human resource development: insights into practice in a healthcare organisation. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4502

This study was stimulated by the recent emergence of Critical HRD (CHRD) and its resonance with the transformational role that the HRD function is called to play within the changing context of a local healthcare organisation, referred to here as Heal... Read More about A conceptual expansion of critical human resource development: insights into practice in a healthcare organisation.

The impacts of tree density on the physical and biological characteristics of planted Mangrove stands in Sri Lanka (2011)
Thesis
Marappullige, P. K. The impacts of tree density on the physical and biological characteristics of planted Mangrove stands in Sri Lanka. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4467

Survival, growth, aboveground biomass production, belowground biomass production, sediment accretion, soil surface elevation dynamics, sediment carbon and C/N ratio, sediment N and P, sediment 13C and 15N, sediment texture and macrofauna community st... Read More about The impacts of tree density on the physical and biological characteristics of planted Mangrove stands in Sri Lanka.

The binding ability of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein as a mechanism of resistance to methadone. (2010)
Thesis
Behan, J. L. The binding ability of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein as a mechanism of resistance to methadone. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4446

Dependence on heroin and other opioids represents a considerable problem worldwide. There is a continual need to improve therapy and/ or find more efficacious alternatives if these issues are to be addressed. The most commonly implemented pharmacol... Read More about The binding ability of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein as a mechanism of resistance to methadone..

Investigation of the applicability of the SOLO taxonomy in the qualitative content analysis of asynchronous online discussion. (2010)
Thesis
Mainka, C. Investigation of the applicability of the SOLO taxonomy in the qualitative content analysis of asynchronous online discussion. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4418

Despite a growing research base in support of higher order thinking processes fostered in asynchronous online dialogue, the research community seems far from a consensus that would unequivocally anchor a higher level of understanding with asynchronou... Read More about Investigation of the applicability of the SOLO taxonomy in the qualitative content analysis of asynchronous online discussion..

Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System (2010)
Thesis
McEwan, C. Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4157

The immune system has long been attributed cognitive capacities such as "recognition" of pathogenic agents; "memory" of previous infections; "regulation" of a cavalry of detector and effector cells; and "adaptation" to a changing environment and evo... Read More about Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System.

Performance Evaluation of Virtualization with Cloud Computing (2010)
Thesis
Pelletingeas, C. Performance Evaluation of Virtualization with Cloud Computing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4010

Cloud computing has been the subject of many researches. Researches shows that cloud computing permit to reduce hardware cost, reduce the energy consumption and allow a more efficient use of servers. Nowadays lot of servers are used inefficiently bec... Read More about Performance Evaluation of Virtualization with Cloud Computing.

An evaluation of the power consumption and carbon footprint of a cloud infrastructure (2010)
Thesis
Yampolsky, V. An evaluation of the power consumption and carbon footprint of a cloud infrastructure. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3973

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector represent two to three percents of the world energy consumption and about the same percentage of GreenHouse Gas(GHG) emission. Moreover the IT-related costs represent fifty per-cents of the el... Read More about An evaluation of the power consumption and carbon footprint of a cloud infrastructure.