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Estimations and remedies for Quality of Experience in multimedia streaming (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Menkovski, V., Exarchakos, G., Liotta, A., & Sánchez, A. (2010, August). Estimations and remedies for Quality of Experience in multimedia streaming. Presented at Third International Conference on Advances in Human-Oriented and Personalized Mechanisms, Technologies and Services, Nice, France

Managing multimedia network services in a User-centric manner provides for more delivered quality to the users, whilst maintaining a limited footprint on the network resources. For efficient User-centric management it is imperative to have a precise... Read More about Estimations and remedies for Quality of Experience in multimedia streaming.

Seeing More Clearly with Glasses?: The Impact of Glasses and Technology on Unfamiliar Face Matching and Identification of Facial Composites (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McIntyre, A. H., Hancock, P. J., Frowd, C. D., & Bruce, V. (2010, September). Seeing More Clearly with Glasses?: The Impact of Glasses and Technology on Unfamiliar Face Matching and Identification of Facial Composites. Presented at 2010 International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies

The development of facial identification technologies is of vital importance for security. We demonstrate that psychology can ensure innovation produces applications with effective human outcomes. Experiments 1a-c show spectacle removal imaging techn... Read More about Seeing More Clearly with Glasses?: The Impact of Glasses and Technology on Unfamiliar Face Matching and Identification of Facial Composites.

Getting real about social media (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2010, October). Getting real about social media. Presented at Internet Librarian International

Keynote presentation.

Presentation slides can be found on slideshare -https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/getting-real-about-social-media-15918378

'Big Brother' researchers to rein in horse obesity (2010)
Digital Artefact
Smith, D. (2010). 'Big Brother' researchers to rein in horse obesity. [News item]

RESEARCHERS have adopted Big Brother tactics to tackle growing levels of obesity in Britain’s horse population.

One in three horses, and over 80% of ponies, are currently believed to be in danger of fat-related health risks such as laminitis – the... Read More about 'Big Brother' researchers to rein in horse obesity.

Wood structure & biomechanics - an overview. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2010, October). Wood structure & biomechanics - an overview

National Telford Institute Workshop

Factors affecting interconnectivity in passengertransport - Case studies. Deliverable D4.1 of INTERCONNECT. (2010)
Report
Ulied, A., Bielefeldt, C., Biosca, O., Matthews, B., Shires, J., Schnell, O., Mandel, B., Wilmsmeier, G., de Stasio, C., Raganato, P., Bak, M., Borkowski, P., & Saugstrup, S. (2010). Factors affecting interconnectivity in passengertransport - Case studies. Deliverable D4.1 of INTERCONNECT

This report looks forward to examining selected representative cases of initiatives already
implemented in Europe or proposed for the short term, that seek to improve interconnectivity among
transport networks and making access for passengers easie... Read More about Factors affecting interconnectivity in passengertransport - Case studies. Deliverable D4.1 of INTERCONNECT..

The effect of unitised freight flows and logistics strategies on Scotland’s external trade. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A., Monios, J., Wilmsmeier, T., & Mathie, I. (2010, October). The effect of unitised freight flows and logistics strategies on Scotland’s external trade. Paper presented at European Transport Conference 2010

This paper analyses unitised freight flows in Scotland, the reasons behind the current modal split and likely future developments. The impacts of these findings on logistics strategies for Scottish shippers are then considered in the context of the p... Read More about The effect of unitised freight flows and logistics strategies on Scotland’s external trade..

Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction (2010)
Journal Article
Penton-Voak, I. S., Cooper, R. M., Roberts, R. E., Attwood, A. S., & Munafò, M. R. (2012). Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(2), 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881110385599

Alcohol consumption is associated with increases in aggressive behaviour, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are poorly understood. One mechanism by which alcohol consumption may influence behaviour is via alterations in the processing o... Read More about Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction.

Texting in Class (2010)
Digital Artefact
Chalmers, C., & Garden, C. (2010). Texting in Class. [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/dlte/LTA/resources/Pages/Details.aspx?ItemID=14&Section=CS]

In large student cohorts, it can be intimidating for students to ask questions. We have introduced "text walling" as a means of allowing students to ask questions by mobile phone (a technology familiar to all students). The questions appear on the co... Read More about Texting in Class.

Shifting the Focus (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ash, A., & Macdonald, I. (2010, October). Shifting the Focus. Paper presented at International Journal of Art & Design Education, Liverpool

When Art and Design (A&D) teachers visit contemporary galleries with their classes they are increasingly confronted with moving image art pieces and films. However, there is a sense that many A&D teachers, while for the most part feel confident in fr... Read More about Shifting the Focus.

Motorcycle vehicle emissions - effect of driving cycle in urban and rural context (2010)
Book
Kumar, R., & Saleh, W. (2010). Motorcycle vehicle emissions - effect of driving cycle in urban and rural context

Climate change and global warming is challenging task ahead. This text book covers the fundamentals of estimating emission factor with special emphasis on motorcycle exhaust emissions. For the first time the text integrates various modelling techniqu... Read More about Motorcycle vehicle emissions - effect of driving cycle in urban and rural context.

Conceptualisation, or not? An Ethnographic Study in Describing Early Design Collaboration between Western Designers and Chinese Designers (2010)
Thesis
Chueng-Nainby, P. Conceptualisation, or not? An Ethnographic Study in Describing Early Design Collaboration between Western Designers and Chinese Designers. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4416

This thesis brings forth a perspective on the need for an isolated conceptual design phase in process models of designing. The perspective is made possible by identifying theories to describe designers in practice. The research sets out to describe c... Read More about Conceptualisation, or not? An Ethnographic Study in Describing Early Design Collaboration between Western Designers and Chinese Designers.

Missing in Action: Current State of Investigative Journalism in UK (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neill, E. (2010, October). Missing in Action: Current State of Investigative Journalism in UK. Paper presented at Association for Journalism Education Annual Conference, Glasgow

This paper assessed the state of play in investigative journalism in the UK media.

Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions (2010)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Heraty, N., Rock, A., & Dalton, E. (2010). Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions. Advances in developing human resources, 12(5), 587-613. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422310394779

A considerable body of research exists on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate sustainability (CS). However, there is significantly less on the influence of employees on the adoption of CSR and CS initiatives. Given the centrality of e... Read More about Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions.

Future trends and research needs – a reflection on the Aberdeen 2010 TDM Symposium. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saleh, W. (2010, October). Future trends and research needs – a reflection on the Aberdeen 2010 TDM Symposium. Paper presented at Travel Demand Management Symposium

Emotion-based tags in photographic documents: The interplay of text, image, and social influence (2010)
Journal Article
Neal, D. M. (2010). Emotion-based tags in photographic documents: The interplay of text, image, and social influence. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 34(3), 329-353. https://doi.org/10.1353/ils.2010.0000

This study investigated the communicative roles played by the text, image, and social interaction in high- and low-relevance ranked Flickr photographic documents with an emotion-based tag. Using discourse analysis, textual and visual themes regarding... Read More about Emotion-based tags in photographic documents: The interplay of text, image, and social influence.

GoWell Briefing Paper 9: Youth Diversionary Programme Evaluation (2010)
Report
Aston, E., Thomson, H., Scoular, A., & Kearns, A. (2010). GoWell Briefing Paper 9: Youth Diversionary Programme Evaluation. Glasgow: Glasgow Housing Association (GHA)

Aston, E., Thomson, H., Scoular, A., & Kearns, A. (2010). GoWell Briefing Paper 9: Youth Diversionary Programme Evaluation. Glasgow: Glasgow Housing Association (GHA). https://www.gowellonline.com/assets/0000/0551/Briefing_Paper_9.pdf

Children with autism's perception and understanding of ambiguous figures: Evidence for pictorial metarepresentation, a research note (2010)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., & Doherty, M. J. (2010). Children with autism's perception and understanding of ambiguous figures: Evidence for pictorial metarepresentation, a research note. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28(3), 627-641. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151009X465362

A large body of autism research over the last 20 years has shown that people with autism have difficulties understanding mental states. This has been conceived of as a metarepresentational deficit. An open question is whether people with autism's met... Read More about Children with autism's perception and understanding of ambiguous figures: Evidence for pictorial metarepresentation, a research note.

Giving Crime the 'evo': Catching Criminals Using EvoFIT Facial Composites (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frowd, C. D., Hancock, P. J., Bruce, V., McIntyre, A. H., Pitchford, M., Atkins, R., Webster, A., Pollard, J., Hunt, B., Price, E., Morgan, S., Stoika, A., Dughila, R., Maftei, S., & Sendrea, G. (2010, September). Giving Crime the 'evo': Catching Criminals Using EvoFIT Facial Composites. Presented at 2010 International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies

Facial composites are traditionally made by witnesses and victims describing and selecting parts of criminals’ faces, but this method is hard to do and has been shown to be generally ineffective. We have been working on an alternative system called E... Read More about Giving Crime the 'evo': Catching Criminals Using EvoFIT Facial Composites.

Driver behaviour on rural roads in Scotland. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stradling, S. G., Collins, E., Eynon, C., & McLeod, P. (2008, December). Driver behaviour on rural roads in Scotland. Presented at Behavioural Research in Road Safety 2008 Eighteenth Seminar

Government strategy is to reduce by 40% the number of serious deaths and injuries from road accidents before 2010. Police accident STATS 19 for Scotland show that most deaths and serious road injuries occur in rural areas on B and A class roads whi... Read More about Driver behaviour on rural roads in Scotland..