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Metaphase Chromosome (2004)
Book Chapter
Vass, S., & Heck, M. M. (2004). Metaphase Chromosome. In W. J. Lennarz, & M. Daniel Lane (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry, 666-671. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b0-12-443710-9/00119-8

Visitor management for festivals and events (2004)
Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., McMahon-Beattie, U., & Robertson, M. (2004). Visitor management for festivals and events. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, J. Ali-Knight, S. Drummond, & U. McMahon-Beattie (Eds.), Festival and Events Management (65-79). Butterworth-Heinemann. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-7506-5872-0.50010-7

This chapter draws on a number of models to animate the need for a visitor manage to balance the requirements of demand forecasting and managing capacity with appropriate level of service quality and cost.

Sport and Leisure Narrative. (2004)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M. (2004). Sport and Leisure Narrative. In U. Mc-Mahon-Beattie, & I. Yeoman (Eds.), Sport and Leisure Operations Management. , (16-27). Australia: Unite Kingdom: Thomson Reuters

This chapter frames an operational management view by summarising core defintions of the following four elements: 1. values of nature and its resources as a product 2. leisure choice 3. image creation 4. narrative It then goes on to suggest the cogni... Read More about Sport and Leisure Narrative..

Events and the destination dynamic: Edinburgh festivals, entrepreneurship and strategic marketing (2004)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M., & Wardrop, K. M. (2004). Events and the destination dynamic: Edinburgh festivals, entrepreneurship and strategic marketing. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, J. Ali-Knight, S. Drummond, & U. McMahon-Beattie (Eds.), Festival and Events Management (115-129). Butterworth-Heinemann. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-7506-5872-0.50013-2

This chapter addresses the role of image, marketing, brand awareness, commercial partnerships (sponsorship), entrepreneurship, and stakeholder legitimacy as part of an events management strategy and framework for Edinburgh, a UK city known for hostin... Read More about Events and the destination dynamic: Edinburgh festivals, entrepreneurship and strategic marketing.

Language learning aims and strategies: a case study (2004)
Book Chapter
Duncan, A., & Penman, C. (2004). Language learning aims and strategies: a case study. In M. Díez, M. Fernández, & A. Halbach (Eds.), Debaten en torno a las estrategias de aprendizaje/Debating Learning Strategies (125-139). Frankfurt: Peter Lang

Duncan, A., & Penman, C. (2004). Language learning aims and strategies: a case study. In M. Díez, M. Fernández, & A. Halbach (Eds.), Debaten en torno a las estrategias de aprendizaje/Debating Learning Strategies (125-139). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Edinburgh and its hinterland (2004)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2004). Edinburgh and its hinterland. In Divided Scotland: the nature causes and consequences of economic disparities within Scotland (18-34). Ashgate Publishing

Towards community participation in rural and urban development. (2004)
Book Chapter
Deakin, M., Dixon-Gough, R., & Mansberger, R. (2004). Towards community participation in rural and urban development. In M. Deakin, R. Dixon-Gough, & R. Mansberger (Eds.), Methodologies models and instruments for rural and urban development. Ashgate Publishing

The road out of poverty. (2004)
Book Chapter
Smith, D. (2004). The road out of poverty. In B. Siderman-Wolter (Ed.), Positive Developments: A photographic exhibition held at the Eden Project (22-23). Natural Resources International Limited

Donkey ownership in Ethiopia can directly improve people's livelihoods, even the landless and powerless. Donkey ownership diversifies income-generating activities and reduces labour burden within the household. Better health and welfare of donkeys e... Read More about The road out of poverty..

Website evaluation in tourism and hospitality: The art is not stated (2004)
Book Chapter
Morrison, A., Taylor, J. S., & Douglas, A. (2004). Website evaluation in tourism and hospitality: The art is not stated. In Handbook of Consumer Behaviour, Tourism, and the Internet. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203062616

As suggested by Tierney (2000), the evaluation of Website effectiveness is needed because of the significant setup and maintenance costs. He also pointed out that, although online sales are a good way to measure Website effectiveness, many tourism si... Read More about Website evaluation in tourism and hospitality: The art is not stated.

Central Government and Devolution (2004)
Book Chapter
McMillan, J., & Massey, A. (2004). Central Government and Devolution. In Devolution and British Politics, 231-250. Prentice Hall (Pearson Education)

Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service. (2004)
Book Chapter
Turner, P., Milne, G., Turner, S., Kubitscheck, M., & Penman, I. (2004). Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service. In Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Access. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24641-1_15

In this paper, we describe a pilot study of the clinical use of a wireless network of personal digital assistants (PDAs). We describe how we are dealing with the concerns of the clinicians with respect to maintaining the security of patient records a... Read More about Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service..

The application of sliding mode control algorithms to a deisel generator set (2004)
Book Chapter
Goh, K., Spurgeon, S., & Jones, B. (2004). The application of sliding mode control algorithms to a deisel generator set. In Variable structure systems : from principles to implementation. Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). https://doi.org/10.1049/PBCE066E_ch

This chapter demonstrates the application of both standard, first order sliding mode control and higher order sliding mode control techniques to a specific diesel power generator. The specific first order methods considered are sliding mode integral... Read More about The application of sliding mode control algorithms to a deisel generator set.

Fanzines. (2003)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2003). Fanzines. In J. Shepherd (Ed.), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (226-228). Continuum