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Hermeneutical Phenomenology: Girls with Asperger's syndrome and anxiety and Western Herbal Medicine. (2010)
Thesis
Stewart, C. A. Hermeneutical Phenomenology: Girls with Asperger's syndrome and anxiety and Western Herbal Medicine. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4486

Anxiety in young people with Asperger’s syndrome (AS) is of serious concern. With a greater prevalence of girls with AS than previously considered, there is a paucity of research into experiences of anxiety in this population. Girls with AS and their... Read More about Hermeneutical Phenomenology: Girls with Asperger's syndrome and anxiety and Western Herbal Medicine..

An exploration within the complex worlds of senior and advanced nurse practitioners roles: a constructivist grounded theory study (2010)
Thesis
Corcoran, J. M. An exploration within the complex worlds of senior and advanced nurse practitioners roles: a constructivist grounded theory study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4314

Over the past 30 years, Senior and Advanced Nurse Practitioners (SNPs/ANPs) have been introduced into the healthcare arena across the world. The international literature reports such roles have created tensions within healthcare systems (Smith 2000;... Read More about An exploration within the complex worlds of senior and advanced nurse practitioners roles: a constructivist grounded theory study.

Recognize contextual situation in pervasive environments using process mining techniques (2010)
Journal Article
Jaroucheh, Z., Liu, X., & Smith, S. (2011). Recognize contextual situation in pervasive environments using process mining techniques. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 2(1), 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-010-0038-7

Research in pervasive computing and ambience intelligence aims to enable users to interact with the environment in a context-aware way. To achieve this, a complex set of features describing different aspects of the environment has to be captured and... Read More about Recognize contextual situation in pervasive environments using process mining techniques.

Sentic computing for patient centered applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cambria, E., Hussain, A., Durrani, T., Havasi, C., Eckl, C., & Munro, J. (2010, October). Sentic computing for patient centered applications. Presented at IEEE 10th International Conference on Signal Processing, Beijing, China

Next-generation patients are far from being peripheral to health-care. They are central to understanding the effectiveness and efficiency of services and how they can be improved. Today a lot of patients are used to reviewing local health services on... Read More about Sentic computing for patient centered applications.

A co-ordinated and strategic approach to LIS research: an update from the LIS Research Coalition (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2010, December). A co-ordinated and strategic approach to LIS research: an update from the LIS Research Coalition. Presented at Online 2010

Presentation slides available to view from slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/LISResearch/a-coordinated-and-strategic-approach-to-library-and-information-science-research-an-update-from-the-library-and-information-science-research-coalition

Clinical utility of the distress thermometer. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snowden, A., White, C. A., & Christie, Z. (2010, December). Clinical utility of the distress thermometer. Paper presented at BPOS Annual Conference

Living and working longer with cancer (2010)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G. (2010). Living and working longer with cancer. British Journal of Community Nursing, 15(12), 577-577. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2010.15.12.577

George Osborne has announced an increase in the state pension age to 66 for both men and women by 2020 (HM Treasury, 2010). It seems we will all be living longer with work in the future, and so too with cancer. Improvements in screening, earlier inte... Read More about Living and working longer with cancer.

An examination of UKCIP02 and UKCP09 solar radiation data sets for the UK climate related to their use in building design (2010)
Journal Article
Tham, Y., Muneer, T., Levermore, G., & Chow, D. (2011). An examination of UKCIP02 and UKCP09 solar radiation data sets for the UK climate related to their use in building design. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 32(3), 207-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624410389396

The climate is changing, both globally and in the UK. To adapt effectively, engineers and planners need as much information as possible on how the climate will evolve. The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) provided this in 2002 with UKCIP02 and th... Read More about An examination of UKCIP02 and UKCP09 solar radiation data sets for the UK climate related to their use in building design.

Sol-air temperature and daylight illuminance profiles for the UKCP09 data sets (2010)
Journal Article
Tham, Y., & Muneer, T. (2011). Sol-air temperature and daylight illuminance profiles for the UKCP09 data sets. Building and Environment, 46, 1243-1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.11.014

To provide information on climate change, the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) provided the latest UKCP09data to a resolution of 5 km square grids for the UK. Those datasets were used in this study along with the historical measured data for two... Read More about Sol-air temperature and daylight illuminance profiles for the UKCP09 data sets.

The role of community nurses and residential staff in supporting women with intellectual disability to access breast screening services: The role of community nurses and residential staff (2010)
Journal Article
Taggart, L., Truesdale-Kennedy, M., & McIlfatrick, S. (2011). The role of community nurses and residential staff in supporting women with intellectual disability to access breast screening services: The role of community nurses and residential staff. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55(1), 41-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01345.x

Background: Women with intellectual disability (ID) are surviving to the age group at greatest risk of developing breast cancer (50-69 years). These women are more likely to experience a greater number of risk-factors placing them at an advanced thre... Read More about The role of community nurses and residential staff in supporting women with intellectual disability to access breast screening services: The role of community nurses and residential staff.

Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation (2010)
Journal Article
Harkins, P. (2010). Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation. Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, 1(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871%282010%29v1i2.3en

Brian Eno describes the recording studio as a compositional tool that has enabled composers to enjoy a more direct relationship with sound. This article will explore the use of the digital sampler as one of the studio tools that forms part of this cr... Read More about Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation.

The Human Cathelicidin LL-37 Preferentially Promotes Apoptosis of Infected Airway Epithelium (2010)
Journal Article
Barlow, P. G., Beaumont, P. E., Cosseau, C., Mackellar, A., Wilkinson, T. S., Hancock, R. E. W., Haslett, C., Govan, J. R. W., Simpson, A. J., & Davidson, D. J. (2010). The Human Cathelicidin LL-37 Preferentially Promotes Apoptosis of Infected Airway Epithelium. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 43(6), 692-702. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2009-0250oc

Cationic host defense peptides are key, evolutionarily conserved components of the innate immune system. The human cathelicidin LL-37 is an important cationic host defense peptide up-regulated in infection and inflammation, specifically in the human... Read More about The Human Cathelicidin LL-37 Preferentially Promotes Apoptosis of Infected Airway Epithelium.

Vibration Insulation Properties of Resilient Bars in Timber Floors (2010)
Journal Article
Su, S., Fairfield, C. A., & Smith, R. S. (2010). Vibration Insulation Properties of Resilient Bars in Timber Floors. Building Acoustics, 17(4), 249-268. https://doi.org/10.1260/1351-010x.17.4.249

As effective, low-cost isolators, resilient bars have become the dominant ceiling treatment for improving the sound insulation of apartment timber floors in the UK to meet increasingly stringent building regulations. There are many variations on the... Read More about Vibration Insulation Properties of Resilient Bars in Timber Floors.

Total quality environmental management (TQEM) framework towards sustainability (UK novated D&B principal contractors) (2010)
Thesis
Khaddour, L. Total quality environmental management (TQEM) framework towards sustainability (UK novated D&B principal contractors). (Thesis). Nottingham Trent University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3420962

To reduce the substantial environmental damage of the built environment, contractors have to comply with an increasing number of environmental building regulations. Apart from the purely practical implications of compliance, there is a perception of... Read More about Total quality environmental management (TQEM) framework towards sustainability (UK novated D&B principal contractors).

Social tourism for low-income groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish context (2010)
Book Chapter
Minnaert, L., Stacey, J., Quinn, B., & Griffen, K. (2010). Social tourism for low-income groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish context. In S. Cole, & N. Morgan (Eds.), Tourism and Inequality: Problems and prospects (126-142). CAB International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845936624.0126

This chapter provides an analysis of social tourism provision for low-income groups, focusing on the social and economic benefits of such provision. It begins by defining social tourism and discusses issues in relation to holiday participation, pover... Read More about Social tourism for low-income groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish context.

A capacitively loaded antenna for use in mobile handsets (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Child, M., & Excell, P. (2010, November). A capacitively loaded antenna for use in mobile handsets. Presented at 2010 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, United Kingdom

A tuneable slotted patch antenna design is presented and verified for use in the DCS, PCS and UMTS bands. The tuning circuit consists of two varactor diodes, with some passive components, and is integrated fully with the radiator patch, with the vara... Read More about A capacitively loaded antenna for use in mobile handsets.

Design of a planar inverted F-L antenna (PIFLA) for lower-band UWB applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hraga, H., See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Jones, S., Child, M., Elfergani, I., & Excell, P. (2010, November). Design of a planar inverted F-L antenna (PIFLA) for lower-band UWB applications. Presented at Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, United Kingdom

This paper examines the case for an ultrawideband planar inverted-F-L-antenna design intended for use in the lower sub-band. The antenna construction is based on the conventional inverted F, and inverted L as its feed element, and parasitic element,... Read More about Design of a planar inverted F-L antenna (PIFLA) for lower-band UWB applications.

Alternative Assessment for a Visually Impaired Student (2010)
Digital Artefact
Garden, C., Chalmers, C., Orwat, M., & Booth, S. (2010). Alternative Assessment for a Visually Impaired Student. [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/dlte/LTA/resources/Pages/Details.aspx?ItemID=48&Section=CS]

Essay writing in a scientific style is considered to be a key skill for students studying Biological Sciences and Sport and Exercise science. An assessment in the core first year module “Introductory Physiology” therefore includes an essay on one of... Read More about Alternative Assessment for a Visually Impaired Student.