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WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy (2016)
Thesis
Kuipers, Y. WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. (Thesis). Maastricht University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2871410

Intervention Mapping was used as a framework to develop a midwife-led intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. An extensive needs assessment showed that both pregnant women and midwives needed to be taught to recognise th... Read More about WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy.

It’s not Binary It’s Holistic: Providing The Tools For Learned Creativity (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Donnell, R. (2016, March). It’s not Binary It’s Holistic: Providing The Tools For Learned Creativity. Presented at Higher Education Academy Arts and Humanities Conference, Brighton

My overarching aim is to design a process by which students can make informed choices when presenting a substantial practical and creative project. Each year students are given a topic and have to produce a series of images, as the lecturer I also ta... Read More about It’s not Binary It’s Holistic: Providing The Tools For Learned Creativity.

Development and Validation of a LC-FD Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Eight Bisphenols in Soft Drinks (2016)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Barbato, F., & Grumetto, L. (2016). Development and Validation of a LC-FD Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Eight Bisphenols in Soft Drinks. Food Analytical Methods, 9(10), 2732-2740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-016-0458-x

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical widely used as a monomer in the production of polymers of plastics. It acts as an endocrine-disrupting agent and thus its contaminations of food and beverage should be carefully monitored in order to assess consumers’... Read More about Development and Validation of a LC-FD Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Eight Bisphenols in Soft Drinks.

Sustainability in the Hotel Industry (2016)
Book Chapter
Upadhyay, A., Pomponi, F., & Vadam, C. (2016). Sustainability in the Hotel Industry. In Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management Case Study Collection

No abstract available.

Drivers and Barriers in Implementing Information Management Systems in European Micro Enterprises (2016)
Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., Coccia, L., & Upadhyay, A. (2016). Drivers and Barriers in Implementing Information Management Systems in European Micro Enterprises. In D. B. Grant (Ed.), Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management Case Study Collection (249-261). KoganPage

This fascinating case study demonstrates how the Agile approach can be utilised by European micro enterprises which need to adopt wider Information Communication Technologies.

The case study analyses the rapid advances of Information Communicatio... Read More about Drivers and Barriers in Implementing Information Management Systems in European Micro Enterprises.

Potential for Efficiency Improvement of Portable Solar Generators for Developing Countries by Implementing Optical Concentrators (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Gamio-Roffe, C., Jafry, T., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2016, March). Potential for Efficiency Improvement of Portable Solar Generators for Developing Countries by Implementing Optical Concentrators. Presented at 1st Centre for Climate Justice Seminar, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context (2016)
Journal Article
Briley, P. M., Goman, A. M., & Summerfield, A. Q. (2016). Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context. NeuroReport, 27(4), 242-246. https://doi.org/10.1097/wnr.0000000000000527

Studies on humans and other mammals have provided evidence for a two-channel or three-channel representation of horizontal space in the auditory system, with one channel maximally responsive to each of the left hemispace, the right hemispace and, pos... Read More about Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context.

A Classification and Comparison Framework for Cloud Service Brokerage Architectures (2016)
Journal Article
Fowley, F., Pahl, C., Jamshidi, P., Fang, D., & Liu, X. (2016). A Classification and Comparison Framework for Cloud Service Brokerage Architectures. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 6(2), 358-371. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2016.2537333

Cloud service brokerage and related management and marketplace concepts have been identified as key concerns for future cloud technology development and research. Cloud service management is an important building block of cloud architectures that can... Read More about A Classification and Comparison Framework for Cloud Service Brokerage Architectures.

Reproductive competition triggers mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses (2016)
Journal Article
Thompson, F. J., Marshall, H. H., Sanderson, J. L., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Nichols, H. J., Gilchrist, J. S., Young, A. J., Hodge, S. J., & Cant, M. A. (2016). Reproductive competition triggers mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1826), 20152607. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2607

In many vertebrate societies, forced eviction of group members is an important determinant of population structure, but little is known about what triggers eviction. Three main explanations are: (i) the reproductive competition hypothesis, (ii) the c... Read More about Reproductive competition triggers mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses.

The role of the nurse prescriber in optimising medicine adherence in the treatment of hepatitis C: A case study (2016)
Journal Article
Chalmers, L., & Paterson, R. (2016). The role of the nurse prescriber in optimising medicine adherence in the treatment of hepatitis C: A case study. Nurse Prescribing, 14(3), 148-153. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2016.14.3.148

In 2006, the Hepatitis C Action Plan for Scotland highlighted the need to improve successful treatment outcomes for people with the condition (Scottish
Government, 2006). The publication of the plan coincided with legislative changes extending nurse... Read More about The role of the nurse prescriber in optimising medicine adherence in the treatment of hepatitis C: A case study.

An evaluation of the Jacksonville developmental center closure (2016)
Report
Vasudevan, V., Lulinski, A., Heller, T., Owen, R., Rizzolo, M. K., Spassiani, N., Schmidt, A. J., & Friedman, C. (in press). An evaluation of the Jacksonville developmental center closure. The Illinois Department of Public Health

In January 2012, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced his rebalancing initiative in an effort to move away from institutionally-based services toward community-based supports for people with IDD. The goal was to close four State Operated Developmen... Read More about An evaluation of the Jacksonville developmental center closure.

Won’t bow: Don’t know how: Treme, New Orleans and American exceptionalism (2016)
Journal Article
Keeble, A. (2016). Won’t bow: Don’t know how: Treme, New Orleans and American exceptionalism. European Journal of American Culture, 35(1), 51-67. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.35.1.51_1

This article examines the depiction of exceptionalism in David Simon and Eric Overmeyer’s television series, Treme, and argues that the series uses its New Orleans microcosm to articulate wider points about American society. It begins with the unlike... Read More about Won’t bow: Don’t know how: Treme, New Orleans and American exceptionalism.

In search of inhospitable knowledge. (2016)
Journal Article
Skokic, V., Lynch, P., & Morrison, A. (2016). In search of inhospitable knowledge. Hospitality and Society, 6(1), 31-54. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp.6.1.31_1

The aim of this article is to discuss the key issues which have had significant influence on a PhD research student journey from positivism to interpretivism and the subsequent impact on the research methodology adopted. This journey is illustrated t... Read More about In search of inhospitable knowledge..

Do Cochrane summaries help student midwives understand the findings of Cochrane systematic reviews: the BRIEF randomised trial. (2016)
Journal Article
Alderdice, F., McNeill, J., Lasserson, T., Beller, E., Carroll, M., Hundley, V., Sunderland, J., Devane, D., Noyes, J., Key, S., Norris, S., Wyn-Davies, J., & Clarke, M. (2016). Do Cochrane summaries help student midwives understand the findings of Cochrane systematic reviews: the BRIEF randomised trial. Systematic Reviews, 5, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0214-8

Background

Abstracts and plain language summaries (PLS) are often the first, and sometimes the only, point of contact between readers and systematic reviews. It is important to identify how these summaries are used and to know the impact of differ... Read More about Do Cochrane summaries help student midwives understand the findings of Cochrane systematic reviews: the BRIEF randomised trial..

Figurational Dynamics: attributes within a knowledge transfer scenario. (2016)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2016). Figurational Dynamics: attributes within a knowledge transfer scenario. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 2(1), 1-10

In this short paper, we discuss a dialectic methodology surrounding the interpretation of knowledge transfer, and the conditional elements which can be seen to support the concept of a unity of knowledge. We discuss a differing standpoint to knowledg... Read More about Figurational Dynamics: attributes within a knowledge transfer scenario..

Bioremediation of Azo Dye Containing Textile Effluent using Adapted Bacterial Strains under Subsequent Microaerophilic-Aerobic Conditions (2016)
Journal Article
Rajendran, R., Sundaram, S., Prabhavathi, P., Sridevi, B., Kumar, S., & Santhanam, P. (2016). Bioremediation of Azo Dye Containing Textile Effluent using Adapted Bacterial Strains under Subsequent Microaerophilic-Aerobic Conditions. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 75(2), 124-130

Textile effluents are causing a wholesome of trouble in our vicinity, which needs to be taken good care of before being discharged in to the natural surroundings. In our present study, we have isolated about 5 different bacterial strains from azo dye... Read More about Bioremediation of Azo Dye Containing Textile Effluent using Adapted Bacterial Strains under Subsequent Microaerophilic-Aerobic Conditions.

What Matter it Now if the Soil be Soaked? (2016)
Book Chapter
Freestone, P. M. (2016). What Matter it Now if the Soil be Soaked?. In S. La Marca, & P. Macintyre (Eds.), Where the Shoreline Used to be (167-183). Penguin

A short story set in and around a private school in a future water-shortage Melbourne, examining the environmentally exacerbated class and economic divisions through the eyes of a queer scholarship student from a rural farming background.