All Outputs (1597)

Establishing the context for a Master degree programme in Nursing at the National University of Lesotho (2019)
Journal Article
Mtshali, N. G., Nyangu, I., Molise, N., Tsekoa, L., Ranneileng, M., Qhobela, M. C., & Ralejoana, N. (2019). Establishing the context for a Master degree programme in Nursing at the National University of Lesotho. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 10, 102-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2019.02.002

The National University of Lesotho Nursing Department, in implementing the first Master degree programme in Nursing, conducted a rapid needs assessment to understand the nursing education status in the country, establish the nature of the Master degr... Read More about Establishing the context for a Master degree programme in Nursing at the National University of Lesotho.

Connecting the silos: Implementations and perceptions of linked data across European libraries (2019)
Journal Article
Pennington, D., & Cagnazzo, L. (2019). Connecting the silos: Implementations and perceptions of linked data across European libraries. Journal of Documentation, 75(3), 643-666. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2018-0117

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine how information professionals in Scotland and in European national libraries perceive linked data (LD) as well as if and how they are implementing it. Design/methodology/approach: The authors applied... Read More about Connecting the silos: Implementations and perceptions of linked data across European libraries.

Performance Optimization of the IEEE 802.15.4-Based Link Quality Protocols for WBASNs/IoTs in a Hospital Environment Using Fuzzy Logic (2019)
Journal Article
Akbar, M. S., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2019). Performance Optimization of the IEEE 802.15.4-Based Link Quality Protocols for WBASNs/IoTs in a Hospital Environment Using Fuzzy Logic. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(14), 5865-5877. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2019.2900009

The link quality protocols of the IEEE 802.15.4 show low performance in terms of reliability in a hospital environment. To achieve the optimal performance of these protocols, this paper proposes a fuzzy logic-based solution using a detailed empirical... Read More about Performance Optimization of the IEEE 802.15.4-Based Link Quality Protocols for WBASNs/IoTs in a Hospital Environment Using Fuzzy Logic.

Lesser-used UK-grown timber (2019)
Book Chapter
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2019). Lesser-used UK-grown timber. In TRADA Timber Industry Yearbook 2019 (200-205)

Daniel Ridley-Ellis looks at the grading properties of different species in comparison with the highly commercial Sitka spruce.

A quantitative study of financing efficiency of low‐carbon companies: A three‐stage data envelopment analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, X., Yu, X., & Gao, S. (2019). A quantitative study of financing efficiency of low‐carbon companies: A three‐stage data envelopment analysis. Business Strategy and the Environment, 28(5), 858-871. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2288

This study set out to evaluate the financing efficiency of low‐carbon companies. Applying a three‐stage data envelopment analysis with the data from 85 listed companies in China's low‐carbon industries over the period 2011 to 2017, this study has fou... Read More about A quantitative study of financing efficiency of low‐carbon companies: A three‐stage data envelopment analysis.

A methodological systematic review of meta-ethnography conduct to articulate the complex analytical phases (2019)
Journal Article
France, E. F., Uny, I., Ring, N., Turley, R. L., Maxwell, M., Duncan, E. A. S., Jepson, R. G., Roberts, R., & Noyes, J. (2019). A methodological systematic review of meta-ethnography conduct to articulate the complex analytical phases. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 19, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0670-7

Background: Decision making in health and social care requires robust syntheses of both quantitative and qualitative evidence. Meta-ethnography is a seven-phase methodology for synthesising qualitative studies. Developed in 1988 by sociologists in ed... Read More about A methodological systematic review of meta-ethnography conduct to articulate the complex analytical phases.

Their memory: exploring veterans' voices, virtual reality and collective memory (2019)
Journal Article
Donald, I., & Scott-Brown, K. (2019). Their memory: exploring veterans' voices, virtual reality and collective memory. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 12(2), https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v12i2.7360

This paper focuses on the virtual reality (VR) project Their Memory and details the development and evaluation of virtual reality environments and experiences with respect to its impact on young people (14-35 demographic) with the narratives of veter... Read More about Their memory: exploring veterans' voices, virtual reality and collective memory.

Hotel Industry Leadership in Greater China—A Biographical Comparison (2019)
Journal Article
Chu, A. M. C., & King, B. E. M. (2019). Hotel Industry Leadership in Greater China—A Biographical Comparison. Journal of China Tourism Research, 15(4), 563-588. https://doi.org/10.1080/19388160.2019.1577781

The relationship between leaders and followers plays a major role in shaping organizational cultures. There is an established literature within many disciplines showing evidence of how leaders seek to influence their followers. This article extends t... Read More about Hotel Industry Leadership in Greater China—A Biographical Comparison.

Chronic pain study (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fascia, M. (2019). Chronic pain study

Assessing the effect of process sociology (figurations) in an organisational (healthcare) environment [This study interprets evidence from organisational and personal perspectives and identify if the relationship analysis can be used to increase orga... Read More about Chronic pain study.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Pedagogic Research within the Disciplines: Should it be Included in the Research Excellence Framework? (2019)
Journal Article
Tierney, A. (2020). The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Pedagogic Research within the Disciplines: Should it be Included in the Research Excellence Framework?. Studies in Higher Education, 45(1), 176-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1574732

This paper is a response to Cotton, Miller and Kneale’s 2017 paper on the current state of higher education research within UK universities. It seeks to contribute to the debate surrounding inclusion of pedagogic research (PedR) via SoTL in the UK’s... Read More about The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Pedagogic Research within the Disciplines: Should it be Included in the Research Excellence Framework?.

Athos - A Model Driven Approach to Describe and Solve Optimisation Problems (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hoffman, B., Chalmers, K., Urquhart, N., & Guckert, M. (2019). Athos - A Model Driven Approach to Describe and Solve Optimisation Problems. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3300111.3300114

Implementing solutions for optimisation problems with general purpose high-level programming languages is a time consuming task that can only be carried out by professional software developers who typically are not domain experts. We address this pro... Read More about Athos - A Model Driven Approach to Describe and Solve Optimisation Problems.

A Novel Two-Stage Deep Learning Model for Efficient Network Intrusion Detection (2019)
Journal Article
Khan, F. A., Gumaei, A., Derhab, A., & Hussain, A. (2019). A Novel Two-Stage Deep Learning Model for Efficient Network Intrusion Detection. IEEE Access, 7, 30373-30385. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2899721

The network intrusion detection system is an important tool for protecting computer networks against threats and malicious attacks. Many techniques have recently been proposed; however, these techniques face significant challenges due to the continuo... Read More about A Novel Two-Stage Deep Learning Model for Efficient Network Intrusion Detection.

Organisational leadership and/for sustainability: Future directions from John Dewey and social movements (2019)
Journal Article
Howieson, W., Burnes, B., & Summers, J. (2019). Organisational leadership and/for sustainability: Future directions from John Dewey and social movements. European Management Journal, 37(6), 687-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2019.02.003

In this paper, we suggest that organisational leadership that is based (generally) on a neoliberal paradigm has contributed to an ‘intolerable situation’ that was recognised at the United Nations (2015a) Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We, therefo... Read More about Organisational leadership and/for sustainability: Future directions from John Dewey and social movements.

Mutual Coupling Suppression Between Two Closely Placed Microstrip Patches Using EM-Bandgap Metamaterial Fractal Loading (2019)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Khalily, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Limiti, E. (2019). Mutual Coupling Suppression Between Two Closely Placed Microstrip Patches Using EM-Bandgap Metamaterial Fractal Loading. IEEE Access, 7, 23606-23614. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2899326

An approach is proposed to reduce mutual coupling between two closely spaced radiating elements. This is achieved by inserting a fractal isolator between the radiating elements. The fractal isolator is an electromagnetic bandgap structure based on me... Read More about Mutual Coupling Suppression Between Two Closely Placed Microstrip Patches Using EM-Bandgap Metamaterial Fractal Loading.

A review of the impact of utilising electronic medical records for clinical research recruitment (2019)
Journal Article
Lai, Y. S., & Afseth, J. D. (2019). A review of the impact of utilising electronic medical records for clinical research recruitment. Clinical Trials, 16(2), 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1177/1740774519829709

Introduction: Recruitment is an important aspect of clinical research, as poor recruitment could undermine the scientific value of a trial or delay the development process of new treatments. The development of electronic medical records provides a n... Read More about A review of the impact of utilising electronic medical records for clinical research recruitment.

Theoretical Development: Specialism, Achievement, Coordination, (SAC) model – Kantian Perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Fascia, M., Sanderson, M., Tan, H., & Fascia, S. (2019). Theoretical Development: Specialism, Achievement, Coordination, (SAC) model – Kantian Perspective. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 5(5), Article 2

From a Kantian perspective, in this discussion, we looked to develop a new multi perspective model to scrutinise psychological processes involved in forming positive decision-making protocols, based on formulated expectations and/or impacts to a posi... Read More about Theoretical Development: Specialism, Achievement, Coordination, (SAC) model – Kantian Perspective.

Evaluation of knowledge transfer practices from a Leibniz Perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Tan, H., Fascia, M., & Sanderson, M. (2019). Evaluation of knowledge transfer practices from a Leibniz Perspective. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 5(5), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.31219/jsoe.v5i5.51

In recent years, there has been a growing number of subspecialties within the context of business management, which have begun to talk seriously about a notion of religious points of view in a business context. In this paper we unpack a view from Got... Read More about Evaluation of knowledge transfer practices from a Leibniz Perspective.

Call of duty: Modern warfare (series) (2019)
Book Chapter
Donald, I. (2019). Call of duty: Modern warfare (series). In K. Schrier (Ed.), Learning, education & games (83--86). ETC Press. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/10557950

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (MW) and its sequels Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) and Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) are FPS video games primarily developed by California-based developer Infinity Ward and published by Activision. They are the fourth, sixth and eighth... Read More about Call of duty: Modern warfare (series).

The toxicity of potentially toxic elements (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Ni) to the cnidarian Hydra attenuata at environmentally relevant concentrations (2019)
Journal Article
McKinley, K., McLellan, I., Gagné, F., & Quinn, B. (2019). The toxicity of potentially toxic elements (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Ni) to the cnidarian Hydra attenuata at environmentally relevant concentrations. Science of the Total Environment, 665, 848-854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.193

The domestic, agricultural, industrial, technological and medical applications of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) have led to global pollution in all environments. In this study, the cnidarian Hydra attenuata was exposed individually and to a mixtu... Read More about The toxicity of potentially toxic elements (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Ni) to the cnidarian Hydra attenuata at environmentally relevant concentrations.

Entry of therapeutics into the brain: Influence of exposed polarity calculated in silico and measured in vitro by supercritical fluid chromatography (2019)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Barbato, F., Grumetto, L., Philippe, L., Lynen, F., & Goetz, G. H. (2019). Entry of therapeutics into the brain: Influence of exposed polarity calculated in silico and measured in vitro by supercritical fluid chromatography. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 560, 294-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.02.008

The present work proposes a novel application of EPSA (not an acronym but found to be referred to by many as Exposed Polar Surface Area), a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) polarity readout for assisting in the prediction of the extent of dru... Read More about Entry of therapeutics into the brain: Influence of exposed polarity calculated in silico and measured in vitro by supercritical fluid chromatography.