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The ‘Get on Board’ Competency Pathway (2017)
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Weaver, M., Brodie, J., & Hutchison, J. (2017). The ‘Get on Board’ Competency Pathway. Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)

Research shows there is a lack of young trustees, and "a need to engage young people now by creating opportunities and a supportive culture around board governance, to help shape and nurture a talent pipeline." "We need to create governance opport... Read More about The ‘Get on Board’ Competency Pathway.

Review of actual energy demand and envelope performance of the Housing Innovation Showcase 2012 (2017)
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Bros Williamson, J. (2017). Review of actual energy demand and envelope performance of the Housing Innovation Showcase 2012. Edinburgh: Internal (Napier)

This document presents a review of four years of delivered energy demand of selected dwellings at the Housing Innovation Showcase (HIS) developed by Kingdom Housing Association (KHA). It also includes results of the building performance bi-annual mon... Read More about Review of actual energy demand and envelope performance of the Housing Innovation Showcase 2012.

Work Package 1 - Review of construction process (2017)
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Bros Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2017). Work Package 1 - Review of construction process. Edinburgh: Private, Cala Group Ltd

This report was commissioned by the Product Design Department at Cala Group Ltd (CALA) from the Scottish Energy Centre (review team) to assess current designs and construction methods. This review forms part of work package 1 (WP1) proposed as the fi... Read More about Work Package 1 - Review of construction process.

People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland: 2017 Health Needs Assessment Update Report (2017)
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Truesdale, M., & Brown, M. (2017). People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland: 2017 Health Needs Assessment Update Report. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland

The health needs assessment provides a broad overview of the current research evidence of the health needs of adults with learning disabilities. It is an update of the 2004 health needs assessment.

Riding the crest of the wave? The 2017 election and stagnation of Kenya’s democratization process (2017)
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Wairuri, K. (2017). Riding the crest of the wave? The 2017 election and stagnation of Kenya’s democratization process. CEDEJ, Khartoum & Centre de recherches internationales (CERI), Sciences Po

The intense drama that has characterised Kenya’s 2017 electoral cycle has generated a debate over whether Kenya has slid back to authoritarian rule or is a resilient democracy firmly on the path to democratisation. This briefing wades into this d... Read More about Riding the crest of the wave? The 2017 election and stagnation of Kenya’s democratization process.

eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users (2017)
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Reeves, A., Morton, A., & Bull, R. (2017). eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users. European Commission

This short report provides an overview of key concepts related to behaviour change initiatives to save energy in buildings. It draws upon the teaching and research experience of the authors, along with initial findings from a review of literature whi... Read More about eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users.

The Scottish Approach: A case study of the Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Strategy (2017)
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Lloyd, A. (2017). The Scottish Approach: A case study of the Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Strategy. Scottish Government: The Scottish Government

This report sets out the findings from a series of interviews with partner organisations involved in the design and delivery of Scotland’s first national Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Strategy, published in 2015. Staff were interviewed about... Read More about The Scottish Approach: A case study of the Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Strategy.

Developing meta-ethnography reporting guidance for research and practice (2017)
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Cunningham, M., France, E. F., Ring, N., Uny, I., Duncan, E. A. S., Roberts, R. J., …Noyes, J. (in press). Developing meta-ethnography reporting guidance for research and practice. NIHR

Background: Meta-ethnography is a commonly used methodology for qualitative evidence synthesis. Research has identified that the quality of reporting of published meta-ethnographies is often poor and this has limited the utility of meta-ethnography... Read More about Developing meta-ethnography reporting guidance for research and practice.

Brexit Observatory: Listening to the voices of those affected by the Brexit vote, in the research, innovation and tertiary education sectors (2017)
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Cataluna, A. M., O'Connor, S., Konig, A., Combet Aspray, E., & Meer, N. (2017). Brexit Observatory: Listening to the voices of those affected by the Brexit vote, in the research, innovation and tertiary education sectors. Scotland, UK: Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Young Academy of Scotland, in collaboration with the Royal Society of Edinburgh, launched a call for case studies on 12 May 2017, with the objective of capturing the impact, whether positive or negative, perceived or factual, of the Brexit vote... Read More about Brexit Observatory: Listening to the voices of those affected by the Brexit vote, in the research, innovation and tertiary education sectors.

Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2) (2017)
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Qasem, M., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., Ghaleb, B., Hou, J., & Jadhav, R. A. (2017). Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2). USA: IETF

This document proposes an extended Objective Function(OF) that balances the number of child nodes of the parent nodes to avoid the overloading problem and ensure node lifetime maximization in the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Ne... Read More about Load Balancing Objective Function in RPL (Draft 2).

MMC modes of delivery in housing: Effects on Housing Association clients. Project Report. Flagship Group (2017)
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Oliveira, S., Burch, J., Hutchison, K., Adekola, O., Jaradat, S., & Jones, M. (2017). MMC modes of delivery in housing: Effects on Housing Association clients. Project Report. Flagship Group. Flagship Group

The purpose of this report is to review evidence of MMC application in housing with regards to diverse modes of delivery, lending approaches, customer satisfaction and long-term management/maintenance.The report provides a detailed overview of above... Read More about MMC modes of delivery in housing: Effects on Housing Association clients. Project Report. Flagship Group.

Effectiveness of various public private partnership pavement rehabilitation treatments: A big data informatics survival analysis of pavement service life (2017)
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David, D., Fountas, G., Sarwar, M. T., Eker, U., Akpinar, S., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2017). Effectiveness of various public private partnership pavement rehabilitation treatments: A big data informatics survival analysis of pavement service life. US Department of Transportation Office of the UTC Program

Past research efforts have used a wide variety of methodological approaches to analyze pavement performance indicators, pavement rehabilitation treatments, and pavement service life. Using big data informatics methods, the intent of this study is to... Read More about Effectiveness of various public private partnership pavement rehabilitation treatments: A big data informatics survival analysis of pavement service life.

The creative Industries: recasting Scotland's relationship with Europe (2017)
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Blake, J. (2017). The creative Industries: recasting Scotland's relationship with Europe. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh

This article analyses the likely impact that Brexit will have on the creative industries in Scotland. The study focuses on three main areas: the movement of people, Creative Europe funding and the ongoing development of a Digital Single Market. The... Read More about The creative Industries: recasting Scotland's relationship with Europe.