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Optimised concentrator for the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer System: First optimisation stage (2011)
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Muhammad Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., McMeekin, S., Stewart, B., & Clive, B. (2011). Optimised concentrator for the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer System: First optimisation stage. Caledonian Journal of Engineering, 7(1), 19-24

Collecting and storing solar energy will be a key part of efficient renewable technologies for buildings of the future, particularly in the Middle East. This paper presents the topic of improved properties of optical concentrators to achieve increase... Read More about Optimised concentrator for the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer System: First optimisation stage.

Meeting the challenge of delivering high-quality breastfeeding training for all (2011)
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Wallace, L., Hughes, E., Law, S., & Joshi, P. (2011). Meeting the challenge of delivering high-quality breastfeeding training for all. Practising Midwife, 14(1), 20-22

Staff training is an essential element of achieving the prestigious UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) global standard for organisations seeking to provide services that support breastfeeding. A breastfeeding self-study training programme (work... Read More about Meeting the challenge of delivering high-quality breastfeeding training for all.

Temporal change in pre-hospital statin use and total cholesterol levels in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes. (2011)
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Ranasinghe, I., Freedman, B., Neubeck, L., Costa, B., Devlin, G., Lefkovits, J., …Brieger, D. (2011). Temporal change in pre-hospital statin use and total cholesterol levels in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 20(2), S56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.142

We assessed if patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) were better treated with statins prior to hospitalisation and the effect on total cholesterol (TC) with time.

Recent temporal changes in lipid management and serum cholesterol after acute coronary syndromes. (2011)
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Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., Briffa, T., Bauman, A., & Freedman, S. (2011). Recent temporal changes in lipid management and serum cholesterol after acute coronary syndromes. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 20(2), S249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.611

Lipid lowering is of paramount importance in the prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events. Our original CHOICE (Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events) trial demonstrated significant benefit in lowering total cholesterol... Read More about Recent temporal changes in lipid management and serum cholesterol after acute coronary syndromes..

A new dynamic counter-based broadcasting scheme for mobile ad hoc networks. (2011)
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Yassein, M. B., Nimer, S. F., & Al-Dubai, A. (2011). A new dynamic counter-based broadcasting scheme for mobile ad hoc networks. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 19, 553-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2010.08.011

Broadcasting is an essential operation in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) to transmit a message (data packet) from the sender to the rest of the network nodes. Although flooding is the simplest mechanism for broadcasting, where each node retransmits... Read More about A new dynamic counter-based broadcasting scheme for mobile ad hoc networks..

Is stereotyping inevitable when designing with personas? (2011)
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Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2011). Is stereotyping inevitable when designing with personas?. Design Studies, 32, 30-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2010.06.002

User representations are central to user-centred design, personas being one of the more recent developments. However, such descriptions of people risk stereotyping. We review the genesis and application of personas and kindred representations, and di... Read More about Is stereotyping inevitable when designing with personas?.

What support can community mental health nurses deliver to carers of people diagnosed with schizophrenia? Findings from a review of the literature (2011)
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MacLeod, S. H., Elliott, L., & Brown, R. (2011). What support can community mental health nurses deliver to carers of people diagnosed with schizophrenia? Findings from a review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 48, 100-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.09.005

Objectives The purpose of this review was to determine the nature of support that mental health nurses could deliver to carers of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The aim was to identify approaches that could be delivered within community practi... Read More about What support can community mental health nurses deliver to carers of people diagnosed with schizophrenia? Findings from a review of the literature.

Starvation/stationary-phase survival of Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1: a physiological and genetic analysis. (2011)
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Fanget, N. V. J., & Foley, S. (2011). Starvation/stationary-phase survival of Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1: a physiological and genetic analysis. Archives of Microbiology, 193, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-010-0638-9

The adaptation of Rhodocccus erythropolis SQ1 to energy and carbon starvation was investigated in terms of both the capacity to survive starvation and the contribution of a nutrient-induced stationary phase to cross-protection to other types of envir... Read More about Starvation/stationary-phase survival of Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1: a physiological and genetic analysis..

Four-year follow-up of the Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events randomized controlled trial (2011)
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Neubeck, L., Freedman, S., Briffa, T., Bauman, A., & Redfern, J. (2011). Four-year follow-up of the Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 18(2), 278-286. https://doi.org/10.1097/hjr.0b013e32833cca66

Objective: To determine if the improved risk factor profile at 1 year attributed to the Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events (CHOICE) program was maintained at 4 years. Design: Single-blind randomized controlled trial with... Read More about Four-year follow-up of the Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events randomized controlled trial.

Impact of heat and pollution on oxidative stress and CC16 secretion after 8 km run (2011)
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Gomes, E. C., Stone, V., & Florida-James, G. (2011). Impact of heat and pollution on oxidative stress and CC16 secretion after 8 km run. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 111(9), 2089-2097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-011-1839-x

To investigate the acute effect of a hot, humid and ozone-polluted (O3) environment on lung inflammation and oxidative tress of runners performing 8 km time trial run. Using a single-blinded randomized design, 10 male athletes (mean V˙O2max = 64.4 ml... Read More about Impact of heat and pollution on oxidative stress and CC16 secretion after 8 km run.

Effects of 7.5% CO2 inhalation on allocation of spatial attention to facial cues of emotional expression (2011)
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Cooper, R. M., Bailey, J. E., Diaper, A., Stirland, R., Renton, L. E., Benton, C. P., Penton-Voak, I. S., Nutt, D. J., & Munafò, M. R. (2011). Effects of 7.5% CO2 inhalation on allocation of spatial attention to facial cues of emotional expression. Cognition and Emotion, 25(4), 626-638. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2010.508887

Increased vigilance to threat-related stimuli is thought to be a core cognitive feature of anxiety. We sought to investigate the cognitive impact of experimentally induced anxiety, by means of a 7.5% CO2 challenge, which acts as an unconditioned anxi... Read More about Effects of 7.5% CO2 inhalation on allocation of spatial attention to facial cues of emotional expression.

Motivations, barriers, and incentives for adopting environmental management (cost) accounting and related guidelines: a study of the republic of Korea (2011)
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Lee, K. (2011). Motivations, barriers, and incentives for adopting environmental management (cost) accounting and related guidelines: a study of the republic of Korea. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 18(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.239

The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical case for research in environmental management accounting and/or environmental cost accounting. The paper provides an analysis of the current status of environmental management and/or environmental... Read More about Motivations, barriers, and incentives for adopting environmental management (cost) accounting and related guidelines: a study of the republic of Korea.

Email overload: Exploring the moderating role of the perception of email as a ‘business critical’ tool (2011)
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Sumecki, D., Chipulu, M., & Ojiako, G. (2011). Email overload: Exploring the moderating role of the perception of email as a ‘business critical’ tool. International Journal of Information Management, 31(5), 407-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.12.008

The management of email remains a major challenge for organisations. In this article, we explore the extent of the perceptions of email as a business critical tool within an organisation and how the level of such perceptions may moderate the level of... Read More about Email overload: Exploring the moderating role of the perception of email as a ‘business critical’ tool.

The UK postgraduate Masters dissertation: an ‘elusive chameleon’? (2011)
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Pilcher, N. (2011). The UK postgraduate Masters dissertation: an ‘elusive chameleon’?. Teaching in Higher Education, 16(1), (29-40). doi:10.1080/13562517.2011.530752. ISSN 1356-2517

Many studies into the process of producing and supervising dissertations exist, yet little research into the ‘product’ of the Masters dissertation, or into how Masters supervision changes over time exist. Drawing on 62 semi-structured interviews with... Read More about The UK postgraduate Masters dissertation: an ‘elusive chameleon’?.

A counter-example to “Positive realness preserving model reduction with H-\infty norm error bounds” (2011)
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Guiver, C., & Opmeer, M. R. (2011). A counter-example to “Positive realness preserving model reduction with H-\infty norm error bounds”. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 58(6), 1410-1411. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsi.2010.2097750

We provide a counter example to the H∞ error bound for the difference of a positive real transfer function and its positive real balanced truncation stated in “Positive realness preserving model reduction with H-\infty norm error bounds” IEEE Trans.... Read More about A counter-example to “Positive realness preserving model reduction with H-\infty norm error bounds”.

Challenging symptom profiles of life-limiting conditions in children: a survey of care professionals and families (2011)
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Malcolm, C., Forbat, L., Anderson, G., Gibson, F., & Hain, R. (2011). Challenging symptom profiles of life-limiting conditions in children: a survey of care professionals and families. Palliative Medicine, 25(4), 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216310391346

This paper reports on data from the initial phase of a UK-wide study exploring life-limiting conditions (LLCs) in children where, because of their rarity, little is understood regarding the significant symptom challenges of families and care professi... Read More about Challenging symptom profiles of life-limiting conditions in children: a survey of care professionals and families.

Electronic prescribing and prescription design in ophthalmic practice (2011)
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Connor, A. J., Hutton, P., Severn, P., & Masri, I. (2011). Electronic prescribing and prescription design in ophthalmic practice. European Journal of Ophthalmology, 21(5), 644-648. https://doi.org/10.5301/EJO.2011.6225

PURPOSE: Prescription and drug errors are common causes of adverse clinical events, posing a significant risk to safe patient care. Although there has been a movement to increase the use of electronic prescribing, concerns over feasibility suggest th... Read More about Electronic prescribing and prescription design in ophthalmic practice.

Lines of flight: everyday resistance along England’s backbone. (2011)
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Wood, M., & Brown, S. (2011). Lines of flight: everyday resistance along England’s backbone. Organization, 18, 517-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508410387961

A line of flight is essentially a movement of creativity, a practical act or a way of living that wards off or inhibits the formation of ‘centres’ and stable powers in favour of continuous variation and free action. This article supports the arts-bas... Read More about Lines of flight: everyday resistance along England’s backbone..