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Life history and population structure of the exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Caete Estuary, North Brazil. (2000)
Thesis
Diele, K. (2000). Life history and population structure of the exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Caete Estuary, North Brazil. (Thesis). Universität Bremen. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/

The semiterrestrial crab U. cordatus is one of the most heavily exploited resources of Bra-zilian mangrove forests. The growing interest in protecting and managing U. cordatus populations increases the need for research on socioeconomical and biologi... Read More about Life history and population structure of the exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Caete Estuary, North Brazil..

Narratives of new media in Scottish households: the evolution of a framework of enquiry. (2000)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., Higgins, M., & Somerville, I. (2000). Narratives of new media in Scottish households: the evolution of a framework of enquiry. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 51, 900-912. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4571%282000%2951%3A103.0.CO%3B2-U

The authors describe a study of the social dynamics of new media in Scottish households. The evolving project drew on dialogues with multiple household members elicited in group conversations. This approach to interviews captured different and confli... Read More about Narratives of new media in Scottish households: the evolution of a framework of enquiry..

Non-contractual trust, design, and human and computer interactions (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marsh, S., Davenport, E., Dibben, M., Friedman, B., March, S., Rosenbaum, H., & Thimbleby, H. (2000). Non-contractual trust, design, and human and computer interactions. In CHI 2000 Proceedings (239-240). https://doi.org/10.1145/633292.633432

How might trust be a component of human-computer based interaction? There are a number of dimensions involving different combinations of humans, systems and computer agents. Recent studies of trust in the workplace indicate that trust has many attrib... Read More about Non-contractual trust, design, and human and computer interactions.

The citation network as a prototype for representing trust. (2000)
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Cronin, B. (2000). The citation network as a prototype for representing trust. In B. Cronin, & H. B. Atkins (Eds.), The Web of knowledge: a Festschrift in honor of Eugene Garfield (517-534). Information Today Inc

Knowledge management; semantic drift or conceptual shift? (2000)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., & Cronin, B. (2000). Knowledge management; semantic drift or conceptual shift?. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 41(4), 294-306. https://doi.org/10.2307/40324047

This paper offers an exploration of knowledge management (KM), a concept only partially understood in domains that use the term. Three such domains are described: library and information science (LIS), business administration, and organization theory... Read More about Knowledge management; semantic drift or conceptual shift?.

Localisation, globalisation, and SMEs in European tourism: the ‘virtual enterprise model of intervention’. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E. (2000). Localisation, globalisation, and SMEs in European tourism: the ‘virtual enterprise model of intervention’. In Proceedings of ASIS 2000, Technical Papers Volume (309-319)

Discussion of the effect of globalization on SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in Europe focuses on a case study of a current European Commission (EC) project, Net Quality, which is based on the virtual enterprise as an intervention model that may... Read More about Localisation, globalisation, and SMEs in European tourism: the ‘virtual enterprise model of intervention’..

Conceptual Modelling for Database User Interfaces (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cooper, R., McKirdy, J., Griffiths, T., Barclay, P. J., Paton, N. W., Gray, P., …Goble, C. (2000). Conceptual Modelling for Database User Interfaces. In H. Arisawa, & T. Catarci (Eds.), Advances in Visual Information Management. VDB 2000. IFIP — The I

Model-based user interface development environments show promise for improving the speed of production and quality user interfaces. Such systems usually have seperate descriptions of domain, task and presentation to structure. The Teallach system app... Read More about Conceptual Modelling for Database User Interfaces.

Real-world applications of evolutionary computing (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cagnoni, S., Poli, R., Smith, G. D., Corne, D., Oates, M., Hart, E., …Fogarty, T. C. (2000). Real-world applications of evolutionary computing. In Proceedings of EvoWorkshops 2000

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of six workshops on evolutionary computation held concurrently as EvoWorkshops 2000 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, in April 2000. The 37 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected by the... Read More about Real-world applications of evolutionary computing.

Enhancing network management using mobile agents. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Naylor, M., & Scott, A. (2000). Enhancing network management using mobile agents. In Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2000. (ECBS 2000) Proceedings. Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the (218-226). https://doi.o

Agent mobility addresses some limitations faced by classic client/server architecture, namely, in minimising bandwidth consumption, in supporting adaptive network load balancing and in solving problems caused by intermittent or unreliable network con... Read More about Enhancing network management using mobile agents..

Distributed systems and networks. (2000)
Book
Buchanan, W. J. (2000). Distributed systems and networks. McGraw-Hill

This book provides the student with comprehensive coverage of both networks and system architecture. It aims to introduce the most widely used networking protocols and distributed systems, covering recent developments in distributed processing and th... Read More about Distributed systems and networks..

Computer busses. (2000)
Book
Buchanan, W. J. (2000). Computer busses. Newton, MA, USA: Butterworth-Heinemann

Nurse networks in learning disability. (2000)
Journal Article
Brown, M. & Moore, G. (1999). Nurse networks in learning disability. Nursing Times. 96. . 40. . ISSN 0954-7762.

In 1997, three senior community nurses from Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust, Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust and Ayrshire and Arran Primary Care NHS Trust established the Scottish Community Learning Disability Nursing Network. The aim was to en... Read More about Nurse networks in learning disability..

Using non-speech sounds in mobile computing devices. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brewster, S. A., LePlâtre, G., & Crease, M. (2000). Using non-speech sounds in mobile computing devices. In C. Johnson (Ed.), First Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (26-29)

Teallach's presentation model . (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barclay, P. J., & Kennedy, J. (2000). Teallach's presentation model . In V. Gesu, S. Levialdi, & L. Tarantino (Eds.), Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2000) (151-154). https://doi.org/10.1145/345513.345295

This short paper describes the presentation model used by the Teallach model-based user-interface development environment. Teallach's presentation model provides both abstract and concrete interactors, which are first-class objects that may be freely... Read More about Teallach's presentation model ..

Strategic management in the global container shipping industry. (2000)
Thesis
Baird, A. Strategic management in the global container shipping industry. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3802

Container shipping is of immense importance to global industry, and one of the critical enablers of globalisation. Analysis of the global container shipping industry suggests the potential for significant economies of scope and scale, and hence lo... Read More about Strategic management in the global container shipping industry..

Designing and evaluating a user interface for a home convergence technology. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baillie, L., & Benyon, D. (2000). Designing and evaluating a user interface for a home convergence technology. In A. Sloan, & F. V. Rijn (Eds.), Home Informatics and Telematics - Information, Technology and Society, HOIT 2000 Proceedings, Volume 2 (101-11