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Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craenen, B. G. W., & Paechter, B. (2005, April). Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations. Presented at AISB’05 Convention Social Intelligence and Interaction in Animals, Robots and Agents, Hatfield, UK

Recently, peer-to-peer networks have been proposed as the underlying architecture of large scale distributed social agent simulations. A number of problems arise when grid landscapes are used to represent the landscape in these simulations, primarily... Read More about Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations..

Control of isocitrate dehydrogenase activity by protein phosphorylation in Escherichia coli. (2005)
Journal Article
Cozzone, A. J., & El-Mansi, M. (2005). Control of isocitrate dehydrogenase activity by protein phosphorylation in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 9(3-4), 132-146. https://doi.org/10.1159/000089642

During aerobic growth of Escherichia coli on acetate as sole source of carbon and energy, the organism requires the operation of the glyoxylate bypass enzymes, namely isocitrate lyase (ICL) and the anaplerotic enzyme malate synthase (MS). Under these... Read More about Control of isocitrate dehydrogenase activity by protein phosphorylation in Escherichia coli..

The development of tourism businesses in rural communities: The case of the Maroons of Jamaica. (2005)
Book Chapter
Chambers, D. (2005). The development of tourism businesses in rural communities: The case of the Maroons of Jamaica. In D. Hall, I. Kirkpatrick, & M. Mitchell (Eds.), Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business (180-200). Channel View Publications

This chapter presents the results of research conducted in three Maroon villages in Jamaica during the summer of 2003, which investigated the views and reactions of the Maroons towards (cultural) tourism development opportunities in their communities... Read More about The development of tourism businesses in rural communities: The case of the Maroons of Jamaica..

JCSP.mobile: a package enabling mobile processes and channels. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., & Kerridge, J. (2005, September). JCSP.mobile: a package enabling mobile processes and channels. Presented at Communicating Process Architectures 2005 WoTug 28

The JCSPNet package from Quickstone provides the capability of transparently creating a network of processes that run across a TCP/IP network. The package also contains mechanisms for creating mobile processes and channels through the use of filters... Read More about JCSP.mobile: a package enabling mobile processes and channels..

The use of an environmental assessment tool in healthcare buildings. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capper, G., Holmes, J., Hudson, G., & Currie, J. (2005, September). The use of an environmental assessment tool in healthcare buildings. Presented at SB05 Tokyo: The 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference

A variety of tools have been developed for the comprehensive assessment of the environmental performance of buildings and they are currently being used in different stages of the building design, construction and operation process. But each existing... Read More about The use of an environmental assessment tool in healthcare buildings..

Cities as leading examples of the digitally-inclusive knowledge society. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, F. H., & Deakin, M. (2005, October). Cities as leading examples of the digitally-inclusive knowledge society. Presented at International conference on Making Knowledge Work

'Into the whirling vortex of modernity': cultural developments in the Scottish Gaidhealtachd, 1939-1965. (2005)
Book Chapter
Burnett, J. (2005). 'Into the whirling vortex of modernity': cultural developments in the Scottish Gaidhealtachd, 1939-1965. In L. Kennedy, & R. J. Morris (Eds.), Ireland and Scotland: Order and Disorder, 1600-2000 (175-188). John Donald

Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Graves, J., Saliou, L., Sebea, A. L., & Migas, N. (2005, July). Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework. Presented at 4th European Conference of Information Warfare and Security

Forensics investigations can be flawed for many reasons, such as that they can lack any real evidence of an incident. Also, it can be the case that the legal rights of an individual has been breached, or that the steps taken in the investigation cann... Read More about Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework..

Lecturers' experience of student-centred approaches to teaching. (2005)
Book Chapter
Brown, N. (2005). Lecturers' experience of student-centred approaches to teaching. In C. Rust (Ed.), Improving student learning: inclusivity and diversity. Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

How lecturers' experience student-centred approaches to teaching. (2005)
Journal Article
Brown, N. (2005). How lecturers' experience student-centred approaches to teaching. Kenya nursing journal : [official magazine of the National Nurses Association of Kenya], 33, 3-8

A new research agenda: improving general hospital care for people with learning disabilities. (2005)
Report
Brown, M., MacArthur, J., & Gibbs, S. M. (2005). A new research agenda: improving general hospital care for people with learning disabilities

Promoting Health, Supporting Inclusion: Developments in the Nursing and Midwifery Contributions to Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Scotland. (2005)
Journal Article
Brown, M. (2005). Promoting Health, Supporting Inclusion: Developments in the Nursing and Midwifery Contributions to Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Scotland. International Journal of Nursing in Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2, 3-12

Public policy within Scotland is directed towards social inclusion and health improvement for all citizens. Since political devolution in Scotland in 1999, there has been a considerable focus on the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. To... Read More about Promoting Health, Supporting Inclusion: Developments in the Nursing and Midwifery Contributions to Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Scotland..

Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). (2005)
Journal Article
Brown, D. F. J., Edwards, D. I., Hawkey, P. M., Morrison, D., Ridgway, G. L., Towner, K. J., & Wren, M. W. D. (2005). Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 56, 1000-1018. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dki372

These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a literature review of the laboratory diagnosis
and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We have considered
the detection of MRSA in screening samples... Read More about Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)..

Designing interactive systems : people, activities, contexts, technologies (2005)
Book
Benyon, D., Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2005). Designing interactive systems : people, activities, contexts, technologies. Pearson Education

Authoritative in its coverage, the book draws on the authors’ extensive experience in research and teaching. A self-contained introduction to the area is followed by a systematic discussion of the influence of human psychology on the design of intera... Read More about Designing interactive systems : people, activities, contexts, technologies.

Ethical issues in alternative journalism. (2005)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2005). Ethical issues in alternative journalism. In R. Keeble (Ed.), Communication Ethics Today (15-27). Troubador

Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Chamberlain, T., Nilsson, M., & Rutter, M. (2005, January). Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems. Presented at 37th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, Bristol

In this paper, we will describe a number of research projects at Napier University on pedestrian tracking. This work started with systems based on ordinary cameras working at visible wavelengths. This work has expanded to include infrared imaging sys... Read More about Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems.

Learning communities: towards a suffiently place-based knowledge of the critical roles networking, innovation and creative partnerships play in governing the social capital of successful partnerships. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Allwinkle, S., & Deakin, M. (2005, October). Learning communities: towards a suffiently place-based knowledge of the critical roles networking, innovation and creative partnerships play in governing the social capital of successful partnerships. Presented at PASCAL International Conference, Making Knowledge Work: Building Sustainable Communities through Partnerships in Place

Corporate environmental reporting in Libya: A study of absence (2005)
Journal Article
Ahmad, N. S. M., & Gao, S. S. (2005). Corporate environmental reporting in Libya: A study of absence. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 25(1), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969160X.2005.9651729

Preface: The Bigger Picture (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2005, September). Preface: The Bigger Picture. Presented at 19th British HCI Group Annual Conference, Edinburgh

This volume contains the full papers presented at HCI 2005, the 19th Annual Conference of the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the BCS. The conference has become the premiere annual conference on human-computer interaction in Europe, attracti... Read More about Preface: The Bigger Picture.

FDI, international business and regulation: The behaviour of UK multinational corporations (2005)
Journal Article
Smith-Hillman, A. V., & Omar, M. (2005). FDI, international business and regulation: The behaviour of UK multinational corporations. European Business Review, 17(1), 69-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/09555340510576276

Purpose - Multinational corporations (MNCs) occupy a central role within the process of globalisation as evidenced through global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows valued at US$3.1 trillion by the end of 2000. The importance of regulation is ev... Read More about FDI, international business and regulation: The behaviour of UK multinational corporations.