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Nurse prescribing in mental health (2006)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2006). Nurse prescribing in mental health. Nursing Standard, 20(29), 41-46. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2006.03.20.29.41.c4106

This article presents a suggested clinical management plan for a community psychiatric nurse who is prescribing for older adults with mental health needs. The scope of the clinical management plan and the attendant professional and legal responsibili... Read More about Nurse prescribing in mental health.

Clustering-Based Searching and Navigation in an Online News Source (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. C., & Rodríguez, M. A. (2006, April). Clustering-Based Searching and Navigation in an Online News Source. Presented at 28th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2006, London, UK

The growing amount of online news posted on the WWW demands new algorithms that support topic detection, search, and navigation of news documents. This work presents an algorithm for topic detection that considers the temporal evolution of news and t... Read More about Clustering-Based Searching and Navigation in an Online News Source.

An adaptive multi-constraint partitioning algorithm for offloading in pervasive systems (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ou, S., Yang, K., & Liotta, A. (2006, March). An adaptive multi-constraint partitioning algorithm for offloading in pervasive systems. Presented at Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM'06), Pisa, Italy

Offloading is a kind of mechanism utilized in pervasive systems to leverage the severity of resource constraints of mobile devices by migrating part of the classes of a pervasive service/application to some resource-rich nearby surrogates. A pervasiv... Read More about An adaptive multi-constraint partitioning algorithm for offloading in pervasive systems.

Popular Singing: a practical guide to Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Gospel (2006)
Book
Soto-Morettini, D. (2006). Popular Singing: a practical guide to Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Gospel. A & C Black

Donna Soto-Morettini is one of the top performance coaches in the industry and has worked as casting director and performance coach for the hit BBC reality casting shows, I'd Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do, and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria.... Read More about Popular Singing: a practical guide to Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Gospel.

Reflecting on Design (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Varey, A., & Smyth, M. (2006, March). Reflecting on Design. Paper presented at CONVIVIO Faculty Forum “Teaching Design for HCI”

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Designing Interactions: Repositioning Design in HCI (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Varey, A., Smyth, M., & Cairncross, S. (2006, March). Designing Interactions: Repositioning Design in HCI. Paper presented at HCIEd 2006 Inventivity: Teaching theory, design and innovation in HCI

This paper describes three case studies which discuss different ways in which HCI and multimedia students in the School of Computing at Napier University are exposed to design in its widest sense. This is achieved through engaging students in activit... Read More about Designing Interactions: Repositioning Design in HCI.

Induction of apoptosis with tobacco smoke and related products in A549 lung epithelial cells in vitro (2006)
Journal Article
Ramage, L., Jones, A. C., & Whelan, C. J. (2006). Induction of apoptosis with tobacco smoke and related products in A549 lung epithelial cells in vitro. Journal of Inflammation, 3(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-3-3

Background This study has investigated the ability of tobacco smoke, and ingredients of tobacco smoke, to induce apoptosis in the airway epithelial cell line A549. Method A549 cells were treated with 80 μg/ml Tobacco smoke condensate (TSC), 10 mM... Read More about Induction of apoptosis with tobacco smoke and related products in A549 lung epithelial cells in vitro.

Cognitive behaviour therapy and people with learning disabilities: implications for developing nursing practice (2006)
Journal Article
Brown, M., & Marshall, K. (2006). Cognitive behaviour therapy and people with learning disabilities: implications for developing nursing practice. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 13(2), 234-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00947.x

People with learning disabilities are an ageing and increasing population and have been the subject of policy initiatives by the four countries of the UK, detailing the range of supports that need to be in place for this group. The evidence base of t... Read More about Cognitive behaviour therapy and people with learning disabilities: implications for developing nursing practice.

Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems (2006)
Journal Article
Grieves, J., McMillan, J., & Wilding, P. (2006). Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 3(1), 86. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijlic.2006.009212

The paper argues that Organisational Learning (OL), as the underpinning process for Strategic Human Resource Development, has not yet reached a sufficient degree of maturity. This is partly due to an OL literature base that is generally rich in rheto... Read More about Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems.

Immunity in the female sheep reproductive tract (2006)
Journal Article
Entrican, G., & Wheelhouse, N. M. (2006). Immunity in the female sheep reproductive tract. Veterinary Research, 37(3), 295-309. https://doi.org/10.1051/vetres%3A2006002

Immune surveillance in the female reproductive tract is dependent on the interplay of many factors that include the expression of pattern recognition receptors on epithelial cells, resident leukocyte populations and hormones, none of which are unifor... Read More about Immunity in the female sheep reproductive tract.

Social Tourism and its Ethical Foundations (2006)
Journal Article
Minnaert, L., Maitland, R., & Miller, G. (2006). Social Tourism and its Ethical Foundations. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 7(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.3727/109830406778493533

Although social tourism has been seen in a number of countries as having potential to counter social exclusion, formulating a definition for the term is difficult. "Social tourism" is used to describe a variety of initiatives for a variety of differe... Read More about Social Tourism and its Ethical Foundations.

Vocational Skills Development in the Undergraduate Accounting Curriculum: An Opinion Survey of Students and Lecturers (2006)
Preprint / Working Paper
Windram, B. (2006). Vocational Skills Development in the Undergraduate Accounting Curriculum: An Opinion Survey of Students and Lecturers

Vocational skills development has become more prominent in higher education institutions largely as a result of recent government policy documents. Over the last 15 years, professional accounting bodies and practitioners have criticised accounting ed... Read More about Vocational Skills Development in the Undergraduate Accounting Curriculum: An Opinion Survey of Students and Lecturers.

Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bromby, M., & Ness, H. (2006). Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world?. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600860600580843

Much research and debate has focussed on the value of CCTV and the associated criminological aspects such as whether crime is reduced, or simply displaced, by its use. The aim of this paper is not to enter into this debate, but to examine the evide... Read More about Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world?.

The development of robust details for sound insulation in new build attached dwellings. (2006)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Baker, D., MacKenzie, R., Wood, J. B., Dunbavin, P., & Panter, D. (2006). The development of robust details for sound insulation in new build attached dwellings. Journal of Building Appraisal, 2(1), 69-85

This paper outlines the background, process and system approach towards the development of robust details (RD) for sound insulation for new build dwellings in England and Wales. Part 1 outlines the initial Robust Standard Details project and its fram... Read More about The development of robust details for sound insulation in new build attached dwellings..