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Active ageing: extending good practice on age management policies and practices in Edinburgh’s businesses. Baseline study. (2010)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Fuertes, V., Hollywood, E., & Egdell, V. (2010). Active ageing: extending good practice on age management policies and practices in Edinburgh’s businesses. Baseline study

The purpose of this baseline study is to provide information on the current situation and actions regarding older people’s labour market participation, and to identify any existing gaps in knowledge. This baseline study is part of QeCERAN’s (European... Read More about Active ageing: extending good practice on age management policies and practices in Edinburgh’s businesses. Baseline study..

Hallelujah! using topical examples to Illustrate ethical and business Issues for engineers. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T., & Cairncross, S. (2010). Hallelujah! using topical examples to Illustrate ethical and business Issues for engineers. In Proceedings of FIE 2010 (S3E-1). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2010.5673348

Technically-oriented undergraduate students are often reluctant to engage with “Legal, Social, Ethical and Professional Issues”. In particular many learners appear to have an increasingly cavalier attitude to intellectual property in digital media. M... Read More about Hallelujah! using topical examples to Illustrate ethical and business Issues for engineers..

Clonal selection from first principles. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, C., & Hart, E. (2010). Clonal selection from first principles. In E. Hart, C. McEwan, J. Timmis, & A. Hone (Eds.), Artificial Immune Systems, Proceedings of 9th International Conference, ICARIS 2010 (18-32). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14547-6_3

Clonal selection is the keystone of mainstream immunology and computational systems based on immunological principles. For the latter, clonal selection is often interpreted as an asexual variant of natural selection, and thus, tend to be variation... Read More about Clonal selection from first principles..

One world, new world: one Scotland, many cultures (2010)
Book Chapter
McCleery, A., McCleery, A., Gunn, L., & Hill, D. (2010). One world, new world: one Scotland, many cultures. In M. J. Munro-Landi (Ed.), L'Ecosse et Ses Doubles: Ancien-monde-nouveau monde/ Old world-New world: Scotland and its doubles (315). L'Harmattan

Modelling infection spread using location tracking. (2010)
Journal Article
Mason, A. M., Dingle, N. J., Knottenbelt, W. J., Bell, D., Buchanan, W. J., & Thuemmler, C. (2010). Modelling infection spread using location tracking. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 11, 442-461. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2010.036925

The precision of location tracking technology has improved greatly over the last few decades. We aim to show that by tracking the locations of individuals in a closed environment, it is now possible to record the nature and frequency of interactions... Read More about Modelling infection spread using location tracking..

International transport costs and the margins of Intra-Latin American maritime trade (2010)
Journal Article
Martínez-Zarzoso, I., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2010). International transport costs and the margins of Intra-Latin American maritime trade. Aussenwirtschaft, 65, 49-72

This paper focuses on the analysis of the relationship between maritime trade and transport cost in Latin America. The analysis is based on disaggregated (SITC 5 digit level) trade data for intra Latin maritime trade routes over the period 1999-2004.... Read More about International transport costs and the margins of Intra-Latin American maritime trade.

Stochastic based models for low volume road (LVR) network management. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Mandiartha, P., Duffield, C. F., Thompson, R. G., & Wigan, M. (2010). Stochastic based models for low volume road (LVR) network management.

A major challenge faced by road authorities is to manage road networks within budget constraints and the uncertainty associated in predicting future performance of pavements; this is particularly true for the low volume road network. Road authorities... Read More about Stochastic based models for low volume road (LVR) network management..

Thermosyphon Heated Thermal Store, the Influences of Valve Opening on flow, an Experimental Analysis. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Macbeth, J., Smith, H., Currie, J., & Finlayson, N. (2010). Thermosyphon Heated Thermal Store, the Influences of Valve Opening on flow, an Experimental Analysis.

This paper outlines initial findings from the design of a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system whose principal objective is to promote stratification when charged by an intermittent electrical supply. This concept will offer an efficient solution to... Read More about Thermosyphon Heated Thermal Store, the Influences of Valve Opening on flow, an Experimental Analysis..

Financial trajectories: how parents and children discussed the impact of the recession. (2010)
Journal Article
MacLean, A., Harden, J., & Backett-Milburn, K. (2010). Financial trajectories: how parents and children discussed the impact of the recession. Contemporary Social Science, 5, 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450141003783405

This paper presents findings from a qualitative longitudinal study which investigated processes of negotiation between parents and their primary school-aged children in addressing issues raised by working parenthood. Three waves of fieldwork were con... Read More about Financial trajectories: how parents and children discussed the impact of the recession..

‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach. (2010)
Book Chapter
Mabweazara, H. (2010). ‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach. In N. Hyde-Clarke (Ed.), Citizen Journalism and Alternative Avenues of Communication (11-30). Juta & Co

This chapter suggests a critical sociological approach in terms of which we can closely examine the use of ‘new’ technologies by journalists in Africa. It argues that to understand the impact of ‘new’ technologies on journalism practice in Africa, ‘n... Read More about ‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach..

Towards a richer understanding of consumers in social marketing contexts: revisiting the stage of change model. (2010)
Journal Article
Logie-MacIver, L., & Piacentini, M. G. (2010). Towards a richer understanding of consumers in social marketing contexts: revisiting the stage of change model. Journal of Marketing Management, 27, 60-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/02672571003676429

In this paper, we present data from an 18-month-long longitudinal study of a sample of 40 people who received a test for cancer and who were subsequently advised by health professionals on the dietary changes that would lead to improved health. This... Read More about Towards a richer understanding of consumers in social marketing contexts: revisiting the stage of change model..

Big Pharma, social movements, international labour and the internet: critical perspectives on coordination. (2010)
Journal Article
Little, S. E., & Grieco, M. (2010). the internet: critical perspectives on coordination. Labor History, 51, 71-86. doi:10.1080/00236561003654750

There is a new political space within the dynamics of global organization. The technological needs of globalised capitalism have spawned a new information communication technology which has the capacity to enable and enhance the globalising of labo... Read More about Big Pharma, social movements, international labour and the internet: critical perspectives on coordination..

Demographic change and labour markets. (2010)
Journal Article
Lisenkova, K., McQuaid, R. W., & Wright, R. E. (2010). Demographic change and labour markets. Contemporary Social Science, 5, 243-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450144.2010.480828

Two processes are expected to increasingly characterise demographic change in the 21st century in many countries: population ageing and potential population decline. Although there are links between population ageing and population decline, they will... Read More about Demographic change and labour markets..

The capabilities approach as a framework for labour market information on young people. (2010)
Book Chapter
Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2010). The capabilities approach as a framework for labour market information on young people. In C. Larsen, J. Kipper, & A. Schmid (Eds.), Regional Monitoring Approaches for the Reduction and the Prevention of Youth Unemployment in Europe (152-159). Rainer Hampp Verlag, Muenchen

This paper considers some of the potential uses of the capabilities approach to widen and deepen the labour market information that we collect on youth employment and unemployment.

Employability through health? partnership-based governance and the delivery of Pathways to Work condition management services. (2010)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., & Dutton, M. (2010). Employability through health? partnership-based governance and the delivery of Pathways to Work condition management services. Policy Studies, 31, 245-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870903429660

The Pathways to Work (PtW) initiative has been rolled out in 49 Jobcentre Plus districts across Great Britain as the government seeks to provide services to activate claimants of incapacity benefits and help them overcome health-related barriers to w... Read More about Employability through health? partnership-based governance and the delivery of Pathways to Work condition management services..

Improving data quality in data warehousing applications (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Li, L., Peng, T., & Kennedy, J. (2010). Improving data quality in data warehousing applications. In J. Filipe, & J. Cordeiro (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (379-382). https://doi.org/10.5220/0002903903790382

There is a growing awareness that high quality of data is a key to today’s business success and dirty data that exits within data sources is one of the reasons that cause poor data quality. To ensure high quality, enterprises need to have a process,... Read More about Improving data quality in data warehousing applications.