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Market Orientation and Innovators' Success: an Exploration of the Influence of Customer and Competitor Orientation (2011)
Journal Article
Lewrick, M., Omar, M., & Williams, J. (2011). Market Orientation and Innovators' Success: an Exploration of the Influence of Customer and Competitor Orientation. Journal of technology management & innovation, 6, 48-62. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242011000300004

The concepts of market orientation and innovation and their interrelationship with business success have been explored from a number of perspectives. However, research in this area has not explored the differences between start-up and mature compan... Read More about Market Orientation and Innovators' Success: an Exploration of the Influence of Customer and Competitor Orientation.

Generation Y: opportunity or challenge – strategies to engage Generation Y in the UK attractions’ sector (2011)
Journal Article
Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Barron, P. (2011). Generation Y: opportunity or challenge – strategies to engage Generation Y in the UK attractions’ sector. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2011.642856

This study examines the extent to which Generation Y (Gen Y) serves as an opportunity or challenge for visitor attractions in the UK and the corresponding strategies adopted to seek engagement with this generational segment. A multiple-case study des... Read More about Generation Y: opportunity or challenge – strategies to engage Generation Y in the UK attractions’ sector.

Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: an exploratory analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Kukanova, M., Campbell, M., Wolfe, I., Powell, P., & Callery, P. (2011). Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: an exploratory analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96, 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.180125

Aim: To determine whether emergency hospital admission rates (EAR) for common paediatric conditions in Greater London are associated with measures of child well-being and deprivation. Design: Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics and... Read More about Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: an exploratory analysis.

Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: design of a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery (2011)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Culbard, B., Evans, J., Gray, N. M., Ayansina, D., & Hubbard, G. (2011). Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: design of a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery. Trials, 12, 89. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-89

Background: Due to improvements in cancer survival the number of people of working age living with cancer across Europe is likely to increase. UK governments have made commitments to reduce the number of working days lost to ill-health and to improve... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: design of a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery.

Minimising collateral damage: privacy-preserving Investigative data acquisition platform. (2011)
Journal Article
Kwecka, Z., Buchanan, W. J., & Spiers, D. A. (2011). Minimising collateral damage: privacy-preserving Investigative data acquisition platform. International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach, 4, 12-31. https://doi.org/10.4018/jitsa.2011070102

Investigators define invasion of privacy during their operations as collateral damage. Inquiries that require gathering data about potential suspects from third parties, such as banks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or employers are likely to impa... Read More about Minimising collateral damage: privacy-preserving Investigative data acquisition platform..

Captive and contestable port hinterlands: modelling and visualization using GIS. (2011)
Book Chapter
Kronbak, J., & Cullinane, K. (2011). Captive and contestable port hinterlands: modelling and visualization using GIS. In K. Cullinane (Ed.), International Handbook Of Maritime Economics (348-362). Edward Elgar Publishing

This paper presents the results of a research project using a geographical information system (GIS)-based model to illustrate and asses captive and contestable port hinterlands. Thematic maps can be generated by this model in order to visualize the c... Read More about Captive and contestable port hinterlands: modelling and visualization using GIS..

Evaluating an emergent behaviour algorithm in JCSP for energy conservation in lighting systems. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kosek, A., Syed, A., & Kerridge, J. (2011, June). Evaluating an emergent behaviour algorithm in JCSP for energy conservation in lighting systems. Presented at 33rd Communicating Process Architecture (CPA) conference

Since the invention of the light bulb, artificial light is accompanying people all around the world every day and night. As the light bulb itself evolved a lot through years, light control systems are still switch-based and require users to make most... Read More about Evaluating an emergent behaviour algorithm in JCSP for energy conservation in lighting systems..

HUWY D7.4 Results (2011)
Report
Kimpeler, S., Lehner, C., Lindner, R., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., & Taylor-Smith, E. (2011). HUWY D7.4 Results. Edinburgh: European Community

HUWY (Hub Websites for Youth Participation) was an eParticipation Preparatory Action project, which piloted a distributed (networked) discussion. The pilot ran in Estonia, Germany, Ireland and the UK. HUWY aimed to find good ways to support groups of... Read More about HUWY D7.4 Results.

Investigating the contribution of community nurses to anticipatory care: a qualitative exploratory study (2011)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., Harbison, J., Mahoney, C. M., Jarvis, A., & Veitch, L. (2011). Investigating the contribution of community nurses to anticipatory care: a qualitative exploratory study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67, 1558-1567. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05589.x

Aims.  To investigate how one aspect of anticipatory care is understood and delivered in practice. ‘Anticipatory care’ in this context can be understood as proactive care, which is oriented towards prevention of adverse events. Background.  Scotla... Read More about Investigating the contribution of community nurses to anticipatory care: a qualitative exploratory study.

The complexities of trust in the delivery of childhood vaccines in Scotland: A qualitative study (2011)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., & Gray Brunton, C. (2011). The complexities of trust in the delivery of childhood vaccines in Scotland: A qualitative study. Psychology and Health, 26, https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2011.617182

Background: The objective was to explore the challenges for health professionals in delivering controversial vaccines, the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, and newly introduced vaccines, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Influenzae H1N1 vac... Read More about The complexities of trust in the delivery of childhood vaccines in Scotland: A qualitative study.

Desynchronizing effects of lightning strike disturbances on cyclic forest dynamics in mangrove plantations. (2011)
Journal Article
Kautz, M., Berger, U., Stoyan, D., Vogt, J., Khan, N. I., Diele, K., …Nam, V. N. (2011). Desynchronizing effects of lightning strike disturbances on cyclic forest dynamics in mangrove plantations. Aquatic Botany, 95, 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.05.005

Plantations released from management are vulnerable to transient oscillations until cohort dynamics are broken and the vertical and horizontal structures of the plantation are transformed to those of more natural forests. Cohort-desynchronizing facto... Read More about Desynchronizing effects of lightning strike disturbances on cyclic forest dynamics in mangrove plantations..

Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress (2011)
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Chouliara, Z., Power, K., & Kilfedder, C. (2011). Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 39, 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2011.552599

The aim of the present study was to investigate predictors of outcome of counselling, using mean change scores of three outcome measures, at treatment completion and at 4-months follow-up, in a randomised trial of face-to-face (n=30) versus telephone... Read More about Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress.

Research directions in data wrangling: Visualizations and transformations for usable and credible data (2011)
Journal Article
Kandel, S., Heer, J., Plaisant, C., Kennedy, J., Ham, F. V., Riche, N. H., …Buono, P. (2011). Research directions in data wrangling: Visualizations and transformations for usable and credible data. Information Visualization, Octobe, 271-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473871611415994

In spite of advances in technologies for working with data, analysts still spend an inordinate amount of time diagnosing data quality issues and manipulating data into a usable form. This process of ‘data wrangling’ often constitutes the most tedious... Read More about Research directions in data wrangling: Visualizations and transformations for usable and credible data.

Relating Innovative 2D Ideas into 3D Garments in Terms of Structure, Using ‘Sculptural Form Giving’ as an Intermediate Step in Creation. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kalkreuter, B., Vettese-Forster, S., & Huang, Y. C. (2011). Relating Innovative 2D Ideas into 3D Garments in Terms of Structure, Using ‘Sculptural Form Giving’ as an Intermediate Step in Creation.

This research focuses on finding a fashion design methodology to reliably translate innovative two-dimensional ideas on paper, via a structural design sculpture, into an intermediate model. The author, both as a fashion designer and a researcher, h... Read More about Relating Innovative 2D Ideas into 3D Garments in Terms of Structure, Using ‘Sculptural Form Giving’ as an Intermediate Step in Creation..

Impact of the talent development environment on achievement goals and life aspirations in Singapore (2011)
Journal Article
John Wang, C. K., Sproule, J., McNeill, M., Martindale, R. J. J., & Lee, K. S. (2011). Impact of the talent development environment on achievement goals and life aspirations in Singapore. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23, 263-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2010.543120

Producing successful athletes in Singapore is a high priority, and the financial rewards for those that make it are great. In light of such an extrinsically motivated structure, the purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of the talent... Read More about Impact of the talent development environment on achievement goals and life aspirations in Singapore.

Capture and analysis of racing gameplay metrics (2011)
Journal Article
Jimenez, E., Mitchell, K., & Seron, F. (2011). Capture and analysis of racing gameplay metrics. IEEE Software, 28, 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2011.71

This article presents a flexible, extendable system called Tracktivity that can capture gameplay metrics in any type of leaderboard-based video game. This system incorporates novel visualizations, including a dynamic competition balancing (DCB) measu... Read More about Capture and analysis of racing gameplay metrics.

Do We Eat Too Much? The current economic crisis as a result of overconsumption (2011)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M., & Weber, J. (2011). Do We Eat Too Much? The current economic crisis as a result of overconsumption. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 23, 223-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/02601079X11002300302

Over the past 15 years, a fairly synchronised and steady increase of the current account deficits of the US and the UK has been witnessed, while at the same time real house prices and real wages in these two economies increased sharply. We analyse th... Read More about Do We Eat Too Much? The current economic crisis as a result of overconsumption.

Thick-Film ceramic strain sensors for structural health monitoring (2011)
Journal Article
Jabir, S. A. A., & Gupta, N. K. (2011). Thick-Film ceramic strain sensors for structural health monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 60, 3669-3676. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2011.2138310

Structural Health Monitoring represents one of the primary field applications for new sensor technologies. Different kinds of sensors to monitor stability anomalies of civil structures are deployed on different kinds of building materials. Observatio... Read More about Thick-Film ceramic strain sensors for structural health monitoring.

What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study (2011)
Journal Article
Igboanugo, G. M., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2011). What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study. African journal of reproductive health, 15, 63-77

At present there is under utilization of maternity service provision in Nigeria, with only a third of childbearing women electing to deliver in healthcare facilities. This is relevant since Nigeria's maternal mortality rate is second highest in the w... Read More about What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study.