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Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bin-Melha, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Usman, M., Elfergani, I., & Noras, J. (2012). Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna.

A triangular patch harmonic-rejecting antenna at 0.7 GHz is proposed. Simulated results obtained using HFSS software show that a triangular antenna with shorting pin feed, and of compact size, exhibits high reflection coefficients at the second and t... Read More about Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna.

Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adnan, S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Usman, M., See, C., Noras, J., & Child, M. (2012). Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging.

Near field imaging using microwaves in medical applications has gained much attention recently as various researchers have shown its capability and accuracy in identifying features of interest compared to better known screening tools. This paper docu... Read More about Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging.

An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh (2012)
Thesis
Mackenzie, C. An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5422

Probably the most important and strategic resource of SMEs is their employees” (Analoui & Karami, 2003b:204). A critical review of the literature on leadership in Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) suggests the relationship between the individual emp... Read More about An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh.

Drugs, drink and mental health: The impact and consequences of dual diagnosis for mental health service delivery (2012)
Book Chapter
Hughes, L., & Phillips, P. (2012). Drugs, drink and mental health: The impact and consequences of dual diagnosis for mental health service delivery. In P. Phillips, T. Sandford, & C. Johnston (Eds.), Working in Mental Health: Practice and Policy in a Chan

Mental health service users with co-morbid alcohol and/or drug use problems (which will be referred to as ‘dual diagnosis’) have presented one of the most significant challenges to British and international mental health and wider health and social c... Read More about Drugs, drink and mental health: The impact and consequences of dual diagnosis for mental health service delivery.

Electroless deposition of Ni–P–nano-ZrO2 composite coatings in the presence of various types of surfactants (2012)
Journal Article
Zielińska, K., Stankiewicz, A., & Szczygieł, I. (2012). Electroless deposition of Ni–P–nano-ZrO2 composite coatings in the presence of various types of surfactants. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 377(1), 362-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2012.03.049

Ni–P–nano-ZrO2 coatings were produced using the electroless deposition technique. To prevent agglomeration of zirconia nanoparticles in the plating bath, various surfactant additives (anionic, cationic, and nonionic) were used. The most stable bath w... Read More about Electroless deposition of Ni–P–nano-ZrO2 composite coatings in the presence of various types of surfactants.

Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bin-Melha, M. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Alkambashi, M., Zhou, D., Jones, S. M., & Excell, P. (2012). Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems. In Personal Satellite Services (81-86). https:/

Two novel reduced-size, printed spiral antennas are proposed for use in personal communications mobile terminals exploiting the “big low earth orbit” (Big-LEO) satellite system (uplink 1.61–1.63 GHz; downlink 2.48–2.5 GHz). The two proposed antenna g... Read More about Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems.

How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions (2012)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Crossan, K., & Juleff, L. (2012). How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions. Local Economy, 27(3), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211434476

Comparing VAT registration data with Scottish Clearing Bank Statistics on new start-up activity we assess the extent to which VATregistration data reflect the general level of start-up activity in the Scottish economy for the period 2002–2009. Find... Read More about How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions.

Concordance in Action: Training Needs Analysis (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Gilfedder, M., Ferries, E., Bartling, L., & Barron, D. T. (2012). Concordance in Action: Training Needs Analysis. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1(1), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2012.1.1.13

This is the first of two articles examining the role and function of concordance in clinical medicine management. It records the development of a questionnaire designed to help facilitate a training needs analysis for registered mental health nurses.... Read More about Concordance in Action: Training Needs Analysis.

A centralised respiratory diagnostic service for primary care: a 4-year audit (2012)
Journal Article
Starren, E. S., Roberts, N. J., Tahir, M., O'Byrne, L., Haffenden, R., Patel, I. S., & Partridge, M. R. (2012). A centralised respiratory diagnostic service for primary care: a 4-year audit. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 21(2), 180-186. https://doi.or

Background: The literature shows that delayed or erroneous diagnosis of respiratory conditions may be common in primary care due to underuse of spirometry or poor spirometric technique. The Community Respiratory Assessment Unit (CRAU) was establishe... Read More about A centralised respiratory diagnostic service for primary care: a 4-year audit.

A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism (2012)
Journal Article
Hoddinott, P., Craig, L. C. A., Britten, J., & McInnes, R. M. (2012). A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism. BMJ Open, 2(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000504

Objective: To investigate the infant feeding experiences of women and their significant others from pregnancy until 6 months after birth to establish what would make a difference. Design: Qualitative serial interview study. Setting: Two health boards... Read More about A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism.

Patient views of single number access to urgent care services (2012)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Henderson, E., Howse, J., & Rubin, G. (2012). Patient views of single number access to urgent care services. Family Practice, 29, 713-718. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cms023

Background. In October 2009, NHS County Durham and Darlington introduced a single point of access telephone number for people requiring out-of-hours health care. We evaluated users’ views and experiences of the service. Methods. We used a validated... Read More about Patient views of single number access to urgent care services.

Video quality degradation on IPTV networks (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Okyere-Benya, J., Aldiabat, M., Menkovski, V., Exarchakos, G., & Liotta, A. (2012). Video quality degradation on IPTV networks. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCNC.2012.6167513

In IPTV streaming, issues of entire frame losses limit the use of state-of-the-art video quality analyses techniques. We present an experimental evaluation of degradation in video quality when streaming different types of video in an IPTV scenario. T... Read More about Video quality degradation on IPTV networks.

An autonomic plane for wireless body sensor networks (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fortino, G., Galzarano, S., & Liotta, A. (2012). An autonomic plane for wireless body sensor networks. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCNC.2012.6167566

Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSN) have proved to be a potential technology for developing applications that can monitor and control physical and biochemical parameters on the human body. Developing such applications is rather cumbersome, since the... Read More about An autonomic plane for wireless body sensor networks.

A wireless mesh communication protocol for smart-metering (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Geelen, D., Van Kempen, G., Van Hoogstraten, F., & Liotta, A. (2012). A wireless mesh communication protocol for smart-metering. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCNC.2012.6167440

Worldwide there has been increasing interest over the past few years for so-called “Smart Meters”, in academia, governments and in industry. Such smart-metering systems need a way to communicate the collected data reliably and cost efficiently to the... Read More about A wireless mesh communication protocol for smart-metering.

Hugh MacDiarmid (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2012, March). Hugh MacDiarmid. Presented at The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Debate. Aye Write!, Mitchell Library, Glasgow

No abstract available.

Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2012). Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making.

ARIMA models have been extensively used for property market modelling. Property researchers have used this type of univariate forecasting technique to predict property rents, returns and yields. However, it has been indicated that ARIMA models could... Read More about Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making..

Adaptive service discovery on service-oriented and spontaneous sensor systems (2012)
Journal Article
Liu, L., Xu, J., Antonopoulos, N., Li, J., & Wu, K. (2012). Adaptive service discovery on service-oriented and spontaneous sensor systems. Adhoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, 14(1-2), 107-132

Natural and man-made disasters can significantly impact both people and environments. Enhanced effect can be achieved through dynamic networking of people, systems and procedures and seamless integration of them to fulfil mission objectives with serv... Read More about Adaptive service discovery on service-oriented and spontaneous sensor systems.

Designing user interfaces for "ordinary users in extraordinary circumstances": a keyboard-only web-based application for use in airports (2012)
Journal Article
Keates, S. (2013). Designing user interfaces for "ordinary users in extraordinary circumstances": a keyboard-only web-based application for use in airports. Universal Access in the Information Society, 12(2), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-012-02

Universal Access is commonly interpreted as focusing on designing for users with atypical requirements—specifically users with disabilities or older adults. However, Universal Access is also about providing access to users in all situations and circu... Read More about Designing user interfaces for "ordinary users in extraordinary circumstances": a keyboard-only web-based application for use in airports.

Carbon accounting for supply chain management in the automobile industry (2012)
Journal Article
Lee, K. (2012). Carbon accounting for supply chain management in the automobile industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 36, 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.023

Improving the management of carbon emissions and the development of cleaner production can be a demanding challenge for business and industry. Within this, accounting for carbon management requires quantification of a firm’s direct and indirect emiss... Read More about Carbon accounting for supply chain management in the automobile industry.