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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.

Sentic PROMs: Application of sentic computing to the development of a novel unified framework for measuring health-care quality (2012)
Journal Article
Cambria, E., Benson, T., Eckl, C., & Hussain, A. (2012). Sentic PROMs: Application of sentic computing to the development of a novel unified framework for measuring health-care quality. Expert Systems with Applications, 39(12), 10533-10543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.120

Barriers to use health related quality of life measuring systems include the time needed to complete the forms and the need for staff to be trained to understand the results. An ideal system of health assessment needs to be clinically useful, timely,... Read More about Sentic PROMs: Application of sentic computing to the development of a novel unified framework for measuring health-care quality.

Feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic : Money from the sun? (2012)
Journal Article
Munir, A. B., Mohd Yasin, S. H., Muhammad Sukki, F., Abu Bakar, S. H., & Ramirez-Iniguez, R. (2012). Feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic : Money from the sun?. Malayan Law Journal, 2, Article lvii–lxxii

Climate change is the greatest ‘market failure’ the world has seen. This has stimulated policy makers around the world to turn into renewable energy. As a result, renewable energy is indeed the order of the day and the sun is the most powerful source... Read More about Feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic : Money from the sun?.

Hyperspectral Earth observation from IASI: Five years of accomplishments (2012)
Journal Article
Hilton, F., Armante, R., August, T., Barnet, C., Bouchard, A., Camy-Peyret, C., Capelle, V., Clarisse, L., Clerbaux, C., Coheur, P., Collard, A., Crevoisier, C., Dufour, G., Edwards, D., Faijan Nadia Fourrié, F., Gambacorta, A., Goldberg, M., Guidard, V., Hurtmans, D., Illingworth, S., …Zhou, D. (2012). Hyperspectral Earth observation from IASI: Five years of accomplishments. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93(3), 347-370. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00027.1

The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) forms the main infrared sounding component of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites's (EUMETSAT's) Meteorological Operation (MetOp)-A satellite (Klaes et al... Read More about Hyperspectral Earth observation from IASI: Five years of accomplishments.

The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems (2012)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Chung, S. W. J., Zhou, D., Al-Ahmad, H., & Excell, P. S. (2012). The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 60(5), 2526-2530. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2012.2189730

A resistively loaded bowtie antenna, intended for applications in breast cancer detection, is adaptively modified through modelling and genetic optimization. The required wideband operating characteristic is achieved through manipulation of the resis... Read More about The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems.

Concordance in action: towards systematic individualized care (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Gilfedder, M., & Campbell, P. A. (2012). Concordance in action: towards systematic individualized care. Nurse Prescribing, 10(3), 141-146. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2012.10.3.141

This article describes the construction and impact of an education module designed to improve medicine management in mental health nursing. In particular, it justifies the need for such education and illustrates the impact that it can have on knowled... Read More about Concordance in action: towards systematic individualized care.

From Skills Development to Skills Use and Articulation: Insights from the Interface Between University and Work. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M., Smith, S., & Boyle, F. (2012, March). From Skills Development to Skills Use and Articulation: Insights from the Interface Between University and Work. Paper presented at QAA Enhancement Themes

Much work has been dedicated to how universities define graduate attributes and how they can help their students develop these academic abilities, personal qualities and skills. But how do our students actually use and articulate those skills when th... Read More about From Skills Development to Skills Use and Articulation: Insights from the Interface Between University and Work..

Cloud Forensics. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Macfarlane, R., Graves, J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., & Bose, N. (2012, March). Cloud Forensics. Paper presented at International Seminar on Policing Digital Crime

This presentation outlines the usage of digital forensics in the Cloud.

Developing and Supporting the Curriculum : Curriculum: Directions, decisions and debate (2012)
Digital Artefact
Fotheringham, J., Strickland, K., & Aitchison, K. (2012). Developing and Supporting the Curriculum : Curriculum: Directions, decisions and debate

This paper provides an overview of the factors which may effect, stimulate or be the cause of curriculum changes in higher education in Scotland. This overview leads to a series of questions which could be used to encourage debate within and across i... Read More about Developing and Supporting the Curriculum : Curriculum: Directions, decisions and debate.

Engaging low skilled employees in workplace learning: new research with lower skilled employees. (2012)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Raeside, R., Canduela, J., Egdell, V., Lindsay, C., Richard, A., & Blackledge, G. (2012). Engaging low skilled employees in workplace learning: new research with lower skilled employees. London, UK: UK Commission for Employment and Skills

The Employee Demand study (UKCES, 2009) highlighted the significant barriers to learning that are faced by a number of UK employees. This report sets out the findings of a study into the motivators and barriers to participation in workplace learning... Read More about Engaging low skilled employees in workplace learning: new research with lower skilled employees..

Evolving an identifiable face of a criminal (2012)
Journal Article
Frowd, C. D., Skelton, F. C., Atherton, C., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2012). Evolving an identifiable face of a criminal. The psychologist, 25, 116-119

A new wave of government information management: The implementation of a function-based classification structure in a Canadian government organization (2012)
Journal Article
Park, S., & Neal, D. R. (2012). A new wave of government information management: The implementation of a function-based classification structure in a Canadian government organization. Journal of Library Metadata, 12(1), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2012.652569

In an effort to improve government information management, people in Canadian government organizations have implemented a number of information management initiatives that are designed to meet the needs of their organizations. Industry Canada is deve... Read More about A new wave of government information management: The implementation of a function-based classification structure in a Canadian government organization.

Social Tourism as Opportunity for Unplanned Learning and Behavior Change (2012)
Journal Article
Minnaert, L. (2012). Social Tourism as Opportunity for Unplanned Learning and Behavior Change. Journal of Travel Research, 51(5), 607-616. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287511431324

Tourism can be considered an educational experience: it is often portrayed as an integral part of personal development, that can be deep and meaningful, and that can change the way tourists think and act on their return. Relatively little however is... Read More about Social Tourism as Opportunity for Unplanned Learning and Behavior Change.

Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dickson, C., Prach, M., Fraser, J., Ingram, L., Barlow, P., Hutchison, G., Proudfoot, L., & Malone, E. (2012, February). Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation. Presented at NanoImpactNet-QNANO conference - European Network on the Health and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials, Dublin, Ireland

Neutrophils, the rapid responders of the innate immune system, are central to the initial immune responses of a host to foreign particles. Circulating in the blood, they are the predominant leukocyte (40-75%), and are positioned to rapidly migrate to... Read More about Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation.

Shift Recording in Residential Child Care (2012)
Journal Article
Hardy, M. (2012). Shift Recording in Residential Child Care. Ethics and Social Welfare, 6(1), 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2012.651894

Recording is a task often perceived by residential child care workers as boring or taking time away from the ‘real work’, direct engagement with young people. It is required by legislation and policy but has been undertheorized and treated as a techn... Read More about Shift Recording in Residential Child Care.