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The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study (2009 - 2013): Year 4 and Final Report (2013)
Report
Dutton, M., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R. W., & Osborne, S. P. (2013). The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study (2009 - 2013): Year 4 and Final Report. Edinburgh, Scotland:

The Scottish Government has acknowledged that the third sector has a key role to play in delivering public services that are high quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive to local people’s needs. This study explores the experien... Read More about The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study (2009 - 2013): Year 4 and Final Report.

The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. (2013)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2013). The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. In C. McCracken-Flesher (Ed.), Approaches to Teaching the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (96-103). The Modern Languages Association

An essay on how Stevenson fits into the genre of detection and science fiction literature.

Demonstrating How Urban Morphology Matters: Reaching Beyond the Geometry of Building Design, Construction Systems and Occupational Behaviours and Towards Broader Context-Specific Transformations. (2013)
Journal Article
Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Campbell, F. H. (2013). Demonstrating How Urban Morphology Matters: Reaching Beyond the Geometry of Building Design, Construction Systems and Occupational Behaviours and Towards Broader Context-Specific Transformations. Environmental management and sustainable development, 2, 101. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v2i2.4307

Recent studies of urban morphology, suggest the design, layout and texture of district centres, neighbourhoods and buildings have as much a bearing on levels of energy consumption and rates of carbon emission as either buildings or their occupation.... Read More about Demonstrating How Urban Morphology Matters: Reaching Beyond the Geometry of Building Design, Construction Systems and Occupational Behaviours and Towards Broader Context-Specific Transformations..

Monitoring thermal upgrades to ten traditional properties. (2013)
Report
Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., & Stinson, J. (2013). Monitoring thermal upgrades to ten traditional properties. Edinburgh, Scotland: Historic Scotland

This Technical Paper sets out the pre-­‐ and post-­‐ intervention monitoring work carried out by The Scottish Energy Centre (SEC) at Edinburgh Napier University for Historic Scotland as part of the energy efficiency refurbishment pilot programme o... Read More about Monitoring thermal upgrades to ten traditional properties..

Atmospheric emissions from shipping: the need for regulation and approaches to compliance (2013)
Journal Article
Cullinane, K., & Cullinane, S. (2013). Atmospheric emissions from shipping: the need for regulation and approaches to compliance. Transport Reviews, 33, 377-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2013.806604

Shipping has traditionally been viewed as the least environmentally damaging mode of freight transport. Recent studies have increasingly questioned this perception, as attention has focused on both the greenhouse gas emissions (mainly CO2) and the em... Read More about Atmospheric emissions from shipping: the need for regulation and approaches to compliance.

Enhancing the power output of moving coil actuators by incorporating soft polymers. (2013)
Journal Article
Cho, M., Barker, M., & Prokofieva, E. (2013). Enhancing the power output of moving coil actuators by incorporating soft polymers. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 193, 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2013.01.018

A novel design of an actuator coupled with a low-hardness silicone elastomer called “the gel surround” is presented. It means that the output power of a conventional moving coil-type actuator can be greatly enhanced by applying the novel mechanism of... Read More about Enhancing the power output of moving coil actuators by incorporating soft polymers..

SECA Regulations, Modal Shift and Transport System Effects: The Case of Sweden, Report for the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), Stockholm (2013)
Report
Bergqvist, R., & Cullinane, K. (2013). SECA Regulations, Modal Shift and Transport System Effects: The Case of Sweden, Report for the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), Stockholm. Sweden: Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), Stoc

Report for the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), Stockholm. Technical Report. Department of Business Administration, Industrial and Financial Management & Logistics, Universtiy of Gothenburg, Sweden.

A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: a challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society. (2013)
Journal Article
Becker, A. H., Acciaro, M., Asariotis, R., Cabrera, E., Cretegny, L., Crist, P., …Velegrakis, A. F. (2013). A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: a challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society. Climatic Change, 120, 683-695. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-0843-z

With 80 % of world trade carried by sea, seaports provide crucial linkages in global supply-chains and are essential for the ability of all countries to access global markets. Seaports are likely to be affected directly and indirectly by climatic cha... Read More about A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: a challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society..

Technical and economic evaluation of the floating container storage and transhipment terminal (FCSTT). (2013)
Journal Article
Baird, A., & Rother, D. (2013). Technical and economic evaluation of the floating container storage and transhipment terminal (FCSTT). Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies, 30C, 178-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2012.12.013

This paper presents a preliminary technical and economic evaluation for a new concept, the Floating Container Storage & Transhipment Terminal, or ‘FCSTT’. The main purpose of the FCSTT is considered to handle transhipment traffic, although its use co... Read More about Technical and economic evaluation of the floating container storage and transhipment terminal (FCSTT)..

Analysis of CO2 emissions for island ferry services. (2013)
Journal Article
Baird, A., & Pedersen, R. N. (2013). Analysis of CO2 emissions for island ferry services. Journal of Transport Geography, 32, 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.08.007

In this study CO2 emissions are calculated for ferries operating on both short and long range sea routes between mainland Scotland and the Orkney Isles. CO2 emissions for land transport options connecting with the respective ferry services are also a... Read More about Analysis of CO2 emissions for island ferry services..

Maritime Policy in the North Sea Region: Application of the Cluster Approach (2013)
Book Chapter
Baird, A., Flitsch, V., Herz, N., & Wolff, J. (2013). Maritime Policy in the North Sea Region: Application of the Cluster Approach. In J. Xu (Ed.), Contemporary Marine and Maritime Policy. Nova Sciences Publishers Inc

The aim of maritime policy is to achieve continued trade development and hence economic growth while ensuring seas and coastal areas are adequately protected. Historically, many policy decisions, not least with regard to maritime transport, were arri... Read More about Maritime Policy in the North Sea Region: Application of the Cluster Approach.

Acquisition of UK ports by private equity funds. (2013)
Journal Article
Baird, A. (2013). Acquisition of UK ports by private equity funds. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 8, 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2013.07.004

Private equity (PE) ownership of port regulatory authorities and port land is primarily a feature in the UK. Most other countries retain public port authorities who lease/concession port land and operations to private terminal operators rather than s... Read More about Acquisition of UK ports by private equity funds..

Solar water heating. (2013)
Book Chapter
Asif, M., & Muneer, T. (2013). Solar water heating. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Management. Taylor & Francis

Solar water heating is one of the most successful applications of solar thermal technologies. It provides environmentally clean energy and has enormous potential within domestic and industrial sectors. Solar water heaters are categorized into three m... Read More about Solar water heating..

Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'. (2013)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2013). Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'. In J. Weinstock (Ed.), The Ashgate Encyclopaedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Ashgate Publishing

From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters thr... Read More about Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'..

Fibre optic long period grating-based humidity sensor probe using a Michelson interferometric arrangement. (2013)
Journal Article
Alwis, L., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2013). Fibre optic long period grating-based humidity sensor probe using a Michelson interferometric arrangement. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 178, 694-699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2012.11.062

Long period gratings (LPG)-based sensors are widely used due to their high sensitivity to a range of suitable measurands. However, a typical configuration involving a single grating-based LPG sensor system frequently has the disadvantage of the probe... Read More about Fibre optic long period grating-based humidity sensor probe using a Michelson interferometric arrangement..

Design and performance evaluation of polyvinyl alcohol/polyimide coated optical fibre grating-based humidity sensors. (2013)
Journal Article
Alwis, L., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2013). Design and performance evaluation of polyvinyl alcohol/polyimide coated optical fibre grating-based humidity sensors. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84, 25002. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4789768

Optical fibre grating based sensors make a significant contribution to relative humidity measurement for various applications and a number of different designs and sensor configurations have been produced and discussed in the literature. Recent devel... Read More about Design and performance evaluation of polyvinyl alcohol/polyimide coated optical fibre grating-based humidity sensors..