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Conical Nanoparticles for Blood Disease Detection (2013)
Journal Article
Spada, L. L., Iovine, R., Tarparelli, R., & Vegni, L. (2013). Conical Nanoparticles for Blood Disease Detection. Advances in nanoparticles, 02(03), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.4236/anp.2013.23036

Metallic nanoparticles play an important role in the design of sensing platforms. In this paper, a new electromagnetic study for conical metal nanoparticles, working in the Near Infrared and Visible frequency regime, is proposed. The structures consi... Read More about Conical Nanoparticles for Blood Disease Detection.

Computing the incomputable with human processing units (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Corney, J., Vasantha, G. A., Lynn, A., Jagadeesan, A., Acur, N., Smith, M., & Agarwal, A. (2013). Computing the incomputable with human processing units. In Intelligent interactive technologies and multimedia (14-24). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0_2

Initially commercial crowdsourcing services (such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk) were focused largely on providing micro-labor services for tasks such as image labeling and text processing. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that these servic... Read More about Computing the incomputable with human processing units.

IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches (2013)
Book Chapter
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Hussain, R., Roy, R., & Erkoyuncu, J. A. (2013). IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches. In Y. Shimomura, & K. Kimita (Eds.), The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability (411-416). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32847-3_69

Although the merits of Industrial product-service systems (IPS2) have been widely reported in the literature, the methodologies currently used to design IPS2 are not yet mature in either academia or industry. The objective of this paper is to determi... Read More about IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches.

Developing and Supporting a Student-generated Content approach to curriculum (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Fotheringham, J. (2013, January). Developing and Supporting a Student-generated Content approach to curriculum. Presented at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Scotland

No abstract available.

Curriculum-as-vehicle - a journey explored (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Fotheringham, J., & Aitchison, K. (2013). Curriculum-as-vehicle - a journey explored. In Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education conference 11-13 June 2013 : conference materials (288-295)

This paper presents an account of curriculum development and change which is set in an institutional, national and international context. Parallels and divergences in principles and practices relating to curriculum development will be highlighted. Di... Read More about Curriculum-as-vehicle - a journey explored.

Key messages for the nursing profession today. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Webster, B. (2013, December). Key messages for the nursing profession today. Presented at Enhancing nursing through education research (ENTER) 2nd national conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

No abstract available.

Great expectations: the role of nurses in dealing with alcohol related problems. (2013)
Digital Artefact
Holloway, A., & Webster-Henderson, B. (2012). Great expectations: the role of nurses in dealing with alcohol related problems

Alcohol-related harm impacts significantly on the health of the population and nurses are often among the first health professionals encountered by many patients with alcohol-related problems. Potentially, nurses could play a key role in the national... Read More about Great expectations: the role of nurses in dealing with alcohol related problems..

Training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector (2013)
Report
Hall, H., Irving, C., & Cruickshank, P. (2013). Training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector. United Kingdom: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Unpublished report.

Developing and using student-authored publications to increase staff and student awareness of the principles of assessment for learning (2013)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2013). Developing and using student-authored publications to increase staff and student awareness of the principles of assessment for learning. In M. Morgan (Ed.), Supporting student diversity in higher education : a practical guide (182-184). Routledge

No abstract available.

Beyond face value: playing the game with 'Sara's face (2013)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2013). Beyond face value: playing the game with 'Sara's face. In A. Waller (Ed.), Melvin Burgess (81-97). Palgrave Macmillan

No abstract available.

Engaging students through assessment (2013)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2013). Engaging students through assessment. In E. Dunne, & D. Owen (Eds.), The student engagement handbook : practice in higher education (379-396). Emerald

No abstract available.

Involving students in the scholarship of assessment: student voices on the feedback agenda for change (2013)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2013). Involving students in the scholarship of assessment: student voices on the feedback agenda for change. In S. Merry, M. Price, D. Carless, & M. Taras (Eds.), Reconceptualising feedback in higher education: developing dialogue with students (80-91). Routledge

This chapter focuses on an initiative which sought to promote and deepen students’ awareness, reflection and conceptual development with regard to assessment for learning (McDowell et al, 2006) in higher education. It involved developing a course whi... Read More about Involving students in the scholarship of assessment: student voices on the feedback agenda for change.

Assessment for learning in higher education (2013)
Book
Sambell, K., McDowell, L., & Montgomery, C. (2013). Assessment for learning in higher education. Routledge

Assessment for Learning in Higher Education is a practical guide to Assessment for Learning (AFL); a term that has become internationally accepted in Higher Education and features in the learning and teaching strategies of many universities. It is al... Read More about Assessment for learning in higher education.

Strategy Choice in Transit Networks (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Fonzone, A., Schmöcker, J. D., Kurauchi, F., & Hassan, S. (2013). Strategy Choice in Transit Networks. In 10th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS)

Why Internships? Understanding Student Motivations and Experience. (2013)
Working Paper
Reilly, C. & Caddell, M. (2012). Why Internships? Understanding Student Motivations and Experience.

No abstract available.

The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses (2013)
Journal Article
Palmer-Green, D., Fuller, C., Jaques, R., & Hunter, G. (2013). The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses. Journal of sports medicine, 2013, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/523974

Background. Describing the frequency, severity, and causes of sports injuries and illnesses reliably is important for quantifying the risk to athletes and providing direction for prevention initiatives. Methods. Time-loss and/or medical-attention de... Read More about The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses.

Negotiating communication and building relation across cultures (2013)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2013). Negotiating communication and building relation across cultures. CMU Journal of Science, 17, 19-33

There have been a number of studies that explores how people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds communicate. However, many of these investigations tend to focus on socio-pragmatic failures, communication breakdowns, and the negative c... Read More about Negotiating communication and building relation across cultures.

International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different (2013)
Journal Article
Pilcher, N., Smith, K., & Riley, J. (2013). International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013(1), 1-13

Although end of course exams remain a key mode of assessment in higher education, little research has focused on international students' experiences of exams. There seems to be a tacit assumption in most literature that exam preparation and strategie... Read More about International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different.

Partnership working in Police Scotland. (2013)
Report
Wooff, A. (2012). Partnership working in Police Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: Police Scotland

The use of Manager Self-Service (MSS) HR portals in MNCs: the influence of attitudinal, normative, behavioural and national cultural factors (2013)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & O'Brien, F. (2013). The use of Manager Self-Service (MSS) HR portals in MNCs: the influence of attitudinal, normative, behavioural and national cultural factors. European Journal of International Management, 7(4), 393. https://doi.org/10.1504/ejim.2013.055279

This study investigates the use of a mandatory MSS HR portal by managers in an MNC, based on self-report data (N = 499) on attitudes and behaviour and archival data on actual usage. Data on usage was extracted four months following the implementatio... Read More about The use of Manager Self-Service (MSS) HR portals in MNCs: the influence of attitudinal, normative, behavioural and national cultural factors.