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Pieter Bruegel and Carlo Ginzburg: The Debatable Land of Renaissance Dreams (2013)
Journal Article
Milne, L. S. (2013). Pieter Bruegel and Carlo Ginzburg: The Debatable Land of Renaissance Dreams. Cosmos, 29, 59-126

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's pictures of witches and dreams are discussed in relation to Carlo Ginzburg's studies of the benandanti (do-gooders, good walkers) and the mythology of the witches' Sabbath. The shared context for these is dream-culture as a... Read More about Pieter Bruegel and Carlo Ginzburg: The Debatable Land of Renaissance Dreams.

Social layers of customer-to-customer value co-creation (2013)
Journal Article
Rihova, I., Buhalis, D., Moital, M., & Gouthro, M. B. (2013). Social layers of customer-to-customer value co-creation. Journal of Service Management, 24(5), 553-566. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOSM-04-2013-0092

Purpose – Approached from the customer-dominant (C-D) logic perspective, this paper aims to extend current value co-creation discussions by providing conceptual insights into co-creation within customers' social sphere. Focusing on socially dense co... Read More about Social layers of customer-to-customer value co-creation.

Concordance: a concept analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Martin, C., Mathers, B., & Donnell, A. (2013). Concordance: a concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70, 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12147

Aim
To report an analysis of the concept of concordance.

Background
Adherence-based medicines interventions are known to be of limited success. Concordance appears to offer an alternative approach consistent with person-centred approaches to dec... Read More about Concordance: a concept analysis.

Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murray, J., Williams, B., Hoskins, G., McGhee, J., Gauld, D., & Brown, G. (2013, July). Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma. Presented at 5th International Conference, VAMR 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, USA

The current paper describes the development of a theory-informed interactive animation and which aims to increase levels of physical activity in young people with asthma. The project adopts a multi-disciplinary theoretical perspective, applying know... Read More about Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma.

Machine vision approach for automating vegetation detection on railway tracks. (2013)
Journal Article
Yella, S., Nyberg, R., Payvar, B., Dougherty, M., & Gupta, N. K. (2013). Machine vision approach for automating vegetation detection on railway tracks. Journal of Intelligent Systems, 22, 179-196. https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2013-0017

The presence of vegetation on railway tracks (amongst other issues) threatens track safety and longevity. However, vegetation inspections in Sweden (and elsewhere in the world) are currently being carried out manually. Manually inspecting vegetation... Read More about Machine vision approach for automating vegetation detection on railway tracks..

Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews. (2013)
Journal Article
Yates, P. M. (2013). Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews. Hydra Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Studies, 1, 31-41

After outlining briefly some of the key ideas in symbolic interactionist theories of self, this article will reflect on the author’s experiences of interviews during a Research Interviews course and the impact of identity before, during and after the... Read More about Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews..

The marketing Impact of the principles of renamingwithin a Higher Education service organization. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, J., Williams, H. A., & Omar, M. (2013). The marketing Impact of the principles of renamingwithin a Higher Education service organization.

Three Higher Education Institutions that underwent renaming are used to define and discuss: radical renaming, brand soul, Brand Flux™ and the eight principles of renaming in service organizations. A process model that depicts renaming decision-making... Read More about The marketing Impact of the principles of renamingwithin a Higher Education service organization..

Case study-Utilizing the VFBOP model for entry into emerging markets: Grameen Danone Foods. (2013)
Journal Article
Williams, J., & Omar, M. (2013). Case study-Utilizing the VFBOP model for entry into emerging markets: Grameen Danone Foods. Transnational Marketing Journal, 1, 59-71

Emerging markets are extremely diverse and can require separate market entry and market development strategies. This paper will look at these opportunities through the lens of Value Flame at the Base of the Pyramid - VFBOP (Wil-liams, et al., 2011).... Read More about Case study-Utilizing the VFBOP model for entry into emerging markets: Grameen Danone Foods..

Applying Brand Management to Higher Education through the use of the Brand Flux Model™ - The Case of Arcadia University. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, J., & Omar, M. (2013). Applying Brand Management to Higher Education through the use of the Brand Flux Model™ - The Case of Arcadia University.

This study acknowledges the need for brand management at an HEI in order to address an increasingly competitive reality. As an understudied area, this primary research case provides a model to assist in understanding the role of branding as a growth... Read More about Applying Brand Management to Higher Education through the use of the Brand Flux Model™ - The Case of Arcadia University..

Evolution feature oriented model driven product line engineering approach for synergistic and dynamic service evolution in clouds: A04BPEL3.0 proposal. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Z., Chalmers, K., & Liu, X. (2013, June). Evolution feature oriented model driven product line engineering approach for synergistic and dynamic service evolution in clouds: A04BPEL3.0 proposal. Presented at International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2013). University of Toronto, Canada

Model Driven based approach for Service Evolution in Clouds will mainly focus on the reusable evolution patterns' advantage to solve evolution problems. During the process, evolution pattern will be driven by MDA models to pattern aspects. Weaving th... Read More about Evolution feature oriented model driven product line engineering approach for synergistic and dynamic service evolution in clouds: A04BPEL3.0 proposal..

The significance of the introduction of synthetic dyes in the mid 19th century on the democratisation of western fashion. (2013)
Journal Article
Vettese-Forster, S., & Christie, R. M. (2013). The significance of the introduction of synthetic dyes in the mid 19th century on the democratisation of western fashion. Journal of the International Colour Association, 11, 1-17

From the middle of the 19th century, fashionable garments for women, which had previously been restricted largely to the wealthy social classes, began to become much more widely accessible in society. Many factors contributed towards this change, inc... Read More about The significance of the introduction of synthetic dyes in the mid 19th century on the democratisation of western fashion..

A novel Information sharing model using binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation. (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Uthmani, O., Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., & Lawson, A. A novel Information sharing model using binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation

This paper outlines a novel information sharing method using Binary Decision Diagrams (BBDs). It is inspired by the work of Al-Shaer and Hamed, who applied BDDs into the modelling of network firewalls. This is applied into an information sharing poli... Read More about A novel Information sharing model using binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation..

Evaluation of binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation in an Information sharing model. (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Uthmani, O., Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., & Lawson, A. Evaluation of binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation in an Information sharing model

This paper defines a structured methodology which is based on the foundational work of Al-Shaer et al. in [1] and that of Hamed and Al-Shaer in [2]. It defines a methodology for the declaration of policy field elements, through to the syntax, ontolog... Read More about Evaluation of binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation in an Information sharing model..

Incorporating emissions models within a multi-objective vehicle routing problem. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. B., Scott, C., & Hart, E. (2013, July). Incorporating emissions models within a multi-objective vehicle routing problem. Presented at 15th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation

The vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) has previously been investigated as a multi-objective problem. In this paper estimated carbon emissions is added as an objective alongside the number of vehicles required and distance travelled. W... Read More about Incorporating emissions models within a multi-objective vehicle routing problem..

Aligning people, processes and technology: recurring issues in the design and implementation of eLearning, eHealth and eBusiness infrastructure (2013)
Thesis
Ure, J. P. Aligning people, processes and technology: recurring issues in the design and implementation of eLearning, eHealth and eBusiness infrastructure. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6117

This PhD by published works explores recurring issues in the design and implementation of eLearning, eBusiness and eHealth infrastructure at scale. It takes a socio-technical systems perspective on recurring issues in design/implementation, drawing o... Read More about Aligning people, processes and technology: recurring issues in the design and implementation of eLearning, eHealth and eBusiness infrastructure.