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Pedestrian right-of-way violations at signalised pedestrian crossings in Edinburgh (2013)
Thesis
Alnaqbi, K. S. Pedestrian right-of-way violations at signalised pedestrian crossings in Edinburgh. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5967

The review of available literature related to pedestrian accidents indicates that the occurrence of pedestrian accidents is influenced by a diverse range of factors. However, few empirical studies have documented the effects of distance of pedestrian... Read More about Pedestrian right-of-way violations at signalised pedestrian crossings in Edinburgh.

Investigation of driving cycles as tools to assess travel demand management in Edinburgh and Abu Dhabi (2013)
Thesis
Al Zaidi, A. Investigation of driving cycles as tools to assess travel demand management in Edinburgh and Abu Dhabi. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5966

Traffic congestion today is a major problem in almost all of the metropolitan areas of the world. An increasing level of congestion results in negative impacts on the urban environment. These include environmental pollution, energy problems and traff... Read More about Investigation of driving cycles as tools to assess travel demand management in Edinburgh and Abu Dhabi.

Economic inactivity research project (those with family commitments and the long-term sick and disabled) -Literature review. (2013)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Graham, H., Shapira, M., & Raeside, R. (2013). Economic inactivity research project (those with family commitments and the long-term sick and disabled) -Literature review. Northern Ireland: Department for Employment and Learning Northern I

This report presents the results of the research project is titled: DEL Economic Inactivity Strategy: Literature Review Project. It was commissioned by the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland and carried out by the Employment Rese... Read More about Economic inactivity research project (those with family commitments and the long-term sick and disabled) -Literature review..

Age-related variation in reproductive traits in the wandering albatross: evidence for terminal improvement following senescence (2013)
Journal Article
Froy, H., Phillips, R. A., Wood, A. G., Nussey, D. H., & Lewis, S. (2013). Age-related variation in reproductive traits in the wandering albatross: evidence for terminal improvement following senescence. Ecology Letters, 16(5), 642-649. https://doi.org/10

The processes driving age-related variation in demographic rates are central to understanding population and evolutionary ecology. An increasing number of studies in wild vertebrates find evidence for improvements in reproductive performance traits i... Read More about Age-related variation in reproductive traits in the wandering albatross: evidence for terminal improvement following senescence.

Do High Frequency Ultrasound Images Support Clinical Skin Assessment? (2013)
Journal Article
Porter-Armstrong, A. P., Adams, C., Moorhead, A. S., Donnelly, J., Nixon, J., Bader, D. L., …Stinson, M. D. (2013). Do High Frequency Ultrasound Images Support Clinical Skin Assessment?. ISRN Nursing, 2013, Article 314248. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/3

High frequency ultrasound imaging has been reported as a potential method of identifying the suspected tissue damage in patients “at risk” of pressure ulceration. The aim of this study was to explore whether ultrasound images supported the clinical s... Read More about Do High Frequency Ultrasound Images Support Clinical Skin Assessment?.

Making predictions of mangrove deforestation: a comparison of two methods in Kenya. (2013)
Journal Article
Rideout, A. J. R., Joshi, N. P., Viergever, K. M., Huxham, M., & Briers, R. A. (2013). Making predictions of mangrove deforestation: a comparison of two methods in Kenya. Global Change Biology, 19, 3493-3501. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12176

Deforestation of mangroves is of global concern given their importance for carbon storage, biogeochemical cycling and the provision of other ecosystem services, but the links between rates of loss and potential drivers or risk factors are rarely eval... Read More about Making predictions of mangrove deforestation: a comparison of two methods in Kenya..

Book Review: Mobile Technologies: from Telecommunications to Media. (2013)
Journal Article
Smith, C. (2014). Book Review: Mobile Technologies: from Telecommunications to Media. Telecommunications Policy, 38(1), 119-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2012.11.006

No abstract available. Item discussed - Mobile technologies: From telecommunications to media, Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth, Routledge, New York, USA (2009), 297 pp. including list of contributors and index plus list of figures, acknowledgements and... Read More about Book Review: Mobile Technologies: from Telecommunications to Media..

Has untargeted sexual health promotion for young people reached its limit? a quasi-experimental study (2013)
Journal Article
Elliott, L., Henderson, M., Nixon, C., & Wight, D. (2013). Has untargeted sexual health promotion for young people reached its limit? a quasi-experimental study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67, 398-404. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2012-201034

Background Theoretically, there may be benefit in augmenting school-based sexual health education with sexual health services, but the outcomes are poorly understood. Healthy Respect 2 (HR2) combined sex education with youth-friendly sexual health se... Read More about Has untargeted sexual health promotion for young people reached its limit? a quasi-experimental study.

Perturbation of invadolysin disrupts cell migration in zebrafish (Danio rerio) (2013)
Journal Article
Vass, S., & Heck, M. M. S. (2013). Perturbation of invadolysin disrupts cell migration in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Experimental Cell Research, 319(8), 1198-1212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.02.005

Invadolysin is an essential, conserved metalloprotease which links cell division with cell migration and is intriguingly associated with lipid droplets. In this work we examine the expression pattern, protein localisation and gross anatomical consequ... Read More about Perturbation of invadolysin disrupts cell migration in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Guided Experience: Cochlear Implants and Music (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2013, February). Guided Experience: Cochlear Implants and Music. Presented at Guided Experience Workshop

No abstract available.

The Pancreas Is Altered by In Utero Androgen Exposure: Implications for Clinical Conditions Such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) (2013)
Journal Article
Franks, S., Rae, M. T., Grace, C., Hogg, K., Wilson, L. M., McHaffie, S. L., …Duncan, C. (2013). The Pancreas Is Altered by In Utero Androgen Exposure: Implications for Clinical Conditions Such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). PLOS ONE, 8(2), Article e56263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056263

Using an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), (pregnant ewes injected with testosterone propionate (TP) (100 mg twice weekly) from day (d)62 to d102 of d147 gestation (maternal injection – MI-TP)), we previously reported female offspring... Read More about The Pancreas Is Altered by In Utero Androgen Exposure: Implications for Clinical Conditions Such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).

Particle loss and volume change on dissolution: experimental results and analysis of particle size and amount effects (2013)
Journal Article
McDougall, J., Kelly, D., & Barreto, D. (2013). Particle loss and volume change on dissolution: experimental results and analysis of particle size and amount effects. Acta geotechnica, 8(6), 619-627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-013-0212-0

Soil particles may be lost through dissolution, degradation or erosion. Regardless of the process of loss, there follows a change in soil structure both in terms of phase composition and grading. In this paper, the influence of size and amount of par... Read More about Particle loss and volume change on dissolution: experimental results and analysis of particle size and amount effects.

Teacher talk and managing social relations in Philippine university classrooms (2013)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2013). Teacher talk and managing social relations in Philippine university classrooms. English Language Teacher Education and Development, 15(Winter), Article 5

Language is at the ‘centre of what happens in the classroom’ (Manke, 1997: xvi). Indeed, it can be said that the classroom is a ‘universe of language’ (Bourdieu & Passeron, 1994: 19) where what is taught and learnt is done through spoken or written d... Read More about Teacher talk and managing social relations in Philippine university classrooms.

Foreign Equity Trading and Average Stock-return Volatility (2013)
Journal Article
Umutlu, M., Akdeniz, L., & Altay-Salih, A. (2013). Foreign Equity Trading and Average Stock-return Volatility. World Economy, 36(9), 1209-1228. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12011

We examine whether there is a relationship between foreign equity trading and average total volatility, measured as the value-weighted average of stock-return variance in the Istanbul Stock Exchange. We employ foreign equity purchase and sale data to... Read More about Foreign Equity Trading and Average Stock-return Volatility.

Supporting offline activities on interactive surfaces (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., Scott, M., & Oakley, I. (2013, February). Supporting offline activities on interactive surfaces. Presented at 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction - TEI '13

This paper argues that inherent support for offline activities -- activities that are not sensed by the system -- is one of strongest benefits of tangible interaction over more traditional interface paradigms. By conducting two studies with single an... Read More about Supporting offline activities on interactive surfaces.

Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., van den Hoven, E., & Oakley, I. (2013, February). Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task. Presented at 7th International Conference on Tangib

This paper explores how different interfaces to a problem-solving task affect how users perform it. Specifically, it focuses on a customized version of the game of Four-in-a-row and compares play on a physical, tangible game board with that conducted... Read More about Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task.

An investigation of a healthcare management system with the use of multimodal interaction and 3D simulation: a technical note (2013)
Journal Article
Alfalah, S., Harrison, D., Charissis, V., & Evans, D. (2013). An investigation of a healthcare management system with the use of multimodal interaction and 3D simulation: a technical note. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 26(1/2), 183-197. ht

Current healthcare applications produce a complex and inaccessible set of data that often needs to be investigated simultaneously. As such the conflicting software applications and mental effort being demanded from the user result in time-consuming a... Read More about An investigation of a healthcare management system with the use of multimodal interaction and 3D simulation: a technical note.