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Fiddlers on the roof: elevation muddles mate choice in fiddler crabs (2014)
Journal Article
Holman, L., Kahn, A. T., & Backwell, P. R. (2014). Fiddlers on the roof: elevation muddles mate choice in fiddler crabs. Behavioral Ecology, 25(2), 271-275. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art125

Biological signaling usually occurs in complex environments, yet signals are most often studied in controlled experiments that strip away this complexity. Male fiddler crabs possess one enlarged claw that is waved during courtship displays, and femal... Read More about Fiddlers on the roof: elevation muddles mate choice in fiddler crabs.

‘That ancient self’: Scottish Modernism’s Counter-Renaissance (2014)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2014). ‘That ancient self’: Scottish Modernism’s Counter-Renaissance. European Journal of English Studies, 18(1), 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825577.2014.881106

This essay argues that the twentieth-century movement of literary and cultural revival known as the Scottish Renaissance was, like the Irish Revival lead by W.B. Yeats, a counter-Renaissance against the anti-national ideals of the Renaissance; it was... Read More about ‘That ancient self’: Scottish Modernism’s Counter-Renaissance.

Safe Arrivals: Responding to the Local Context in a Training Program for Birth Attendants in Cambodia (2014)
Journal Article
McKellar, L. V., & Taylor, K. (2014). Safe Arrivals: Responding to the Local Context in a Training Program for Birth Attendants in Cambodia. International Journal of Childbirth, 4(2), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1891/2156-5287.4.2.77

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that every woman should have a skilled birth attendant (SBA) attend her birth; however, until this ideal is met, traditional birth attendants (TBA) continue to provide care to women, particularly in rura... Read More about Safe Arrivals: Responding to the Local Context in a Training Program for Birth Attendants in Cambodia.

The Future of Events and Festivals (2014)
Book
I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. A. Smith (Eds.), (2014). The Future of Events and Festivals

The growth of events and festivals has been significant over the last decade and a wide range of skills are essential to ensure those events are successful. This requirement has been instrumental in stimulating the creation of more tertiary education... Read More about The Future of Events and Festivals.

Coping with unresolvable uncertainty: A situational analysis of regenerative medicine venturing (2014)
Journal Article
Johnson, D., & Bock, A. J. (2014). Coping with unresolvable uncertainty: A situational analysis of regenerative medicine venturing. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1), 11294-11294. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2014.11294abstract

Acquiring resources, such as knowledge, is a fundamental entrepreneurial task during venture development. However, high levels of uncertainty challenge resource identification and access, hence collaboration and knowledge exchange mechanisms are valu... Read More about Coping with unresolvable uncertainty: A situational analysis of regenerative medicine venturing.

Achieving competencies for nursing practice: a handbook for student nurses. (2014)
Book
Webster, B. (2014). S. Reading, & B. Webster (Eds.). Achieving competencies for nursing practice: a handbook for student nurses. Open University Press

Quality patient care relies on the demonstration of competencies by nurses at all stages of their education and developing career. This exciting textbook is designed to help student nurses better understand the competencies set out by the NMC and equ... Read More about Achieving competencies for nursing practice: a handbook for student nurses..

A social technological alignment matrix. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., Lim Jumelle, A. K., Holanec, I., & Fricker, S. (2014, January). A social technological alignment matrix. Paper presented at IEEE Healthcom 2014

This paper refers to the term “implementation” as the process of integrating a new technology into established workflows. Especially in health care this has proven to be a very critical phase and many large-scale projects have failed on this very las... Read More about A social technological alignment matrix..

Tracking emotional intelligence. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stenhouse, R., Snowden, A., & Young, J. (2014, January). Tracking emotional intelligence. Paper presented at Research, Innovation, recruitment, retention: student nurse and midwives, Heriot Watt, Edinburgh

"What in the World Distinguishes Fiction from Nonfiction Film?" (2014)
Journal Article
Sellors, C. P. (2014). "What in the World Distinguishes Fiction from Nonfiction Film?". Film and Philosophy, 18, 105-123. https://doi.org/10.5840/filmphil2014188

Advocates of blurred boundaries between fiction and nonfiction film identify shared narrative and representational practices to justify scepticism about nonfiction film’s ability to depict and convey views about reality. Such arguments fail because t... Read More about "What in the World Distinguishes Fiction from Nonfiction Film?".