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IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & MacArthur, E. (2014). IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index. BMC Health Services Research, 14, Article 535. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0535-z

Background Employee engagement is a fundamental component of quality healthcare. In order to provide empirical data of engagement in NHS Scotland an Employee Engagement Index was co-constructed with staff. `iMatter¿ consists of 25 Likert questions d... Read More about IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index.

Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2014). Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK. Nurse Researcher, 21(6), 12-15. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.21.6.12.e1244

AIM: To show that the ethics governance process in the UK is not necessarily conducive to innovative investigation by doctoral students. BACKGROUND: Doctoral students need to demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge. This paper cr... Read More about Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK.

Profiling Existing and New Build Housing Stock. (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, S. (2014). Profiling Existing and New Build Housing Stock. In B. Rasmussen, & M. Machimbarrena (Eds.), COST Action TU0901 – Building acoustics throughout Europe. Volume 1: Towards a common framework (12-30). European Cooperation in Science and Technology

From employability attributes to professional identity: students transitioning to the workplace. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., Sobolewska, E., & Smith, I. (2014). From employability attributes to professional identity: students transitioning to the workplace. In 2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings (1197-1204)

In order to realize the employment ambitions of graduates we can work with students to facilitate the construction of their identity as members of a global engineering profession. Of particular interest is whether (and, if so, how) students reconstru... Read More about From employability attributes to professional identity: students transitioning to the workplace..

Carbon dioxide detection for diagnosis of inadvertent respiratory tract placement of enterogastric tubes in children. (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, F. C., Holland, A., Elen, M., & McGirr, D. (2014). Carbon dioxide detection for diagnosis of inadvertent respiratory tract placement of enterogastric tubes in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011196

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of capnometry and capnography for detecting respiratory EGT placement in children compared to the reference standard.

Faith and belief in Scotland. (2014)
Report
Siddiqui, M., Allison, A., Snowden, A., & Fleming, M. (2014). Faith and belief in Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Government

The nature of Scottish society is changing. Scotland is becoming more ethnically and religiously diverse. Within an equalities framework, consideration must be given to service provision for these changing demographics. The Public Sector Duty make... Read More about Faith and belief in Scotland..

An independent process evaluation of Mellow Dads: Report for Mellow Parenting. (2014)
Report
Scourfield, J., Allely, C., & Yates, P. M. (2014). An independent process evaluation of Mellow Dads: Report for Mellow Parenting. Edinburgh, Scotland: University of Edinburgh

Mellow Dads is an adaptation of Mellow Parenting, which is a group-based intervention originally for mothers of children aged 0-5. It is primarily focused on improving father-child attachment in circumstances where family relationships are very diffi... Read More about An independent process evaluation of Mellow Dads: Report for Mellow Parenting..

Assessing the validity of a national assessors equivalency tool. (2014)
Report
Scott, J. A., Pollock, C., Conlon, M. M. M., Millar, L., & Pollard, M. (2014). Assessing the validity of a national assessors equivalency tool. Scotland: NHS Education for Scotland

This is the second stage of a project on ‘Due Regard’. Project one explored and investigated Due Regard in practice in Scotland. This second project evaluated a pilot of the effectiveness and validity of a practice learning environment Equivalency To... Read More about Assessing the validity of a national assessors equivalency tool..

Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey (2014)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2014). Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey. Scotland: Community Councils Network

This document reports the results of a survey, carried out in late spring 2014, of the public web presences of potentially over 1300 Scottish Community Councils (CCs). It follows on from similar survey in summer 2012. The report reviews content-types... Read More about Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey.

Towards a framework for emerging technology management. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rudman, H. (2014). Towards a framework for emerging technology management. In iFutures 2014 Conference Proceedings

Digital technologies are creating new opportunities for us to participate in, and engage with, traditional and new forms of art, culture, and heritage. Never before has there been such reach, and scale, and access to the arts. Information Technology... Read More about Towards a framework for emerging technology management..

The AmbITion Approach: examining action research into organisational practice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rudman, H. (2014). The AmbITion Approach: examining action research into organisational practice. In iFutures 2014 Conference Proceedings

Digital technologies have had profound impacts on the whole value chain of the creative sector. Arts, cultural, and heritage organisations and practices are under pressure to adapt to digitisation rapidly, so that they are fit for business in a digit... Read More about The AmbITion Approach: examining action research into organisational practice.

Becoming a Lean University: The Case of the University of St Andrews. (2014)
Book Chapter
Robinson, M., & Yorkstone, S. (2014). Becoming a Lean University: The Case of the University of St Andrews. In Leadership and Governance in Higher Education: Handbook for Decision-makers and Administrators. Raabe Verlag

This article looks at how “lean” can be successfully introduced into a higher education setting by discussing what has become known as ‘The St Andrews Model’. The article demonstrates that “lean” can be adapted to suit the particular circumstances of... Read More about Becoming a Lean University: The Case of the University of St Andrews..

Similarity solutions to unsteady pseudoplastic flow near a moving wall (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). Similarity solutions to unsteady pseudoplastic flow near a moving wall. International Mathematical Forum, 9(31), 1465-1475. https://doi.org/10.12988/imf.2014.418

It is shown that similarity solutions to a partial differential boundary value problem for power law fluids may be generated by the application of a multi-parameter stretching group. Furthermore, the resulting ordinary differential boundary value... Read More about Similarity solutions to unsteady pseudoplastic flow near a moving wall.

Series solutions of partial differential equations using the complex integral method (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). Series solutions of partial differential equations using the complex integral method. International Mathematical Forum, 9, 1477-1494. https://doi.org/10.12988/imf.2014.48145

The complex integral method for solving ordinary differential equations in series [3, 7, 8] is extended to cover the series solution of partial differential equations also. The means of this extension is straightforward, with both ‘ordinary’ and ‘Fro... Read More about Series solutions of partial differential equations using the complex integral method.

Series Solution of Second-Order Linear Homogeneous Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). Series Solution of Second-Order Linear Homogeneous Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration. International Mathematical Forum, 9, 967-976. https://doi.org/10.12988/imf.2014.4492

A method is presented, with standard examples, based on an elementary complex integral expression, for developing, in particular, series solutions for second-order linear homogeneous ordinary differential equations. Straightforward to apply, the meth... Read More about Series Solution of Second-Order Linear Homogeneous Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration.

On the procedure for the series solution of certain general-order homogeneous linear differential equations via the complex integration method. (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). On the procedure for the series solution of certain general-order homogeneous linear differential equations via the complex integration method. Nonlinear Analysis and Differential Equations, 2, 155-171. https://doi.org/10.12988/nade.2014.4712

The theory of series solutions for two important classes of the general higher-order linear homogeneous ordinary differential equation is developed ab initio, using an elementary complex integral expression derived and applied in previous papers [10,... Read More about On the procedure for the series solution of certain general-order homogeneous linear differential equations via the complex integration method..

On the procedure for the series solution of second-order homogeneous linear differential equation via the complex integration method (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). On the procedure for the series solution of second-order homogeneous linear differential equation via the complex integration method. Nonlinear Analysis and Differential Equations, 2(4), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.12988/nade.2014.4713

The theory of series solutions for second-order linear homogeneous ordinary differential equation is developed ab initio, using an elementary complex integral expression (based on Herrera’ work [3]) derived and applied in previous papers [8, 9]. As w... Read More about On the procedure for the series solution of second-order homogeneous linear differential equation via the complex integration method.

Ladder-Operator Factorization and the Bessel Differential Equations (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). Ladder-Operator Factorization and the Bessel Differential Equations. International Mathematical Forum, 9, 71-80. https://doi.org/10.12988/imf.2014.311214

We present an alternative approach to the discussion of Bessel equations and Bessel functions, through an elementary factorization method. The various Bessel equations are represented by a single parameterized form and, after a standard transformatio... Read More about Ladder-Operator Factorization and the Bessel Differential Equations.

Frobenius Series Solution of Fuchs Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration (2014)
Journal Article
Robin, W. (2014). Frobenius Series Solution of Fuchs Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration. International Mathematical Forum, 9, 953-965. https://doi.org/10.12988/imf.2014.4491

A method is presented (with standard examples) based on an elementary complex integral expression, for developing Frobenius series solutions for second-order linear homogeneous ordinary Fuchs differential equations. The method reduces the task of fin... Read More about Frobenius Series Solution of Fuchs Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations via Complex Integration.