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Collaborative practice: Student Learning and Adult Nursing (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicol, J. (2015, January). Collaborative practice: Student Learning and Adult Nursing. Poster presented at Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference, Edinburgh

Embedding academic skills development in the ‘Holistic approaches to long term conditions module’

Effects of Exercise in the Cold on Ghrelin, PYY, and Food Intake in Overweight Adults (2015)
Journal Article
Crabtree, D. R., & Blannin, A. K. (2015). Effects of Exercise in the Cold on Ghrelin, PYY, and Food Intake in Overweight Adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(1), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000391

Purpose: Exercise in cold water has been shown to simulate postexercise energy intake (EI) in normal-weight individuals. However, the effect of cold exercise on EI in overweight individuals has yet to be examined. The present study investigated the e... Read More about Effects of Exercise in the Cold on Ghrelin, PYY, and Food Intake in Overweight Adults.

Machine Vision System for Corrosion Detection as an Additional Tool beside EIS for Evaluation of Protective Properties of Electrolessly Deposited Ni-P Coatings (2015)
Journal Article
Stankiewicz, A., Stankiewicz, M., Winiarski, J., Szczygieł, I., & Szczygieł, B. (2015). Machine Vision System for Corrosion Detection as an Additional Tool beside EIS for Evaluation of Protective Properties of Electrolessly Deposited Ni-P Coatings. Solid State Phenomena, 227, 557-560. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ssp.227.557

The electroless deposition technique was used to obtain Ni-P coatings with various phosphorus content. Machine vision method was applied as a tool for the analysis and interpretation of the data provided by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS... Read More about Machine Vision System for Corrosion Detection as an Additional Tool beside EIS for Evaluation of Protective Properties of Electrolessly Deposited Ni-P Coatings.

Designing Blended Spaces for Collaboration. (2015)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D., & Mival, O. (2015). Designing Blended Spaces for Collaboration. In A. Ferscha, S. Resmerita, C. Holzmann, M. Pieper, & C. Stephanidis (Eds.), Human Computer Confluence (18-39). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110471137-002

In this paper, we reflect on our experiences of designing, developing, implementing and using a real world, functional multi-touch enabled interactive collaborative environment (ICE). The paper provides some background theory on blended spaces derive... Read More about Designing Blended Spaces for Collaboration..

An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G. (2015). An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 8(1), 4-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCEFTS-12-2014-0025

foreign direct investment (OFDI) into a number of African countries for the period 2003-2012.
Design/methodology/approach – A series of panel data models are used to estimate the
determinants of Chinese OFDI into eight African countries: Nigeria, S... Read More about An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa.

The Potential, Requirements, and Limitations of BIM for Offsite Timber Construction (2015)
Journal Article
Patlakas, P., Menendez, J., & Hairstans, R. (2015). The Potential, Requirements, and Limitations of BIM for Offsite Timber Construction. International journal of 3-D information modeling, 4(1), 54-70. https://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2015010104

Offsite Timber Construction has the potential to deliver important benefits for the housing sector, but there are obstacles that prevent a more widespread adoption. The advent of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has the potential to address many... Read More about The Potential, Requirements, and Limitations of BIM for Offsite Timber Construction.

The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters (2015)
Journal Article
Mcwhinnie, L., Briers, R. A., & Fernandes, T. F. (2015). The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters. Ocean and Coastal Management, 103, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.11.004

Marine Spatial Planning attempts to develop integrated planning frameworks for the management of activities within marine ecosystems and support sustainable development. This study demonstrates the application and testing of an existing multiple-use... Read More about The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters.

What do you do with your app? A study of rider decision-making with real-time passenger information. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fonzone, A. (2015, January). What do you do with your app? A study of rider decision-making with real-time passenger information. Presented at Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC., USA

Provision of Real-Time Passenger Information (RTPI) is increasingly becoming a fundamental element of the service offered by transit agencies. RTPI changes the way in which travellers perceive public transport services and it can have remarkable cons... Read More about What do you do with your app? A study of rider decision-making with real-time passenger information..

Financial reporting with XBRL and its impact on the accounting profession (2015)
Thesis
Wang, Z. Financial reporting with XBRL and its impact on the accounting profession. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9169

Since 2010, XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) has been widely adopted throughout the world. In 2013, both the HMRC (Inland Revenue) and Companies House in the UK accepted XBRL in the iXBRL (inline XBRL) format. Investors have had to face... Read More about Financial reporting with XBRL and its impact on the accounting profession.

Transforming Care After Treatment Programme Evaluation (2015)
Report
Cruickshank, S., Campbell, K., Smith, S., Holland, A., & Johnston, L. (2015). Transforming Care After Treatment Programme Evaluation. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Napier University

Baseline Report January 2015

CEO stock-option compensation and the use of credit default swaps in relation to European bank risk (2015)
Thesis
Al-Own, B. CEO stock-option compensation and the use of credit default swaps in relation to European bank risk. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8800

This thesis investigates two main aspects related to the use of credit default swaps (CDS) by European banks. The first area of investigation focuses on the relationship between the CEOs’ risk-taking incentives generated by stock option compensation... Read More about CEO stock-option compensation and the use of credit default swaps in relation to European bank risk.

A Biologically Inspired Vision-Based Approach for Detecting Multiple Moving Objects in Complex Outdoor Scenes (2015)
Journal Article
Tu, Z., Zheng, A., Yang, E., Luo, B., & Hussain, A. (2015). A Biologically Inspired Vision-Based Approach for Detecting Multiple Moving Objects in Complex Outdoor Scenes. Cognitive Computation, 7(5), 539-551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-015-9318-z

In the human brain, independent components of optical flows from the medial superior temporal area are speculated for motion cognition. Inspired by this hypothesis, a novel approach combining independent component analysis (ICA) with principal compon... Read More about A Biologically Inspired Vision-Based Approach for Detecting Multiple Moving Objects in Complex Outdoor Scenes.

A localization toolkit for sentic net (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xia, Y., Li, X., Cambria, E., & Hussain, A. (2015). A localization toolkit for sentic net. In 2014 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (403-408). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDMW.2014.179

SenticNet is a popular resource for concept-level sentiment analysis. Because SenticNet was created specifically for opinion mining in English language, however, its localization can be very laborious. In this work, a toolkit for creating non-English... Read More about A localization toolkit for sentic net.

Social capital and cultural adjustment of international assignees in NGOs: Do support networks really matter? (2015)
Journal Article
Claus, L., Maletz, S., Casoinic, D., & Pierson, K. (2015). Social capital and cultural adjustment of international assignees in NGOs: Do support networks really matter?. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(20), 2523-2542. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.1003083

International assignees face cultural adjustment challenges in their host countries in work and nonwork situations. At the same time, social capital theory suggests that individuals can access and mobilize resources from their social networks. We exp... Read More about Social capital and cultural adjustment of international assignees in NGOs: Do support networks really matter?.