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Age-Related Variation in Foraging Behaviour in the Wandering Albatross at South Georgia: No Evidence for Senescence (2015)
Journal Article
Froy, H., Lewis, S., Catry, P., Bishop, C. M., Forster, I. P., Fukuda, A., Higuchi, H., Phalan, B., Xavier, J. C., Nussey, D. H., & Phillips, R. A. (2015). Age-Related Variation in Foraging Behaviour in the Wandering Albatross at South Georgia: No Evidence for Senescence. PLOS ONE, 10(1), Article e0116415. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116415

Age-related variation in demographic rates is now widely documented in wild vertebrate systems, and has significant consequences for population and evolutionary dynamics. However, the mechanisms underpinning such variation, particularly in later life... Read More about Age-Related Variation in Foraging Behaviour in the Wandering Albatross at South Georgia: No Evidence for Senescence.

Delivering care in a future internet. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., & Jell, T. (2014, March). Delivering care in a future internet. Presented at I-ESA 2014 workshop on Enterprise Interoperability

In most European countries direct healthcare costs stand for around 10% of the GDP. Health spending is rising faster than GDP and it is estimated to reach to 16% of GDP 2020 in OECD countries. There is clear evidence that more and more health care wi... Read More about Delivering care in a future internet..

Sleep disruption and its effect on lymphocyte redeployment following an acute bout of exercise (2015)
Journal Article
Florida-James, G. D., Ingram, L. A., Simpson, R. J., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2015). Sleep disruption and its effect on lymphocyte redeployment following an acute bout of exercise. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 47, 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.12.018

Sleep disruption and deprivation are common in contemporary society and have been linked with poor health, decreased job performance and increased life-stress. The rapid redeployment of lymphocytes between the blood and tissues is an archetypal featu... Read More about Sleep disruption and its effect on lymphocyte redeployment following an acute bout of exercise.

Ethical assessment in e-Health (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gonzalez-Pinto, A., Ruiz de Azua, S., Mival, O. H., Thuernmler, C., Jumelle, A. K. L., Ispas, I., Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., Kosta, E., Casla, P., Ruiz de Azúa, S., & González-Pinto, A. (2014, October). Ethical assessment in e-Health. Presented at 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Natal, Brazil

While innovative e-Health and m-Health technologies and solutions will eventually change the way health and social care are delivered, it raises many challenges regarding what sort of ethical concerns need to be addressed in order to provide imperati... Read More about Ethical assessment in e-Health.

A social-technological alignment matrix. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., Lim, A. K., Holanec, I., & Fricker, S. (2014, October). A social-technological alignment matrix. Presented at 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Natal, Brazil

This paper refers to the term " implementation " as the Especially in health care this has proven to be a very critical phase Although strategies such as requirements engineering, co-designing and user interaction design have been proposed to reduce... Read More about A social-technological alignment matrix..

A pedagogical example of teaching Universal Access (2015)
Journal Article
Keates, S. (2015). A pedagogical example of teaching Universal Access. Universal Access in the Information Society, 14(1), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-014-0398-4

Designing for Universal Access requires designers to have a good understanding of the full range of users and their capabilities, appropriate datasets, and the most suitable tools and techniques. Education clearly plays an important role in helping d... Read More about A pedagogical example of teaching Universal Access.

By reaching out we can change worlds (2015)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2015). By reaching out we can change worlds. Nursing Standard, 29(19), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.19.22.s25

The Ebola epidemic has forced many nurses to face the limits of their power to help. But our feelings of empathy can be used to spark more local engagement with the people we help

Vocabulary Learning and the Moodle Glossary Tool (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2015, January). Vocabulary Learning and the Moodle Glossary Tool. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier Teaching and Learning Conference, Edinburgh Napier University

Using the liminal, off-task spaces of the classroom as a pedagogical tool (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2015, January). Using the liminal, off-task spaces of the classroom as a pedagogical tool. Paper presented at Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

Existing literature on pedagogic practices has yielded many interesting insights on classroom discourse, sometimes called ‘teacher talk’. The centre piece of most of these studies, however, tends to be on the institutionally sanctioned and legitimize... Read More about Using the liminal, off-task spaces of the classroom as a pedagogical tool.

Can we enable students to reach their potential through engaging with feedback – a feedback pathway? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Malone, E., & MacNab, A. (2015, January). Can we enable students to reach their potential through engaging with feedback – a feedback pathway?. Presented at The Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier University

In response to our experience and supporting evidence [1] that students may not engage with, understand or use their feedback, we have created and introduced a ’feedback pathway’ into a level 9 module. This pathway promotes engagement with and the a... Read More about Can we enable students to reach their potential through engaging with feedback – a feedback pathway?.

Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential (2015)
Journal Article
Muller, C., Chapman, L., Johnston, S., Kidd, C., Illingworth, S., Foody, G., Overeem, A., & Leigh, R. (2015). Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential. International Journal of Climatology, 35(11), 3185-3203. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4210

Crowdsourcing is traditionally defined as obtaining data or information by enlisting the services of a (potentially large) number of people. However, due to recent innovations, this definition can now be expanded to include ‘and/or from a range of pu... Read More about Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential.

MOVES model for idling emission of signalised junction in developing country. (2015)
Journal Article
Kumar, R., Parida, P., Shukla, S., & Saleh, W. (2015). MOVES model for idling emission of signalised junction in developing country. World journal of science, technology and sustainable development, 12(1), 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-06-2014-0009

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is estimation of total emission during idling of vehicles and validate emission results from real-world data.

Design/methodology/approach

MOVES201b emission model is customized for developing country like Indi... Read More about MOVES model for idling emission of signalised junction in developing country..

Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy (2015)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2015). Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy. Bird Study, 62(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.1000261

Capsule Long-term conservation of Black Grouse in Scotland may rely upon the retention of sufficiently large and well-connected patches of moorland and a diversity of adjacent forest types.

Aims To study Black Grouse habitat use within a moorland-... Read More about Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy.

A module-based approach to foster and document the intercultural process before and during the residence abroad (2015)
Journal Article
Penman, C., & Ratz, S. (2015). A module-based approach to foster and document the intercultural process before and during the residence abroad. Intercultural Education, 26(1), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2015.993529

This article contributes to the debate on what form of preparation and support can enhance the intercultural student experience during the Year Abroad. It presents a credit-bearing and multi-modal module at a UK university designed to both prepare st... Read More about A module-based approach to foster and document the intercultural process before and during the residence abroad.

Experiences and views of HIV-positive patients regarding Sesotho traditional medicines for the management of HIV/AIDS in Morija, Lesotho (2015)
Journal Article
Nyangu, I., & Mokwena, K. (2015). Experiences and views of HIV-positive patients regarding Sesotho traditional medicines for the management of HIV/AIDS in Morija, Lesotho. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 17(1), 61-75

In Lesotho various traditional medicines have been reported to aid in the management of HIV/Aids, although the evidence is yet to be tested scientifically. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe experiences of HIV-positive/Aids patient... Read More about Experiences and views of HIV-positive patients regarding Sesotho traditional medicines for the management of HIV/AIDS in Morija, Lesotho.

Reducing maternal anxiety and stress in pregnancy: what is the best approach? (2015)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. (2015). Reducing maternal anxiety and stress in pregnancy: what is the best approach?. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 27(2), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1097/gco.0000000000000155

Purpose of review
To briefly review results of the latest research on approaching antenatal maternal anxiety and stress as distinct constructs within a broad spectrum of maternal antenatal distress and the preventive strategic role of the maternal h... Read More about Reducing maternal anxiety and stress in pregnancy: what is the best approach?.