Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish.
Journal Article
Klimpel, S., Palm, H. W., Busch, M. W., Kellermanns, E. & Rueckert, S. (2006)
Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 53, 1167-1181. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.05.009. ISSN 0967-0637
A total of 219 deep-sea fishes belonging to five families were examined for the parasite fauna and stomach contents. The demersal fish Macrourus berglax, bathypelagic Bathylag...
Prediction of in-hospital mortality and length of stay using an early warning scoring system: clinical audit
Journal Article
Paterson, R., MacLeod, D., Thetford, D., Beattie, A., Graham, C., Lam, S., & Bell, D. (2006)
Prediction of in-hospital mortality and length of stay using an early warning scoring system: clinical audit. Clinical Medicine, 6(3), 281-284. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.6-3-281
This aim of this study was to assess the impact of the introduction of a standardised early warning scoring system (SEWS) on physiological observations and patient outcomes in...
The motivation of nurses to participate in continuing professional education in Ireland
Journal Article
Murphy, C., Cross, C., & McGuire, D. (2006)
The motivation of nurses to participate in continuing professional education in Ireland. Journal of European industrial training, 30(5), 365-384. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590610677926
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to review the extant literature on CPE amongst nurses and concentrate on discovering the factors that motivate and inhibit participati...
Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006)
Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2006)
This paper describes a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method of mapping a workplace soundscape to assess its fitness as a basis for an extended soundscape mapping method. Twel...
Effect of nurse-led gut-directed hypnotherapy upon health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Journal Article
Smith, G. D. (2006)
Effect of nurse-led gut-directed hypnotherapy upon health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15(6), 678-684. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01356.x
Aims and objectives.  This study quantified health-related quality of life in a group of irritable bowel syndrome patients and measures changes following a treatment programme...
Identification and survival of carriers of mutations in DNA mis-match repair genes in colon cancer.
Journal Article
Barnetson, R. A., Tenesa, A., Farrington, S. M., Nicholl, I. D., Cetnarskyj, R., Porteous, M. E., …Dunlop, M. G. (2006)
Identification and survival of carriers of mutations in DNA mis-match repair genes in colon cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 354, 2751-2763. ISSN 0028-4793
Background The identification of mutations in germ-line DNA mismatch-repair genes at the time of diagnosis of colorectal cancer is important in the management of the disease. ...
Analysis of the impact of a national initiative to promote evidence-based nursing practice
Journal Article
Ring, N., Coull, A., Howie, C., Murphy-Black, T., & Watterson, A. (2006)
Analysis of the impact of a national initiative to promote evidence-based nursing practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 12(4), 232-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-172x.2006.00569.x
Best Practice Statements (BPS) are designed to facilitate evidence-based practice. This descriptive, exploratory study evaluated
the impact of five of these statements in Scot...
Performance and modelling of a PV driven transpired solar air heater.
Conference Proceeding
Grassie, T. (2006)
Performance and modelling of a PV driven transpired solar air heater. ISBN 904963731
A novel multiple-controller incorporating a radial basis function neural network based generalized learning model
Journal Article
Zayed, A. S., Hussain, A., & Abdullah, R. A. (2006)
A novel multiple-controller incorporating a radial basis function neural network based generalized learning model. Neurocomputing, 69(16-18), 1868-1881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2006.02.017
A new adaptive multiple-controller is proposed incorporating a radial basis function (RBF) neural network based generalized learning model (GLM). The GLM assumes that the unkn...
Public private partnership - experiences of ICT in the UK, Germany and Austria
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Scherrer, W. (2006)
Public private partnership - experiences of ICT in the UK, Germany and Austria
The political context of governments differs between the UK, Germany and Austria, but each government currently has a positive view of PPP. There are many similarities to the ...