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Explaining lower rates of sexual abuse in China (2013)
Journal Article

Accumulating research suggests that rates of child sexual abuse are comparatively low in China. This commentary is an effort to evaluate whether it reflects a true lower prevalence or alternatively the effect of inhibited disclosure by victims. We co... Read More about Explaining lower rates of sexual abuse in China.

Stabilising solar ponds by utilising porous materials (2013)
Journal Article

The linear instability of a solar pond containing porous material in the lower convective zone (LCZ) is investigated. It is found that, in general, for physically realistic values, solar ponds that contain porous material are more stable than ones th... Read More about Stabilising solar ponds by utilising porous materials.

Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: This research suggests that understanding problem behaviours through a cultural lens may offer multifarious layers of insight and provide opportunities for more effective intervention than the classical psychological perspective and cognitiv... Read More about Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour.

Retrofitting England's suburbs to adapt to climate change (2013)
Journal Article

The majority of the English population lives in suburbs and this is where the impacts of climate change will significantly affect people's domestic lives: heat stress, respiratory problems, flooding, drought, deterioration of green spaces and damage... Read More about Retrofitting England's suburbs to adapt to climate change.

Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre (2013)
Journal Article

Background Clinical decision rules (CDRs) for paediatric head injury (HI) exist to identify children at risk of traumatic brain injury. Those of the highest quality are the Canadian assessment of tomography for childhood head injury (CATCH), Children... Read More about Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre.

Evaluation of wall heat transfer in turbine blade trailing-edge passage (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Degree of monopoly and class struggle: Political aspects of Kalecki’s pricing and distribution theory (2013)
Journal Article

The aim of this paper is to analyse the concept of class struggle in Michal Kalecki’s writings. First, his inclusion of trade unions’ strength as one of the determining elements of the degree of monopoly is examined, taking into consideration Abba Le... Read More about Degree of monopoly and class struggle: Political aspects of Kalecki’s pricing and distribution theory.

Design dynasties (2013)
Newspaper / Magazine

Over the last fifty years British product design has been heavily influenced by the work of several prominent design families. Peter Barker looks at the multi-generational heritage of of our new design dynasties

Perceptual bias in pain: A switch looks closer when it will relieve pain than when it won't (2013)
Journal Article

Pain is fundamental to survival, as are our perceptions of the environment. It is often assumed that we see our world as a read-out of the sensory information that we receive; yet despite the same physical makeup of our surroundings, individuals perc... Read More about Perceptual bias in pain: A switch looks closer when it will relieve pain than when it won't.

Additive tooling for tube hydroforming (2013)
Journal Article

The use of tube hydroforming in manufacturing is increasing in popularity, particularly in automotive applications where it offers numerous cost and well-recognized performance advantages over conventional stamping and welding processes. In this pape... Read More about Additive tooling for tube hydroforming.

A conceptual model for sustainable product design (2013)
Journal Article

This paper proposes a conceptual model to support sustainable product design. The approach develops an integrated multimodal decision making model which is to be introduced early in the design process, as the basis for the integration of the life cyc... Read More about A conceptual model for sustainable product design.

Choreographing Architecture: Light, Space, Energy, Motion (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Narratives in/of translations: A trialogue on translating narratives cross-culturally (2013)
Journal Article

Three authors, from different cultural contexts and research fields, engage in atrialogue,interrogating three stages of research—formulation of research protocol, field work,and data analysis—in order to explore some of the complexities of... Read More about Narratives in/of translations: A trialogue on translating narratives cross-culturally.

Using nasal curves matching for expression robust 3D nose recognition (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The development of 3D face recognition algorithms that
are robust to variations in expression has been a challenge
for researchers over the past decade. One approach to this
problem is to utilize the most stable parts on the face surface. The nasa... Read More about Using nasal curves matching for expression robust 3D nose recognition.

The psychological impact of looking different (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whither our future global managers? The moderating effect of organization context on ethical intent in international business (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines how proximal versus distal effects in an organization setting prevail as moderating influences on ethical judgments and intentions. The paper proposes three dimensions of ethical decision-making in international business (moral eq... Read More about Whither our future global managers? The moderating effect of organization context on ethical intent in international business.

Chair of discussion panel: The role of the sketchbook in contemporary fine art practice (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Role of the Sketchbook in Contemporary Fine Art Practice Seminar.

Inclusivity and diversity: The key to strategy and sustainability (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The 'new wars' of children or on children? International humanitarian law and the 'underaged combatant' (2013)
Book Chapter

Choral singing therapy for a client with Parkinson's disease (2013)
Book Chapter