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Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women (2013)
Journal Article

A number of feminist scholars have argued that dress and appearance can be used to critique the dominant culture and explore alternative subjectivities. Research on non-heterosexual visual identities has explored the role that appearance and clothing... Read More about Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women.

Development of a new 6 DOF parallel haptic interface for the rendering of elements and interior equipment in a car (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Refining scheduling policies with genetic algorithms (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are popular approaches in solving various complex real-world problems. However, it is required that a careful attention is to be paid to the contextual knowledge as well as the implementation of genetic material and operators... Read More about Refining scheduling policies with genetic algorithms.

Development and psychometric evaluation of a self report quality of life questionnaire for individuals with long term indwelling catheter: The ICIQ-LTCqol (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Hypothesis / aims of study
Long-term indwelling catheters are commonly associated with complications which are known to be detrimental to quality of life. Clinical assessment and monitoring of patients with urinary catheters is also known to be poor... Read More about Development and psychometric evaluation of a self report quality of life questionnaire for individuals with long term indwelling catheter: The ICIQ-LTCqol.

“This feels like the start of something” — Storying the 2010 Exeter Occupation (2013)
Journal Article

The University of Exeter was home to a student led occupation in November and December 2010. The occupation was a protest against education and public sector cuts and the rise in student tuition fees. It also became a site for a progressive re-presen... Read More about “This feels like the start of something” — Storying the 2010 Exeter Occupation.

Community perceptions of childhood injuries and its prevention measures in Nepal: A qualitative study (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Objectives: To gain an in-depth understanding of people’s perception of causes and their concepts of prevention of childhood injuries in Nepal.
Design: A qualitative study using focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs). Set... Read More about Community perceptions of childhood injuries and its prevention measures in Nepal: A qualitative study.

Mobilisation of women’s groups for child injury prevention in Nepal (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Childhood injuries are a neglected problem in Nepal. Injuries were the cause of 13% of deaths occurred to 1-4 year children in Nepal and one-third of all illnesses to children under 18 years caused by injuries. Over half of all injuries t... Read More about Mobilisation of women’s groups for child injury prevention in Nepal.

Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Child injuries are a major public health problem in low- and middle- income countries but they are
not recognised at policy or community level. Prevention of injuries is neglected due to lack of awareness. Only a
few community-based s... Read More about Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index into Spanish (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: The Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (MFPDI) is a self-assessment 19-item questionnaire developed in the UK to measure foot pain and disability. This study aimed at conducting cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the MFPDI fo... Read More about Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index into Spanish.

Non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2013)
Journal Article

© 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Fatigue is a common and potentially distressing symptom for people with rheumatoid arthritis with no accepted evidence based management guidelines. Non-pharmacological interventions, such as physical act... Read More about Non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis.

Disabled children's childhood studies: Alternative relations and forms of authority? (2013)
Book Chapter

Disabled children's childhood studies: Critical approaches in a global context (2013)
Book

Evaluative application of UKCP09based downscaled future weather years to simulate overheating risk in typical English homes (2013)
Journal Article

To critically compare three future weather year (FWY) downscaling approaches, based on the 2009 UK Climate Projections, used for climate change impact and adaptation analysis in building simulation software. The validity of these FWYs is assessed thr... Read More about Evaluative application of UKCP09based downscaled future weather years to simulate overheating risk in typical English homes.

Visual workplace identities: Objects, emotion and resistance (2013)
Book Chapter

Duo-MAC: Energy and time constrained data delivery MAC protocol in wireless sensor networks (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We present Duo-MAC, an asynchronous cascading wake-up scheduled MAC protocol for heterogeneous traffic forwarding in low-power wireless networks. Duo-MAC deals with energy-delay minimization problem and copes with transmission latency encountered by... Read More about Duo-MAC: Energy and time constrained data delivery MAC protocol in wireless sensor networks.

Does service innovation mirror product innovation? A multi-method study with successful evidence case from Turkey (2013)
Journal Article

This study is an attempt to analyse differences between product and service innovation processes. There is almost consensus among scholars about the steps and approaches regarding product innovation. Yet, for service innovation perspectives, scholars... Read More about Does service innovation mirror product innovation? A multi-method study with successful evidence case from Turkey.

Book review: The graphic tale of how 'Obamacare' was won (2013)
Journal Article

The TARGET cohort study protocol: A prospective primary care cohort study to derive and validate a clinical prediction rule to improve the targeting of antibiotics in children with respiratory tract illnesses (2013)
Journal Article

Background: Children with respiratory tract infections are the single most frequent patient group to make use of primary care health care resources. The use of antibiotics remains highly prevalent in young children, but can lead to antimicrobial resi... Read More about The TARGET cohort study protocol: A prospective primary care cohort study to derive and validate a clinical prediction rule to improve the targeting of antibiotics in children with respiratory tract illnesses.

A novel learning-based spectrum sensing technique for cognitive radio networks (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Spectrum sensing is one of the most challenging issues in Cognitive Radio (CR) networks. It should be performed efficiently to reduce number of false alarms and missed detections. This paper presents a novel approach, which employs collective intelli... Read More about A novel learning-based spectrum sensing technique for cognitive radio networks.

Predictors of severe H1N1 infection in children presenting within Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN): Retrospective case-control study (2013)
Journal Article

Objective To identify historical and clinical findings at emergency department presentation associated with severe H1N1 outcome in children presenting with influenza-like illness. Design Multicentre retrospective case-control study. Setting 79 emerge... Read More about Predictors of severe H1N1 infection in children presenting within Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN): Retrospective case-control study.