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An investigation into the fabrication of a new mini gas sensor for medical diagnostic applications (2013)
Thesis

This research was part of a larger Wellcome Trust funded project that aimed to create a non-invasive volatile diagnostic device for medical applications, particularly for the detection of Clostridium difficile (C. Diff) in human stool. The device (Od... Read More about An investigation into the fabrication of a new mini gas sensor for medical diagnostic applications.

Midwifery staffing: Variation and mismatch in demand and capacity (2013)
Journal Article

An evaluation of the impact and costs of three strategies used to recruit acutely unwell young children to a randomised controlled trial in primary care (2013)
Journal Article

Background Recruitment to primary care trials, particularly those involving young children, is known to be difficult. There are limited data available to inform researchers about the effectiveness of different trial recruitment strategies and their a... Read More about An evaluation of the impact and costs of three strategies used to recruit acutely unwell young children to a randomised controlled trial in primary care.

Teaching Theory of Mind (2013)
Journal Article

Research Findings: An understanding of another's mental state, beliefs, or desires is often referred to as theory of mind (ToM). Pretence has been shown to be a precursor to ToM (Leslie, 1987; Lillard, 1999, 2001), and thus ToM could potentially be d... Read More about Teaching Theory of Mind.

Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2013)
Journal Article

This article provides a critique of the policy response to the closure, in 2005, of the MG Rover factory in Longbridge, Birmingham. To date, the Longbridge 'narrative' has been dominated by the work of the Labour Government's MG Rover Task Force to s... Read More about Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham.

Behavior change techniques used to promote walking and cycling: A systematic review (2013)
Journal Article

Objective: Evidence on the effectiveness of walking and cycling interventions is mixed. This may be partly attributable to differences in intervention content, such as the cognitive and behavioral techniques (BCTs) used. Adopting a taxonomy of BCTs,... Read More about Behavior change techniques used to promote walking and cycling: A systematic review.

Impact of plant shoot architecture on leaf cooling: A coupled heat and mass transfer model (2013)
Journal Article

Plants display a range of striking architectural adaptations when grown at elevated temperatures. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, these include elongation of petioles, and increased petiole and leaf angles from the soil surface. The potentia... Read More about Impact of plant shoot architecture on leaf cooling: A coupled heat and mass transfer model.

Usability of virtual-reality simulation training in obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cohort study (2013)
Journal Article

Objective To assess the usability of virtual-reality (VR) simulation for obstetric ultrasound trainees. Methods Twenty-six participants were recruited: 18 obstetric ultrasound trainees (with little formal ultrasonography training) and eight certified... Read More about Usability of virtual-reality simulation training in obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cohort study.

"Who Milks the Cows at Maesgwyn?" The Animality of UK Rural Landscapes in Affective Registers (2013)
Journal Article

Landscapes are complex outplays of intersecting flows of agency in which humans and non-humans combine in a series of registers, and in cycles of comings and goings to make meshworks of life in place. The presence of animals in some landscapes can be... Read More about "Who Milks the Cows at Maesgwyn?" The Animality of UK Rural Landscapes in Affective Registers.

Effect of breed on fatty acid composition and lipogenic enzyme abundance in the subcutaneous adipose tissue of pigs (2013)
Journal Article

This study investigated the role of lipogenic enzyme expression in breed-specific fat deposition in pigs. Objectives: (i) determine effect of breed on the relative abundance of the key lipogenic enzymes stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), delta-6 desatura... Read More about Effect of breed on fatty acid composition and lipogenic enzyme abundance in the subcutaneous adipose tissue of pigs.

Democracy in transition: Political participation in the european union (2013)
Book

© 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. All rights are reserved. The papers in this collection, written by a cross-regional group of experts, provide insights into the causes of declining levels of citizen participation and other distinct forms of... Read More about Democracy in transition: Political participation in the european union.

Living with a cleft: Psychological challenges, support and intervention (2013)
Book Chapter

© 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. All rights are reserved. Psychological adjustment to living with a cleft and its treatment is now understood to be both complex and labile. While many adjust well, this population has an increased risk for a... Read More about Living with a cleft: Psychological challenges, support and intervention.

Collective rights and personal freedoms: A discursive analysis of participant accounts of authoritarianism (2013)
Journal Article

This article presents a discursive analysis of participant accounts of authoritarianism, with the aim of understanding how participants construct accounts about authority, when, and for what purposes. Participants completed a 30-item Right-Wing Autho... Read More about Collective rights and personal freedoms: A discursive analysis of participant accounts of authoritarianism.

Decision comprehensiveness and team performance: The moderating role of perceived similarity (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Decision comprehensiveness is the extent to which members of a team systematically gather quantities of information and consider these in the process of making decisions (Frederickson & Mitchell, 1984). Empirical research indicates that under certain... Read More about Decision comprehensiveness and team performance: The moderating role of perceived similarity.

‘An object of indecipherable bastardy – a real monster: Homosociality, homoeroticism and generic hybridity in dead man’s shoes’ (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores Shane Meadows's approaches to genre, arguing that hybrid forms of film type are employed in order to underscore the elements of myth which are evident in his work. In particular, it looks at how evocations of the monster weave t... Read More about ‘An object of indecipherable bastardy – a real monster: Homosociality, homoeroticism and generic hybridity in dead man’s shoes’.

x-OSC: A versatile wireless I/O device for creative/music applications (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper introduces x-OSC: a WiFi-based I/O board intended to provide developers of digital musical instruments with a versatile tool for interfacing software to the physical world via OSC messages. x-OSC features 32 I/O channels supporting multipl... Read More about x-OSC: A versatile wireless I/O device for creative/music applications.

Ecology of reproduction in Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei): Dietary strategies and energetic condition during a high fruit period (2013)
Journal Article

The ability to increase energy storage when food is abundant for later use during late gestation and early lactation is often considered the primary benefit of the capital breeding strategy (clustering conceptions during high food periods, HFP) that... Read More about Ecology of reproduction in Sanje mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei): Dietary strategies and energetic condition during a high fruit period.

The effect of cross-cultural uncertainty and complexity within multicultural construction teams (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine challenges faced by senior construction managers in managing cross-cultural complexity and uncertainty. The rationale was to identify the key strategies that are considered essential for managing cros... Read More about The effect of cross-cultural uncertainty and complexity within multicultural construction teams.

Automated generation of structural solutions based on spatial designs (2013)
Journal Article

To aid in the understanding of design processes and to support the involved actors, a Research Engine (RE) is under development. The RE is a set of automated computational processes that simulate a spatial-structural design process. The first develop... Read More about Automated generation of structural solutions based on spatial designs.

Slavery and West Country houses (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter investigates the links between Atlantic slavery and selected stately homes in Somerset and Gloucestershire built or renovated in the Long eighteenth century.