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Farewell, dear friend: The sociology of pet grief (2016)
Journal Article

An introduction to the sociology of pet grief, looking at data from the British Mass Observation Project and considering theories from the field of Animal Studies as well as Butler's theory of 'grievability'.

A qualitative study of the barriers to procedural sedation practices in paediatric emergency medicine in the UK and Ireland (2016)
Journal Article

© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Introduction There is extensive literature on paediatric procedural sedation (PPS) and its clinical applications in emergency departments (EDs). While numerous guidance and policy documents exist from... Read More about A qualitative study of the barriers to procedural sedation practices in paediatric emergency medicine in the UK and Ireland.

The role of public gardens in enhancing diabetic patients’ health and wellbeing (2016)
Journal Article

Cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have experienced rapid uncontrolled urbanism due to the absence of robust planning measures. This causes lack or ill distributions of facilities and segregation between these facilities and the residences i... Read More about The role of public gardens in enhancing diabetic patients’ health and wellbeing.

Thinking after Europe: Jan Patočka and Politics (2016)
Book

Jan Patočka, perhaps more so than any other philosopher in the twentieth century, managed to combine intense philosophical insight with a farsighted analysis of the idea and challenges facing Europe as a historical, cultural and political signifier.... Read More about Thinking after Europe: Jan Patočka and Politics.

Scrambled statistics: What are the chances of finding multi-yolk eggs? (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Royal Statistical Society Journalists ask a lot of questions of statisticians, but some are more bizarre than others. Statistical ambassador Deirdre Toher recounts one such experience.

A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper presents a Decision Support System (DSS) for maintenance cost optimisation at an Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). The DSS is designed for use by multiple stakeholders in the OWF sector with the overall goal of informing mainte... Read More about A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms.

The effects of therapist training and experience on the outcomes of psychological therapy within an NHS setting (2016)
Thesis

Background: This study is based on the notion that client therapy outcomes are dependent, in part, on who the therapist is and not on the techniques they use or what theoretical model is drawn upon to conceptualise the presenting difficulties. Resear... Read More about The effects of therapist training and experience on the outcomes of psychological therapy within an NHS setting.

REACT report 2012-2016 (2016)
Report

The REACT Report distils our learning from the past four years, and celebrates the great potential of collaboration between universities and the creative sector. It offers valuable insight to policymakers, stakeholders in the arts, Higher Education... Read More about REACT report 2012-2016.

Improving urban grassland for people and wildlife (2016)
Other

Access to nature is beneficial to human health. How can designed urban meadows help to enhance public well-being and urban biodiversity?

Access to nature is beneficial to human health and well-being, yet over 80% of the UK population now live in u... Read More about Improving urban grassland for people and wildlife.

Functional redundancy between Apc and Apc2 regulates tissue homeostasis and prevents tumourigenesis in murine mammary epithelium (2016)
Journal Article

Aberrant Wnt signaling within breast cancer is associated with poor prognosis, but regulation of this pathway in breast tissue remains poorly understood and the consequences of immediate or long-term dysregulation remain elusive. The exact contributi... Read More about Functional redundancy between Apc and Apc2 regulates tissue homeostasis and prevents tumourigenesis in murine mammary epithelium.

Is ASEAN ready for banking integration? Evidence from interest rate convergence (2016)
Journal Article

Convergence in prices or returns of assets with similar characteristics indicates that the financial market is integrated with regional markets. This paper is the first that test of the movements of interest rates in ASEAN banking sector for the peri... Read More about Is ASEAN ready for banking integration? Evidence from interest rate convergence.

From albatross to long range UAV flight by dynamic soaring (2016)
Thesis

In the domain of UAVs, endurance and range are key utility factors. However, small-sized UAVs are faced with serious limitations regarding energy storage options. A way to address this challenge is to seek for energy from the surrounding environment.... Read More about From albatross to long range UAV flight by dynamic soaring.

Kohler's disease: An unusual cause for a limping child (2016)
Journal Article

Kohler's disease: an unusual cause for a limping child

Dissolved organic carbon transformations and microbial community response to variations in recharge waters in a shallow carbonate aquifer (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, The Author(s). In carbonate aquifers, dissolved organic carbon from the surface drives heterotrophic metabolism, generating CO2 in the subsurface. Although this has been a proposed mechanism for enhanced dissolution at the water table, respir... Read More about Dissolved organic carbon transformations and microbial community response to variations in recharge waters in a shallow carbonate aquifer.

Using safety climate as a tool for improvement of safety performance in construction organisations (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Data from a number of industrialized countries show that construction workers are 3 to 4 times more likely than other workers to die from accidents at work. In the developing world, the risks associated with construction work may be 3 to 6 times grea... Read More about Using safety climate as a tool for improvement of safety performance in construction organisations.

A review of construction safety, challenges and opportunities: Oman perspective (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Data from a number of industrialized countries show that construction workers are 3 to 4 times more likely than other workers to die from accidents at work. In the developing world, the risks associated with construction work may be 3 to 6 times grea... Read More about A review of construction safety, challenges and opportunities: Oman perspective.

Motor primitive-based control for lower-limb exoskeletons (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Assistive technology forecasts better autonomy for people with lifelong disabilities and for the elderly facing motor decline. As the population of developed countries is becoming greyer, there is thus a high probability of observing a significant in... Read More about Motor primitive-based control for lower-limb exoskeletons.

2D and 3D computer vision analysis of gaze, gender and age (2016)
Thesis

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has been an active research area for over four decades. Research studies and commercial designs in this area have been largely facilitated by the visual modality which brings diversified functionality and improved usa... Read More about 2D and 3D computer vision analysis of gaze, gender and age.

Home-based Reach-to-Grasp training for people after stroke is feasible: A pilot randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2016. Objective: To determine feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of home-based Reach-to-Grasp training after stroke. Design: single-blind parallel group RCT. Participants: Residual arm deficit less than 12 months post-... Read More about Home-based Reach-to-Grasp training for people after stroke is feasible: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Community-based measures recharging groundwater in semi-arid India has historically underpinned rural socio-ecological resilience, though are declining through technological, policy and other changes. Nevertheless, exemplars of c... Read More about Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (3): Evidence from remote sensing.