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The isolation of collaboration: An exploration of the nature and extent of collaborative practice in a converter academy (2016)
Thesis

Policies promoting collaboration have been introduced to counteract the policies of autonomy and school Marketisation. This thesis sets out to find the implications and extent of practitioner collaborative practice within a converter academy in Engla... Read More about The isolation of collaboration: An exploration of the nature and extent of collaborative practice in a converter academy.

Onboarding and induction (2016)
Book Chapter

This is particularly true for those of you who have just joined a new company and wish to achieve long-term success and satisfaction in your career. This section discusses what you can do to make a good start.

Gothic Appalachia (2016)
Book Chapter

This book examines ‘Southern Gothic’ - a term that describes some of the finest works of the American Imagination. But what do ‘Southern’ and ‘Gothic’ mean, and how are they related? Traditionally seen as drawing on the tragedy of slavery and loss, ‘... Read More about Gothic Appalachia.

On gradient descriptor distribution-based dimensionality reduction analysis: A case of recognizing plastic surgery sample faces (2016)
Journal Article

Objectives: To analyze the influence of the sparseness distribution characteristics of gradient-based descriptor data on reduction of high-dimensional data, this paper presents experimental analysis on learned samples of gradient descriptor data. Met... Read More about On gradient descriptor distribution-based dimensionality reduction analysis: A case of recognizing plastic surgery sample faces.

Creep deformation mechanisms in a γ titanium aluminide (2016)
Journal Article

Titanium aluminides (TiAl) are considered as potential alternatives to replace nickel-based alloys of greater density for selected components within future gas turbine aero-engines. This is attributed to the high specific strength as well as the good... Read More about Creep deformation mechanisms in a γ titanium aluminide.

Artificial Cognition for Social Human-Robot Interaction: An Implementation (2016)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors Human–Robot Interaction challenges Artificial Intelligence in many regards: dynamic, partially unknown environments that were not originally designed for robots; a broad variety of situations with rich semantics to understand and i... Read More about Artificial Cognition for Social Human-Robot Interaction: An Implementation.

A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC (2016)
Journal Article

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. In recent years, trade of Halal foods is spreading at a rapid pace. Additionally, Halal food consumers have become increasingly concerned about the integrity of Halal-food related products in terms of production,... Read More about A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC.

Microbial fuel cell – A novel self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation of heavy metals (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors This paper describes the suitability of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) for generation of electrical power with a simultaneous synthesis of active catholyte in the form of caustic solution. The active solution formed inside a terraco... Read More about Microbial fuel cell – A novel self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation of heavy metals.

An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. Assistive robots are emerging to address a social need due to changing demographic trends such as an ageing population. The main emphasis is to offer independence to those in need and to fill a potential labour gap in response to the inc... Read More about An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling.

Development of a novel functional electrical stimulation system for hand rehabilitation using feedback control (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. Worldwide stroke is a leading cause for disability and the demand for rehabilitation devices and everyday life assistance is still high. To address this demand, we consider a combination of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) of the... Read More about Development of a novel functional electrical stimulation system for hand rehabilitation using feedback control.

Early changes in apoplast composition associated with defence and disease in interactions between Phaseolus vulgaris and the halo blight pathogen Pseudomonas syringae Pv. phaseolicola (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors. Plant, Cell & Environment published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The apoplast is the arena in which endophytic pathogens such as Pseudomonas syringae grow and interact with plant cells. Using metabolomic and ion analysis techniqu... Read More about Early changes in apoplast composition associated with defence and disease in interactions between Phaseolus vulgaris and the halo blight pathogen Pseudomonas syringae Pv. phaseolicola.

Unification of strength scaling between unidirectional, quasi-isotropic, and notched carbon/epoxy laminates (2016)
Journal Article

An investigation into size effects and notch sensitivity in quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates was carried out. The purpose is to draw a complete picture of the strength scaling in unidirectional, quasi-isotropic, and notched carbon/epoxy laminat... Read More about Unification of strength scaling between unidirectional, quasi-isotropic, and notched carbon/epoxy laminates.

Non-compliance in the hairdressing and childcare sectors: A qualitative study of apprentice pay (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents some of the qualitative findings from some wider research undertaken for the Low Pay Commission on non-compliance in apprenticeship pay in the hairdressing and childcare sectors. Interviews with over seventy respondents, including... Read More about Non-compliance in the hairdressing and childcare sectors: A qualitative study of apprentice pay.

Aural spatial mapping tool: Constraining the signal sphere of influence validation (WIP) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is part of an on-going investigation with the
primary objective of developing a computational modeling
tool for urban design that generates qualitative aural spatial patterns. The architect is the target user of this computational tool.... Read More about Aural spatial mapping tool: Constraining the signal sphere of influence validation (WIP).

An appraisal of lean construction project delivery application of lean construction (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

One major theoretical issue that has dominated the construction field for many years, concerns the general misconception that lean can only be successfully applied to manufacturing. Its introduction into design and construction industry has been slow... Read More about An appraisal of lean construction project delivery application of lean construction.

Initiating and continuing participation in citizen science for natural history (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Everett and Geoghegan. Background: Natural history has a long tradition in the UK, dating back to before Charles Darwin. Developing from a principally amateur pursuit, natural history continues to attract both amateur and professional involvem... Read More about Initiating and continuing participation in citizen science for natural history.

The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions (2016)
Journal Article

The world is currently witnessing its largest surge of urban growth in human history; a trend that draws attention to the need to understand and address health impacts of urban living. Whilst transport is instrumental in this urbanisation wave, it al... Read More about The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions.

Women and toilets (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many women are concerned about the lack of public toilets, and the poor design and lack of facilities in those that do exist. With reference mainly to the United Kingdom, but with global parallels, this paper considers the role of toilet provision in... Read More about Women and toilets.

Realistic and interactive high-resolution 4D environments for real-time surgeon and patient interaction (2016)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Remote consultations that are realistic enough to be useful medically offer considerable clinical, logistical and cost benefits. Despite advances in virtual reality and vision hardware and softwa... Read More about Realistic and interactive high-resolution 4D environments for real-time surgeon and patient interaction.

Exploiting antipheromone in ant colony optimisation for interactive search-based software design and refactoring (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Preventing user-fatigue in interactive meta-heuristic search places as great an emphasis on efficiency as it does on ef- fectiveness. Engagement may also be boosted if the system provides a sense of “responsiveness” - for example, avoiding unpopular... Read More about Exploiting antipheromone in ant colony optimisation for interactive search-based software design and refactoring.