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Volcano experiments (2016)
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Guest Post - Volcano Experiments by Laura Hobbs

Brief report: A pilot study of the use of a virtual reality headset in autism populations (2016)
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The application of virtual reality technologies (VRTs) for users with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been studied for decades. However, a gap remains in our understanding surrounding VRT head-mounted displays (HMDs). As newly designed HMDs have b... Read More about Brief report: A pilot study of the use of a virtual reality headset in autism populations.

Estimation of bladder contractility from intravesical pressure–volume measurements (2016)
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© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Aims: To describe parameters from urodynamic pressure recordings that describe urinary bladder contractility through the use of principles of muscle mechanics. Methods: Subtracted detrusor pressure and voided flow were... Read More about Estimation of bladder contractility from intravesical pressure–volume measurements.

UK credit and discouragement during the GFC (2016)
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© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York. The availability of credit to entrepreneurs with good investment opportunities is an important facilitator of economic growth. Under normal economic conditions, most entrepreneurs who requested loans... Read More about UK credit and discouragement during the GFC.

Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Robotic assistance can bring significant improvements to orthopedic fracture surgery: facilitate more accurate fracture fragment repositioning without open access and obviate problems related to the current minimally invasive
fracture surgery techni... Read More about Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries.

Mentoring for equality: Women activists creating change in the UK aviation and aerospace industry (2016)
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The UK aviation and aerospace industry remains one of the most male dominated industries in the UK. While academic research has focused upon women’s reluctance to enter STEM employment, their propensity to leave when they become mothers and the lack... Read More about Mentoring for equality: Women activists creating change in the UK aviation and aerospace industry.

Biologic interventions for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
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BACKGROUND:

Fatigue is a common and potentially distressing symptom for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with no accepted evidence-based management guidelines. Evidence suggests that biologic interventions improve symptoms and signs in RA... Read More about Biologic interventions for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis.

The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing (2016)
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© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between project-based organizing and the initiatives labelled as “development” by critically engaging with some unchallenged assumptions in... Read More about The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing.

Mathematical model of the arc erosion in bimetallic electrical contacts (2016)
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The mathematical model describing the nonstationary temperature field in a bimetallic contact consisting of a basic material and a covering is presented. It is based on the axially symmetric heat equation with the boundary conditions including an arc... Read More about Mathematical model of the arc erosion in bimetallic electrical contacts.

Is it possible to control an arc to glow transition for practical use in DC low voltage electrical installations? (2016)
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The paper presents and discusses investigated results of the study of arc to glow transformation at breaking of DC inductive load of a low power (less than 10J) and low voltage (about 250V).The ratio in duration of arcing and glowing is investigated... Read More about Is it possible to control an arc to glow transition for practical use in DC low voltage electrical installations?.

Evaluating interprofessional learning: A complex process (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This was a keynote presentation, discussing the essential features of undertaking an evaluation of interprofessional learning, with reference to the multi-method evaluation of the interprofessional curriculum introduced in the Faculty of Health and S... Read More about Evaluating interprofessional learning: A complex process.

Antecedents to value diminution: A dyadic perspective (2016)
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© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. The purpose of this article is to identify the antecedents of diminished value in business-to-business exchange. There is only a limited amount of research on value destruction in the context of service-dominant (S-D) lo... Read More about Antecedents to value diminution: A dyadic perspective.

From point cloud to digital fabrication: A tangible reconstruction of Ca' Venier dei Leoni, the Guggenheim Museum in Venice (2016)
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The paper describes how new digital methodologies can be used within the field of Cultural Heritage, not only with the aim of documenting the actual state of an architecture but to review the past transformations it has undergone, conserving and repr... Read More about From point cloud to digital fabrication: A tangible reconstruction of Ca' Venier dei Leoni, the Guggenheim Museum in Venice.

Gender inequality in mobility and mode choice in Pakistan (2016)
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Using the nationally representative dataset of the 2007 Pakistan Time-Use Survey, this paper examines gender differences in daily trip rate, mode choice, travel duration, and purpose of travel, which are previously unreported because of limited data... Read More about Gender inequality in mobility and mode choice in Pakistan.

An Integrated Decision Making Approach for Adaptive Shared Control of Mobility Assistance Robots (2016)
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© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Mobility assistance robots provide support to elderly or patients during walking. The design of a safe and intuitive assistance behavior is one of the major challenges in this context. We present an... Read More about An Integrated Decision Making Approach for Adaptive Shared Control of Mobility Assistance Robots.

Recent developments in support materials for use in high performance liquid chromatography (2016)
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A number of advances have taken place in the last decade in the area of support materials for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). These developments have included the use of very small porous particles (< 2.0 micron diameter), new types of... Read More about Recent developments in support materials for use in high performance liquid chromatography.

The psychosocial experiences of breast cancer amongst Black, South Asian and White survivors: do differences exist between ethnic groups? (2016)
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Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Very little UK-based research has examined breast cancer-related experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic populations, and we do not know whether the psychosocial impact of diagnosis and treatmen... Read More about The psychosocial experiences of breast cancer amongst Black, South Asian and White survivors: do differences exist between ethnic groups?.

Mapping household direct energy consumption in the United Kingdom to provide a new perspective on energy justice (2016)
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Targets for reductions in carbon emissions and energy use are often framed solely in terms of percentage reductions. However, the amount of energy used by households varies greatly, with some using considerably more than others and, therefore, potent... Read More about Mapping household direct energy consumption in the United Kingdom to provide a new perspective on energy justice.

Amplification of risk in mental health risk assessment (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation discusses how UK mental health nurses’ concern of experiencing moral indignation (e.g. outrage provoked by perceived unjust behaviours) may inadvertently increase bias in determining service users’ risk to self and others. Concern o... Read More about Amplification of risk in mental health risk assessment.

Running the penultimate lap of the race: A multimethod analysis of growth, generativity, career orientation, and personality amongst men in mid/late career (2016)
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© 2015 The British Psychological Society. The dynamics of development in mid/late career are relatively uncharted territory in empirical research and represent a point of intersection between work/organizational psychology and lifespan developmental... Read More about Running the penultimate lap of the race: A multimethod analysis of growth, generativity, career orientation, and personality amongst men in mid/late career.