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Using 3D imaging to map bullet impacts in sandstone (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Bullet impacts on heritage surfaces are increasingly a concern for conservation scientists; the escalating conflicts in the Middle East are often in the news for the deliberate targeting of heritage sites. The full destruction of sites, using large-s... Read More about Using 3D imaging to map bullet impacts in sandstone.

Visualising surface texture through the combination of 2D and 3D data (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation of a new workflow developed to facilitate the efficient visualisation and rendering of surface texture of paintings. The workflow combines digital colour images, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and 3D data produced with a laser scanne... Read More about Visualising surface texture through the combination of 2D and 3D data.

The use of state-of-the-art transport models by policymakers – beauty in simplicity? (2016)
Journal Article

Abstract: Transport demand models have a long history of being a major tool in transport policy making. However, whether they are truly used in decision-making processes, and if so, whether the knowledge they provide is actually understood, is questi... Read More about The use of state-of-the-art transport models by policymakers – beauty in simplicity?.

Anti-Inflammatory effect of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) aqueous extracts on Rattus norvegicus (albino rats) (2016)
Journal Article

Anti-inflammatory effect of Pleurotusostreatus (oyster mushroom) aqueous extract was studied. The extract was prepared using a novel design of relative moisture content to determine the dry weight of the extract. Thirty-five albino rats (grouped in... Read More about Anti-Inflammatory effect of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) aqueous extracts on Rattus norvegicus (albino rats).

Cohesion, leadership, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care in UK military personnel (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Background: Military research suggests a significant association between leadership, cohesion, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care (stigma/BTC). Aim: Most studies are cross sectional, therefore longi... Read More about Cohesion, leadership, mental health stigmatisation and perceived barriers to care in UK military personnel.

Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach (2016)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - This paper aims to introduce an unsupervised modular approach for eye centre localisation in images and videos following a coarse-to-fine, global-to-regional scheme. The design of the algorithm aims at ex... Read More about Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach.

Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors Social Policy & Administration Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Much has been written that details the decline in living standards following the ‘credit crunch’ in the UK. It remains that we understand to a lesser degree the... Read More about Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times.

A synthetic player for Ayὸ board game using alpha-beta search and learning vector quantization (2016)
Journal Article

Game playing especially, Ayὸ game has been an important topic of research in artificial intelligence and several machine learning approaches have been used, but the need to optimize computing resources is important to encourage the significant intere... Read More about A synthetic player for Ayὸ board game using alpha-beta search and learning vector quantization.

Urine transduction to usable energy: A modular MFC approach for smartphone and remote system charging (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors This study reports for the first time the full charging of a state-of-the-art mobile smartphone, using Microbial Fuel Cells fed with urine. This was possible by employing a new design of MFC that allowed scaling-up without power de... Read More about Urine transduction to usable energy: A modular MFC approach for smartphone and remote system charging.

Encapsulation of expansive powder minerals within a concentric glass capsule system for self-healing concrete (2016)
Journal Article

This study presents the application of encapsulated expansive powder minerals (magnesium oxide, bentonite and quicklime) for self-healing of cement-based mortars. A system of concentric glass macrocapsules was used to envelope the expansive minerals... Read More about Encapsulation of expansive powder minerals within a concentric glass capsule system for self-healing concrete.

Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: A cross-sectional study (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Background: For several years, EDs in the UK NHS have faced considerable increases in attendance rates. Walk-in centres (WiCs) and minor injuries units (MIUs) have been suggested as solutions. We... Read More about Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: A cross-sectional study.

Reliable, resilient and sustainable water management: The Safe & SuRe approach (2016)
Journal Article

Global threats such as climate change, population growth, and rapid urbanization pose a huge future challenge to water management, and, to ensure the ongoing reliability, resilience and sustainability of service provision, a paradigm shift is require... Read More about Reliable, resilient and sustainable water management: The Safe & SuRe approach.

The new commodities of the new media landscape (2016)
Journal Article

The ‘traditional’ media industry — newspapers and magazines and the like — have had a difficult time lately thanks to increasing competition online. This book’s chapters consider ways the traditional media can reinvent themselves to secure their futu... Read More about The new commodities of the new media landscape.

The effect of supply chain collaboration on the servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper focuses on the investigation of the effect of supply chain collaboration on the relationships between different levels of services (base, intermediate and advanced) and their impact on servitization consequences and performance within the... Read More about The effect of supply chain collaboration on the servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry.

Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The primary aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of supply chain quality management (SCQM) practices on quality performance. Drawing on supply chain management and quality management literature we argue that quality performance is achieved... Read More about Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance.

Developing a rheumatology team to meet a growing need in Africa: Let’s not forget to feed the cow (2016)
Journal Article

In many African countries the burden of preventable communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, lower respiratory infections, malaria and diarrhoeal diseases is overwhelming.

CUBER: Critical Urban Buildings Emergency Response (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

When human-induced disasters (i.e. terrorist attacks, social unrest, fires), as well as natural disasters (i.e. floods, earthquake, climate change) take place in complex buildings, a short delay in response to an incident or a major event may mean a... Read More about CUBER: Critical Urban Buildings Emergency Response.

Articulating virtue: Planning ethics within and beyond post politics (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Post foundationalist political theories have provided some of the most radical tools of critique in recent years. As well as challenging the dominant orthodoxy of achieving consensus in decision-making, they give voice to claims that the world can be... Read More about Articulating virtue: Planning ethics within and beyond post politics.

(Mis)conceptualising themes, thematic analysis, and other problems with Fugard and Potts’ (2015) sample-size tool for thematic analysis (2016)
Journal Article

One of us (VC) was having a conversation with a student recently about the origins and history of thematic analysis (TA). The student had read Qualitative Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy (McLeod, 2011), a text which presents TA as a variant... Read More about (Mis)conceptualising themes, thematic analysis, and other problems with Fugard and Potts’ (2015) sample-size tool for thematic analysis.

Can local leadership advance the cause of social inclusion? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Across the world cities are becoming more and more unequal. A growing body of literature shows that ostracized groups exist in all countries, rich and poor, and that processes of social exclusion now prevent many people from participating fully in t... Read More about Can local leadership advance the cause of social inclusion?.