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The speaker behind the voice: Therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory (2015)
Journal Article

Many attempts at understanding auditory verbal hallucinations have tried to explain why there is an auditory experience in the absence of an appropriate stimulus. We suggest that many instance of voice-hearing should be approached differently. More s... Read More about The speaker behind the voice: Therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory.

Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning (2015)
Book Chapter

Barton and Grant, discuss neighbourhood design in depth. The concept and importance of the ‘neighbourhood’ as a setting for health is presented. Spatial patterning of urban growth fits into a number of archetypes, dictated by either market forces or... Read More about Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning.

Freiburg: Green capital of Europe (2015)
Book Chapter

The spatial configuration of Freiburg is examined with respect to how land use and transport policies have been developed that have achieved a good quality of life across the life-course, whilst also minimising global footprint.

A systemic analys... Read More about Freiburg: Green capital of Europe.

Schizotypy: A creative advantage? (2015)
Book Chapter

Considering different types of creativity and different traits of schizotypy, this chapter reviews the evidence for a link between the two. It is argued that there are multiple connections between schizotypy and creativity, some direct and some indir... Read More about Schizotypy: A creative advantage?.

Between ambition and evidence (2015)
Journal Article

Measuring impact may be challenging, but does that mean we should accept a lack of ambition? Researchers in all fields are grappling with the challenge of how to measure impact (in many different contexts, which naturally leads to many different appr... Read More about Between ambition and evidence.

How to develop and maintain an on-line community of co-learners: A social media classroom (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The modular nature of courses and the fragmenting pressures of Higher Education schedules can make it difficult to create and/or maintain any semblance of a community of practice (i.e. one in which the discussion of learning and around learning is op... Read More about How to develop and maintain an on-line community of co-learners: A social media classroom.

Donating breastmilk in the UK: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the (ethical) issues (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways. A network of human... Read More about Donating breastmilk in the UK: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the (ethical) issues.

An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Different natural and anthropogenic factors have contributed to increased flood events in recent times. Studies have noted the impact of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) practices on increased flooding. Increases in population, economic growth... Read More about An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa.

“Men don’t cry”: The experiences and coping styles of men with RA: A Q-methodology study (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Research on coping with RA reflects the preponderance of women with the condition (70%). In other long term conditions research suggests men need their own health strategy.

Objectives: To explore the experiences and coping styles of me... Read More about “Men don’t cry”: The experiences and coping styles of men with RA: A Q-methodology study.

The patient perspective on absence of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: A survey to identify key domains of patient perceived remission (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Guidelines suggest treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should be targeted at remission, in close consultation with the patient. Our recent qualitative study of the patient perspective on remission in RA identified reduction or absence... Read More about The patient perspective on absence of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: A survey to identify key domains of patient perceived remission.

Laser-dyeing for Sustainable Textile Design (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Current industry standards for dyeing woollen textiles use high temperatures and long processing times to aid dye diffusion. The consumption of water, energy and chemicals used in dyeing and finishing processes have been identified as key challenges... Read More about Laser-dyeing for Sustainable Textile Design.

Car park management with networked wireless sensors and active RFID (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015 IEEE. This paper considers automatic car park management, which becomes an inevitable option to rationalize traffic management in modern cities. Integration of networked sensor/actuator and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies is... Read More about Car park management with networked wireless sensors and active RFID.

A variant of connected dominating set in unit disk graphs for applications in communication networks (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015 IEEE. This paper considers a variant of the connected dominating set (CDS) problem in a unit disk graph G = (V, E). The considered problem consists in minimizing the number of CDS vertices that belong to a subset V' ⊆V. As far as we know, this... Read More about A variant of connected dominating set in unit disk graphs for applications in communication networks.

From placement to academic meltdown. A qualitative study of student experience in the transition from third year placement back to fourth year academic study (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Placements perform a valuable role in enhancing discipline-relevant skill sets, improving confidence and making students more employable. A declining trend in placement uptake may be due to problems experienced with the transition back into universit... Read More about From placement to academic meltdown. A qualitative study of student experience in the transition from third year placement back to fourth year academic study.

What do we say we teach about energy? Viewed through the lens of UK architecture undergraduate education (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Financial War on Terror: A Review of Counter-Terrorist Financing Strategies since 2001 (2015)
Book

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists committed the largest and deadliest terrorist attack in the United States of America. The response from the inter-national community, and in particular the US, was swift. President George Bush declared what has co... Read More about The Financial War on Terror: A Review of Counter-Terrorist Financing Strategies since 2001.

Foot and ankle impairments affect balance and mobility in stroke (FAiMiS): The views and experiences of people with stroke (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Informa UK Ltd. All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted. Purpose: To explore the nature and impact of foot and ankle impairments on mobility and balance in community-dwelling, chronic stroke survivors. Methods: A quali... Read More about Foot and ankle impairments affect balance and mobility in stroke (FAiMiS): The views and experiences of people with stroke.

On general frameworks and threshold functions for multiple domination (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. We consider two general frameworks for multiple domination, which are called (r,s)-domination and parametric domination. They generalise and unify {k}-domination, k-domination, total k-domination and k-tuple... Read More about On general frameworks and threshold functions for multiple domination.

IT, outsourcing, real estate, and China: An old economy business leader’s take on boom sectors in India (2015)
Journal Article

This article features an interview with Gaurav Dalmia, Chairman of Landmark Holdings. He is a third generation tycoon from the Dalmia group, an Indian business conglomerate. Today the family-owned business powerhouse has interests in cement, industri... Read More about IT, outsourcing, real estate, and China: An old economy business leader’s take on boom sectors in India.

Sustainable entrepreneurship undergraduate education: A case study in a Scandinavian business school (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Undergraduate education for sustainability calls for new kinds of collective learning that are not so much of a transmissive nature (i.e. learning as reproduction) but rather of a transformative nature (i.e. learning as change) (Chawla and Flanders C... Read More about Sustainable entrepreneurship undergraduate education: A case study in a Scandinavian business school.