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Environment, beliefs and behaviour (2016)
Journal Article

Editorial

Adults' narratives of growing up with a cleft lip and/or palate: Factors associated with psychological adjustment (2016)
Journal Article

© Copyright 2016 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: Growing up with a cleft lip and/or palate presents a number of challenges for those affected and their families. Understanding why some individuals cope well while others st... Read More about Adults' narratives of growing up with a cleft lip and/or palate: Factors associated with psychological adjustment.

Changing course: From a victim/offender duality to a public health perspective (2016)
Book Chapter

Research suggests that only a more comprehensive multilevel approach to sexual violence prevention will integrate existing efforts to incarcerate offenders and provide services to victims into broader strategies to educate communities and change the... Read More about Changing course: From a victim/offender duality to a public health perspective.

An Analytical Capacitance Model for Through-Silicon Vias in Floating Silicon Substrate (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 IEEE. Through-silicon via (TSV) is an integral part of 2.5-D IC technology leveraged for multichip heterogeneous integration to achieve shorter interconnects, faster speed, and lower power consumption in the state-of-the-art circuit systems. T... Read More about An Analytical Capacitance Model for Through-Silicon Vias in Floating Silicon Substrate.

Creative research communication: Theory and practice (2016)
Book

Aimed at scholars interested in engaging the public with their research and postgraduate students exploring the practical aspects of research communication, this book provides a theoretically grounded introduction to new and emerging approaches to pu... Read More about Creative research communication: Theory and practice.

The Asymmetric Momentum Effect in the Chinese Class A Share Market Amid Market Swings (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, The Author(s). This paper investigates the asymmetric momentum effect over time periods following UP and DOWN market states in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges of the Chinese Class A share market. We show that the post-UP-market mome... Read More about The Asymmetric Momentum Effect in the Chinese Class A Share Market Amid Market Swings.

Thematic analysis (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter provides an introduction to thematic analysis (TA) as a method for identifying and interpreting patterns in qualitative data. We distinguish between two main ‘schools’ of TA – (1) approaches with a foothold in quantitative research, whic... Read More about Thematic analysis.

In situ measurement of the dynamic penetration of free-fall projectiles in soft soils using a low-cost inertial measurement unit (2016)
Journal Article

Six degree-of-freedom motion data from projectiles free-falling through water and embedding in soft soil are measured using a low-cost inertial measurement unit, consisting of a tri-axis accelerometer and a three-component gyroscope. A comprehensive... Read More about In situ measurement of the dynamic penetration of free-fall projectiles in soft soils using a low-cost inertial measurement unit.

Strength demands for elite basketball shooting performance (2016)
Journal Article

The purpose of this study was to identify the strength demands of the lay-up, free throw and jump shots. General strength has been established as significant to general fitness of the athletes in order to maintain stability, protect the body from inj... Read More about Strength demands for elite basketball shooting performance.

Migrations of Catholic Horror and Bleeding Women (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

‘When Food Kills’: A socio-technical systems analysis of the UK Pennington 1996 and 2005 E.coli O157 Outbreak reports (2016)
Journal Article

In 1996 and 2005, two of the largest E. coli O157 outbreaks occurred in the UK. Many people were infected after consuming meat resulting in a number of deaths. In the present study we applied a systems approach to both the outbreak reports to analyse... Read More about ‘When Food Kills’: A socio-technical systems analysis of the UK Pennington 1996 and 2005 E.coli O157 Outbreak reports.

An experimental customer satisfaction index to evaluate the performance of city logistics services (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. Freight transport in urban areas entails benefits (i.e. free access to goods when needed), but also negative externalities (environmental, social and transportation impacts). In response to... Read More about An experimental customer satisfaction index to evaluate the performance of city logistics services.

In the absence of private property rights: Political control and state corporatism during Putin’s first tenure (2016)
Journal Article

This paper argues that Russia’s choice of economic organisation, which is based on the renewed role of the state, is a response to the existence of severe transaction costs, and subsequent mitigation of contractual incompleteness in the absence of a... Read More about In the absence of private property rights: Political control and state corporatism during Putin’s first tenure.

The relationship between magistrates and their communities in the age of crisis: Social protest c. 1790-1834 (2016)
Thesis

Differential responses of cryptic bat species to the urban landscape (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Urbanization is a key global driver in the modification of land use and has been linked to population declines even in widespread and relatively common species. Cities comprise a complex assortment of habi... Read More about Differential responses of cryptic bat species to the urban landscape.

Human sit-to-stand transfer modeling towards intuitive and biologically-inspired robot assistance (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Sit-to-stand (STS) transfers are a common human task which involves complex sensorimotor processes to control the highly nonlinear musculoskeletal system. In this paper, typical unassisted and assiste... Read More about Human sit-to-stand transfer modeling towards intuitive and biologically-inspired robot assistance.

Corporate Ownership, Control, and Firm Performance in Victorian Britain (2016)
Journal Article

Scholars have long debated whether ownership matters for firm performance. The standard view regarding Victorian Britain is that family-controlled companies had a detrimental effect on performance. In this article, we examine this view using a hand-c... Read More about Corporate Ownership, Control, and Firm Performance in Victorian Britain.

Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics (2016)
Book

Horsemeat in burgers was hard to swallow, but there are far more sinister culinary crimes afoot...

Chicken eggs that haven't come from chickens, melamine in infant's milk in China, nut shells in spices – these are just some examples of the food fr... Read More about Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics.

Walking assistance using artificial primitives: A novel bioinspired framework using motor primitives for locomotion assistance through a wearable cooperative exoskeleton (2016)
Journal Article

Bioinspiration in robotics deals with applying biological principles to the design of better performing devices. In this article, we propose a novel bioinspired framework using motor primitives for locomotion assistance through a wearable cooperative... Read More about Walking assistance using artificial primitives: A novel bioinspired framework using motor primitives for locomotion assistance through a wearable cooperative exoskeleton.

Strength analysis of concrete (300/20) with superplasticizer (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Admixtures are used in concrete to obtain some specific properties to enhance the performance of concrete. In this research concrete of a specific grade (300/20) with a superplaticizer Ha Ba has been selected to enhance the reliability on the use of... Read More about Strength analysis of concrete (300/20) with superplasticizer.