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A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature – January 2016 (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Reflecting on the past year, the number of publications on myofascial pain continues to increase in a steady rate. The current review includes 30 basic and clinical studies, case reports, reviews, and reports from fifteen differe... Read More about A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature – January 2016.

Becoming ecological citizens: Connecting people through performance art, food matter and practices (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2016. Engaging the interest of Western citizens in the complex food connections that shape theirs’ and others’ personal wellbeing around issues such as food security and access is challenging. This article is critical of the food mark... Read More about Becoming ecological citizens: Connecting people through performance art, food matter and practices.

A gendered political ecology of tourism and water (2016)
Book Chapter

Book Chapter

Short accountable ring signatures based on DDH (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Ring signatures and group signatures are prominent cryptographic primitives offering a combination of privacy and authentication. They enable individual users to anonymously sign messages on behalf of a group of users. In ring signatures, the group,... Read More about Short accountable ring signatures based on DDH.

Sensor and method for detecting androstenone or skatole in boar taint (2016)
Patent

The present application is concerned with a sensor system for and a method of detecting, and preferably quantifying, androstenone (CAS Reg.No. 18339-16-7) and/or skatole (CAS Reg. No. 83-34-1), the chemicals associated with boar taint. In a preferred... Read More about Sensor and method for detecting androstenone or skatole in boar taint.

Book Review: Handbook of Research in Science Education: Volume II (2016)
Journal Article

Review of Handbook of Research in Science Education: Volume II.

The behaviours that dementia care home staff in South Africa find challenging: An exploratory study (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia are often the reasons for moving to a care home. Care staff, often with limited dementia training, may have to support residents with distressed behaviour on a daily basis. Evidence about... Read More about The behaviours that dementia care home staff in South Africa find challenging: An exploratory study.

A comparison of visible wavelength reflectance hyperspectral imaging and Acid Black 1 for the detection and identification of blood stained fingerprints (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. Bloodstains are often encountered at scenes of violent crime and have significant forensic value for criminal investigations. Blood is one of the most commonly encountered types of biological evidenc... Read More about A comparison of visible wavelength reflectance hyperspectral imaging and Acid Black 1 for the detection and identification of blood stained fingerprints.

Power budget analysis of fiber optics communication links along Benin-Asaba route (2016)
Journal Article

With the development of optical fiber communication system most telecommunication companies now prefer to use optical fiber transmission medium for higher information bandwidth. The design of such a system involves many aspects such as the type of so... Read More about Power budget analysis of fiber optics communication links along Benin-Asaba route.

How do language-specific characteristics affect the acquisition of different relative clause types? Evidence from Finnish (2016)
Journal Article

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016. We report three studies (one corpus, two experimental) that investigated the acquisition of relative clauses (RCs) in Finnish-speaking children. Study 1 found that Finnish children's naturalistic exposure... Read More about How do language-specific characteristics affect the acquisition of different relative clause types? Evidence from Finnish.

Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice? (2016)
Journal Article

Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the... Read More about Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice?.

The molecular epidemiology of ampC-mediated resistance in Escherichia coli: A study of clinical strains isolated from the South West region (2016)
Thesis

Escherichia coli is a common human pathogen, capable of causing a wide range of infections. Some strains produce AmpC beta-lactamase, an enzyme able to affect the action of antibiotics. These strains are often resistant to cephalosporin antibiotics,... Read More about The molecular epidemiology of ampC-mediated resistance in Escherichia coli: A study of clinical strains isolated from the South West region.

Twenty years of stereotype threat research: A review of psychological mediators (2016)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2016 Pennington et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and... Read More about Twenty years of stereotype threat research: A review of psychological mediators.

Role of experience and luck in management success: An interview with R.V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd. (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This br... Read More about Role of experience and luck in management success: An interview with R.V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd..

Public attitudes to road pricing: Exploring the role of older age, pro-sociality, social norms and trust (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Understanding the socio-psychological mechanisms that determine the public acceptability of road pricing could be a key for its implementation in urban environments where this is a viable scenario. Studying the attitudes of older people is of particu... Read More about Public attitudes to road pricing: Exploring the role of older age, pro-sociality, social norms and trust.

Gender equality in the UK: Is reflexive and responsive legislation the way forward? (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines an experiment with different approaches to the law usually referred to as responsive and reflexive legislation. It outlines the theoretical underpinning of responsive legislation (Nonet and Selznik, 1979/2001) and its later dev... Read More about Gender equality in the UK: Is reflexive and responsive legislation the way forward?.

The effectiveness of bariatric surgery on long term psychosocial quality of life – A systematic review (2016)
Journal Article

© 2015 Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity Background Little is known about the psychological effects of bariatric surgery. This review aimed to assess long term effectiveness of bariatric surgery on psychosocial quality of life (QoL) o... Read More about The effectiveness of bariatric surgery on long term psychosocial quality of life – A systematic review.

Comprehensive Study on Ceramic Membranes for Low-Cost Microbial Fuel Cells (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) made with different types of ceramic membranes were investigated to find a low-cost alternative to commercially available proton exchange membranes. The MFCs operated wi... Read More about Comprehensive Study on Ceramic Membranes for Low-Cost Microbial Fuel Cells.

Inspiring pupils to study Physics and Astronomy at the science centre at-Bristol, UK (2016)
Book Chapter

An investigation was carried out to collect evidence that science centres can have a positive effect on young children’s formal education in Physics and Astronomy. We explored whether the science centre At-Bristol’s exhibitions and planetarium show a... Read More about Inspiring pupils to study Physics and Astronomy at the science centre at-Bristol, UK.

Waterpipe tobacco use in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study among university students and stop smoking practitioners (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Jawad et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credi... Read More about Waterpipe tobacco use in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study among university students and stop smoking practitioners.