All Outputs (40474)

Graphics RCA (2014)
Exhibition / Performance

Research and co-curation of GraphicsRCA, an exhibition and publication, showcasing major developments in graphic communication and how the discipline continues to be shaped by students of the Royal College of Art.

Collaboration with Natasha Trotma... Read More about Graphics RCA.

Breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire: An evaluation (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation will discuss issues involved in undertaking an evaluation of breastfeeding peer support, commissioned by NHS Wiltshire to consider how the implementation of breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire might be improved. The focus was th... Read More about Breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire: An evaluation.

Ashby’s mobile homeostat (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In Design for a Brain, W. Ross Ashby speculates about the possibility of creating a mobile homeostat " with its critical states set so that it seeks situations of high illumination. " This paper explores an embedding of Ashby's homeostat within a sim... Read More about Ashby’s mobile homeostat.

Access to finance for SMEs at a regional level: The case for a development bank for Wales? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In 2013, the Welsh Government announced an independent review into access to finance in Wales. Its aim was to examine how effectively SMEs in Wales are served by existing sources of funding, identify areas of particular challenge and provide recommen... Read More about Access to finance for SMEs at a regional level: The case for a development bank for Wales?.

A longitudinal study of entrepreneurial activities in the UK higher education sector (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst the roles of institutional and locational characteristics of a university in determining its entrepreneurial performance level has been examined in prior research studies, they are not fully acknowledged in current UK policies facilitating lin... Read More about A longitudinal study of entrepreneurial activities in the UK higher education sector.

Are the current laws and potential enforcement measures effective in achieving the accountability of bank directors for their actions, or the actions of the banks they manage? A comparison of UK and US approaches (2014)
Book Chapter

The recent banking crisis has highlighted deficiencies in the regulation of banks and in 2011 this gave rise to a full scale review of the banking sector and how it is regulated. New regulation came in the form of the Financial Services Act which rec... Read More about Are the current laws and potential enforcement measures effective in achieving the accountability of bank directors for their actions, or the actions of the banks they manage? A comparison of UK and US approaches.

Fighting Financial Crime in the Global Economic Crisis: Policy, Trends and Sanctions (2014)
Book

In September 2007, the collapse of the United States (US) sub-prime mortgage market resulted in the global meltdown of the financial markets. This resulted in the collapse of many international financial institutions including Northern Rock, Bradfor... Read More about Fighting Financial Crime in the Global Economic Crisis: Policy, Trends and Sanctions.

Implications of anti-money laundering law for accountancy in the European Union - A comparative study (2014)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines the role of accountants in relation to anti-money laundering (AML) legislation the European Union and provides a comparative study and literature review of AML legislative preventative measures. National legislation in these jur... Read More about Implications of anti-money laundering law for accountancy in the European Union - A comparative study.

Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The complexity of repeated changes in natural environment and their impact on the dynamic urban built environment setting, whether it is the primary physical impact by means of ingress of water to normally dry areas or evacuation from the forces of h... Read More about Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment.

Planning for cycling (2014)
Other

Cycling is an important part of urban transport. However, for many years its role has been neglected in the UK, with the focus mainly on the needs of motor traffic. Cycling is one of the most sustainable forms of transport, and increasing its use has... Read More about Planning for cycling.

Assessing the value of imperfect biocontainment nationally: Rapeseed in the United Kingdom as an exemplar (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 New Phytologist Trust. Paternal biocontainment methods (PBMs) act by preventing pollen-mediated transgene flow. They are compromised by transgene escape via the crop-maternal line. We therefore assess the efficacy of PBMs for transgenic rapese... Read More about Assessing the value of imperfect biocontainment nationally: Rapeseed in the United Kingdom as an exemplar.

Look Up (2014)
Exhibition / Performance

Look Up was selected for the Foto39 photography exhibition in Bristol

Tate Summary: David Hockney, 'Life Painting for a Diploma' (1962) (2014)
Digital Artefact

City life makes females fussy: Sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 The Authors. Urbanization is a major driver of the global loss of biodiversity; to mitigate its adverse effects, it is essential to understand what drives species' patterns of habitat use within the urban matrix. While many animal species are... Read More about City life makes females fussy: Sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas.

High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The current study addresses the development of a flexible microbial fuel cell (MFC) in a tubular configuration. Nafion tubing is employed as a one-compartment MFC and is used as the membrane and th... Read More about High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell.

Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

'Walking Interconnections' is a research project that worked in the Bristol region from 2013 – 2014 using walking, conversation and creative activities as methods to trigger communication between self-identified disabled people and sustainability pra... Read More about Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes.

Book review: Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper, eds, '1950s “Rocketman” TV Series and Their Fans: Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men' (2014)
Journal Article

Book review

Westhay (2014)
Digital Artefact

Created as a research artefact to explore moving image mosaics or multi level imaging on a single screen (Output 1 Practice as Research Portfolio) I will be publishing details of my Research Framework and research methodologies in the ref CV which wi... Read More about Westhay.

A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Lin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Previous studies have not addressed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' help-seeking behaviours for RA flares, and only one small qualitative study has addressed how patients experience dail... Read More about A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis.

Development of new psychometric instruments to measure appearance distress during adolescence: The adolescent appearance distress scales (2014)
Report

Measures of adolescent appearance distress have focused on weight and body shape, excluding other aspects of appearance. The absence of a psychometrically sound, general measure of appearance distress has limited evaluation of interventions and curta... Read More about Development of new psychometric instruments to measure appearance distress during adolescence: The adolescent appearance distress scales.