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Is local air quality management a successful strategy for achieving selected EU limit values? (2014)
Book Chapter

This research examines the role of Local Air Quality Management Action Planning in achieving the EU limit value for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean, focusing on those Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) declared in England before July 2005 for ex... Read More about Is local air quality management a successful strategy for achieving selected EU limit values?.

Text line aggregation (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We present a new approach to text line aggregation that can work as both a line formation stage for a myriad of text segmentation methods (over all orientations) and as an extra level of filtering to remove false text candidates. The proposed method... Read More about Text line aggregation.

Effects of mixing alcohol with caffeinated beverages on subjective intoxication: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2014)
Journal Article

It has been suggested that mixing alcohol with energy drinks or other caffeinated beverages may alter the awareness of (or 'mask') intoxication. The proposed reduction in subjective intoxication may have serious consequences by increasing the likelih... Read More about Effects of mixing alcohol with caffeinated beverages on subjective intoxication: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Building heritage in enterprise zones: The latest threat or opportunity? (2014)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider heritage for buildings within Enterprise Zones – a programme promoted by central government to improve the UK economy. A central view has been focusing on economic... Read More about Building heritage in enterprise zones: The latest threat or opportunity?.

Illumination through illustration: Positioning illustration as practice-led research (2014)
Thesis

This thesis represents a practice-led enquiry into contemporary illustration from a UK perspective. This thesis argues for illustration to be recognised as an inductive practice-led research process, within both education and developing criticism. Th... Read More about Illumination through illustration: Positioning illustration as practice-led research.

Human osteoblast growth and maturation in response to metformin and the thienopyridone, A769662 (2014)
Journal Article

Metformin (Met) is a biguanide drug widely used in the treatment and management of non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. In recent years it has emerged that Met, by stimulating adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), can promote t... Read More about Human osteoblast growth and maturation in response to metformin and the thienopyridone, A769662.

Artists as 21st century explorers of the book (2014)
Book Chapter

We now live in an age where, according to the writer and artist Radoslaw Nowakowski, e-paper has now overtaken p-paper, but what does that mean for book artists? And what kinds of books are they making?

Access to available technology allows artis... Read More about Artists as 21st century explorers of the book.

Leitores & Sonhadores’ Os Livros de artista de Mário Azavedo (2014)
Journal Article

Article by Sarah Bodman

Paradise lost: The compassionate and haptic nature of Tim Mosely’s Kanage pholu wanda (2014)
Journal Article

Sarah Bodman reports on the compassionate and haptic nature of Tim Mosely's book Kanage pholu wanda - a book redolent of the artist's relationship to forest.

Readers and dreamers: Artists’ books by Mário Azevedo (2014)
Journal Article

Mário Azevedo's robust printmaking and love of visual typography produces works that create new conversations, writes Sarah Bodman.

Story time: Kate Bufton’s book sculptures (2014)
Journal Article

Kate Bufton is known for her scultpures, but now she is exploring the representation of these works in two dimensions during a residency at Hot Bed Press, writes Sarah Bodman.

A stitch in time: Artists’ books by Candace Hicks (2014)
Journal Article

Sarah Bodman catches up with book artist Candace Hicks as she returns to printmaking after extensive work on hand-sewn books.

Hybrid configurations of leadership in higher education employer engagement (2014)
Journal Article

Recent literature has emphasised the distributed nature of leadership in higher education (HE) and the multitude of actors and factors that contribute towards organisational outcomes. Gronn suggests, however, that rather than using such evidence to p... Read More about Hybrid configurations of leadership in higher education employer engagement.

Africa SF (Paradoxa 25) [Editor] (2014)
Book

Africa SF: Introduction (2014)
Journal Article

From anti-colonial struggle to neoliberal immiseration: Mohammed Dib’s Who Remembers the Sea, Sony Labou Tansi’s Life and a Half and Ahmed Khaled Towfik’s Utopia (2014)
Journal Article

The transition to expert: A qualitative study exploring clinical decision making for children under five attending the emergency department with minor respiratory conditions (2014)
Journal Article

Guest editorial: The new public leadership challenge: Rediscovering or creating collective leadership values (2014)
Journal Article

'More dynamic than expected': Assessing STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's work experience placements (2014)
Book Chapter

This paper is based on research carried out by Alexander Brown as part of his MSc in Science Communication

An investigation of motivations for volunteering in three UK science centres and museums (2014)
Book Chapter