All Outputs (781)

Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK (2014)
Journal Article

Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as an enabler for greater efficiency and effectiveness within the UK construction industry, providing digital management of construction data throughout the project life cycle. The potential bene... Read More about Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK.

Democratic Accountability and Metropolitan Governance: The Case of South Hampshire, UK (2014)
Journal Article

© 2013 Urban Studies Journal Limited. This paper examines the notion of democratic accountability through an investigation of metropolitan governance in South Hampshire, UK. The author employs an interpretive approach to trace varying readings of dem... Read More about Democratic Accountability and Metropolitan Governance: The Case of South Hampshire, UK.

The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours (2014)
Journal Article

We investigate the reality gap, specifically the environmental correspondence of an on-board simulator. We describe a novel distributed co-evolutionary approach to improve the transference of controllers that co-evolve with an on-board simulator. A n... Read More about The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours.

Carfree and low-car development (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved. Purpose-This chapter defines and describes the different types of carfree and low-car development found in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, analysin... Read More about Carfree and low-car development.

Developing and validating the international consultation on incontinence questionnaire bladder diary (2014)
Journal Article

Background Despite the common use of urinary diaries to assess lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), a standardised validated diary does not exist. Objective To develop a validated urinary diary, using the psychometric validation protocol used in prev... Read More about Developing and validating the international consultation on incontinence questionnaire bladder diary.

Access to sensitive data: Satisfying objectives rather than constraints (2014)
Journal Article

The argument for access to sensitive unit-level data produced within government is usually framed in terms of risk and the legal responsibility to maintain confidentiality. This article argues that the framing of the question may restrict the set of... Read More about Access to sensitive data: Satisfying objectives rather than constraints.

Knowledge fixation and accretion: Longitudinal analysis of a social question-answering site (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate longitudinal features of an established social question-answering (Q&A) site to study how question-answer resources and other community features change ov... Read More about Knowledge fixation and accretion: Longitudinal analysis of a social question-answering site.

"Appearance potent"? A content analysis of UK gay and straight men's magazines (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014. With little actual appraisal, a more 'appearance potent' (i.e., a reverence for appearance ideals) subculture has been used to explain gay men's greater body dissatisfaction in comparison to straight men's. This study sought to assess the res... Read More about "Appearance potent"? A content analysis of UK gay and straight men's magazines.

What determines students' choices of elective modules? (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Prior literature emphasises supply side issues concerning the modularisation of university programmes such as curricula issues and enhanced learning opportunities. Comparatively little is known about the demand side, such as why... Read More about What determines students' choices of elective modules?.

Innovation in urban political leadership. Reflections on the introduction of a directly-elected mayor in Bristol, UK (2014)
Journal Article

In May 2012, 10 of England's largest cities, outside London, were required to hold referendums giving citizens the option of introducing a directly-elected mayor. Bristol was the only city to vote in favour of the mayoral model. This paper outlines t... Read More about Innovation in urban political leadership. Reflections on the introduction of a directly-elected mayor in Bristol, UK.

Café Scientifique (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, Science Reviews Ltd. All rights reserved. Every month, in 700 or so bars, cafés, pubs, teahouses, shopping centres, community halls, art galleries, libraries, theatres, museums, bookshops … and a blood donation centre, 40 or so people meet to... Read More about Café Scientifique.

Do labour supply and demand curves exist? (2014)
Journal Article

The objective of this paper is to show that circumstantial and empirical evidence for the existence of labour supply and demand curves is at best inconclusive and at worst casts doubt on their existence. Because virtually all orthodox models of labou... Read More about Do labour supply and demand curves exist?.

Toward a reconsideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria in cleft lip and palate: Implications for psychological research (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: This article investigates the prevalence of conditions that affect cognitive and/or psychosocial functioning in 10-year-old children born with a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) and exp... Read More about Toward a reconsideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria in cleft lip and palate: Implications for psychological research.

Can paramedics use FRAX (the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) to help GPs improve future fracture risk in patients who fall? Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Introduction: Currently identification, and therefore, management of patients at risk of osteoporotic fracture in the UK is suboptimal. As the majority of patients who fracture have fallen, it follow... Read More about Can paramedics use FRAX (the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) to help GPs improve future fracture risk in patients who fall? Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study.

Life events and travel behavior exploring the interrelationship using UK Household Longitudinal Study data (2014)
Journal Article

Recent research has indicated that changes in travel behavior are more likely at the time of major life events. However, much remains to be learned about the extent to which different life events trigger behavioral change and the conditions under whi... Read More about Life events and travel behavior exploring the interrelationship using UK Household Longitudinal Study data.

Directing gaze: The effect of disclaimer labels on women's visual attention to fashion magazine advertisements (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. In an effort to combat the known negative effects of exposure to unrealistic thin ideal images, there is increasing worldwide pressure on fashion, media and advertising industries to disclose when images have been digitally alter... Read More about Directing gaze: The effect of disclaimer labels on women's visual attention to fashion magazine advertisements.

Novel system for real-time integration of 3-D echocardiography and fluoroscopy for image-guided cardiac interventions: Preclinical validation and clinical feasibility evaluation (2014)
Journal Article

© 2015 IEEE. Real-time imaging is required to guide minimally invasive catheter-based cardiac interventions. While transesophageal echocardiography allows for high-quality visualization of cardiac anatomy, X-ray fluoroscopy provides excellent visuali... Read More about Novel system for real-time integration of 3-D echocardiography and fluoroscopy for image-guided cardiac interventions: Preclinical validation and clinical feasibility evaluation.

Glycation is regulated by isoflavones (2014)
Journal Article

The effect of soy isoflavones on the Maillard reaction (MR) was investigated. Model systems composed of the soy protein glycinin (10 mg mL -1) and fructose (40 mg mL-1) under basic pH (∼12) conditions were employed for testing the anti-glycative effe... Read More about Glycation is regulated by isoflavones.

Provision of an integrated data analysis platform for computational neuroscience experiments (2014)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated analysis base to facilitate computational neuroscience experiments, following a user-led approach to provide access to the integrated neuroscience dat... Read More about Provision of an integrated data analysis platform for computational neuroscience experiments.

How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. A resource-based view of organizations suggests that internal knowledge is amongst the most important sources of competitive advantage (Hendry and Pettigrew 1990; Leonard-Barton 1995). Regardless of whe... Read More about How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS.