All Outputs (336)

Slime extralligence: Developing a wearable sensorial and computing network with physarum polycephalum
Preprint / Working Paper

We proposed, and partly implement in laboratory conditions, an intelligent adaptive living network wearable by humans and robots. When grown on 3D bodies (living or inanimate) the living Physarum network provide a highly-distributed sensorial struc... Read More about Slime extralligence: Developing a wearable sensorial and computing network with physarum polycephalum.

Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market
Preprint / Working Paper

Report for LPC on how low pay is measured in official data sources. Finds that (a) employers tend to 'round' hourly pay rates, suggesting scope for rent-sharing in these low-paying jobs, and/or high transactions costs associated with wage-setting; an... Read More about Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market.

Performance photographs and the (un)clothed body: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
Preprint / Working Paper

This is a working paper.

Clothing played an important role in a number of performance art events during the 1960s and 1970s. Performances such as Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece (1964), Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0 (1974) and Hannah Wilke’s Super-T-Art (1974)... Read More about Performance photographs and the (un)clothed body: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece.

Business partnering as a complement to the accountant’s other roles: International survey evidence
Preprint / Working Paper

Cases involving change towards a more strongly business-oriented, or business partnering, role for accountants have been documented but evidence of the extent of such change more widely is sparse and indicates limited adoption of the role in practice... Read More about Business partnering as a complement to the accountant’s other roles: International survey evidence.

Financialisation of the South African economy: Impact on the economic growth path and employment
Preprint / Working Paper

The financialisation of the South African economy and its impact on economic growth and employment
Preprint / Working Paper

The financialisation of the South African economy and its impact on economic growth and employment

The future of STEM in higher education: HEA discussion paper
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The future of STEM education is a topic of national scrutiny and debate. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee (HLSTC) recently completed an inquiry (HLSTC, 2012)1, in response to the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) government’s ‘Plan for Growt... Read More about The future of STEM in higher education: HEA discussion paper.

Trending now: Top social media trends for the health sector
Preprint / Working Paper

Making early predictions of the accuracy of machine learning applications
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Workflow orchestration and provenance management for neuroimaging research using CRISTAL
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The workflow orchestration and traceability (or provenance) of data is essential in carrying out meaningful analyses of large scale neuroimaging datasets. In both the neuGRID and N4U projects the need for data provenance has been identified by the en... Read More about Workflow orchestration and provenance management for neuroimaging research using CRISTAL.

Health worker migration in Canada: Histories, geographies, and ethics (Working paper number 12-02)
Preprint / Working Paper

This working paper explores issues of health worker migration through examining the history, geography, and ethics of international recruitment and migration of health workers to Canada, focusing on the experiences of registered nurses from the Phili... Read More about Health worker migration in Canada: Histories, geographies, and ethics (Working paper number 12-02).

Issues in the measurement of low pay: Revised
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Health inequalities and determinants in the physical urban environment: Evidence briefing
Preprint / Working Paper

This working paper has been written to support research into the spatial and physical determinants in the urban environment that lead to health inequalities.

Addressing discrimination in the workplace on multiple grounds: The experience of trade union equality reps
Preprint / Working Paper

Output-based disclosure control for regressions
Preprint / Working Paper

What is a manufacturing job?
Preprint / Working Paper

Policy initiatives in the UK targeting manufacturing industries have for a number of years been driven by a perceived importance of this sector to the economy. In order to target such policies, it is important to establish the true size of this secto... Read More about What is a manufacturing job?.

Successfully giving up driving for older people
Preprint / Working Paper

Older people as a cohort are more healthy and active than ever before and as such are also more mobile. They are more likely than ever before to be car users and be driving more miles. Nevertheless, many older people, for one reason or another often... Read More about Successfully giving up driving for older people.

Disclosure control of analytical outputs
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Statistical disclosure control in a research environment
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Keeping in touch
Preprint / Working Paper

This discussion paper summarises the key themes from Keeping In Touch, a collaborative research project for Connected Communities.