All Outputs (1872)

At the edge of the curatorial gaze: A critical reflection of a photographic exploration of museum storage spaces (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will draw on my ongoing photographic study of museum backstage spaces, and discuss the representational characteristics of what happens when objects are ‘performative’ and on display, verses when they are ‘resting’ and in storage. Material... Read More about At the edge of the curatorial gaze: A critical reflection of a photographic exploration of museum storage spaces.

Irritable bowel syndrome and active inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed by faecal gas analysis (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Background: Inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome may present in a similar manner. Measuring faecal calprotectin concentration is often recommended to rule out inflammatory bowel disease, however, ther... Read More about Irritable bowel syndrome and active inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed by faecal gas analysis.

Toward Bio-Inspired Tactile Sensing Capsule Endoscopy for Detection of Submucosal Tumors (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 IEEE. Here, we present a method for lump characterization using a bio-inspired remote tactile sensing capsule endoscopy system. While current capsule endoscopy utilizes cameras to diagnose lesions on the surface of the gastrointestinal tract l... Read More about Toward Bio-Inspired Tactile Sensing Capsule Endoscopy for Detection of Submucosal Tumors.

The anorexia nervosa experience: Shame, Solitude and Salvation (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Aim: Women with anorexia are often perceived very negatively – for example, as manipulative and deceitful – both by wider society and treatment providers. In this context, it is important f... Read More about The anorexia nervosa experience: Shame, Solitude and Salvation.

Women in Bristol, 1373-1660 (2016)
Book Chapter

A discussion of the evidence for the lives of women in later medieval and early-modern Bristol, with specific reference to what can be learned from this of their interaction with men and their ability to influence the life of the town/city.

The connectedness between crude oil and financial markets: Evidence from implied volatility indices (2016)
Journal Article

In this paper we exploit newly introduced implied volatility indexes to investigate the directional risk transfer from oil to US equities, Euro/Dollar exchange rates, precious metals and agricultural commodities. We find significant volatility transm... Read More about The connectedness between crude oil and financial markets: Evidence from implied volatility indices.

Biodiverse perennial meadows have aesthetic value and increase residents’ perceptions of site quality in urban green-space (2016)
Journal Article

We used photo-elicitation studies and a controlled perennial meadow creation experiment at ten urban green-spaces in southern England (five experimental sites and five control sites) to assess green-space visitors’ responses to urban meadows. Multipl... Read More about Biodiverse perennial meadows have aesthetic value and increase residents’ perceptions of site quality in urban green-space.

Career choice status among undergraduates and the influence of career management competencies and perceived employability (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study examines the influence of career management competencies and perceived employability on career choice status (CCS) among undergraduates. Making informed and appropriate career... Read More about Career choice status among undergraduates and the influence of career management competencies and perceived employability.

Using leap motion to investigate the emergence of structure in speech and language (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, The Author(s). In evolutionary linguistics, experiments using artificial signal spaces are being used to investigate the emergenceof speech structure. These signal spaces need to be continuous, non-discretized spaces from which discrete units... Read More about Using leap motion to investigate the emergence of structure in speech and language.

Network Resiliency and big data applications (2016)
Journal Article

Today we are living in the digital world. There is a vast amount of data everywhere and it is increasing every day. Big data is simply large amount of data. The network is used to transfer data from one place to another. But when we are talking about... Read More about Network Resiliency and big data applications.

Photo editing: Enhancing social media images to reflect appearance ideals (2016)
Journal Article

Many of the images used in traditional forms of mass media have been modified to portray unrealistic and idealised beauty characteristics. Further to this, members of the general public have now begun to digitally enhance their own pictures for socia... Read More about Photo editing: Enhancing social media images to reflect appearance ideals.

A new composite financial maturity index and its application to China’s province-level regions (2016)
Journal Article

This paper introduces a new regional “financial maturity index” (FMI) based on previous studies of financial development theory. We explore a unified measure of regional financial development by constructing a new composite financial maturity model.... Read More about A new composite financial maturity index and its application to China’s province-level regions.

Ecological impact assessments fail to reduce risk of bat casualties at wind farms (2016)
Journal Article

Demand for renewable energy is rising exponentially. While this has benefits in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there may be costs to biodiversity [1]. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are the main tool used across the world to predict the... Read More about Ecological impact assessments fail to reduce risk of bat casualties at wind farms.

Place-based leadership (2016)
Journal Article

This short article comments on the interim report of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) 'Inclusive Growth Commission'. It offers two suggestions on how to improve devolution policy in England. First, public policy makers should attempt to 'see like a... Read More about Place-based leadership.

Critical management practices influencing on-site waste minimization in construction projects (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd As a result of increasing recognition of effective site management as the strategic approach for achieving the required performance in construction projects, this study seeks to identify the key site management practices that are... Read More about Critical management practices influencing on-site waste minimization in construction projects.

Managers' perspectives of lactation breaks: The context of infant feeding decisions among staff in one public sector organisation (2016)
Thesis

BACKGROUND: There is a mismatch between health recommendations that babies are breastfed for up to 2 years or beyond, and UK employment law provisions, in which maternity leave is commonly up to one year with maternity employment protections normall... Read More about Managers' perspectives of lactation breaks: The context of infant feeding decisions among staff in one public sector organisation.

Motivating students to achieve in a vocational services sector programme within further education (2016)
Thesis

This thesis explores learning motivation in a vocational further education setting, and investigates whether and why learners may not be achieving as highly as expected. The purpose of this study was to explore a learner’s transition into further edu... Read More about Motivating students to achieve in a vocational services sector programme within further education.

MNC subsidiaries in the Valencian Region: Location mode and features (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

MNC subsidiaries in the Valencian Region: location mode and features.

Enhanced MFC power production and struvite recovery by the addition of sea salts to urine (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors Urine is an excellent fuel for electricity generation in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), especially with practical implementations in mind. Moreover, urine has a high content in nutrients which can be easily recovered. Struvite (MgNH4... Read More about Enhanced MFC power production and struvite recovery by the addition of sea salts to urine.

Architecture for grid computing (2016)
Journal Article

Grid computing is a technology about the sharing of distributed resources and integration system at a large scale. Grid computing is the mainstream technology for the resource sharing and system at the large-scale. Grid computing is specially made fo... Read More about Architecture for grid computing.