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The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream? (2014)
Report

This report analyses the opportunities and challenges facing designers in adapting buildings for a changing UK climate.

This industry-led report, ‘The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream?’, is mainly aimed a... Read More about The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream?.

How can patients who wish to preserve their anonymity in sexual health services get involved? An applied approach to using new and innovative ideas (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

What we did
Audit – (look back at records) of the Patient Involvement (or PPI) practice of regional Sexual Health Services (N=18 via snowballing contacts)
Literature review – looked at all the papers published.
Survey of public with experience of... Read More about How can patients who wish to preserve their anonymity in sexual health services get involved? An applied approach to using new and innovative ideas.

Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network (2014)
Journal Article

Background
Interactions between genes and their products give rise to complex circuits known as gene regulatory networks (GRN) that enable cells to process information and respond to external stimuli. Several important processes for life, depend of... Read More about Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network.

Agency and neoliberalism (2014)
Journal Article

© The Author 2014. The intensification of neoliberalism requires institutions and mental models that are not only complementary, but also interactively reinforcing. Since an individual's agency is the product of her mental models, it stands to reason... Read More about Agency and neoliberalism.

Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. We have recently presented an initial study of evolutionary algorithms used to design vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) wherein candidate prototypes are evaluated under fan generated wind conditions after... Read More about Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes.

Tackling the psychological and psychosocial impacts of appearance dissatisfaction: When theory isn’t enough (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To evaluate the usability of the educational needs assessment tool in clinical practice, from a practitioner and patient perspective and to establish whether patients perceive that they are getting... Read More about Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study.

Jumpstart History! Engaging Activities for Ages 7-12 (2014)
Book

Management of wound infection following total joint replacement (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presence of superficial wound infection following total joint replacement (TJR) increases risk of deep prosthetic infection and revision surgery. Early identification and management are advocated. We conducted an audit to identify the number of suspe... Read More about Management of wound infection following total joint replacement.

On secure, privacy-aware, and efficient beacon broadcasting among one-hop neighbors in VANETs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) applications achieve a decent packet delivery ratio using mobility information in the beacon messages broadcasted to the single hop neighbours. Recently it has been found that if two VANET nodes are not within a... Read More about On secure, privacy-aware, and efficient beacon broadcasting among one-hop neighbors in VANETs.

A web-based share information system to improve port terminal performance (2014)
Book Chapter

This paper is based on a research project titled: “Optimising the management of the gate of a freight terminal through the definition of new modes of share information between transport operators” funded by L.R. 7/07 by Sardinia Region. The project a... Read More about A web-based share information system to improve port terminal performance.

Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers (2014)
Book

This book is part of the 'Learning Matters' series published by Sage. Dr Witt is the editor of the book and writer of 3 of the 11 chapters. The book is aimed to help trainee primary school teachers develop the subject and pedagogical knowledge they n... Read More about Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers.

Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review (2014)
Report

Background: Some individuals with visible differences have been found to experience psychosocial adjustment problems that can lead to social anxiety and isolation. Various models of psychosocial intervention have been used to reduce social anxiety an... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review.

Perceptions of socio-ethical stances surrounding massive online open courses (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Open education provides opportunities for anyone with digital access to engage in learning far beyond the classroom and throughout their lives, although this notion is not without challenges. When learners formally enrol on a course with an instituti... Read More about Perceptions of socio-ethical stances surrounding massive online open courses.

An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is concerned with increasing the impact of publicly funded research and development (R&D) in cyber security and privacy. In the context of a high level of threat, there is a pressing need for firms and institutions to implement innovative... Read More about An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy.

Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry (2014)
Journal Article

© 2015, INFORMS. Conceptualizing standard-setting organizations (SSOs) as technological arenas within which firms from different countries interact and learn, we offer insights into the interplay between firms' institutional logics and their interorg... Read More about Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry.

Socialism, capitalism and environmental justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Disussion of different approaches to achieving environmental justice in 6 countries.

Stereoselective syntheses of substituted succinic acid derivatives of the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)] (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. A range of alkyl- or aryl-substituted iron succinoyl complexes, incorporating the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)], were prepared in high regio- and diastereoselectivities by employing four successful strategies: (i)... Read More about Stereoselective syntheses of substituted succinic acid derivatives of the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)].

Managing sex offenders in the UK: Challenges for policy and practice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Responding to sexual offending: Perceptions, risk management and public protection (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution