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Learning to build sustainable communities: An interdependency network perspective (2013)
Journal Article

This paper explores the production of sustainable communities from an interdependency network perspective (Newton, 2001). Drawing on fieldwork that
examined how planners worked collaboratively with other professionals to address the challenges of de... Read More about Learning to build sustainable communities: An interdependency network perspective.

Towards a conceptual model and reasoning structure for insider threat detection (2013)
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The insider threat faced by corporations and governments today is a real and significant problem, and one that has become increasingly difficult to combat as the years have progressed. From a technology standpoint, traditional protective measures suc... Read More about Towards a conceptual model and reasoning structure for insider threat detection.

Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues (2013)
Journal Article

For key stakeholders to make informed air quality management decisions it is often necessary for in-depth data analysis to be tailored and concisely presented to meet their needs. Given the complexity of sources, the abundance of relevant data (e.g.... Read More about Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues.

Spiritual care: Enhancing meaning in pregnancy and birth (2013)
Journal Article

Spiritual care has been recognised as an aspect of nursing for many years. The purpose of this article is to prompt discussion about spirituality and spiritual care in relation to midwifery practice and birth. Application is made to the education of... Read More about Spiritual care: Enhancing meaning in pregnancy and birth.

Patient satisfaction: The importance of support in the decision-making process (2013)
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Long are the days when the success of an operation was determined by the surgeon alone. Surgical teams are increasingly eliciting the opinions of patients themselves to ascertain surgery success, argues Catrin Griffiths. It is vital for clinicians to... Read More about Patient satisfaction: The importance of support in the decision-making process.

The prevalence of latent myofascial trigger points and diagnostic criteria of the triceps surae and upper trapezius: A cross sectional study (2013)
Journal Article

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of latent myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), specific diagnostic criteria and the association between gender and MTrP prevalence in the triceps surae and upper trapezius. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting:... Read More about The prevalence of latent myofascial trigger points and diagnostic criteria of the triceps surae and upper trapezius: A cross sectional study.

Myofascial trigger point therapy for triceps surae dysfunction: Acaseseries (2013)
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Aims: The main aim of the case series was to inform further experimental research to determine the effectiveness of myofascial trigger point (MTrP) therapy for the treatment of triceps surae dysfunction. Participants: Ten participants with triceps su... Read More about Myofascial trigger point therapy for triceps surae dysfunction: Acaseseries.

The common agricultural policy and the EU budget: Stasis or change? (2013)
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After highlighting the budgetary context and the historical trends on the funding of the CAP, this paper considers contemporary debates about its reform in the context of two ‘historic firsts’. Negotiations about the multiannual financial framework (... Read More about The common agricultural policy and the EU budget: Stasis or change?.

Old age and difficult life transitions: A psycho-social understanding (2013)
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This paper develops a psycho-social understanding of difficult and disabling life transitions, particularly in relation to old age. The paper brings together a biographical case study and theoretical analysis that draws on three sources: the work of... Read More about Old age and difficult life transitions: A psycho-social understanding.

Reflections on three neophyte sport and exercise psychologists’ developing philosophies for practice (2013)
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In response to the recent literature regarding the development of applied sport psychologists’ service philosophies (Lindsay, Breckon, Thomas, & Maynard, 2007), three neophyte psychologists take an autoethnographical approach to detailing how they de... Read More about Reflections on three neophyte sport and exercise psychologists’ developing philosophies for practice.

The name of the Hwicce: A discussion (2013)
Journal Article

This article presents the evidence for the Anglo-Saxon ethnic name Hwicce borne by a people of the south-west Midlands, and reviews previous unsatisfactory attempts to explain it. It appears to be probably of British Celtic origin, and an etymology i... Read More about The name of the Hwicce: A discussion.

Exploring changes to cycle infrastructure to improve the experience of cycling for families (2013)
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Positive changes to the immediate cycling environment can improve the cycling experience through increasing levels of safety, but little is known about how the intrinsic benefits of cycling might be enhanced beyond this. This paper presents research... Read More about Exploring changes to cycle infrastructure to improve the experience of cycling for families.

"It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body (2013)
Journal Article

Women's and men's bodies and sexuality can be understood as socially situated and socially produced. This means they are affected by, and developed in relation to, patterned sociocultural meanings and representations. We aim here to understand a rece... Read More about "It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body.

Carbon reduction scenarios for 2050: An explorative analysis of public preferences (2013)
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This paper presents an analysis of public preferences for a low carbon future UK and compares them with three future scenarios proposed by the UK government based on data from 10,983 self-selected participants who engaged in the UK Department of Ener... Read More about Carbon reduction scenarios for 2050: An explorative analysis of public preferences.

Geographical and temporal dimensions of Bulgarian attitudes towards the rural environment (2013)
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This paper explores certain dimensions of the transformation since 1989 in attitudes towards the environment in one largely rural locality of southwest Bulgaria. There is something of a paradox apparent in rural attitudes and behaviours to the enviro... Read More about Geographical and temporal dimensions of Bulgarian attitudes towards the rural environment.

Book review: Migration Documentary Films in Post-war Australia, Liangwen Kuo (2010) (2013)
Journal Article

This is a review of Liangwen Kuo's book, Migration Documentary Films in Post-war Australia (2010), that was published in WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society in 2013.

Surname typology and the problem of inconsistent classification (2013)
Journal Article

This paper analyzes methodological inconsistency in surname classification, and the implications this has for the comparability of different works. Many studies have organized surnames by type, based on each name's "meaning," in order to identify nat... Read More about Surname typology and the problem of inconsistent classification.

Dynamic polarisation reveals differential steady-state stabilisation and capacitive-like behaviour in microbial fuel cells (2013)
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In this paper we present several preliminary results produced with a purposely-designed external-resistor (R ext ) sweeping tool for microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Fast sampling rates show that MFCs exhibit differential steady-state stabilisation behav... Read More about Dynamic polarisation reveals differential steady-state stabilisation and capacitive-like behaviour in microbial fuel cells.

A variable compliance, soft gripper (2013)
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Autonomous grasping is an important but challenging task and has therefore been intensively addressed by the robotics community. One of the important issues is the ability of the grasping device to accommodate varying object shapes in order to form a... Read More about A variable compliance, soft gripper.

Systematic approach to design a finite time convergent differentiator in second order sliding mode controller (2013)
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This paper presents a systematic approach to design a Lyapunov based super twisting differentiator. The differentiator will be shown convergent in a finite time whilst the relevant time is accurately estimated. This differentiator is the main part to... Read More about Systematic approach to design a finite time convergent differentiator in second order sliding mode controller.