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Ethics, Legal Ethics, and the SQE (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Keppel-Palmer, M. (2018, March). Ethics, Legal Ethics, and the SQE. Paper presented at Association of Law Teachers Conference 2018, Keele University, Newcastle, England

This paper considers the proposals to assess ethics in conjunction with professional conduct in both SQE 1 and SQE 2, and the assessment criteria set out in relation to SOSAC A1. This paper considers how that is achieved, how students can be prepared... Read More about Ethics, Legal Ethics, and the SQE.

Machinic assemblages of publicness (2018)
Journal Article
Buser, M. (2018). Machinic assemblages of publicness. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 42(5), 769-784. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.12602

© 2018 Urban Research Publications Limited This article discusses the concept of publicness through the lens of Deleuze and Guattari’s machinic thinking. Centring on the case of the Bearpit, a roundabout and public space in the city of Bristol (UK),... Read More about Machinic assemblages of publicness.

Effectiveness of palliative care interventions offering social support to people with life-limiting illness—A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Bradley, N., Lloyd-Williams, M., & Dowrick, C. (2018). Effectiveness of palliative care interventions offering social support to people with life-limiting illness—A systematic review. European Journal of Cancer Care, 27(3), Article e12837. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12837

Individuals managing the challenges of life-limiting illness require adequate social support to maintain quality of life. Qualitative research reports that patients value highly the social support obtained in palliative care interventions such as day... Read More about Effectiveness of palliative care interventions offering social support to people with life-limiting illness—A systematic review.

Simplified damage plasticity model for concrete (2018)
Journal Article
Hafezolghorani, M., Hejazi, F., Vaghei, R., Jaafar, M. S. B., & Karimzade, K. (2018). Simplified damage plasticity model for concrete. Structural Engineering International, 27(1), 68-78. https://doi.org/10.2749/101686616X1081

The past several years have witnessed an increase in research on the nonlinear analysis of the structures made from reinforced concrete. Several mathematical models were created to analyze the behavior of concrete and the reinforcements. Factors incl... Read More about Simplified damage plasticity model for concrete.

The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study (2018)
Journal Article
Meakings, S., Ottaway, H., Coffey, A., Palmer, C., Doughty, J., & Shelton, K. (2018). The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study. Adoption and Fostering, 42(1), 58-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308575917750824

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. This article reports on findings from the Wales Adoption Study which used a sequential, mixed-method design to explore the early support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families. Ninety-six adoptive parent... Read More about The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study.

Role of 'community spaces' in residents' adaptation to energy-efficient heating technologies-insights from a UK low-energy housing development (2018)
Journal Article
Oliveira, S., & Marco, E. (2018). Role of 'community spaces' in residents' adaptation to energy-efficient heating technologies-insights from a UK low-energy housing development. Sustainability, 10(4), 934. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10040934

© 2018 by the authors. Advanced energy-efficient heating technologies are often integral to low-energy home design, practice, and policy. The expectation is that technologies designed to lower space-heating energy use may also contribute to better pe... Read More about Role of 'community spaces' in residents' adaptation to energy-efficient heating technologies-insights from a UK low-energy housing development.

Recovery and resilience of communities in flood risk zones in a small island developing state: A case study from a suburban settlement of Port Louis, Mauritius (2018)
Journal Article
Chacowry, A., McEwen, L. J., & Lynch, K. (2018). Recovery and resilience of communities in flood risk zones in a small island developing state: A case study from a suburban settlement of Port Louis, Mauritius. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 826-838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.019

Small island developing states (SIDS) are characterised by their small size, remoteness and their dispersal in vulnerable regions globally. In Mauritius, rapid economic growth and expansion of suburban and coastal settlements in flood risk zones have... Read More about Recovery and resilience of communities in flood risk zones in a small island developing state: A case study from a suburban settlement of Port Louis, Mauritius.

#CleftProud: A content analysis and online survey of 2 cleft lip and palate facebook groups (2018)
Journal Article
Stock, N. M., Martindale, A., & Cunniffe, C. (2018). #CleftProud: A content analysis and online survey of 2 cleft lip and palate facebook groups. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 55(10), 1339-1349. https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665618764737

© 2018, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: More than 2 billion people worldwide now use social networking sites, with an increasing number of users accessing these sites to obtain health information and engage in emotional su... Read More about #CleftProud: A content analysis and online survey of 2 cleft lip and palate facebook groups.

What do we know about family estrangement? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, L. (2018, March). What do we know about family estrangement?. Presented at Psychology Seminar Series, Nottingham Trent University

Entanglement (2018)
Book
Mahood, K. (2018). Entanglement. London: The Borough Press (Harper Collins)

On a hot October day in a London park, Stella sits in her red wedding dress opposite John. Pregnant and lost in thoughts of the future, she has no idea that lying in the grass, a stone’s throw away, is a man called Charlie. From this moment, Stella a... Read More about Entanglement.

Towards an automated photogrammetry-based approach for monitoring and controlling construction site activities (2018)
Journal Article
Omar, H., Mahdjoubi, L., & Kheder, G. (2018). Towards an automated photogrammetry-based approach for monitoring and controlling construction site activities. Computers in Industry, 98, 172-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2018.03.012

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The construction industry has a poor productivity record, which was predominantly ascribed to inadequate monitoring of how a project is progressing at any given time. Most available approaches do not offer key stakeholders a shar... Read More about Towards an automated photogrammetry-based approach for monitoring and controlling construction site activities.

Whistleblowing: When do employees act to ‘blow the whistle’? (2018)
Journal Article
Nisar, T. M., Prabhakar, G., & Torchia, M. (2019). Whistleblowing: When do employees act to ‘blow the whistle’?. Organizational Dynamics, 48(1), 44-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2018.03.003

The importance of eliminating fraud, illegal activities and generally unethical practices has always been of paramount significance in the corporate world. Thus, whistleblowing has become ever more important. Over the past years, organizations have a... Read More about Whistleblowing: When do employees act to ‘blow the whistle’?.

Advancing gender equality in the construction sector through public procurement: Making effective use of responsive regulation (2018)
Journal Article
Wright, T., & Conley, H. (in press). Advancing gender equality in the construction sector through public procurement: Making effective use of responsive regulation. Economic and Industrial Democracy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X17745979

© 2018, The Author(s) 2018. Labour market segregation continues to be a major barrier to gender equality, with the construction industry an example of a particularly male-dominated sector. Drawing on evidence from the Women into Construction project,... Read More about Advancing gender equality in the construction sector through public procurement: Making effective use of responsive regulation.

Service-dominant logic as a framework for exploring research utilization (2018)
Journal Article
Hughes, T., & Vafeas, M. (2018). Service-dominant logic as a framework for exploring research utilization. Marketing Theory, 18(4), 451-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470593118764019

© The Author(s) 2018. This article links service-dominant (S-D) logic to the call for better theoretical frameworks to understand research utilization in business and management. It contributes to explaining what happens in cocreating knowledge betwe... Read More about Service-dominant logic as a framework for exploring research utilization.

Foucault, stoicism and self-mastery (2018)
Book Chapter
Mitcheson, K. (2018). Foucault, stoicism and self-mastery. In M. Dennis, & S. Werkhoven (Eds.), Ethics and Self-Cultivation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Routledge

In Michel Foucault’s late work he turns to ancient practices of the self, including stoicism, to explore whether such ‘technologies of the self’ can be taken up by the contemporary subject to cultivate a non-subjugated self. For Foucault, technologie... Read More about Foucault, stoicism and self-mastery.

Lay-learning and development - Academic challenge or collaborative opportunity? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Fowles-Sweet, W., & Atoofi, M. (2018, March). Lay-learning and development - Academic challenge or collaborative opportunity?. Paper presented at UALL Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the rise of technology present a number of challenges to Higher Education (HE). The ease with which knowledge can be accessed without recourse to formal higher education raises concerns about the future of Higher Edu... Read More about Lay-learning and development - Academic challenge or collaborative opportunity?.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Applications for Educational Psychologists within Schools (2018)
Journal Article
Gillard, D., Flaxman, P., & Hooper, N. (2018). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Applications for Educational Psychologists within Schools. Educational Psychology in Practice, 34(3), 272-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/02667363.2018.1446911

© 2018, © 2018 Association of Educational Psychologists. Guidance for schools regarding the promotion and enhancement of psychological wellbeing represents an invitation to intervene to promote effective, evidence-informed, whole-school approaches fo... Read More about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Applications for Educational Psychologists within Schools.

Investigation of ceramic MFC stacks for urine energy extraction (2018)
Journal Article
Tremouli, A., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2018). Investigation of ceramic MFC stacks for urine energy extraction. Bioelectrochemistry, 123, 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2018.03.010

© 2018 The Authors Two ceramic stacks, terracotta (t-stack) and mullite (m-stack), were developed to produce energy when fed with neat undiluted urine. Each stack consisted of twelve identical microbial fuel cells (MFCs) which were arranged in cascad... Read More about Investigation of ceramic MFC stacks for urine energy extraction.

Missing migrants: Is missing data the missing link and can potentials of the big data regime be leveraged to bridge information gaps? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Eda, L. (2018, March). Missing migrants: Is missing data the missing link and can potentials of the big data regime be leveraged to bridge information gaps?. Presented at INFOSOC Research Seminar Series, Bournemouth University

The UNHCR estimates that in 2018, well over 75,000 migrants arrived in Europe by sea while more than 1,500 have been reported dead or missing (UNHCR, 2018). While missing migrants are defined using the fact that their families do not have any knowled... Read More about Missing migrants: Is missing data the missing link and can potentials of the big data regime be leveraged to bridge information gaps?.