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Coping with drought: Perceptions, intentions and decision-stages of South West England households (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, The Author(s). As water supply in England increasingly faces threats of climate change, urbanisation and population growth, there is an imperative for household water users to be more resilient to extremes such as drought. However, since Engl... Read More about Coping with drought: Perceptions, intentions and decision-stages of South West England households.

An evidence-based approach to specifying survey effort in ecological assessments of bat activity (2019)
Journal Article

Robust ecological assessments are fundamental for effective wildlife conservation. Owing to the high legal protection of bats, surveys are frequently required as part of ecological assessments. Yet there is uncertainty about the amount of survey effo... Read More about An evidence-based approach to specifying survey effort in ecological assessments of bat activity.

A randomized experimental evaluation of a yoga-based body image intervention (2019)
Journal Article

Recent literature argues that body image interventions need to become more embodied. This paper evaluates a brief yoga-based body image intervention which incorporates themes specifically tailored to focus on positive body image. Young women (Mage= 2... Read More about A randomized experimental evaluation of a yoga-based body image intervention.

A Survey on Urban Traffic Anomalies Detection Algorithms (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 IEEE. This paper reviews the use of outlier detection approaches in urban traffic analysis. We divide existing solutions into two main categories: flow outlier detection and trajectory outlier detection. The first category groups solutions tha... Read More about A Survey on Urban Traffic Anomalies Detection Algorithms.

Demystifying academics to enhance university-business collaborations in environmental science (2019)
Journal Article

In countries globally there is intense political interest in fostering effective university-business collaborations, but there has been scant attention devoted to exactly how an individual scientist's workload (i.e. specified tasks) and incentive str... Read More about Demystifying academics to enhance university-business collaborations in environmental science.

An interactive metaheuristic search framework for software service identification from business process models (2019)
Thesis

In recent years, the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) model of computing has become widely used and has provided efficient and agile business solutions in response to inevitable and rapid changes in business requirements. Software service identifi... Read More about An interactive metaheuristic search framework for software service identification from business process models.

Leadership (2019)
Book Chapter

Sorensen et al (2012) argue for the importance of theology in the study of organisations on the basis that 'the way we think about and act in organizations is profoundly structured by theological concepts.' (p.267). In relation to leadership studies... Read More about Leadership.

Metaphor and Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of the unite or perish myth: a discourse-mythological analysis (2019)
Journal Article

This article presents a discourse-mythological analysis of how Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-African and Ghana’s independence leader, exploits metaphor to formulate and promote a univocal and an ideologically marked narrative that says Africa must... Read More about Metaphor and Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of the unite or perish myth: a discourse-mythological analysis.

Effect of high pressure processing on the safety, shelf life and quality of raw milk (2019)
Journal Article

High pressure processing (HPP) was investigated as an alternative to standard raw milk processing. Different pressure levels (400–600 MPa) and exposure times (1–5 min) were tested against artificially inoculated pathogenic E. coli, Salmonella and L.... Read More about Effect of high pressure processing on the safety, shelf life and quality of raw milk.

First look: A mixed methods study exploring women's initial experiences of their appearance after mastectomy and/or breast reconstruction (2019)
Journal Article

Objectives: Increasing numbers of women are undergoing appearance-altering surgery for the treatment and/or prevention of breast cancer. However, women’s experiences of seeing the results of their breast surgery for the first time, and the support a... Read More about First look: A mixed methods study exploring women's initial experiences of their appearance after mastectomy and/or breast reconstruction.

‘Synthetic blood’: Entangling politics and biology (2019)
Journal Article

It is increasingly suggested that shortages in the supply chain for human blood could be met by the development of techniques to manufacture human blood ex vivo. These techniques fall broadly under the umbrella of Synthetic Biology. We examine the bi... Read More about ‘Synthetic blood’: Entangling politics and biology.

Delayed presentations to emergency departments of children with head injury: A PREDICT study (2019)
Journal Article

© 2018 American College of Emergency Physicians Study objective: Existing clinical decision rules guide management for head-injured children presenting 24 hours or sooner after injury, even though some may present greater than 24 hours afterward. We... Read More about Delayed presentations to emergency departments of children with head injury: A PREDICT study.

Offsite construction: Developing a BIM-Based optimizer for assembly (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The lack of adequate consideration of the underlying factors affecting the methods of building assembly often results in inefficiencies in the uses of building materials, equipment and manpower. These inefficiencies are further co... Read More about Offsite construction: Developing a BIM-Based optimizer for assembly.

Towards the optimisation of ceramic-based microbial fuel cells: A three-factor three-level response surface analysis design (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 The Authors Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are an environment-friendly technology, which addresses two of the most important environmental issues worldwide: fossil fuel depletion and water scarcity. Modelling is a useful tool that allows us to un... Read More about Towards the optimisation of ceramic-based microbial fuel cells: A three-factor three-level response surface analysis design.

Occupational Therapy for common mental disorders (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Surveillé·e·s (2019)
Exhibition / Performance

Curator Nora Hickey's group exhibition originated in the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. With work by Karl Burke, Alan Butler, Willie Doherty, Roseanne Lynch, Colin Martin, Ian Wieczorek and others, the show considered a world of ubiquitous, visi... Read More about Surveillé·e·s.

Altered VEGF splicing isoform balance in tumor endothelium involves activation of splicing factors Srpk1 and Srsf1 by the Wilms’ tumor suppressor Wt1 (2019)
Journal Article

Angiogenesis is one hallmark of cancer. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a known inducer of angiogenesis. Many patients benefit from antiangiogenic therapies, which however have limitations. Although VEGF is overexpressed in most tumors,... Read More about Altered VEGF splicing isoform balance in tumor endothelium involves activation of splicing factors Srpk1 and Srsf1 by the Wilms’ tumor suppressor Wt1.

Enhanced teleoperation performance using hybrid control and virtual fixture (2019)
Journal Article

To develop secure, natural and effective teleoperation, the perception of the slave plays a key role for the interaction of a human operator with the environment. By sensing slave information, the human operator can choose the correct operation in a... Read More about Enhanced teleoperation performance using hybrid control and virtual fixture.

Assisting global rainwater harvesting practitioners: A decision support tool for tank sizing method selection under uncertainty (2019)
Journal Article

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) tank sizing can be an onerous task due to the range of available methods. This paper presents a simple, yet robust, end-user and design criteria-focused decision support tool, based on a comparison of 12 well established me... Read More about Assisting global rainwater harvesting practitioners: A decision support tool for tank sizing method selection under uncertainty.

An exploration of the experiences of women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer: Learning from recent and historical cohorts to identify enduring needs (2019)
Journal Article

Purpose:
Recent decades have seen improvements in UK breast cancer services and treatments. Despite this, it is recognised that a range of patients’ psychological and emotional needs remain unmet, both at the time of treatment and into survivorship... Read More about An exploration of the experiences of women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer: Learning from recent and historical cohorts to identify enduring needs.