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Evaluation of the UK Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF): Implications for international competency frameworks (2020)
Journal Article
Bornioli, A., Evans, D., & Cotter, C. (2020). Evaluation of the UK Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF): Implications for international competency frameworks. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 956. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09024-6

Background: The value of competency frameworks for developing the public health workforce is widely acknowledged internationally. However, there is a lack of formal evaluations of such frameworks. In the UK, the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Fra... Read More about Evaluation of the UK Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF): Implications for international competency frameworks.

Woodburytype: a forgotten 19th century photomechanical process and its 21st century resurrection (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Klein, S. (2020, June). Woodburytype: a forgotten 19th century photomechanical process and its 21st century resurrection

One of the technological achievements of the 19th century was the mass reproduction of photographic images. Woodburytype was the first commercially successful photomechanical continuous tone printing method, of unsurpassed quality until today. Along... Read More about Woodburytype: a forgotten 19th century photomechanical process and its 21st century resurrection.

Assessment of stress-blended eddy simulation model for accurate performance prediction of vertical axis wind turbine (2020)
Journal Article
Syawitri, T. P., Yao, Y., Yao, J., & Chandra, B. (2021). Assessment of stress-blended eddy simulation model for accurate performance prediction of vertical axis wind turbine. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 31(2), 655-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-09-2019-0689

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to assess the ability of a stress-blended eddy simulation (SBES) turbulence model to predict the performance of a three-straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). The grid sensitivity study is conducted to ev... Read More about Assessment of stress-blended eddy simulation model for accurate performance prediction of vertical axis wind turbine.

Graphene-enabled adaptive infrared textiles (2020)
Journal Article
Ergoktas, M. S., Bakan, G., Steiner, P., Bartlam, C., Malevich, Y., Ozden-Yenigun, E., …Kocabas, C. (2020). Graphene-enabled adaptive infrared textiles. Nano Letters, 20(7), 5346-5352. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01694

Interactive clothing requires sensing and display functionalities to be embedded on textiles. Despite the significant progress of electronic textiles, the integration of optoelectronic materials on fabrics remains as an outstanding challenge. In this... Read More about Graphene-enabled adaptive infrared textiles.

On the turbulence amplification in shock-wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction (2020)
Journal Article
Fang, J., Zheltovodov, A. A., Yao, Y., Moulinec, C., & Emerson, D. R. (2020). On the turbulence amplification in shock-wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 897, Article A32. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.350

The mechanism of turbulence amplification in shock-wave/boundary layer interactions is reviewed, and a new turbulence amplification mechanism is proposed based on the analysis of data from direct numerical simulation of an oblique shock-wave/flat-pla... Read More about On the turbulence amplification in shock-wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction.

Segmenting travellers based on day-to-day variability in work-related travel behaviour (2020)
Journal Article
Crawford, F. (2020). Segmenting travellers based on day-to-day variability in work-related travel behaviour. Journal of Transport Geography, 86, Article 102765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102765

Travel needs for commute and business trips are complex and choices are not made based on the characteristics of individual trips, but instead based on the needs over weeks and months. For example, the cost per trip of commuting by bus varies dependi... Read More about Segmenting travellers based on day-to-day variability in work-related travel behaviour.

Business models innovation in investment banks: A resilience perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Ramdani, B., Binsaif, A., Boukrami, E., & Guermat, C. (2022). Business models innovation in investment banks: A resilience perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 39, 51–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-020-09723-z

© 2020, The Author(s). Firms frequently change their business models in order to respond to internal and external challenges. This study aims to explore how investments banks adjust their business models in response to internal and external challenge... Read More about Business models innovation in investment banks: A resilience perspective.

An investigation into the use of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete (2020)
Thesis
Khatib, A. An investigation into the use of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/2783424

The behaviour of bamboo reinforced concrete is not well understood and the methods proposed for its design suffers from problems that can result in an overly conservative design in some situations and unconservative designs in others. This investigat... Read More about An investigation into the use of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete.

BFF | Tessellation Tests (2020)
Report
Farzadnia, F. (2020). BFF | Tessellation Tests

Boundary first flattening VS common tessellation methods: There is one more tessellation method which will be discussed in this post and then some generations will be tessellated using all the methods which have been discussed so far.

Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance (2020)
Journal Article
Harris, L. M., Staddon, C., Wutich, A., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Pearson, A. L., & Adams, E. A. (2020). Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance. Political Geography, 82, 102245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020.102245

In this commentary we draw attention to water sharing as political, highlighting the stakes and concerns around such practices. We engage a broad definition of politics, capturing everyday acts and practices that might be interpreted along a gradient... Read More about Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance.

Innovative model for NGOs based on implementation of project management methodology: An intervention research in Lebanon (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Al Barazi, R., Zardet, V., & Salmeron, J. C. (2020, June). Innovative model for NGOs based on implementation of project management methodology: An intervention research in Lebanon. Paper presented at The ISEOR – ODC - ISODC Conference and Doctoral Consortium, Lyon, France and online

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) receive billions of dollars annually under the title of community service although being mostly lost on failed projects, unmet objectives and rework besides the high margin of overhead costs which raises a questio... Read More about Innovative model for NGOs based on implementation of project management methodology: An intervention research in Lebanon.

From mad to mindful: Corporate control through corporate spirituality (2020)
Journal Article
Wrenn, M. V. (2020). From mad to mindful: Corporate control through corporate spirituality. Journal of Economic Issues, 54(2), 503-509. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2020.1756660

Abstract: Capitalism has always and will always depend on a compliant workforce. Maintaining the delicate balance between a worker who is just “not-unhappy” enough or desperate enough to continue working while also cutting costs to the bone presents... Read More about From mad to mindful: Corporate control through corporate spirituality.

Sources of Pigmentless Colour in Nature – Seashells, Butterflies and Beetles (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Leech, D. (2020, June). Sources of Pigmentless Colour in Nature – Seashells, Butterflies and Beetles

Colour arises most prominently in the world from subtractive processes, such as pigmentation. When light is shone upon a painted wall, for instance, pigment absorbs portions of the electromagnetic spectrum that the material underneath did not and we... Read More about Sources of Pigmentless Colour in Nature – Seashells, Butterflies and Beetles.

Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth? (2020)
Journal Article
Berger, S. (2020). Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth?. Journal of Economic Issues, 54(2), 525-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2020.1759021

© 2020, © 2020, Journal of Economic Issues / Association for Evolutionary Economics. Abstract: This article critically examines the institutional economics theory of social costs by way of reviewing The Dark Places of Business Enterprise: Reinstating... Read More about Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth?.

The fall of Edward Colston and the rise of inclusive place-based leadership (2020)
Digital Artefact
Bolden, R. (2020). The fall of Edward Colston and the rise of inclusive place-based leadership. [Blog post]

The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, USA triggered a wave of protests about racial inequality across the world. In Bristol, UK, it led to the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave trader. The respon... Read More about The fall of Edward Colston and the rise of inclusive place-based leadership.

The interaction between academia and industry and its impact on national innovation capacity: The case of Algeria (2020)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Guermat, C., & Bourifout, Z. (2021). The interaction between academia and industry and its impact on national innovation capacity: The case of Algeria. Industry and Higher Education, 35(5), 570-580. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422220931418

The role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing the innovative capacity of societies is well recognised. That role is accomplished through the creation and dissemination of knowledge, the success of which is dependent on the types and... Read More about The interaction between academia and industry and its impact on national innovation capacity: The case of Algeria.

The visual design of network data to enhance cyber security awareness of the everyday internet user (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Carroll, F., Legg, P., & Bønkel, B. (2020, June). The visual design of network data to enhance cyber security awareness of the everyday internet user. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (Cyber Science 2020)

Technology and the use of online services are very prevalent across much of our everyday lives. As our digital interactions continue to grow, there is a need to improve public awareness of the risks to our personal online privacy and security. Design... Read More about The visual design of network data to enhance cyber security awareness of the everyday internet user.

"What did you say?": Extracting unintentional secrets from predictive text learning systems (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, G., & Legg, P. (2020, June). "What did you say?": Extracting unintentional secrets from predictive text learning systems. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Science 2020)

As a primary form of communication, text is used widely in applications including e-mail conversations, mobile text messaging, chatrooms, and forum discussions. Modern systems include facilities such as predictive text, recently implemented using dee... Read More about "What did you say?": Extracting unintentional secrets from predictive text learning systems.

Shouting through letterboxes: A study on attack susceptibility of voice assistants (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Mccarthy, A., Gaster, B., & Legg, P. (2020, June). Shouting through letterboxes: A study on attack susceptibility of voice assistants. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and the Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Science 2020)

Voice assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home have become increasingly popular for many home users, for home automation, entertainment, and convenience. These devices process speech commands from a user to execute some action, such as playing... Read More about Shouting through letterboxes: A study on attack susceptibility of voice assistants.