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The appearance potency of gay and straight men’s websites (2016)
Journal Article
Jankowski, G., Slater, A., Tiggemann, M., & Fawkner, H. (2016). The appearance potency of gay and straight men’s websites

Gay men's greater body dissatisfaction compared to straight men has been explained as a result of gay men’s more 'appearance potent' subculture. This study aimed to critically appraise this explanation by assessing images of men and women for their p... Read More about The appearance potency of gay and straight men’s websites.

Recent advances in the fabrication and application of screen-printed electrochemical (bio)sensors based on carbon materials for biomedical, agri-food and environmental analyses (2016)
Journal Article
Pemberton, R. M., Crew, A., Hughes, G., Westmacott, K., Honeychurch, K. C., Crew, A. P., …Hart, J. P. (2016). Recent advances in the fabrication and application of screen-printed electrochemical (bio)sensors based on carbon materials for biomedical, agri-food and environmental analyses. Biosensors, 6(4), 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios6040050

This review describes recent advances in the fabrication of electrochemical (bio)sensors based on screen-printing technology involving carbon materials and their application in biomedical, agri-food and environmental analyses. It will focus on the va... Read More about Recent advances in the fabrication and application of screen-printed electrochemical (bio)sensors based on carbon materials for biomedical, agri-food and environmental analyses.

Review: The application of liquid chromatography electrochemical detection for the determination of drugs of abuse (2016)
Journal Article
Honeychurch, K., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2016). Review: The application of liquid chromatography electrochemical detection for the determination of drugs of abuse. Separations, 3(4), 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations3040028

© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This review (4 tables, 88 references) describes current developments in the design and application of liquid chromatography electrochemical detection (LC ED) based approaches for the determina... Read More about Review: The application of liquid chromatography electrochemical detection for the determination of drugs of abuse.

Neighborhood diversity, economic health, and the role of the arts (2016)
Journal Article
Foster, N., Grodach, C., & Murdoch, J. (2016). Neighborhood diversity, economic health, and the role of the arts. Journal of Urban Affairs, 38(5), 623-642. https://doi.org/10.1111/juaf.12278

Copyright © 2016 Urban Affairs Association Policymakers pursue a range of strategies aimed at diversifying neighborhoods despite research indicating the complicated and potentially damaging results of these efforts. One increasingly common approach i... Read More about Neighborhood diversity, economic health, and the role of the arts.

Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal (2016)
Journal Article
Bhatta, S., Pant, P. R., & Mytton, J. (2016). Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-016-0120-9

© 2016, Bhatta et al. Background: Injuries are a major public health problem worldwide. Despite increasing morbidity and mortality from injuries in Nepal, it is not recognised in the government’s policy and programmes and few population-based studies... Read More about Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal.

Sub-toxic concentrations of volatile organic compounds inhibit extracellular respiration of Escherichia coli cells grown in anodic bioelectrochemical systems (2016)
Journal Article
Marsili, E., Lauro, F. M., Hinks, J., Palanisamy, K., Seviour, T., Grasso, L. L., …Santoro, C. (2016). Sub-toxic concentrations of volatile organic compounds inhibit extracellular respiration of Escherichia coli cells grown in anodic bioelectrochemical systems. Bioelectrochemistry, 112, 173-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.02.003

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Low-cost and rapid detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is important for the control of water quality of used water and protection of downstream used water treatment processes. In this work, the effect of sub-toxic conc... Read More about Sub-toxic concentrations of volatile organic compounds inhibit extracellular respiration of Escherichia coli cells grown in anodic bioelectrochemical systems.

Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality (2016)
Journal Article
Gopinath, D. (2016). Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality. Local Economy, 31(8), 830-835. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094216675434

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. To ensure a healthy growth of the economy particularly in the manufacturing sector, the Indian Government is more than ever focussed on promoting the use of sustainable and affordable energy resources. Recent initiatives... Read More about Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality.

Emerson's "Apposite Metaphors" and the grounds of creativity (2016)
Journal Article
Greenham, D. (2016). Emerson's "Apposite Metaphors" and the grounds of creativity. Anglo-Saxónica, III(12), 101-120

This article offers an original interpretation of Emerson's theory of metaphor as a principle of creation as it appears in his lectures and journal of the 1820s and 1830s, the essay 'Nature' (1836), and as it develops into his theory of symbolism in... Read More about Emerson's "Apposite Metaphors" and the grounds of creativity.

'Climate change and armed conflict: Challenges and opportunities for maintaining international peace and security through climate justice' (2016)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2016). 'Climate change and armed conflict: Challenges and opportunities for maintaining international peace and security through climate justice'. In R. S. Abate (Ed.), Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges. Washington D.C.: ELI (Environmental Law Institute)

According to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, “[c]limate change not only exacerbates threats to international peace and security, it is a threat to international peace and security.” Scientific forecasts have determined that climate change causes di... Read More about 'Climate change and armed conflict: Challenges and opportunities for maintaining international peace and security through climate justice'.

Becoming "another brick in the wall": A thematic analysis of Central and Eastern European immigrants' experiences of psychological distress and help-seeking (2016)
Thesis
A thematic analysis of Central and Eastern European immigrants' experiences of psychological distress and help-seeking. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/905373

Background: Since 2004, a large number of immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have taken up residence in the UK. This study explored how the experience of immigration impacted on the wellbeing of sixteen participants of Central and East... Read More about Becoming "another brick in the wall": A thematic analysis of Central and Eastern European immigrants' experiences of psychological distress and help-seeking.

Tell it to the Bees (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Tell it to the Bees. Printmaking Today, 25(4), 17-17

Sarah Bodman talks to Sarah Nicholls about letterpress and linocut, her popular pamphlet series and a recent artist’s residency in Chicago

Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning) (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning)

A reflection on the relationship between Liberature and artists’ books. The majority of artists creating books have been drawn into their creative pathway through a passion for physical books themselves. Whether literature or Liberature, the publicat... Read More about Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning).

Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016 (2016)
Presentation / Conference
carmichael, L., ogilvie, F., & Lock, K. (2016, December). Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016. Paper presented at ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament

This report presents the findings of a roundtable held in the Houses of Parliament on 1st November 2016 with stakeholders, policy-makers in the development process and planning policies in the UK and researchers. The roundtable part of an ESRC spons... Read More about Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016.

Web strategies for the curation and discovery of open educational resources (2016)
Journal Article
educational resources. Open Praxis, 8(4), 297-312. https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.8.4.305

For those receiving funding from the UK HEFCE-funded Open Educational Resource Programme (2009 – 2012), the sustainability of project outputs was one of a number of essential goals. Our approach for the hosting and distribution of health and life sci... Read More about Web strategies for the curation and discovery of open educational resources.

Clinical measures of static foot posture do not agree (2016)
Journal Article
Morrison, S. C., Langley, B., Cramp, M., & Morrison, S. (2016). Clinical measures of static foot posture do not agree. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-016-0180-3

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: The aim of this study was to determine the level of agreement between common clinical foot classification measures. Methods: Static foot assessment was undertaken using the Foot Posture Index (FPI-6), rearfoot angle... Read More about Clinical measures of static foot posture do not agree.

Putting the pieces together in Reuniting Planning and Health – Lessons from an ESRC seminar series (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2016, December). Putting the pieces together in Reuniting Planning and Health – Lessons from an ESRC seminar series. Presented at Launch event of the Town & Country Planning Special Edition on Planning for Health, TCPA, London

Invited presentation for the Launch event of the Town & Country Planning special edition on planning for health, 1st December 2016, TCPA London

Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2016, December). Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment. Paper presented at Journal of Geography in Higher Education - Celebration of Learning & Teaching in HE Geography, Royal Geographical Society

Assessment exercises a major influence on student learning and achievement (Boud 2007). Yet QAA subject reviews identify assessment practices as one of the weakest features of Higher Education (Rust et al. 2005). In terms of the student learning expe... Read More about Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment.

Conflict, contradiction, and concern: Judges' evaluation of sustainability in architectural awards (2016)
Journal Article
Oliveira, S., & Sexton, M. (2016). Conflict, contradiction, and concern: Judges' evaluation of sustainability in architectural awards. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 20(4), 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1359135517000069

This paper explores how judges evaluate sustainability of buildings in RIBA award settings in the UK. A qualitative approach drawing on institutional theory is used to understand the ways judges legitimate particular evaluative views. Aesthetics and... Read More about Conflict, contradiction, and concern: Judges' evaluation of sustainability in architectural awards.