Does sleep restriction make driving with distractions worse? A comparison of listening to the radio, texting, eating and drinking whilst on a short 10 minute drive
(2015)
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Out of the corner of the eye/The "I": Drawing as disposition of perception (2015)
Thesis
This research examines drawing practice in its impacts on and through perception, by elaborating on drawing’s capacity to record elements of the interior experience of vision. Particular focus is directed towards drawing’s potential to grasp and reco... Read More about Out of the corner of the eye/The "I": Drawing as disposition of perception.
Financial regulation: An essential or incidental component in the anti-corruption toolkit? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The aim of this paper is to review the relationship between financial regulation and the enforcement of the Bribery Act 2010. The paper concentrates on the role of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Serious Fraud Office.
Briefing for design commission evidence session 2: Health and wellbeing (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Briefing Notes and Context
The debate about the extent to which, and in what ways, our behaviour is affected by the built environment is not new.
Whilst we might use emerging technology, visualising techniques and different data streams to extrapol... Read More about Briefing for design commission evidence session 2: Health and wellbeing.
In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain (2014)
Journal Article
© 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This paper reports the findings from a case study research about in-depth analysis of decoupling point as a reference model to address a particular management dilemma. Managers from a health service organisation cont... Read More about In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain.
Sustainable packaging: Regulations and operational challenges in a manufacturing SME (2015)
Journal Article
Copyright © 2015, IGI Global. The issue of sustainability has attracted considerable attention over the last decade and has been accompanied by the development of stringent packaging material legislation for firms. Drawing on a single case approach,... Read More about Sustainable packaging: Regulations and operational challenges in a manufacturing SME.
Capacidade de absorção e Inovação aberta na Indústria de cosméticos brasileira (portuguese) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
There is a growing interest in the concepts and practices of open innovation and especially with regard to the role played by involved in these practices. This requires a more in-depth knowledge of the concepts, since the fundamental basis of any ope... Read More about Capacidade de absorção e Inovação aberta na Indústria de cosméticos brasileira (portuguese).
Elevated CO2-Induced Responses in Stomata Require ABA and ABA Signaling (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 The Authors. An integral part of global environment change is an increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 ([CO2]) [1]. Increased [CO2] reduces leaf stomatal apertures and density of stomata that plays out as reductions in evapotranspir... Read More about Elevated CO2-Induced Responses in Stomata Require ABA and ABA Signaling.
Grenada: Revolution and Invasion (2015)
Book
Grenada: Revolution and Invasion is a wide-ranging collection of essays by academics in the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States, each with a unique perspective on the revolution and its effects. The Grenada events of 1979–1983, especi... Read More about Grenada: Revolution and Invasion.
The transition from neophyte registered nurse to staff nurse can be a challenging stage in an individual’s career. There has been much discussion on the process and the effect that it can have on the individual’s performance, however less considerati... Read More about Creating partnership by aligning the support needs of the neophyte registered nurse and the healthcare organisation: An appreciative inquiry.
The cytosolic and mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (2015)
Book Chapter
Key Points
• The branched chain aminotransferases (BCAT) are PLP dependent proteins which catalyze the transfer of an amino group from the donor amino acid to α-ketoglutarate, forming glutamate and the respective keto acids.
• Structurally the BC... Read More about The cytosolic and mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase.
Special rules on women (2015)
Book Chapter
This chapter discusses the protection afforded to women under the Geneva Conventions. It covers provisions for the protection of women, protection of specific categories of women, and protection of women detainees. Overall the Conventions provide spe... Read More about Special rules on women.
Money laundering and the United Kingdom: A haven for dirty money and an endless cycle? A critical reflection on the United Kingdom’s anti-money laundering policies (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper critically assesses the effectiveness and appropriateness of the United Kingdom's anti-money laundering policy. The paper concentrates on Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Terrorism Act 2000 and the enforcement policies of the Finan... Read More about Money laundering and the United Kingdom: A haven for dirty money and an endless cycle? A critical reflection on the United Kingdom’s anti-money laundering policies.
Observer-based control design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs: LMI approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
© 2015 Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems - ICROS. This paper deals with the problem of observer-based controller design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. A novel method is presented to design a controller using esti... Read More about Observer-based control design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs: LMI approach.
CML/CMIR camera tests Oct 2015 (2015)
Digital Artefact
Centre for Moving Image Research and Cinematographers Mailing Lists began testing cameras and Camera Prototypes together in February 2014. These involved Professional Cinematographers and various professional crew members (Camera Assistants, Digital... Read More about CML/CMIR camera tests Oct 2015.
The development of mortgage finance in China: Implications from international experiences (2015)
Journal Article
This paper compares the current Chinese mortgage market with the markets in several advanced economies that suffered most in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, exploring the potential and rigidities of development of the secondary mortgage market in C... Read More about The development of mortgage finance in China: Implications from international experiences.
Addressing health challenges: the role of urban planning and design (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La contrattazione di sito negli outlet: Uno scenario di rivitalizzazione all'italiana?
Journal Article
Innovative forms of collective bargaining constitute a necessary answer to the challenges posed by productive fragmentation to workers’ representation. An example of such innovation is evident in three Factory Outlet Malls in Italy, where unions’ int... Read More about La contrattazione di sito negli outlet: Uno scenario di rivitalizzazione all'italiana?.
Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context (2015)
Thesis
Social presence has long been considered to be a key factor in enhancing learning in online contexts (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000; Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; Kehrwald, 2010; Ko, 2012; Tu, 2002b). New modes of online interaction, however, requi... Read More about Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context.
Coevolutionary and genetic algorithm based building spatial and structural design (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
© Cambridge University Press 2015. In this article, two methods to develop and optimize accompanying building spatial and structural designs are compared. The first, a coevolutionary method, applies deterministic procedures, inspired by realistic des... Read More about Coevolutionary and genetic algorithm based building spatial and structural design.
Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the UK Food for Life Partnership (2015)
Journal Article
The Food for Life Partnership (FFLP) is an initiative led by the Soil Association (SA), a non governmental organisation in the UK which aims to encourage a healthy, sustainable food culture in communities. The SA also runs a Catering Mark scheme that... Read More about Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the UK Food for Life Partnership.
Effect and cost of an after-school dance programme on the physical activity of 11-12 year old girls: The Bristol Girls Dance Project, a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 Jago et al. Background: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness and cost of an after-school dance intervention at increasing the physical activity levels of Year 7 girls (age 11-12). Methods: A cluster randomised controlled tria... Read More about Effect and cost of an after-school dance programme on the physical activity of 11-12 year old girls: The Bristol Girls Dance Project, a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial.
On the computing potential of intracellular vesicles (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 Mayne, Adamatzky. Collision-based computing (CBC) is a form of unconventional computing in which travelling localisations represent data and conditional routing of signals determines the output state; collisions between localisations represent... Read More about On the computing potential of intracellular vesicles.
The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts (2015)
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THE BRISTOL METHOD
The Bristol Method is a knowledge-transfer programme aimed at helping people in other cities understand and apply the lessons that Bristol has learned in becoming a more sustainable city, not just in 2015 but in the last decade.... Read More about The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts.
Researching Sociopragmatic Variability showcases a range of research approaches and brings together new findings from three key areas: variational pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics and contrastive pragmatics. The volume investigates sociopragmati... Read More about Researching Sociopragmatic Variability: Perspectives from Variational, Interlanguage and Contrastive Pragmatics.
Commentary to intubation strategy in cardiac arrest victims (2015)
Journal Article
At the borders of political theory: Carens and the ethics of immigration 1 (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Carens’ book covers a wide range of issues concerning the ethics of immigration, and although he is best known as a theorist of open borders that argument takes up a relatively small part of the book, and is indeed a sma... Read More about At the borders of political theory: Carens and the ethics of immigration 1.
For the worry of water: Water, women and tourism in Labuan Bajo. Initial policy paper
Report
Tourism has added to a water crisis in the rapidly growing gateway town to Komodo National Park: Labuan Bajo. Residents are suffering from the scarcity and cost of water for basic human needs. Based on ethnographic research, over 100 people were cons... Read More about For the worry of water: Water, women and tourism in Labuan Bajo. Initial policy paper.
Investing in our rivers (2015)
Journal Article
This article makes the case for investment in the natural infrastructure of rivers, highlighting the societal benefits that would flow from it yet their substantial externalisation from current economic thinking with associated deterioration of socia... Read More about Investing in our rivers.
DNA repair by MGMT, but not AAG, causes a threshold in alkylation-induced colorectal carcinogenesis (2015)
Journal Article
© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Epidemiological studies indicate that N-nitroso compounds (NOC) are causally linked to colorectal cancer (CRC). NOC induce DNA alkylations, including O6-methylguanine (O6-M... Read More about DNA repair by MGMT, but not AAG, causes a threshold in alkylation-induced colorectal carcinogenesis.
A review and comparative analysis of the Russian Federation Government Quality Award (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The paper aims to present a review and comparison of the Russian Federation Government Quality Award (RFGQA) with the three major business excellence models, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award... Read More about A review and comparative analysis of the Russian Federation Government Quality Award.
Believing vaguely: Religious socialization and Christian beliefs in Britain (2015)
Journal Article
Sociological research focusing on religion has customarily placed processes of socialization at the core of understanding not only individual religious identification, but also the broad aggregate transmission and survival of a generalised religious... Read More about Believing vaguely: Religious socialization and Christian beliefs in Britain.
Postsecular planning? The idea of municipal spirituality (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 Taylor & Francis. In the contemporary political context, religion is rarely out of the news, usually postulated as a regressive force, battling against modern liberal Western values. However, in everyday life, and specifically with regard to... Read More about Postsecular planning? The idea of municipal spirituality.
Development of an EMG controlled hand exoskeleton for post-stroke rehabilitation (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
© 2015 ACM. Rehabilitation after stroke is of crucial importance since patients often have severe motor impairments that affect their daily activities. In the past decades, a number of robotic systems have been proposed for stroke rehabilitation but... Read More about Development of an EMG controlled hand exoskeleton for post-stroke rehabilitation.
Development of a large-scale neuroimages and clinical variables data atlas in the neuGRID4You (N4U) project (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.. Exceptional growth in the availability of large-scale clinical imaging datasets has led to the development of computational infrastructures that offer scientists access to image repositories and associated clinical variables dat... Read More about Development of a large-scale neuroimages and clinical variables data atlas in the neuGRID4You (N4U) project.
Gerschenkron revisited: The new corporate Russia (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015, Journal of Economic Issues / Association for Evolutionary Economics. Our analysis is based on firm-specific data compiled from the Russian Trading System stock exchange and SKRIN (CKP-H in Russian) database. We seek to identify the factors be... Read More about Gerschenkron revisited: The new corporate Russia.
How men manage bulbar urethral stricture by concealing urinary symptoms (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 SAGE Publications. In this article, we present findings from research conducted as part of a multi-center surgical trial. Bulbar urethral stricture, a narrowing of the middle urethra, is a common cause of urinary problems in men that can have... Read More about How men manage bulbar urethral stricture by concealing urinary symptoms.
A simple assumed-strain quadrilateral shell element for finite strains and fracture (2015)
Journal Article
© 2014, Springer-Verlag London. This work recovers an established technique for improving quadrilateral shell element performance in both out-of-plane and in-plane bending cases using a mixed formulation. A four-field variational principle is establi... Read More about A simple assumed-strain quadrilateral shell element for finite strains and fracture.
Irigaray, Kant and Kierkegaard (2015)
Book Chapter
Universalising politics and process naturalism (2015)
Book Chapter
A multi-agent based approach for change management in manufacturing enterprises (2013)
Journal Article
© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Change management becomes an unavoidable necessity for manufacturing enterprises. Since change in business processes carries significant impact on the performance of manufacturing companies, a change... Read More about A multi-agent based approach for change management in manufacturing enterprises.
Animated gazes: Motion and representation in the kaleidoscopic city (2015)
Journal Article
This paper critically addresses modes of graphic representations of the city prevalent in architectural discourse, while seeking new ways to make visible the complex weave of movements that form the contemporary urban condition. The architectural con... Read More about Animated gazes: Motion and representation in the kaleidoscopic city.
A working typology of response options to manage environmental change and their scope for complementarity using an Ecosystem Approach (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. A diverse range of response options is available for decision-makers to manage environmental change and meet sustainability objectives. These can include inter alia: top-down statutory regulation and levies; bottom-up initiatives... Read More about A working typology of response options to manage environmental change and their scope for complementarity using an Ecosystem Approach.
'You likes your way, we got our own way': Gypsies and Travellers' views on infant feeding and health professional support (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Background: Gypsies and Travellers are known to have poor health status and access to health services, even in comparison with other ethnic minority groups. People from this stigmatized ethnic group are rarely consulte... Read More about 'You likes your way, we got our own way': Gypsies and Travellers' views on infant feeding and health professional support.
Combination of 3D skin surface texture features and 2D ABCD features for improved melanoma diagnosis (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. Two-dimensional asymmetry, border irregularity, colour variegation and diameter (ABCD) features are important indicators currently used for computer-assisted diagnosis of malign... Read More about Combination of 3D skin surface texture features and 2D ABCD features for improved melanoma diagnosis.
The spirit of OMERACT: Q methodology analysis of conference characteristics valued by delegates (2015)
Journal Article
Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved. Objective. To identify the major features of OMERACT meetings as valued by frequent participants and to explore whether there are groups of participants with different opinions. Methods. Using Q methodology (a q... Read More about The spirit of OMERACT: Q methodology analysis of conference characteristics valued by delegates.
Values associated with public involvement in health and social care research: A narrative review (2013)
Journal Article
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Background: Much has been written about public involvement (PI) in health and social care research, but underpinning values are rarely made explicit despite the potential for these to have significant influence on the... Read More about Values associated with public involvement in health and social care research: A narrative review.
Land grabbing, sustainable development and human rights (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 Cambridge University Press. Increasing investment in agricultural land by global corporations and investors from wealthy developed nations in poorer, less developed countries has significant human rights and environmental impacts. Proponents o... Read More about Land grabbing, sustainable development and human rights.