Roma, gypsies, travellers and infant feeding
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Entrepreneurship: Cause and Consequence of Financial Optimism (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Extant evidence that the self-employed overestimate their returns by a greater margin than employees is consistent with two mutually inclusive possibilities. Self-employment may foster optimism or intrinsic optimists ma... Read More about Entrepreneurship: Cause and Consequence of Financial Optimism.
Triple negative breast cancer: The role of metabolic pathways (2014)
Journal Article
The incidence of breast cancer in Malaysia and other Asian countries is on the increase, reflecting lifestyle changes some of which are known risk factors for the development of breast cancer. Most breast cancers are amenable to adjuvant therapies th... Read More about Triple negative breast cancer: The role of metabolic pathways.
Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites (2014)
Journal Article
Despite the fact that qualitative interviews are reputed to be an effective method of obtaining data from organizational elites, studies are concurrent on a number of obstacles which surround the interviewing of senior management. Problem areas flagg... Read More about Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites.
Using space-based downstream services for urban management in smart cities (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Data collected through remote sensing (for instance geo-satellite) provides necessary stimulus for developing smart solutions for climate change & public health, energy efficiency and land monitoring in an urban environment. The velocity, variety, vo... Read More about Using space-based downstream services for urban management in smart cities.
'Oh my god, we're not doing nothing': Young people's experiences of spatial regulation (2014)
Journal Article
© 2013 The British Psychological Society. Social psychologists have become increasingly concerned with examining the ways in which social practices are interrelated with their location. Critical perspectives have highlighted the traditional lack of a... Read More about 'Oh my god, we're not doing nothing': Young people's experiences of spatial regulation.
PROMs: Putting cosmetic patients at the forefront of evaluation (2014)
Journal Article
NO Synthase in plants? (2014)
Journal Article
Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction (2014)
Book
Modern children's literature is currently receiving much public and critical attention. Organized to show developments in children's literature over time and across genres, this introductory guide looks at key British, American and Australian works,... Read More about Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction.
Black music and cultural exchange in Bristol (2014)
Book Chapter
Towards cloud based smart cities data security and privacy management (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smart cities accumulate and process large amount of data streams which raise security and privacy concerns at individual and community levels. Sizeable attempts have made to ensure security and privacy of inhabitants’ data. However, security and priv... Read More about Towards cloud based smart cities data security and privacy management.
Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media (2014)
Journal Article
Background. Social media often adds a layer of intermediation between sources and information consumer, with users outsourcing some of the information work to others. Social media “synthesists” have been identified as a group of volunteer information... Read More about Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media.
The impact of pressure and frictional heating on retention, selectivity and efficiency in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. The effects of pressure and frictional heating deserve serious consideration in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) separations, as the pressures used can be three times greater than those in conventional high-perfo... Read More about The impact of pressure and frictional heating on retention, selectivity and efficiency in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography.
A Steindlian account of the distribution of corporate profits and leverage: A stock-flow consistent macroeconomic model with agent-based microfoundations
Preprint / Working Paper
Post Keynesian economics has largely forgotten Steindl's insight that monopolisation of the corporate sector redistributes profits to those firms least likely to invest them productively. Agent-based methods can be used to incorporate Steindl's insig... Read More about A Steindlian account of the distribution of corporate profits and leverage: A stock-flow consistent macroeconomic model with agent-based microfoundations.
Knowledge management in China’s organisations (2014)
Book Chapter
Is the empire coming home? Liberalism, exclusion and the punitiveness of the British state (2014)
Journal Article
The rapid expansion in the use of incarceration and the criminal justice system’s penetration of new areas of private and public life have been linked to the emergence of neoliberalism. This expansion of punitiveness has been portrayed as a reactiona... Read More about Is the empire coming home? Liberalism, exclusion and the punitiveness of the British state.
How to be a good listener (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
A fig leaf for action: Critical perspectives on youth policy in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
This paper discusses the changing approaches that governments in the Uk have adopted in response to youth issues and the extent to which these are reflected in dominant social constructions of youth. Our discussion offers a perspective on youth polic... Read More about A fig leaf for action: Critical perspectives on youth policy in the UK.
Managing Osteoarthritis in Primary Care: Exploring Healthcare Professionals' Views on a Multiple-Joint Intervention Designed to Facilitate Self-Management (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Aim: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions and a major cause of chronic pain and disability. Self-management of OA through education and exercise are recommended as core treatments.... Read More about Managing Osteoarthritis in Primary Care: Exploring Healthcare Professionals' Views on a Multiple-Joint Intervention Designed to Facilitate Self-Management.
Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation of five different species of brown edible seaweeds (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014. The chemical and volatile composition as well as sensory profile of five brown edible seaweeds collected in the United Kingdom, was evaluated. The ash content was 190-280. mg/g, NaCl 35.1-115.1. mg/g, protein 2.9-6.0. g/g, and fat 0.6-5.8. g/... Read More about Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation of five different species of brown edible seaweeds.
Environmental law-making public opinion in Victorian Britain: The cross-currents of Bentham's and Coleridge's ideas (2014)
Journal Article
It is increasingly clear that law and its enforcement in Victorian Britain were quite effective in tackling formative industrial problems concerning pollution and broader threats to nature. What is unclear is the political philosophy, if any, underly... Read More about Environmental law-making public opinion in Victorian Britain: The cross-currents of Bentham's and Coleridge's ideas.
Resistance to change in government: Risk, inertia and incentives
Preprint / Working Paper
There is a popular impression that governments are resistant to change and innovation, and that this is due to a combination of overly bureaucratic processes and a culture of risk aversion. It is debatable that this is well-founded, theoretically or... Read More about Resistance to change in government: Risk, inertia and incentives.
Addressing the human factor in data access: Incentive compatibility, legitimacy and cost-effectiveness in public data resources
Preprint / Working Paper
Traditional models of incentivising people suggest that positive incentives are more effective than negative ones. We argue that in data access the opposite can be true, as the assumptions made at the design stage can fundamentally change the user en... Read More about Addressing the human factor in data access: Incentive compatibility, legitimacy and cost-effectiveness in public data resources.
Influence of road markings, lane widths and driver behaviour on proximity and speed of vehicles overtaking cyclists (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. The proximity and speed of motor traffic passing cyclists in non-separated conditions may be so close and so great as to cause discomfort. A variety of road design and driver behaviour factors may affect over... Read More about Influence of road markings, lane widths and driver behaviour on proximity and speed of vehicles overtaking cyclists.
Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This study examined the role of specific magazine types and television programs on drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys. A sample of 182 adolescent boys with an average age of 15.2. years completed questionnaire... Read More about Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys.
Taking the tool analogy seriously: Forms and naming in the cratylus (2014)
Journal Article
Copyright © The Author(s) 2014. Published by Cambridge University Press. It has been suggested that the so-called tool analogy passage of Plato's Cratylus presents us with a moderate linguistic naturalism that can stand or fall independently of the m... Read More about Taking the tool analogy seriously: Forms and naming in the cratylus.
A Survey of the Current State of Hip Arthroplasty Surveillance in the United Kingdom (2014)
Journal Article
Ecosystem services assessment at Steart Peninsula, Somerset, UK (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. A systemic valuation was undertaken of marginal changes in ecosystem services assessed as likely to result from the Steart Coastal Management project, some in monetary terms and others semi-quantified. The Steart Coastal Manageme... Read More about Ecosystem services assessment at Steart Peninsula, Somerset, UK.
How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest? (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 The Authors. Aim: The best method of initial airway management during resuscitation for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is unknown. The airway management techniques used currently by UK paramedics during resuscitation for OHCA are not we... Read More about How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest?.
Phototrophic Fe(II)-oxidation in the chemocline of a ferruginous meromictic lake (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Walter, Picazo, Miracle, Vicente, Camacho, Aragno and Zopfi. Precambrian Banded Iron Formation (BIF) deposition was conventionally attributed to the precipitation of iron-oxides resulting from the abiotic reaction of ferrous iron (Fe(II)) with... Read More about Phototrophic Fe(II)-oxidation in the chemocline of a ferruginous meromictic lake.
Decentralised control for complex systems - An invited survey (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. With the advancement of science and technology, practical systems are becoming more complex. Decentralised control has been recognised as a practical, feasible and powerful tool for application to large scale inte... Read More about Decentralised control for complex systems - An invited survey.
A Biologically Inspired Optimization Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Shortest Path Problems with Mixed Fuzzy Arc Lengths (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. The shortest path problem is among fundamental problems of network optimization. Majority of the optimization algorithms assume that weights of data graph’s edges are pre-determined real numbers. Howe... Read More about A Biologically Inspired Optimization Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Shortest Path Problems with Mixed Fuzzy Arc Lengths.
Exploring afrofuturism: The last angel of history (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panel discussion of afrofuturism with Ashley Clarke, Anthony Joseph and Zoe Whitely at BFI’s Sci-Fi – Days of Fear and Wonder, BFI Southbank, 30 November 2014
The challenge of rescheduling nursing staff: Informing the development of a mathematical model decision tool (2014)
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Executive Summary: This report presents the findings and recommendations from a preliminary investigation into how an NHS organisation manages sudden nursing staff shortfalls. Unexpected staff absences, which can occur on a daily basis, can impact on... Read More about The challenge of rescheduling nursing staff: Informing the development of a mathematical model decision tool.
Squishy logic (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Based on the idea of ‘Squishy Circuits’ from the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), we’re using conductive play dough to create simple logic circuits – AND, OR, and NOT gates – from which computers are built.
Green economy and meeting human needs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
A discussion about the extent to which the sustainable transition paradigm can been human needs.
Nuclear medicine: Workforce development guidance (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sustainability, NGOs, and commerce: An interview with R.M.S. Liberhan, Executive Director of India Habitat Centre (2014)
Journal Article
Sustainability, India, India habitat centre
Tackling the psychological and psychosocial impacts of appearance dissatisfaction: When theory isn’t enough (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Living well within planetary limits
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This workshop discussed the concept of Vivir Bien and how it contributes to sustainability.
Agencies and clients – a very special relationship 3
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Presentation and workshop with agency and client practitioners. The last in a series.
Managing sex offenders in the UK: Challenges for policy and practice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Management of wound infection following total joint replacement (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Presence of superficial wound infection following total joint replacement (TJR) increases risk of deep prosthetic infection and revision surgery. Early identification and management are advocated. We conducted an audit to identify the number of suspe... Read More about Management of wound infection following total joint replacement.
Drones and global technicity (2014)
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This paper (for General Organology conference, http://nootechnics.org/ ) will explore the expansion of military drone usage by Western powers in the “war on terror” over the last decade or so in relation to Bernard Stiegler’s organological approach t... Read More about Drones and global technicity.
Perceptions of socio-ethical stances surrounding massive online open courses (2014)
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Open education provides opportunities for anyone with digital access to engage in learning far beyond the classroom and throughout their lives, although this notion is not without challenges. When learners formally enrol on a course with an instituti... Read More about Perceptions of socio-ethical stances surrounding massive online open courses.
City life makes females fussy: Sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 The Authors. Urbanization is a major driver of the global loss of biodiversity; to mitigate its adverse effects, it is essential to understand what drives species' patterns of habitat use within the urban matrix. While many animal species are... Read More about City life makes females fussy: Sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas.
Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review (2014)
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Background: Some individuals with visible differences have been found to experience psychosocial adjustment problems that can lead to social anxiety and isolation. Various models of psychosocial intervention have been used to reduce social anxiety an... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review.