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Welcome to USIR

Welcome to the University of Salford repository (USIR), an Open Access showcase for the published research output of the university. Our collection contains a wide range of research across multiple formats and subject areas.

Whenever possible, outputs will be made openly available here in full digital format for download, with many under a Creative Commons license. See our Policies for further information https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/policies.



Latest Additions

Nested Cinema Co-creation: Advancing female inclusion through immersive experience innovation and storytelling. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation focuses on the latest stage of the long-term practice-as-research project entitled Nested Cinema, which establishes co-creative practice with female film and media students at the University of Salford. This stage of the research ad... Read More about Nested Cinema Co-creation: Advancing female inclusion through immersive experience innovation and storytelling..

Verified implementations of the Sottek psychoacoustic Hearing Model standardised sound quality metrics (ECMA-418-2 loudness, roughness and tonality (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Metrics for describing perceptual sound qualities have previously been developed from a variety of psychoa- coustic models. The Sottek Hearing Model (SHM) of- fers a holistic approach to characterising perceptual sound quality and the SHM metrics for... Read More about Verified implementations of the Sottek psychoacoustic Hearing Model standardised sound quality metrics (ECMA-418-2 loudness, roughness and tonality.

Unlocking the secrets of Cardiovascular Disease: A DNA code adventure for public engagement and outreach events (2025)
Other

Genetics play a key role in cardiovascular disease, but this is often challenging to explain at outreach and/or public engagement events.

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic condition which affects 1 in 250 people, and patients typical... Read More about Unlocking the secrets of Cardiovascular Disease: A DNA code adventure for public engagement and outreach events.

Build your blood (2025)
Other

“Build your blood” is a hands-on activity which can be easily adapted for public engagement and outreach events.

In this activity, children create their own blood sample using beads, glitter/confetti, and tissue paper to represent red and white bl... Read More about Build your blood.

Citizen Scientists’ Motivation to Participate in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveys: A Case Study on Monitoring Mammals in the UK (2025)
Data

This repository contains data files and scripts used in the analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding data for the study: Broadhurst, H. A., Smith, E. E., Jackman, J. M., Singleton, N., Tansley, D., Raynor, R., ... & McDevitt, A. D. (2025).... Read More about Citizen Scientists’ Motivation to Participate in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveys: A Case Study on Monitoring Mammals in the UK.