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An evaluation of the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire using Rasch analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Munyombwe, T., Höfer, S., Fitzsimons, D., Thompson, D., Lane, D., Smith, K., & Astin, F. (2014). An evaluation of the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire using Rasch analysis. Quality of Life Research, 23(6), 1753-1765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0617-0

Purpose
The symptom burden of heart failure is significant and impacts upon health-related quality of life. The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is widely used in clinical practice to measure self-reported health-related qua... Read More about An evaluation of the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire using Rasch analysis.

An experimental evaluation of novelty detection methods (2014)
Journal Article
Ding, X., Li, Y., Belatreche, A., & Maguire, L. (2014). An experimental evaluation of novelty detection methods. Neurocomputing, 135, 313-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2013.12.002

Novelty detection is especially important for monitoring safety-critical systems in which novel conditions rarely occur and knowledge about novelty in that system is often limited or unavailable. There are a large number of studies in the area of nov... Read More about An experimental evaluation of novelty detection methods.

Understanding student satisfaction and dissatisfaction : an interpretive study in the UK higher education context (2014)
Journal Article
Douglas, J., Douglas, A., McClelland, R., & Davies, J. (2015). Understanding student satisfaction and dissatisfaction : an interpretive study in the UK higher education context. Studies in Higher Education, 40(2), 329-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2013.842217

This article represents a cross-sectional study of undergraduate students across two north-west university business schools in the UK. A purposefully designed questionnaire was collected from 350 students. The student experience was described in the... Read More about Understanding student satisfaction and dissatisfaction : an interpretive study in the UK higher education context.

Scottish slang (2014)
Book Chapter

As Görlach has observed, ‘There is no dictionary or comprehensive monograph devoted to Scottish slang’ (2002: 119). This lacuna can be partially explained by the history of attitudes to the two language varieties known as Scots and Scottish English,... Read More about Scottish slang.

Ex situ diet influences the bacterial community associated with the skin of red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) (2014)
Journal Article
Antwis, R., Haworth, R., Engelmoer, D., Ogilvy, V., Fidgett, A., & Preziosi, R. (2014). Ex situ diet influences the bacterial community associated with the skin of red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas). PLoS ONE, 9(1), e85563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085563

Amphibians support symbiotic bacterial communities on their skin that protect against a range of infectious pathogens, including the amphibian chytrid fungus. The conditions under which amphibians are maintained in captivity (e.g. diet, substrate, en... Read More about Ex situ diet influences the bacterial community associated with the skin of red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas).

Strike waves, union growth and the rank-and-file/bureaucracy interplay : Britain 1889-1890, 1910-1913 and 1919-1920 (2014)
Journal Article

Gerald Friedman's Reigniting the Labor Movement was a highly ambitious, unashamedly partisan, historical and transnational comparative analysis of the rise and demise of the labour movement, which identified the way in which rank-and-file workers' sp... Read More about Strike waves, union growth and the rank-and-file/bureaucracy interplay : Britain 1889-1890, 1910-1913 and 1919-1920.

Audio feedback to physiotherapy students for viva voce : how effective is ‘the living voice’? (2014)
Journal Article
Munro, W., & Hollingworth, L. (2014). Audio feedback to physiotherapy students for viva voce : how effective is ‘the living voice’?. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 39(7), 865-878. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2013.873387

Assessment and feedback remains one of the categories that students are least satisfied with within the United Kingdom National Student Survey. The Student Charter promotes the use of various formats of feedback to enhance student learning. This stud... Read More about Audio feedback to physiotherapy students for viva voce : how effective is ‘the living voice’?.

Getting under the skin-whitening cultures : discourses, rhetoric and representations across text types and media in Taiwan in the early 21st century (2014)
Thesis

This thesis concerns the ways in which the importance of practicing skin whitening is promoted and represented in newspaper advertorial articles and visual advertisements across different media in contemporary Taiwan, approximately between 2008 and 2... Read More about Getting under the skin-whitening cultures : discourses, rhetoric and representations across text types and media in Taiwan in the early 21st century.

A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player? (2014)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & McHale, I. (2014). A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player?. European Journal of Operational Research, 236(2), 677-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.12.028

We present a methodology for fitting time-varying paired comparisons models in which the parameters are allowed to vary deterministically, as opposed to stochastically, with time. Our dynamic paired comparisons model is based on a new closed-form for... Read More about A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player?.

Politicians, personal image and the construction of political identity : a comparative study of the UK and Italy (2014)
Book

Is the media obsession with image leading to a degeneration of politics? Are politicians more concerned with their appearances than with policy substance? By relying on the frank and colorful voices of over 50 politicians across the UK and Italy, th... Read More about Politicians, personal image and the construction of political identity : a comparative study of the UK and Italy.

Spare parts management: Linking distributional assumptions to demand classification (2014)
Journal Article
Lengu, D., Syntetos, A., & Babai, M. (2014). Spare parts management: Linking distributional assumptions to demand classification. European Journal of Operational Research, 235(3), 624-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.12.043

Spare parts are known to be associated with intermittent demand patterns and such patterns cause considerable problems with regards to forecasting and stock control due to their compound nature that renders the normality assumption invalid. Compound... Read More about Spare parts management: Linking distributional assumptions to demand classification.

Influence of footwear designed to boost energy return on the kinetics and kinematics of running compared to conventional running shoes (2014)
Journal Article
Sinclair, J., Franks, C., Goodwin, J., Naemi, R., & Chockalingam, N. (2014). Influence of footwear designed to boost energy return on the kinetics and kinematics of running compared to conventional running shoes. Comparative Exercise Physiology, 10(3), 199–206. https://doi.org/10.3920/CEP140010

Runners have sought to utilise athletic footwear as one of the mechanisms by which they might attenuate their risk of injury and improve their performance. New commercially available footwear which claims to boost energy return have been designed uti... Read More about Influence of footwear designed to boost energy return on the kinetics and kinematics of running compared to conventional running shoes.

Mobile shopping behaviour: insights into attitudes, shopping process involvement and location (2014)
Journal Article
Holmes, A., Byrne, A., & Rowley, J. (2014). Mobile shopping behaviour: insights into attitudes, shopping process involvement and location. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 42(1), 25-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-10-2012-0096

Purpose
Although there is evidence that adoption of mobile shopping has been slow, the increased functionality offered by smart phones offers significant potential for the development of marketing and retailing through the mobile channel. The purpos... Read More about Mobile shopping behaviour: insights into attitudes, shopping process involvement and location.