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Supporting newly qualified nurse transition: A case study in a UK hospital (2015)
Journal Article
Whitehead, B., Owen, P., Henshaw, L., Beddingham, E., & Simmons, M. (2016). Supporting newly qualified nurse transition: A case study in a UK hospital. Nurse Education Today, 36, 58-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.07.008

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Nurse education in the United Kingdom (UK) has been university based since the mid-1990s but despite careful preparation and assessment of student nurses it has been considered necessary to provide a period of additional support for newly... Read More about Supporting newly qualified nurse transition: A case study in a UK hospital.

Modelling of chloride penetration in unsaturated concrete (2015)
Journal Article
Geng, J., Li, L., & Wang, Y. (2015). Modelling of chloride penetration in unsaturated concrete. Advances in cement research, 28(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1680/adcr.15.00003

In this paper, a new model is proposed to describe the coupled transport of ionic species and ionic solution in
unsaturated concrete. The main difference between the present model and most existing models is the inclusion of
osmotic effect due to s... Read More about Modelling of chloride penetration in unsaturated concrete.

The long-term effect of being treated in a geriatric ward compared to an orthopaedic ward on six measures of free-living physical behavior 4 and 12 months after a hip fracture - a randomised controlled trial (2015)
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Taraldsen, K., Thingstad, P., Sletvold, O., Lydersen, S., Granat, M., Chastin, S., & Helbostad, J. (2015). The long-term effect of being treated in a geriatric ward compared to an orthopaedic ward on six measures of free-living physical behavior 4 and 12 months after a hip fracture - a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatrics, 15, 160. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0153-6

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This study is part of the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial, where we compared free-living physical behavior in daily life 4 and 12 months following hip surgery for patients managed with comprehensive geriatric care (CGC) in a geriatric ward... Read More about The long-term effect of being treated in a geriatric ward compared to an orthopaedic ward on six measures of free-living physical behavior 4 and 12 months after a hip fracture - a randomised controlled trial.

Comprehensive non-dimensional normalization of gait data (2015)
Journal Article
Pinzone, O., Schwartz, M., & Baker, R. (2016). Comprehensive non-dimensional normalization of gait data. Gait & Posture, 44, 68-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.11.013

Normalizing clinical gait analysis data is required to remove variability due to physical characteristics such as leg length and weight. This is particularly important for children where both are associated with age. In most clinical centres conventi... Read More about Comprehensive non-dimensional normalization of gait data.

J.F.C. Fuller's assessment of Winston Churchill as grand strategist, 1939-1945 (2015)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (2015). J.F.C. Fuller's assessment of Winston Churchill as grand strategist, 1939-1945. Global war studies (Online), 12(3), 46-81. https://doi.org/10.5893/19498489.120302

It is generally well known that Major-General J.F.C. Fuller was a strong critic of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's grand strategy and strategic decision-making during the Second World War. Historian's of Fuller's life, military theories an... Read More about J.F.C. Fuller's assessment of Winston Churchill as grand strategist, 1939-1945.

Low mislabeling rates indicate marked improvements in European seafood market operations (2015)
Journal Article
operations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13(10), 536-540. https://doi.org/10.1890/150119

Over the span of a decade, genetic identification methods have progressively exposed the inadequacies of the
seafood supply chain, revealing previously unrecognized levels of seafood fraud, raising awareness among the
public, and serving as a warni... Read More about Low mislabeling rates indicate marked improvements in European seafood market operations.

The key factors affecting B2C acceptance in Egypt : an empirical investigation (2015)
Journal Article
Al-Sahouly, I., & Rashid, T. (2015). The key factors affecting B2C acceptance in Egypt : an empirical investigation. International journal of research in management & technology (Print), 5(6), 385-399

This research aims at investigating the effect of interrelated micro-variables (level of trust, perceived security and perceived self-efficacy) and macro-variables (availability of active legislations and technological level) on the acceptance of E-c... Read More about The key factors affecting B2C acceptance in Egypt : an empirical investigation.

Resurrecting information technology adoption models : a theoretic foundation (2015)
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a theoretic foundation. International journal of research in management & technology (Print), 5(6), 400-408

The Information Technology (IT) has generated competing models, each of which has a different set of
adoption and acceptance determinants. This paper includes an overview of the models and theories of
predicting, explaining and understanding the hu... Read More about Resurrecting information technology adoption models : a theoretic foundation.

Does traditional advertising theory apply to the digital world? (2015)
Journal Article
Kerr, G., Schultz, D., Kitchen, P., Mulhern, F., & Beede, P. (2015). Does traditional advertising theory apply to the digital world?. Journal of Advertising Research, 55(4), 390-400. https://doi.org/10.2501/JAR-2015-001

All theory is based on a set of seminal concepts and empirical research that are assumed to be replicable and inviolate over time. Recent changes in technology, consumer habits, demographics, and marketplaces, however, have raised questions about the... Read More about Does traditional advertising theory apply to the digital world?.

A novel neural computing model for fast predicting network traffic (2015)
Journal Article
Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Fu, Z., & Linge, N. (2015). A novel neural computing model for fast predicting network traffic. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 12(12), 6056-6062. https://doi.org/10.1166/jctn.2015.5076

Currently existing web traffic prediction models have the shortages of low accuracy, low stability and slow training speed. Aiming at such problems, this paper proposes a new model to predict the network traffic called MRERPM (MapReduce-based ELM Reg... Read More about A novel neural computing model for fast predicting network traffic.

A battle of wit: applying computational humour to game design (2015)
Journal Article
Dormann, C. (2015). A battle of wit: applying computational humour to game design. Lecture notes in computer science, 9353, 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24589-8_6

There is still a dearth of humour in computer games. To spur the use of humour in games and overcome some of the difficultiesin producing humour, we advance that game design can benefit from research in computational humour. The focus of this paper i... Read More about A battle of wit: applying computational humour to game design.

Connectivity and dispersal patterns of protected biogenic reefs : implications for the conservation of Modiolus modiolus (L.) in the Irish Sea (2015)
Journal Article

Biogenic reefs created by Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (horse mussel reefs) are marine habitats which support high levels of species biodiversity and provide valuable ecosystem services. Currently, M. modiolus reefs are listed as a threatened a... Read More about Connectivity and dispersal patterns of protected biogenic reefs : implications for the conservation of Modiolus modiolus (L.) in the Irish Sea.

Editorial – Blurred Lines : the Contested Nature of Sex Work in a Changing Social Landscape (2015)
Journal Article
Work in a Changing Social Landscape. Graduate Journal of Social Science, 11(2), 4-20

This special edition of the Graduate Journal of Social Science explores the contested nature of the sex industry, a global industry operating within socio-political contexts that have witnessed an array of changes in recent years. The papers in this... Read More about Editorial – Blurred Lines : the Contested Nature of Sex Work in a Changing Social Landscape.

What factors influence Fair Access students to consider university and what do they look for (2015)
Journal Article
Heaslip, V., Hewitt-Taylor, J., Alexander, P., Ellis-Hill, C., & Seibert-Santos, C. (2015). What factors influence Fair Access students to consider university and what do they look for. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 17(4), 67-88. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.17.4.67

This paper reports the findings of a participatory mixed methods study into the perceptions of Fair Access students on the factors which led them to consider accessing Higher Education. The study consisted of focus groups with thirteen first year Fai... Read More about What factors influence Fair Access students to consider university and what do they look for.

The Impact of Refurbishment on Thermal Comfort in Post-war Office Buildings (2015)
Journal Article
Duran, Ö., Taylor, S., & Lomas, K. (2015). The Impact of Refurbishment on Thermal Comfort in Post-war Office Buildings. Energy Procedia, 78, 877-882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.011

Post-war office buildings have been modelled using EnergyPlus to determine the effect on thermal comfort of a range of energy- saving refurbishment measures. The native buildings were found to be thermally uncomfortable in the winter due to low opera... Read More about The Impact of Refurbishment on Thermal Comfort in Post-war Office Buildings.