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Achieving social value through construction frameworks : the effect of client attributes (2017)
Journal Article
Awuzie, B., Farag, F., & McDermott, P. (2017). Achieving social value through construction frameworks : the effect of client attributes. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 171(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.17.00009

The UK Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 mandates public sector construction clients to prioritise the resolution of social challenges through procurement. Accordingly, clients are increasingly committing to delivering on social value through c... Read More about Achieving social value through construction frameworks : the effect of client attributes.

Biodiversity defrosted : unveiling non-compliant fish trade in ethnic food stores (2017)
Journal Article
Di Muri, C., Vandamme, S., Peace, C., Barnes, W., & Mariani, S. (2018). Biodiversity defrosted : unveiling non-compliant fish trade in ethnic food stores. Biological Conservation, 217, 419-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.11.028

Out of nearly 30,000 teleosts dwelling in our planet’s water bodies, only hundreds of them are commercially exploited and prevail on the global food market. Yet, our estimates of the species actually underpinning global trade is severely hampered by... Read More about Biodiversity defrosted : unveiling non-compliant fish trade in ethnic food stores.

Exploring the impact of hand movement delays and hand appearance on myoelectric prosthesis embodiment using immersive virtual reality (2017)
Journal Article
Hodrien, A., Galpin, A., Roberts, D., & Kenney, L. (2017). Exploring the impact of hand movement delays and hand appearance on myoelectric prosthesis embodiment using immersive virtual reality. Annual review of cybertherapy and telemedicine (Print), 15,

Prosthesis embodiment, the feeling of a prosthesis being part of the user, is reported by some prosthesis users. Myoelectric prostheses are electrically powered which produce a delay with fixed and variable components. The latter introduces uncertain... Read More about Exploring the impact of hand movement delays and hand appearance on myoelectric prosthesis embodiment using immersive virtual reality.

Setting an example? (2017)
Journal Article
Osaji, E., Glew, D., & Johnston, D. (2017). Setting an example?. CIBSE journal, 34-35

There is endemic UK government non-compliance with Display Energy Certificates and Advisory Reports, say Leeds Beckett University researchers, who explain why.

Comparing the effects of two distinct eccentric modalities to traditional resistance training in resistance trained, higher functioning older adults (2017)
Journal Article
Gluchowski, A., Dulson, D., Merien, F., Plank, L., & Harris, N. (2017). Comparing the effects of two distinct eccentric modalities to traditional resistance training in resistance trained, higher functioning older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 98, 224-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2017.08.034

Background The effects of eccentric resistance exercise are of interest in the older adult cohort, but to our knowledge, there is no research on the relative effects of different eccentric modalities on a range of outcomes in higher functioning, res... Read More about Comparing the effects of two distinct eccentric modalities to traditional resistance training in resistance trained, higher functioning older adults.

Peculiarities in the development of special economic zones and industrial parks in Russia (2017)
Journal Article
Sosnovskikh, S. (2017). Peculiarities in the development of special economic zones and industrial parks in Russia. European Journal of Geography, 8(4), 82-102

This paper investigates the process of developing and implementing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and industrial parks in Russia. Governments commonly use SEZ policies to develop and diversify exports, create jobs, and launch technology and knowledge... Read More about Peculiarities in the development of special economic zones and industrial parks in Russia.

Improving the energy efficiency for the WBSN bottleneck zone based on random linear network coding (2017)
Journal Article
Al Shaheen, H., & Takruri-Rizk, H. (2018). Improving the energy efficiency for the WBSN bottleneck zone based on random linear network coding. IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 8(1), 17-25. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-wss.2017.0056

The reduction of energy consumption and the successful delivery of data are important for the Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN). Many studies have been proposed to improve energy efficiency, but most of them have not focussed on the biosensor nodes... Read More about Improving the energy efficiency for the WBSN bottleneck zone based on random linear network coding.

Campylobacter jejuni transcriptome changes during loss of culturability in water (2017)
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Bronowski, C., Mustafa, K., Goodhead, I., James, C., Nelson, C., Lucaci, A., …Winstanley, C. (2017). Campylobacter jejuni transcriptome changes during loss of culturability in water. PLoS ONE, 12(11), e0188936. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188936

Background: Water serves as a potential reservoir for Campylobacter, the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. However, little is understood about the mechanisms underlying variations in survival characteristics between different st... Read More about Campylobacter jejuni transcriptome changes during loss of culturability in water.

Employer's management of employees affected by cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Amir, Z., Popa, A., Tamminga, S., Munir, F., & de Boer, A. (2017). Employer's management of employees affected by cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 26(3), 681-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3998-8

Return to work (RTW) following treatment can be problematic for cancer survivors. Although some people affected by cancer are able to continue working, a greater proportion of these survivors end up unemployed, retire early or change jobs than those... Read More about Employer's management of employees affected by cancer.

Development of advanced temperature distribution model in hot-mix asphalt patch repair (2017)
Journal Article
Byzyka, J., Chamberlain, D., & Rahman, M. (2017). Development of advanced temperature distribution model in hot-mix asphalt patch repair. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 172(4), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.17.00022

The performance of hot-mix asphalt patch repair is greatly reduced due to inferior compaction at the interface. It is known that the faster loss of temperature at the interface is one of the primary reasons for inferior compaction. A novel controlled... Read More about Development of advanced temperature distribution model in hot-mix asphalt patch repair.

Optimized superpixel and AdaBoost classifier for human thermal face recognition (2017)
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Ibrahim, A., Tharwat, A., & Gaber, T. (2018). Optimized superpixel and AdaBoost classifier for human thermal face recognition. Signal, Image and Video Processing, 12(4), 711-719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-017-1212-6

Infrared spectrum-based human recognition systems offer straightforward and robust solutions for achieving an excellent performance in uncontrolled illumination. In this paper, a human thermal face recognition model is proposed. The model consists of... Read More about Optimized superpixel and AdaBoost classifier for human thermal face recognition.

International researcher mobility and knowledge transfer in the social sciences and humanities (2017)
Journal Article
Coey, C. (2017). International researcher mobility and knowledge transfer in the social sciences and humanities. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 16(2), 208-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2017.1401918

This article explores knowledge outcomes of international researcher mobility in the social sciences and humanities. Looking in particular at international experiences of longer durations in the careers of European PhD graduates, it proposes a threef... Read More about International researcher mobility and knowledge transfer in the social sciences and humanities.

Excavating ‘Hell Upon Earth’ towards a research framework for the archaeological investigation of workers’ housing : case studies from Manchester, UK (2017)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2017). Excavating ‘Hell Upon Earth’ towards a research framework for the archaeological investigation of workers’ housing : case studies from Manchester, UK. Industrial Archaeology Review, 39(2), 85-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2017.1387355

This paper uses 16 years of targeted fieldwork on excavating workers’ housing in the Manchester region, UK, to assess a variety of research approaches to the investigation of urban industrial housing of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. M... Read More about Excavating ‘Hell Upon Earth’ towards a research framework for the archaeological investigation of workers’ housing : case studies from Manchester, UK.

Unloading shoes for intermittent claudication : a randomised crossover trial. (2017)
Journal Article
Tew, G., Shalan, A., Jordan, A., Cook, L., Coleman, E., Fairhurst, C., …Thompson, A. (2017). Unloading shoes for intermittent claudication : a randomised crossover trial. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 17(1), 283. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0716-x

Background The purpose of this study was to assess the functional effects and acceptability of rocker-soled shoes that were designed to relatively “unload” the calf muscles during walking in people with calf claudication due to peripheral arteria... Read More about Unloading shoes for intermittent claudication : a randomised crossover trial..

Transmission of medical messages of patient using control signal of cellular network (2017)
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Aal-Nouman, M., Takruri-Rizk, H., & Hope, M. (2018). Transmission of medical messages of patient using control signal of cellular network. Telematics and Informatics, 35(1), 267-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2017.11.008

The healthcare system needs to track and monitor patients’ status and information. One of the most important requirements is that the patient is able to access the service anywhere at any time. Systems are being developed using the Internet to monito... Read More about Transmission of medical messages of patient using control signal of cellular network.

Comparing contact calling between black tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) in a noisy urban environment and in a quiet forest (2017)
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Santos, S., Duarte, M., Sousa-Lima, R., & Young, R. (2017). Comparing contact calling between black tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) in a noisy urban environment and in a quiet forest. International Journal of Primatology, 38, 1130-1137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s1076

All habitats have some level of noise but anthropogenic sounds such as those produced by traffic are structurally different from natural sounds, and could cause organisms living in noisy urban areas to modify their vocal communication. We compared te... Read More about Comparing contact calling between black tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) in a noisy urban environment and in a quiet forest.