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Perception and automatic detection of wind-induced microphone noise (2014)
Journal Article
Jackson, I., Kendrick, P., Cox, T., Fazenda, B., & Li, F. (2014). Perception and automatic detection of wind-induced microphone noise. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 136(3), 1176-1186. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4892772

Wind can induce noise on microphones, causing problems for users of hearing aids and for those making recordings outdoors. Perceptual tests in the laboratory and via the Internet were carried out to understand what features of wind noise are importan... Read More about Perception and automatic detection of wind-induced microphone noise.

Potential-based methodology for active sound control in three dimensional settings (2014)
Journal Article
Lim, H., Utyuzhnikov, S., Lam, Y., & Kelly, L. (2014). Potential-based methodology for active sound control in three dimensional settings. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 136(3), 1101-1111. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4892934

This paper extends a potential-based approach to active noise shielding with preservation of wanted sound in three-dimensional settings. The approach, which was described in a previous publication [Lim et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(2), 717–725 (201... Read More about Potential-based methodology for active sound control in three dimensional settings.

Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health (2014)
Journal Article
Taylor, G., Slade, P., & Herbert, J. (2014). Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health. Infant Behavior and Development, 37(4), 597-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.002

Early infant interest in their mother's face is driven by an experience based face processing system, and is associated with maternal psychological health, even within a non clinical community sample. The present study examined the role of the voice... Read More about Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health.

Barriers to employment for visually impaired women (2014)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., Coufopoulos, A., & Kinghorn, K. (2014). Barriers to employment for visually impaired women. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 7(3), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-06-2013-0022

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore barriers to employment for visually impaired (VI) women and potential solutions to those barriers.

Design/methodology/approach – Mixed methods, comprising three phases; first, exploratory intervie... Read More about Barriers to employment for visually impaired women.

An energy interpretation of the Kirchhoff-Helmholtz boundary integral equation and its application to Sound Field synthesis (2014)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, J., & Lam, Y. (2014). An energy interpretation of the Kirchhoff-Helmholtz boundary integral equation and its application to Sound Field synthesis. Acta acustica united with Acustica, 100(5), 912-920. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918770

Most spatial audio reproduction systems have the constraint that all loudspeakers must be equidistant from the listener, a property which is difficult to achieve in real rooms. In traditional Ambisonics this arises because the spherical harmonic func... Read More about An energy interpretation of the Kirchhoff-Helmholtz boundary integral equation and its application to Sound Field synthesis.

Power and impulse applied during push press exercise (2014)
Journal Article
Lake, J., Mundy, P., & Comfort, P. (2014). Power and impulse applied during push press exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(9), 2552-2559. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000438

Lake, JP, Mundy, PD, and Comfort, P. Power and impulse applied during push press exercise. J Strength Cond Res 28(9): 2552-2559, 2014-The aim of this study was to quantify the load, which maximized peak and mean power, and impulse applied to these lo... Read More about Power and impulse applied during push press exercise.

Media representations of crime and criminal justice (2014)
Journal Article
Birkbeck, C. (2014). Media representations of crime and criminal justice. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.013.15

To date, criminologists have approached the media from a communications perspective that, directly or indirectly, treats them as a powerful social force. However, systematic research (conducted mainly outside but also within criminology) has failed t... Read More about Media representations of crime and criminal justice.

Rapid animal welfare assessment : an archaeological approach (2014)
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Schork, I., & Young, R. (2014). Rapid animal welfare assessment : an archaeological approach. Biology Letters, 10, 20140390. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0390

The welfare of an individual depends on its capacity to overcome suboptimal
conditions in its environment; otherwise, its physical and psychological
health becomes compromised. A situation that clearly indicates lack of control
of the environment... Read More about Rapid animal welfare assessment : an archaeological approach.

Evaluation of vulnerability factors for cyclones : the case of Patuakhali, Bangladesh (2014)
Journal Article
Kulatunga, U., Wedawatta, G., Amaratunga, D., & Haigh, R. (2014). Evaluation of vulnerability factors for cyclones : the case of Patuakhali, Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 9(Sep), 204-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.05.011

Tropical cyclones are considered as the most severe natural disasters in Bangladesh; they cause extensive damage, create losses in the country’s economy, and affect social settings. The impact of natural disasters has been further intensified due to... Read More about Evaluation of vulnerability factors for cyclones : the case of Patuakhali, Bangladesh.

Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry (2014)
Journal Article
Khan, M., Haleem, A., & Arif, M. (2014). Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry. ITSEC international journal of engineering sciences, 1(1), 13-18

Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) is attracting more and more researcher due to its rugged and robust construction and
applications in industrial environments. SRM are most widely used in contrast to induction machines, brushless dc motors,
or othe... Read More about Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry.

Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors (2014)
Journal Article
Akre, V., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2014). Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors. AIMS International journal of management, 8(3), 233-249

Open Source Software (OSS) is a phenomenon that has caused turbulence in
the smooth sail of the Software Development Bandwagon. The OSS movement
was initiated by special interest groups of hackers and developers who
perceived the closed source tra... Read More about Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors.

Negotiating the archive (2014)
Journal Article
Carson, J., & Miller, R. (2014). Negotiating the archive. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 7(3), 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1386/jwcp.7.3.481_1

Collaborative artists Carson & Miller’s project with the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art utilizes their established practice of play. The project explores the physical and conceptual spaces of this museum’s archive. Carson & Miller’s play enc... Read More about Negotiating the archive.

Flood management consideration in sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment in England and Scotland (2014)
Journal Article
Hayes, S., Barker, A., & Jones, C. (2014). Flood management consideration in sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment in England and Scotland. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 16(3), https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333214500252

The impact of flood events in the UK has drawn attention to limitations associated with traditional flood defence regimes. In recognition of this there has been a significant level of advocacy for a systems based approach which assumes a greater role... Read More about Flood management consideration in sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment in England and Scotland.

Universal design for learning : what occupational therapy can contribute (2014)
Journal Article
Collins, B. (2014). Universal design for learning : what occupational therapy can contribute. Occupational therapy now, 16(5), 22 - 23

As an occupational therapist supporting disabled students1
in higher education, I frequently came across barriers that
impacted on students’ ability to succeed in university. I recognised
that many issues were due to an inaccessible educational
e... Read More about Universal design for learning : what occupational therapy can contribute.

Reconstructing textile heritage (2014)
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Calvert, S., Power, E., Ryall, H., & Bills, P. (2014). Reconstructing textile heritage. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 7(3), 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1386/jwcp.7.3.415_1

This article recreates a deteriorating archive, bringing life, opportunity and growth to a collection that is in reality dying. It explores a collection owned by the National Trust at Claydon House in Buckinghamshire. Modern techniques of Infinate Fo... Read More about Reconstructing textile heritage.

That which is not yet there (2014)
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Mills, A., Power, E., Bailey, R., & Walker, M. (2014). That which is not yet there. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 7(3), 517-531. https://doi.org/10.1386/jwcp.7.3.517_1

In 1949 Bretton Hall College was founded as a Teacher Training College designed for the promotion of art education in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It opened with 56 students and by 1964 the college had expanded significantly resulting in an extensiv... Read More about That which is not yet there.

Nursing student's evaluation of a virtual classroom experience in support of their learning Bioscience (2014)
Journal Article
O'Flaherty, J., & Laws, T. (2014). Nursing student's evaluation of a virtual classroom experience in support of their learning Bioscience. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(6), 654-659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2014.07.004

Face-to-face communication with students remains the gold standard in teaching; the effectiveness of this approach to learning is commonly and regularly assessed by students' evaluation of teaching and peer reviews of teaching. Critics note that incr... Read More about Nursing student's evaluation of a virtual classroom experience in support of their learning Bioscience.

Building information modelling : a case study approach to identify readiness criteria for process requirement (2014)
Journal Article
Haron, A., Marshall-Ponting, A., Nawi, M., & Ismail, M. (2014). Building information modelling : a case study approach to identify readiness criteria for process requirement. American-Eurasian journal of sustainable agriculture, 8(7), 85-91

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is defined as an approach to building design and construction through modeling technology,
associated set of processes and people to produce, communicate and analyse building information models. Although the pote... Read More about Building information modelling : a case study approach to identify readiness criteria for process requirement.

Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants : a semiparametric smooth coefficient model (2014)
Journal Article
Heshmati, A., Kumbhakar, S., & Sun, K. (2014). Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants : a semiparametric smooth coefficient model. Energy Economics, 45, 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2014.08.019

This paper analyzes the impact of load factor, facility and generator types on the productivity of Korean electric power plants. In order to capture important differences in the effect of load policy on power output, we use a semiparametric smooth co... Read More about Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants : a semiparametric smooth coefficient model.