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Assessment of Lead contamination in Peatlands using field portable XRF (2014)
Journal Article
Shuttleworth, E., Evans, M., Hutchinson, S., & Rothwell, J. (2014). Assessment of Lead contamination in Peatlands using field portable XRF. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 225(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1844-2

Ombrotrophic peatlands are highly sensitive to atmospheric heavy metal deposition. Previous attempts to quantify peatland lead pollution have been undertaken using the inventory approach. However, there can be significant within-site spatial heteroge... Read More about Assessment of Lead contamination in Peatlands using field portable XRF.

Simulating acoustic scattering from atmospheric temperature fluctuations using a k-space method (2014)
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Hargreaves, J., Kendrick, P., & von Hünerbein, S. (2014). Simulating acoustic scattering from atmospheric temperature fluctuations using a k-space method. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4835955

This paper describes a numerical method for simulating far-field scattering from small regions of inhomogeneous temperature fluctuations. Such scattering is of interest since it is the mechanism by which acoustic wind velocity profiling devices (Dopp... Read More about Simulating acoustic scattering from atmospheric temperature fluctuations using a k-space method.

Physical and numerical constraints in source modeling for finite difference simulation of room acoustics (2014)
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Sheaffer, J., van Walstijn, M., & Fazenda, B. (2014). Physical and numerical constraints in source modeling for finite difference simulation of room acoustics. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 251-261. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836355

In finite difference time domain simulation of room acoustics, source functions are subject to various constraints. These depend on the way sources are injected into the grid and on the chosen parameters of the numerical scheme being used. This paper... Read More about Physical and numerical constraints in source modeling for finite difference simulation of room acoustics.

Effect of situational, attitudinal and demographic factors on railway vibration annoyance in residential areas (2014)
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Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Sharp, C., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2014). Effect of situational, attitudinal and demographic factors on railway vibration annoyance in residential areas. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 194-204. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836495

Railway induced vibration is an important source of annoyance among residents living in the vicinity of railways. Annoyance increases with vibration magnitude. However, these correlations between the degree of annoyance and vibration exposure are wea... Read More about Effect of situational, attitudinal and demographic factors on railway vibration annoyance in residential areas.

Exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments (2014)
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Sharp, C., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Peris, E., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2014). Exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836115

In this work, exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments are developed, so as to better understand the differences in human response to these two sources of enviro... Read More about Exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to freight and passenger railway vibration exposure in residential environments.

Human response to vibration in residential environments (2014)
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Waddington, D., Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Condie, J., Sica, G., Moorhouse, A., & Steele, A. (2014). Human response to vibration in residential environments. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 182-193. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4836496

This paper presents the main findings of a field survey conducted in the United Kingdom into the human response to vibration in residential environments. The main aim of this study was to derive exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to vi... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments.

Differences in subjective loudness and annoyance depending on the road traffic noise spectrum (2014)
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Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2014). Differences in subjective loudness and annoyance depending on the road traffic noise spectrum. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 135(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4842456

There is at present no consensus about the relative importance of low frequency content in urban road traffic noise. The hypothesis underlying this research is that changes to different parts of the spectrum will have different effects depending on... Read More about Differences in subjective loudness and annoyance depending on the road traffic noise spectrum.

An evaluation of the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire using Rasch analysis (2014)
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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.

Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology (2014)
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Brown, P., Swan, W., & Chahal, S. (2014). Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology. Energy Efficiency, 7(4), 641-653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-013-9245-3

Retrofit has been described as one of the major engineering challenges of the twenty-first century (Kelly 2009). However, the industry needs to look beyond regarding the problem as restricted to the physical upgrade of properties. Asset managers, eng... Read More about Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology.

An experimental evaluation of novelty detection methods (2014)
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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)
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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.

Ex situ diet influences the bacterial community associated with the skin of red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) (2014)
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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)
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Darlington, R. (2014). Strike waves, union growth and the rank-and-file/bureaucracy interplay : Britain 1889-1890, 1910-1913 and 1919-1920. Labor History, 55(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2013.871476

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)
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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’?.

A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player? (2014)
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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?.

Spare parts management: Linking distributional assumptions to demand classification (2014)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules (2014)
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Naray-Davey, S., & Hurley, U. (2014). Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules. International Journal of Arts Education, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9944/CGP/v08i03/57760

This article identifies an intrinsic paradox in creative practice-based degree programmes that use outcome-led curricula and summative assessment in their first year undergraduate practical modules. Offering a personal reflection by two teachers-pra... Read More about Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules.