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'No place to hide' : stalking victimisation and its psycho-social effects (2016)
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Korkodeilou, J. (2016). 'No place to hide' : stalking victimisation and its psycho-social effects. International Review of Victimology, 23(1), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758016661608

Stalking victimisation has for a long time been ignored and minimised, and it has been traditionally regarded as a rare and mostly ‘celebrity-related’ phenomenon. However, research shows that stalking is far more common, and its impact can be serious... Read More about 'No place to hide' : stalking victimisation and its psycho-social effects.

A pilot trial of compression gloves in early inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
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Hough, Y., Hammond, A., Prior, Y., Jacklin, A., Dooley, M., Perkins, J., & Durkin, C. (2016). A pilot trial of compression gloves in early inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(8 Supp), 91. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616663152

Background: Compression gloves are provided in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to improve hand symptoms and function but there is little evidence for their effectiveness. As a group of Rheumatology Occupational Therapists we were unaware of clinical eviden... Read More about A pilot trial of compression gloves in early inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis.

Tourism communities and social ties : the role of online and offline tourist social networks in building social capital and sustainable practice (2016)
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Dickinson, J., Filimonau, V., Hibbert, J., Cherrett, T., Davies, N., Norgate, S., …Winstanley, C. (2016). Tourism communities and social ties : the role of online and offline tourist social networks in building social capital and sustainable practice. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25(2), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2016.1182538

Mobile connectivity enables the adoption of new ways to connect with social networks which are changing how we might, and could, seek support. In the tourism domain we increasingly blend online and offline presence to engage with social networks in t... Read More about Tourism communities and social ties : the role of online and offline tourist social networks in building social capital and sustainable practice.

A speculative approach to spatial-temporal efficiency with multi-objective optimization in a heterogeneous cloud environment (2016)
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Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Fu, Z., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016). A speculative approach to spatial-temporal efficiency with multi-objective optimization in a heterogeneous cloud environment. Security and Communication Networks, 9(17), 4002-4012. https://doi.org/10.1002/sec.1582

A heterogeneous cloud system, for example, a Hadoop 2.6.0 platform, provides distributed but cohesive services with rich features on large‐scale management, reliability, and error tolerance. As big data processing is concerned, newly built cloud clus... Read More about A speculative approach to spatial-temporal efficiency with multi-objective optimization in a heterogeneous cloud environment.

Considerations in the valuation of urban green space : accounting for user participation (2016)
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Dennis, M., & James, P. (2016). Considerations in the valuation of urban green space : accounting for user participation. Ecosystem Services, 21(Part A), 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.08.003

Within the ecosys­tem ser­vices frame­work, val­u­a­tions of nat­ural cap­i­tal have pri­mar­ily taken a land­scape-scale ap­proach. The gen­er­a­tion of trans­fer­able mon­e­tary val­ues for in­di­vid­ual ecosys­tems has like­wise de­pended on as­se... Read More about Considerations in the valuation of urban green space : accounting for user participation.

Design and analysis of a bio-inspired module-based robotic arm (2016)
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Luo, Z., Shang, J., Wei, G., & Renaut, L. (2016). Design and analysis of a bio-inspired module-based robotic arm. Mechanical Sciences, 7(2), 155-166. https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-7-155-2016

This paper presents a novel bio-inspired modular robotic arm that is purely evolved and developed from a mechanical stem cell. Inspired by stem cell whilst different from the other robot "cell" or "molecule", a fundamental mechanical stem cell is pro... Read More about Design and analysis of a bio-inspired module-based robotic arm.

What does the literature say about the needs of veterans in the areas of health? (2016)
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Hynes, C., & Thomas, M. (2016). What does the literature say about the needs of veterans in the areas of health?. Nurse Education Today, 47, 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.08.001

This paper reports on a systematic review undertaken in 2013 aimed at identifying evidence and dismissing some of the myths surrounding the needs of the veteran community. Papers were retrieved from a wide range of sources to ensure that literature c... Read More about What does the literature say about the needs of veterans in the areas of health?.

Differences in the mechanical characteristics of plantar soft tissue between ulcerated and non-ulcerated foot (2016)
Journal Article
Naemi, R., Chatzistergos, P., Sundar, L., Chockalingam, N., & Ramachandran, A. (2016). Differences in the mechanical characteristics of plantar soft tissue between ulcerated and non-ulcerated foot. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 30(7), 1293-1299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.06.003

Aims The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in mechanical properties of the plantar soft tissue between the ulcerated and non-ulcerated feet in patients with diabetic neuropathy. Methods Thirty nine patients who met the inc... Read More about Differences in the mechanical characteristics of plantar soft tissue between ulcerated and non-ulcerated foot.

Variation in multitrack mixes : analysis of low-level audio signal features (2016)
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Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2016). Variation in multitrack mixes : analysis of low-level audio signal features. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 64(7/8), 466-473. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0029

To further the development of intelligent music production tools, towards generating mixes that would realistically be created by a human mix-engineer, it is important to understand what kind of mixes can be created, and are typically created, by h... Read More about Variation in multitrack mixes : analysis of low-level audio signal features.

Adolescents' health choices, related rights, duties and responsibilities : an integrative review (2016)
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Moilanen, T., Pietila, A., Coffey, M., & Kangasniemi, M. (2018). Adolescents' health choices, related rights, duties and responsibilities : an integrative review. Nursing Ethics, 25(4), 418-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733016654316

Background: Although the link between adolescents’ health choices in relation to rights, duties and responsibilities is acknowledged, little is studied in this subject. Aim: To identify, describe and synthesize previous studies on adolescents’ hea... Read More about Adolescents' health choices, related rights, duties and responsibilities : an integrative review.

The case for the conversational construal (2016)
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Philburn, R. (2016). The case for the conversational construal. Journal of International Scientific Publications : Language, Individual & Society (Online), 10, 25-36

This paper brings together a range of commentary on conversational organisation and work on the notion of the self construal to present an argument for what is termed ‘the conversational construal’. The argument rests on observations around such thin... Read More about The case for the conversational construal.

Sex change and effective population size : implications for population genetic studies in marine fish (2016)
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Coscia, I., Chopelet, J., Waples, R., Mann, B., & Mariani, S. (2016). Sex change and effective population size : implications for population genetic studies in marine fish. Heredity, 117, 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2016.50

Large variance in reproductive success is the primary factor that reduces effective population size (Ne) in natural populations. In sequentially hermaphroditic (‘sex-changing’) fish, the sex ratio is typically skewed and biased toward the ‘first’... Read More about Sex change and effective population size : implications for population genetic studies in marine fish.

Identifying cloud security threats to strengthen cloud computing adoption framework (2016)
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Khan, N., & Al-Yasiri, A. (2016). Identifying cloud security threats to strengthen cloud computing adoption framework. Procedia Computer Science, 94, 485-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2016.08.075

Cloud Computing allows firms to outsource their entire information technology (IT) process, allowing them to concentrate more on their core business to enhance their productivity and innovation in offering services to customers. It allows businesses... Read More about Identifying cloud security threats to strengthen cloud computing adoption framework.

Insights into the migration of the European Roller from ring recoveries (2016)
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Finch, T., Dunning, J., Kiss, O., Račinskis, E., Schwartz, T., Sniauksta, L., …Butler, S. (2016). Insights into the migration of the European Roller from ring recoveries. Journal of Ornithology, 158(1), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-016-1374-y

AbstractDespite recent advances in avian tracking technology, archival devices still present several limitations. Traditional ring recoveries provide a complementary method for studying migratory movements, particularly for cohorts of birds with a lo... Read More about Insights into the migration of the European Roller from ring recoveries.

Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings (2016)
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Torija Martinez, A., Flindell, I., & Self, R. (2016). Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 140(2), 843-854. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4960518

The objective of this paper is to propose and illustrate a simple approach for the selection of frequency weightings for the assessment of environmental and transportation noise. In recent years, the A-frequency weighting has become almost universa... Read More about Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings.

The etemic model of Gypsy Roma Traveller community vulnerability: is it time to rethink our understanding of vulnerability? (2016)
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Heaslip, V., Hean, S., & Parker, J. (2016). The etemic model of Gypsy Roma Traveller community vulnerability: is it time to rethink our understanding of vulnerability?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(17-18), 3426-3435. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13499

Aims and objectives To present a new etemic model of vulnerability. Background Despite vulnerability being identified as a core consequence of health and health experiences, there has been little research exploring the meaning of vulnerability a... Read More about The etemic model of Gypsy Roma Traveller community vulnerability: is it time to rethink our understanding of vulnerability?.

Dementia : an investigation into whether the current process of identifying reasonable adjustment to buildings by access audit is consistent for all disabilities (2016)
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McLean, S. (2016). Dementia : an investigation into whether the current process of identifying reasonable adjustment to buildings by access audit is consistent for all disabilities. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 5(1),

This paper is part of the author’s investigation of disabled access to goods and services, to assess whether current legislation, policing of that legislation and the processes adopted to facilitate the terms of the legislation are delivering as... Read More about Dementia : an investigation into whether the current process of identifying reasonable adjustment to buildings by access audit is consistent for all disabilities.