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A survey of environmental performance enhancement strategies and building data capturing techniques in the Nigerian context (2023)
Journal Article
Nigerian context. Buildings, 13(2), 452. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020452

Abstract: The need to improve the performance of Nigeria’s office buildings is due to, energy challenges, increasing population, changing user needs, and climate change. With the expansion of several Nigerian cities, existing buildings constitute a... Read More about A survey of environmental performance enhancement strategies and building data capturing techniques in the Nigerian context.

A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff : evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions (2022)
Journal Article
Holloway, C., Munro, N., Cossburn, K., & Ropar, D. (2022). A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff : evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-11-2021-0159

Purpose Autistic people have reported particularly negative experiences in police custody, which can lead to significant long-term personal and legal consequences. Research has suggested providing autism training to police forces would help impr... Read More about A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff : evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions.

A cross-sectional analysis of the muscle strength, spinal shrinkage, and recovery during a working day of military police officers (2021)
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Hoflinger, F., Rodacki, A. L. F., Tavares, J. M., Fadel Neto, M. I., Paulo, A. C., Fowler, N. E., & Rodacki, C. L. N. (2021). A cross-sectional analysis of the muscle strength, spinal shrinkage, and recovery during a working day of military police officers. Journal of occupational health, 63(1), e12297. https://doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12297

Objective: Military personnel has a large prevalence of back pain, especially those involved in patrolling routines, as they wear heavy protective equipment. Patrolling includes long periods of sustaining the protective equipment in a sitting or in a... Read More about A cross-sectional analysis of the muscle strength, spinal shrinkage, and recovery during a working day of military police officers.

Lockdown learning : the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges (2021)
Journal Article
Power, E., Hawkins, D., & Lawrence, A. (2021). Lockdown learning : the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges. Innovative practice in higher education, 115-138

This paper explores three-key issues related to the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges within a UK higher education institution during the COVID pandemic. It is widely accepted that university graduates must be work-... Read More about Lockdown learning : the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges.

Running costs indices for commercial buildings using the hedonic price imputation approach: a case of Sri Lanka (2021)
Journal Article
Hemba Geekiyanage, M., & Ramachandra, T. (in press). Running costs indices for commercial buildings using the hedonic price imputation approach: a case of Sri Lanka. Construction Management and Economics, 39(8), 704-721. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2021.1950790

Running expenses of a building consume a substantial share of its total life cycle cost and range between 70 and 80% in commercial buildings. Despite this, investment decisions are primarily based on construction costs due to the absence of a reliabl... Read More about Running costs indices for commercial buildings using the hedonic price imputation approach: a case of Sri Lanka.

Sentiment analysis in English texts (2020)
Journal Article
Alshamsi, A., Bayari, R., & Salloum, S. (in press). Sentiment analysis in English texts. Advances in science, technology and engineering systems journal, 5(6), 1683-1689. https://doi.org/10.25046/aj0506200

The growing popularity of social media sites has generated a massive amount of data that attracted researchers, decision-makers, and companies to investigate people’s opinions and thoughts in various fields. Sentiment analysis is considered an emergi... Read More about Sentiment analysis in English texts.

The use of self-reflection for enhanced enterprise education : a case study (2020)
Journal Article
Clarke, A., Cornes, C., & Ferry, N. (2020). The use of self-reflection for enhanced enterprise education : a case study. Education and Training, 62(5), 581-598. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-03-2019-0050

Purpose A case study was undertaken to evaluate the use of self-reflection in enterprise education in a UK university, where the taught content was tailored to ensure relevance to the students who were from a variety of subject disciplines. Desi... Read More about The use of self-reflection for enhanced enterprise education : a case study.

The view from Salford : perspectives on scholarly communications from a research-informed university (2020)
Journal Article
Bayjoo, J., Broadhurst, D., Clay, D., & Smith, E. (2020). The view from Salford : perspectives on scholarly communications from a research-informed university. Insights, 33, https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.511

This article presents a range of perspectives on the current state of the scholarly communications sector through the lens of a research-informed university, beginning with a short overview of research at the University of Salford and followed by our... Read More about The view from Salford : perspectives on scholarly communications from a research-informed university.

Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers (2020)
Journal Article
Stężycka, P., & Etherington, S. (2020). Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers. TESL-EJ (Berkeley, Calif.), 24(1),

The current study aimed at investigating the motivation of Polish EFL teachers working in state secondary schools in Poland. In order to collect research data, a mixed-methods approach involving the use of quantitative and qualitative research instru... Read More about Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers.

The increasing significance of impact within the Research Excellence Framework (REF) (2020)
Journal Article
Sutton, E. (2020). The increasing significance of impact within the Research Excellence Framework (REF). Radiography, 26(Sup 2), S17-S19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.02.004

Introduction The UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a performance-based research funding system that was introduced in 2014. REF is a process of expert review in universities which assesses the quality and reach of research across higher... Read More about The increasing significance of impact within the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Review of the efficacy of ultraviolet C for surface decontamination (2020)
Journal Article
Elgujja, A., Altalhi, H., & Ezreqat, S. (2020). Review of the efficacy of ultraviolet C for surface decontamination. Journal of nature and science of medicine (Print), 3(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.4103/jnsm.jnsm_21_19

Evidence has shown that the state of the patient care environment has a direct impact on heightening the risks of hospital-acquired infections among patients admitted in hospitals. Moreover in view of the suboptimal standard of cleanings by housekeep... Read More about Review of the efficacy of ultraviolet C for surface decontamination.

A systematic literature review for understanding the antecedents of the Digital Open Government matrix (2020)
Journal Article
Alenizi, A. (2020). A systematic literature review for understanding the antecedents of the Digital Open Government matrix. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 16(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijegr.2020010101

Developed and developing nations are increasingly focused on implementing Digital Open Government (DOG) systems with the purpose of fostering community engagement, citizen participation, accountability, growth and development, better public services,... Read More about A systematic literature review for understanding the antecedents of the Digital Open Government matrix.

Review of the efficacy of UVC for surface decontamination (2019)
Journal Article
Elgujja, A., Altalhi, H., & Ezreqat, S. (2019). Review of the efficacy of UVC for surface decontamination. https://doi.org/10.4103/JNSM.JNSM_21_19

Evidence has shown that the state of the patient care environment has a direct impact in heightening the risks of hospital acquired infections among patients admitted in hospitals. And in view of the sub-optimal standard of cleanings by housekeeping... Read More about Review of the efficacy of UVC for surface decontamination.

Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions in shaped weft-knitwear (2019)
Journal Article
Power, E., & Almond, K. (2019). Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions in shaped weft-knitwear. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 12(2), 225-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2019.1573439

This research explores and quantifies the relationship between traditional mathematical theories used for the calculation of fully-fashioned, weft-knitwear and the physical measurements of knitted garments in order to improve sizing accuracy within k... Read More about Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions in shaped weft-knitwear.

A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics (2018)
Journal Article
Harris, W., Langan, A., Barrett, N., Jack, K., Wibberley, C., & Hamshire, C. (2018). A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics. Studies in Higher Education, 44(12), 2281-2292. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1490893

Benchmarking is used in higher education as a means to improve and compare performance. Comparative metric benchmarks may take two forms, based on direct standardization (DS) or indirect standardization (IS). DS can be used to measure variation in pe... Read More about A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics.

Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library (2018)
Journal Article
Carlton, S., & Francis, I. (2018). Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library. Art Libraries Journal, 43(02), 101-105. https://doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.9

Salford Zine Library is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collection of approximately 2,000 zines and other self-published materials housed at Nexus Art Café in Manchester. The makeup of the collection, the way it has been built and its comparatively l... Read More about Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library.

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.

A best-practice model for integrating interdisciplinarity into the higher education student experience (2017)
Journal Article
Power, E., & Handley, J. (2017). A best-practice model for integrating interdisciplinarity into the higher education student experience. Studies in Higher Education, 44(3), 554-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1389876

Today's global society creates an environment characterised by complex problems, solutions to which require transcendence of traditional discipline-based boundaries, and new forms of knowledge-sharing. Higher education (HE) has a central role in inte... Read More about A best-practice model for integrating interdisciplinarity into the higher education student experience.