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Heading into new virtual environments: What skills do design team members need?
Journal Article
Sher, W., Sherratt, S., Williams, A., & Gameson, R. Heading into new virtual environments: What skills do design team members need?. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 14, 17-29

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is increasingly being integrated in the design and management of construction projects. Not only are sophisticated electronic tools being widely used to help construction professionals design and manage... Read More about Heading into new virtual environments: What skills do design team members need?.

'The hive in the cliff: A case study in intergenerational relations'
Journal Article
Fairhurst, E., & Slee, S. 'The hive in the cliff: A case study in intergenerational relations'. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10(3), 246-260. https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2012.699436

This paper reports on a current programme, the Hive in the Cliff, geared towards initiating social and economic renewal in Broughton, Salford, through a culturally led regeneration and conservation programme. Case studeis examined included a focus on... Read More about 'The hive in the cliff: A case study in intergenerational relations'.

Networks among retired British Women in the Costa Blanca : insiders, outsiders, ‘club capital’ and ‘limited liability'
Journal Article
insiders, outsiders, ‘club capital’ and ‘limited liability'. Urbanities - Journal of Urban Ethnography, 2(2), 95-112

Much has been written on the subject of Intra-European retirement migration spanning a range of disciplines
including social policy, sociology, geography, migration studies, tourism, social gerontology, sociology and
anthropology. Such movement — p... Read More about Networks among retired British Women in the Costa Blanca : insiders, outsiders, ‘club capital’ and ‘limited liability'.

Modelling warranty extensions: A case study in the automotive industry
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & Majid, H. Modelling warranty extensions: A case study in the automotive industry. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 225(2), 251-265. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X11401801

Warranty extensions are considered for automotive vehicles. In particular, the expected cost to a manufacturer of an extension to a base warranty is determined, while taking account of the effect of services during the warranty period. To model the e... Read More about Modelling warranty extensions: A case study in the automotive industry.

The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change
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Woods, R., Fernandez, A., & Coen, S. The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change. Public Understanding of Science, 21(3), 323-339. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662510385061

British newspapers have denigrated anthropogenic climate change by misrepresenting scientific consensus and/or framing climate change within unsympathetic discourses. One aspect of the latter that has not been studied is the use of metaphor to dispar... Read More about The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change.

Systematic and just: The use of a systematic review methodology in social work research
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Kelly, C. Systematic and just: The use of a systematic review methodology in social work research. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 15(3), 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1921/095352212X657544

This discussion paper is based on my experiences with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on a 12 day placement as part of the Research Development Initiative 4 (RDI4) program. Claims and counter claims are made about the appropriateness... Read More about Systematic and just: The use of a systematic review methodology in social work research.

An exploration of occupation in nursing home residents with dementia
Journal Article
Morgan-Brown, M., Ormerod, M., Newton, R., & Manley, D. An exploration of occupation in nursing home residents with dementia. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802211X13046730116452

Objectives: This study evaluated the sitting room environment of two nursing homes
in Ireland, using interactive occupation and social engagement as outcome measures
and defining these rooms as occupational spaces.
Method: Snapshot observational r... Read More about An exploration of occupation in nursing home residents with dementia.

Kinematic design of crab-like legged vehicles
Journal Article
Liu, A., & Howard, D. Kinematic design of crab-like legged vehicles. Robotica, 19(01), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574700002861

In this paper, the kinematic workspace characteristics of a
crab-like legged vehicle are investigated using a 2-D model.
The alternative kinematic configurations and their corresponding workspace constraints are discussed, and the
vehicle configurat... Read More about Kinematic design of crab-like legged vehicles.

Radionuclide transfer to reptiles
Journal Article
Wood, M., Beresford, N., Semenov, D., Yankovich, T., & Copplestone, D. Radionuclide transfer to reptiles. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 49(4), 509-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-010-0321-1

Reptiles are an important, and often protected,
component of many ecosystems but have rarely been fully
considered within ecological risk assessments (ERA) due
to a paucity of data on contaminant uptake and effects. This
paper presents a meta-ana... Read More about Radionuclide transfer to reptiles.

Using ordinal logistic regression to evaluate the performance of laser-Doppler predictions of burn-healing time
Journal Article
performance of laser-Doppler predictions of burn-healing time. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9(11), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-9-11

Background

Laser-Doppler imaging (LDI) of cutaneous blood flow is beginning to be used by burn surgeons to predict the healing time of burn wounds; predicted healing time is used to determine wound treatment as either dressings or surgery. In this... Read More about Using ordinal logistic regression to evaluate the performance of laser-Doppler predictions of burn-healing time.