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Meta-analysis of metabolic cost of amputee walking shows only a marginal improvement in cost when using ESR feet compared to conventional SACH feet (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gardiner, J., Bari, Z., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. (2015, June). Meta-analysis of metabolic cost of amputee walking shows only a marginal improvement in cost when using ESR feet compared to conventional SACH feet. Presented at ISPO World Congress 2015, Lyon, France

Background: Energy storage and return (ESR) prosthetic feet are designed to store strain energy during stance and release that energy during push-off and, hence, promote a more energy efficient gait. However, despite ESR feet being prescribed for app... Read More about Meta-analysis of metabolic cost of amputee walking shows only a marginal improvement in cost when using ESR feet compared to conventional SACH feet.

Online brand community engagement : Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) perspective (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Poor Rezaei, S. (2015, June). Online brand community engagement : Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) perspective. Presented at Researching Social Media : Methods, Frameworks and Insights, Birmingham

The role of online brand communities (OBC) as rich interactive multimedia environment in strategic marketing has dramatically changed over the past 15 years (Baldus, 2015). A wide range of brands has invested on development of these communities to o... Read More about Online brand community engagement : Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) perspective.

Frequency weightings based on subjectively dominant spectral ranges (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Flindell, I., Self, R., & Torija Martinez, A. J. (2015, May). Frequency weightings based on subjectively dominant spectral ranges. Presented at 10th European Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (EuroNoise2015), Maastricht, Holland

The optimisation of frequency weightings for the assessment of environmental and transportation noise has been an enduring research theme, with no real consensus achieved, other than increasing acknowledgement that the widespread adoption of the A-... Read More about Frequency weightings based on subjectively dominant spectral ranges.

Estimating variation in community noise due to variation in aircraft operations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Synodinos, A., Self, R., Flindell, I., & Torija Martinez, A. (2015, May). Estimating variation in community noise due to variation in aircraft operations. Presented at 10th European Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (EuroNoise2015), Maastricht, Holland

Notwithstanding considerable effort by many researchers world-wide, the estimation of community noise due to changes in aircraft fleets and operations remains subject to considerable uncertainty. This paper describes a new taxonomical architecture... Read More about Estimating variation in community noise due to variation in aircraft operations.

Employee cynicism - the role of dispositional envy and gossip engagement (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Chang, K., Kuo, K., Kuo, T., & Quinton, S. (2015, May). Employee cynicism - the role of dispositional envy and gossip engagement. Presented at 17th Congress of European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Oslo, Norway

Purpose: Employee cynicism is characterised by frustration, disillusionment, as well as contempt toward managers. Inspired by self-evaluation-maintenance theory (Tesser, 1988), this research examined the relationship between employee cynicism and tw... Read More about Employee cynicism - the role of dispositional envy and gossip engagement.

Implementing BIM to Streamline a Design, Manufacture and Fitting Workflow. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Machado, M., Underwood, J., & Fleming, A. (2015, May). Implementing BIM to Streamline a Design, Manufacture and Fitting Workflow. Poster presented at Modular and Offsite Construction [MOC] Summit, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Lean and Building Information Modelling (BIM) have synergies. BIM Implementation demands changes in existing process and procedures for design and construction, representing a technology change, but also a process change. Technology should fit organi... Read More about Implementing BIM to Streamline a Design, Manufacture and Fitting Workflow..

Responsive design for personalised subtitles (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, C., Armstrong, M., Jones, R., & Crabb, M. (2015, May). Responsive design for personalised subtitles. Presented at The 12th Web for All Conference, Florence, Italy

The Internet has continued to evolve, becoming increasingly media rich. It is now a major platform for video content, which is available to a variety of users across a range of devices. Subtitles enhance this experience for many users. However, subti... Read More about Responsive design for personalised subtitles.

Managing emergent ethical concerns for software engineering in society (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rashid, A., Moore, K., May-Chahal, C., & Chitchyan, R. (2015, May). Managing emergent ethical concerns for software engineering in society. Presented at IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, Florence, Italy

This paper presents an initial framework for managing emergent ethical concerns during software engineering in society projects. We argue that such emergent considerations can neither be framed as absolute rules about how to act in relation to fixed... Read More about Managing emergent ethical concerns for software engineering in society.

The impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety and stress in people with Parkinson's Disease (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Birtwell, K., & Dubrow-Marshall, L. (2015, May). The impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety and stress in people with Parkinson's Disease. Presented at British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, University of Nottingham

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for people with Parkinson's Disease. Patient involvement was used in the design of the research, and minor adaptations of the MBSR programme were made to ac... Read More about The impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety and stress in people with Parkinson's Disease.

Accelerometer-triggered functional electrical stimulation for recovery of upper limb function in chronic stroke patients : A randomised trial (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Taylor, P., Mann, G., Esnouf, J., Luckie, H., Waring, K., McFadden, C., …Kenney, L. (2015, May). Accelerometer-triggered functional electrical stimulation for recovery of upper limb function in chronic stroke patients : A randomised trial. Presented at 5th Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS) UK and Ireland Chapter, Sheffield University

Novel methods of using accelerometry for upper limb FES control [conference paper] (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sun, M., Howard, D., Kenney, L., Smith, C., Waring, K., & Luckie, H. (2015, May). Novel methods of using accelerometry for upper limb FES control [conference paper]. Presented at 5th Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS) UK & Ireland Chapter : Stimulating Technology for the Future, Sheffield, UK

Introduction: Accelerometry offers a low cost, low power solution to measuring body segment angle (BSA) relative to the gravity vector under quasi-static conditions. BSA may be used as an input to a state-machine based, upper limb functional electric... Read More about Novel methods of using accelerometry for upper limb FES control [conference paper].

On the feasibility of attribute-based encryption on smartphone devices (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ambrosin, M., Conti, M., & Dargahi, T. (2015, May). On the feasibility of attribute-based encryption on smartphone devices. Presented at 2015 Workshop on IoT challenges in Mobile and Industrial Systems (IoT-Sys'15), Florence, Italy

Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE) is a powerful cryptographic tool that allows fine-grained access control over data. Due to its features, ABE has been adopted in several applications, such as encrypted storage or access control systems. Recently, res... Read More about On the feasibility of attribute-based encryption on smartphone devices.

Empty homes research in North West England (2015)
Presentation / Conference
McCourt, A. (2015, April). Empty homes research in North West England. Presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago

Affective response to amplitude modulated wind turbine noise (2015)
Presentation / Conference
von Hünerbein, S., & Piper, B. (2015, April). Affective response to amplitude modulated wind turbine noise. Presented at Wind Turbine Noise 2015, Glasgow

Residents living adjacent to wind farms are exposed to a combination of turbine noise and background noise with all its environmental and local constituents. As the amplitude modulation character in turbine sounds is thought to specifically contribut... Read More about Affective response to amplitude modulated wind turbine noise.

Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. (2015, April). Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism. Presented at Exploring 30 Years of Studio Ghibli: Spirited Discussion, Cardiff University

In the world of Japanese anime, few animators’ works have been appreciated by both communities of scholarship and journalism for their valuable and singular forms of authorship. This paper will focus on one of the most prominent figures, namely Hayao... Read More about Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism.

'Troubled Families’ : Policy continuity and discontinuity? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M. (2015, April). 'Troubled Families’ : Policy continuity and discontinuity?. Presented at British Sociological Association Conference 2015 Societies in Transition : Progression or Regression?, Glasgow Caledonian University

The discourse around families perceived to have complex needs has developed at a policy level, very much reinforced by media representations. The notion of the troubled family has recently been generated as a result of Coalition Government policy... Read More about 'Troubled Families’ : Policy continuity and discontinuity?.

Detailed directivity measurements of aerodynamic sound sources (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Elliott, A., Meggitt, J., & Moorhouse, A. (2015, April). Detailed directivity measurements of aerodynamic sound sources. Presented at Noise and Vibration - Emerging Technologies, Dubrovnik, Croatia

The sound radiated by a vibrating surface can be modelled using combinations of elementary sources but for aerodynamic noise sources it less clear how to do so. It is proposed here that the arrangement and number of ideal sources required to represen... Read More about Detailed directivity measurements of aerodynamic sound sources.

Supporting children & families : A comparison in service delivery (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M., & Smyth, B. (2015, April). Supporting children & families : A comparison in service delivery. Presented at British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) Congress 2015, Edinburgh University

Objectives: This paper aims to present the results of a small scale comparative research project undertaken in 2012 that explored intensive preventative services targeted at children already in, or on the borderline of child protection input. Althoug... Read More about Supporting children & families : A comparison in service delivery.