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Online identity, reputation and professional practice (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hook, A., & Bodell, S. (2010, June). Online identity, reputation and professional practice. Presented at COT Annual Conference 2010, Brighton UK

Verdonck and Ryan (2008) suggest that as occupational therapists we need to embrace technology and move with the times as we “can no longer afford to be technophobes” (p255). Occupational therapists are using the internet to gather information, to en... Read More about Online identity, reputation and professional practice.

Using negotiated assessments in higher education (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hook, A., & Bodell, S. (2010, June). Using negotiated assessments in higher education. Poster presented at COT Annual Conference 2010, Brighton

By negotiating their assessment students gain an opportunity to develop clearer understandings of themselves as learners and their own learning processes within their own cultural and professional environment. Our main consideration in deve... Read More about Using negotiated assessments in higher education.

Design of a magnetorheological robot gripper for handling of delicate food products with varying shapes (2010)
Journal Article
Pettersson, A., Davis, S., Gray, J., & Ohlsson, T. (2010). Design of a magnetorheological robot gripper for handling of delicate food products with varying shapes. Journal of Food Engineering, 98(3), 332-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.11.020

Natural food products are often variable in shape and easily bruised, making them difficult to handle for a robot. In this paper, a novel robot gripper that utilizes the effects of a magnetorheological (MR) fluid is described and evaluated. In the... Read More about Design of a magnetorheological robot gripper for handling of delicate food products with varying shapes.

Central and Eastern European migrant communities in Salford and Bury : Executive summary (2010)
Report
in Salford and Bury : Executive summary

The arrival of Central and Eastern European migrant communities into Salford and Bury has placed extra demand on public services as well as changing the demographic make–up of communities. While there is general awareness on the part of public ser... Read More about Central and Eastern European migrant communities in Salford and Bury : Executive summary.

Central and Eastern European migrant communities in Salford and Bury : Final report (2010)
Report
Scullion, L., & Morris, G. (2010). Central and Eastern European migrant communities in Salford and Bury : Final report

The arrival of Central and Eastern European migrant communities into Salford and Bury has placed extra demand on public services as well as changing the demographic make–up of communities. While there is general awareness on the part of public ser... Read More about Central and Eastern European migrant communities in Salford and Bury : Final report.

An investigation into the relationship between knee axis alignment and swing phase whip during trans-femoral amputee gait (2010)
Thesis
Qa'dan, W. An investigation into the relationship between knee axis alignment and swing phase whip during trans-femoral amputee gait. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Lateral whip, which is defined as sideward motion of the prosthetic heel away from the line of progression during swing phase of gait, is one of the common gait deviations that trans-femoral amputees exhibit during walking. It poses several negativ... Read More about An investigation into the relationship between knee axis alignment and swing phase whip during trans-femoral amputee gait.

The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Slee, S., Bowker, S., Hamilton, A., & Wilkie, T. (2010, May). The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development. Presented at Regional Studies Association Annual International Conference 2010, Pecs, Hungary

There is long-standing recognition of the role cultural and creative industries play in regional development . Creative and cultural activities contribute to development in regeneration, social inclusion, education, vocational training, social entre... Read More about The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development.

Capital structure and earnings manipulation (2010)
Journal Article
Miglo, A. (2010). Capital structure and earnings manipulation. Journal of Economics and Business, 62(5), 367-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2010.05.001

We consider an optimal contract between an entrepreneur and an investor, where the entrepreneur is subject to a double-moral hazard problem (one being the choice of production effort and the other being earnings manipulation). Since the entrepreneur... Read More about Capital structure and earnings manipulation.

Sustainable Flood Retention Basins (SFRB) as adaptive measures (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Yang, Q., Shao, J., McMinn, W., & Scholz, M. (2010, May). Sustainable Flood Retention Basins (SFRB) as adaptive measures. Presented at Strategic Alliance for Integrated Water Management Actions (SAWA) conference, Gothenburg, Sweden

The role of turbulent diffusion on thermal comfort in naturally ventilated buildings (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Kaye, N., Flynn, M., Cook, M., & Ji, Y. (2010, May). The role of turbulent diffusion on thermal comfort in naturally ventilated buildings. Presented at The Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

In recent years there has been considerable effort to develop simple models for wind and buoyancy induced natural ventilation in buildings that can be used to improve existing building thermal simulation tools. These models have been successful at pr... Read More about The role of turbulent diffusion on thermal comfort in naturally ventilated buildings.

ARO: a new model-free optimization algorithm inspired from asexual reproduction (2010)
Journal Article
Farasat, A., Menhaj, M., Mansouri, T., & Moghadam, M. (2010). ARO: a new model-free optimization algorithm inspired from asexual reproduction. Applied Soft Computing, 10(4), 1284-1292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2010.05.011

This paper proposes a new individual based optimization algorithm, which is inspired from asexual reproduction known as a remarkable biological phenomenon, called as Asexual Reproduction Optimization (ARO). ARO can be essentially considered as an evo... Read More about ARO: a new model-free optimization algorithm inspired from asexual reproduction.

Can corporate taxation be explained by limited liability? (2010)
Book Chapter
Miglo, A. (2010). Can corporate taxation be explained by limited liability?. In W. Berube, & C. Pinto (Eds.), Taxation, tax policies and income taxes (201-205). Nova Science

We consider a model where wealth-constrained entrepreneurs have private information about the qualities of available investment projects. We show that some "high risk-high return" projects will receive external financing even if they are not socially... Read More about Can corporate taxation be explained by limited liability?.

Systematic review : role of health promotion in vascular dementia (2010)
Journal Article
Price, R., & Keady, J. (2010). Systematic review : role of health promotion in vascular dementia. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 2(2), 88-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-9824.2010.01053.x

Aims. This narrative synthesis of the literature investigates the areas of vascular dementia and modifiable risk factors in order to identify the evidence base and opportunities for specific health promotion work and nursing involvement. Backgrou... Read More about Systematic review : role of health promotion in vascular dementia.

An Introduction to Periodisation (2010)
Book Chapter
Comfort, P., & Matthews, M. (2013). An Introduction to Periodisation. In P. Comfort, & E. Abrahamson (Eds.), Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118685150.ch9

This chapter contains sections titled: Periodisation Training cycles Application to sports performance Application to rehabilitation Summary References

GloNet front room (2010)
Exhibition / Performance
Sermon, P. GloNet front room. [Telematic Art Installation]. 13 May 2010. (Unpublished)

Step into a living room lovingly created within the GloNet venue, sit on a comfortable armchair, and see someone on the other side of the globe magically transported into the chair next to you. Artist Paul Sermon uses virtual-studio technology to... Read More about GloNet front room.

The use of genetic algorithm for feature selection in video concept detection (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Momtazpour, M., Saraee, M., & Palhang, M. (2010, May). The use of genetic algorithm for feature selection in video concept detection. Presented at The 18th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2010, Isfahan Iran

Video semantic concept detection is considered as an important research problem by the multimedia industry in recent years. Classification is the most accepted method used for concept detection, where, the output of the classification system is inter... Read More about The use of genetic algorithm for feature selection in video concept detection.