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Barriers to women in the UK construction industry (2010)
Journal Article
Worrall, L., Harris, K., Stewart, R., Thomas, A., & McDermott, P. (2010). Barriers to women in the UK construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 17(3), 268-281. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699981011038060

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the main barriers that lead to the under-representation of women in the UK construction industry. The study, funded by ConstructionSkills, seeks to explore the issues that women face and investigate the potential... Read More about Barriers to women in the UK construction industry.

An investigation into the relationship between digit length ratio (2D: 4D) and psychopathy (2010)
Journal Article
Blanchard, A., & Lyons, M. (2010). An investigation into the relationship between digit length ratio (2D: 4D) and psychopathy. British Journal of Forensic Practice, 12(2), 23-31. https://doi.org/10.5042/bjfp.2010.0183

This study investigates whether a higher level of pre‐natal testosterone, as indicated by the 2D: 4D digit ratio, is a correlate of psychopathy and cognitive empathy. The main research hypothesis predicts that 2D: 4D digit ratios will correlate negat... Read More about An investigation into the relationship between digit length ratio (2D: 4D) and psychopathy.

Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2010, April). Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance. Presented at GARNET (Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: The Role of the EU ) conference ‘The European Union in International Affairs’, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels

This paper evaluates the EU’s influence in shaping the global governance for telecommunications and the Internet. Through analyzing EU behavior within an actorness framework, we demonstrate how the external opportunity structure and the EU’s internal... Read More about Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance.

Dark solitons at nonlinear interfaces (2010)
Journal Article
Sanchez-Curto, J., Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2010). Dark solitons at nonlinear interfaces. Optics Letters, 35(9), 1347-1349. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.001347

The refraction of dark solitons at a planar boundary separating two defocusing Kerr media is simulated and analyzed, for the first time (to our knowledge). Analysis is based on the nonlinear Helmholtz equation and is thus valid for any angle of incid... Read More about Dark solitons at nonlinear interfaces.

Smoke, mirrors, and mislabeled cod : poor transparency in the European seafood industry (2010)
Journal Article
Miller, D., & Mariani, S. (2010). Smoke, mirrors, and mislabeled cod : poor transparency in the European seafood industry. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(10), 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1890/090212

Accurate seafood labels can play a role in encouraging sustainable fisheries operation, by helping consumers to correctly identify the origins of seafood products, and thereby allowing them to make informed, responsible purchasing decisions. Yet, the... Read More about Smoke, mirrors, and mislabeled cod : poor transparency in the European seafood industry.

"Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Haywood, P., & Ingleson, S. (2010, April). "Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal. Presented at Claiming Creativity: Art Education in Cultural Transition, Chicago, USA

Ambitious and elusive goals are becoming common place in the artists’ brief and yet the core motive of the practitioner remains the process and discovery of new creativity and artistic output. This paper will draw on the experience of a number of pro... Read More about "Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal.

‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Heald, K., Liggett, S., Tranter, R., & Poole, R. (2010, April). ‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration. Presented at Claiming Creativity: Art Education in Cultural Transition, Chicago, USA

This research explores, psychoanalyst/linguist/philosopher, Julia Kristeva’s concept that female subjectivity seems linked to both cyclical time (menstruation/pregnancy/repetition) and monumental time in sense of eternity (motherhood/reproduction/gen... Read More about ‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration.

Consuming the Olympics: the fan, the rights holder and the law (2010)
Journal Article
James, M., & Osborn, G. (2010). Consuming the Olympics: the fan, the rights holder and the law

The London Olympic Games and Paralympics Act 2006 (the Act) received its Royal Assent on 30 March 2006, well over six years before the Games themselves are due to begin. The early passing of this Act is partly to ensure that the Olympic Delivery Auth... Read More about Consuming the Olympics: the fan, the rights holder and the law.

An exploration of the clinical learning experience of nursing students in nine European countries (2010)
Journal Article
Warne, T., Johansson, U., Papastavrou, E., Tichelaar, E., Tomietto, M., Van den Bossche, K., …Saarikoski, M. (2010). An exploration of the clinical learning experience of nursing students in nine European countries. Nurse Education Today, 30(8), 809-815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.03.003

The overall aim of the study was to develop a composite and comparative view of what factors enhance the learning experiences of student nurses whilst they are in clinical practice. The study involved students undertaking general nurse training prog... Read More about An exploration of the clinical learning experience of nursing students in nine European countries.

Feedback conversations in a blended classroom (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Nerantzi, C., Currant, N., Avramenko, A., & Harvey, V. (2010, April). Feedback conversations in a blended classroom. Presented at Developing Assessment and Feedback for Effective Learning, London

Providing and receiving feedback is a hot issue for some time now in Higher Education. Does it have to be this way? Is there anything we can do, and should do, to enhance the feedback experience of our students and make it more meaningful? Where do w... Read More about Feedback conversations in a blended classroom.

Perceptions of Diagnostic Labels in Forensic Psychiatric Practice: A Survey of Differences Between Nurses and Other Disciplines (2010)
Journal Article
Mason, T., Caulfield, M., Hall, R., & Melling, K. (2010). Perceptions of Diagnostic Labels in Forensic Psychiatric Practice: A Survey of Differences Between Nurses and Other Disciplines. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 31(5), 336-344. https://doi.org/10.3109/01612840903398727

This paper reports on a study of nurses’ and non-nurses’ perceptions of labels of mental illness and personality disorder in forensic services in the UK. The objectives of the study were to establish if differences in perceptions existed within, and... Read More about Perceptions of Diagnostic Labels in Forensic Psychiatric Practice: A Survey of Differences Between Nurses and Other Disciplines.

Internal rhyme (2010)
Book
Thurston, S. (2010). Internal rhyme. Exeter UK: Shearsman Books

Internal Rhyme is a sequence in four parts which continues the author’s preoccupation with time and process as compositional elements. The book also explores how meaning can change when viewed from different perspectives as each poem in the book can... Read More about Internal rhyme.

Lean construction, building information modelling and sustainability (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Owen, R., & Dave, B. (2010, April). Lean construction, building information modelling and sustainability. Presented at ERACOBUILD workshop on BIM and Lean, Malmö, Sweden

This paper investigates the mutual relations of three current drivers of construction: lean construction, building information modelling and sustainability. These drivers are based on infrequently occurring changes, only incidentally simultaneous, in... Read More about Lean construction, building information modelling and sustainability.

Mediating low carbon urban transitions (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2010, April). Mediating low carbon urban transitions. Presented at American Association of Geographers, Washington, DC. USA

Fluid structure interaction of submerged metallic and composite plates subjected to low velocity impact loading (2010)
Journal Article
Hampson, P., & Moatamedi, M. (2010). Fluid structure interaction of submerged metallic and composite plates subjected to low velocity impact loading. International Journal of Crashworthiness, 15(1), 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/13588260902986036

An instrumented low velocity impact rig has been used to acquire experimental data for impacts in air and underwater for both metallic and composite plates when subjected to a low velocity drop-weight impact with a 2kg steel impactor. Initial impact... Read More about Fluid structure interaction of submerged metallic and composite plates subjected to low velocity impact loading.

The use of integrated constructed wetlands for the treatment of swine wastewaters (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Harrington, C., Scholz, M., Culleton, N., & Lawlor, P. (2010, April). The use of integrated constructed wetlands for the treatment of swine wastewaters. Presented at British Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting ‘Food, Feed, Energy and Fibre from Land - a vision for 2020, Belfast, Northern Ireland