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Intellectual styles : measurement and assessment (2011)
Book Chapter
Cassidy, S. (2011). Intellectual styles : measurement and assessment. In L. Zhang, R. Sternberg, & S. Rayner (Eds.), Handbook of Intellectual Styles: Preferences in Cognition, Learning, and Thinking (67-89). New York: Springer Publishing Company

The chapter presents a critical account of approaches, including historical, contemporary and potential approaches, to the measurement and assessment of intellectual styles. Its ultimate aim is to support ‘good’ research and practice in the field of... Read More about Intellectual styles : measurement and assessment.

The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2011, October). The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context. Presented at Black History Month Conference: Racism(s) - Discrimination, Displacement and Home, University of Salford

This paper discusses the deviant labels (immigrant, anti-Western, British hostile, ‘enemy within’ and terrorist) commonly used in surveillance strategies within the ‘war on terror’ context. Particular attention is paid to those who are profiled based... Read More about The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context.

Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys (2011)
Journal Article
Lynch Alfaro, J., Boubli, J., Olson, L., Di Fiore, A., Wilson, B., Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G., …Alfaro, M. (2012). Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys. Journal of Biogeography, 39(2), 272-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02609.x

Aim Capuchin monkey species are widely distributed across Central and South America. Morphological studies consistently divide the clade into robust and gracile forms, which show extensive sympatry in the Amazon Basin. We use genetic data to test... Read More about Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys.

Effects of ramp negotiation, paving type and shoe sole geometry on toe clearance in young adults (2011)
Journal Article
Thies, S., Jones, R., Kenney, L., Howard, D., & Baker, R. (2011). Effects of ramp negotiation, paving type and shoe sole geometry on toe clearance in young adults. Journal of Biomechanics, 44(15), 2679-2684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.07.027

Trips are a major cause of falls and result from involuntary contact of the foot with the ground during the swing phase of gait. Adequate toe clearance during swing is therefore crucial for safe locomotion. To date, little is known about the effects... Read More about Effects of ramp negotiation, paving type and shoe sole geometry on toe clearance in young adults.

Build a book photocopiable resource (2011)
Book
James, G. (2011). Build a book photocopiable resource. Manchester: Chapeltown Books

The Build a Book Workshop is a step-by step guide for teachers and writers, that shows you how to organise creative writing workshops with a difference and with a very tangible end product. Your students can see their work turned into a book that has... Read More about Build a book photocopiable resource.

Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Aaltonen, S., Avramenko, A., Catalani, A., Heinze, A., Kakderi, K., Klosova, A., …Zygiaris, S. (2011, October). Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability. Presented at EBES 2011 Conference, Zagreb, Croatia

Objectives: Identifying a truly unique source for innovation and differentiation in order to sustain competitive advantage is a major challenge for managers of enterprise when designing and developing their product/service range. The objectives of th... Read More about Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability.

Accession 8 migration and the proactive and defensive engagement of social citizenship (2011)
Journal Article
Cook, J., Dwyer, P., & Waite, L. (2012). Accession 8 migration and the proactive and defensive engagement of social citizenship. Journal of Social Policy, 41(2), 329-347. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279411000766

Following the expansion of the European Union in 2004 unprecedented numbers of Accession 8 migrants from Central and Eastern Europe entered the UK. These migrants are often concentrated in particular urban neighbourhoods, which are already routinely... Read More about Accession 8 migration and the proactive and defensive engagement of social citizenship.

Indirect measurement of acoustic power into a small room at low frequencies (2011)
Journal Article
de A.C. Duarte, E., Moorhouse, A., & Viveiros, E. (2011). Indirect measurement of acoustic power into a small room at low frequencies. Applied Acoustics, 73(3), 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.09.007

An essential step towards improving sound insulation is a reliable means of quantifying the performance. However, for various reasons sound insulation measurements at low frequencies are associated with relatively high uncertainty and wide variance v... Read More about Indirect measurement of acoustic power into a small room at low frequencies.

NIR-to-NIR two-photon excited CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles: multifunctional nanoprobes for highly penetrating fluorescence bio-imaging (2011)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Dong, N., Pedroni, M., Piccinell, F., Conti, G., Sbarbati, A., …Speghini, A. (2011). NIR-to-NIR two-photon excited CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles: multifunctional nanoprobes for highly penetrating fluorescence bio-imaging. ACS nano, 5(11), 8665-8671. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn202490m

In this study, we report on the remarkable two-photon excited fluorescence efficiency in the “biological window” of CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles. On the basis of the strong Tm3+ ion emission (at around 800 nm), tissue penetration depths as large as 2... Read More about NIR-to-NIR two-photon excited CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles: multifunctional nanoprobes for highly penetrating fluorescence bio-imaging.

NIR-to-NIR two-photon excited CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles : multifunctional nanoprobes for highly penetrating fluorescence bio-imaging (2011)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Dong, N., Pedroni, M., Conti, G., Sbarbati, A., Ramirez-Hernandez, J., …Speghini, A. (2011). NIR-to-NIR two-photon excited CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles : multifunctional nanoprobes for highly penetrating fluorescence bio-imaging. ACS nano, 5(11), 8665-8671. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn202490m

In this study, we report on the remarkable two-photon excited fluorescence efficiency in the “biological window” of CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles. On the basis of the strong Tm3+ ion emission (at around 800 nm), tissue penetration depths as large as 2... Read More about NIR-to-NIR two-photon excited CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles : multifunctional nanoprobes for highly penetrating fluorescence bio-imaging.

Detection of incoherent joint state due to inaccurate bone motion estimation (2011)
Journal Article
Schwartz, C., Leboeuf, F., Rémy-Néris, O., Brochard, S., Lempereur, M., & Burdin, V. (2011). Detection of incoherent joint state due to inaccurate bone motion estimation. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 16(2), 165-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2011.613379

In biomechanical modelling and motion analysis, the use of personalised data such as bone geometry would provide more accurate and reliable results. However, there are still a limited number of tools used to measure the evolution of articular interac... Read More about Detection of incoherent joint state due to inaccurate bone motion estimation.

Lesbian, gay & queer parenting: families, intimacies, genealogies (2011)
Book
Hicks, S. (2011). Lesbian, gay & queer parenting: families, intimacies, genealogies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

How are new relationalities formed? By what methods are kinship/family claims made? How are gender and race made relevant to subjectivities? How does state welfare discipline parenting? Are new forms of intimacy possible? This book investigates such... Read More about Lesbian, gay & queer parenting: families, intimacies, genealogies.

Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness (2011)
Journal Article
Bowpitt,, G., Dwyer, P., Sundin, E., & Weinstein, W. (2011). Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness. Social Policy and Society, 10(4), 537-547. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746411000285

This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of... Read More about Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness.

The use of hydrogel as an electrode-skin interface for electrode array FES applications (2011)
Journal Article
Cooper, G., Barker, A., Heller, B., Good, T., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. (2011). The use of hydrogel as an electrode-skin interface for electrode array FES applications. Medical Engineering and Physics, 33(8), 967-982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.03.008

Functional electrical stimulation is commonly used to restore function in post-stroke patients in upper and lower limb applications. Location of the electrodes can be a problem hence some research groups have begun to experiment with electrode arrays... Read More about The use of hydrogel as an electrode-skin interface for electrode array FES applications.

The tracker chronicles (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Lloyd, C. The tracker chronicles. 1 October 2011 - 28 October 2011. (Unpublished)

Using surveillance technology, data collection, digital print and re-imagined objects, “The Tracker Chronicles” plays with an array of information gathering devices, exploring their possible meanings and applications. Live camera feeds and data strea... Read More about The tracker chronicles.