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Using environmental enrichment to reduce the expression of abnormal behaviours in Greater rhea Rhea americana at Belo Horizonte Zoo (2012)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C., Lima, M., Cipreste, C., Young, R., & Rodrigues, M. (2013). Using environmental enrichment to reduce the expression of abnormal behaviours in Greater rhea Rhea americana at Belo Horizonte Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook, 47(1), 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1090.2012.00195.x

Animals kept by zoos may express abnormal behaviours that are indicators of poor welfare. Environmental enrichment is a technique of providing items to animals that stimulate the expression of normal behaviours. The aim of this study was to evaluate... Read More about Using environmental enrichment to reduce the expression of abnormal behaviours in Greater rhea Rhea americana at Belo Horizonte Zoo.

The Common Ingroup Identity Model and its efficacy in the field (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). The Common Ingroup Identity Model and its efficacy in the field. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2010.10446332

Three studies revisited the application of the Common Ingroup Identity Model (CIIM) to the Northern Irish conflict and shed light on the factors that potentially limit the scope of the CIIM. Study 1 (N =61) showed that both conflict protagonists unan... Read More about The Common Ingroup Identity Model and its efficacy in the field.

Using environmental enrichment to reduce the expression of abnormal behaviours in Greater rheaRhea americanaat Belo Horizonte Zoo: Short Report: Belo Horizonte Zoo: Greater Rhea: Environmental Enrichment & Behavioural Changes (2012)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C. S., Lima, M. F. F., Cipreste, C. F., Young, R. J., & Rodrigues, M. (2013). Using environmental enrichment to reduce the expression of abnormal behaviours in Greater rheaRhea americanaat Belo Horizonte Zoo: Short Report: Belo Horizonte Zoo: Greater Rhea: Environmental Enrichment & Behavioural Changes. International Zoo Yearbook, 47(1), 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1090.2012.00195.x

Animals kept by zoos may express abnormal behaviours that are indicators of poor welfare. Environmental enrichment is a technique of providing items to animals that stimulate the expression of normal behaviours. The aim of this study was to evaluate... Read More about Using environmental enrichment to reduce the expression of abnormal behaviours in Greater rheaRhea americanaat Belo Horizonte Zoo: Short Report: Belo Horizonte Zoo: Greater Rhea: Environmental Enrichment & Behavioural Changes.

Use of text messaging to collect real-time feedback from healthcare users about the healthcare environment (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, S., & Cain, R. (2012, November). Use of text messaging to collect real-time feedback from healthcare users about the healthcare environment. Presented at Advances in Healthcare through Digital consultations and Three Million Lives: What needs to be done? 3rd Annual IDH Conference, Warwick, UK

In this paper we propose the use of text messaging as a
real-time technological method to collect feedback from
healthcare users about the healthcare environment.
Healthcare users (whether that is patients, carers, visitors
or staff) will be offe... Read More about Use of text messaging to collect real-time feedback from healthcare users about the healthcare environment.

Interventions employing mobile technology for overweight and obesity: An early systematic review of randomized controlled trials (2012)
Journal Article
Bacigalupo, R., Cudd, P., Littlewood, C., Bissell, P., Hawley, {. S., & {Buckley Woods}, H. (2013). Interventions employing mobile technology for overweight and obesity: An early systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Obesity Reviews, 14, 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12006

Obesity is a global epidemic with major healthcare implications and costs. Mobile technologies are potential interventions to promote weight loss. An early systematic review of this rapidly growing area of research was conducted. Electronic databases... Read More about Interventions employing mobile technology for overweight and obesity: An early systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

General anaesthesia and day-case patient anxiety (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Mitchell, M. (2012, November). General anaesthesia and day-case patient anxiety. Presented at British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association Conference, Royal College of Surgeons, London

Aim. This paper is a report of a study carried out to uncover the most anxiety provoking aspects of general anaesthesia and determine what interventions may
help to alleviate such anxiety. Background. General anaesthesia has proved to be highly anxi... Read More about General anaesthesia and day-case patient anxiety.

Red mud as a carbon sink : variability, affecting factors and environmental significance (2012)
Journal Article
Si, C., Ma, Y., & Lin, C. (2012). Red mud as a carbon sink : variability, affecting factors and environmental significance. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 245, 54-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.11.024

The capacity of red mud to sequester CO2 varied markedly due to differences in bauxite type, processing
and disposal methods. Calcium carbonates were the dominant mineral phases responsible for the carbon
sequestration in the investigated red mud t... Read More about Red mud as a carbon sink : variability, affecting factors and environmental significance.

The fabrication and analysis of the magnetic and crystallographic properties of Fe-rich (Fe x Ga 1-x) Galfenol alloys (2012)
Thesis
Quinn, C. The fabrication and analysis of the magnetic and crystallographic properties of Fe-rich (Fe x Ga 1-x) Galfenol alloys. (Thesis). University of Salford

Understanding the fundamental physics and properties of smart materials is a very important area of research for nano and micro mechanical systems especially in the applications of sensing and actuation, such as SONAR.
This thesis is focused on the... Read More about The fabrication and analysis of the magnetic and crystallographic properties of Fe-rich (Fe x Ga 1-x) Galfenol alloys.

The contract, accounting and trust : a case study of an international joint venture (IJV) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (2012)
Journal Article
Tsamenyi, M., Qureshi, A., & Yazdifar, H. (2012). The contract, accounting and trust : a case study of an international joint venture (IJV) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Accounting forum, 37(3), 182-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2012.09.004

This paper reports on the results of a case study that examines the effect of the contract and accounting on inter-organisational trust in an international joint venture (IJV). The empirical setting of the research was an IJV relation between a Unite... Read More about The contract, accounting and trust : a case study of an international joint venture (IJV) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Localisation of elevated virtual sources in higher order ambisonic sound fields (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Power, P., Davies, W., Hirst, J., & Dunn, C. (2012, November). Localisation of elevated virtual sources in higher order ambisonic sound fields. Presented at Reproduced Sound, Brighton

Ambisonics allows the reproduction of 3D sound-fields. Higher-order Ambisonics provides improved resolution, and the promise of enhanced localisation at the expense of higher channel counts, and increased broadcast bandwidth, and storage requirements... Read More about Localisation of elevated virtual sources in higher order ambisonic sound fields.

Mechanisms and extent of information transfer in socially foraging guppies, Poecilia reticulata (2012)
Journal Article
Franks, V. R., & Marshall, R. C. (2013). Mechanisms and extent of information transfer in socially foraging guppies, Poecilia reticulata. Animal Behaviour, 85(1), 103-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.013

Many species in social groups make use of readily available, socially provided information for behaviours including predator avoidance, mate choice and foraging. Not only are actions imitated, but they may also be reapplied in variable future situati... Read More about Mechanisms and extent of information transfer in socially foraging guppies, Poecilia reticulata.

Roadmap for implementation of BIM in the UK construction industry (2012)
Journal Article
Khosrowshahi, F., & Arayici, Y. (2012). Roadmap for implementation of BIM in the UK construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(6), 610-635. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699981211277531

BIM implementation is a major change management task, involving diversity of risk areas. The identification of the challenges and barriers is therefore an imperative precondition of this change process. This paper aims to diagnose UK’s construction i... Read More about Roadmap for implementation of BIM in the UK construction industry.

Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome (2012)
Journal Article
Clauson, S., Hollins-Martin, C., & Watt, G. (2012). Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 27(4), 377-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2012.748891

Working models of attachment are internal depictions of self relative to others and have been described in terms of two dimensions: (1) attachment avoidance, and (2) attachment anxiety. An exploratory qualitative study was carried out to build unders... Read More about Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome.

Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors (2012)
Journal Article
Itua, I., Coffey, M., Merryweather, D., Norton, L., & Foxcroft, A. (2012). Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38(3), 305-326. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2012.726966

Staff and student perceptions of what constitutes good academic writing in both further and higher education often differ. This is reflected in written assignments which frequently fall below the expected standard. In seeking to develop the writing s... Read More about Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors.

Creative Cities (2012)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2012, November). Creative Cities. Presented at A Conversational Presentation with Michael Joroff, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays

A coupled far-field formulation for time-periodic numerical problems in fluid dynamics (2012)
Journal Article
Chadwick, E., & El-Mazuzi, R. (2012). A coupled far-field formulation for time-periodic numerical problems in fluid dynamics. #Journal not on list, 122(4), 661-672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12044-012-0101-8

Consider uniform flow past an oscillating body generating a time-periodic motion in an exterior domain, modelled by a numerical fluid dynamics solver in the near field around the body. A far-field formulation, based on the Oseen equations, is present... Read More about A coupled far-field formulation for time-periodic numerical problems in fluid dynamics.

Local Governance and the Online Networked Public Sphere—A Case Study (2012)
Journal Article
Hepburn, P. (2012). Local Governance and the Online Networked Public Sphere—A Case Study. #Journal not on list, 9(4), 370-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2012.700447

What are the prospects for the Web enhancing the local governance process by provid- ing a networked public sphere? This article addresses this question by researching online local civic activity associated with a case study of a UK local government... Read More about Local Governance and the Online Networked Public Sphere—A Case Study.

Activity Limitations Experienced by People with Rheumatoid Arthritis On Biologic Medications and Their Use of Ergonomic Methods (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Hammond, A., & Tyson, S. (2012, November). Activity Limitations Experienced by People with Rheumatoid Arthritis On Biologic Medications and Their Use of Ergonomic Methods. Presented at 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Background/Purpose:
People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly have daily activity difficulties. Whilst biologics significantly improve ability, ergonomic methods (e.g. altered working methods, ergonomic equipment, activity and environment modi... Read More about Activity Limitations Experienced by People with Rheumatoid Arthritis On Biologic Medications and Their Use of Ergonomic Methods.