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Self-consistent field theory for the interactions between keratin intermediate filaments (2013)
Journal Article
Akinshina, A., Jambon-Puillet, E., Warren, P., & Noro, M. (2013). Self-consistent field theory for the interactions between keratin intermediate filaments. BMC Biophysics, 6(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-1682-6-12

Background: Keratins are important structural proteins found in skin, hair and nails. Keratin Intermediate Filaments are major components of corneocytes, nonviable horny cells of the Stratum Corneum, the outermost layer of skin. It is considered that... Read More about Self-consistent field theory for the interactions between keratin intermediate filaments.

A hybrid heuristic approach for attribute-oriented mining (2013)
Journal Article
Muyeba, M. K., Crockett, K., Wang, W., & Keane, J. A. (2014). A hybrid heuristic approach for attribute-oriented mining. Decision Support Systems, 57, 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2013.08.012

We present a hybrid heuristic algorithm, clusterAOI, that generates a more interesting generalised table than obtained via attribute-oriented induction (AOI). AOI tends to overgeneralise as it uses a fixed global static threshold to cluster and gener... Read More about A hybrid heuristic approach for attribute-oriented mining.

An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance (2013)
Journal Article
Park, C., & Wilding, M. (2014). An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance. Social Science Journal, 51(1), 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2013.08.004

This study combines two topics of contemporary salience for public administration: social enterprise and governance networks. While operating at different levels, both are institutions which attempt to draw together the three pillars of state, market... Read More about An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance.

Visual cue training to improve walking and turning after stroke: a study protocol for a multi-centre, single blind randomised pilot trial (2013)
Journal Article
Hollands, K., Pelton, T., Wimperis, A., Whitham, D., Jowett, S., Wing, A., & van Vliet, P. (2013). Visual cue training to improve walking and turning after stroke: a study protocol for a multi-centre, single blind randomised pilot trial. Trials, 14(276), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-276

Visual information comprises one of the most salient sources of information used to control walking and the dependence on vision to maintain dynamic stability increases following a stroke. We hypothesize, therefore, that rehabilitation efforts incorp... Read More about Visual cue training to improve walking and turning after stroke: a study protocol for a multi-centre, single blind randomised pilot trial.

Development and psychometric testing of the online Adolescent Diabetes Needs Assessment Tool (ADNAT) (2013)
Journal Article
Cooper, H., Spencer, J., Lancaster, G., Titman, A., Johnson, M., Wheeler, S., & Lwin, R. (2014). Development and psychometric testing of the online Adolescent Diabetes Needs Assessment Tool (ADNAT). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(2), 454-468. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12235

Aim. To report on the development and psychometric testing of the Adolescent
Diabetes Needs Assessment Tool.
Background. The UK has the fifth largest paediatric diabetes population in the
world, but one of the poorest levels of diabetes control, h... Read More about Development and psychometric testing of the online Adolescent Diabetes Needs Assessment Tool (ADNAT).

Regulation of myocardial interleukin-6 expression by p53 and STAT1 (2013)
Journal Article
Carroll, C., Sayan, B., Bailey, S., & McCormick, J. (2013). Regulation of myocardial interleukin-6 expression by p53 and STAT1. Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, 33(9), https://doi.org/10.1089/jir.2012.0165

Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The interferon inducible transcriptional activator signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (STAT1) and p53 are two critical transcriptional factors that have p... Read More about Regulation of myocardial interleukin-6 expression by p53 and STAT1.

The use of genetic markers to reveal dynamic processes in a common toad (Bufo Bufo) population (2013)
Thesis
Coles, R. The use of genetic markers to reveal dynamic processes in a common toad (Bufo Bufo) population. (Thesis). University of Salford

In contrast to birds and mammals for example, amphibian population studies only rarely capture information based on genealogical relationships among individuals. As a consequence, we only have very limited knowledge about individual fitness measures... Read More about The use of genetic markers to reveal dynamic processes in a common toad (Bufo Bufo) population.

Attaining zero defects within the UK's building Schools for the Future Programme : Stakeholders' perceptions (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Higham, A., & Boothman, J. (2013, September). Attaining zero defects within the UK's building Schools for the Future Programme : Stakeholders' perceptions. Presented at Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) 29th Annual Conference, Reading

Until its demise in July 2010 The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme represented the biggest single UK government investment in school buildings for more than 50 years. One of its key goals was to ensure that pupils learn in high quality... Read More about Attaining zero defects within the UK's building Schools for the Future Programme : Stakeholders' perceptions.

A tool for urban soundscape evaluation applying Support Vector Machines for developing a soundscape classification model (2013)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., Ruiz, D., & Ramos-Ridao, A. (2014). A tool for urban soundscape evaluation applying Support Vector Machines for developing a soundscape classification model. Science of the Total Environment, 482-83, 440-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.108

To ensure appropriate soundscape management in urban environments, the urban-planning authorities need a
range of tools that enable such a task to be performed. An essential step during the management of urban
areas from a sound standpoint should b... Read More about A tool for urban soundscape evaluation applying Support Vector Machines for developing a soundscape classification model.

The 21st Century Journalism Handbook (2013)
Book
Hadwin, S., Holmes, T., & Mottershead, G. (2013). The 21st Century Journalism Handbook. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315834405

Set against the background of the fundamental issues facing the industry today, The 21st Century Journalism Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the core principles and practices essential to the modern journalist.  Convergence, online, the growth o... Read More about The 21st Century Journalism Handbook.

Playing nicely with others : lessons from successes in partnership working (2013)
Book Chapter
O'Neill, M. (2013). Playing nicely with others : lessons from successes in partnership working. In J. Brown (Ed.), The Future of Policing: Papers prepared for the Stevens Independent Commission into the Future of Policing in England and Wales. Oxford, UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis

Spatial parody, theatricalisation and constructions of ‘self’ in Patricia Highsmith’sThe Price of Salt and Carson McCullers’ The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (2013)
Book Chapter
Piper, F. (2013). Spatial parody, theatricalisation and constructions of ‘self’ in Patricia Highsmith’sThe Price of Salt and Carson McCullers’ The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. In T. Gomez Reuz, & T. Gifford (Eds.), Women in Transit Through Literary Liminal Spaces (151-165). London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan

This essay considers the ways in which Highsmith and McCullers use theatricalisation of space to suspend the distinction between public and private as a defining trope in gender construction. Both texts, I argue, explore ‘transit’ as space/place that... Read More about Spatial parody, theatricalisation and constructions of ‘self’ in Patricia Highsmith’sThe Price of Salt and Carson McCullers’ The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.

Measuring patients' preferences and priorities for information in chronic kidney disease (2013)
Journal Article
Ormandy, P., & Hulme, C. (2013). Measuring patients' preferences and priorities for information in chronic kidney disease. Information Research, 18(3),

Objective: To evaluate an information needs questionnaire that uses a Thurstone’s paired comparison approach to measure the information needs of patients with chronic kidney disease.
Methods: A two-phased, cross-sectional survey that sequentially d... Read More about Measuring patients' preferences and priorities for information in chronic kidney disease.

Fathers at the birth? (2013)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C. (2013). Fathers at the birth?. Practising Midwife, Sept, 1

In the West there is a contemporary expectation that fathers
should be present at the birth of their babies (Longworth and Kingdon 2011), with many unclear of their job description(Vehvilainen-Julkunen and Liukkkonnen 1998). A former Royal College o... Read More about Fathers at the birth?.

Strength, power and speed qualities in english junior elite rugby league players (2013)
Journal Article
Kirkpatrick, J., & Comfort, P. (2013). Strength, power and speed qualities in english junior elite rugby league players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 27(9), 2414-2419. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182804a6d

The aim of this study was to compare strength, power, and speed characteristics of elite junior English rugby league forwards and backs. A squad of males under 20's (n = 24; age 18.70 ± 0.90 years; body mass 86.4 ± 9.93 kg; height 178.47 ± 6.97 cm) p... Read More about Strength, power and speed qualities in english junior elite rugby league players.

Toward a framework for the sustainable management of social (public) housing estates in Nigeria (2013)
Journal Article
of social (public) housing estates in Nigeria. Mei Zhong gong gong guan li, 10(9), 901-913

Housing is a centre for many socio-economic activities and often provides a mark of prosperity, social acceptance,
and an element of urban development and growth in a country. However, it is suspected that the significance of
housing to people in t... Read More about Toward a framework for the sustainable management of social (public) housing estates in Nigeria.

Combined permeable pavement and photocatalytic titanium dioxide oxidation system for urban run-off treatment and disinfection (2013)
Journal Article
Tota-Maharaj, K., & Scholz, M. (2013). Combined permeable pavement and photocatalytic titanium dioxide oxidation system for urban run-off treatment and disinfection. Water and Environment Journal, 27(3), 338-347. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00350.x

Permeable pavement systems (PPS) are frequently associated with high removal efficiencies for water quality parameters. Their effluent can, therefore, be recycled, for example, for sprinkling onto gardens. Nevertheless, some stakeholders fear that po... Read More about Combined permeable pavement and photocatalytic titanium dioxide oxidation system for urban run-off treatment and disinfection.