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Construction as a career choice for young disabled people : dispelling the myths (2013)
Journal Article
Ormerod, M., & Newton, R. (2013). Construction as a career choice for young disabled people : dispelling the myths. Construction Management and Economics, 31(8), 928-938. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2013.777465

Disabled people want to have the same opportunities and experiences as everyone else, yet owing to a number of barriers they are often excluded from meaningful employment. There are few statistics available in the UK to provide an accurate understand... Read More about Construction as a career choice for young disabled people : dispelling the myths.

The Fischer controversy, the war origins debate and France: a non-history (2013)
Journal Article
Keiger, J. (2013). The Fischer controversy, the war origins debate and France: a non-history. Journal of Contemporary History, 48(2), 363-375. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009412472715

The controversy that followed publication in 1961 of Fritz Fischer’s Griff nach der Weltmacht was not restricted to West Germany. Even if the Fischer debate abroad did not acquire the vehemence it took on domestically, intellectually the effect was... Read More about The Fischer controversy, the war origins debate and France: a non-history.

State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu (2013)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J., & Phythian, M. (2013). State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu. Journal of Intelligence History, 2013(1),

Rose Cohen was a prominent member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in the 1920s. She relocated to Moscow with her husband Max Petrovsky, the Comintern’s UK representative, in 1927. Both were arrested and shot in 1937 during the Stali... Read More about State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu.

Estimating the gaze of a virtuality human (2013)
Journal Article
Roberts, D., Rae, J., Duckworth, T., & Moore, C. (2013). Estimating the gaze of a virtuality human. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 19(4), 681-690. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2013.30

The aim of our experiment is to determine if eye-gaze can be estimated from a virtuality human: to within the accuracies that underpin social interaction; and reliably across gaze poses and camera arrangements likely in every day settings. The scene... Read More about Estimating the gaze of a virtuality human.

'The trumpet of the night': Interwar communists on BBC radio (2013)
Journal Article
Harker, B. (2013). 'The trumpet of the night': Interwar communists on BBC radio. History Workshop Journal, 75, 81-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbs035

This article revisits the relationship between the Communist Party and the BBC in the interwar period, arguing that Communism was a spectre that haunted the early BBC, inhabiting the vision that shaped its formation. More particularly, it argues tha... Read More about 'The trumpet of the night': Interwar communists on BBC radio.

Low carbon nation? (2013)
Book
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2013). Low carbon nation?. Abingdon: Earthscan/Routledge

What does the transition to a Low Carbon Britain mean for the future development of cities and regions across the country? Does it reinforce existing ‘business as usual’ or create new transformational opportunities? Low Carbon Nation? takes an interd... Read More about Low carbon nation?.

The analysis and improvement of focused source reproduction with wave field synthesis (2013)
Thesis
Oldfield, R. The analysis and improvement of focused source reproduction with wave field synthesis. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis presents a treatise on the rendering of focused sources using wave field synthesis (WFS). The thesis describes the fundamental theory of WFS and presents a thorough derivation of focused source driving functions including, monopoles, dipo... Read More about The analysis and improvement of focused source reproduction with wave field synthesis.

Review of ecological engineering solutions for rural non-point source water pollution control in Hubei province, China (2013)
Journal Article
Wu, M., Tang, X., Li, Q., Yang, W., Jin, F., Tang, M., & Scholz, M. (2013). Review of ecological engineering solutions for rural non-point source water pollution control in Hubei province, China. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 224(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1561-x

Rural non-point source (RNPS) water pollution control is problematic in Hubei Province, which is a typical agricultural region with abundant rainfall and a developed natural surface water network. The concept of best management practices (BMP) origin... Read More about Review of ecological engineering solutions for rural non-point source water pollution control in Hubei province, China.

Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles (2013)
Journal Article
Baldissin, G., Boag, N., Tang, C., & Bull, D. (2013). Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1993-1996. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201201535

Deprotonation of ammonia with n-butyllithium offers a facile synthetic route to produce pure lithium amide exhibiting fine granularity, which facilitates the complete thermal decomposition to lithium imide at a relatively low temperature of 600 K. Sy... Read More about Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles.

n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures (2013)
Journal Article
Baldissin, G., & Bull, D. (2013). n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures. Diamond and Related Materials, 34, 60-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2013.01.010

A number of experimental works, mainly under extreme conditions, report a carbon phase with the same reflections as diamond but showing additional reflections that are forbidden for diamond. The crystal structure of this phase, called n-diamond by Hi... Read More about n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures.

A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection (2013)
Journal Article
Damshenas, M., Dehghantanha, A., & Mahmod, R. (2013). A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection. International Journal of Computer Applications, 67(16), https://doi.org/10.5120/11480-7108

Over the last decades, there were lots of studies made on malware and their countermeasures. The most recent reports emphasize that the invention of malicious software is rapidly increasing. Moreover, the intensive use of networks and Interne... Read More about A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection.

Stations of the Clyde (2013)
Other
Davismoon, S. (2013). Stations of the Clyde. [Stereo Soundfile and Accompanying CD to issue of The Drouth]

A sound installation to accompany an exhibition re-visiting Douglas Gordon’s work, in collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art, The Drouth and the New Glasgow Society Gallery – April and May 2013.

Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work (2013)
Journal Article
Scholar, H. (2013). Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work. Social Work Education, 32(3), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2012.667798

This paper explores practice educators’ views about the significance of dress for social work in the context of UK social work education. The findings, drawn from three focus group discussions, suggest that practice educators regard dress as an impor... Read More about Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work.

The use of normalized cross-correlation analysis for automatic tendon excursion measurement in dynamic ultrasound imaging (2013)
Journal Article
Pearson, S., Ritchings, R., & Mohamed, A. (2013). The use of normalized cross-correlation analysis for automatic tendon excursion measurement in dynamic ultrasound imaging. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 29(2), 165-173

The work describes an automated method of tracking dynamic ultrasound images using a normalized cross-correlation algorithm, applied to the patellar and gastrocnemius tendon. Displacement was examined during active and passive tendon excursions using... Read More about The use of normalized cross-correlation analysis for automatic tendon excursion measurement in dynamic ultrasound imaging.

Chapter 17 : Lighting (2013)
Book Chapter
Collins, B. (2013). Chapter 17 : Lighting. In AOTI Housing Design Guidelines for Occupational Therapists (2nd ed.). Dublin: The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI)

Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters? (2013)
Journal Article
Qin, J., Li, H., Lin, C., & Chen, G. (2013). Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters?. Chemosphere, 1048-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.003

Microcosm experiments were conducted to examine Fenton reaction-driven degradation of three common herbicides exposed to a variety of Fe2+–H2O2 combinations that are likely to be encountered in natural water environments. The results show that thes... Read More about Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters?.

Consumer multiculturation : consequences of multi-cultural identification for brand knowledge (2013)
Journal Article
Kipnis, E., Broderick, A., & Demangeot, C. (2014). Consumer multiculturation : consequences of multi-cultural identification for brand knowledge. Consumption, Markets and Culture, 17(3), 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253866.2013.778199

Whilst there has been a sustained interest in ethnic migrants developing composite cultural identities in emerged multi-cultural contexts, considerations of identity transitions among mainstream consumers (i.e. the non-migrant, locally born majority... Read More about Consumer multiculturation : consequences of multi-cultural identification for brand knowledge.