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Understanding of computers and procrastination : a philosophical approach (2013)
Journal Article
Breems, N., & Basden, A. (2014). Understanding of computers and procrastination : a philosophical approach. Computers in Human Behavior, 31, 211-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.024

Computer procrastination is a complex problem that is under-researched. After identifying a number of key characteristics of it, we survey five existing fields of research that may contribute insights into this interdisciplinary problem, and demonstr... Read More about Understanding of computers and procrastination : a philosophical approach.

Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report (2013)
Journal Article
district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report. Journal of Hydrology, 518(Part C), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.10.037

A comprehensive study was conducted in Nadia, one of the nine arsenic (As) affected districts in West
Bengal, India to determine the extent and severity of groundwater As contamination and its health effects
in particular, dermatological effects an... Read More about Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report.

p73 regulates serine biosynthesis in cancer (2013)
Journal Article
Amelio, I., Markert, E., Rufini, A., Antonov, A., Sayan, B., Tucci, P., …Melino, G. (2013). p73 regulates serine biosynthesis in cancer. Oncogene, 33, https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2013.456

Activation of serine biosynthesis supports growth and proliferation of cancer cells. Human cancers often exhibit overexpression of phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), the metabolic enzyme that catalyses the reaction that diverts serine biosynthes... Read More about p73 regulates serine biosynthesis in cancer.

The contemporary response to sensation fiction (2013)
Book Chapter
Allan, J. (2013). The contemporary response to sensation fiction. In A. Mangham (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9780511675744

Publisher's description of book:
In 1859 the popular novelist Wilkie Collins wrote of a ghostly woman, dressed from head to toe in white garments, laying her cold, thin hand on the shoulder of a young man as he walked home late one evening. His nov... Read More about The contemporary response to sensation fiction.

Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life (2013)
Book Chapter
May, T., & Perry, B. (2013). Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life. In P. Benneworth (Ed.), Universities Engagement with Socially Excluded Communities (199-222). Dordrecht: Springer

This volume provides insightful analysis of the way higher education engages with socially excluded communities. Leading researchers and commentators examine the validity of the claim that universities can be active facilitators of social mobility, o... Read More about Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life.

A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering (2013)
Journal Article
Mileeva, Z., Ross, D., & King, S. (2013). A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering. Carbon, 64, 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.06.030

Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measures porosity in nuclear graphites, including both open pores, caused by escaping decomposition gases, and internal cracks (in coke particles) generated by anisotropic thermal contraction along the c-directio... Read More about A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering.

Anthropomorphic chest phantom imaging the potential for dose creep in computed radiography (2013)
Journal Article
creep in computed radiography. Radiography, 19(3), 207-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2013.04.002

For film-based radiography the operator had to be exact in the selection of acquisition parameters or the
image could easily become under- or over-exposed. By contrast, digital technology allows for a much
greater tolerance of acquisition factor se... Read More about Anthropomorphic chest phantom imaging the potential for dose creep in computed radiography.

Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews (2013)
Journal Article
Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & de Jong, F. (2013). Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews. Knowledge-Based Systems, 52(2013), 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2013.08.011

With the rapid growth of user-generated content on the internet, automatic sentiment analysis of online customer reviews has become a hot research topic recently, but due to variety and wide range of products and services being reviewed on the intern... Read More about Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews.

Sources of variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant formica exsecta (2013)
Journal Article
Martin, S., Vitikainen, E., Shemilt, S., Drijfhout, F., & Sundström, L. (2013). Sources of variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant formica exsecta. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39(11-12), 1415-1423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0366-0

Phenotypic variation arises from interactions between genotype and environment, although how variation is produced and then maintained remains unclear. The discovery of the nest-mate recognition system in Formica exsecta ants has allowed phenotypic v... Read More about Sources of variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant formica exsecta.

Designing a novel virtual collaborative environment to support collaboration in design review meetings (2013)
Journal Article
Fernando, T., Wu, K., & Bassanino, M. (2013). Designing a novel virtual collaborative environment to support collaboration in design review meetings. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 18, 372-396

Project review meetings are part of the project management process and are organised to assess progress and resolve any design conflicts to avoid delays in construction. One of the key challenges during a project review meeting is to bring the stakeh... Read More about Designing a novel virtual collaborative environment to support collaboration in design review meetings.

Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds? (2013)
Journal Article
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2013). Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds?. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 14(11),

As unemployment figures rise in the developed world, questions regarding the meaning of “labor” and the intrinsic ”value” of work re-emerge. This paper examines labor practices in virtual game worlds to extend existing theoretical explorations regard... Read More about Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds?.

Rommel and the rise of the Nazis (2013)
Book Chapter
Searle, D. (2013). Rommel and the rise of the Nazis. In I. Beckett (Ed.), Rommel: A Reappraisal (7-29). Barnsley: Pen & Sword

Review of Alice Mattoni, media practices and protest politics : how precarious workers mobilise (2013)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2013). Review of Alice Mattoni, media practices and protest politics : how precarious workers mobilise. Contemporary Italian Politics, 5(2), 232-234

How do precarious workers employed in call-centres, universities, the fashion industry and many other labour markets organise, struggle and communicate to become recognised, influential political subjects? "Media Practices and Protest Politics; How P... Read More about Review of Alice Mattoni, media practices and protest politics : how precarious workers mobilise.

Using supervision, reflective practice and critical thinking (2013)
Book Chapter
Rogers, M., & Edmondson, D. (2013). Using supervision, reflective practice and critical thinking. In K. Wharton (Ed.), Social Work Practice Learning: A Student Guide (138-164). London: SAGE Publications Ltd

This chapter introduces the reader to: the importance of supervision in social work and practice placements; the value and use of reflection in social work practice; and consideration of the application of critical thinking and active learning in soc... Read More about Using supervision, reflective practice and critical thinking.

Automated detection of instantaneous gait events using time frequency analysis and manifold embedding (2013)
Journal Article
using time frequency analysis and manifold embedding. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 21(6), 908-915. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2239313

Accelerometry is a widely used sensing modality
in human biomechanics due to its portability, non-invasiveness, and accuracy. However, difficulties lie in signal variability and interpretation in relation to biomechanical events. In walking, heel st... Read More about Automated detection of instantaneous gait events using time frequency analysis and manifold embedding.

Tweeting the Olympic Games (2013)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2013). Tweeting the Olympic Games. In V. Girginov (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games (96-109). Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203126486.ch7

From the introduction of television at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games to its transformation into 3D broadcasting at London 2012, media innovation has always surrounded the Olympics (Miah & Garcia 2012). As such, the broader context of a debate about L... Read More about Tweeting the Olympic Games.

Comparisons of two effective medium approaches for predicting sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells (2013)
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sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 134(5), 3619-3630. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4824340

Two effective medium models are presented and used to predict complex reflection and transmission
coefficients of finite periodic arrays of resonant elastic shells as well as their effective density
and bulk modulus at low frequencies. Comparisons... Read More about Comparisons of two effective medium approaches for predicting sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells.

Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan (2013)
Journal Article
van Kesteren, F., Mastin, A., Mytynova, B., Ziadinov, I., Boufana, B., Torgerson, P., …Craig, P. (2013). Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan. Parasitology, 140(13), 1674-1684. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001182

Echinococcosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease in Kyrgyzstan, and the incidence of human infection has increased substantially since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Domestic dogs are hosts of Echinococcus spp. and play an important role i... Read More about Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan.

Extending inter-professional learning through the use of a multi-disciplinary Wiki (2013)
Journal Article
Stephens, M., Robinson, L., & McGrath, D. (2013). Extending inter-professional learning through the use of a multi-disciplinary Wiki. Nurse Education in Practice, 13(6), 492-498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2013.01.009

This paper reports our experiences of a student learning activity which employed a Wiki for student radiographers and nurses to build on an inter-professional learning event.

The aim of the Wiki was to facilitate inter-professional learning for st... Read More about Extending inter-professional learning through the use of a multi-disciplinary Wiki.