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Summative assessment of clinical practice of student nurses : a review of the literature (2015)
Journal Article
Helminen, K., Coco, K., Johnson, M., Turunen, H., & Tossavainen, K. (2016). Summative assessment of clinical practice of student nurses : a review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 53(Jan 16), 308-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.09.14

Objectives: To describe assessment of nursing student’s clinical practice concerned nursing education.
Design: Systematic review and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative studies.
Data sources: The data were collected with the support of an inf... Read More about Summative assessment of clinical practice of student nurses : a review of the literature.

Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight (2015)
Journal Article
Al-Maiyah, S., & Elkadi, H. (2015). Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering History and Heritage, 168(4), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenhh.15.00004

Historic buildings have their own cultural identity, which is often related to their aesthetic qualities such as period
characteristics (geometry, size, colour, form and shape), materials and construction. Daylight is one of the primary
elements co... Read More about Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight.

Influence of cure kinetic, rheological and thermo-mechanical behavior on micro-level curing strain of an epoxy prepreg (2015)
Journal Article
Ammasai Sengodan, G., Joshi, S., & Chen, Z. (2015). Influence of cure kinetic, rheological and thermo-mechanical behavior on micro-level curing strain of an epoxy prepreg. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 124, 305-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-5090-2

The coupled nature of chemical kinetics, mechanical and rheological behavior of a curing prepreg dictates the dimensional accuracy of a composite laminate. In this work, an integrated study was carried out to understand the influence of thermo-chemo-... Read More about Influence of cure kinetic, rheological and thermo-mechanical behavior on micro-level curing strain of an epoxy prepreg.

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) method development in analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as potential biomarkers of cancer (2015)
Journal Article
Schmidt, K., & Podmore, I. (2015). Solid phase microextraction (SPME) method development in analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as potential biomarkers of cancer. Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis, 6(6), https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9929.1000253

The analysis of volatile organic compounds [VOCs] is an attractive approach to the discovery of potential cancer biomarkers due to its non-invasive nature and potential low costs of sampling and analysis. Solid phase microextraction [SPME] is one of... Read More about Solid phase microextraction (SPME) method development in analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as potential biomarkers of cancer.

Emotion has no impact on attention in a change detection flicker task (2015)
Journal Article
Bendall, R., & Thompson, C. (2015). Emotion has no impact on attention in a change detection flicker task. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(1592), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01592

Past research provides conflicting findings regarding the influence of emotion on visual attention. Early studies suggested a broadening of attentional resources in relation to positive mood. However, more recent evidence indicates that positive emot... Read More about Emotion has no impact on attention in a change detection flicker task.

Influence of hydrated lime on the properties and permanent deformation of the asphalt concrete layers in pavement (2015)
Journal Article
Al-Tameemi, A., Wang, Y., & Albayati, A. (2015). Influence of hydrated lime on the properties and permanent deformation of the asphalt concrete layers in pavement. Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure, 4(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1515/rjti-2015-0027

Flexible or asphalt concrete pavement is the paving system most widely adopted all over the world. It has been recognized that there are many different types of the factors affecting the performance and durability of asphalt concrete pavement, includ... Read More about Influence of hydrated lime on the properties and permanent deformation of the asphalt concrete layers in pavement.

Sport specific adaptation in scapular upward rotation in elite golfers (2015)
Journal Article
elite golfers. Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 4(5), https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-9080.1000211

Objective: Appropriate scapula position is necessary to optimise
maximum force generation during the golf swing. Abnormalities
in upward scapular rotation have been associated with various
shoulder pathologies. Assessment of scapular position is... Read More about Sport specific adaptation in scapular upward rotation in elite golfers.

Restricting ankle motion via orthotic bracing reduces toe clearance when walking over obstacles (2015)
Journal Article
Evangelopoulou, E., Twiste, M., & Buckley, J. (2016). Restricting ankle motion via orthotic bracing reduces toe clearance when walking over obstacles. Gait & Posture, 43, 251-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.10.006

Background: When trans-tibial amputees cross obstacles leading with their prosthesis, foot clearance is achieved using compensatory swing-phase kinematics. Such compensation would suggest able-bodied individuals normally use swing-phase ankle dorsifl... Read More about Restricting ankle motion via orthotic bracing reduces toe clearance when walking over obstacles.

Personalisation in children’s social work : from family support to “the child’s budget” (2015)
Journal Article
Whitaker, E. (2015). Personalisation in children’s social work : from family support to “the child’s budget”. Journal of Integrated Care, 23(5), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-07-2015-0031

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the changing meaning of personalisation from the New Labour era of bespoke, integrated family support to the more recent implementation of personal budgets for disabled children to deliver “choice and... Read More about Personalisation in children’s social work : from family support to “the child’s budget”.

Cobalt waters run... beneath cobalt skies (2015)
Other
Davismoon, S. (2015). Cobalt waters run... beneath cobalt skies. [Digital Audio File]

A soundscape composition gathered from several soundwalks around Austin Texas.

I composed Coloured Waters Run…Beneath Cobalt Skies (2015) as a result of several soundwalks around ‘Music City’ Austin Texas. It stands as a multi-movement work chara... Read More about Cobalt waters run... beneath cobalt skies.

Microphone handling noise : measurements of perceptual threshold and effects on audio quality (2015)
Journal Article
Kendrick, P., Jackson, I., Fazenda, B., Cox, T., & Li, F. (2015). Microphone handling noise : measurements of perceptual threshold and effects on audio quality. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0140256. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140256

A psychoacoustic experiment was carried out to test the effects of microphone handling noise on perceived audio quality. Handling noise is a problem affecting both amateurs using their smartphones and cameras, as well as professionals using separate... Read More about Microphone handling noise : measurements of perceptual threshold and effects on audio quality.

The STarT Back Tool : Physiotherapist experience and perceptions of its clinical utility (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Woods, E., & Gaskell, L. (2015, October). The STarT Back Tool : Physiotherapist experience and perceptions of its clinical utility. Poster presented at Physiotherapy UK 2015, Liverpool, UK

The study highlighted the importance of a robust training prior to and during the implementation of the SBT and a stratified approach to care within physiotherapy departments.

Teachers’ views of their primary school classrooms (2015)
Journal Article
Barrett, P., Barett, L., & Zhang, Y. (2016). Teachers’ views of their primary school classrooms. Intelligent Buildings International, 8(3), 176-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2015.1087835

This paper presents the views of 222 head teachers and classroom-based teachers about
their experiences and perceptions of 193 specific classroom environments from 29 primary
schools in three different areas in England, UK. One-to-one interviews we... Read More about Teachers’ views of their primary school classrooms.

Effects of Formulation on Microbicide Potency and Mitigation of the Development of Bacterial Insusceptibility (2015)
Journal Article
Cowley, N. L., Forbes, S., Amézquita, A., McClure, P., Humphreys, G. J., & McBain, A. J. (2015). Effects of Formulation on Microbicide Potency and Mitigation of the Development of Bacterial Insusceptibility. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(20), 7330-7338. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01985-15

Risk assessments of the potential for microbicides to select for reduced bacterial susceptibility have been based largely on data generated through the exposure of bacteria to microbicides in aqueous solution. Since microbicides are normally formulat... Read More about Effects of Formulation on Microbicide Potency and Mitigation of the Development of Bacterial Insusceptibility.

30 years of mobile phones in the UK (2015)
Book
Linge, N., & Sutton, A. (2015). 30 years of mobile phones in the UK. Amberley Publishing

In 1985, the seeds of a revolution were sown in the UK when people were first able to communicate using one of the most remarkable items of personal technology to have been developed – the mobile phone. The authors, both acknowledged experts in this... Read More about 30 years of mobile phones in the UK.

How to perform respiratory assessment (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, J., & Rushton, M. (2015). How to perform respiratory assessment. Nursing Standard, 30(7), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.30.7.34.s45

This article aims to assist practitioners to perform a respiratory
assessment.

Detecting wash trade in financial market using digraphs and dynamic programming (2015)
Journal Article
Cao, Y., Li, Y., Coleman, S., Belatreche, A., & McGinnity, T. (2016). Detecting wash trade in financial market using digraphs and dynamic programming. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 27(11), 2351-2363. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2015.2480959

Wash trade refers to the illegal activities of traders who utilise carefully designed limit orders to manually increase the trading volumes for creating a false impression of an active market. As one of the primary formats of market abuse, wash trade... Read More about Detecting wash trade in financial market using digraphs and dynamic programming.

Design of core/shell colloidal quantum dots for MEG solar cells (2015)
Journal Article
Tomic, S., Miloszewski, J., Tyrrell, E., & Binks, D. (2015). Design of core/shell colloidal quantum dots for MEG solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6(1), 179-184. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2483368

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are the subject of intensive research worldwide due to a number of novel properties, which make them of interest for both fundamental science and technological applications. QDs are of particular interest for solar ce... Read More about Design of core/shell colloidal quantum dots for MEG solar cells.

Breast image pre-processing for mammographic tissue segmentation (2015)
Journal Article
He, W., Hogg, P., Juette, A., Denton, E., & Zwiggelaar, R. (2015). Breast image pre-processing for mammographic tissue segmentation. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 67, 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2015.10.002

Effects of front and back squat techniques on patellofemoral joint kinetics in males (2015)
Journal Article
patellofemoral joint kinetics in males. Journal of biomedical engineering and informatics, 2(1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.5430/jbei.v2n1p76

Purpose: The barbell squat is fundamental in strength and conditioning, with two principal variants; the back and front
squat. Unfortunately, the propensity for injury is high particularly at the knee. The aim of the current investigation was
exami... Read More about Effects of front and back squat techniques on patellofemoral joint kinetics in males.