All Outputs (1201)

Are clinical measures of foot posture and mobility associated with foot kinematics when walking? (2015)
Journal Article
Buldt, A., Murley, G., Levinger, P., Menz, H., Nester, C., & Landorf, K. (2015). Are clinical measures of foot posture and mobility associated with foot kinematics when walking?. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 8(63), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0122-5

Background: There is uncertainty as to which foot posture measures are the most valid in terms of predicting
kinematics of the foot. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of clinical measures of static foot
posture and mobility... Read More about Are clinical measures of foot posture and mobility associated with foot kinematics when walking?.

Enhancing post-disaster reconstruction capacity through lifelong learning in higher education (2015)
Journal Article
Thayaparan, M., Siriwardena, M., Malalgoda, C., Amaratunga, R., Lill, I., & Kaklauskas, A. (2015). Enhancing post-disaster reconstruction capacity through lifelong learning in higher education. Disaster Prevention and Management, 24(3), 338-354. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-11-2014-0239

Purpose: Due to the complexities involved in disasters and due to the peculiar nature of post-disaster reconstruction, built environment professionals require continuous updating of their skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to disaster res... Read More about Enhancing post-disaster reconstruction capacity through lifelong learning in higher education.

Strategic change in the delivery of infrastructure (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Potts, M., McDermott, P., & Stephenson, A. (2015, November). Strategic change in the delivery of infrastructure. Presented at Going north for sustainability: Leveraging knowledge and innovation for sustainable construction and development, London, South Bank University

This paper discusses a socio technical systems approach to the strategic delivery of infrastructure in the regulated UK water sector as part of a participatory focused research project. Part of an ongoing PhD programme, this paper highlights the valu... Read More about Strategic change in the delivery of infrastructure.

Effect of active arm swing to local dynamic stability during walking (2015)
Journal Article
Wu, Y., Li, Y., Liu, A., Xiao, F., Wang, Y., Hu, F., …Gu, D. (2016). Effect of active arm swing to local dynamic stability during walking. Human Movement Science, 45, 102-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2015.10.005

Arm swing is an essential component in regulating dynamic stability of the whole body during walking, while the contribution of active arm swing to local dynamic stability of different motion segments remains unclear.

This study investigated the e... Read More about Effect of active arm swing to local dynamic stability during walking.

Life cycle costing in construction projects : professional quantity surveyors’ perspective (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Chiurugwi, T., Udeaja, C., Babatunde, S., & Ekundayo, D. (2015, November). Life cycle costing in construction projects : professional quantity surveyors’ perspective. Presented at CIB Going North for Sustainability Conference, London, UK

Studies on life-cycle costing (LCC) in private finance initiatives (PFI)/public-private partnership (PPP) projects abound, particularly in the UK. But, there is a limited empirical study on the factors influencing the usage of LCC outside PFI/PPP co... Read More about Life cycle costing in construction projects : professional quantity surveyors’ perspective.

Chef image's influence on tourists' dining experiences (2015)
Journal Article
Peng, N., Chen, A., & Kuang-peng, H. (2016). Chef image's influence on tourists' dining experiences. Annals of Tourism Research, 56, 154-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2015.11.005

Highlights

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Tourists’ teppanyaki restaurant dining experience is examined.
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A chef’s image has a positive influence on experiential value.
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Interaction with other customers positively influences experiential value.
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Service quality has... Read More about Chef image's influence on tourists' dining experiences.

User participation in urban green commons : exploring the links between access, voluntarism, biodiversity and well being (2015)
Journal Article
Dennis, M., & James, P. (2016). User participation in urban green commons : exploring the links between access, voluntarism, biodiversity and well being. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 15, 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2015.11.009

Polycentric governance and stakeholder participation in natural resource management have potential benefits for both human and environmental well-being. Researchers and decision-makers have attempted to conceptualise the ecological, social and politi... Read More about User participation in urban green commons : exploring the links between access, voluntarism, biodiversity and well being.

Time-sensitive influence maximization in social networks (2015)
Journal Article
Mohammadi, A., Saraee, M., & Mirzaei, A. (2015). Time-sensitive influence maximization in social networks. Journal of Information Science, 41(6), 765-778. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551515602808

One of the fundamental issues in social networks is the influence maximization problem, where the goal is to identify a small subset of individuals such that they can trigger the largest number of members in the network. In real-world social networks... Read More about Time-sensitive influence maximization in social networks.

Injection frequency of botulinum toxin A for spastic equinus : a randomized clinical trial (2015)
Journal Article
Hastings-Ison, T., Balckburn, C., Rawicki, B., Fahey, M., Simpson, P., Baker, R., & Graham, H. (2016). Injection frequency of botulinum toxin A for spastic equinus : a randomized clinical trial. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58(7), 750-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12962

AIM: We compared two botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) injection frequency regimens, 12-monthly versus 4-monthly, for spastic equinus in a randomized clinical trial. The primary outcome measure was passive ankle dorsiflexion. METHOD: Forty-two ambulant chi... Read More about Injection frequency of botulinum toxin A for spastic equinus : a randomized clinical trial.

More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Neylon, C. (2015, November). More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day. Presented at Sibeal, Limerick, Ireland

Due to the historical, and continued, invisibility of women in ‘typically’ male positions and careers, today’s girls and young women are offered few visible female role models to aspire to and this may have a strong impact on their choice of careers... Read More about More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day.

The Virtual Worlds Project: geological mapping and field skills (2015)
Journal Article
Houghton, J. J., Lloyd, G. E., Robinson, A., Gordon, C. E., & Morgan, D. J. (2015). The Virtual Worlds Project: geological mapping and field skills. Geology Today, 31(6), 227-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12117

The Virtual Worlds Project is a UK collaboration between the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, and the Leeds College of Art, to build a virtual environment in which to learn and practice basic geological mapping skills. Using the... Read More about The Virtual Worlds Project: geological mapping and field skills.

ArcGIS to Unity: a design pipeline for creation of 3D terrain in serious egames for geology (2015)
Journal Article
Robinson, A., Gordon, C. E., Houghton, J., Lloyd, G. E., & Morgan, D. J. (2015). ArcGIS to Unity: a design pipeline for creation of 3D terrain in serious egames for geology. Geology Today, 31(6), 237-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12121

One of the key challenges during the development of the Virtual World Project ‘egame environment’ discussed in this issue was the creation of the digital virtual landscape from an original 2002 base map of a field area. In this [online] paper we will... Read More about ArcGIS to Unity: a design pipeline for creation of 3D terrain in serious egames for geology.

Intimate live girls (2015)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2015). Intimate live girls. In B. Halligan, N. Spelman, R. Edgar, & K. Fairclough-Isaacs (Eds.), The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic

The arena concert requires a particular type of liveness of performance in order to transcend impersonal mass entertainment. Liveness here looks to authenticity and happenstance, privileges personal communications and seeks to live in the moment, and... Read More about Intimate live girls.

The arena concert : music, media and mass entertainment (2015)
Book
(2015). B. Halligan, K. Fairclough, R. Edgar, & N. Spelman (Eds.), The arena concert : music, media and mass entertainment. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic

The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment is the first sustained engagement with what might be said to be - in its melding of concert and gathering, in its evolving relationship with digital and social media, in its delivery of event, ex... Read More about The arena concert : music, media and mass entertainment.

Beyoncé’s celebrity feminism and performances of female empowerment in the arena concert (2015)
Book Chapter
Fairclough, K. (2015). Beyoncé’s celebrity feminism and performances of female empowerment in the arena concert. In B. Halligan, K. Fairclough, R. Edgar, & N. Spelman (Eds.), The Arena Concert : Music, Media and Mass Entertainment. London: Bloombsury

Through her live arena performances, pop/R and B artist Beyoncé Knowles appears to promote a shiny, depthless feminism that mass audiences can embrace. This chapter will provide a critical analysis of her 2013-2014 arena concert tour, The Mrs Carter... Read More about Beyoncé’s celebrity feminism and performances of female empowerment in the arena concert.

Self care-self-help strategies for persons with menieres disease: a systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Long, A., & Brettle, A. (2015). Self care-self-help strategies for persons with menieres disease: a systematic review. Patient Intelligence, 7, 33-51. https://doi.org/10.2147/PI.S70804

In recent years, health care practitioners and researchers have become increasingly interested in finding ways to help persons with long-standing health problems cope and live their everyday lives. This article presents the findings of the first syst... Read More about Self care-self-help strategies for persons with menieres disease: a systematic review.

Inter-rater reliability of real-time ultrasound to measure acromiohumeral distance (2015)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, T., Bdaiwi, A., Herrington, L., & Cools, A. (2015). Inter-rater reliability of real-time ultrasound to measure acromiohumeral distance. PM&R, 8(7), 629-634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.11.004

Background

Real-time ultrasound (RTUS) has been suggested as a reliable measure of acromiohumeral distance. However, to date, no vigorous assessment and reporting of inter-rater reliability of this method has been performed with the shoulder in a... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of real-time ultrasound to measure acromiohumeral distance.

"Sing it with me now” : audience participation in arena concerts (2015)
Book Chapter
Spelman, N. (2015). "Sing it with me now” : audience participation in arena concerts. In R. Edgar, K. Fairclough, B. Halligan, & N. Spelman (Eds.), The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment (231-246). London & New York: Bloomsbury

Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery : the case of ash dieback in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Alonso-Chavez, V., Parnell, S., & Bosch, F. (2015). Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery : the case of ash dieback in the UK. Forests, 6(11), 4135-4145. https://doi.org/10.3390/f6114135

Ash dieback is a fungal disease (causal agent Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) infecting Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) throughout temperate Europe. The disease was first discovered in the UK in 2012 in a nursery in Southern England, in plants which had bee... Read More about Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery : the case of ash dieback in the UK.

Bio-inspired hybrid framework for multi-view face detection (2015)
Book Chapter
McCarroll, N., Belatreche, A., Harkin, J., & Li, Y. (2015). Bio-inspired hybrid framework for multi-view face detection. In Neural Information Processing : 22nd International Conference, ICONIP 2015, November 9-12, 2015, Proceedings, Part IV (232-239). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26561-2_28

Reliable face detection in completely uncontrolled settings still remains a challenging task. This paper introduces a novel hybrid learning strategy that achieves robust in-plane and out-of-plane multi-view face detection through the enhanced impleme... Read More about Bio-inspired hybrid framework for multi-view face detection.