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The travelling gamer : an ethnography of video game events (2016)
Thesis
Law, Y. The travelling gamer : an ethnography of video game events. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis is an ethnography of video gamers and video game events. It considers the social and cultural practices of video gamers away from the video game screen, and in particular focuses on those who participate in, and attend, various video game... Read More about The travelling gamer : an ethnography of video game events.

Floodplains : the forgotten and abused component of the fluvial system (2016)
Journal Article
Heritage, G., Entwistle, N., & Bentley, S. (2016). Floodplains : the forgotten and abused component of the fluvial system. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160713007

River restoration is strongly focussed on in-channel initiatives driven by fisheries interests and a continued desire for river stability. This contrasts greatly with the inherently mobile nature of watercourses. What is often overlooked is the fac... Read More about Floodplains : the forgotten and abused component of the fluvial system.

Monazite-type SrCrO4 under compression (2016)
Journal Article
Gleissner, J., Errandonea, D., Segura, A., Pellicer-Porres, J., Hakeem, M., Proctor, J., …Bettinelli, M. (2016). Monazite-type SrCrO4 under compression. Physical Review B, 94(134108), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.134108

We report a high-pressure study of monoclinic monazite-type SrCrO4 up to 26 GPa. Therein we combined x-ray diffraction, Raman, and optical-absorption measurements with ab initio calculations, to find a pressure-induced structural phase transition of... Read More about Monazite-type SrCrO4 under compression.

Wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton robot based on pneumatic soft actuators (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Fahaam, H., Davis, S., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2016, October). Wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton robot based on pneumatic soft actuators. Presented at International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering (ICSAE),, Newcastle UK

The aim of this paper is to describe the design of a soft, wearable splint for wrist joint rehabilitation, based on pneumatic soft actuators. The extensor bending and the contraction types of pneumatic soft actuators have been adopted in this stud... Read More about Wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton robot based on pneumatic soft actuators.

3D position mapping of continuum arm (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2016, October). 3D position mapping of continuum arm. Presented at International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering, ICSAE 2016, Newcastle UK

Modelling a continuum arm is one of the major challenges in soft robotic researches. An accurate position model allows wider use of continuum robot arms in industrial and medical applications. Furthermore, accurate control can be achieved. This pape... Read More about 3D position mapping of continuum arm.

The impact of altitude, latitude, and endurance duration on the design of a high altitude, solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Alsahlani, A., & Rahulan, T. (2016, October). The impact of altitude, latitude, and endurance duration on the design of a high altitude, solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle. Presented at The International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering ICSAE, Newcastle / United Kingdom

In this paper, a previously developed conceptual design tool has been used to study the impact of the latitude, altitude, and the flight duration on the weight estimation and the main characteristics of a high altitude, long endurance and solar power... Read More about The impact of altitude, latitude, and endurance duration on the design of a high altitude, solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle.

Proceedings of the international conference on advanced intelligent systems and informatics 2016 (2016)
Book
Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., Shaalan, K., Azar, A., & Tolba, M. (2016). Proceedings of the international conference on advanced intelligent systems and informatics 2016. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48308-5

This book gathers the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics (AISI2016), which took place in Cairo, Egypt during October 24–26, 2016. This international interdisciplinary conference, which high... Read More about Proceedings of the international conference on advanced intelligent systems and informatics 2016.

Biologically-inspired object recognition system for recognizing natural scene categories (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Alameer, A., Degenaar, P., & Nazarpour, K. (2016, October). Biologically-inspired object recognition system for recognizing natural scene categories. Presented at International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering (ISCAE), Newcastle upon Tyne

Visual processing has attracted a lot of attention in the last decade. Hierarchical approaches for object recognition are gradually becoming widely-accepted. Generally, they are inspired by the ventral stream of human visual cortex, which is in charg... Read More about Biologically-inspired object recognition system for recognizing natural scene categories.

Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Gonzalez, A., Roberts, B., Fitton, R., Swan, W., & Elkadi, H. (2016, October). Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England. Presented at EECHB Energy Efficiency and Comfort of Historic Buildings, Brussels

Existing buildings play a key role in the achievement of the ambitious energy saving and greenhouse gas reduction targets that Europe has fixed for 2020 and 2050. Research has demonstrated that the impact in terms of decrease of energy use and CO2 wi... Read More about Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England.

Volunteering and overseas placements in the NHS : a survey of current activity (2016)
Journal Article
Chatwin, J., & Ackers, H. (2016). Volunteering and overseas placements in the NHS : a survey of current activity. BMJ, 6(10), e01216. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012160

Objective The study aimed to establish current levels of overseas volunteering and placement activity across all staff grades within the NHS in the North West of England. Design Cross-sectional survey. Instrument Descriptive statistics. Setting... Read More about Volunteering and overseas placements in the NHS : a survey of current activity.

High frequency detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in human neonatal tissue from Libya (2016)
Journal Article
Haq, S., Abushahma, M., Gerwash, O., Hughes, J., Wright, E., Elmahaishi, M., …Hide, G. (2016). High frequency detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in human neonatal tissue from Libya. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110(9), 551-557. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trw064

Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that causes significant disease in humans. Toxoplasmosis is normally asymptomatic, unless associated with congenital transmission, or in immunocompromised people. Congenital transmission generally occurs... Read More about High frequency detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in human neonatal tissue from Libya.

The pragmatics of repetition, emphasis and intensification (2016)
Thesis
Jackson, R. The pragmatics of repetition, emphasis and intensification. (Thesis). Salford

It may be tempting to think that humans generally say or do things once in communication. However, repetition for the communication of a particular stylistic effect is a commonplace and everyday occurance. Think of texts with repeated kisses and emoj... Read More about The pragmatics of repetition, emphasis and intensification.

Diagnosis of aortic graft infection : a case definition by the management of aortic graft infection collaboration (MAGIC) (2016)
Journal Article
Lyons, O., Baguneid, M., Barwick, T., Bell, R., Foster, N., Homer-Vanniasinkam, S., …Price, N. (2016). Diagnosis of aortic graft infection : a case definition by the management of aortic graft infection collaboration (MAGIC). European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 52(6), 758-763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.09.007

Objective/Background The management of aortic graft infection (AGI) is highly complex and in the absence of a universally accepted case definition and evidence-based guidelines, clinical approaches and outcomes vary widely. The objective was to de... Read More about Diagnosis of aortic graft infection : a case definition by the management of aortic graft infection collaboration (MAGIC).

Does hydatid cyst fluid from Echinococcus granulosus cysts have any effect on cells involved in fibrosis in cystic echinococcosis? (2016)
Journal Article
Mohammed, A., Allen, J., & Rogan, M. (2016). Does hydatid cyst fluid from Echinococcus granulosus cysts have any effect on cells involved in fibrosis in cystic echinococcosis?. Journal of Parasitology and Bacteriology, 7(5), https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9597.C1.023

Cystic echinococcosis is characterized by the presence of slow growing hydatid cysts, usually in the liver or lungs. Survival of the parasite is based on an interaction of the host immune system and a range of parasite immune-evasive strategies. Fibr... Read More about Does hydatid cyst fluid from Echinococcus granulosus cysts have any effect on cells involved in fibrosis in cystic echinococcosis?.

Bio-inspired artemether loaded human serum albumin nanoparticles for effective control of malaria-infected erythrocytes (2016)
Journal Article
Sidhaye, A., Bhuran, K., Zambare, S., Abubaker, M., Nirmalan, N., & Singh, K. (2016). Bio-inspired artemether loaded human serum albumin nanoparticles for effective control of malaria-infected erythrocytes. Nanomedicine, 11(21), 2809-2828. https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2016-0235

Background: The intra-erythrocytic development of the malarial parasite is dependent on active uptake of nutrients, including human serum albumin(HSA), into parasitized erythrocytes(pRBCs). We have designed HSA-based nanoparticles as a potential drug... Read More about Bio-inspired artemether loaded human serum albumin nanoparticles for effective control of malaria-infected erythrocytes.

Forensic investigation of social media and instant messaging services in Firefox OS : Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Telegram, OpenWapp, and Line as case studies (2016)
Book Chapter
Najvadi, Y., & Dehghantanha, A. (2016). Forensic investigation of social media and instant messaging services in Firefox OS : Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Telegram, OpenWapp, and Line as case studies. In Contemporary Digital Forensic Investigations Of Cloud And Mobile Applications. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805303-4.00004-6

Global healthcare for the 21st century and beyond (2016)
Journal Article
MacVane Phipps, F. E. (2016). Global healthcare for the 21st century and beyond. International Journal of Health Governance, 21(4), 263-267. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-10-2016-0046

Despite the Alma-Ata goal of acceptable health care for all by the year 2000, gross inequalities continue to condemn the world’s poorer and disadvantaged citizens to inadequate levels of health and health care. Articles in this issue describe import... Read More about Global healthcare for the 21st century and beyond.

IT controls in the public cloud : success factors for allocation of roles and responsibilities (2016)
Journal Article
Khan, S., Nicho, M., & Takruri-Rizk, H. (2016). IT controls in the public cloud : success factors for allocation of roles and responsibilities. Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, 18(3), 155-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228053.2016.1237218

The rapid adoption of cloud computing by organizations has resulted in the transformation of the roles and responsibilities of staff in managing the information technology (IT) resources (via IT governance controls) that have migrated to the cloud. H... Read More about IT controls in the public cloud : success factors for allocation of roles and responsibilities.

Hazards and risk : the support worker's role (2016)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2016). Hazards and risk : the support worker's role. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 10(10), 513-515. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2016.10.10.513

Within this article, the author will be discussing the vital role that support workers have in managing risk and in maintaining a safe working environment for themselves, their colleagues and service users. The Code of Conduct for Healthcare Suppor... Read More about Hazards and risk : the support worker's role.

Natural hazard risks on railway turnout systems (2016)
Journal Article
Dindar, S., Kaewunruen, S., An, M., & Osman, M. (2016). Natural hazard risks on railway turnout systems. Procedia Engineering, 161, 1254-1259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.561

As an essential feature to enable rail operational flexibility, railway turnouts are special track systems used to divert a train from a particular direction or a particular track onto other directions or other tracks. Railway turnout is constructed... Read More about Natural hazard risks on railway turnout systems.