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Evaluating patterns of human–reptile conflicts in an urban environment (2016)
Journal Article
environment. Wildlife Research, 42(7), https://doi.org/10.1071/WR15143

Context. Reptiles, especially snakes, can cause a fear reaction in the public and are, therefore, a good model to examine human–wildlife conflicts. Human city dwellers often respond to the presence of snakes or other reptiles by calling out the respo... Read More about Evaluating patterns of human–reptile conflicts in an urban environment.

IMC – an integrative review (2016)
Journal Article
Tafesse, W., & Kitchen, P. (2016). IMC – an integrative review. International Journal of Advertising, 36(2), 210-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650487.2015.1114168

This paper reviews and integrates extant work in the integrated marketing communication (IMC) literature. With this in mind, three alternative and widely disseminated conceptual frameworks proposed in the IMC literature are employed as a starting poi... Read More about IMC – an integrative review.

Military aircrafts' classification based on their sound signature (2016)
Journal Article
Barbarosou, M., Paraskevas, I., & Ahmed, A. (2016). Military aircrafts' classification based on their sound signature. Aircraft engineering, 88(1), 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-04-2014-0040

Purpose: This paper aims to present a system framework for classifying different models of military aircrafts, which is based on the sound they produce. Design/methodology/approach: The technique is based on extracting a compact feature set, of... Read More about Military aircrafts' classification based on their sound signature.

Antibacterial properties of biosurfactants against selected Gram-positive and -negative bacteria (2016)
Journal Article
De Rienzo MA, D., P, S., R, M., & IM, B. (2016). Antibacterial properties of biosurfactants against selected Gram-positive and -negative bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnv224

The antibacterial properties and ability to disrupt biofilms of biosurfactants (rhamnolipids, sophorolipids) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) in the presence and absence of selected organic acids were investigated. Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was in... Read More about Antibacterial properties of biosurfactants against selected Gram-positive and -negative bacteria.

Chicago house music, from dance floor to museum: the Frankie Knuckles Vinyl Collection: The Frankie Knuckles Vinyl Collection at the Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago (2016)
Journal Article
Perevedentseva, M., & Garcia, L. (2016). Chicago house music, from dance floor to museum: the Frankie Knuckles Vinyl Collection: The Frankie Knuckles Vinyl Collection at the Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago. Sound Studies, 2(1), 95-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/20551940.2016.1154407

Turning the game around for conservation: using traditional hunting knowledge to improve the capture efficiency of Amazon lowland pacas (2016)
Journal Article
Rocha El Bizri, H., Araujo, L., Araujo, W., Maranhao, L., & Valsecchi, J. (2016). Turning the game around for conservation: using traditional hunting knowledge to improve the capture efficiency of Amazon lowland pacas. Wildlife Biology, 22(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00127

The lowland paca Cuniculus paca is a large rodent and is one of the most hunted mammal species in the Neotropics. Conservation strategies for the lowland paca that depend on data from live captures have been hampered due to the elusive behavior of th... Read More about Turning the game around for conservation: using traditional hunting knowledge to improve the capture efficiency of Amazon lowland pacas.

Graffiti, nostalgia and the Libertines: A walk down “up the bracket alley” (2016)
Journal Article
Halligan, B. Graffiti, nostalgia and the Libertines: A walk down “up the bracket alley”. Manuscript submitted for publication

This article reflects on a visit to the site of the video shoot for The Libertines’ “Up the Bracket”, ten years after that shoot and in the wake of the disbanding of the group, and the ways in which an unofficial and subcultural heritage is manifest... Read More about Graffiti, nostalgia and the Libertines: A walk down “up the bracket alley”.

Stakeholder influences on the choice and performance of FDI-based market entry modes : a conceptual model (2016)
Journal Article
Mukundhan, K., & Nandakumar, M. (2016). Stakeholder influences on the choice and performance of FDI-based market entry modes : a conceptual model. International Studies of Management and Organization, 46(1), 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2015.1007017

This article accounts for stakeholder influences on the performance of Emerging Market Firms (EMFs) entering developed markets through FDI-based market entry modes. Stakeholders, such as governments, regulators, customers, competitors, community/envi... Read More about Stakeholder influences on the choice and performance of FDI-based market entry modes : a conceptual model.

The Roma on screen : voicing the counter-hegemonic (2016)
Journal Article
Hope, W. (2016). The Roma on screen : voicing the counter-hegemonic. Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, 4(1), 63-81. https://doi.org/10.1386/jicms.4.1.63_1

Since the new millennium, approximately thirty Italian documentaries have focused on the Roma, Sinti and other more tendentially nomadic groups. Drawing on writings by theorists including Spivak and Parati, this article contends that many documentari... Read More about The Roma on screen : voicing the counter-hegemonic.

A ‘perfect storm’ : institutional reform in Italy after the 2013 national elections (2016)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2016). A ‘perfect storm’ : institutional reform in Italy after the 2013 national elections. In J. Edelmann (Ed.), Crisis as a Permanent Condition? The Italian Political System between Transition and Reform Resistance (79-98). Germany: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845257044-79

This chapter analyses the impact of the 2013 elections on the institutional reform debate in Italian politics in the context of a thirty year failure to secure what are regarded as essential reforms. The first part of the chapter summarises this long... Read More about A ‘perfect storm’ : institutional reform in Italy after the 2013 national elections.

Employment outcomes and patterns of real estate graduates: is gender a matter? (2016)
Journal Article
Poon, J., & Brownlow, M. (2016). Employment outcomes and patterns of real estate graduates: is gender a matter?. Property Management, 34(1), 44-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-01-2015-0003

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate whether gender has an impact on real estate and built environment graduates’ employment outcomes, employment patterns and other important employment related issues, such as pay, role, contract type and... Read More about Employment outcomes and patterns of real estate graduates: is gender a matter?.

Essentially English : Sherlock Holmes at the BBC (2016)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2016). Essentially English : Sherlock Holmes at the BBC. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 13(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2016.0293

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, currently enjoying renewed popularity on television via the BBC’s Sherlock (2010- ), have been adapted for the screen countless times around the world. Arguably best remembered are Granada’s long-runn... Read More about Essentially English : Sherlock Holmes at the BBC.

"Mind Britain's business": fascist splinter groups, British officers and resistance to war against Germany, 1937-1941 (2016)
Book Chapter
Searle, D. (2016). "Mind Britain's business": fascist splinter groups, British officers and resistance to war against Germany, 1937-1941. In G. Gahlen, D. Segesser, & C. Winkel (Eds.), Geheime Netwerke im Militär 1700-1945 (184-203). Paderborn: Schoeningh

In considering the history of 'secret military networks', the activities of radical right-wing splinter groups in Britain in the period 1937-41 presents an opportunity to explore questions which might at first appear more relevant to previous centuri... Read More about "Mind Britain's business": fascist splinter groups, British officers and resistance to war against Germany, 1937-1941.

An investigation of characteristics affecting employment outcomes and patterns of real estate graduates (2016)
Journal Article
Poon, J. (2016). An investigation of characteristics affecting employment outcomes and patterns of real estate graduates. Property Management, 34(3), 180-198. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-05-2015-0024

Purpose The aim of this research is to develop a comprehensive picture of characteristics affecting the employment outcomes and patterns for real estate graduates in Australia. Furthermore, this paper benchmarks the characteristics affecting emplo... Read More about An investigation of characteristics affecting employment outcomes and patterns of real estate graduates.

Transtibial amputee gait efficiency : energy storage and return versus solid ankle cushioned heel prosthetic feet (2016)
Journal Article
Gardiner, J., Bari, A., Howard, D., & Kenney, L. (2016). Transtibial amputee gait efficiency : energy storage and return versus solid ankle cushioned heel prosthetic feet. Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 53(6), 1133-1138. https://doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2015.04.0066

Energy storage and return (ESR) feet have long been assumed to promote metabolically efficient amputee gait. However, despite being prescribed for approximately thirty years, there is limited evidence that they achieve this desired function. Here, we... Read More about Transtibial amputee gait efficiency : energy storage and return versus solid ankle cushioned heel prosthetic feet.

The effects of prosthetic ankle stiffness on stability of gait in people with trans-tibial amputation (2016)
Journal Article
Major, M., Twiste, M., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. (2016). The effects of prosthetic ankle stiffness on stability of gait in people with trans-tibial amputation. Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 53(6), 839-852. https://doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2015.08.0148

The ability to control balance during walking is a critical precondition for minimizing fall risk, but is compromised in persons with lower-limb loss due to reduced sensory feedback mechanisms and inability to actively modulate prosthesis mechanical... Read More about The effects of prosthetic ankle stiffness on stability of gait in people with trans-tibial amputation.

Does compassion focused therapy training for healthcare educators and providers increase self-compassion, and reduce self-persecution and self-criticism? (2016)
Journal Article
reduce self-persecution and self-criticism?. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 36(1), 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEH.0000000000000023

Introduction: There is a growing body of evidence within the healthcare community which suggests that developing feelings of compassion can have a profound impact on physical and psychological health. This is an important area of work, and initial re... Read More about Does compassion focused therapy training for healthcare educators and providers increase self-compassion, and reduce self-persecution and self-criticism?.