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Promoting sexual well-being in social work education and practice (2017)
Journal Article
Lee, S., Fenge, L., & Collins, B. (2018). Promoting sexual well-being in social work education and practice. Social Work Education, 37(3), 315-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2017.1401602

This paper explores the importance of including sexual well-being within social work practice and education. Social workers often work with individuals for whom opportunities for sexual expression are limited and who face discriminatory attitudes. Se... Read More about Promoting sexual well-being in social work education and practice.

Creating a complete workflow for digitising historical census documents : considerations and evaluation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Clausner, C., Hayes, J., Antonacopoulos, A., & Pletschacher, S. (2017). Creating a complete workflow for digitising historical census documents : considerations and evaluation. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3151509.3151525

The 1961 Census of England and Wales was the first UK census to make use of computers. However, only bound volumes and microfilm copies of printouts remain, locking a wealth of information in a form that is practically unusable for research. In this... Read More about Creating a complete workflow for digitising historical census documents : considerations and evaluation.

Building integrated agriculture information modelling (BIAIM) : an integrated approach towards urban agriculture (2017)
Journal Article
Khan, R., Aziz, Z., & Ahmed, V. (2018). Building integrated agriculture information modelling (BIAIM) : an integrated approach towards urban agriculture. Sustainable Cities and Society, 37(Feb 18), 594-607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2017.10.027

Urbanisation is transforming human societies in many ways. Besides bringing benefits to people in cities, it also has negative impacts such as food security. One way to meet the challenge is urban agriculture; however, traditional agricultural practi... Read More about Building integrated agriculture information modelling (BIAIM) : an integrated approach towards urban agriculture.

Experimental investigation on thermal comfort model between local thermal sensation and overall thermal sensation (2017)
Journal Article
Fang, Z., Hong, L., Li, B., Tan, M., & Oladokun, M. (2018). Experimental investigation on thermal comfort model between local thermal sensation and overall thermal sensation. Energy and Buildings, 158, 1286-1295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.10.099

To study the human local and overall thermal sensations, a series of experiments under various conditions were carried out in a climate control chamber. The adopted analysis method considered the effect of the weight coefficient of local average skin... Read More about Experimental investigation on thermal comfort model between local thermal sensation and overall thermal sensation.

Communication training interventions for family and professional carers of people living with dementia : a systematic review of effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis (2017)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Horne, M., McEvoy, P., & Williamson, T. (2017). Communication training interventions for family and professional carers of people living with dementia : a systematic review of effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis. Aging & mental health, 22(7), 863-880. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1399343

Objectives: To update previous reviews and provide a more detailed overview of the effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis of communication training-interventions for carers of people living with dementia. Method: We searched CINAHL... Read More about Communication training interventions for family and professional carers of people living with dementia : a systematic review of effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis.

A review of mammographic positioning image quality criteria for the craniocaudal projection (2017)
Journal Article
Sweeney, R., Lewis, S., Hogg, P., & McEntee, M. (2017). A review of mammographic positioning image quality criteria for the craniocaudal projection. British Journal of Radiology, 91(1082), https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20170611

Detection of breast cancer is reliant on optimal breast positioning and the production of quality images. Two projections, the mediolateral (MLO) and craniocaudal (CC), are routinely performed. Determination of successful positioning and inclusion of... Read More about A review of mammographic positioning image quality criteria for the craniocaudal projection.

Large-area, highly uniform evaporated formamidinium lead triiodide thin films for solar cells (2017)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Borchert, J., Milot, R., Patel, J., Davies, C., Wright, A., …Johnston, M. (2017). Large-area, highly uniform evaporated formamidinium lead triiodide thin films for solar cells. ACS Energy Letters, 2(12), 2799-2804. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00967

Perovskite thin-film solar cells are one of the most promising emerging renewable energy technologies because of their potential for low-cost, large-area fabrication combined with high energy conversion efficiencies. Recently, formamidinium lead trii... Read More about Large-area, highly uniform evaporated formamidinium lead triiodide thin films for solar cells.

A scoping review of digital health innovation ecosystems in developed and developing countries (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Iyawa, G. E., Herselman, M., & Botha, A. (2017). A scoping review of digital health innovation ecosystems in developed and developing countries. . https://doi.org/10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2017.8102325

Digital health innovation ecosystems describe the need to incorporate the components of digital health, innovation and digital ecosystems in administering healthcare services. Reviewing the evidence of digital health, innovation and digital ecosystem... Read More about A scoping review of digital health innovation ecosystems in developed and developing countries.

Reporting of ethical considerations in clinical trials in Chinese nursing journals (2017)
Journal Article
Wu, Y., Howarth, M., Chunlan, Z., Xue, J., Jiexia, O., & Xiaojin, L. (2019). Reporting of ethical considerations in clinical trials in Chinese nursing journals. Nursing Ethics, 26(4), 973-983. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733017722191

Background: It is acknowledged that publishers now require all primary research papers to demonstrate that they have obtained ethical approval for their research. Objectives: To assess the rate of reporting of ethical approval in clinical trials in... Read More about Reporting of ethical considerations in clinical trials in Chinese nursing journals.

Arabic machine transliteration using an attention-based encoder-decoder model (2017)
Journal Article
encoder-decoder model. Procedia Computer Science, 117, 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2017.10.120

Transliteration is the process of converting words from a given source language alphabet to a target language alphabet, in a way that best preserves the phonetic and orthographic aspects of the transliterated words. Even though an important effort h... Read More about Arabic machine transliteration using an attention-based encoder-decoder model.

Crossover between liquid-like and gas-like behaviour in CH4 at 400 K (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Hakeem, M., Parisiades, P., Maynard-Casely, H., Foster, D., Eden, D., …Proctor, J. (2017). Crossover between liquid-like and gas-like behaviour in CH4 at 400 K. Physical Review E, 96(5), 052113. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.96.052113

We report experimental evidence for a crossover between a liquid-like state and a gas-like state in fluid methane (CH4). This crossover is observed in all of our experiments, up to 397 K temperature; 2.1 times the critical temperature of methane. The... Read More about Crossover between liquid-like and gas-like behaviour in CH4 at 400 K.

A place to call home (2017)
Book Chapter
Gibbons, A. (2017). A place to call home. In A Right to the City: A Verso Report. Verso

An investigation of the meaning of home as it connects to a sense of self, to health and to community, and a look at the politics and policies that underpin the tragedy of Grenfell and where we can go from here.

Organisational dynamics and adoption of innovations : a study within the context of software firms in Sri Lanka (2017)
Journal Article
Udagedara RMU, S., & Allman, K. (2019). Organisational dynamics and adoption of innovations : a study within the context of software firms in Sri Lanka. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(2), 450-475. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12378

This paper examines the effect of organisational dynamics on innovation focus using the residual dominant and emergent theoretical framework (RDE) and the empirical evidence of four case studies. The findings revealed that different types of innovati... Read More about Organisational dynamics and adoption of innovations : a study within the context of software firms in Sri Lanka.

When voluntary work makes you sick (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kamerāde, D., & Bennett, M. (2017, November). When voluntary work makes you sick. Presented at Social (In)Security: Lived Experiences of the Benefits System, Manchester Museum of Industry and Science

Due to growing labour market deregulation and flexibilisation an increasing number of people are likely to experience unemployment and declining mental health and well-being associated with it. This article explores whether engagement in voluntary wo... Read More about When voluntary work makes you sick.

How do we get there? Effects of cognitive aging on route memory (2017)
Journal Article
O'Malley, M., Innes, A., & Wiener, J. (2017). How do we get there? Effects of cognitive aging on route memory. Memory and Cognition, 46(2), 274-284. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-017-0763-7

Research into the effects of cognitive aging on route navigation usually focuses on differences in learning performance. In contrast, we investigated age-related differences in route knowledge after successful route learning. One young and two groups... Read More about How do we get there? Effects of cognitive aging on route memory.

Learning static spectral weightings for speech intelligibility enhancement in noise (2017)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., & Cooke, M. (2018). Learning static spectral weightings for speech intelligibility enhancement in noise. Computer Speech and Language, 49, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csl.2017.10.003

Near-end speech enhancement works by modifying speech prior to presentation in a noisy environment, typically operating under a constraint of limited or no increase in speech level. One issue is the extent to which near-end enhancement techniques req... Read More about Learning static spectral weightings for speech intelligibility enhancement in noise.

Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes (2017)
Journal Article
Joynson, R., Pritchard, L., Ekenakema, O., & Ferry, N. (2017). Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2181. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02181

Some eukaryotes are able to gain access to well-protected carbon sources in plant biomass by exploiting microorganisms in the environment or harbored in their digestive system. One is the land pulmonate Arion ater, which takes advantage of a gut micr... Read More about Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes.