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An Architectural Approach To Level Design (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, U. (2018). An Architectural Approach To Level Design. ˜The œcomputer games journal, 7(1), 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-017-0050-7

This paper review’s Christopher Totten’s 2014 book, An Architectural Approach to Level Design. Totten’s work arguably represents the most advanced and up to date discussion in applying traditional architecture principles to level design. The work in... Read More about An Architectural Approach To Level Design.

Finding influential users for different time bounds in social networks using multi-objective optimization (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammadi, A., & Saraee, M. (2018). Finding influential users for different time bounds in social networks using multi-objective optimization. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 40, 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2018.02.003

Online social networks play an important role in marketing services. Influence maximization is a major challenge, in which the goal is to find the most influential users in a social network. Increasing the number of influenced users at the end of a d... Read More about Finding influential users for different time bounds in social networks using multi-objective optimization.

PRESENCE : A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art (2018)
Book Chapter
Correia, A. (2018). PRESENCE : A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art. In L. Taylor (Ed.), PRESENCE: A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art (3-40). Salford: University of Salford

A catalogue produced to accompany an exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art from the University of Salford Art Collection, held at The Vaults, St George's Hall, Liverpool, 8 February - 3 June 2018. Short introductory texts, written by Alice C... Read More about PRESENCE : A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art.

Valuing and understanding fish populations in the Anthropocene : key questions to address (2018)
Journal Article
Obregón, C., Lyndon, A., Barker, J., Christiansen, H., Godley, B., Kurland, S., …Mariani, S. (2018). Valuing and understanding fish populations in the Anthropocene : key questions to address. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(3), 828-845. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13536

Research on the values of fish populations and fisheries has primarily focused on bio-economic aspects; a more nuanced and multidimensional perspective is mostly neglected. Although a range of social aspects is increasingly being considered in fisher... Read More about Valuing and understanding fish populations in the Anthropocene : key questions to address.

Improving student nurses' confidence in managing the acutely ill patient (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, J., & Rushton, M. (2018). Improving student nurses' confidence in managing the acutely ill patient. British Journal of Nursing, 27(3), 124-129. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.3.124

Aim: The Acute Illness Management (AIM) course was introduced into NHS trusts across Greater Manchester in 2002/03 for registered nurses. In preparation for the transition from student to registered nurse, the AIM course was then included in the fi... Read More about Improving student nurses' confidence in managing the acutely ill patient.

Personalised, multi-modal, affective state detection for hybrid brain-computer music interfacing (2018)
Journal Article
Daly, I., Williams, D., Malik, A., Weaver, J., Kirke, A., Hwang, F., …Nasuto, S. (2020). Personalised, multi-modal, affective state detection for hybrid brain-computer music interfacing. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 11(1), 111-124. https://doi.org/10.1109/taffc.2018.2801811

Brain-computer music interfaces (BCMIs) may be used to modulate affective states, with applications in music therapy, composition, and entertainment. However, for such systems to work they need to be able to reliably detect their user's current affec... Read More about Personalised, multi-modal, affective state detection for hybrid brain-computer music interfacing.

A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses (2018)
Journal Article
Trinler, U., Hollands, K., Jones, R., & Baker, R. (2018). A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses. Gait & Posture, 61, 353-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.02.005

Computational methods to estimate muscle forces during walking are becoming more common in biomechanical research but not yet in clinical gait analysis. This systematic review aims to identify the current state-of-the-art, examine the differences bet... Read More about A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses.

Rocker outsole shoes and margin of stability during walking: A preliminary study (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Ghomian, B., Mehdizadeh, S., Aghili, R., Naemi, R., Jafari, H., Machado, J., …Saeedi, H. (2018). Rocker outsole shoes and margin of stability during walking: A preliminary study. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2017.8279949

Rocker outsole shoes are commonly prescribed to diabetic patients to redistribute peak plantar pressures at high risk areas such as forefoot thereby decreasing risks of plantar ulceration. However, there are evidences of postural destabilizing effect... Read More about Rocker outsole shoes and margin of stability during walking: A preliminary study.

‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’: what keeps resistance-trained older adults coming back to the gym? (2018)
Journal Article
Gluchowski, A., Warbrick, I., Oldham, T., & Harris, N. (2018). ‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’: what keeps resistance-trained older adults coming back to the gym?. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10(3), 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2018.1431305

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that were responsible for the feelings of satisfaction and the behaviours of adherence to an intense exercise intervention recently completed by resistance-trained older adults. A total of 21 heal... Read More about ‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’: what keeps resistance-trained older adults coming back to the gym?.

A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations (2018)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2018). A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 8(1), 58-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-06-2017-0028

Purpose – Patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) present with specific assessment, specific difficulties, needs and therapeutic issues and therefore are a challenging group for forensic services. Given the challenge that individuals with ASD p... Read More about A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations.

Centre of pressure characteristics in normal, planus and cavus feet (2018)
Journal Article
Buldt, A., Forghany, S., Landorf, K., Murley, G., Levinger, P., & Menz, H. (2018). Centre of pressure characteristics in normal, planus and cavus feet. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-018-0245-6

Background The aim of this study was to compare centre of pressure (COP) characteristics between healthy adults with normal, planus or cavus feet who were allocated to groups based on reliable foot posture measurement techniques. Methods... Read More about Centre of pressure characteristics in normal, planus and cavus feet.

Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs (2018)
Journal Article
Fry, E., Johnson, G., Evans, A., Pritchard, W., Bullock, J., & Bardgett, R. (2018). Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs. Oecologia, 186, 1113-1125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4082-x

Plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) describe the effect of a plant species on soil properties, which affect the performance of future generations. Here we test the hypothesis that drought alters PSFs by reducing plant–microbe associations and nutrient uptake... Read More about Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs.

Play within the pre-registration children's nursing curriculum within the United Kingdom : a content analysis of programme specifications (2018)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D., Piper, C., Briggs, M., & Brown, F. (2018). Play within the pre-registration children's nursing curriculum within the United Kingdom : a content analysis of programme specifications. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 41, e33-e38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.01.013

Purpose: To determine the number of programme specifications which cite play within the curriculum and in what context. Play is an essential part of childhood. Therefore we might expect nurses caring for children to be trained in how to facilitate pl... Read More about Play within the pre-registration children's nursing curriculum within the United Kingdom : a content analysis of programme specifications.

PHOABE : securely outsourcing multi-authority attribute based encryption with policy hidden for cloud assisted IoT (2018)
Journal Article
Belguith, S., Kaaniche, N., Laurent, M., Jemai, A., & Attia, R. (2018). PHOABE : securely outsourcing multi-authority attribute based encryption with policy hidden for cloud assisted IoT. Computer Networks, 133, 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2018.01.036

Attribute based encryption (ABE) is an encrypted access control mechanism that ensures efficient data sharing among dynamic group of users. Nevertheless, this encryption technique presents two main drawbacks, namely high decryption cost and publicly... Read More about PHOABE : securely outsourcing multi-authority attribute based encryption with policy hidden for cloud assisted IoT.

Conditional inspection and maintenance of a system with two interacting components (2018)
Journal Article
Berrade, M., Scarf, P., & Cavalcante, C. (2018). Conditional inspection and maintenance of a system with two interacting components. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(2), 533-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.042

In this paper we consider the inspection and maintenance of a two-component system with stochastic dependence. A failure of component 1 may induce the defective state in component 2 which in turn leads to its failure. A failure of component 1 and a d... Read More about Conditional inspection and maintenance of a system with two interacting components.

Planning and optimisation of 4G/5G mobile networks and beyond (2018)
Thesis
Egena, O. Planning and optimisation of 4G/5G mobile networks and beyond. (Thesis). The University of Salford

As mobile networks continue to evolve, two major problems have always existed that greatly affect the quality of service that users experience. These problems are (1) efficient resource management for users at the edge of the network and those in a n... Read More about Planning and optimisation of 4G/5G mobile networks and beyond.

In search of a meaningful classification for Amazonian marmosets : should dwarf marmosets be considered Mico congenerics? (2018)
Journal Article
Silva, F., Costa-Araújo, R., Boubli, J., Santana, M., Franco, C., Bertuol, F., …Hrbek, T. (2018). In search of a meaningful classification for Amazonian marmosets : should dwarf marmosets be considered Mico congenerics?. Zoologica Scripta, 47(2), 133-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12278

The criteria to classify the diversity of Neotropical Primates have recently taken the discussion boards due to the reappraisal on the phylogenetic relationship of some groups. Such controversial and arbitrary decisions, however, can hamper conservat... Read More about In search of a meaningful classification for Amazonian marmosets : should dwarf marmosets be considered Mico congenerics?.

Numerical study of hydromagnetic non-Newtonian nanofluid transport phenomena from a horizontal cylinder with thermal slip : aerospace nanomaterial enrobing simulation (2018)
Journal Article
Nagendra, N., Subba Rao, A., Amanulla, C., Reddy, M., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2018). Numerical study of hydromagnetic non-Newtonian nanofluid transport phenomena from a horizontal cylinder with thermal slip : aerospace nanomaterial enrobing simulation. Journal of Nanofluids, 7(1), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1166/jon.2018.1423

In this article, the combined magnetohydrodynamic heat, momentum and mass (species) transfer in external boundary layer flow of Casson nanofluid from a horizontal circular cylinder surface with convective condition under an applied magnetic field is... Read More about Numerical study of hydromagnetic non-Newtonian nanofluid transport phenomena from a horizontal cylinder with thermal slip : aerospace nanomaterial enrobing simulation.