All Outputs (1517)

‘It’s a narsty biziness’ : conservatism and subversion in 1930s detective fiction and thrillers (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on popular fiction and particularly the crime genre, encompassing both the detective story and the thriller. Critical surveys looking back across the decades finds these subgenres difficult to distinguish over time but writers of... Read More about ‘It’s a narsty biziness’ : conservatism and subversion in 1930s detective fiction and thrillers.

Wavescapes (2020)
Journal Article

Printed Waves (2020)
Journal Article

Building Islands (2020)
Journal Article

Rehabilitation following rotator cuff repair: A multi-centre pilot & feasibility randomised controlled trial (RaCeR) (2020)
Journal Article

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial to compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of early patient-directed rehabilitation versus standard rehabilitation following surgical repair of the rotator cuff... Read More about Rehabilitation following rotator cuff repair: A multi-centre pilot & feasibility randomised controlled trial (RaCeR).

Thousands of unidentified Zimbabweans lie in secret mass graves – and I want to find them (2020)
Other
Silika, K. (2020). Thousands of unidentified Zimbabweans lie in secret mass graves – and I want to find them. London

In this piece, I give an outline of my personal and professional journey towards mass grave investigation.

The syntax-pragmatics interface in L2 : aspects of information structure teaching and learning in a Saudi ESL context (2020)
Thesis
Abduljawad, S. The syntax-pragmatics interface in L2 : aspects of information structure teaching and learning in a Saudi ESL context. (Thesis). University of Salford

Despite advancements in teaching English as a second language (ESL) in Saudi Arabia, Saudi ESL learners’ language, even at advanced levels, deviates from that of native English speakers. While these ESL learners can often generate well-formed sentenc... Read More about The syntax-pragmatics interface in L2 : aspects of information structure teaching and learning in a Saudi ESL context.

A portfolio of compositions developing notational and compositional techniques in neo-liturgical music including handpan (2020)
Thesis
Mattix, D. A portfolio of compositions developing notational and compositional techniques in neo-liturgical music including handpan. (Thesis). University of Salford

The objective of this portfolio is to develop a system of notation and compose neo-liturgical music featuring the handpan. Until this point, no means of written communication has been in place to express advanced handpan techniques in printed sheet m... Read More about A portfolio of compositions developing notational and compositional techniques in neo-liturgical music including handpan.

Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences (2020)
Journal Article

Building trust in science and evidence-based decision-making depends heavily on the credibility of studies and their findings. Researchers employ many different study designs that vary in their risk of bias to evaluate the true effect of intervention... Read More about Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences.

A study on the implication of knowledge transfer and social capital on fostering innovation within the partnership between universities and Technology-Based Small Firms (TBSFs) (2020)
Thesis

To remain competitive in the ongoing rapid transformation in the industry, technology-based small firms (TBSFs) have been establishing partnerships with universities for knowledge transfer to complement their limitations in terms of knowledge, skill... Read More about A study on the implication of knowledge transfer and social capital on fostering innovation within the partnership between universities and Technology-Based Small Firms (TBSFs).

Species richness and composition of avifaunal communities in a complex Amazonian landscape (2020)
Thesis
Gilmore, B. Species richness and composition of avifaunal communities in a complex Amazonian landscape. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Little research has been undertaken to identify the effect that habitat heterogeneity and seasonality have on the diversity of birds in lowland Amazonia. This study aimed to identify how species richness and composition of avifaunal communities in th... Read More about Species richness and composition of avifaunal communities in a complex Amazonian landscape.

South Asian Indian patients’ perspective of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions for depression in Primary Care : a qualitative & grounded theory analysis study (2020)
Thesis
Johnson, G. South Asian Indian patients’ perspective of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions for depression in Primary Care : a qualitative & grounded theory analysis study. (Thesis). University Of Salford

Background
Mental Health is paramount to personal wellbeing, building relationships and making contributions to society, (Thornicroft, Rugerri & Goldberg, 2013). With the population of the United Kingdom constantly changing over the past decades, pr... Read More about South Asian Indian patients’ perspective of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions for depression in Primary Care : a qualitative & grounded theory analysis study.

Thermal comfort assessment of primary school children in a warm and humid climate : a case study of Imo State, Nigeria (2020)
Thesis

Thermal comfort study in buildings gained unprecedented momentum in recent times because of the concern over climate change. The increasing temperature caused by climate change is likely impacting the comfort and the health of building occupants, esp... Read More about Thermal comfort assessment of primary school children in a warm and humid climate : a case study of Imo State, Nigeria.

A poetics of subjective resistance (2020)
Thesis

This doctoral thesis is a work of poetics, which speculatively casts into the future of possible writing, to ask how contemporary innovative poetry can enact or contribute towards political resistance. More specifically, it asks how poetry that finds... Read More about A poetics of subjective resistance.

Investigation into the genetic variation of Toll-Like Receptor 9 in cattle using both Sanger and next-generation sequencing from FTA-Cards (2020)
Thesis
Alqurashi, A. Investigation into the genetic variation of Toll-Like Receptor 9 in cattle using both Sanger and next-generation sequencing from FTA-Cards. (Thesis). University of Salford

The susceptibility or resistance to infectious diseases depends on the host immune response. The genetic variation of immune-relevant genes such as Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) genes is associated with susceptibility or resistance to the pathogen. In thi... Read More about Investigation into the genetic variation of Toll-Like Receptor 9 in cattle using both Sanger and next-generation sequencing from FTA-Cards.

Waves of laughter : comic surfing on Bergson’s mechanical inelasticity (2020)
Journal Article

Bergson’s concept of ‘mechanical inelasticity’ from his influential essay Laughter (1900, 2010, 5) remains a staple of comic theory. Bergson’s focus was on what impels laughter in social contexts. In viewing the raising of laughter as a process, i.e.... Read More about Waves of laughter : comic surfing on Bergson’s mechanical inelasticity.

Salford PGRs Flickr Collection (2020)
Data

Photographs from the Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC), from 2015 onwards.

The Kindness Workbook : creative and compassionate ways to boost your wellbeing (2020)
Book

Growing up is a juggling act. Our bodies and hormones change, usually at the same time as important decisions about our future need to be made. We often put extra pressure on ourselves, compare ourselves unfavourably to others and excessively worry a... Read More about The Kindness Workbook : creative and compassionate ways to boost your wellbeing.

Geospatial dashboards for mapping and tracking of novel Coronavirus pandemic (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In mid of December 2019, Wuhan sea food, China a new mysterious illness was reported lately called Coronavirus
(COVID-19, The virus triggered a severe respiratory disease, rapidly speeded to many other states of China and
around the world. COVID-19... Read More about Geospatial dashboards for mapping and tracking of novel Coronavirus pandemic.

Dynamic emotional expressions do not modulate responses to gestures (2020)
Journal Article
Farmer, H., Mahmood, R., Gregory, S., Tishina, P., & Hamilton, A. (2021). Dynamic emotional expressions do not modulate responses to gestures. Acta psychologica, 212, 103226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103226

The tendency to imitate the actions of others appears to be a fundamental aspect of human social interaction. Emotional expressions are a particularly salient form of social stimuli (Vuilleumier & Schwartz, 2001) but their relationship to imitati... Read More about Dynamic emotional expressions do not modulate responses to gestures.