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An architecture governance approach for Agile development by tailoring the Spotify model (2021)
Journal Article
Salameh, A., & Bass, J. (2021). An architecture governance approach for Agile development by tailoring the Spotify model. AI & society, 37(2), 761-780. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01240-x

The role of software architecture in large-scale Agile development is important because several teams need to work together to release a single software product while helping to maximise teams’ autonomy. Governing and aligning Agile architecture acro... Read More about An architecture governance approach for Agile development by tailoring the Spotify model.

Living-transforming disaster relief shelter : a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing (2021)
Journal Article
Ghomi, S., Wedawatta, G., Ginige, K., & Ingirige, B. (2021). Living-transforming disaster relief shelter : a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(4), 687-704. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-04-2020-0076

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of post-disaster housing reconstruction projects, propose the conceptual Living-transforming disaster relief shelter (LTFDR-shelter) approach where temporary shelter is increment... Read More about Living-transforming disaster relief shelter : a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing.

Return to sport decisions after an acute lateral ankle sprain injury : introducing the PAASS framework - an international multidisciplinary consensus (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, M., Vicenzino, B., Bahr, R., Bandholm, T., Cooke, R., De Michellis Mendonça, L., …Delahunt, E. (2021). Return to sport decisions after an acute lateral ankle sprain injury : introducing the PAASS framework - an international multidisciplinary consensus. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(22), 1270-1276. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-104087

Background Despite being the most commonly incurred sports injury with a high recurrence rate, there are no guidelines to inform return to sport (RTS) decisions following acute lateral ankle sprain injuries. We aimed to develop a list of assessment... Read More about Return to sport decisions after an acute lateral ankle sprain injury : introducing the PAASS framework - an international multidisciplinary consensus.

Suspended nanocrystalline diamond ridge waveguides designed for the mid-infrared (2021)
Journal Article
Rahmati, A. T., Mashanovich, G. Z., & Nezhad, M. P. (2021). Suspended nanocrystalline diamond ridge waveguides designed for the mid-infrared. Journal of Optics, 23, 075801. https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/ac0873

A comprehensive study and design of air-clad suspended ridge diamond waveguides for operation across the 2.5–16 µm spectral range is presented, specifically targeting nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) thin films directly grown on silicon substrates. Thre... Read More about Suspended nanocrystalline diamond ridge waveguides designed for the mid-infrared.

SPARC 2021 - Against all odds : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2021)
Book
Thomas, A., Ibrahim, A., Abraham, A., Halilu, A., Adeosun, A., Court, A., …Whitehead, H. (2021). H. Bury, S. Gowda, T. Ireland, L. Mitchell, E. Oginni, T. Poppelreuter, …D. Whitnall (Eds.), SPARC 2021 - Against all odds : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts. Salford, United Kingdom: University of Salford

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2021 SPARC conference. Our conference is called “Against All Odds” as we celebrate the achievements of our PGRs and their supervisors, who have continued to excel despite the most challenging circumstances. Fo... Read More about SPARC 2021 - Against all odds : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts.

Unsteady hybrid nanoparticle-mediated magneto-hemodynamics and heat transfer through an overlapped stenotic artery : biomedical drug delivery simulation (2021)
Journal Article
Tripathi, J., Vasu, B., Beg, O., & Gorla, R. (2021). Unsteady hybrid nanoparticle-mediated magneto-hemodynamics and heat transfer through an overlapped stenotic artery : biomedical drug delivery simulation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 235(10), 1175-1196. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544119211026095

Two-dimensional laminar hemodynamics through a diseased artery featuring an overlapped stenosis was simulated theoretically and computationally. This study presented a mathematical model for the unsteady blood flow with hybrid biocompatible nanopar... Read More about Unsteady hybrid nanoparticle-mediated magneto-hemodynamics and heat transfer through an overlapped stenotic artery : biomedical drug delivery simulation.

The binomial-match, outcome uncertainty, and the case of netball (2021)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Chadwick, S., Parma, R., & Scarf, P. (2021). The binomial-match, outcome uncertainty, and the case of netball. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73(8), 1856-1872. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1931496

We introduce the binomial-match as a model for the bivariate score in a paired-contest. This model is naturally associated with sports in which the restart alternates following a goal. The model is a challenger to the Poisson-match, a pair of indepen... Read More about The binomial-match, outcome uncertainty, and the case of netball.

Pandemic geographies of physical geography (2021)
Book Chapter
Coen, S., Cook, S., & Hayes, S. (2021). Pandemic geographies of physical geography. In G. Andrews, V. Crooks, J. Pearce, & J. Messina (Eds.), COVID-19 and similar futures : pandemic geographies (165-172). Springer Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70179-6_21

Public health measures implemented to control COVID-19 (e.g., lock downs, social distancing) have dramatically changed the geographies of recreational physical activity, closing off traditional exercise places, and pushing people both inside homes... Read More about Pandemic geographies of physical geography.

Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration (2021)
Journal Article
Lomas, M., Ayodeji, E., & Brown, P. (2021). Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration. Health and Place, 70, 102604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102604

Urban regeneration is an important policy focus across the European Union, with initiatives seeking to address inequalities in public health. Although theoretically such initiatives should produce benefits for mental wellbeing, this lacks strong supp... Read More about Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration.

Challenges in multi-agency collaboration in disaster management : a Sri Lankan perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Abdeen, F., Fernando, T., Kulatunga, U., Hettige, S., & Arjuna Ranasinghe, K. (2021). Challenges in multi-agency collaboration in disaster management : a Sri Lankan perspective. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 62, 102399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102399

This study was aimed at investigating the current challenges prevailing in relation to multi-agency collaboration during disaster management and at the strategies that should be implemented in order to overcome such challenges. The study was based on... Read More about Challenges in multi-agency collaboration in disaster management : a Sri Lankan perspective.

The perverse impact of performance measures on policing: lessons from the rise and fall of out of court disposals (2021)
Journal Article
Grace, S. (2022). The perverse impact of performance measures on policing: lessons from the rise and fall of out of court disposals. Policing and Society, 32(2), 200-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1906667

This paper questions the assumption that performance measures inevitably lead to gaming behaviours. Using (and extending) Patrick’s Perverse Policing Model, the rise and fall of out of court disposals (OOCDs) from 2000-2019 – especially penalty not... Read More about The perverse impact of performance measures on policing: lessons from the rise and fall of out of court disposals.

Community-based ecotourism and primate watching as a conservation tool in the Amazon Rainforest (2021)
Journal Article
Lebrao, C., Rosa, L., Paim, F., Nassar, P., Rocha El Bizri, H., & Silva, F. (2021). Community-based ecotourism and primate watching as a conservation tool in the Amazon Rainforest. International Journal of Primatology, 42, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00226-2

Community-based tourism is a participatory approach implemented to support the economic and social development of local communities. Here, we present the preliminary results of an initiative of primate tourism in the Mamirauá Reserve for Sustainable... Read More about Community-based ecotourism and primate watching as a conservation tool in the Amazon Rainforest.

An evaluation of contralateral hand involvement in the operation of the Delft Self-Grasping Hand, an adjustable passive prosthesis (2021)
Journal Article
Chadwell, A., Chinn, N., Kenney, L., Karthaus, Z., Mos, D., & Smit, G. (2021). An evaluation of contralateral hand involvement in the operation of the Delft Self-Grasping Hand, an adjustable passive prosthesis. PLoS ONE, 16(6), e0252870. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252870

The Delft Self-Grasping Hand is an adjustable passive prosthesis operated using the concept of tenodesis (where opening and closing of the hand is mechanically linked to the flexion and extension of the wrist). As a purely mechanical device that does... Read More about An evaluation of contralateral hand involvement in the operation of the Delft Self-Grasping Hand, an adjustable passive prosthesis.

Nurses' perceptions on pain behaviours among burn patients : a qualitative inquiry in a Ghanaian tertiary hospital (2021)
Journal Article
Tetteh, L., Aziato, L., Mensah, G., Kwegyir-Afful, E., & Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K. (2021). Nurses' perceptions on pain behaviours among burn patients : a qualitative inquiry in a Ghanaian tertiary hospital. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 15, 100323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100323

Background Pain sustained from burns is usually quite severe and has been linked to extreme distress, preventing patients from contributing to their care. Nurses have legal and professional obligations to promptly assess burns pain by using pain ass... Read More about Nurses' perceptions on pain behaviours among burn patients : a qualitative inquiry in a Ghanaian tertiary hospital.

How is innovation impacting the sport sector? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2021, June). How is innovation impacting the sport sector?. Presented at Sport Innovation Seminar, Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU,, Portugal

Perspectives: Proud to be a research nurse – be a part of research (2021)
Journal Article
Prabhu Navis, J. (2021). Perspectives: Proud to be a research nurse – be a part of research. Journal of Research in Nursing, 26(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871211019429

From womb to tomb research is embedded in every area of health care. During these challenging days of the COVID-19 pandemic research has become many people’s ‘big hope’ – the way out of the pandemic through cures or vaccines. Research nurses often go... Read More about Perspectives: Proud to be a research nurse – be a part of research.

Identification and comparative analysis of the skills structure of the data analyst profession in Russia (2021)
Journal Article
Skhvediani, A., Sosnovskikh, S., Rudskaia, I., & Kudryavtseva, T. (2021). Identification and comparative analysis of the skills structure of the data analyst profession in Russia. Journal of Education for Business, 97(5), 295 - 304. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2021.1937018

The development of digital technologies has created a market need for specialists working with the big data that is necessary for making management decisions. This study aims to identify the skills structure of the data analyst profession (DAP) in Ru... Read More about Identification and comparative analysis of the skills structure of the data analyst profession in Russia.