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Why Spy? The art of intelligence (2015)
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Stewart, B., & Newbery, S. (2015). Why Spy? The art of intelligence. London

Why Spy? distills Brian Stewart’s seventy years of experience in intelligence. Few books currently available have been written by someone who has his practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad. Stew... Read More about Why Spy? The art of intelligence.

Engendering change within a water infrastructure client organization : a participatory action research approach (2015)
Journal Article
Potts, M., Awuzie, B., McDermott, P., & Stephenson, A. (2015). Engendering change within a water infrastructure client organization : a participatory action research approach. Journal of engineering, project, and production management, 5(2), 71-81

Continuing demands by stakeholders for improved service delivery has caused Infrastructure Client Organisations (ICO) in the UK to embark upon organisational restructuring. It is expected that such restructuring would enhance cost-effectiveness and q... Read More about Engendering change within a water infrastructure client organization : a participatory action research approach.

To Twitter to woo : harnessing the power of social media (SoMe) in nurse education to enhance the student's experience (2015)
Journal Article
Sinclair, W., McLoughlin, M., & Warne, T. (2015). To Twitter to woo : harnessing the power of social media (SoMe) in nurse education to enhance the student's experience. Nurse Education in Practice, 15(6), 507-511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2015.06.002

This paper explores some of the difficulties, challenges and rewards for student nurses and nurse academics when harnessing social media (SoMe) as part of the overall learning experience. The paper draws upon data in the form of student voices, captu... Read More about To Twitter to woo : harnessing the power of social media (SoMe) in nurse education to enhance the student's experience.

Stalking Victims, Victims of Sexual Violence and Criminal Justice System Responses: Is there a Difference or just ‘Business as Usual’? (2015)
Journal Article
Korkodeilou, J. (2016). Stalking Victims, Victims of Sexual Violence and Criminal Justice System Responses: Is there a Difference or just ‘Business as Usual’?. British Journal of Criminology, 56(2), 256-273. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azv054

Based on the qualitative accounts of 26 self-defined stalking victims, this article examines the experiences of stalking victims with regard to the responses they received from criminal justice system practitioners. These experiences are compared and... Read More about Stalking Victims, Victims of Sexual Violence and Criminal Justice System Responses: Is there a Difference or just ‘Business as Usual’?.

Technique determinants of knee joint loads during cutting in female soccer players (2015)
Journal Article
cutting in female soccer players. Human Movement Science, 42, 203-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2015.05.004

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between technique characteristics and knee abduction moments during 90° cuts. A cross sectional design involving 26 elite and sub-elite female soccer players (mean ± SD; age: 21 ± 3.2 years,... Read More about Technique determinants of knee joint loads during cutting in female soccer players.

The notion of citizenship for people with intellectual disabilities in the UK : A life of their own (2015)
Journal Article
Lawrence, J., & Brook, L. (2015). The notion of citizenship for people with intellectual disabilities in the UK : A life of their own. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 17(3), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1921/12803170304

In this paper important issues, which involved vulnerable adults with Intellectual disabilities in transition from one rural location to another urban location, in England (UK) during 2014 are discussed. The notion of citizenship is discussed in rela... Read More about The notion of citizenship for people with intellectual disabilities in the UK : A life of their own.

Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation? (2015)
Journal Article
Read, L., & Arayici, Y. (2015). Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation?. Structural survey, 33(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/SS-01-2014-0003

Thermal insulation is important to achieve energy efficiency in a buildings' lifespan while maintaining comfort. Traditionally, the majority of insulation in buildings is man-made petroleum based products with limited or no-end life usage. However, f... Read More about Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation?.

Insatiable carrot (2015)
Book
Kendall, J., & Kendall, J. (2015). Insatiable carrot. Blaenau Ffestiniog: Cinnamon Press

A collection of visual gardening poetry.
Poem featured in International Cinnamon press poetry competition.
Several poems exhibiting in Todmorden Market as part of incredible edible Todmorden poet residency.


A short account of the research that... Read More about Insatiable carrot.

Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques (2015)
Book
Newbery, S. (2015). Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Interrogation, Intelligence and Security examines the origins and effects of a group of interrogation techniques known as the ‘five techniques’.

Through its in-depth analysis the book reveals how British forces came to use these controversial met... Read More about Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques.

Mess and method : Researching others' realities (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Etherington, S. (2015, April). Mess and method : Researching others' realities. Poster presented at International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Research Special Interest Group Pre-conference Event 2015, Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester

Sanctuary volume 2 by Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army (2015)
Digital Artefact
Evans, H. (2015). Sanctuary volume 2 by Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army. [CD Recording]

This is a follow up to Sanctuary vol 1, and my doctoral survey of the Salvation Army brass band, meditational literature. This second volume fills in some of the gaps in the early repertoire and also have five premièred composition recordings. Some o... Read More about Sanctuary volume 2 by Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army.

More great women (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Neylon, C. More great women. [Live performance]. 27 March 2015. (Unpublished)

A site-specific performance involving live performance and video projections re-imagining the suffrage play
"A Pageant of Great women for the present day".

Novel metered aerosol valve (2015)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Yule, A., Hawthorne, G., & Goldberg, T. (2016). Novel metered aerosol valve. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 230(10), 1557-1568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406215572839

The design and performance of a new valving mechanism for portable pressurized spraying devices is described, where
the propellant in the device is a safe gas (so-called compressed gas) propellant rather than the current liquefied gases all
of whic... Read More about Novel metered aerosol valve.

The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual? (2015)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2015). The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual?. In D. Kreps (Ed.), Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment (171-181). Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing

What if there were a suitably Gramscian totalizing – and scientific– approach to understanding social systems, which nonetheless escaped all the reductionist, scientistic pitfalls a deconstructive and poststructuralist Foucauldian would be wont to po... Read More about The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual?.

Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction (2015)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2015). Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction. In D. Kreps (Ed.), Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment (1-9). Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing

In this introduction, by way of presenting a review of the scant pre-existing literature I have been able to find which considers the work of Gramsci and Foucault together, I attempt firstly to set out a conceptual framework by which the reader may s... Read More about Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction.

The validity of the Nordic hamstring lower as a field-based assessment of eccentric hamstring strength (2015)
Journal Article
Sconce, E., Jones, P., Turner, E., Comfort, P., & Graham-Smith, P. (2015). The validity of the Nordic hamstring lower as a field-based assessment of eccentric hamstring strength. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 24(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1123/JSR.2013-0097

Context: Hamstring injury-risk assessment has primarily been investigated using isokinetic dynamometry.
However, practical issues such as cost and availability limit the widespread application of isokinetics for
injury-risk assessment; thus, field-... Read More about The validity of the Nordic hamstring lower as a field-based assessment of eccentric hamstring strength.

The assisted nordic hamstring curl (2015)
Journal Article
Matthews, M., Jones, P., Cohen, D., & Matthews, H. (2015). The assisted nordic hamstring curl. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 37(1), 84-87. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000084

Assisted nordic hamstring curls provide a mechanism for assisting the lower phases of a nordic hamstring curl, allowing training at increased hamstring muscle length positions and the performance of more repetitions. This exercise may be useful to ta... Read More about The assisted nordic hamstring curl.

Neuropsychiatry (2015)
Book Chapter
Allely, C., Hadjikhani, N., Toro, R., & Gillberg, C. (2015). Neuropsychiatry. In Brain Mapping (1049-1060). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397025-1.00131-7

In this article, a variety of neuroimaging methods that have been applied to investigate autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) will be covered, and a review of the latest findings for each will be summarized. Studies that attempt to map identified brain a... Read More about Neuropsychiatry.