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Designing Blended Spaces for Collaboration. (2015)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D., & Mival, O. (2015). Designing Blended Spaces for Collaboration. In A. Ferscha, S. Resmerita, C. Holzmann, M. Pieper, & C. Stephanidis (Eds.), Human Computer Confluence (18-39). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110471137-002

In this paper, we reflect on our experiences of designing, developing, implementing and using a real world, functional multi-touch enabled interactive collaborative environment (ICE). The paper provides some background theory on blended spaces derive... Read More about Designing Blended Spaces for Collaboration..

Machine Vision System for Corrosion Detection as an Additional Tool beside EIS for Evaluation of Protective Properties of Electrolessly Deposited Ni-P Coatings (2015)
Journal Article
Stankiewicz, A., Stankiewicz, M., Winiarski, J., Szczygieł, I., & Szczygieł, B. (2015). Machine Vision System for Corrosion Detection as an Additional Tool beside EIS for Evaluation of Protective Properties of Electrolessly Deposited Ni-P Coatings. Solid State Phenomena, 227, 557-560. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ssp.227.557

The electroless deposition technique was used to obtain Ni-P coatings with various phosphorus content. Machine vision method was applied as a tool for the analysis and interpretation of the data provided by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS... Read More about Machine Vision System for Corrosion Detection as an Additional Tool beside EIS for Evaluation of Protective Properties of Electrolessly Deposited Ni-P Coatings.

The use of smartphone ECGs in sports and exercise medicine (2015)
Journal Article
Orchard, J., Neubeck, L., & Semsarian, C. (2015). The use of smartphone ECGs in sports and exercise medicine. Sport Health, 33(2), 38-41

Researchers Jessica Orchard, John Orchard, Lis Neubeck and Chris Semsarian look at the development of new devices making Electrocardiogram (ECG) screening much easier in the sports medicine field.

Effects of Exercise in the Cold on Ghrelin, PYY, and Food Intake in Overweight Adults (2015)
Journal Article
Crabtree, D. R., & Blannin, A. K. (2015). Effects of Exercise in the Cold on Ghrelin, PYY, and Food Intake in Overweight Adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(1), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000391

Purpose: Exercise in cold water has been shown to simulate postexercise energy intake (EI) in normal-weight individuals. However, the effect of cold exercise on EI in overweight individuals has yet to be examined. The present study investigated the e... Read More about Effects of Exercise in the Cold on Ghrelin, PYY, and Food Intake in Overweight Adults.

Collaborative practice: Student Learning and Adult Nursing (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicol, J. (2015, January). Collaborative practice: Student Learning and Adult Nursing. Poster presented at Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference

Embedding academic skills development in the ‘Holistic approaches to long term conditions module’

Defining User Risk in Social Networking Services (2015)
Journal Article
Haynes, D., & Robinson, L. (2015). Defining User Risk in Social Networking Services. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 67(1), 94-115. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJIM-07-2014-0087

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the risks faced by users of online social networking services (SNSs) in the UK and to develop a typology of risk that can be used to assess regulatory effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – An... Read More about Defining User Risk in Social Networking Services.

Future research on European Union Cohesion Policy: a Master Class during the OPEN DAYS 2014 (2015)
Journal Article
Petzold, W., Guderjan, M., Smeriglio, A., Tourtouri, M., Surubaru, N.-C., Salemink, K., Idczak, P., Kjær Monsson, C., Bajtalan, H., Garau, C., Soultanova, M., Usai, A., Medeiros, E., Szulc, T., Trienes, M., Jaansoo, A., Lange, E., Yalcin, G., Modro, G., & Venineaux, J.-M. (2015). Future research on European Union Cohesion Policy: a Master Class during the OPEN DAYS 2014. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2(1), 185-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2015.1013151

A Biologically Inspired Vision-Based Approach for Detecting Multiple Moving Objects in Complex Outdoor Scenes (2015)
Journal Article
Tu, Z., Zheng, A., Yang, E., Luo, B., & Hussain, A. (2015). A Biologically Inspired Vision-Based Approach for Detecting Multiple Moving Objects in Complex Outdoor Scenes. Cognitive Computation, 7(5), 539-551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-015-9318-z

In the human brain, independent components of optical flows from the medial superior temporal area are speculated for motion cognition. Inspired by this hypothesis, a novel approach combining independent component analysis (ICA) with principal compon... Read More about A Biologically Inspired Vision-Based Approach for Detecting Multiple Moving Objects in Complex Outdoor Scenes.

A localization toolkit for sentic net (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xia, Y., Li, X., Cambria, E., & Hussain, A. (2014, December). A localization toolkit for sentic net. Presented at 2014 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshop, Shenzhen, China

SenticNet is a popular resource for concept-level sentiment analysis. Because SenticNet was created specifically for opinion mining in English language, however, its localization can be very laborious. In this work, a toolkit for creating non-English... Read More about A localization toolkit for sentic net.

Orientation Training and Job Satisfaction: A Sector and Gender Analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Tabvuma, V., Georgellis, Y., & Lange, T. (2015). Orientation Training and Job Satisfaction: A Sector and Gender Analysis. Human Resource Management, 54(2), 303-321. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21650

Using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), we investigate how various types of job training impact upon employees’ job satisfaction and its domains. We find that orientation training exerts a significant positive effect on newcomer ma... Read More about Orientation Training and Job Satisfaction: A Sector and Gender Analysis.

Social capital and cultural adjustment of international assignees in NGOs: Do support networks really matter? (2015)
Journal Article
Claus, L., Maletz, S., Casoinic, D., & Pierson, K. (2015). Social capital and cultural adjustment of international assignees in NGOs: Do support networks really matter?. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(20), 2523-2542. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.1003083

International assignees face cultural adjustment challenges in their host countries in work and nonwork situations. At the same time, social capital theory suggests that individuals can access and mobilize resources from their social networks. We exp... Read More about Social capital and cultural adjustment of international assignees in NGOs: Do support networks really matter?.

Sports injuries and illnesses in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2015)
Journal Article
Soligard, T., Steffen, K., Palmer-Green, D., Aubry, M., Grant, M.-E., Meeuwisse, W., Mountjoy, M., Budgett, R., & Engebretsen, L. (2015). Sports injuries and illnesses in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(7), 441-447. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2014-094538

Background: systematic surveillance of injuries and
illnesses is the foundation for developing preventive
measures in sport.
Aim: to analyse the injuries and illnesses that occurred
during the XXII Olympic Winter Games, held in Sochi in
2014.
M... Read More about Sports injuries and illnesses in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Inter-rater reliability of trunk muscle morphometric analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Valentin, S., Yeates, T. D., Licka, T., & Elliott, J. (2015). Inter-rater reliability of trunk muscle morphometric analysis. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 28(1), 181-190. https://doi.org/10.3233/BMR-140552

BACKGROUND: Inter-rater reliability of generalised lumbar extensor muscle CSA has been identified, however, more detailed reliability metrics of individual trunk muscles are lacking.
OBJECTIVE: To report muscle volume and muscle fatty infiltrate (MF... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of trunk muscle morphometric analysis.

PD disease state assessment in naturalistic environments using deep learning (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammerla, N. Y., Fisher, J., Andras, P., Rochester, L., Walker, R., & Plötz, T. (2015, January). PD disease state assessment in naturalistic environments using deep learning. Presented at Twenty-Ninth AAAI conference on artificial intelligence, Austin, Texas

Management of Parkinson's Disease (PD) could be improved significantly if reliable, objective information about fluctuations in disease severity can be obtained in ecologically valid surroundings such as the private home. Although automatic assessmen... Read More about PD disease state assessment in naturalistic environments using deep learning.