All Outputs (1486)

Small-Volume Fabrication of a 144-Cell Assembly for High-Concentrating Photovoltaic Receivers (2016)
Journal Article
Micheli, L., Fernández, E. F., Sarmah, N., Senthilarasu, S., Reddy, K., & Mallick, T. K. (2016). Small-Volume Fabrication of a 144-Cell Assembly for High-Concentrating Photovoltaic Receivers. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 138(3), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032887

Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) is a solution that is gaining attention worldwide as a potential global player in the future energy market. Despite the impressive development in terms of CPV cell efficiency recorded in the last few years, a lack of... Read More about Small-Volume Fabrication of a 144-Cell Assembly for High-Concentrating Photovoltaic Receivers.

Subdivision based mixed methods for isogeometric analysis of linear and nonlinear nearly incompressible materials (2016)
Journal Article
Kadapa, C., Dettmer, W., & Perić, D. (2016). Subdivision based mixed methods for isogeometric analysis of linear and nonlinear nearly incompressible materials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 305, 241-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2016.03.013

This paper addresses the use of isogeometric analysis to solve solid mechanics problems involving nearly incompressible materials. The present work is focused on extension of two-field mixed variational formulations in both small and large strains to... Read More about Subdivision based mixed methods for isogeometric analysis of linear and nonlinear nearly incompressible materials.

Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery? (2016)
Journal Article
Edwards, N., Gilbert, A., Mander, R., McHugh, N., Murphy-Lawless, J., & Patterson, J. (2016). Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?. Practising Midwife, 19(3), 12-16

The effects of budgetary changes on midwives' practice environment have raised concerns in many settings. A survey of midwives and student midwives in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2014 produced 280 responses. Staffing shortages were regarded as... Read More about Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?.

Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study (2016)
Journal Article
Alldred, P., Fox, N., & Kulpa, R. (2016). Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study. Health Education Journal, 75(7), 855-868. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896916634114

Objective: To assess an intervention to familiarise parents with children’s books for use in primary (5–11 years) sex and relationship education (SRE) classes. Method: Case study of a 7-week programme in one London primary school, using ethnographic... Read More about Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study.

Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention. (2016)
Journal Article
Chan, T., Dabin, B., Hyun, K., Ranasinghe, I., Neubeck, L., Aliprandi-Costa, B., Lefkovits, J., Devlin, G., Juergens, C., Chew, D. P., Brieger, D., & Freedman, S. B. (2016). Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention. International Journal of Cardiology, 212(1), 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.038

Background: Lifestyle changes are believed responsible for temporal trends of reduced population total cholesterol (TC), but it is uncertain whether this applies to patients with known coronary heart disease (CHD) often prescribed lipid lowering ther... Read More about Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention..

Destination dynamics in Russia - tourism development and public-private partnership in four non-metropolitan destinations (2016)
Report
Halkier, H., Muller, D., Anastasiadou, C., Kiriyanova, L., Goncharova, N., Kagan, F., Kolupanova, I., Dunets, A., Yumatov, Surtseva, A., Gizey, Y., Yakimova, N., Benson, A., Brathwaite, T., & Mair, M. (2016). Destination dynamics in Russia - tourism development and public-private partnership in four non-metropolitan destinations. Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark: Tourism and Lifelong Learning (TOULL) project

Re-shaping restorative justice: A historical and critical ontology (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maglione, G. (2016, March). Re-shaping restorative justice: A historical and critical ontology. Paper presented at The Howard League for Penal Reform Annual Conference: Justice and Penal Reform: Reshaping the Penal Landscape, Oxford

Maglione, G. (2016, March). Re-shaping restorative justice: A historical and critical ontology. Paper presented at The Howard League for Penal Reform Annual Conference: Justice and Penal Reform: Reshaping the Penal Landscape, Oxford

Logistical challenges facing Scottish importers and exporters (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Monios, J. (2016, March). Logistical challenges facing Scottish importers and exporters. Presented at Developing Scotland’s International Seaports: Securing Economic Growth

Presentation delivered at the Developing Scotland’s International Seaports: Securing Economic Growth Conference, 2016.

Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
France, E. F., Wells, M., Lang, H., & Williams, B. (2016). Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis. Systematic Reviews, 5, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0218-4

Background: Meta-ethnography is a unique, systematic, qualitative synthesis approach widely used to provide robust evidence on patient and clinician beliefs and experiences and understandings of complex social phenomena. It can make important theore... Read More about Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis.

Optimisation of complex health interventions prior to a randomised controlled trial: a scoping review of strategies used. (2016)
Journal Article
Levati, S., Campbell, P., Frost, R., Dougall, N., Wells, M., Donaldson, C., & Hagen, S. (2016). Optimisation of complex health interventions prior to a randomised controlled trial: a scoping review of strategies used. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0058-y

Background Many complex intervention trials fail to show an intervention effect. Although this may be due to genuine ineffectiveness, it may also be the result of sub-optimal intervention design, implementation failure or a combination of these. Giv... Read More about Optimisation of complex health interventions prior to a randomised controlled trial: a scoping review of strategies used..

Deletion of endogenous Tau proteins is not detrimental in Drosophila (2016)
Journal Article
Burnouf, S., Grönke, S., Augustin, H., Dols, J., Gorsky, M. K., Werner, J., Kerr, F., Alic, N., Martinez, P., & Partridge, L. (2016). Deletion of endogenous Tau proteins is not detrimental in Drosophila. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 23102. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23102

Human Tau (hTau) is a highly soluble and natively unfolded protein that binds to microtubules within neurons. Its dysfunction and aggregation into insoluble paired helical filaments is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), constit... Read More about Deletion of endogenous Tau proteins is not detrimental in Drosophila.

Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craven, T. H., Wojcik, G., Kefala, K., McCoubrey, J., Reilly, J., Paterson, R., Inverarity, D., Laurenson, I., & Walsh, T. S. (2016, March). Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques. Poster presented at 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs (2016)
Journal Article
McParland, J., Knussen, C., & Murray, J. (2016). The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs. European Journal of Pain, 20(9), 1392-1401. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.862

Background: A growing field of investigation into social justice cognitions and pain suggests perceived injustice has a negative impact on pain, but little is known about individual variation in the impact of a perceived injustice. One published stud... Read More about The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs.

A Generative Learning Approach to Sensor Fusion and Change Detection (2016)
Journal Article
Gepperth, A. R. T., Hecht, T., & Gogate, M. (2016). A Generative Learning Approach to Sensor Fusion and Change Detection. Cognitive Computation, 8(5), 806-817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-016-9390-z

We present a system for performing multi-sensor fusion that learns from experience, i.e., from training data and propose that learning methods are the most appropriate approaches to real-world fusion problems, since they are largely model-free and th... Read More about A Generative Learning Approach to Sensor Fusion and Change Detection.

The use of reflection in the doctoral process (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whitecross, R. (2016, March). The use of reflection in the doctoral process. Presented at UK Council for Graduate Education, Belfast

Whitecross, R. (2016, March). The use of reflection in the doctoral process. Presented at UK Council for Graduate Education, Belfast.

Culture of Murine Embryonic Metatarsals: A Physiological Model of Endochondral Ossification (2016)
Journal Article
Houston, D. A., Staines, K. A., MacRae, V. E., & Farquharson, C. (2016). Culture of Murine Embryonic Metatarsals: A Physiological Model of Endochondral Ossification. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 118(118), Article e54978. https://doi.org/10.3791/54978

The fundamental process of endochondral ossification is under tight regulation in the healthy individual so as to prevent disturbed development and/or longitudinal bone growth. As such, it is imperative that we further our understanding of the underp... Read More about Culture of Murine Embryonic Metatarsals: A Physiological Model of Endochondral Ossification.

The effect of Wazzup Mama?! An antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy (2016)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. J., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. J. (2016). The effect of Wazzup Mama?! An antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 19(5), 779-788. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-016-0614-8

We evaluated the effect of the intervention WazzUp Mama?! on antenatal maternal distress in a non-randomized pre-post study including healthy women in 17 Dutch midwifery practices. The control group (n = 215) received antenatal care-as-usual. The exp... Read More about The effect of Wazzup Mama?! An antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy.

Soybean ferritin expression in saccharomyces cerevisiae modulates iron accumulation and resistance to elevated iron concentrations. (2016)
Journal Article
de Llanos, R., Martínez-Garay, C. A., Fita-Torró, J., Romero, A. M., Martínez-Pastor, M. T., & Puig, S. (2016). Soybean ferritin expression in saccharomyces cerevisiae modulates iron accumulation and resistance to elevated iron concentrations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(10), 3052-3060. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00305-16

Fungi, including the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, lack ferritin and use vacuoles as iron storage organelles. This work explored how plant ferritin expression influenced baker's yeast iron metabolism. Soybean seed ferritin H1 (SFerH1) and SFerH2 ge... Read More about Soybean ferritin expression in saccharomyces cerevisiae modulates iron accumulation and resistance to elevated iron concentrations..

Bruadar a' Bhais/A Dream of Death (2016)
Digital Artefact
Maclean, D. (2016). Bruadar a' Bhais/A Dream of Death. [BBC iPlayer video]

Drama documentary telling the story of Hugh Macleod, a teacher who was convicted of the murder of a travelling pedlar in a trial where 'dream testimony' was admitted by the Crown.

Responsiveness and ceiling effects of the Forgotten Joint Score-12 following total hip arthroplasty (2016)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., Giesinger, J. M., MacDonald, D. J., Simpson, A. H. R. W., Howie, C. R., & Giesinger, K. (2016). Responsiveness and ceiling effects of the Forgotten Joint Score-12 following total hip arthroplasty. Bone & Joint Research, 5(3), 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.53.2000480

Objectives
To assess the responsiveness and ceiling/floor effects of the Forgotten Joint Score -12 and to compare these with that of the more widely used Oxford Hip Score (OHS) in patients six and 12 months after primary total hip arthroplasty.

M... Read More about Responsiveness and ceiling effects of the Forgotten Joint Score-12 following total hip arthroplasty.