All Outputs (1486)

An exploration of the value of the role of the mentor and mentoring in midwifery (2016)
Journal Article
Moran, M., & Banks, D. (2016). An exploration of the value of the role of the mentor and mentoring in midwifery. Nurse Education Today, 40, 52-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.02.010

This research project aimed to examine the perceived value sign-off mentors (SOMs) in midwifery have for their role. Using a phenomenological approach, the results were drawn from in-depth interviews. The project included a literature review, methodo... Read More about An exploration of the value of the role of the mentor and mentoring in midwifery.

Comparative study of software and hardware solutions for partial shading in PV system (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salam, Z., Ramli, M., & Ahmed, J. (2015, October). Comparative study of software and hardware solutions for partial shading in PV system. Presented at 2015 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON), Johor Bahru, Malaysia

The energy yield of the PV system is reduced significantly due to partial shading. To mitigate this problem, two approaches, namely the software and hardware solutions are introduced by many researchers. However, no effort thus far has been made to c... Read More about Comparative study of software and hardware solutions for partial shading in PV system.

A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Meng, X.-L., Sellami, N., Knox, A. R., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., Mullen, P., Ashraf, A., Samarelli, A., Llin, L. F., Paul, D. J., & et al. (2016). A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis. Energy Conversion and Management, 114, 142-153

The crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is one of the most efficient non-imaging solar concentrators used as a stationary solar concentrator or as a second stage solar concentrator. In this study, the CCPC is modified to demonstrate for th... Read More about A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis.

Current UK timber grading and engineered wood products. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2016, February). Current UK timber grading and engineered wood products

Persuasive Strategies for Encouraging Social Interaction for Older Adults (2016)
Journal Article
Vargheese, J. P., Sripada, S., Masthoff, J., & Oren, N. (2016). Persuasive Strategies for Encouraging Social Interaction for Older Adults. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 32(3), 190-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2016.1136176

Social isolation among older adults represents a significant societal challenge in which persuasion offers a potential solution. To develop a persuasive interactive system for this purpose, we conducted a modeling study with carers to discover how p... Read More about Persuasive Strategies for Encouraging Social Interaction for Older Adults.

Increased risk of muscle tears below physiological temperature ranges (2016)
Journal Article
Scott, E. E. F., Hamilton, D. F., Wallace, R. J., Muir, A. Y., & Simpson, A. H. R. W. (2016). Increased risk of muscle tears below physiological temperature ranges. Bone & Joint Research, 5(2), 61-65. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.52.2000484

Objectives
Temperature is known to influence muscle physiology, with the velocity of shortening, relaxation and propagation all increasing with temperature. Scant data are available, however, regarding thermal influences on energy required to induce... Read More about Increased risk of muscle tears below physiological temperature ranges.

Occupational therapy and emergency departments: A critical review of the literature (2016)
Journal Article
James, K., Jones, D., Kempenaar, L., Preston, J., & Kerr, S. (2016). Occupational therapy and emergency departments: A critical review of the literature. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(8), 459-466. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616629168

IntroductionOccupational therapy is emerging as a profession within the context of emergency care, specifically within emergency departments. Emerging professional practice should be underpinned by an evidence base supported by research. As such, thi... Read More about Occupational therapy and emergency departments: A critical review of the literature.

Implementation of the FATF Recommendations in Developing Countries with special focus on Recommendations 12 and 22 (Politically Exposed Persons): A Case Study from Indian Perspective (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chhina, R. K. (2016, February). Implementation of the FATF Recommendations in Developing Countries with special focus on Recommendations 12 and 22 (Politically Exposed Persons): A Case Study from Indian Perspective. Paper presented at Academic International Conference on Business, Economics and Management

No abstract available.

Exploring clients’ responses to changing pronoun use from second person (you) to first person (I) during therapy: A constructivist qualitative approach. (2016)
Journal Article
Priest, A., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Bager Charleson, S. (2016). Exploring clients’ responses to changing pronoun use from second person (you) to first person (I) during therapy: A constructivist qualitative approach. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 16(3), 183-192. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12065

Background: Personal pronouns like ‘I’, ‘me’ or ‘mine’ are inextricably linked with ownership, with one key benefit of a counsellor inviting a client to consider their pronoun use being an invitation to change their awareness and understanding of a s... Read More about Exploring clients’ responses to changing pronoun use from second person (you) to first person (I) during therapy: A constructivist qualitative approach..

Between path dependency and contingency: New challenges for the geography of port system evolution (2016)
Journal Article
Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2016). Between path dependency and contingency: New challenges for the geography of port system evolution. Journal of Transport Geography, 51, 247-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.01.008

Seaports play a critical role as gateways and facilitators of economic interchange and logistics processes and thus have become crucial nodes in globalised production networks andmobility systems. Both the physical port infrastructure and its operati... Read More about Between path dependency and contingency: New challenges for the geography of port system evolution.

Performance analysis of a solar window incorporating a novel rotationally asymmetrical concentrator (2016)
Journal Article
Abu-Bakar, C. H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Mallick, T. K., Munir, A. B., Yasin, S. H. M., Mas'ud, A. A., & Bani, N. A. (2016). Performance analysis of a solar window incorporating a novel rotationally asymmetrical concentrator. Energy, 99, 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.006

The race towards achieving a sustainable zero carbon building has spurred the introduction of many new technologies, including the BIPV (building integrated photovoltaic) system. To tackle the high capital cost of BIPV systems, LCPV (low-concentratio... Read More about Performance analysis of a solar window incorporating a novel rotationally asymmetrical concentrator.

Unsupervised Commonsense Knowledge Enrichment for Domain-Specific Sentiment Analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Ofek, N., Poria, S., Rokach, L., Cambria, E., Hussain, A., & Shabtai, A. (2016). Unsupervised Commonsense Knowledge Enrichment for Domain-Specific Sentiment Analysis. Cognitive Computation, 8(3), 467-477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-015-9375-3

Sentiment analysis in natural language text is a challenging task involving a deep understanding of both syntax and semantics. Leveraging the polarity of multiword expressions—or concepts—rather than single words can mitigate the difficulty of such a... Read More about Unsupervised Commonsense Knowledge Enrichment for Domain-Specific Sentiment Analysis.

The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation (2016)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Zhu, T., Bond, R., Finlay, D., & Clifford, G. (2016). The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation. Journal of Electrocardiology, 49(3), 454-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2016.02.003

Introduction
The aim of this study is to present and evaluate the integration of a low resource JavaScript based ECG training interface (CrowdLabel) and a standardised curriculum for self-guided tuition in ECG interpretation.

Methods
Participant... Read More about The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation.

Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision (2016)
Journal Article
Bandara, Y. M., & Nguyen, H.-O. (2016). Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 85, 220-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.01.011

The process of formulation, revision and approval of port infrastructure tariffs is complex and involves different stakeholders. The extant literature focuses more on port pricing research but pays less attention to the practice of port infrastructur... Read More about Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision.

The perspectives of stakeholder of intellectual disability liaison nurse: a model of compassionate, person-centered care. (2016)
Journal Article
MacArthur, J., Brown, M., Chouliara, Z., McKechanie, A., Mack, S., Hayes, M., & Fletcher, J. (2016). The perspectives of stakeholder of intellectual disability liaison nurse: a model of compassionate, person-centered care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(7-8), 972-982. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13142

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

To investigate the experiences of patients with intellectual disabilities, family and paid carers regarding the role of liaison nurses and the delivery of compassionate, person-centred care. From this to propose a model of pe... Read More about The perspectives of stakeholder of intellectual disability liaison nurse: a model of compassionate, person-centered care..

Injuries reported and recorded for adults with intellectual disabilities who live with paid support in Scotland: a comparison with Scottish adults in the general population (2016)
Journal Article
Petropoulou, E., Finlayson, J., Hay, M., Spencer, W., Park, R., Tannock, H., Galbraith, E., Godwin, J., & Skelton, D. A. (2017). Injuries reported and recorded for adults with intellectual disabilities who live with paid support in Scotland: a comparison with Scottish adults in the general population. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(2), 408-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12244

Background
Providers of supported living services to adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs) in the United Kingdom have procedures in place to monitor injuries; this provides opportunity to learn about the injuries being reported and recorded. T... Read More about Injuries reported and recorded for adults with intellectual disabilities who live with paid support in Scotland: a comparison with Scottish adults in the general population.

Let The World Keep Turning (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
O'Donnell, R. Let The World Keep Turning. [Photographic Print]. Exhibited at Tongji University, Shanghai. 10 February 2016 - 4 April 2016

PROTEUS’ Science Engagement Exhibition Travels to Shanghai, China.
** PROTEUS’ will show its highly acclaimed science engagement exhibition, created by renown Scottish artist Ron O’ Donnell at Tongji University, Shanghai. Tongji is one of the oldes... Read More about Let The World Keep Turning.

Sample Size Determination Algorithm for fingerprint-based indoor localization systems (2016)
Journal Article
Kanaris, L., Kokkinis, A., Fortino, G., Liotta, A., & Stavrou, S. (2016). Sample Size Determination Algorithm for fingerprint-based indoor localization systems. Computer Networks, 101, 169-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2015.12.015

Provision of accurate location information is an important task in the Internet of Things (IoT) applications and scenarios. This need has boosted the research and development of fingerprint based, indoor localization systems, since GPS information is... Read More about Sample Size Determination Algorithm for fingerprint-based indoor localization systems.

Rating the revolution: Silicon Valley in normative perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2016). Rating the revolution: Silicon Valley in normative perspective. Information, Communication and Society, 19(11), 1605-1621. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2016.1142594

Silicon Valley, California – home of Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and so on – is widely regarded as the epicentre of the information revolution. However, it is not just a technical or economic phenomenon; it has also made a social revolution. Th... Read More about Rating the revolution: Silicon Valley in normative perspective.

Students' perceptions of digital narratives of compassionate care (2016)
Journal Article
Waugh, A., & Donaldson, J. (2016). Students' perceptions of digital narratives of compassionate care. Nurse Education in Practice, 17, 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.01.008

This study set out to explore the learning that occurred from listening to narratives of compassionate care, and to identify students’ preferred story formats and other potential uses of such stories. Four short stories in different media formats wer... Read More about Students' perceptions of digital narratives of compassionate care.