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Evaluation of the Antiretroviral Therapy Program in the Primary Health Care settings of Lesotho (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nyangu, I. (2016, July). Evaluation of the Antiretroviral Therapy Program in the Primary Health Care settings of Lesotho. Poster presented at STTI 27th International Nursing Research Congress, Cape Town, South Africa

There were five objectives for this quantitative aspect of the study.  Describe ART services offered in PHC settings of Lesotho  Determine successes and challenges in the implementation of the ART program in PHC settings of Lesotho  Determine if s... Read More about Evaluation of the Antiretroviral Therapy Program in the Primary Health Care settings of Lesotho.

Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mokhtar, M., Hunt, I., Burns, S., & Ross, D. (2016, July). Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm. Presented at Proceedings of the 2016 on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion - GECCO '16 Companion

A waste heat recovery system (WHRS) on a process with variable output, is an example of an intermittent renewable process. WHRS recycles waste heat into usable energy. As an example, waste heat produced from refrigeration can be used to provide hot w... Read More about Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm.

How evil people choose their victims: The Dark Triad and perceptions of personality traits and vulnerability (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li Chung, K., Charles, K., Neill, C., & Willis, A. (2016, July). How evil people choose their victims: The Dark Triad and perceptions of personality traits and vulnerability. Poster presented at 18th European Conference on Personality

The Dark Triad (DT) – Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy – is associated with grandiosity, insensitivity, and exploitation. Some people are found to be more sensitive to verbal and non-verbal language, making them skilled at judging others... Read More about How evil people choose their victims: The Dark Triad and perceptions of personality traits and vulnerability.

Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A. (2016, July). Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices. Paper presented at Improving Univesity Teaching

There is a growing trend in Higher Education to separate researchers' and teachers' roles. In the UK, pressure for this comes from the Research Excellence Framework, which demands world class research in return for government funding. An unintended c... Read More about Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices.

Effect of diffuse radiation on the performance of a rotationally asymmetrical optical concentrator (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Freier, D., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Munir, A. B., Yasin, S. H. M., & Mas'ud, A. A. (2016, March). Effect of diffuse radiation on the performance of a rotationally asymmetrical optical concentrator. Presented at 6th IEEE International Conference on Photonics (ICP), Kuching, Malaysia

This paper evaluates the performance of a recently patented rotationally asymmetrical dielectric totally internally reflective concentrator (RADTIRC) under diffuse radiation. The RADTIRC has a geometrical concentration gain of 4.969 and two half acce... Read More about Effect of diffuse radiation on the performance of a rotationally asymmetrical optical concentrator.

Don’t nurses care anymore? An investigation into the apparent decline of empathy in nursing (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharp, S., Broadbent, M., & Mcallister, M. (2016, July). Don’t nurses care anymore? An investigation into the apparent decline of empathy in nursing. Paper presented at Empathy3, Oxford, UK

Empathy and compassion are expected in all nurses and required for person-centred care. However, common public discourse has tended to focus on patient experiences of nursing care that lacked empathy and which subsequently led to negative health outc... Read More about Don’t nurses care anymore? An investigation into the apparent decline of empathy in nursing.

Modernism and Imagist Poetry (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2016, July). Modernism and Imagist Poetry. Presented at Scottish Universities International Summer School, University of Edinburgh

Lecture delivered to the Scottish Universities International Summer School, University of Edinburgh.

Analysing found non-text social media data (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2016, July). Analysing found non-text social media data. Paper presented at International Conference on Social Media & Society, London

This paper is based on a chapter entitled "Coding of non-text data" (Rasmussen Pennington, in press) that has been accepted for publication in The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. The chapter outlines the special concerns associated wi... Read More about Analysing found non-text social media data.

Small data and big data controversies and alternatives (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bonneau, C., Gruzd, A., Hand, M., Latzo-Toth, G., Millette, M., Quan-Haase, A., Pennington, D., Sloan, L., Vatrapu, R., & Zeller, F. (2016, July). Small data and big data controversies and alternatives. Presented at International Conference on Social Media & Society (SMSociety), London, UK

The workshop will provide an overview of critical themes to be covered in the Sage Handbook of Social Media Research Methods to be published in 2016. The Handbook is the first book to cover not only the entire research process in social media researc... Read More about Small data and big data controversies and alternatives.

Exaggerated metabolic changes during puberty precede adult obesity and hyperlipidemia in an ovine model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siemienowicz, K., Coukan, F., Lerner, A., Franks, S., Rae, M., & Duncan, C. (2016, July). Exaggerated metabolic changes during puberty precede adult obesity and hyperlipidemia in an ovine model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Paper presented at Society for Reproduction and Fertility Annual Conference, Winchester

Adaptive polynomial rendering (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moon, B., McDonagh, S., Mitchell, K., & Gross, M. (2016, July). Adaptive polynomial rendering. Presented at ACM SIGGRAPH 2016, Anaheim, California, US

In this paper, we propose a new adaptive rendering method to improve the performance of Monte Carlo ray tracing, by reducing noise contained in rendered images while preserving high-frequency edges. Our method locally approximates an image with polyn... Read More about Adaptive polynomial rendering.

Building timber gridshells with air: Numerical simulations and technique challenges (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liuti, A., D'Amico, B., & Pugnale, A. (2016, July). Building timber gridshells with air: Numerical simulations and technique challenges. Presented at International Conference Structures and Architecture 2016

Construction has always been a fascinating and challenging aspect of timber gridshells. So far, only three techniques have successfully been used for the erection of such structures: the so-called ‘lift-up’, ‘push-up’ and ‘ease-down’ (Quinn et al. 20... Read More about Building timber gridshells with air: Numerical simulations and technique challenges.

Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Smith, C. (2016). Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces. In SMSociety '16 Proceedings of the 7th 2016 International Conference on Social Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/2930971.2930974

This paper focuses on the importance of non-public social media spaces in contemporary democratic participation at the grassroots level, based on case studies of citizen-led, community and activist groups. The research pilots the concept of participa... Read More about Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces.

The role of reporting mechanisms in transport policy implementation by local authorities in England. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McTigue, C., Rye, T., & Monios, J. (2016, July). The role of reporting mechanisms in transport policy implementation by local authorities in England. Paper presented at World Conference on Transport Research, Shanghai, China

Objectives
This paper provides an insight into the implementation of local transport policy. The UK Transport Act 2000 made a number of reforms, requiring all local transport authorities in England, outside of London, to produce a local transport pl... Read More about The role of reporting mechanisms in transport policy implementation by local authorities in England..

Inbound logistics, the last mile and intermodal high capacity transport (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bergqvist, R., & Monios, J. (2016, July). Inbound logistics, the last mile and intermodal high capacity transport. Paper presented at World Conference on Transport Research

Some of the biggest challenges for intermodal transport competitiveness are the extra handling costs and pre- and post-haulage costs. This paper investigates the use of Intermodal High Capacity Transport (IHCT) for the intermodal transport chain in g... Read More about Inbound logistics, the last mile and intermodal high capacity transport.

Challenging the Training and Development Rhetoric: The 'new' Labour Process of Middle Managers in the Hong Kong Public Sector (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neil, J. (2016, July). Challenging the Training and Development Rhetoric: The 'new' Labour Process of Middle Managers in the Hong Kong Public Sector. Paper presented at 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology - The Future We Want: global sociology and the struggles for a better world, Vienna, Austria

The focus of this paper is on middle managers (MM) ability to overcome the public sector challenges associated with work intensification; control and skills adaption via learning and development initiatives. Whilst much has been written about the cha... Read More about Challenging the Training and Development Rhetoric: The 'new' Labour Process of Middle Managers in the Hong Kong Public Sector.

The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V. (2016, July). The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK. Presented at 3rd ISA Forum of Scoiology - The Future We Want: global sociology and the struggles for a better world, Vienna, Austria

Although, seemingly involved in a perpetual process of ‘evolution’ universities, and those that work within them, have been subject to unprecedented change over the past twenty years or so. The ongoing erosion of welfare states with the concomitant d... Read More about The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK..