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An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration (2011)
Journal Article
Su, S., Smith, S., & Fairfield, C. A. (2011). An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration. Applied Acoustics, 72, 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.11.009

Resilient bars can provide a low-cost, effective improvement to sound insulation performance. They are commonly used in timber-framed floor/ceiling assemblies in North America and Europe. Resilient bars are often modelled as springs isolating the two... Read More about An experimental study of the effects of resilient bars on plate vibration.

Attitudes to speeding (2011)
Journal Article
Stradling, S. G. (2011). Attitudes to speeding. Local Transport Today,

The clinical utility of the Distress Thermometer: a review (2011)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., White, C. A., Christie, Z., Murray, E., McGowan, C., & Scott, R. (2011). The clinical utility of the Distress Thermometer: a review. British Journal of Nursing, 20, 220-227. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2011.20.4.220

The Distress Thermometer (DT) is a well validated screening tool, demonstrably sensitive and reasonably specific to the construct of distress in cancer. Its brevity makes it ideal to incorporate into a system of distress management. To ascertain how... Read More about The clinical utility of the Distress Thermometer: a review.

The end of the algorithm: a mixed methods analysis of distress management in cancer. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snowden, A., White, C., Christie, Z., Murray, E., McGowan, C., & Scott, R. (2010). The end of the algorithm: a mixed methods analysis of distress management in cancer

Distress Management (DM) begins by the patient completing the Distress Thermometer (DT). The DT is a screening tool (Lynch et al, 2010), but in this project its function was extended to facilitate collaborative communication within a consultation (Sn... Read More about The end of the algorithm: a mixed methods analysis of distress management in cancer..

The NHS Lothian PROM. (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
Snowden, A. & Telfer, I. (2010). The NHS Lothian PROM.

Working towards recovery in mental health practice. (2011)
Book Chapter
Snowden, A., & Marland, G. (2010). Working towards recovery in mental health practice. In G. Marland, L. McNay, & A. Snowden (Eds.), Promoting concordance in mental health, 11-28. Quay Books

Biology (2011)
Book Chapter
Snowden, A., & Boyd, G. (2010). Biology. In G. Marland, L. McNay, & A. Snowden (Eds.), Promoting Concordance in Mental Health Nursing, 28-57. Quay Books

Medicines management in mental health (2011)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Barron, D. (2011). Medicines management in mental health. Nursing Standard, 26, 35-40. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2011.09.26.3.35.c8712

This article provides evidence to suggest that mental health nurses may not be as competent in medicines management as they believe themselves to be. A psychological model of skills awareness is used throughout the article to offer a theoretical expl... Read More about Medicines management in mental health.

Concordance: the goal of mental health nursing. (2011)
Book Chapter
Snowden, A. (2010). Concordance: the goal of mental health nursing. In G. Marland, L. McNay, & A. Snowden (Eds.), Promoting concordance in mental health, 121-152. Quay Books

Critical Design: Is It Just Designers Doing Ethnography or Does It Offer Something More for Interaction Design? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., Speed, C., & Brynskov, M. (2011). Critical Design: Is It Just Designers Doing Ethnography or Does It Offer Something More for Interaction Design?. In P. Campos, N. Graham, J. Jorge, N. Nunes, P. Palanque, & M. Winckler (Eds.), Human-Computer In

The panel will discuss the contribution of Critical Design to the field of Interaction Design and reflect on the insights that it provides on interaction.

The city in cinema: how popular culture can influence research agendas. (2011)
Journal Article
Smyth, M., Helgason, I., Mitrovic, I., & Zaffiro, G. (2011). The city in cinema: how popular culture can influence research agendas. Procedia Computer Science, 7, 110-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2011.12.033

Where can researchers find inspiration for the transformative applications, concepts and infrastructures that they believe will characterise the next decade? One approach to predicting the future is to reflect on the visions of the future that have b... Read More about The city in cinema: how popular culture can influence research agendas..

Imagining urban interactions: strategies for exploring future design landscapes. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., & Helgason, I. (2011). Imagining urban interactions: strategies for exploring future design landscapes. In Proceedings of British HCI

For designers, attempting to respond to unknown design spaces can be a daunting task. This paper describes a series of workshops that presented rapid ethnographic design methods in city streets as a way of exploring human behaviours, and recording th... Read More about Imagining urban interactions: strategies for exploring future design landscapes..

Vibration Insulation Properties of Resilient Bars in Timber Floors (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Fairfield, C. A., & Su, S. (2011). Vibration Insulation Properties of Resilient Bars in Timber Floors. Building Acoustics, 17, 249-268. https://doi.org/10.1260/1351-010X.17.4.249

As effective, low-cost isolators, resilient bars have become the dominant ceiling treatment for improving the sound insulation of apartment timber floors in the UK to meet increasingly stringent building regulations. There are many variations on the... Read More about Vibration Insulation Properties of Resilient Bars in Timber Floors.

Interaction strategies for an affective conversational agent (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, C., Crook, N., Dobnik, S., Charlton, D., Boye, J., Pulman, S., …Cavazza, M. (2011). Interaction strategies for an affective conversational agent. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 20, 395-411. https://doi.org/10.1162/PRES_a_00063

The development of embodied conversational agents (ECA) as companions brings several challenges for both affective and conversational dialogue. These include challenges in generating appropriate affective responses, selecting the overall shape of the... Read More about Interaction strategies for an affective conversational agent.