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Developments and key issues in tourism mobilities (2013)
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Hannam, K., Butler, G., & Paris, C. M. (2014). Developments and key issues in tourism mobilities. Annals of Tourism Research, 44, 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.09.010

This paper examines key developments in recent tourism mobilities research. It begins by outlining the recent conceptualisation of tourism mobilities, arguing that it is not just that tourism is a form of mobility like other forms of mobility but tha... Read More about Developments and key issues in tourism mobilities.

Design and optimisation of process parameters in an in-line CIGS evaporation pilot system (2013)
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Wei, Z., Bobbili, P. R., Senthilarasu, S., Shimell, T., & Upadhyaya, H. M. (2014). Design and optimisation of process parameters in an in-line CIGS evaporation pilot system. Surface and Coatings Technology, 241, 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat

Substantial efforts have been made globally towards improving Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cell efficiencies with several organisations successfully exceeding the 20% barrier on a research level using the three-stage CIGS process, but commercial mass... Read More about Design and optimisation of process parameters in an in-line CIGS evaporation pilot system.

The evolution of genomic imprinting: costs, benefits and long-term consequences (2013)
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Holman, L., & Kokko, . H. (2014). The evolution of genomic imprinting: costs, benefits and long-term consequences. Biological Reviews, 89(3), 568-587. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12069

Genomic imprinting refers to a pattern of gene expression in which a specific parent's allele is either under‐expressed or completely silenced. Imprinting is an evolutionary conundrum because it appears to incur the costs of diploidy (e.g. presenting... Read More about The evolution of genomic imprinting: costs, benefits and long-term consequences.

"I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis. (2013)
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Welsh, P., & Brown, S. (2013). "I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis. Health, Risk and Society, 15, 648-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.848846

In this article we examine the identification of young people deemed to be at an elevated risk of developing psychosis (often referred to as an At-Risk Mental State for psychosis). Although this is not a new concept within psychiatry, there has been... Read More about "I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis..

Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling (2013)
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Mahdjoubi, L., Moobela, C., & Laing, R. (2013). Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling. Computers in Industry, 64(9), 1272-1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2013.09.003

There is an opportunity for real-estate services sector to deliver more accurate, faster and quality building surveys and information models. This paper reports on a study, designed to establish automated procedures for the development of a digital m... Read More about Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling.

Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on the solar thermal system (2013)
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Abu-Bakarab, S. H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Munir, A. B., Yasin, S. H. M., Mallick, T. K., …Rahim, R. A. (2014). Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on t

This short communication paper focuses on the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme in the United Kingdom (UK); and in particular, on its implication on domestic installations of solar thermal systems (STSs). First, a short review on the STS in the U... Read More about Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on the solar thermal system.

A process for Decision-making after Pilot and feasibility Trials (ADePT): Development following a feasibility study of a complex intervention for pelvic organ prolapse (2013)
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Bugge, C., Williams, B., Hagen, S., Logan, J., Glazener, C., Pringle, S., & Sinclair, L. (2013). A process for Decision-making after Pilot and feasibility Trials (ADePT): Development following a feasibility study of a complex intervention for pelvic organ

Background: Current Medical Research Council (MRC) guidance on complex interventions advocates pilot trials and feasibility studies as part of a phased approach to the development, testing, and evaluation of healthcare interventions. In this paper we... Read More about A process for Decision-making after Pilot and feasibility Trials (ADePT): Development following a feasibility study of a complex intervention for pelvic organ prolapse.

The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study. (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Henderson, E., & Sullivan, C. (2013). The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study. BMC Public Health, 14, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1139

Background: It is widely accepted that excessive drinking contributes to both health and social problems. There has been considerable interest in the potential of community pharmacies as a setting for health advice, and evidence suggests that interve... Read More about The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study..

Development and psychometric properties of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) (2013)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2014). Development and psychometric properties of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R). Midwifery, 30(6), 610-619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2013.10.006

Objective: to assess factor structure, validity and reliability of the Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS) and to develop a short-form version of the tool. Design: a quantitative design focused on evaluating psychometric properties of the BSS using facto... Read More about Development and psychometric properties of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R).

Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations (2013)
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Guiver, C., & Opmeer, M. R. (2013). Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 439(12), 3659-3698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2013.09.032

We derive an error bound in the gap metric for positive real balanced truncation and positive real singular perturbation approximation. We prove these results by working in the context of dissipative driving-variable systems, as in behavioral and sta... Read More about Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations.

Management Development and Co-production: myths and realities (2013)
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Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2013). Management Development and Co-production: myths and realities. Journal of Management Development, 32, 971-983. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-07-2012-0083

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the relationship between public sector practitioners and academic providers in the design and delivery of management development programmes. What is the added value of HEI involvement in management de... Read More about Management Development and Co-production: myths and realities.

Novel Two-Stage Audiovisual Speech Filtering in Noisy Environments (2013)
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Abel, A., & Hussain, A. (2014). Novel Two-Stage Audiovisual Speech Filtering in Noisy Environments. Cognitive Computation, 6(2), 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-013-9231-2

In recent years, the established link between the various human communication production domains has become more widely utilised in the field of speech processing. In this work, we build on previous work by the authors and present a novel two-stage a... Read More about Novel Two-Stage Audiovisual Speech Filtering in Noisy Environments.

Acceptability and perceived barriers and facilitators to creating a national research register to enable ’direct to patient’ enrolment into research: the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE) (2013)
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Grant, A., Ure, J., Nicolson, D. J., Hanley, J., Sheikh, A., McKinstry, B., & Sullivan, F. (2013). Acceptability and perceived barriers and facilitators to creating a national research register to enable ’direct to patient’ enrolment into research: the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE). BMC Health Services Research, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-422

Background Difficulties with recruitment pose a major, increasingly recognised challenge to the viability of research. We sought to explore whether a register of volunteers interested in research participation, with data linkage to electronic health... Read More about Acceptability and perceived barriers and facilitators to creating a national research register to enable ’direct to patient’ enrolment into research: the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE).

Effectiveness of telemonitoring integrated into existing clinical services on hospital admission for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: researcher blind, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Pinnock, H., McCloughan, L., Todd, A., Krishan, A., Lewis, S., Stoddart, A., …McKinstry, B. (2013). Effectiveness of telemonitoring integrated into existing clinical services on hospital admission for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas

Objective To test the effectiveness of telemonitoring integrated into existing clinical services such that intervention and control groups have access to the same clinical care. Design Researcher blind, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.... Read More about Effectiveness of telemonitoring integrated into existing clinical services on hospital admission for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: researcher blind, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Fungi at a Small Scale: Spatial Zonation of Fungal Assemblages around Single Trees (2013)
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Branco, S., Bruns, T. D., & Singleton, I. (2013). Fungi at a Small Scale: Spatial Zonation of Fungal Assemblages around Single Trees. PLOS ONE, 8(10), Article e78295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078295

Biological communities are often structured by environmental factors even at small spatial scales. Fungi are no exception, though the patterns and mechanisms underlying their community structure are usually unknown. Previous work documented zonation... Read More about Fungi at a Small Scale: Spatial Zonation of Fungal Assemblages around Single Trees.

Facets of DREaM: a social network analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community. (2013)
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Cooke, L., & Hall, H. (2013). Facets of DREaM: a social network analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community. Journal of Documentation, 69(6), 786-806. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2012-0124

Purpose: This paper reviews the value of Social Network Analysis (SNA) as a method appropriate to LIS research. SNA is used to investigate the effectiveness of a framework of methods adopted by the DREaM project to develop researcher-practitioner net... Read More about Facets of DREaM: a social network analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community..

Predators vs. alien: differential biotic resistance to an invasive species by two resident predators (2013)
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MacNeil, C., Dick, J., Alexander, M., Dodd, J., & Ricciardi, A. (2013). Predators vs. alien: differential biotic resistance to an invasive species by two resident predators. NeoBiota, 19, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.19.4839

The success of invading species can be restricted by interspecific interactions such as competition and predation (i.e. biotic resistance) from resident species, which may be natives or previous invaders. Whilst there are myriad examples of resident... Read More about Predators vs. alien: differential biotic resistance to an invasive species by two resident predators.

Event studies: finding fool's gold at the rainbow's end? (2013)
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Baum, T., Lockstone-Binney, L., & Robertson, M. (2013). Event studies: finding fool's gold at the rainbow's end?. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 4(3), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-06-2013-0014

Purpose The aim of this opinion piece is to seek to cast a critical eye over the event studies field to chart its progress as an emerging area of study, relative to its close relations tourism, hospitality and leisure. Design/methodology/approach... Read More about Event studies: finding fool's gold at the rainbow's end?.