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Psychological adjustment to disfiguring skin diseases (2014)
Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., & Affleck, A. G. (2014). Psychological adjustment to disfiguring skin diseases. Dermatology in practice, 20, 16-19

After diagnosis of a skin disorder, there follows a period of psychological adjustment during which most people are able to cope. Coping is a process that can be described as ‘expending conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, a... Read More about Psychological adjustment to disfiguring skin diseases.

OPENsenima - Open Source Energy Interceptors for Mobile Apps (Guest Technical Presentation). (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chinenyeze, S. (2014). OPENsenima - Open Source Energy Interceptors for Mobile Apps (Guest Technical Presentation). In Presentations in 2nd GreenCode Lab Euro Conference

In software engineering interceptors are components (or pattern - a way of design) that changes or augments the usual processing cycle of a system. Interceptors can be used for intelligent decision making which consequently improves the user experien... Read More about OPENsenima - Open Source Energy Interceptors for Mobile Apps (Guest Technical Presentation)..

Development and application of a survey quality assessment model. (2014)
Journal Article
Chen, T., Raeside, R., & Khan, H. T. A. (2014). Development and application of a survey quality assessment model. Global journal of quantitative science, 1(1), 15-29

Until recently research has been undertaken to improve the quality and effectiveness of surveys. By reviewing existing works, an improved model has been developed in this paper in order to assess the quality of statistical surveys. The model has been... Read More about Development and application of a survey quality assessment model..

Visualizing Sets: An Empirical Comparison of Diagram Types. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chapman, P., Stapleton, G., Rodgers, P., Micallef, L., & Blake, A. (2014, July). Visualizing Sets: An Empirical Comparison of Diagram Types. Presented at 8th International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams: Diagrams 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

There are a range of diagram types that can be used to visualize sets. However, there is a significant lack of insight into which is the most effective visualization. To address this knowledge gap, this paper empirically evaluates four diagram type... Read More about Visualizing Sets: An Empirical Comparison of Diagram Types..

Audio feedback: richer language but no measurable impact on student performance (2014)
Journal Article
Chalmers, C., MacCallum, J., Mowat, E., & Fulton, N. (2014). Audio feedback: richer language but no measurable impact on student performance. Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 8, 64-73

Audio feedback has been shown to be popular and well received by students. However, there is little published work to indicate how effective audio feedback is in improving student performance. Sixty students from a first year science degree agreed... Read More about Audio feedback: richer language but no measurable impact on student performance.

New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carty, L., Garnier, C., Bros Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2014, March). New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings. Presented at Rehab 2014

Applications of nanotechnology in the form of high performing aerogel insulation are now widely used from space exploration to the oil and gas industry and in more recent years in the construction industry. Previous research has shown the merits of t... Read More about New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings..

Idiotypic networks for evolutionary controllers in virtual creatures. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capodieci, N., Hart, E., & Cabri, G. (2014, July). Idiotypic networks for evolutionary controllers in virtual creatures

We propose a novel method for evolving adaptive locomotive strategies for virtual limbless creatures that addresses both functional and non-functional requirements, respectively the ability to avoid obstacles and to minimise spent energy. We describe... Read More about Idiotypic networks for evolutionary controllers in virtual creatures..

Artificial Immune System driven evolution in Swarm Chemistry. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capodieci, N., Hart, E., & Cabri, G. (2014). Artificial Immune System driven evolution in Swarm Chemistry. In Proceedings of IEEE SASO 2014 (40-49). https://doi.org/10.1109/SASO.2014.16

Morphogenetic engineering represents an interesting field in which models, frameworks and algorithms can be tested in order to study how self-* properties and emergent behaviours can arise in potentially complex and distributed systems. In this field... Read More about Artificial Immune System driven evolution in Swarm Chemistry..

Information sharing. (2014)
Patent
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Uthmani, O., & Lawson, A. (2014). Information sharing

http://www.google.com/patents/US20140201804 The present disclosure relates to improved information sharing and in particular to formal representations of information sharing policies between organizations. An organization comprises various agents wit... Read More about Information sharing..

Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security

The growing extent to which our day-to-day infrastructure is computer-controlled and internet-connected leaves it open to the possibility that malicious hackers could intercept data or take control of devices. Often this sort of critical infrastructu... Read More about Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security..

How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees

TweetDeck, a Twitter app with millions of users, is back online after a rather surprising security scare. For several hours, the service was taken down all because a 19-year-old user tried to add a cute heart to his messages.

Vision, hearing and oral health. (2014)
Book Chapter
Brown, M., & Goddard, L. (2013). Vision, hearing and oral health. In L. Taggert, & W. Cousins (Eds.), Health Promotion for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 33-43. Open University Press

Energy performance evaluation of a passive house built to Scottish building standards. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., & Currie, J. (2014). Energy performance evaluation of a passive house built to Scottish building standards.

Ensuring that predicted (simulated) energy performance figures are realised once a building is in-use has been of growing concern since issues surrounding the ‘performance gap’ were realised in the mid 1990’s [1]. Increasing energy demand and a decre... Read More about Energy performance evaluation of a passive house built to Scottish building standards..

White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price (2014)
Journal Article
Black, H., Michalova, L., Gill, J. S., Rees, C., Chick, J., O'May, F., …McPake, B. (2014). White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 49, 675-680. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu068

Aims: To compare characteristics of heavy drinkers who do, or do not, drink white cider during their typical drinking week and to contrast white cider drinkers' behaviour with a similar group recruited in comparable settings 4 years previously. To co... Read More about White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price.

Capabilities for Voice, Work and Education: Critical Analysis of Programmes for Disadvantaged Young People in Europe. (2014)
Book Chapter
Bilfulco, L., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R. W., Berthet, T., Simon, V., Monteleone, R., Mozzana, C., Rosenstein, E., Dif-Pradalier, M., Bonvin, J., Hollywood, E., Jensen, N. R., Kjeldsen, C. C., Sztandar-Sztanderska, K., Zieleńska, M., Haidinger, B., Kasper, R., Düker, J., Ley, T., & Bergström, G. (2014). Capabilities for Voice, Work and Education: Critical Analysis of Programmes for Disadvantaged Young People in Europe. In Facing Trajectories from School to Work (201-357). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11436-1_11

This chapter introduces the nine case studies, the common question framework used and the different methodologies adopted. The aim of the case studies is to examine the transitions of disadvantaged young people from compulsory school to further educa... Read More about Capabilities for Voice, Work and Education: Critical Analysis of Programmes for Disadvantaged Young People in Europe..

The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals (2014)
Journal Article
Bergqvist, R., & Monios, J. (2014). The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals. World review of intermodal transportation research, 5(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1504/writr.2014.065040

Public sector actors often provide financial or planning support to intermodal terminal developments with the aim of achieving societal benefits through modal shift from road haulage to rail transport. Once operational, such terminals exhibit a varie... Read More about The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals.

Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism. (2014)
Journal Article
Ayan, S., & Benyon, D. (2014). Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism. International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design, 7(2), 1-12

This work relates heavily to blended space theory and the trajectories approach previously done in this field. Imaz and Benyon have introduced the ideas of conceptual blending to analyze developments in HCI and software engineering. Benford explains... Read More about Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism..

Learn to see patients in their own world. (2014)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). Learn to see patients in their own world. Nursing Standard, 28(50), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.28.50.22.s26

Insights from the social sciences can help nurses understand the influences that shaped their patients and the decisions they make. This can develop empathy and encourage better care. Nurses are passionate about their patients’ wellbeing. They can us... Read More about Learn to see patients in their own world..