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Post traumatic stress disorder post childbirth versus postnatal depression: a guide for midwives (2017)
Journal Article
Bromley, P., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Patterson, J. (2017). Post traumatic stress disorder post childbirth versus postnatal depression: a guide for midwives. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(8), 484-490. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.8.484

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-Post Childbirth (PTSD-PC) is a powerful pathophysiological reaction that occurs in response to experiencing a traumatic birth and affects between1-6% of women. Regardless of its trigger, PTSD-PC causes significant impai... Read More about Post traumatic stress disorder post childbirth versus postnatal depression: a guide for midwives.

Academic literacies: the word is not enough (2017)
Journal Article
Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (2017). Academic literacies: the word is not enough. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2017.1360270

For Academic Literacies, the world is textually mediated; written texts and what informs them reveal elements such as subject-discipline practices. Furthermore, multi-modalities, for example, visual representation, inform written text, and multiple m... Read More about Academic literacies: the word is not enough.

n-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation During 4 Weeks of Training Leads to Improved Anaerobic Endurance Capacity, but not Maximal Strength, Speed, or Power in Soccer Players (2017)
Journal Article
Gravina, L., Brown, F. F., Alexander, L., Dick, J., Bell, G., Witard, O. C., & Galloway, S. D. (2017). n-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation During 4 Weeks of Training Leads to Improved Anaerobic Endurance Capacity, but not Maximal Strength, Speed, or Power in Soccer Players. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 27(4), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2016-0325

Omega-3 fatty acid (n-3 FA) supplementation could promote adaptation to soccer-specific training. We examined the impact of a 4-week period of n-3 FA supplementation during training on adaptations in 1RM knee extensor strength, 20-m sprint speed, ver... Read More about n-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation During 4 Weeks of Training Leads to Improved Anaerobic Endurance Capacity, but not Maximal Strength, Speed, or Power in Soccer Players.

Shifting Masculine Terrains: Russian Men in Russia and the UK (2017)
Thesis
Yusupova, M. Shifting Masculine Terrains: Russian Men in Russia and the UK. (Thesis). University of Manchester. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2997030

This dissertation examines the conception and performance of masculinities amongst two groups of Russian men, half of whom live in Russia and the other half in the United Kingdom. A total of forty in-depth biographical interviews were carried out, tw... Read More about Shifting Masculine Terrains: Russian Men in Russia and the UK.

Holistic study of a timber double skin façade: Whole life carbon emissions and structural optimisation (2017)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & D'Amico, B. (2017). Holistic study of a timber double skin façade: Whole life carbon emissions and structural optimisation. Building and Environment, 124, 42-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.07.046

The upkeep of existing buildings has a great role to play in reducing the carbon emissions of the built environ-ment. Façade upgrade represents one of the most effective interventions to improve both thermal efficiencyand aesthetic appeal of existing... Read More about Holistic study of a timber double skin façade: Whole life carbon emissions and structural optimisation.

Virtual Worlds for Facilitating Urban Development Dialogue (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harris Smith, D., Zeller, F., Eyles, J., Silva de Jesus, D., Dwyer, L., & Eyles, E. (2017, July). Virtual Worlds for Facilitating Urban Development Dialogue. Presented at Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017), London

Using supervised machine learning algorithms to detect suspicious URLs in online social networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Janabi, M., Quincey, E. D., & Andras, P. (2017, July). Using supervised machine learning algorithms to detect suspicious URLs in online social networks. Presented at 2017 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining 2017, Sydney, Australia

The increasing volume of malicious content in social networks requires automated methods to detect and eliminate such content. This paper describes a supervised machine learning classification model that has been built to detect the distribution of m... Read More about Using supervised machine learning algorithms to detect suspicious URLs in online social networks.

Green IoT: An Investigation on Energy Saving Practices for 2020 and Beyond (2017)
Journal Article
Arshad, R., Zahoor, S., Shah, M. A., Wahid, A., & Yu, H. (2017). Green IoT: An Investigation on Energy Saving Practices for 2020 and Beyond. IEEE Access, 5, 15667-15681. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2017.2686092

Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging concept, which aims to connect billions of devices with each other. The IoT devices sense, collect, and transmit important information from their surroundings. This exchange of very large amount of information... Read More about Green IoT: An Investigation on Energy Saving Practices for 2020 and Beyond.

A novel substitution box for encryption based on Lorenz equations (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, F. A., Ahmed, J., Khan, J. S., Ahmad, J., & Khan, M. A. (2017, July). A novel substitution box for encryption based on Lorenz equations. Presented at 2017 International Conference on Circuits, System and Simulation (ICCSS), London, United Kingdom

Complexity of an encryption algorithm is highly dependent on nonlinear components that drive actual security. Only nonlinear component in all traditional encryption algorithms is mainly Substitution Box (S-Box). In block ciphers, the relationship bet... Read More about A novel substitution box for encryption based on Lorenz equations.

Time-Use, daily activities and health related quality of life of Irish youth (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A., Fitzgerald, A. P., & Perry, I. (2017, March). Time-Use, daily activities and health related quality of life of Irish youth. Presented at AOTA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, US

This large cross-sectional time-use study empirically examined, for the first time, the relationship between participation in daily activity and self-reported health-related quality of life for school-going youth in Ireland.

The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Innes, M. (2016, October). The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes. Presented at New Perspectives on the Future of Healthy Light and Lighting in Daily Life

If architectural lighting design is contained within a defined circle, then the edges are, at the very least, quite blurred. All kinds of other lighting practice has straddled the boundaries: theatre, live event, film, light art... All these areas ha... Read More about The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes.

Simultaneous context inference and mapping using mm-Wave for indoor scenarios (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yassin, A., Nasser, Y., Awad, M., & Al-Dubai, A. (2017, May). Simultaneous context inference and mapping using mm-Wave for indoor scenarios. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France

We introduce in this paper two main approaches, Triangulateration (TL) and Angle-Difference-of-Arrival (ADoA) for indoor localization and mapping using single-anchor and millimeter wave (MMW) propagation characteristics. Then, we perform context infe... Read More about Simultaneous context inference and mapping using mm-Wave for indoor scenarios.

Make What You Desire: An Interactive Blending of the Digital and the Analogue (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Allan, D. (2017, July). Make What You Desire: An Interactive Blending of the Digital and the Analogue. Presented at BHCI 2017

3D printing technology has the potential to democratize the manufacturing process. 3D printers have become more affordable so almost anyone can access them either at home, work or a local Fablab. Now that this access is becoming more widespread, it i... Read More about Make What You Desire: An Interactive Blending of the Digital and the Analogue.

Introduction (2017)
Journal Article
Bremner, N., & Bahmad, J. (2017). Introduction. French Cultural Studies, 28(3), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957155817714118

Although the act of labelling cultural practices or products as trash is often framed as a casual dismissal based on self-evident assumptions, it can in fact be viewed as a mechanism which reflects, perpetuates and justifies the power dynamics of the... Read More about Introduction.

Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., Nasser, Y., & Boukerche, A. (2017, May). Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

Low-power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) have been a key component in the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. Recently, a standardized algorithm, namely Trickle algorithm, is adopted for routing information maintenance in such networks. This algorithm is o... Read More about Drizzle: Adaptive and fair route maintenance algorithm for Low-power and Lossy Networks in IoT.

Tailoring methodological bricolage to investigate non-discretionary use of digital technology (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobolewska, E. (2017, July). Tailoring methodological bricolage to investigate non-discretionary use of digital technology. Presented at BHCI 2017: Digital Make Believe, Sunderland, UK

Digital technology appears to be an integral part of everyday life: at homes, workplaces, during leisure time; mediating interactions, demanding attention and engagement. In the age of cloud computing, social media, and ubiquitous mobile devices, it... Read More about Tailoring methodological bricolage to investigate non-discretionary use of digital technology.

Appropriating Affordances. Three Practice Based Explorations (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flint, T. (2017, July). Appropriating Affordances. Three Practice Based Explorations. Presented at HCI 2017 - Digital Make-Believe, Sunderland, UK

Affordance and Appropriation are related. An effective way of examining these phenomena is through practice. This paper discusses practice based exploration of affordance in the design of physical interfaces. This study follows a framework developed... Read More about Appropriating Affordances. Three Practice Based Explorations.

User Experience in Cross-channel Ecosystems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benyon, D., & Resmini, A. (2017, July). User Experience in Cross-channel Ecosystems. Presented at British HCI

Recent developments in information and communication technologies have left interaction design and human-computer interaction (HCI) with something of a conceptual gap. The distinction between physical and digital spaces is increasingly blurred. Cloud... Read More about User Experience in Cross-channel Ecosystems.