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Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HAMLYN, J. 2015. Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. Presented at the 10th International conference on the arts in society: the work of art in the age of networked society, 22-24 July 2015, London, UK.

Despite the fact that we commonly refer to artworks as 'meaningful' things, this is not to say that meaning is an objective property analogous to size or shape. If meaning is not a physical property, then it follows that it can only be a way of using... Read More about Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning..

Being sorry and meaning it. (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2015. Being sorry and meaning it. Press and journal: business [online], 20 July 2015. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/634950/rita-marcella-sorry-meaning/

There have been many high profile examples of companies getting it wrong when communicating with the world in the aftermath of a disaster.

An exploration of physical activity and wellbeing in university employees. (2015)
Journal Article
COOPER, K. and BARTON, G.C. 2015. An exploration of physical activity and wellbeing in university employees. Perspectives in public health [online], 136(3), pages 152-160. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913915593103

Aims: The aim was to explore levels of physical activity (PA) and mental wellbeing in university employees, as well as barriers to and incentives for workplace PA. Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to all staff at one UK university. The s... Read More about An exploration of physical activity and wellbeing in university employees..

Evaluation of new naphthalimides as potential anticancer agents against breast cancer MCF-7, pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 and colon cancer HCT-15 cell lines. (2015)
Journal Article
NORO, J., MACIEL, J., DUARTE, D., OLIVAL, A.C.D., BAPTISTA, C., SILVA, A.C.D., ALVES, M.J. and KONG THOO LIN, P. 2015. Evaluation of new naphthalimides as potential anticancer agents against breast cancer MCF-7, pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 and colon cancer HCT-15 cell lines. Organic chemistry: current research [online], 4(3), ID 1000144. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0401.1000144

New 1,8-naphthalimido derivatives with 2,3 and 4 carbon chains bearing a number of different functionalities were synthesized and tested against a panel of breast cancer MCF-7, colon cancer HCT-15 and pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 cell lines. Generally st... Read More about Evaluation of new naphthalimides as potential anticancer agents against breast cancer MCF-7, pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 and colon cancer HCT-15 cell lines..

Detecting stealthy attacks: efficient monitoring of suspicious activities on computer networks. (2015)
Journal Article
KALUTARAGE, H.K., SHAIKH, S.A., WICKRAMASINGHE, I.P., ZHOU, Q. and JAMES, A.E. 2015. Detecting stealthy attacks: efficient monitoring of suspicious activities on computer networks. Computers and electrical engineering [online], 47, pages 327-344. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2015.07.007

Stealthy attackers move patiently through computer networks – taking days, weeks or months to accomplish their objectives in order to avoid detection. As networks scale up in size and speed, monitoring for such attack attempts is increasingly a chall... Read More about Detecting stealthy attacks: efficient monitoring of suspicious activities on computer networks..

Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension. (2015)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2015. Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension. Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], 22(3), pages 450-472. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-09-2012-0103

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the aesthetic dimension of entrepreneur poems. The notion of the entrepreneur as storyteller, and the entrepreneur story as cultural genres have become so firmly entrenched in the collective social consciou... Read More about Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension..

An assessment of renewable energy readiness in Africa: case study of Nigeria and Cameroon. (2015)
Journal Article
MAS'UD, A.A., WIRBA, A.V., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., MAS'UD, I.A., MUNIR, A.B., YUNUS, N.M. 2015. An assessment of renewable energy readiness in Africa: case study of Nigeria and Cameroon. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews [online], 51, pages 775-784. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.045

Africa is blessed with abundant energy sources that can promote economic growth and provide sufficient capacity to meet up with the future electricity demand. This paper evaluates the progress made in renewable energy (RE) development in Nigeria and... Read More about An assessment of renewable energy readiness in Africa: case study of Nigeria and Cameroon..

Study of a novel bisnaphthalimidopropyl polyamine as electroactive material for perchlorate-selective potentiometric sensors. (2015)
Journal Article
GIL, R., AMORIM, C.G., CROMBIE, L., KONG THOO LIN, P., ARUJO, A. and da CONCEICAO MONTENEGRO, M. 2015. Study of a novel bisnaphthalimidopropyl polyamine as electroactive material for perchlorate-selective potentiometric sensors. Electroanalysis [online], 27(12), pages 2809-2819. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201500275

In this work, the new polyamine bisnaphthalimidopropyl-4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane is proposed as a new ionophore for perchlorate potentiometric sensors. The optimal formulation for the membrane comprised of 12mmolkg-1 of the ionophore, and 68% (w/w)... Read More about Study of a novel bisnaphthalimidopropyl polyamine as electroactive material for perchlorate-selective potentiometric sensors..

The mystery of security design. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
VALLINDRAS, A. and FAILY, S. 2015. The mystery of security design. Presented at the 29th British human computer interaction conference (British HCI 2015), 13-17 July 2015, Lincoln, UK.

Designing for security is hard without security getting in the way of design. Unfortunately, security is often promoted through fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD). As a result, the scale of FUD has now become so great that it hinders people's ability... Read More about The mystery of security design..

Virtual teams and employability in global software engineering education. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BASS, J.M., MCDERMOTT, R. and LALCHANDANI, J.T. 2015. Virtual teams and employability in global software engineering education. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE international conference on global software engineering (ICGSE 2015), 13-16 July 2015, Ciudad Real, Spain. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 7224489, pages 115-124. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2015.21

Universities face many challenges when creating opportunities for student experiences of global software engineering. We provide a model for introducing global software engineering into the computing curriculum. Our model is based on a three year col... Read More about Virtual teams and employability in global software engineering education..

The 'fairness paradox' and 'small-firm growth resistance strategies'. (2015)
Journal Article
ULLAH, F. and SMITH, R. 2015. The 'fairness paradox' and 'small-firm growth resistance strategies'. World journal of entrepreneurship, management and sustainable development [online], 11(3), pages 154-175. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/WJEMSD-02-2015-0005

The purpose of this paper is to examine and explore why 'Small-Businesses' resist employing outside the immediate family and investigate the employee as an outsider and entrepreneurial resource. Design/methodology/approach The authors review the lite... Read More about The 'fairness paradox' and 'small-firm growth resistance strategies'..

Analysing creative image search information needs. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GOKER, A., KONKOVA, E., MACFARLANE, A. 2015. Analysing creative image search information needs. In Proceedings of the 2015 ISKO UK biennial conference: knowledge organization - making a difference, 13-14 July 2015, London, UK. London: ISKO [online]. Available from: http://www.iskouk.org/content/analysing-creative-image-search-information-needs

Creative professionals in advertising, marketing, design and journalism search for images to visually represent a concept for their project. The main purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of documents known as briefs to find search facets,... Read More about Analysing creative image search information needs..

Immersing the artist and designer in the needs of the clinician: evolving the brief for distraction and stress reduction in a new Child Protection Unit. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FREMANTLE, C., HEPBURN, L-A., HAMILTON, A. and SANDS, J. 2015. Immersing the artist and designer in the needs of the clinician: evolving the brief for distraction and stress reduction in a new Child Protection Unit. In Christer, K. (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd European conference on Design4Health 2015, 13-16 July 2015, Sheffield, UK. Sheffield; Sheffield Hallam University [online], pages 1-10. Available from: http://research.shu.ac.uk/design4health/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/D4H_Fremantle_et_al.pdf

Engaging clinicians in the design of new, less stressful spaces in healthcare is an interdisciplinary challenge for artists and designers. The design brief is the primary means of ensuring shared understanding and success criteria for creative projec... Read More about Immersing the artist and designer in the needs of the clinician: evolving the brief for distraction and stress reduction in a new Child Protection Unit..

Analysis and hardware testing of cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABOUSHADY, A.A., AHMED, K.H. and JOVCIC, D. 2015. Analysis and hardware testing of cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters. In Proceedings of the 11th Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) International conference on AC and DC power transmission, 10-12 February 2015, Birmingham, UK. New York: IET [online], pages 1-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2015.0010

This paper focuses on the behaviour of the cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters. Active switches, not designed for fault conditions, are tripped to minimize discharge currents effect on the s... Read More about Analysis and hardware testing of cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters..

Generating easy and hard problems using the proximate optimality principle. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCCALL, J.A.W., CHRISTIE, L.A. and BROWNLEE, A.E.I. 2015. Generating easy and hard problems using the proximate optimality principle. In Silva, S. (ed.) Proceedings of the companion publication of the 2015 annual conference on genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO Companion '15), 11-15 July 2015, Madrid, Spain. New York: ACM [online], pages 767-768. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2739482.2764890

We present an approach to generating problems of variable difficulty based on the well-known Proximate Optimality Principle (POP), often paraphrased as similar solutions have similar fitness. We explore definitions of this concept in terms of metrics... Read More about Generating easy and hard problems using the proximate optimality principle..

Rare elements electrochemistry: the development of a novel electrochemical sensor for the rapid detection of Europium in environmental samples using gold electrode modified with 2-pyridinol-1-oxide. (2015)
Journal Article
CRUICKSHANK, L., OFFICER, S., POLLARD, P., PRABHU, R., STUTTER, M. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2015. Rare elements electrochemistry: the development of a novel electrochemical sensor for the rapid detection of Europium in environmental samples using gold electrode modified with 2-pyridinol-1-oxide. Analytical sciences [online], 31(7), pages 623-627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.31.623

This work presents for the first time the electrochemical determination of europium using cyclic voltammetry at gold electrodes modified with 2-pyridinol-1-oxide. A well-defined oxidation peak was observed in cyclic voltammetry as a result of the oxi... Read More about Rare elements electrochemistry: the development of a novel electrochemical sensor for the rapid detection of Europium in environmental samples using gold electrode modified with 2-pyridinol-1-oxide..

Photocatalytic degradation of eleven microcystin variants and nodularin by TiO2 coated glass microspheres. (2015)
Journal Article
PESTANA, C.J., EDWARDS, C., PRABHU, R., ROBERTSON, P.K.J. and LAWTON, L.A. 2015. Photocatalytic degradation of eleven microcystin variants and nodularin by TiO2 coated glass microspheres. Journal of hazardous materials [online], 300, pages 347-353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.016

Microcystins and nodularin are toxic cyanobacterial secondary metabolites produced by cyanobacteria that pose a threat to human health in drinking water. Conventional water treatment methods often fail to remove these toxins. Advanced oxidation proce... Read More about Photocatalytic degradation of eleven microcystin variants and nodularin by TiO2 coated glass microspheres..

Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional Student's version: an Italian validation study with nursing students. (2015)
Journal Article
MONTANARI, P., PETRUCCI, C., RUSSO, S., MURRAY, I., DIMONTE, V. and LANCIA, L. 2015. Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional Student's version: an Italian validation study with nursing students. Nursing and health sciences [online], 17(4), pages 483-491. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12221

This methodological study was conducted to test the psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy - Health Professional Student's version (JSE-HPS). It used a convenience sample of 797 Italian nursing students and also aimed to describe t... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional Student's version: an Italian validation study with nursing students..

Staff nurse perceptions of the impact of mentalization-based therapy skills training when working with borderline personality disorder in acute mental health: a qualitative study. (2015)
Journal Article
WARRENDER, D. 2015. Staff nurse perceptions of the impact of mentalization-based therapy skills training when working with borderline personality disorder in acute mental health: a qualitative study. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing [online], 22(8), pages 623-633. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12248

People diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are highly prevalent in acute mental health wards, with staff nurses identifying a challenge in working with people who can be significantly distressed. This has contributed to a negative st... Read More about Staff nurse perceptions of the impact of mentalization-based therapy skills training when working with borderline personality disorder in acute mental health: a qualitative study..

Decision precision or holistic heuristic? Insights on on-site selection of student nurses and midwives. (2015)
Journal Article
MACDUFF, C., STEPHEN, A. and TAYLOR, R. 2016. Decision precision or holistic heuristic? Insights on on-site selection of student nurses and midwives. Nurse education in practice [online], 16(1), pages 40-46. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2015.06.008

Concerns about quality of care delivery in the UK have led to more scrutiny of criteria and methods for the selection of student nurses. However few substantive research studies of on-site selection processes exist. This study elicited and interprete... Read More about Decision precision or holistic heuristic? Insights on on-site selection of student nurses and midwives..