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Porosity and protection. (2019)
Digital Artefact
CLARKE, J. 2019. Porosity and protection. Posted on Fieldsights, blog of the Society for Cultural Anthropology. Editors' forum: theorizing the contemporary [online], 25 April 2019. Available from: https://culanth.org/fieldsights/porosity-and-protection

The author first saw traces of destruction in the spring of 2014, when driving, with an art therapist friend, towards a coastal village north of the "difficult to return zone", near the Fukushima Diichi nuclear power plant. Known in Japan as 3.11, th... Read More about Porosity and protection..

Policy, evidence and practice for post-birth care plans: a scoping review. (2019)
Journal Article
CROWTHER, S., MACIVER, E. and LAU, A. 2019. Policy, evidence and practice for post-birth care plans: a scoping review. BMC pregnancy and childbirth [online], 19, article ID 137. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2274-y

Background: Postnatal care continually attracts less attention than other parts of the childbirth year. Many regions consistently report poor maternal satisfaction with care in the post-birth period. Despite policy recommending post-birth planning be... Read More about Policy, evidence and practice for post-birth care plans: a scoping review..

Compulsory community and involuntary outpatient treatment for people with severe mental disorders. (2019)
Journal Article
KENNEDY, C. 2019. Compulsory community and involuntary outpatient treatment for people with severe mental disorders. Issues in mental health nursing [online], 40(6), pages 537-538. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2019.1600359

This is a summary by Catriona Kennedy of the Cochrane Review of Kisely, S.R., Campbell, L.A., O'Reilly, R. Compulsory community and involuntary outpatient treatment for people with severe mental disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017... Read More about Compulsory community and involuntary outpatient treatment for people with severe mental disorders..

Development of a highly sensitive electrochemical sensing platform for the trace level detection of lead ions. (2019)
Journal Article
SHAH, A., ZAHID, A., KHAN, A., IFTIKHAR, F.J., NISAR, J., FERNANDEZ, C., AKHTER, M.S., ALMUTAWAH, A.A. and KRAATZ, H.-B. 2019. Development of a highly sensitive electrochemical sensing platform for the trace level detection of lead ions. Journal of the Electrochemical Society [online], 166(9), pages B3136-B3142. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0271909jes

Herein we report for the first time a highly sensitive electrochemical platform for the trace level detection of Pb (ӏӏ) using glassy carbon electrode modifiedwith 1-dodecanoyl-3-phenylthiourea (DPT). The performance of the designed sensor was tested... Read More about Development of a highly sensitive electrochemical sensing platform for the trace level detection of lead ions..

Assessing the effectiveness of the WFD as a tool to address different levels of water scarcity based on two case studies of the Mediterranean region. (2019)
Journal Article
APOSTOLAKI, S., AKINSETE, E., TSANI, S., KOUNDOURI, P., PITTIS, N. and LEVANTIS, E. 2019. Assessing the effectiveness of the WFD as a tool to address different levels of water scarcity based on two case studies of the Mediterranean region. Water [online], 11(4), article ID 840. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/w11040840

Despite being a natural phenomenon, water scarcity is, to a great extent, human-induced, particularly affected by climate change and by the increased water resources vulnerability. The Water Framework Directive (WFD), an ‘umbrella’ directive that aim... Read More about Assessing the effectiveness of the WFD as a tool to address different levels of water scarcity based on two case studies of the Mediterranean region..

Coastal wetland mapping with sentinel-2 MSI imagery based on gravitational optimized multilayer perceptron and morphological attribute profiles. (2019)
Journal Article
ZHANG, A., SUN, G., MA, P., JIA, X., REN, J., HUANG, H. and ZHANG, X. 2019. Coastal wetland mapping with sentinel-2 MSI imagery based on gravitational optimized multilayer perceptron and morphological attribute profiles. Remote sensing [online], 11(8), article 952. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11080952

Coastal wetland mapping plays an essential role in monitoring climate change, the hydrological cycle, and water resources. In this study, a novel classification framework based on the gravitational optimized multilayer perceptron classifier and exten... Read More about Coastal wetland mapping with sentinel-2 MSI imagery based on gravitational optimized multilayer perceptron and morphological attribute profiles..

An investigation into the development of non-technical skills by undergraduate accounting programmes. (2019)
Journal Article
DOUGLAS, S. and GAMMIE, E. 2019. An investigation into the development of non-technical skills by undergraduate accounting programmes. Accounting education [online], 28(3), pages 304-332. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2019.1605532

Non-technical skills are essential for today’s professional accountant who operates in a dynamic socio-technical environment. Accounting degrees have continued to be criticised for failing to develop these skills to the required level. In the Scott... Read More about An investigation into the development of non-technical skills by undergraduate accounting programmes..

Implementing GDPR in the Charity Sector: A Case Study (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HENRIKSEN-BULMER, J., FAILY, S. and JEARY, S. 2019. Implementing GDPR in the charity sector: a case study. In Kosta, E., Pierson, J., Slamanig, D., Fischer-Hübner, S. and Krenn, S. (eds.) Privacy and identity management: fairness, accountability and transparency in the age of Big Data: revised selected papers from the 13th International Federation for Information Processing Working Groups 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.6, Special Interest Group 9.2.2 international summer school (IFIP Summer School 2018), 20-24 August 2018, Vienna, Austria. IFIP advances in information and communication technology, 547. Cham: Springer [online], pages 173-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16744-8_12

Due to their organisational characteristics, many charities are poorly prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We present an exemplar process for implementing GDPR and the DPIA Data Wheel, a DPIA framework devised as part of the c... Read More about Implementing GDPR in the Charity Sector: A Case Study.

Great expectations? Assessing the creation of national police organisations in Scotland and the Netherlands. (2019)
Journal Article
TERPSTRA, J. and FYFE, N.R. 2019. Great expectations? Assessing the creation of national police organisations in Scotland and the Netherlands. International journal of police science and management [online], 21(2), pages 101-107. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461355719842310

Against a background of recent structural reforms to police organisations in northern and western Europe, this paper examines the experiences of Scotland and the Netherlands where national police forces were established in 2013. Taking a comparative... Read More about Great expectations? Assessing the creation of national police organisations in Scotland and the Netherlands..

Blockchain grammars: designing with DAOS. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUNAS, T. and LOMBARDI, D. 2019. Blockchain grammars: designing with DAOS. In Haeusler, M.H., Schnabel, M.A. and Fukuda, T. (eds.) Intelligent and informed: proceedings of the 24th International conference on computer-aided architectural design research in Asia (CAADRIA 2019), 15-18 April 2019, Wellington: New Zealand. Hong Kong: CumInCAD [online], Volume 2, pages 293-302. Available from: http://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/caadria2019_647.pdf

This paper presents an application of Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) in the field of design and AEC industry. The model is applied in the realm of shape grammar proposing the possibility of allowing multiple grammarists to collaborate in... Read More about Blockchain grammars: designing with DAOS..

Building extraction from high-resolution aerial imagery using a generative adversarial network with spatial and channel attention mechanisms. (2019)
Journal Article
PAN, X., YANG, F., GAO, L., CHEN, Z., ZHANG, B., FAN, H. and REN, J. 2019. Building extraction from high-resolution aerial imagery using a generative adversarial network with spatial and channel attention mechanisms. Remote sensing [online], 11(8), article 917. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11080917

Segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing images is an important challenge with wide practical applications. The increasing spatial resolution provides fine details for image segmentation but also incurs segmentation ambiguities. In this paper,... Read More about Building extraction from high-resolution aerial imagery using a generative adversarial network with spatial and channel attention mechanisms..

Effectiveness of high fidelity simulation versus low fidelity simulation on practical/clinical skill development in pre-registration physiotherapy students: a systematic review. (2019)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, F. and COOPER, K. 2019. Effectiveness of high fidelity simulation versus low fidelity simulation on practical/clinical skill development in pre-registration physiotherapy students: a systematic review. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports [online], 17(6), pages 1229-1255. Available from: https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003931

Objective: The objective of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of high fidelity simulation (HFS) versus low fidelity simulation (LFS) on practical/clinical skill development in pre-registration physiotherapy students. Introduction: Evidence... Read More about Effectiveness of high fidelity simulation versus low fidelity simulation on practical/clinical skill development in pre-registration physiotherapy students: a systematic review..

A systematic risk assessment and meta-analysis on the use of oral β-alanine supplementation. (2019)
Journal Article
DOLAN, E., SWINTON, P.A., PAINELLI, V.D.S., HEMINGWAY, B.S., MAZZOLANI, B., SMAIRA, F.I., SAUNDERS, B., ARTIOLI, G.G. and GUALANO, B. 2019. A systematic risk assessment and meta-analysis on the use of oral ß-alanine supplementation. Advances in nutrition [online], 10(3), pages 452-463. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmy115

β-Alanine supplementation is one of the world's most commonly used sports supplements, and its use as a nutritional strategy in other populations is ever-increasing, due to evidence of pleiotropic ergogenic and therapeutic benefits. Despite its wides... Read More about A systematic risk assessment and meta-analysis on the use of oral β-alanine supplementation..

Changing news values? An integrated approach to meaning co-creation in digital journalism stories. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANDERSON, B. 2019. Changing news values? An integrated approach to meaning co-creation in digital journalism stories. Presented at the 2019 Approaches to multimodality in the media (AMiM 2019): reading beyond words, 12 April 2019, London, UK.

The visual storytelling turn in digital journalism requires a critical investigation of its performative power. The vivid, emotive, empathy-framing qualities of visual content in journalism have been well documented (Robinson 2002; Powell et al 2015)... Read More about Changing news values? An integrated approach to meaning co-creation in digital journalism stories..

Understanding factors influencing public transport passengers' pre-travel information-seeking behaviour. (2019)
Journal Article
YEBOAH, G., COTTRILL, C.D., NELSON, J.D., CORSAR, D., MARKOVIC, M. and EDWARDS, P. 2019. Understanding factors influencing public transport passengers’ pre-travel information-seeking behaviour. Public transport [online], 11(1), pages 135-158. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-019-00198-w

This paper investigates factors influencing public transport passengers’ pre-travel information-seeking behaviours in a British urban environment. Public transport traveller surveys were conducted to better understand the journey stages at which info... Read More about Understanding factors influencing public transport passengers' pre-travel information-seeking behaviour..

Extradition and mental health in UK law. (2019)
Journal Article
ARNELL, P. 2019. Extradition and mental health in UK law. Criminal law forum [online], 30(3), pages 339-372. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-019-09369-7

The response of UK extradition law and practice to requested persons presenting with mental health disorders is multi-faceted and unnecessarily complex. There are a number of reasons for this. They centre upon the law failing to adequately recognise... Read More about Extradition and mental health in UK law..

Stereoisomeric profiling of chiral pharmaceutically active compounds in wastewaters and the receiving environment: a catchment-scale and a laboratory study. (2019)
Journal Article
CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D., PETRIE, B., LOPARDO, L., PROCTOR, K., RICE, J., YOUDAN, J., BARDEN, R. and KASPRZYK-HORDON, B. 2019. Stereoisomeric profiling of chiral pharmaceutically active compounds in wastewaters and the receiving environment: a catchment-scale and a laboratory study. Environment international [online], 127, pages 558-572. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.03.050

Chiral pharmaceutically active compounds (cPACs) are not currently governed by environmental regulation yet are expected to be in the future. As cPACs can exert stereospecific toxicity in the aquatic environment, it is essential to better understand... Read More about Stereoisomeric profiling of chiral pharmaceutically active compounds in wastewaters and the receiving environment: a catchment-scale and a laboratory study..

Clinical pharmacy practice in the care of chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review. (2019)
Journal Article
AL RAIISI, F., STEWART, D., FERNANDEZ-LLIMOS, F., SALGADO, T., MOHAMED, M.F. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2019. Clinical pharmacy practice in the care of chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 41(3), pages 630-666. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-019-00816-4

Background: Clinical pharmacy services have potential to contribute significantly to the multidisciplinary team providing safe, effective and economic care for patients. Given recent practice developments (e.g. polypharmacy reviews and pharmacist pre... Read More about Clinical pharmacy practice in the care of chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review..

Characterisation of the effect of day length, and associated differences in dietary intake, on the gut microbiota of Soay sheep. (2019)
Journal Article
THOMAS, N.A., OLVERA-RAMIREZ, A.M., ABECIA, L., ADAM, C.L., EDWARDS, J.E., COX, G.F., FINDLAY, P.A., DESTABLES, E., WOOD, T.A. and MCEWAN, N.R. 2019. Characterisation of the effect of day length, and associated differences in dietary intake, on the gut microbiota of Soay sheep. Archives of microbiology [online], 201(7), pages 889-896. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-019-01652-w

Differences in the rumen bacterial community have been previously reported for Soay sheep housed under different day length conditions. This study extends this previous investigation to other organs of the digestive tract, as well as the analysis of... Read More about Characterisation of the effect of day length, and associated differences in dietary intake, on the gut microbiota of Soay sheep..

Enhancing post-disaster resilience by 'building back greener': evaluating the contribution of nature-based solutions to recovery planning in Futaba County, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (2019)
Journal Article
MABON, L. 2019. Enhancing post-disaster resilience by ‘building back greener’: evaluating the contribution of nature-based solutions to recovery planning in Futaba County, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Landscape and urban planning [online], 187, pages 105-118. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.03.013

This research evaluates the contribution of nature-based solutions to urban resilience in post-disaster situations. Post-disaster recovery planning is an opportunity to ‘build back greener’ by fostering ecosystem approaches towards social and ecologi... Read More about Enhancing post-disaster resilience by 'building back greener': evaluating the contribution of nature-based solutions to recovery planning in Futaba County, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan..