Research publications: Recent submissions
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Bondage of Boundaries and Identity Politics in Postcolonial Africa : The ‘Northern Problem’ and Ethno-Futures
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Clean energy innovation in US and UK local authorities
(2013-07)Our paper compares approaches to climate change mitigation planning among leading local authorities in the US and UK. We present a new, unique contribution to the literature by focusing on strategies to promote clean energy ... -
In and out of exactitude: Jonathan Harvey's 'Tombeau de Messiaen'
(2013-12)Philip Mead commissioned and first performed 'Tombeau de Messiaen' in 1994. It has since come to be recognised as a classic example of 'musique mixte', being performed by many pianists around the world. This paper explores ... -
Building MINDSPACE Theory into Place Making for Mega Event Tourism
(2013-10)When planning for mega event tourism such as the Olympics, cities reorder public spaces and arenas often with a long term vision – legacy. This vision expresses the role of the event in achieving the desired future and ... -
Food and Urbanism : The Convivial City and a Sustainable Future
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015-02-26)As the title signifies, through both primary and secondary research the book explores aspects of designing cities that support positive food relationships (defined in terms of urbanist and sustainability outcomes) from the ... -
Rotary Fatigue Testing Machine to Determine the Fatigue Life of NiTi
(2015-04)Endodontic rotary file instruments used to treat root canals in dentistry suffered breakthrough transformations in recent years when stainless steel was replaced by Nickel-Titanium (NiTi). NiTi alloys used in Endodontics ... -
Changing practice in dementia care in the community : developing and testing evidence-based interventions, from timely diagnosis to end of life (EVIDEM)
(NIHR Journals Library, 2015-05-06)Background: The needs of people with dementia and their carers are inadequately addressed at all key points in the illness trajectory, from diagnosis through to end-of-life care. The EVIDEM (Evidence-based Interventions ... -
Re-evaluating the word-length effect
(Psychology Press, 2001)Notes that the word-length effect, wherein subjects can recall a sequence of short words in the correct order more accurately than they can recall a sequence of long words, is one of the most salient features of immediate ... -
Transforming Type : New Directions in Kinetic Typography
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2014-12-18)This monograph, published by Bloomsbury Academic, identifies a category of behavior in kinetic typography that is distinct from other forms of temporal typography, and presents a typology of kinetic behaviors, in order to ... -
A Computational Account of Phonologically Mediated Free Recall
(Springer Nature, 1995)This paper investigates, by means of experimentation and simulation, Phonological Mediation in Immediate Free List Recall. It consists of two parts. The first part presents novel experimental evidence on Phonological ... -
Using a Humanoid Robot to Elicit Body Awareness and Appropriate Physical Interaction in Children with Autism
(2015-04-01)In this article we describe a human–robot interaction study, focusing on tactile aspects of interaction, in which children with autism interacted with the child-like humanoid robot KASPAR. KASPAR was equipped with touch ... -
Time for courage : A reflective dialogue on the state of the clinical psychology profession
(2015-01)Articulated via an interplay of internal and external dialogues between the ‘author’ and imaginary/real life characters, this piece offers a reflection on the state of the clinical psychology profession in the UK. Drawing ... -
Using Structured Chemistry Examinations (SChemEs) as an assessment method to improve undergraduate students' generic, practical and laboratory-based skills
(2014)Increase in tuition fees means there will be renewed pressure on universities to provide “value for money” courses that provide extensive training in both subject-specific and generic skills. For graduates of chemistry ... -
Investigating the application of the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability Model to reveal factors which facilitate or inhibit inclusive engagement within local community festivals
(2014-08-13)This paper aims to contribute to the debate on community engagement and participation in local community festivals and events by analysing the factors which either inhibit or facilitate engagement within local community ... -
Children's physical activity assessed with wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers
(2014-12)Recently, triaxial raw acceleration accelerometers have become available from GENEActiv and ActiGraph; both are designed for wrist and hip wear. It is important to determine whether the output from these monitors is ... -
Cognitive conflicts and symptom severity in Dysthymia: : “I'd rather be good than happy”
(2014)A method for studying cognitive conflicts using the repertory grid technique is presented. By means of this technique, implicative dilemmas can be identified, cognitive structures in which a personal construct for which ... -
Integrating ‘self-efficacy’ theory to the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability (MOA) Model to reveal factors that influence inclusive engagement within local community festivals
(2014-10-14)This study lies within what Getz (2010) refers to as the ‘classical discourse’ within festival studies as its context is firmly situated within cultural anthropology and sociology. The study, like many others, is ... -
Dance Psychology: The Power of Dance across Behaviour & Thinking
(2013-09)Psychologist and dance expert Peter Lovatt looks at some extraordinary facts about dance, including its health benefits, it's impacts on the way we problem-solve and the link between physical symmetry, sexual attraction and dance. -
A preliminary survey of aerial biocontaminants at six London Underground Stations
(1998-03-01)Six London Underground stations and one above ground site were sampled for the bacteria and fungal air spora over a two month period. Results were analysed for counts at different sites and times. Whilst time was found not ... -
Beetroot supplementation lowers daily systolic blood pressure in older, overweight subjects
(2014-10)Although inorganic nitrate and beetroot juice supplementation are associated with decreased systolic blood pressure (BP), these results have primarily been obtained from short-term trials that focused on healthy young ...