Research publications: Recent submissions
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Physics for 4-year-olds : Promoting open and focussed exploration for young children in everyday contexts
(Sense Publishers, 2008)This chapter, and the initiative it describes, is a result of the authors’ work in training teachers both at a pre-service level (initial teacher training) and in continuing professional development with practicing teachers. ... -
Grid-optimized web 3D applications on wide area network
(SPIE (International Society for Optics and Phonotics), 2008)Geographical information system has come into the Web Service times now. In this paper, Web3D applications have been developed based on our developed Gridjet platform, which provides a more effective solution for massive ... -
Motivations and perceived usefulness of technology in higher education
(Academic Conferences Ltd., 2008)This study investigates student experiences with learning and teaching technologies using data obtained through an online survey of 553 students. The following specific questions are addressed in the study. What type of ... -
Star and globular cluster formation in mergers
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The effect of deep-case oxygen hardening on the tribological behaviour of a-C:H DLC coatings on Ti6Al4V alloy
(2008)A new duplex surface treatment combining the boost diffusion oxidation (BDO) treatment with amorphous hydrogenated diamond-like carbon hard coatings (BDO/a-C:H DLC) has been developed. Experiments results demonstrated that ... -
Unemployment and life satisfaction : A non-linear adaptation process
(2008)Purpose - The aim of this paper is to model the dynamic path of adjustment towards pre-unemployment levels of wellbeing for a group of full-time workers who experienced job loss. Design/methodology/approach - Based on data ... -
Adaptation towards reference values : A non-linear perspective
(2008-09)Using large-scale panel data, we examine the dynamics of adjustment towards reference points for key workplace attributes. We discover that an Exponential Smooth Transition Autoregressive (ESTAR) model is superior to a ... -
Implementing public health policy and practice within a legal framework : Constraints of culture, faith and belief
(2008)This paper addresses the implications of cultural and religious beliefs and behaviours for the imposition of population-based health policies, and for law that delivers these policies. In particular, the paper addresses ... -
Naturally occurring gestures in a human-robot interaction teaching scenario
(2008)This paper describes our general framework for the investigation of how human gestures can be used to facilitate the interaction and communication between humans and robots. Two studies were carried out to reveal which ... -
Using modern teaching methods to improve wound care education and learning in clinical practice
(2008)Education has long been considered to be the quick fix to improve clinical practice and is routinely recommended in most clinical audits and ser vice reviews. Yet, despite an exponential rise in tissue viability education ... -
Models of information processing in the sensorimotor loop
(Springer Nature Link, 2009)We present a framework to study agent-environment systems from an information-theoretical perspective. For this, we use the formalism of Causal Bayesian Networks to model the probabilistic and causal dependencies of various ... -
Polarimetry for the Gemini telescopes
(Int Soc for Optical Engineering, 1998)Polarimeters at optical and near-IR wavelengths are increasingly available as part of facility instruments at major observatories, and are used for a large number of astronomical programs, ranging form nearby star-forming ... -
Video telemetry and behavioral analysis discriminate between compulsive cleaning and compulsive checking in obsessive-compulsive disorder
(2011-11)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients exhibit compulsive acts that share key characteristics that discriminate them from normal behaviors. In OCD, factor analysis of symptomatology has identified separate clusters ... -
Problems and carer strain amongst outpatients clinic attendees on Cholinesterase Inhibitors : A two-year longitudinal observational study
(2008)In the earlier stages of dementia sufferers live independently but gradually rely increasingly on loved ones or formal carers for support as the illness progresses. This two year longitudinal study looks at the impact of ... -
On the institutional foundations of law : The insufficiency of custom and private ordering
(2009-01-01)Some theorists propose that systems of law largely arise spontaneously, as an extension of customary rules. At most, the role of the state is to endorse customary laws and add some minimal general rules. Some see no essential ... -
Designing the art experience : Using Grounded Theory to develop a model of participants' perception of an immersive telematic artwork
(2009)At the heart of our enquiry lies the need for a deeper understanding of the experiential quality of our interactive environment, Radiomap. This easy-to-use immersive telematic environment can be used by one or more individuals ... -
A Single-Path Chip-Multiprocessor System
(Springer Nature Link, 2009)In this paper we explore the combination of a time-predictable chip-multiprocessor system with the single-path programming paradigm. Time-sliced arbitration of the main memory access provides time-predictable memory load ... -
Playing in a virtual world : Exploration and aspects of play
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007)My research is concerned with 'explorable virtual worlds', usually those that are 'artworks, dealing with aesthetic and affective domains. Whilst developing theoretical enquiries I have come across a number of issues of ... -
Health governance : law, regulation and policy
(2009-03)This special issue of Public Health is devoted to health governance, examining the role of law, regulation and policy in safeguarding the public's health. Each of us has devoted a career to thinking carefully about the ... -
Moving through space : The paths of the videogame
(ACM Press, 2008)In the way that stories are constructed the screen space of film and of computer games are related but not identical. Games do not simply replicate cinematographic use of space or movement to construct the many interwoven ...