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Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture (2019)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2019). Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture. In J. Black-Branch, & D. Fleck (Eds.), Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law - Volume V - Legal Challenges for Nuclear Security and Deterrence. T.M.C. Asser Press

Once they were created, and scientific knowledge spread, it has proved very difficult to remove nuclear weapons from the international security landscape. However, if the broader international constitutional architecture, which includes the UN Charte... Read More about Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture.

Reading marine insurance contracts: determining the scope of cover (2019)
Journal Article
Bennett, H. (2019). Reading marine insurance contracts: determining the scope of cover. Asia Pacific Law Review, 27(2), 239-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2019.1701227

Marine insurance-exclusions-exceptions-causation-delay-slaves The scope of cover under marine insurance policies is typically delineated by a combination of express insuring clauses that identify risks that are covered and an appreciable number of li... Read More about Reading marine insurance contracts: determining the scope of cover.

Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: mapping the field for IPACS and beyond (2019)
Journal Article
Arrowsmith, S., Bayley, R., Gorczynska, A., Idoku, J., Kay, S., Faria Lopes, J., …Thurston, A. (2019). Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: mapping the field for IPACS and beyond. Public Procurement Law Review, 28(6), 257-318

This article presents the results of a study of infrastructure procurement for international sporting events. The objective was to map both the institutional frameworks and the procedures and governance mechanisms. We were concerned only with the acq... Read More about Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: mapping the field for IPACS and beyond.

Switchable ETFE cushion: designing and building a model for experimental testing (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Flor, J., Sun, Y., Beccarelli, P., Wu, Y., & Chilton, J. (2019). Switchable ETFE cushion: designing and building a model for experimental testing. In C. Lázaro, K. Bletzinger, & E. Oñate (Eds.), Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2019 – Structural Membranes 2019

Adaptive façade systems have the potential for saving energy and enhancing comfort conditions in buildings. Creating working models with materials, components and functions which embody the design idea of a responsive building envelope is an importan... Read More about Switchable ETFE cushion: designing and building a model for experimental testing.

Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Differentiating First Time From Repeat Donors (2019)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., & Lawrence, C. (2019). Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Differentiating First Time From Repeat Donors. TPM: Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 26(4), 639-651. https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM26.4.10

The conversion rate of 1st time donors to their 2nd and 3rd donation is low creating a significant problem to transfusion services. We hypothesise that feelings of warm-glow associated with donating blood, contribute to the differentiation between 1... Read More about Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Differentiating First Time From Repeat Donors.

Posttraumatic growth as a process and an outcome: Vexing problems and paradoxes seen from the perspective of humanistic psychology (2019)
Journal Article
Joseph, S. (2019). Posttraumatic growth as a process and an outcome: Vexing problems and paradoxes seen from the perspective of humanistic psychology. Humanistic Psychologist, 49(2), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000156

The aim of this article is to discuss the concept of posttraumatic growth (PTG) from the perspective of humanistic psychology. Research findings in PTG have posed what seem to be challenging theoretical questions. Questions that seem perplexing or pa... Read More about Posttraumatic growth as a process and an outcome: Vexing problems and paradoxes seen from the perspective of humanistic psychology.

'There never was a time when so great a drama was being played out in one generation': John Stuart Mill and the French Revolution of 1848 (2019)
Journal Article
McCabe, H. (2019). 'There never was a time when so great a drama was being played out in one generation': John Stuart Mill and the French Revolution of 1848. Revue d'Etudes Proudhoniennes, 5, 119-162

The events of 1848 in France had a profound effect on John Stuart Mill, marking both an important change, and emphasising an important continuity, in his radical political thought. Mill had always had a strong interest in French politics, and a long-... Read More about 'There never was a time when so great a drama was being played out in one generation': John Stuart Mill and the French Revolution of 1848.

A fully coupled computational framework for fluid pressurised crack evolution in porous media (2019)
Journal Article
Hardcastle, A., Mousavi Nezhad, M., Rezania, M., Tizani, W., & Gamage Ranjith, P. (2019). A fully coupled computational framework for fluid pressurised crack evolution in porous media. Journal of Porous Media, 22(8), 939-956. https://doi.org/10.1615/jpormedia.2019025665

This paper presents a computational framework for modelling hydraulic fracture on the basis of combining continuum porous media and damage theories. By considering the continuum as two separate domains of damaged and intact porous domains, model comp... Read More about A fully coupled computational framework for fluid pressurised crack evolution in porous media.

Laurent inversion (2019)
Journal Article
Coates, T., Kasprzyk, A., & Prince, T. (2019). Laurent inversion. Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 15(4), 1135–1179. https://doi.org/10.4310/PAMQ.2019.v15.n4.a5

We describe a practical and effective method for reconstructing the deformation class of a Fano manifold X from a Laurent polynomial f that corresponds to X under Mirror Symmetry. We explore connections to nef partitions, the smoothing of singular to... Read More about Laurent inversion.

Petri Nets and Pseudo-Bond Graphs for a Nuclear Reactor Primary Coolant System (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Wootton, M. J., Andrews, J., Lloyd, A. L., Smith, R., Arul, A. J., Vinod, G., …Garg, V. (2019). Petri Nets and Pseudo-Bond Graphs for a Nuclear Reactor Primary Coolant System. In M. Beer, & E. Zio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2019) (3831-3838). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_0536-cd

In this paper we demonstrate the application of timed Petri Net methodology to the frequency of initiating faults in the coolant circulation system of a fictional nuclear reactor design. A second model is presented where the Petri Net is coupled with... Read More about Petri Nets and Pseudo-Bond Graphs for a Nuclear Reactor Primary Coolant System.

Explicit and implicit diversity policy in the UK film and television industries (2019)
Journal Article
Newsinger, J., & Eikhof, D. (2020). Explicit and implicit diversity policy in the UK film and television industries. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 17(1), 47-69. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2020.0507

This article adapts Jeremy Ahearne's (2009) conception of explicit and implicit cultural policy for a novel analysis of contemporary diversity policy in the British film and television industries. It demonstrates how distinguishing explicit and impli... Read More about Explicit and implicit diversity policy in the UK film and television industries.

Talking the Walk: The Deflation Response to Legitimacy Challenges (2019)
Journal Article
Whelan, G., De Bakker, F., & Muthuri, J. (2019). Talking the Walk: The Deflation Response to Legitimacy Challenges. Management, 22(4), 636-663

Organizations need legitimacy to be able to operate effectively. Consequently, and just like their participants, Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) need to respond when faced with legitimacy challenges from external parties. We build on current the... Read More about Talking the Walk: The Deflation Response to Legitimacy Challenges.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: the Romanesque Capitals of St Kyneburgha's Church, Castor, and the Local Landscape (2019)
Journal Article
Kilby, S. (2019). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: the Romanesque Capitals of St Kyneburgha's Church, Castor, and the Local Landscape. Church Archaeology, 19, 53-72. https://doi.org/10.5284/1081985

Situated at the heart of an early twelfth-century rural Northamptonshire church-St Kyneburgha's church in Castor-a beautiful set of Romanesque capitals depicts an array of creatures, encompassing both the natural and supernatural worlds. This paper a... Read More about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: the Romanesque Capitals of St Kyneburgha's Church, Castor, and the Local Landscape.

International prison standards and transnational criminal justice (2019)
Journal Article
van Zyl Smit, D. (2019). International prison standards and transnational criminal justice. UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, 4, 97-123

Prison standards are an important element of transnational criminal justice. This Article shows how legal standards governing prison conditions emerged at the international and regional levels and considers how, increasingly, these have gained legiti... Read More about International prison standards and transnational criminal justice.

A quantitative analysis of attitudes toward pornography use in secure hospitals: sexual, violent and non-offenders (2019)
Journal Article
Mellor, E., & Duff, S. (2019). A quantitative analysis of attitudes toward pornography use in secure hospitals: sexual, violent and non-offenders. Journal of Forensic Practice, 21(2), 112-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-12-2018-0049

Purpose: To investigate the attitudes of staff members in secure hospitals, and the general population toward pornography use and their decision making regarding access to pornography. Methodology: A between participants design was used whereby 324... Read More about A quantitative analysis of attitudes toward pornography use in secure hospitals: sexual, violent and non-offenders.

Aerospace Assembly Gap Measurement Using Low Cost Smart Tools with Machine Vision (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Crossley, R., & Ratchev, S. (2019). Aerospace Assembly Gap Measurement Using Low Cost Smart Tools with Machine Vision. In S. Ratchev (Ed.), Precision Assembly in the Digital Age: 8th IFIP WG 5.5 International Precision Assembly Seminar, IPAS 2018, Chamonix, France, January 14—16, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (158-168). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05931-6_15

This paper details the conversion of mature machine vision technology from a fixed position automation line based device to a handheld technology and addresses the problems associated with maintaining a consistent camera distance and light source by... Read More about Aerospace Assembly Gap Measurement Using Low Cost Smart Tools with Machine Vision.

The effects of default, transfer, and withdrawal provisions on JOA exits: should I stay or should I go? (2019)
Journal Article
Pereira, E., & Pappa, M. (2019). The effects of default, transfer, and withdrawal provisions on JOA exits: should I stay or should I go?. International Energy Law Review, 2019(2), 39-47

Default, transfer of interest or rights, and withdrawal are prima facie three distinct clauses in a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA). They serve different purposes and are subject to different conditions. But at the same time, they may all lead to a p... Read More about The effects of default, transfer, and withdrawal provisions on JOA exits: should I stay or should I go?.

A probabilistic approach for trade-off analysis of composite wing structures at the conceptual phase of design (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Bacharoudis, K., Turner, T., Popov, A., & Ratchev, S. (2019). A probabilistic approach for trade-off analysis of composite wing structures at the conceptual phase of design. In S. Ratchev (Ed.), Precision Assembly in the Digital Age (103-113). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05931-6_10

One of the major elements when performing a design for manufacturing and assembly methodology is the cost modelling method. A probabilistic cost approach is introduced herein for the series production of a composite wing structure. The proposed metho... Read More about A probabilistic approach for trade-off analysis of composite wing structures at the conceptual phase of design.