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Animal magic: shape-shifting bodies in Lotte Reiniger's Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
Book
Palfreyman, R. (2013). Animal magic: shape-shifting bodies in Lotte Reiniger's Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed. University of Nottingham

Lotte Reiniger’s 1926 feature-length silhouette animation Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) includes a number of striking examples of animal bodies, ranging from composites, machine-animals and monsters to a dramatic... Read More about Animal magic: shape-shifting bodies in Lotte Reiniger's Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed.

Rural Enterprise as an Agent for Technology Development and Facilitation in the Digital Economy
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Valchovska, S., Chamberlain, A., Crabtree, A., Greenhalgh, C., Davies, M., Glover, K., & Rodden, T. Rural Enterprise as an Agent for Technology Development and Facilitation in the Digital Economy.

This paper outlines recent developments in the Scaling the Rural Enterprise (SRE) research project – an interdisciplinary project that combines the expertise of social scientists, computer scientists and software developers, in order to inform the de... Read More about Rural Enterprise as an Agent for Technology Development and Facilitation in the Digital Economy.

Phase-amplitude descriptions of neural oscillator models
Journal Article
Wedgwood, K. C., Lin, K. K., Thul, R., & Coombes, S. Phase-amplitude descriptions of neural oscillator models. Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-8567-3-2

Phase oscillators are a common starting point for the reduced description of many single neuron models that exhibit a strongly attracting limit cycle. The framework for analysing such models in response to weak perturbations is now particularly well... Read More about Phase-amplitude descriptions of neural oscillator models.

Exploratory evaluation of variation in statin take up amongst high risk patients in Nottingham City
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Shaw, I., & Turner, A. Exploratory evaluation of variation in statin take up amongst high risk patients in Nottingham City. Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group

This report is from a small qualitative study evaluating variation in statin take up following risk assessment as part of the UK's NHS Health Checks programme. Previous studies at the practice level have found lower than expected take up of statins f... Read More about Exploratory evaluation of variation in statin take up amongst high risk patients in Nottingham City.

The right of communication to the public in the cloud: an EU perspective
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Derclaye, E. The right of communication to the public in the cloud: an EU perspective.

This paper examines the law relating to the right of communication to the public with reference to cloud storage and retrieval. It does so under the WIPO Internet treaties and EU statutory and case law, with some references to Member State statutory... Read More about The right of communication to the public in the cloud: an EU perspective.

The colour of risk: an exploration of the IPCC's 'burning embers' diagram
Journal Article
Mahony, M., & Hulme, M. The colour of risk: an exploration of the IPCC's 'burning embers' diagram. https://doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v6i1.16075

This article tracks the historical emergence of a new visual convention in the representation of the risks associated with climate change. The “reasons for concern” or “burning embers” diagram has become a prominent visual element of the climate chan... Read More about The colour of risk: an exploration of the IPCC's 'burning embers' diagram.

Reimagining the purpose of VET - expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students
Journal Article
Powell, L. Reimagining the purpose of VET - expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students. International Journal of Educational Development, 32(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.01.008

This paper applies the capabilities approach to the broader debate of the role of vocational education and training (VET) in poverty alleviation. The capabilities approach provides an... Read More about Reimagining the purpose of VET - expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students.

A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan
Book
Smyth, A. R. A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan. Unpublished

This document gives the search strategy and statistical analysis plan for the following study.

"A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom".

A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan part 2
Book
Smyth, A. R. A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan part 2. Unpublished

This is part 2 of a document giving the search strategy and statistical analysis plan for the following study.

"A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kin... Read More about A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan part 2.

Using computational models to relate structural and functional brain connectivity
Journal Article
Hlinka, J., & Coombes, S. Using computational models to relate structural and functional brain connectivity. European Journal of Neuroscience, 36(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08081.x

Modern imaging methods allow a non-invasive assessment of both structural and functional brain connectivity. This has lead to
the identification of disease-related alterations affecting functional connectivity. The mechanism of how such alterations... Read More about Using computational models to relate structural and functional brain connectivity.

Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses
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Puch-Solis, R., Roberts, P., Pope, S., & Aitken, C. Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses. RSS

Practical guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses on the logical analysis of DNA profiles, and their probative value in criminal proceedings. Explains technical aspects of DNA profiling and how this information should b... Read More about Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses.

Modernising the EU’s public procurement regime: a blueprint for real simplicity and flexibility
Journal Article
Arrowsmith, S. Modernising the EU’s public procurement regime: a blueprint for real simplicity and flexibility. Public Procurement Law Review, 21,

On 20 December 2011 the European Commission published its proposals for two new procedural directives on public procurement, one to replace Public Sector Directive 2004/18 and one to replace Utilities Directive 2004/17, with the stated aims of “simpl... Read More about Modernising the EU’s public procurement regime: a blueprint for real simplicity and flexibility.

Intergenerational interpretation of the Internet of Things
Book
Brown, M., Coughlan, T., Lawson, G., Mortier, R., Houghton, R., & Goulden, M. Intergenerational interpretation of the Internet of Things. Horizon Digital Economy Reseearch Institute. Manuscript submitted for publication

This report investigates how different generations within a household interpret individual members’ data generated by the Internet of Things (IoT). Adopting a mixed methods approach, we are interested in interpretations of the IoT by teenagers, thei... Read More about Intergenerational interpretation of the Internet of Things.

Final Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan for the SNAP Trial - a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy
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Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Thornton, J., Britton, J., Lewis, S., Watts, K., …Grainge, M. J. Final Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan for the SNAP Trial - a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy

This NIHR HTA-funded smoking, nicotine and pregnancy (SNAP) trial investigated whether or not nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is effective, cost-effective and safe when used for smoking cessation by pregnant women. We randomised 1050 women who wer... Read More about Final Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan for the SNAP Trial - a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy.

An approach for assessing clustering of households by electricity usage
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dent, I., Craig, T., Aickelin, U., & Rodden, T. An approach for assessing clustering of households by electricity usage.

How a household varies their regular usage of electricity
is useful information for organisations to allow accurate
targeting of behaviour modification initiatives with the aim of improving the overall efficiency of the electricity network. The var... Read More about An approach for assessing clustering of households by electricity usage.

‘It's all the way you look at it, you know’: reading Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film career
Journal Article
Durkin, H. ‘It's all the way you look at it, you know’: reading Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film career. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2012.658263

This paper engages with a major paradox in African American tap dancer Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film image – namely, its concurrent adherences to and contestations of dehumanising racial iconography – to reveal the complex and often ambivalent way... Read More about ‘It's all the way you look at it, you know’: reading Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film career.