What digital storytelling means to the new generation of researchers by Antonia Liguori, Karen Jiyun Sung, Lucy McLaughlin, Jennifer Stuttle

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Leading in multiple contexts: Investigating the meaning of leadership for sport officials [Abstract] by Steve Swanson, James Skinner

“…Sport officials (e.g., referees) are an essential element of sporting competition, with the role of facilitating structure and fair play, the quality of spectator experience, and an environment conducive to optimal athlete performance (Cuskelly & Hoye, 2014; Kellett & Shilbury, 2007). …”
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Is job insecurity still relevant? Unpacking the meaning of "job" and "insecurity" in today's economy by Tahira M. Probst, Eva Selenko, Mindy Shoss

“…Thus, in our chapter, we propose to describe some of the most prevalent employment arrangements (i.e., what do we mean by a “job”?) and unpack the meaning of “insecurity” across a range of modern employment contexts. …”
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Exploring the power of stories as a means to promote physical activity for people with arthritis by Emily Hunt

“…In practice, a narrative should not be a ‘one-size fits all’ approach, nor should a narrative be used as a standalone tool but instead be targeted to the individual based on their personal characteristics (e.g., diagnosis, PA history, gender, age) and be provided alongside support and information. …”
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Research Data for: "On the meaning of de-excitations in time-dependent density functional theory computations" by Felix Plasser

“…Research Data for: "On the meaning of de-excitations in time-dependent density functional theory computations" by F. …”
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A logo-based task for arithmetical activity by Ian Jones

“…This is evidenced by many children’s exclusive acceptance of a + b = c syntaxes that lend themselves to computational readings (e.g. Behr et al., 1976; Carpenter and Levi, 2000; Knuth et al. 2006). …”
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Attenuation of low frequency ground vibrations by means of resonant scattering of rayleigh waves on heavy masses by Victor V. Krylov

“…Although the main mechanisms of generating ground vibrations at source, e.g. by rail and road traffic, are now well understood, there are still very few investigations aimed to protect the affected buildings by influencing the propagation of ground vibrations, mainly Rayleigh surface waves, from a source to a receiver. …”
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Cluster analysis of diffusion tensor field with application to the segmentation of the Corpus Callosum by Safa Elsheikh, Andrew Fish, Roma Chakrabarti, Diwei Zhou

“…We adapt Hartigan’s K-means to be applicable for use with the metrics that have a f -mean (e.g. …”
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Computer solution of non-linear integration formula for solving initial value problems by Abdul R. bin Yaakub

“…Chapter 4 gives a new Runge Kutta formula for solving initial value problems using the Contraharmonic mean (C˳M), the Centroidal mean (C˳M) and the Root-MeanSquare (RMS). …”
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Personalized driver workload inference by learning from vehicle related measurements by Dewei Yi, Jinya Su, Cunjia Liu, Wen-Hua Chen

“…Adapting in-vehicle systems (e.g. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, In-Vehicle Information Systems) to individual drivers’ workload can enhance safety and convenience. …”
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Time-series event-based prediction: an unsupervised learning framework based on genetic programming by Ahmed Kattan, Syeda Fatima, Muhammad Arif

“…The user specifies the target event that needs to be predicted (e.g., Highest value, Second Highest value, ..., etc.). …”
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Does non-profit brand image mean the same across cultures? An exploratory evaluation of non-profit brand image in three countries by Nina Michaelidou, Milena Micevski, Selma Kadic-Maglajlic, Tribikram Budhathoki, Siddhartha Sarkar

“…Purpose – The current challenges international charities face with regards to their deteriorating image, as a result of recent scandals (e.g. Oxfam, Save the Children), provide the impetus for this exploratory research, where the purpose of this paper is to examine the conceptualization and dimensionality of non-profit brand image across national cultures.Design/methodology/approach – The study employs a quantitative research design, using multi-country samples from India, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UK. …”
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Artificial Intelligence and the future of work: A functional-identity perspective by Eva Selenko, Sarah Bankins, Mindy Shoss, Joel Warburton, Simon Lloyd D Restubog

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Lecturers' tools and strategies in university mathematics teaching: an ethnographic study by Angeliki Mali

“…The framework includes emerging tools for teaching (e.g. graphical representation, rhetorical question, students faces) and emerging strategies for teaching (e.g. creating students positive feelings, explaining), which were common or different among the three lecturers teaching practice. …”
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Seamless video access for mobile devices by content-aware utility-based adaptation by Gokce Nur, Hemantha Kodikara Arachchi, Safak Dogan, Ahmet Kondoz

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Infection outbreaks in acute hospitals: a systems approach by Patrick Waterson

“…A major advantage of the systems approach is that it affords insights into how actions or occurrences at one system level (e.g. individual error) collectively interact with team (e.g. leadership style) and organisational (e.g. safety culture) levels of analysis. …”
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Body size preferences for women and adolescent girls living in Africa: a mixed-methods systematic review by Rebecca Pradeilles, Michelle Holdsworth, Oluwabukola Olaitan, Ana Irache, Hibbah A Osei-Kwasi, Christian B Ngandu, Emmanuel Cohen

“…Factors influencing preferences for large(r) body sizes included: socio-demographic (e.g. education, rural residency), health-related (e.g. current Body Mass Index, pubertal status), psycho-social (e.g. avoiding HIV stigma) and socio-cultural factors (e.g. spouse's preference, social standing, cultural norms). …”
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Supplementary Information Files for Body size preferences for women and adolescent girls living in Africa: a mixed-methods systematic review by Rebecca Pradeilles, Michelle Holdsworth, Oluwabukola Olaitan, Ana Irache, Hibbah A Osei-Kwasi, Christian B. Ngandu, Emmanuel Cohen

“…Factors influencing preferences for large(r) body sizes included: socio-demographic (e.g. education, rural residency), health-related (e.g. current Body Mass Index, pubertal status), psycho-social (e.g. avoiding HIV stigma) and socio-cultural factors (e.g. spouse's preference, social standing, cultural norms). …”
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Maturity models and safety culture: A critical review by A.P.G. Filho, Patrick Waterson

“…The available evidence suggests that maturity models are a popular means of assessing safety culture in organisations. …”
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Material inspiration: from practice-led research to craft art education by Nithikul Nimkulrat

“…However, the materiality is often taught in terms of physical properties (e.g. tensile, elasticity, etc.). Conceptual or expressive properties (e.g. feel, impression, etc.) are hardly discussed and it is left to students to experiment with these properties in their studio practice. …”
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Designing out terrorism: human factors issues in airport baggage inspection by Alastair Gale, Kevin Purdy, David S. Wooding

“…All air passenger baggage is screened at airports by means of 2-D X-ray imaging which results in a computer display of each luggage item that is then visually searched by an operator (screener) for the presence of potential threat items (e.g. knifes, guns, improvised explosive devices [IED]). …”
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Control of traffic-induced ground vibrations by placing heavy masses on the ground surface by Victor V. Krylov

“…Although the main mechanisms of generating ground vibrations at source, e.g. by rail and road traffic, are now well understood, there are still very few investigations aimed to protect the affected buildings by influencing the propagation of ground vibrations, mainly Rayleigh surface waves, from a source to a receiver. …”
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Designing for adaptability in architecture by Robert Schmidt III

“…The models illustrate many of the casual links between the physical design structure of the building (e.g. plan depth, storey height) and the soft contingencies of a messy design/construction/occupation process (e.g. procurement route, funding methods, stakeholder mindsets). …”
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Sustainability analysis of steel fibre reinforced concrete flat slabs by Ana Blanco-Alvarez, Antonio Aguado, Albert De la Fuente

“…Fibre reinforced concrete has been used in concrete structures without any additional reinforcement when the design is determined by transient load stages (e.g. precast segments for tunnels), in elements with favourable boundary conditions or structures subjected to low load levels (e.g. pavements or pipes). …”
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Exploring the relationship between compact urban form and green infrastructure by Lixu Liu, Falli Palaiologou, Robert Schmidt-III

“…GI can be understood as a system of green components (e.g. parks, gardens, allotments, etc.) and has multiple benefits for the green and blue urban agendas. …”
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The need and promise of a qualitative description of large quantum coherent structures by Alexandre Zagoskin

“…Design, characterization, and optimization of large artificial quantum structures (e.g., practically useful quantum computers) is hindered by the fact that their efficient simulation by classical means is fundamentally impossible. …”
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System analysis for infection control in acute hospitals by Patrick Waterson

“…Most of the research that has been conducted on behavioural aspects of infection control has focused on explanations at an individual level of analysis (e.g., interventions to improve hand washing). The infections outbreaks at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust are analysed in detail using an established framework for risk management. …”
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Asking for help without asking for help: How victims request and police offer assistance in cases of domestic violence when perpetrators are potentially co-present by Elizabeth Stokoe, Emma Richardson

“…and used non-lexical resources (e.g., breaths) to build actions which also mobilized assistance. …”
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Exploring the social and organisational aspects of human factors integration: a framework and case study by Patrick Waterson, Stephven Lemalu-Kolose

“…The findings from the case study revealed a number of barriers which accord with previous research in the domain of HFI (e.g., attitudes and perceptions towards HF), as well as providing insights into the improvement strategies used by the HF team in order to improve HFI. …”
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What is psychological well-being and how it changes throughout the employment cycle? by Stanimira Taneva

“…However, researchers do not always agree on what exactly well-being means and how it can be measured.…”
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A theoretical study of the hole mobility in silicon–germanium heterostructures by Adrian I. Horrell

“…The incorporation of Si1-xGex alloy heterostructures into conventional Si processes has been proposed as a means of improving the operating frequency and overall performance of Si field effect transistors. …”
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Young, able (talented) pupils and visual-spatial intelligence by Jim Newcomb

“…At Key Stage 1, the programme of study for Design and Technology in the National Curriculum in Wales, in relation to ‘Designing Skills’, simply states that: ‘Pupils should be taught to record their ideas, e.g. using words, pictures, sketches and ICT’ (ACCAC 2000 p.8) This paper provides details of a pilot research study, focused on the extent to which young children (infants), as guided learners, can develop competent sketches, as a means of generating, communicating and recording ideas. …”
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Selecting the number of trials in experimental biomechanics studies by Steph Forrester

“…Experimental biomechanics studies often involve the comparison of mean values from individuals across two or more experimental conditions. …”
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Accident analysis models and methods: guidance for safety professionals by Peter Underwood, Patrick Waterson

“…Accident analysis models and methods provide safety professionals with a means of understanding why accidents occur. Choosing an analysis technique is, however, not a simple process. …”
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Can e-assessment become mainstream? by Helen S. Ashton, Cliff Beevers, Ruth Thomas

“…In the past few years, there has been consideration of the form it might take in mainstream assessment and of the barriers and drivers affecting its uptake (e.g. QCA (2005), JISC (2006, 2007)). In this presentation, we identify the issue of pedagogic validity of e-Assessment as central in its move to the mainstream and look at what this means in terms of the stages in e-Assessment growth proposed by Bennett (1998). …”
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Ideational border crossings: rethinking the politics of knowledge within and across disciplines by John Evans

“…Drawing ideas from complexity literature, the article lauds the potential of ‘concept studies’ as means of making such crossings and addressing enduring issues (e.g., of equity and health) within education, Physical Education (PE) and Health. …”
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Re-thinking science capital: the role of ‘capital’ and ‘identity’ in mediating students’ engagement with mathematically demanding programmes at university by Laura Black, Paul Hernandez-Martinez

“…Whilst some students may access science capital as a means to accumulate capital (e.g. qualifications) for its own sake (exchange value), others appear to recognize the ‘use value’ of science learning and knowledge and this produces different forms of engagement with science (and mathematics). …”
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Intra-annual variability in standards of water and sanitation in Upper Humla, Nepal: an investigation into the causes, importance and impact by Nicola Greene

“…The impact of seasonality on service delivery was investigated via 39 key informant interviews. Both climatic (e.g. weather) and non-climatic (e.g. budget timings) sources of seasonality are found to impact programme implementation. …”
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‘I’m many different people’: examining the influence of space and place on girls’ constructions of embodied identities by Rachel Sandford

“…A thematic analysis of data, informed by a Bourdieuian theoretical framework (e.g. Bourdieu, 1985), highlighted several issues relating to the impact of space and place on girls’ embodied constructions of self. …”
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Capturing architects’ designerly ways of knowing about users: Exploring an ethnographic research approach by V Van der Linden, Hua Dong, A Heylighen

“…It discusses why an ethnographic research approach offers a means to study a culture of practice such as architectural design practice. …”
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Disposal of wastewater from cholera treatment centres by Stephanie Jane Smithers

“…Guidance promotes infiltration-based wastewater disposal and whilst it was found that it was possible to use this disposal means in the majority of cases reported, guidance is needed for situations in which there is a deviation from the historical ‘norm’ in terms of scale (patient numbers, geography), space and ground conditions (e.g. high ground water). …”
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Limitations of chlorine disinfection of human excreta: implications for Ebola disease control by Diogo Trajano, E. Dias, J. Ebdon, Huw Taylor

“…These results support the need to find a more effective means of disinfecting human excreta in future Ebola outbreaks.…”
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Supplementary information files for An overheating criterion for bedrooms in temperate climates by Kevin Lomas, Matthew Li

“…The analyses aim to identify the dwelling and household characteristics for which there are significant differences in the prevalence of overheating in the main bedrooms of English dwellings, where said prevalence is calculated using both an established adaptive overheating criterion, and the newly proposed criterion based on mean night-time bedroom temperatures. Analysis method The sample of 591 bedrooms is divided according to thirteen different dwelling categories (dwelling type, energy efficiency rating, etc.) delineated by dwelling characteristics (e.g., semi-detached, detached, flat, etc). …”
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An analytical model of the microstructure in near-bamboo interconnects by Vincent Dwyer

“…The importance of developing such a model is that, because of its analytical nature, it may access important areas where statistics are difficult for the simulator, such as rare events—e.g. time-to-first-failure rather than average events such as the mean-time-to-failure—or impossible events such as σd ≠ 0.27. …”
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Research Design and evaluation of mobility interventions to enable people and goods to move freely, easily and safely using service design and participatory design research methods... by Stuart Cockbill

“…Designers are increasingly becoming engaged in addressing key societal issues (e.g. social isolation), to improve overall wellbeing, to create more inclusive societies and to reduce environmental impact. …”
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High temperature supercapacitors by Victoria J. Black

“…A secondary objective was to determine the compatibility of ionic liquids with other cell components (e.g. current collectors) at high temperature and, if required, consider means of mitigating any problems. …”
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Limiting car use through controls on private parking providers: a study of worldwide policy options by Marcus Enoch, Stephen Ison

“…But in many countries, local transport authorities have only been able to influence the price and availability of parking spaces under their direct influence, while a significant proportion of parking spaces owned by other agencies (e.g. 50% of off-street spaces in the UK) have remained uncontrolled. …”
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Secure document and asset tracking by Heinz Lugo, Diana M. Segura-Velandia, Vasilis Michopoulos, Paul Conway, Andrew West

“…In contract electronics manufacturing, assets and their supporting documents are considered not only valuable intellectual property but also confidential, e.g. due to the military or high value aerospace products they support. …”
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Numerically established correlation in electrical responses of polymer film capacitors to ac and pulsed voltages by Yuen-Pen Lee, Michael G. Kong

“…Further correlation is also established to relate surface field and dissipated power induced by one type stress (e.g. ac) to those by the other (pulsed), provided the waveform. characteristics of the two different stresses are specifically related. …”
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Microbiological risk assessment and management of shallow groundwater sources in Lichinga, Mozambique by Sam Godfrey, F. Timo, Michael Smith

“…Acknowledging the weaknesses of current water quality and hydrogeological means of assuring microbial safety, this paper has the objective of developing improved methods for the assessment and management of microbiological water safety based on a ‘risk’ paradigm. …”
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