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An Application of Web-Supported Mental Tools in Technology Education Open

Miika Lehtonen, Tom Page, Gísli Þorsteinsson · 2023

This article presents the pedagogical model “Network Oriented Study with Simulations” (NOSS) using simulation software and the ICT-based tool “Web Orientation Agent” (WOA) (Page et al., 2006) and supporting findings. The NOSS model was dev…

Opinions on the Internet of Things in the Industrial Design Curriculum Open

Tom Page · 2023

The aim of this work investigated whether there is a need to incorporate the Internet of Things (IoT) into the Industrial Design curriculum. Initial research comprised a literature review into the origins, growth, challenges and enabling t…

Understanding social judgments of, and proclivities to commit upskirting Open

Dean Fido, Craig A. Harper, Simon Duff, Tom Page · 2023

Against a backdrop of legislative change that sees the taking of private sexual images underneath the clothing of a non-consenting other being made a criminal offence – upskirting – there is a need to understand the public’s judgments of, …

Design for Manufacture (DFM) within Professional Practice and its Relationship to Design Education Open

Tom Page · 2023

This research set out to assess the importance of Design for Manufacture (DFM) within the industrial design process, understanding how it is taught, and comparing this to the requirements of professional practice. A mixed methods approach …

Correction: Environmental Monitoring for Closed Robotic Workcells Used in Aseptic Processing: Data to Support Advanced Environmental Monitoring Strategies Open

Joseph McCall, Nonita Barnard, Kevin Gadient, Chandra Kasireddy, Adara Kurtz , et al. · 2022

Environmental Monitoring for Closed Robotic Workcells Used in Aseptic Processing: Data to Support Advanced Environmental Monitoring Strategies Open

Joseph McCall, Nonita Barnard, Kevin Gadient, Chandra Kasireddy, Adara Kurtz , et al. · 2022

The human operator is acknowledged as the greatest potential source of contamination in aseptic processing. To avoid contamination, barrier systems have progressively reduced the amount of human intervention in the critical zone. This stud…

Firesetting Reoffending: A Meta-Analysis Open

Katie Sambrooks, Mark E. Olver, Tom Page, Theresa A. Gannon · 2021

Despite the significant adverse consequences of deliberate firesetting, it has been unclear what proportion of individuals repeat this problematic behavior, owing to methodological differences and large variability in reported reoffending …

The Influence of Hearing Aid Use on Outcomes of Children With Mild Hearing Loss Open

Elizabeth A. Walker, Lenore Holte, Ryan W. McCreery, Meredith Spratford, Tom Page , et al. · 2020

This study examined the effects of consistent hearing aid (HA) use on outcomes in children with mild hearing loss (HL).

Towards an automated decision support system for the identification of additive manufacturing part candidates Open

Sheng Yang, Tom Page, Ying Zhang, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao · 2020

Adaptation of the DEMQOL-Proxy for routine use in care homes: a cross-sectional study of the reliability and validity of DEMQOL-CH Open

Laura Hughes, Nicolas Farina, Tom Page, Naji Tabet, Sube Banerjee · 2019

Objective To investigate the routine use of a measure of quality of life (QoL) in care homes and assess its psychometric properties when used by care staff. Design A cross-sectional two-phase study. Setting and participants Data were colle…

Measuring the quality of life of family carers of people with dementia: development and validation of C-DEMQOL Open

Anna Brown, Tom Page, Stephanie Daley, Nicolas Farina, Thurstine Basset , et al. · 2019

Psychometric properties and feasibility of use of dementia specific quality of life instruments for use in care settings: a systematic review Open

Laura Hughes, Nicolas Farina, Tom Page, Naji Tabet, Sube Banerjee · 2019

Few high-quality instruments of QoL validated for use in care home settings are readily or freely available. This review highlights the need to develop a well-validated measure of QoL for use within care homes that is also feasible and acc…

The social functioning in dementia scale (SF‐DEM): Exploratory factor analysis and psychometric properties in mild, moderate, and severe dementia Open

Jessica Budgett, Anna Brown, Stephanie Daley, Tom Page, Sube Banerjee , et al. · 2018

Introduction The psychometric properties of the social functioning in dementia scale over different dementia severities are unknown. Methods We interviewed 299 family carers of people with mild, moderate, or severe dementia from two UK res…

Understanding the quality of life of family carers of people with dementia: Development of a new conceptual framework Open

Stephanie Daley, Joanna Murray, Nicolas Farina, Tom Page, Anna Brown , et al. · 2018

Background Dementia is a major global health and social care challenge, and family carers are a vital determinant of positive outcomes for people with dementia. This study's aim was to develop a conceptual framework for the Quality of Life…

An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment Open

Tom Page, Gísli Þorsteinsson · 2018

The aim of this study is to determine the problems wheelchair users face in the built environment and why \nthese problems have not been resolved. The study considered the role of the designer in creating an \ninclusively designed built en…

Teaching creativity across the curriculum through design education. Case studies Open

Gísli Þorsteinsson, Tom Page · 2017

This article examines the effectiveness of design as a subject fulfilling its role in developing creativity within students by allowing and supporting creative behaviour and its expression.Creativity in education has been a pressing issue …

[P3–507]: HOW DO WE MEASURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF FAMILY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA? DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF C‐DEMQOL Open

Tom Page, Anna Brown, Stephanie Daley, Nicolas Farina, Sube Banerjee · 2017

Dementia has a profound impact on those with the condition and their family carers. The accurate measurement of family carers' quality of life (QOL) is, therefore, highly important. The purpose of the current research was to specify, devel…

Instruments measuring the disease-specific quality of life of family carers of people with neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review Open

Tom Page, Nicolas Farina, Anna Brown, Stephanie Daley, Ann Bowling , et al. · 2017

Objective Neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia, have a profound impact on those with the conditions and their family carers. Consequently, the accurate measurement of family carers' quality of life (QOL) is important. Generic measu…

Factors associated with the quality of life of family carers of people with dementia: A systematic review Open

Nicolas Farina, Tom Page, Stephanie Daley, Anna Brown, Ann Bowling , et al. · 2017

Introduction Family carers of people with dementia are their most important support in practical, personal, and economic terms. Carers are vital to maintaining the quality of life (QOL) of people with dementia. This review aims to identify…

Multi Objective Optimization of Heterogeneous Bin Packing using Adaptive Genetic Approach Open

R. Sridhar, M. Chandrasekaran, Tom Page · 2016

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Indian Society for Education and Environment under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/…

Technological Diffusion of Near Field Communication (NFC) Open

Tom Page · 2016

Near Field Communication (NFC) is increasingly being employed in modern consumer devices and until now it has been used for mobile payments. However, on further investigation there are other areas where NFC has a key role. Recent developme…

Solving Multi Objective Job Shop Scheduling Problems Using Artificial Immune System Shifting Bottleneck Approach Open

S. Gopinath, Chamundeswari Arumugam, Tom Page, M. Chandrasekaran · 2015

Scheduling problems are usually solved using heuristics to get optimal or near optimal solutions because problems found in practical applications cannot be solved to optimality using reasonable resources in many cases. Scheduling problems …

A Forecast of the Adoption of Wearable Technology Open

Tom Page · 2015

This research aims to quantify the current market size for wearable technology, and determine why this market has struggled over the past decade. These are products which are worn on the body and enhanced using electronics. Forecasts have …

Meeting the expectation of industry: an integrated approach for the teaching of mechanics and electronics to design students Open

Guy Bingham, Darren Southee, Tom Page · 2015

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Journal of Engineering Education on 19th January 2015, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2014.1001813

Should Open-Source Technology be used in Design Education? Open

Tom Page · 2015

There has been some argument as to the legitimacy of the use of open-source technology (OST) in product design and manufacturing. Much of this has focused on intellectual property rights of the designer in the use of open-source software (…

Social Cognitions that Normalise Sexual Harassment of Women at Work: The Role of Moral Disengagement Open

Tom Page · 2015

Sexual harassment against women represents aggressive behaviour that is often enacted instrumentally, in response to a threatened sense of masculinity and male identity (cf. Maass & Cadinu, 2006). To date, however, empirical and theoretica…

How do practising teachers understand creativity? Open

Gísli Þorsteinsson, Tom Page · 2015

This article was published in the International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies [© Inderscience] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJTCS.2015.069768

A hybrid discrete firefly algorithm for solving multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling problems Open

S. Prabhakar Karthikeyan, P. Asokan, S. Nickolas, Tom Page · 2015

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJBIC.2015.073165

A study into the use of tolerance analysis in the mechanical design of medical devices Open

Tom Page · 2015

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal International Journal of Design Engineering and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJDE.2015.076376

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