• The detection problem: an eight-decade challenge: the difficulty of practically detecting and discriminating mines, booby traps, and victim operated improvised explosive devices 

  Evans, Roly H. P.; Temple, Tracey; Nelson, Liz (The Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) : James Madison University, 2024-03-27)

  Reliably detecting and discriminating mines, booby traps, and victim operated improvised explosive devices remains a stubborn problem for both humanitarian demining organizations and the military. Since mines were widely ...
• Know thy enemy and know yourself – the role of operational data in managing the mines and booby trap threat in vietnam, 1965–73 

  Evans, Roland; Temple, Tracey; Nelson, Liz (SAGE, 2024-03-12)

  Victim operated explosive devices (VOEDs) such as mines and booby traps, have been an enduring problem since their large-scale use started in the 1940s. While the overall problem is often known about in general terms, the ...
• Translating microcalcification biomarker information into the laboratory: a preliminary assessment utilizing core biopsies obtained from sites of mammographic calcification 

  Lyburn, Iain D.; Scott, Robert; Cornford, Eleanor; Bouzy, Pascaline; Stone, Nicholas; Greenwood, Charlene; Bouybayoune, Ihsanne; Pinder, Sarah E.; Rogers, Keith (Elsevier, 2024-03-12)

  The potential of breast microcalcification chemistry to provide clinically valuable intelligence is being increasingly studied. However, acquisition of crystallographic details has, to date, been limited to high brightness, ...
• Understanding agile: a case study in educational complexity 

  Barker, Stephen G. (The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2023-11-11)

  As the nature of engineering concepts, products and processes becomes more intricate and detailed, so the task of understanding, managing and implementing them becomes more complex. This paper takes one such development ...
• Evaluating student perspectives on understanding of complex systems 

  Barker, Stephen G. (The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2022-11-15)

  Advances in technological detail and sophistication have resulted in more complex products, systems and services which can be more difficult for individuals to conceptualise and understand. This eventuality has potential ...
• Relating the cultural iceberg to organisations and information warfare 

  Hilton, Jeremy (International Command and Control (C2) Institute, 2021-10-28)

  The Iceberg as initially proposed by Schein is often used when considering organizational culture and to try to understand what leads to visible behaviors and actions through surfacing the assumptions, values and beliefs ...
• Guest Editorial: Selected papers from RADAR 2022—International Conference on Radar Systems (Edinburgh, UK) 

  Clemente, Carmine; Balleri, Alessio (IET - The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2024-01-29)

  It is our great pleasure to present you with this IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation special issue on the ‘Selected Papers from RADAR 2022—International Conference on Radar Systems (Edinburgh, UK)’. RADAR 2022 took place ...
• Analyses of the brown stain on the Parthenon Centaur head in Denmark 

  Rasmussen, Kaare Lund; Rasmussen, Bodil Bundgaard; Delbey, Thomas; Bonaduce, Ilaria; Kjeldsen, Frank; Gorshkov, Vladimir (Springer, 2024-01-16)

  In 1688 two sculptural fragments, a head of bearded man and a head of an unbearded youth, arrived in Copenhagen, sent from Athens as a gift to King Christian 5. They were placed in the Royal Kunstkammer, their provenance ...
• Guidance for the identification of bony lesions related to smallpox 

  Crawford, Rosie R.; Hodson, Claire M.; Errickson, David (Elsevier, 2023-12-30)

  Objective: This research aimed to address the underrepresentation of smallpox (osteomyelitis variolosa) in palaeopathology, providing a synthesis of published literature and presenting guidance for the identification ...
• A low-cost miniature immunosensor for haemoglobin as a device for the future detection of gastrointestinal bleeding 

  Demirhan, Alper; Chianella, Iva; Patil, Samadhan B.; Khalid, Ata (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-01-11)

  Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a serious medical condition, which requires immediate attention to establish the cause of the bleeding. Here, we present the development of a miniaturised electrochemical impedance ...
• Sustainable and economical alternatives to fragment capture materials in explosive and ballistic trials 

  Read, James; Quinlan, Philip; Bloodworth-Race, Susie; Hazael, Rachael; Critchley, Richard (Springer, 2024-03-12)

  Strawboard has been utilised as a fragmentation capture material since the 1960s, mainly employed to capture fragments from explosives and explosive devices from arena trials of munitions. As this material has historically ...
• Evaluation of porcine decomposition and total body score (TBS) in a central European temperate forest 

  Indra, Lara; Giles, Stephanie; Alfsdotter, Clara; Errickson, David; Lösch, Sandra (Wiley, 2024-02-26)

  The total body score (TBS) is a visual scoring method to scale the succession of decomposition stages. It compares decomposition between cadavers, to connect it with external taphonomic factors and estimate the post-mortem ...
• Parametrization of the calcaneus and medial cuneiform to aid potential advancements in flatfoot surgery 

  Cai, Yanni; Pascoletti, Giulia; Zioupos, Peter; Budair, Basil; Zanetti, Elisabetta M.; Ringrose, Trevor J.; Junaid, Sarah (MDPI, 2024-02-29)

  Introduction: Flatfoot is a condition commonly seen in children; however, there is general disagreement over its incidence, characterization and correction. Painful flatfoot accompanied with musculoskeletal and soft tissue ...
• The importance of digital evidence strategies 

  Horsman, Graeme (Wiley, 2023-10-28)

  As the complexity of digital forensic work continues to grow, and the demands and pressures placed on practitioners to complete their investigatory commitments remain, methods for conducting effective and efficient work ...
• Sources of error in digital forensics 

  Horsman, Graeme (Elsevier, 2024-02-09)

  The occurrence of errors in forensic practice is inevitable, and whilst we may not feel comfortable with the idea, the truth of it must be acknowledged. At a time where forensic science is under intense scrutiny regarding ...
• Operational data for the risk management of victim operated explosive devices in humanitarian mine action: a practitioner’s perspective 

  Evans, Roly; Nelson, Liz; Temple, Tracey (Elsevier, 2024-02-02)

  Since Mine Action's inception at the end of the 1980s, operators have collected limited data on the Victim Operated Explosive Devices (VOEDs) they clear. This includes not only data on the explosive ordnance itself but ...
• Evaluation of soft tissue simulant performance against economic and environmental impact 

  Read, James; McNaught, Ken; Hazael, Rachael; Critchley, Richard (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-02-22)

  Soft tissue simulants are traditionally used to provide a post impact medium suitable for replicating human anatomy. Performance of materials is therefore paramount, and the analysis of such experimentation relies on ...
• Multistatic dual-channel detection of drones: effects of PNT errors 

  Griffin, Benjamin; Balleri, Alessio; Catherall, Aled (IEEE, 2023-12-28)

  A radar network solution to detect drones is presented that consists of low-cost low-size dual-channel moving receivers, which can be deployed on UASs and operate within the coverage of an existing cooperative or non-cooperative ...
• Is your training service resilient and postured to support organisational sustainment? 

  Jnitova, Victoria; Joiner, Keith; Xavier, Adrian; Chang, Elizabeth; Ferris, Timothy; Camelia, Fanny (Taylor and Francis, 2024-02-11)

  Organisations increasingly invest in resilience to better deal with future uncertainties and change. An organisation’s training service is one of the critical ingredients of this effort. However, its role in posturing ...
• The attribution of expertise: modelling relational and organisational factors 

  Allen, Robby; White, Gareth (Inderscience, 2024-12-25)

  The term ‘expert’ is frequently encountered both in the management literature and in the common parlance of business. However, the relational dimension of ‘expertise’ has received little academic attention and lacks clear ...

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