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MrBayes consensus tree for John 2:1 (automatic collation)
Get PDFMrBayes consensus tree for John 2:1. The data is from the IGNTP transcriptions, automatically collated using CollateX using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm
Sustainability and the Commissioning of Legal Services
Get PDFA report of research commmissioned by the Legal Sustainability Alliance and undertaken by CEPLER which explores the importance of sustainability to law firm clients. The work addresses a gap in understanding the relationships between law firms and their clients
TDAG Midlands May 2018: GI4AQ - does it all add up? By Chris Churchman, Churchman Landscape Architects
Get PDFThe Trees and Design Action Group is a network that connects individuals and professionals from the public and private sectors to raise awareness of the benefits of urban green infrastructure. TDAG Midlands meetings are Knowledge Exchange events facilitated by Emma Ferranti (University of Birmingham) as part of her NERC KE Fellowship 2016-2019
China and India: friends or foes?
Get PDFIn 1988, Sino-India security cooperation was restored after decades of deep hostility following the 1962 China-India border war. Yet, in 1998, security cooperation between the two countries came to collapse such that Indian nuclear test, Pokhran II, was specifically targeted against China. What has determined the rise and fall of Sino-India cooperation from the late 1980s onwards? How far can Sino-India security cooperation be re-established in the twenty-first century? My research builds on the International Relations theorizing on the security dilemma and costly-signalling, and the Political Psychology literature on enemy images. It adopts a mixed-method approach to originally investigate the causal mechanisms promoting Sino-India security cooperation from 1988 to 1998, showing how far these are replicable in the light of the demise of security cooperation from 1998 onwards. It envisages a scope for peaceful interactions between two states whose relationship will be a key determinant of 21st century international security
Exercise: it is the chill pill for stress?
Get PDFMental stress often increases our blood pressure, and makes us feel anxious, stressed and unhappy. Large increases in blood pressure and psychological responses to stress can lead to cardiovascular disease and psychological disorders. Exercise is proposed to potentially reduce these blood pressure and negative emotional responses experienced during mental stress. Forty individuals completed a 10-minute mental stress task on two separate occasions: once on its own, and once after 10-minutes of moderately high intensity cycling. Results showed blood pressure during stress was lower after exercise. However, participants also experienced greater anxiety, feelings of stress, and negative emotions such as tension and depression, during the stress following exercise. Therefore, exercise before stress may be good in reducing our blood pressure response to stress and thus reducing the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but bad for our psychological health by causing more negative thoughts and emotions
Transcriptional data from Begum et al. 2018 - NF-Y-dependent regulation of glutamate receptor 4 expression and cell survival in cells of the oligodendrocyte lineage
No full textThis deposit contains the original data files used for the transcriptomic analyses reported by Begum et al. 2018. The following files are included:
1. Original raw output files from Agilent two colour Microarrays (4 files in total)
2. Complete analysis of single channel data extracted from the two colour arrays (2 excel files
From powerless to empowered: the voices of war-affected children in transitional justice
Get PDFMy research will ask how, and why, the meaningful participation of children in transitional justice should be facilitated in post-conflict environments. This will involve the first review of existing provision for children in transitional justice, and the bringing together of perspectives in development studies and law. The lens through which the work will be presented is through the experience of ‘ex-children’ (those adults who, as children, grew up in the shadow of protracted conflict and the transition period that followed). Through interweaving a ‘golden thread’ by way of international child rights, specifically the “right to be heard” (as presented in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child), the project will look at two focus countries with a history of protracted conflict, asking new questions about the way children and youth were affected, and ‘make the case’ for supporting child participation in transitional justice
Analysis of UX Cultural Probe: study of postgraduate taught students, University of Birmingham
Get PDFThis study was based on the production and analysis of a cultural probe research project that was completed by 10 Postgraduate Taught (PGT) students. This cultural probe, structured around a diary format, contained 10 tasks for participants to complete, each lasting under 30 minutes and to be completed over 10 days. The tasks were made as open as possible so that the data is user guided rather than entering the research project with any preconceptions or clear aims. This differs from common surveys that often have narrow questions. We can learn a huge amount about how our users experience (and feel about) services, spaces and products by adopting rich qualitative and quantitative research methods that come under the umbrella term ‘UX’ (User eXperience). Crucially UX research explores user behaviours and needs, not just what users say they want. UX research is becoming more important as higher education is being forced to adapt to the increased importance of students as high paying ‘customers’ of the university
Brexit and the Law School: Re-imagining EU Law
Get PDFA report on the November 2017 CEPLER workshop which brought together scholars and practitioners in EU law to explore the future of EU law as a taught subject in the wake of Brexit
Sport and social justice: international perspectives and new horizons in athlete activism research.
Get PDFRecently, there has been a resurgence of scholarly interest into athlete activism. So far, predominantly, academics have employed a historical perspective to study how elite-level western non-disabled athletes engage in social activism. For example, studies investigating how elite athletes use their profiles to challenge social inequalities. The aim of this symposium is to bring international scholars together to discuss global trends in athlete activism research. Three studies will be presented to demonstrate the widening empirical, methodological, and conceptual scope of athlete activism research. Inhyang Choi will present an qualitative investigation of Koran disabled athlete’s experiences of social and political engagement. Inhyang’s study is underpinned by a cultural sport psychology paradigm with attention to the influence of the Asian philosophy of Confucianism on athlete activism. Then, underpinned by a critical disability studies paradigm, Damian Haslett will present an exploration of recreational and elite Irish Para athletes’ experiences of activism. Finally, Ted Butryn will present an investigation on American high school athletes’ perceptions of Colin Kaepernick and athlete activism within and beyond the NFL. It is our hope that this symposium provides an opportunity to discover new methods of analysis and to encourage inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural research on sport and social justice
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