Open Research Exeter (ORE): Recent submissions
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Computationally Efficient Local Optima Network Construction
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018-07-15)There has been an increasing amount of research on the visualisation of search landscapes through the use of exact and approximate local optima networks (LONs). Although there are many papers available describing the ... -
Voronoi-Based Archive Sampling for Robust Optimisation
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018-07-15)We propose a framework for estimating the quality of solutions in a robust optimisation setting by utilising samples from the search history and using MC sampling to approximate a Voronoi tessellation. This is used to ... -
Robust Multi-Modal Optimisation
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018-07-15)Robust and multi-modal optimisation are two important topics that have received significant attention from the evolutionary computation community over the past few years. However, the two topics have usually been ... -
Necromass in forests of Madre de Dios, Peru: A comparison between terra firme and lowland forests
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, 2011-04-01)Stocks of dead wood or necromass represent an important portion of biomass and nutrients in tropical forests. The objectives of this study were: 1) to evaluate and compare the necromass of “terra firme” and lowlands forests, ... -
Killing squirrels: Exploring motivations and practices of lethal wildlife management
(Sage, 2018-03-07)Wildlife management, pest control and conservation projects often involve killing nonhuman animals. In the United Kingdom, introduced grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis are killed in large numbers to protect remnant ... -
Human attitudes towards animals in relation to species similarity to humans: a multivariate approach
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2009-06-01)Human attitudes towards animals are becoming of increasing importance in the areas of conservation and welfare. It has long been taken for granted that our attitudes are influenced by the degree of biological or behavioural ... -
Human-nature interactions and the consequences and drivers of provisioning wildlife.
(Royal Society, 2018-03-12)Many human populations are undergoing an extinction of experience, with a progressive decline in interactions with nature. This is a consequence both of a loss of opportunity for, and orientation towards, such experiences. ... -
The development and use of the assessment of dementia awareness and person-centred care training tool in long-term care.
(SAGE Publications, 2018-04-09)Policy and practice guidelines recommend person-centred care to support people to live well with dementia in long-term care. Therefore, staff working in long-term care settings need to be trained in dementia awareness and ... -
Assessment of Maximal Isometric Hand Grip Strength in School-aged Children.
(De Gruyter Open, 2018-03-15)Background: Hand grip strength (HGS) test is commonly used as an indicator of overall muscle strength in medical and sport practices. Recently, several studies have proposed that the measurement of the maximal HGS depends ... -
Model of Selective and Non-Selective Management of Badgers (Meles meles) to Control Bovine Tuberculosis in Badgers and Cattle.
(Public Library of Science, 2016-11-28)Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) causes substantial economic losses to cattle farmers and taxpayers in the British Isles. Disease management in cattle is complicated by the role of the European badger (Meles meles) as a host of ... -
Likeability of Garden Birds: Importance of Species Knowledge & Richness in Connecting People to Nature.
(Public Library of Science, 2015-11-11)Interacting with nature is widely recognised as providing many health and well-being benefits. As people live increasingly urbanised lifestyles, the provision of food for garden birds may create a vital link for connecting ... -
An exploration of children's experiences of national assessment in schools: how do national assessments influence children's identities?
(University of ExeterEducation, 2017-11-28)Abstract The impact of test anxiety on children’s wellbeing is of increasing concern to educationalists (National Union of Teachers/Exam Factories, 2015). In addition, the impact of SATs on children’s well-being is ... -
Mindfulness mediates the relationship between mental toughness and pain catastrophizing in cyclists
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)The purpose of this study was to examine the direction and magnitude of the relationship between mental toughness and pain catastrophizing and to explore whether mindfulness mediated this relationship. The design of the ... -
Ecology of Problem Individuals and the Efficacy of Selective Wildlife Management.
(Elsevier (Cell Press), 2017-05-18)As a result of ecological and social drivers, the management of problems caused by wildlife is becoming more selective, often targeting specific animals. Narrowing the sights of management relies upon the ecology of certain ... -
Invasive species management will benefit from social impact assessment
(Wiley, 2016-11-14)Invasive species management aims to prevent or mitigate the impacts of introduced species but management interventions can themselves generate social impacts that must be understood and addressed. Established approaches ... -
Camels out of place and time: The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) in Australia
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-05-01)The deserts of the Australian outback are ideal territories for dromedary camels, Camelus dromedarius. Dromedaries' flexible adaptations allow them to eat 80% of Australian plant species and they obtain much of their water ... -
Long-term increase in secondary exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides in European polecats Mustela putorius in Great Britain.
(Elsevier, 2018-03-07)As a result of legal protection and population recovery, European polecats (Mustela putorius) in Great Britain are expanding into areas associated with greater usage of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs). ... -
Effects of winter food provisioning on the phenotypes of breeding blue tits
(Wiley, 2018-04-24)Throughout the Western World huge numbers of people regularly supply food for wild birds. However, evidence of negative impacts of winter feeding on future reproduction has highlighted a need to improve understanding of ...