Michael A Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3659754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael A Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael A |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-0027-0680 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Using the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) model to investigate end-user barriers and facilitators to low-rise district heating retrofit in the United Kingdom
Domestic heating is a substantial contributor to carbon emissions, so the adoption of efficient heating solutions, using renewable energy sources, is needed to support many countries in achieving net-zero commitments. District heat networks (DHNs) are recognised as a key component of urban energy infrastructure in the transition to low-carbon energy. However, it is critical to understand and overcome barriers to adoption for end-users, to ensure …
Friendships, loneliness and psychological wellbeing in older adults
Loneliness is linked to many negative health outcomes and places strain on the economy and the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. To combat these issues, the determinants of loneliness need to be fully understood. Although friendships have been shown to be particularly important in relation to loneliness in older adults, this association has thus far not been explored more closely. Our exploratory study examines the relationship betwe…
Written benefit finding for improving psychological health during the Covid-19 pandemic first wave lockdown
Written benefit finding may be a useful intervention for short-term improvements in wellbeing
Hope Is Greater than Barriers”
This study explored a strength-based, anti-poverty program called Pathway of Hope (POH) of the Salvation Army based on the data that was collected from 11 focus groups consisting of 30 service users and 32 service providers in 2017. The results of the qualitative content analysis found four main categories for creating a pathway of hope: (a) case manager as a personal coach and spiritual accompanist; (b) goal attainment in the POH process; (c) re…
Forensic Fractography of Bone
Fractography is the study of fracture surface morphology, and it can be used to assess a material's mechanical properties as well as to determine the underlying mechanisms leading to material failure. Fracture surfaces reveal information about fracture initiation and propagation in bone, yet little consideration has been given to bone fracture surfaces in forensic contexts. Moreover, the science of fractography has never been applied to bone in f…
The Use of X-ray Computed Tomography Technologies in Forensic Anthropology
The use of radiology, including X-ray computed tomography (CT), to examine skeletal remains is not new, but the use of postmortem CT (PMCT) in medicolegal investigations by forensic anthropologists is relatively rare, at least in the United States. The use of medical or industrial CT technology may be a viable option available to forensic anthropologists for digital preservation and to conduct nondestructive analyses of the internal and external …
Mediation by illness perceptions of the association between the doctor-patient relationship and diabetes-related distress
The quality of the doctor-patient relationship has been shown to impact upon a number of health outcomes in diabetes, including psychological well-being. This cross-sectional study investigated illness perceptions as mediators of the association between the doctor-patient relationship and diabetes-related distress. Individuals with diabetes completed questionnaires which measured the perceptions of their relationship with their doctor, diabetes-r…
Functional Living in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
These findings suggest that deficits in more complex cognitive activities underlie the decline in everyday function in DM2
Exploiting Expert Analysis? Evidence from Event Studies in an Information-Rich Market Environment
This chapter evaluates the record of media forecasters in selecting winners, with returns judged against the benchmark of information efficiency as specified in the efficient-market hypothesis, updating in particular prior analyses of the well-established Pricewise tipping column in the industry newspaper the Racing Post with a new and bigger dataset. Most notably, the analysis seeks to establish whether or not the feature’s previously impressive…
The Impact of Enso in the Atacama Desert and Australian Arid Zone
A comparison of archaeological data in the Atacama Desert and Australian arid zone shows the impact of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) over the last 5,000 years. Using a dataset of > 1400 radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites across the two regions as a proxy for population change, we develop radiocarbon density plots, which are then used to explore the responses of these prehistoric populations to ENSO climatic variability. Under an…
Market Efficiency in Person‐to‐Person Betting
Bookmakers have argued that person‐to‐person internet ‘betting exchanges’ represent unfair competition. In this paper we suggest that, in fact, betting exchanges have brought about significant efficiency gains by lowering transaction costs for consumers. We test this hypothesis using matched data on UK horse racing from betting exchanges and from traditional betting media. In comparison with traditional betting media, we find that betting exchang…
One Piece at a Time
To get a person in the majority party to vote against one of their own colleagues, you have to give them good government reasons to do it. —Bill Reardon, Democratic state representative, Kansas
The Brief Adult Assessment Scale
Objective: The Brief Adult Assessment Scale (BAAS) is a multidimensional assessment scale designed for use by practitioners and researchers that measures the severity of client problems in 16 areas of adult personal and social functioning. This article describes the BAAS; provides information about its administration, scoring, and interpretation; and reports findings with regard to the psychometric characteristics of the scale. Methods: Data from…
Book Notes
Peacocke on red and red
Contaminated Land
A participant observer study of a ‘rough’ working-class pub
The article describes a three-month participant as observer study of a ‘rough’ working-class pub — a type different from the ‘respectable’ working class and ‘posh’ middle class pubs. Patterns of usage and users are explored and the role style and social-control strategies of the publican are reported. Finally some general issues are posed for further research in relation to the pub as a context of work and leisure
Social Usages of the Public Drinking House
Different categories of drinking houses, it is claimed, are historically related to different kinds of users and usages. Industrialism, however, entrenched the ubiquitous pub amidst the song, sin and insobriety of the poor and the new working-class urban proletariat. The public house thus became a focus of social freedoms and sexual licence, as well as a locus of more formal elements of rational recreation. Yet the public house was subject to soc…
Leisure
In the field of leisure studies one should be wary of inflexible explanatory theories and excessively narrow approaches to the question. Meaningful analysis of leisure raises serious questions about the social structure as a whole and must face up to some objections as to its own usefulness. A definition of leisure should reflect the many dimensions of the phenomenon. A simple or unitary definition would inadequately reflect both the subjectives …
Leisure and Society in Britain
Process Technology and Powerlessness
Leisure and Society in Britain
A participant observer study of a ‘rough’ working-class pub
The article describes a three-month participant as observer study of a ‘rough’ working-class pub — a type different from the ‘respectable’ working class and ‘posh’ middle class pubs. Patterns of usage and users are explored and the role style and social-control strategies of the publican are reported. Finally some general issues are posed for further research in relation to the pub as a context of work and leisure
Social Usages of the Public Drinking House
Different categories of drinking houses, it is claimed, are historically related to different kinds of users and usages. Industrialism, however, entrenched the ubiquitous pub amidst the song, sin and insobriety of the poor and the new working-class urban proletariat. The public house thus became a focus of social freedoms and sexual licence, as well as a locus of more formal elements of rational recreation. Yet the public house was subject to soc…
Market Efficiency in Person‐to‐Person Betting
Bookmakers have argued that person‐to‐person internet ‘betting exchanges’ represent unfair competition. In this paper we suggest that, in fact, betting exchanges have brought about significant efficiency gains by lowering transaction costs for consumers. We test this hypothesis using matched data on UK horse racing from betting exchanges and from traditional betting media. In comparison with traditional betting media, we find that betting exchang…
Friendships, loneliness and psychological wellbeing in older adults
Loneliness is linked to many negative health outcomes and places strain on the economy and the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. To combat these issues, the determinants of loneliness need to be fully understood. Although friendships have been shown to be particularly important in relation to loneliness in older adults, this association has thus far not been explored more closely. Our exploratory study examines the relationship betwe…
Mediation by illness perceptions of the association between the doctor-patient relationship and diabetes-related distress
The quality of the doctor-patient relationship has been shown to impact upon a number of health outcomes in diabetes, including psychological well-being. This cross-sectional study investigated illness perceptions as mediators of the association between the doctor-patient relationship and diabetes-related distress. Individuals with diabetes completed questionnaires which measured the perceptions of their relationship with their doctor, diabetes-r…
The Impact of Enso in the Atacama Desert and Australian Arid Zone
A comparison of archaeological data in the Atacama Desert and Australian arid zone shows the impact of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) over the last 5,000 years. Using a dataset of > 1400 radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites across the two regions as a proxy for population change, we develop radiocarbon density plots, which are then used to explore the responses of these prehistoric populations to ENSO climatic variability. Under an…
One Piece at a Time
To get a person in the majority party to vote against one of their own colleagues, you have to give them good government reasons to do it. —Bill Reardon, Democratic state representative, Kansas
Hope Is Greater than Barriers”
This study explored a strength-based, anti-poverty program called Pathway of Hope (POH) of the Salvation Army based on the data that was collected from 11 focus groups consisting of 30 service users and 32 service providers in 2017. The results of the qualitative content analysis found four main categories for creating a pathway of hope: (a) case manager as a personal coach and spiritual accompanist; (b) goal attainment in the POH process; (c) re…
Functional Living in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
These findings suggest that deficits in more complex cognitive activities underlie the decline in everyday function in DM2
Process Technology and Powerlessness
Process Technology and Powerlessness
Leisure and Society in Britain
Leisure
In the field of leisure studies one should be wary of inflexible explanatory theories and excessively narrow approaches to the question. Meaningful analysis of leisure raises serious questions about the social structure as a whole and must face up to some objections as to its own usefulness. A definition of leisure should reflect the many dimensions of the phenomenon. A simple or unitary definition would inadequately reflect both the subjectives …
Social Usages of the Public Drinking House
Different categories of drinking houses, it is claimed, are historically related to different kinds of users and usages. Industrialism, however, entrenched the ubiquitous pub amidst the song, sin and insobriety of the poor and the new working-class urban proletariat. The public house thus became a focus of social freedoms and sexual licence, as well as a locus of more formal elements of rational recreation. Yet the public house was subject to soc…
Contaminated Land
A participant observer study of a ‘rough’ working-class pub
The article describes a three-month participant as observer study of a ‘rough’ working-class pub — a type different from the ‘respectable’ working class and ‘posh’ middle class pubs. Patterns of usage and users are explored and the role style and social-control strategies of the publican are reported. Finally some general issues are posed for further research in relation to the pub as a context of work and leisure
Peacocke on red and red
Book Notes
The Brief Adult Assessment Scale
Objective: The Brief Adult Assessment Scale (BAAS) is a multidimensional assessment scale designed for use by practitioners and researchers that measures the severity of client problems in 16 areas of adult personal and social functioning. This article describes the BAAS; provides information about its administration, scoring, and interpretation; and reports findings with regard to the psychometric characteristics of the scale. Methods: Data from…
One Piece at a Time
To get a person in the majority party to vote against one of their own colleagues, you have to give them good government reasons to do it. —Bill Reardon, Democratic state representative, Kansas
Market Efficiency in Person‐to‐Person Betting
Bookmakers have argued that person‐to‐person internet ‘betting exchanges’ represent unfair competition. In this paper we suggest that, in fact, betting exchanges have brought about significant efficiency gains by lowering transaction costs for consumers. We test this hypothesis using matched data on UK horse racing from betting exchanges and from traditional betting media. In comparison with traditional betting media, we find that betting exchang…
The Impact of Enso in the Atacama Desert and Australian Arid Zone
A comparison of archaeological data in the Atacama Desert and Australian arid zone shows the impact of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) over the last 5,000 years. Using a dataset of > 1400 radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites across the two regions as a proxy for population change, we develop radiocarbon density plots, which are then used to explore the responses of these prehistoric populations to ENSO climatic variability. Under an…
Exploiting Expert Analysis? Evidence from Event Studies in an Information-Rich Market Environment
This chapter evaluates the record of media forecasters in selecting winners, with returns judged against the benchmark of information efficiency as specified in the efficient-market hypothesis, updating in particular prior analyses of the well-established Pricewise tipping column in the industry newspaper the Racing Post with a new and bigger dataset. Most notably, the analysis seeks to establish whether or not the feature’s previously impressive…
Functional Living in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
These findings suggest that deficits in more complex cognitive activities underlie the decline in everyday function in DM2
Mediation by illness perceptions of the association between the doctor-patient relationship and diabetes-related distress
The quality of the doctor-patient relationship has been shown to impact upon a number of health outcomes in diabetes, including psychological well-being. This cross-sectional study investigated illness perceptions as mediators of the association between the doctor-patient relationship and diabetes-related distress. Individuals with diabetes completed questionnaires which measured the perceptions of their relationship with their doctor, diabetes-r…
Forensic Fractography of Bone
Fractography is the study of fracture surface morphology, and it can be used to assess a material's mechanical properties as well as to determine the underlying mechanisms leading to material failure. Fracture surfaces reveal information about fracture initiation and propagation in bone, yet little consideration has been given to bone fracture surfaces in forensic contexts. Moreover, the science of fractography has never been applied to bone in f…
The Use of X-ray Computed Tomography Technologies in Forensic Anthropology
The use of radiology, including X-ray computed tomography (CT), to examine skeletal remains is not new, but the use of postmortem CT (PMCT) in medicolegal investigations by forensic anthropologists is relatively rare, at least in the United States. The use of medical or industrial CT technology may be a viable option available to forensic anthropologists for digital preservation and to conduct nondestructive analyses of the internal and external …
Hope Is Greater than Barriers”
This study explored a strength-based, anti-poverty program called Pathway of Hope (POH) of the Salvation Army based on the data that was collected from 11 focus groups consisting of 30 service users and 32 service providers in 2017. The results of the qualitative content analysis found four main categories for creating a pathway of hope: (a) case manager as a personal coach and spiritual accompanist; (b) goal attainment in the POH process; (c) re…
Written benefit finding for improving psychological health during the Covid-19 pandemic first wave lockdown
Written benefit finding may be a useful intervention for short-term improvements in wellbeing
Friendships, loneliness and psychological wellbeing in older adults
Loneliness is linked to many negative health outcomes and places strain on the economy and the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. To combat these issues, the determinants of loneliness need to be fully understood. Although friendships have been shown to be particularly important in relation to loneliness in older adults, this association has thus far not been explored more closely. Our exploratory study examines the relationship betwe…
Using the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) model to investigate end-user barriers and facilitators to low-rise district heating retrofit in the United Kingdom
Domestic heating is a substantial contributor to carbon emissions, so the adoption of efficient heating solutions, using renewable energy sources, is needed to support many countries in achieving net-zero commitments. District heat networks (DHNs) are recognised as a key component of urban energy infrastructure in the transition to low-carbon energy. However, it is critical to understand and overcome barriers to adoption for end-users, to ensure …
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