LIB Mathematics Support Centre

Research output

Research output per year 2003 2017 2020 2021 2022 2025

• 634 Citations
• 44 Article
• 2 Commissioned report
• 2 Chapter
• 2 Conference proceeding
• 7 More
  • 2 Paper
  • 2 Editorial
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Meeting Abstract
  • 1 Preprint

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Post-pandemic online mathematics and statistics support: Practitioners’ opinions in Germany and Great Britain & Ireland

  Gilbert, H. J., Schürmann, M., Lawson, D., Liebendörfer, M. & Hodds, M., Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 56, 1, p. 82-107 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mathematics 100%
  • Support 100%
  • Opinion 100%
  • Statistics 100%
  • UK 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  105 Downloads (Pure)

• The impact of alcohol sales on perceptions of security amongst Brazilian football fans

  Guazzelli Buso, G., May, A., Bason, T. & Owen, A., 6 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of Leisure Research. (In-Press), p. (In-Press)

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Exploratory Factor Analysis 100%
  • Regression Model 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Logistic Regression Model 100%
  • Football Match 100%
• 2023

  Indonesian 2013 Curriculum Ten Years On: Impact on Mathematics Teaching

  Lawson, D., Muhammad, R. R., Aslam, F. & Crawford, M., 15 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education . 6, SI, p. 109-136 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Learning 100%
  • Teaching Mathematics 100%
  • Curriculum 100%
  • Indonesian Language 100%
  • Teachers 75%
  340 Downloads (Pure)

• The impact of Covid-19 on mathematical entry competencies: 1 year on

  Hodds, M., 7 Dec 2023, In: Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. 42, 4, p. 343-359 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Diagnostic Test 100%
  • Higher Education 50%
  • Teachers 50%
  • Assessment 50%
  • Ordinal Logistic Regression 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  66 Downloads (Pure)

• Variation and outcomes of liver-reducing dietary regimens before bariatric surgery: a national retrospective cohort study

  Abbott, S., Price, C., Pournaras, D. J. & Coulman, K., Feb 2023, In: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 19, 2, p. 102-108 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Low Calorie Diet 100%
  • Confidence Interval 66%
  • Odds Ratio 66%
  • Body Weight Loss 44%
  • Bariatric Surgery 33%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  148 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  CETL-MSOR 2021, How did we do it?

  Hodds, M., 25 Mar 2022, In: MSOR Connections. 20, 1, p. 5-11 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Event 100%
  • Events 100%
  • Excellence 66%
  • Teaching and Learning 66%
  • System Analysis 66%

• Changes in student entry competencies 2001 - 2017

  Hodds, M., Shao, J. & Lawson, D., 1 Jun 2022, In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 53, 7, p. 1859-1874 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Students 100%
  • Universities 57%
  • Change 57%
  • Testing 42%
  • Diagnostic 42%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  118 Downloads (Pure)

• Functional data clustering using principal curve methods

  Wu, R., Wang, B. & Xu, A., 18 Oct 2022, In: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. 51, 20, p. 7264-7283 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Functional Data 100%
  • Principal Curve 100%
  • Clustering Method 25%
  • Bayesian Information Criterion 25%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  112 Downloads (Pure)

• Investigating the relationship between mathematics anxiety, mathematical resilience and mathematics support engagement: an analysis of demographic and cohort factors

  Gokhool, F., Lawson, D. & Hodds, M., 12 May 2022, In: MSOR Connections. 20, 2, p. 82-93 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Anxiety 100%
  • Demographics 100%
  • Resilience 50%
  • Questionnaires 50%
  • Help-Seeking 50%
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• The development of mathematics support: teaching and learning practices, scholarship and communities

  Lawson, D., Croft, T. & Grove, M., 30 Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Épijournal de Didactique et Epistémologie des Mathématiques pour l’Enseignement Supérieur . (In-Press), p. (In-Press)

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mathematics 100%
  • Support 71%
  • Students 71%
  • Learning 57%
  • Universities 28%
  109 Downloads (Pure)

• The Impact of COVID-19 on Year 13 A level Mathematics Students: findings of a small-scale survey

  Price, C., Owen, A. & Lawson, D., 8 Apr 2022, In: MSOR Connections. 20, 1, p. 12-27 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Students 100%
  • Teachers 66%
  • Instructor 66%
  • Mathematics 50%
  • Questionnaires 50%

• The importance of mathematics and statistics support in English universities: An analysis of institutionally-written regulatory documents

  Croft, T., Grove, M. & Lawson, D., 6 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 44, 3, p. 240-257 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Support 100%
  • Universities 80%
  • Documents 80%
  • Mathematics 60%
  • Statistics 60%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  64 Downloads (Pure)

• The Scientific Approach of The Indonesian 2013 Curriculum: A Comparison with Other Active Learning Strategies in Mathematics

  Muhammad, R. R., Lawson, D., Aslam, F. & Crawford, M., 15 May 2022, In: Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education . 5, 2, p. 155-171 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Curriculum 100%
  • Learning 42%
  • Citizen 28%
  • Students 28%
  • Learning Processes 14%
  98 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  A digital behaviour change intervention to increase booking and attendance at Stop Smoking Services: the MyWay feasibility RCT

  Fulton, E. A., Newby, K., Kwah, K., Schumacher, L., Gokal, K., Jackson, L. J., Naughton, F., Coleman, T., Owen, A. & Brown, K. E., Apr 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Public Health Research. 9, 5, p. 1-62 62 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Smoking 100%
  • Behavior 100%
  • Service Industries 100%
  • Change 100%
  • Intervention 100%

• A history of the development of the mathematics and statistics support community in the United Kingdom. Part 1: From alpha to sigma

  Lawson, D., 19 Jan 2021, In: MSOR Connections. 19, 1, p. 5-12 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mathematics 100%
  • Statistics 75%
  • Formal 25%
  • Time 25%
  • Characteristics 12%
  125 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring differential engagement with mathematics support from an engineering student focus

  Gokhool, F., Lawson, D., Hodds, M. & Aslam, F., 23 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. 41, 4, p. 292–304 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mathematics 100%
  • Support 100%
  • Students 85%
  • Engineering 42%
  • Engineering Student 42%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  95 Downloads (Pure)

• The early impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mathematical competencies on entry into a UK university

  Hodds, M., 1 Dec 2021, In: Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. 40, 4, p. 254-262 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mathematical Ability 100%
  • Diagnostic Test 100%
  • Fear 100%
  • Abilities 100%
  • Assessment 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  99 Downloads (Pure)

• “Everyone seems to be agreeing at the minute that face-to-face is the way forward”: Practitioners’ perspectives on post-pandemic Mathematics and Statistics Support

  Gilbert, H., Hodds, M. & Lawson, D., 1 Dec 2021, In: Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. 40, 4, p. 296-316 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Statistics 100%
  • Practitioners 50%
  • Teaching Infrastructure 16%
  • Questionnaire 16%
  • Higher Education 16%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  58 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  How sharks and shark - human interactions are reported in major Australian newspapers

  Hardiman, N., Burgin, S. & Shao, J., 29 Mar 2020, In: Sustainability. 12, 7, 18 p., 2683.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Shark 100%
  • Sharks 100%
  • Celebrity 20%
  • Interaction 20%
  • Injuries 20%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  69 Downloads (Pure)

• Introduction of a new term: Ferrite Number Density (FND) to measure the ferrite number of welds on thin 300 series stainless steel sheets

  Kshirsagar, R., Jones, S., Lawrence, J. & Tabor, J., 4 Apr 2020, In: Zavarivanje i zavarene konstrukcije. 65, 1, p. 11-20 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ferrite 100%
  • Area 17%
  • Value 14%
  • Aspect Ratio 14%
  • Content 14%

• Life Cycle Costing Analysis: Tools and Applications for Determining Hydrogen Production Cost for Fuel Cell Vehicle Technology

  Khzouz, M., Gkanas, E., Shao, J., Sher, F., Beherskyi, D., El-Kharouf, A. & Al Qubeissi, M., 23 Jul 2020, In: Energies. 13, 15, 19 p., 3783.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hydrogen Production 100%
  • Life-Cycle Costing 50%
  • Methane 33%
  • Hydrogen 33%
  • Water Electrolysis 16%
  79 Citations (Scopus)

  126 Downloads (Pure)

• Optimization of TIG welding parameters using a hybrid Nelder Mead - Evolutionary algorithms method

  Kshirsagar, R., Jones, S., Lawrence, J. & Tabor, J., 1 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 4, 1, 22 p., 4010010.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Solution and Solubility 100%
  • Evolutionary Algorithm 100%
  • Exercise 66%
  • Hybrid 66%
  • Global Minimum 66%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  56 Downloads (Pure)

• Pricing inefficiencies and feedback trading: evidence from country ETFs

  Kallinterakis, V., Liu, F., Pantelous, A. & Shao, J., Jul 2020, In: International Review of Financial Analysis. 70, 101498.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Information 100%
  • Pricing 100%
  • Price 100%
  • Targeting 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  215 Downloads (Pure)

• Supporting nursing students' mathematical understanding

  Hodds, M., Jul 2020, In: MSOR Connections. 18, 3, p. 23-29 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nursing Student 100%
  • Procedures 50%
  • Student 50%
  • Time 50%
  • Occupation (Patient Social Context) 50%

• The evolution of mathematics support: a literature review

  Lawson, D., Grove, M. & Croft, T., 16 Nov 2020, In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 51, 8, p. 1224-1254 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mathematics 100%
  • Characteristics 10%
  • Research 10%
  • Higher Education 10%
  • Evaluation 10%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

  761 Downloads (Pure)

• The extent and uptake of mathematics support in higher education: results from the 2018 survey

  Lawson, D., Grove, M. & Croft, T., 30 May 2020, In: Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. 39, 2, p. 86–104 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mathematics 100%
  • Institution 50%
  • Higher Education 50%
  • Variations 16%
  • Number 16%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  89 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Gaussian process methods for nonparametric functional regression with mixed predictors

  Wang, B. & Xu, A., Mar 2019, In: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 131, p. 80-90 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Forecasting 100%
  • Gaussian Process 80%
  • Regression 60%
  • Scalar Variable 20%
  • Application 20%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Measurement of ferrite content of stainless steel sheet welds using a new Ferrite Density Number scale

  Kshirsagar, R., Jones, S., Lawrence, J. & Tabor, J., 1 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 274, 116278.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ferrite 100%
  • Number 69%
  • Weld 61%
  • Density 23%
  • Austenite 23%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• News media portrayal of attributed stakeholder attitudes to shark management in Australia

  Hardiman, N., Burgin, S. & Shao, J., 2 Nov 2019, In: Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 24, 6, p. 548-563 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Stakeholders 100%
  • Shark 80%
  • Scientists 60%
  • Attitudes 60%
  • Journalist 40%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  194 Downloads (Pure)

• Prediction of Bead Geometry Using a Two-Stage SVM–ANN Algorithm for Automated Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) Welds

  Kshirsagar, R., Jones, S., Lawrence, J. & Tabor, J., 8 May 2019, In: Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 3, 2, 18 p., 39.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Artificial Neural Network 100%
  • Bead Geometry 60%
  • Accuracy 40%
  • Mechanical Property 40%
  • Weld 40%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  61 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Reviewing Coventry University’s Mathematics Support Centre 2016-17: Ideas and Inspiration

  Hodds, M. & Xu, A., 2018, In: MSOR Connections. 16, 3, p. 20-30 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Support 100%
  • Mathematics 50%
  • Service Industries 50%
  • Students 50%
  • Teams 50%
  92 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Experience sharing: Mathematical Contest in Modelling (MCM)

  Xu, A. & Wang, J., 2017, In: MSOR Connections. 15, 3, p. 67-72 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Industrial Mathematics 100%
  • Applied Mathematics 100%
  512 Downloads (Pure)

• Gaussian process regression with functional covariates and multivariate response

  Wang, B., Chen, T. & Xu, A., 3 Feb 2017, In: Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 163, p. 1-6 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Covariate 100%
  • Data Point 25%
  • Covariance Function 25%
  • Real Data 25%
  • Univariate 25%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  288 Downloads (Pure)

• Nuclear Catastrophe Risk Bonds in a Markov Dependent Environment

  Shao, J., Pantelous, A., Ayyub, B., Chan, S. & Nadarajah, S., 19 Jul 2017, In: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering. 3, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Catastrophe 100%
  • Liability 50%
  • Simulation Mode 50%
  • Environment 50%
  • UK 50%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  211 Downloads (Pure)

• Pricing and Simulating Catastrophe Risk Bonds in a Markov-dependent Environment

  Shao, J., Papaioannou, A. & Pantelous, A., 15 Sept 2017, In: Applied Mathematics and Computation. 309, p. 68-84 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Catastrophe 100%
  • Pricing 50%
  • Risk 41%
  • Loss 33%
  • Document 25%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  364 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding of fraction and its application in unit conversions

  Xu, A. & Lenton, G., 2017, In: MSOR Connections. 16, 1, p. 53-63 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Fraction 100%
  • Student 66%
  • United Kingdom 33%
  • Support 33%
  • Knowledge 33%
  217 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Howcloud: Round-the-Clock Maths Support

  Hawkes, T. & Hodds, M., Jan 2016, In: MSOR Connections. 14, 2, p. 3-7 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Support 100%
  • Team 50%
  • Mobile Phone 50%
  • Student 50%
  • Support Student 50%
  53 Downloads (Pure)

• The two dimensional shapes of simple three and four junction ideal comb polymers

  de Regt, R., Bishop, M., Barillas, A. J., Borgeson, T. & von Ferber, C., 15 Sept 2016, In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 458, p. 391–398 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Shape 100%
  • Comb Polymer 100%
  • Spectra 50%
  • Polymer 50%
  • Procedure 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  113 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Catastrophe Risk Bonds with Applications to Earthquakes

  Shao, J., Pantelous, A. & Papaioannou, A., Jul 2015, In: European Actuarial Journal. 5, 1, p. 113 – 138 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Catastrophe 100%
  • Application 40%
  • Financial Market 40%
  • Simulation Mode 40%
  • Extreme Value 40%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Investigating and improving undergraduate proof comprehension

  Alcock, L., Hodds, M., Roy, S. & Inglis, M., 2015, In: Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 62, 7, p. 742-752

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Reading 100%
  • Comprehension 50%
  • Research 50%
  • Resources 50%
  • Research Method 50%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• The effect of extreme weather events on breeding parameters of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia

  Tobolka, M., Zolnierowicz, K. M. & Reeve, N., 2015, In: Bird Study. 62, 3, p. 377-385

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Breeding 100%
  • White Stork 100%
  • Nestling 25%
  • Breeding Season 25%
  • Breeding Site 12%
  44 Citations (Scopus)

  237 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Self-Explanation Training Improves Proof Comprehension

  Hodds, M., Alcock, L. & Inglis, M., 1 Jan 2014, In: Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 45, 1, p. 62-101 40 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Explanation 100%
  • Training 100%
  • Comprehension 100%
  • Authors 50%
  • Experiments 50%
  88 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  A Pilot for a Shared Online Statistics Advisory Service

  Owen, A., Samuels, P., Wrightman, M., Leckenby, B. & Gilchrist, M., 2011, In: MSOR Connections. 11, 3, p. 35-36 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Statistics 100%
  • Service Industries 77%
  • Support 33%
  • Organizations 33%
  • Project 22%
• 2008

  Breast and bowel cancer screening uptake patterns over 15 years for UK south Asian ethnic minority populations, corrected for differences in socio-demographic characteristics

  Szczepura, A., Price, C. & Gumber, A., 2 Oct 2008, In: BMC Public Health. 8, 15 p., 346.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Disparity 100%
  • Colonoscopy 100%
  • Socioeconomic Status 50%
  120 Citations (Scopus)

  55 Downloads (Pure)