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The role of engineered tree pit solutions in nature-positive civil engineering (2024)
Journal Article

Successfully establishing and growing street trees presents significant challenges and traditional techniques are associated with elevated tree mortality. Moreover, securing appropriate soil volumes for trees is a substantial challenge, particularly... Read More about The role of engineered tree pit solutions in nature-positive civil engineering.

Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change - The WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC (2024)
Journal Article

High-quality climate information tailored to cities' needs assists decision makers to prepare for and adapt to climate change impacts, as well as to support the targeted transition towards climate resilient cities. During the last decades, two main m... Read More about Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change - The WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC.

Infrastructure, wellbeing and justice (2024)
Journal Article

Proteinoids–polyaniline interaction with stimulated neurons on living and plastic surfaces (2024)
Journal Article

The integration of proteinoid-polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers with neuromorphic architectures shows potential for developing computer systems that are adaptable, energy-efficient, and have the capacity of tolerating faults. This work examines the capac... Read More about Proteinoids–polyaniline interaction with stimulated neurons on living and plastic surfaces.

Transition to more healthy and biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the cost of delivering biodiversity in new developments. A case study of England, United Kingdom (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It has been demonstrated that biodiverse urban environments support health and well-being. However, the United Kingdom is one of the countries with the lowest biodiversity value globally. Efforts to address this shortfall and create healthier and mor... Read More about Transition to more healthy and biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the cost of delivering biodiversity in new developments. A case study of England, United Kingdom.

Viewpoint on transparency in real estate markets (2024)
Digital Artefact

This paper represents the preliminary position of FIG Commission 9, as part of a project entitled ‘Increasing Transparency in Real Estate Markets’. This position paper is intended to stimulate debate and discussion at an international level.
The ca... Read More about Viewpoint on transparency in real estate markets.

Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment (2024)
Report

The report collated information from 18 trials, pilots or research programmes considering e-cycle interventions. In particular, the review looked for evidence of behavioural changes related to the chance to try an e-cycle without having to purchase o... Read More about Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The learning for practitioners report outlines 15 lessons learned from the pilot, to help inform th... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one.

The main evaluation report reveals that:

- the pilot was successful in attracting interest f... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The appendices present the full results of social research conducted for the evaluation, alongside... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices.

Take-home naloxone in multicentre emergency settings: The TIME feasibility cluster RCT (2024)
Journal Article

Opioids kill more people than any other drug. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist which can be distributed in take-home 'kits' for peer administration (take-home naloxone). To determine the feasibility of carrying out a definitive randomised controlled... Read More about Take-home naloxone in multicentre emergency settings: The TIME feasibility cluster RCT.

Light-induced spiking response in proteinoid-actin-kombucha system (2024)
Journal Article

This study examines the spiking response of a proteinoid–actin–kombucha system when exposed to varying frequency of yellow light pulses. The objective is to understand the frequency-dependent characteristics of this system's response and explore the... Read More about Light-induced spiking response in proteinoid-actin-kombucha system.

Kombucha–proteinoid crystal bioelectric circuits (2024)
Journal Article

We propose “kombucha–proteinoid crystal bioelectric circuits” as a sustainable bio-computing platform. These circuits are hybrid biological-inorganic devices that utilize crystal growth dynamics as the physical substrate to convert information. Micro... Read More about Kombucha–proteinoid crystal bioelectric circuits.

Determining the effectiveness of interventions for the reduction of child exposure to traffic-related air pollution at schools in England (2024)
Journal Article

Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is a significant risk to human health and is particularly damaging to children as a vulnerable group. TRAP exposure near schools and on the school commute is linked to a growing number of adverse health effects, i... Read More about Determining the effectiveness of interventions for the reduction of child exposure to traffic-related air pollution at schools in England.

Paying for driving: Is doing nothing an option? (2024)
Report

‘Road pricing’ is one of the most talked about non-starter policies in the transport sector. Debate on changing how we pay for driving reaches back over half a century. The transition to electric vehicles may now suggest winds of change. Yet there ar... Read More about Paying for driving: Is doing nothing an option?.

Political-RAG: using generative AI to extract political information from media content (2024)
Journal Article

In the digital era, media content is crucial for political analysis, providing valuable insights through news articles, social media posts, speeches, and reports. Natural Language Processing (NLP) has transformed Political Information Extraction (IE)... Read More about Political-RAG: using generative AI to extract political information from media content.

A cost data management framework proposal to help accelerate whole life costing in Tanzania building construction industry (2024)
Book Chapter

Despite a widespread understanding of whole life costing within the Tanzanian building construction industry, practical implementation remains limited. A significant hindrance to the adoption of this approach is the absence of dependable cost data. T... Read More about A cost data management framework proposal to help accelerate whole life costing in Tanzania building construction industry.

Smart Biobased Construction (SmartBioC) for climate-positive solutions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Smart Biobased Construction (SmartBioC) for climate-positive solutions. SmartBioC aims to speed up the uptake of circular biobased materials to provide zero-carbon, healthy and socially and economically viable solutions for the construction industry.... Read More about Smart Biobased Construction (SmartBioC) for climate-positive solutions.

Heritage at War (2024)
Book

The right of access to, and enjoyment of, cultural heritage is enshrined in human rights norms and the devastating effects of armed conflict on cultural heritage are well documented, with the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage having been an... Read More about Heritage at War.

Broken Words/Broken Language Portfolio (2024)
Physical Artefact

Portfolio of prints and books made during a week-long knowledge exchange event (07-13 Oct 2024) with printers and museum volunteers/Linotype and Ludlow casters at Vingaards Officin Book Printing Museum, Viborg, Denmark. Edition of 20.

Angie Butler... Read More about Broken Words/Broken Language Portfolio.