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Feeding tube securement in critical illness: Implications for safety (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 MA Healthcare Ltd Over 50% of tape-secured feeding tubes are inadvertently lost. The impact of nasal bridle securement on nasogastric (NG) and nasointestinal (NI) tube loss, outcome and duration of use was determined from 1 October 2014 (NG) a... Read More about Feeding tube securement in critical illness: Implications for safety.

Recent advancements in real-world microbial fuel cell applications (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. This short review focuses on the recent developments of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology, its scale-up and implementation in real world applications. Microbial Fuel Cells produce (bio)energy from waste streams, which can... Read More about Recent advancements in real-world microbial fuel cell applications.

Binder materials for the cathodes applied to self-stratifying membraneless microbial fuel cell (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Authors The recently developed self-stratifying membraneless microbial fuel cell (SSM-MFC) has been shown as a promising concept for urine treatment. The first prototypes employed cathodes made of activated carbon (AC) and polytetrafluoroe... Read More about Binder materials for the cathodes applied to self-stratifying membraneless microbial fuel cell.

Miniaturized ceramic-based microbial fuel cell for efficient power generation from urine and stack development (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Gajda, Stinchcombe, Merino-Jimenez, Pasternak, Sanchez-Herranz, Greenman and Ieropoulos. One of the challenges in Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology is the improvement of the power output and the lowering of the cost required to scale up the... Read More about Miniaturized ceramic-based microbial fuel cell for efficient power generation from urine and stack development.

Dynamic evolution of anodic biofilm when maturing under different external resistive loads in microbial fuel cells. Electrochemical perspective (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Authors Appropriate inoculation and maturation may be crucial for shortening the startup time and maximising power output of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), whilst ensuring stable operation. In this study we explore the relationship between e... Read More about Dynamic evolution of anodic biofilm when maturing under different external resistive loads in microbial fuel cells. Electrochemical perspective.

Adaptive finite-time stabilization of chaotic flow with a single unstable node using a nonlinear function-based global sliding mode (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, Shiraz University. This article presents a novel adaptive finite-time stabilization technique based on global sliding mode for disturbed chaotic flow with a single unstable node. The considered chaotic flow has unusual characteristics contain... Read More about Adaptive finite-time stabilization of chaotic flow with a single unstable node using a nonlinear function-based global sliding mode.

The likelihood of Braess' paradox in traffic networks (2018)
Book Chapter

The well-known Braess' paradox illustrates situations when adding a new link to a traffic network might increase congestion in the network. In this article, we announce a number of new results devoted to the probability of Braess' paradox to occur in... Read More about The likelihood of Braess' paradox in traffic networks.

Small ceramic microbial fuel cell as a trigenerative system for electricity, organics degradation and urine filtration (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Bioelectrochemical systems are employing microbes as biocatalysts to convert waste into valuable resources. For example, a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) utilises chemical energy locked in human urine into direct electrical current and can be scaled-up to... Read More about Small ceramic microbial fuel cell as a trigenerative system for electricity, organics degradation and urine filtration.

Residual Tensile Strength of Adhesively Bonded Double Lap Joints after Transverse Impact (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Pseudo-ductility of unidirectional thin ply hybrid composites in longitudinal compression (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The compression response of unidirectional thin-ply carbon (C) standard thickness S-glass (SG) hybrid composites is presented. Gradual failure up to high
strain has been demonstrated for [SG1/(C1/SG1)17] and [SG1/(C2/SG1)17] hybrid configurations. T... Read More about Pseudo-ductility of unidirectional thin ply hybrid composites in longitudinal compression.

Quantifying the delamination of L-shaped composite laminates under low velocity impact using x-ray computed tomography (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Low velocity impact response and failure behavior of L-shaped composite laminates were investigated. The composite laminates with variable thickness, stacking sequences, and corner radius were manufactured using autoclave manufacturing method. Tests... Read More about Quantifying the delamination of L-shaped composite laminates under low velocity impact using x-ray computed tomography.

Making STEM for everyone: Resources for supporting people from under-represented groups to engage with Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (2018)
Other

A resource compilation

This document provides a compilation of resources for supporting people from under-represented groups to study STEM subjects, enter STEM careers and see that STEM subjects can be ‘for them’.

The list is arranged in a seri... Read More about Making STEM for everyone: Resources for supporting people from under-represented groups to engage with Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering.

Bi-directional freeze casting of porous alumina ceramics: A study of the effects of different processing parameters on microstructure (2018)
Journal Article

Highly aligned lamellar ceramic scaffolds were produced using a bi-directional freeze casting technique. A specially designed, sloped copper mould was covered with a polymer to modulate the temperature field. Effects of different processing parameter... Read More about Bi-directional freeze casting of porous alumina ceramics: A study of the effects of different processing parameters on microstructure.

Multi-instrument multi-scale experimental damage mechanics for fibre reinforced composites (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Reliable investigation of damage in fibre reinforced composites requires concurrent in- and ex-situ application of multiple instruments at different scale: digital image correlation, acoustic emission... Read More about Multi-instrument multi-scale experimental damage mechanics for fibre reinforced composites.

Genomic profiling of IDH-wildtype and IDH-mutant initial and matched recurrent glioblastomas reveals clinically actionable mutations (e.g. BRCA1/2) and resistance signatures (2018)
Journal Article

Abstract:
Background: Glioblastomas account for 90% of all adult brain tumours. Patient survival remains low because treatments are ineffective against this lethal disease. Understanding the genes and pathways altered in subtypes is necessary for th... Read More about Genomic profiling of IDH-wildtype and IDH-mutant initial and matched recurrent glioblastomas reveals clinically actionable mutations (e.g. BRCA1/2) and resistance signatures.

Extending indoor open street mapping environments to navigable 3D citygml building models: Emergency response assessment (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© Authors 2018. Disaster scenarios in high-rise buildings such as the Address Downtown, Dubai or Grenfell Tower, London have showed ones again the importance of data information availability for emergency management in buildings. 3D visualization of... Read More about Extending indoor open street mapping environments to navigable 3D citygml building models: Emergency response assessment.

In-class e-testing of statistics in a large cohort of diverse ability (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We report on our experience of running in-class e-Tests for a new Level 1 Business Decision Making module taken by 800 Business School students at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). The module comprises a one semester course coverin... Read More about In-class e-testing of statistics in a large cohort of diverse ability.

Use of technology enhanced teaching rooms to support flipped teaching (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper we report on our experiences of flipping the classroom for three modules delivered to first and second year Mathematics students at the University of the West of England, Bristol. In particular we focus on how using collaborative teach... Read More about Use of technology enhanced teaching rooms to support flipped teaching.

E-assessment of computer programming (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper demonstrates how we have used Dewis, an algorithmic open source e-assessment system, to automatically assess programming skills, in particular, in the C programming language. Teaching and assessing programming skills is challenging; prior... Read More about E-assessment of computer programming.

Zeolite supported platinum nanoparticles for small organic molecule oxidation and reduction in fuel cell using impregnation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution