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The human urinary microbiome; bacterial DNA in voided urine of asymptomatic adults (2013)
Journal Article

The urinary microbiome of healthy individuals and the way it alters with ageing have not been characterized and may influence disease processes. Conventional microbiological methods have limited scope to capture the full spectrum of urinary bacterial... Read More about The human urinary microbiome; bacterial DNA in voided urine of asymptomatic adults.

Plenty More Fish in the Sea? A working paper on the legal issues related to fishing beyond maximum sustainable yield: A UK case study (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper

Towards a generic requirements model for hybrid and cloud-based e-learning systems (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The e-Learning domain is evolving rapidly due to a number of factors and amongst these are the two key factors: i) availability of new ICT tools and technologies such as cloud computing, ontologies and smart phones, and ii) application of various lea... Read More about Towards a generic requirements model for hybrid and cloud-based e-learning systems.

Exploring changes to cycle infrastructure to improve the experience of cycling for families (2013)
Journal Article

Positive changes to the immediate cycling environment can improve the cycling experience through increasing levels of safety, but little is known about how the intrinsic benefits of cycling might be enhanced beyond this. This paper presents research... Read More about Exploring changes to cycle infrastructure to improve the experience of cycling for families.

Education for sustainable development at the University of the West of England, Bristol (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Engagement: Knitting up the ravelled sleeve? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The poster aimed to explore the big questions around partnerships in public engagement and consider how, as public engagement researchers, we can draw these threads together and tie them in a strong knot that supports university research.

The post... Read More about Engagement: Knitting up the ravelled sleeve?.

Maximum sustainable yield: from science to practice via the law (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework (2013)
Journal Article

This paper presents a thematic framework that simplifies and explains the complexity of tourist encounters with nature. The research combines qualitative data, derived from questionnaire surveys, in-depth interviews, field journals and personal obser... Read More about Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework.

QAA-HEA education for sustainable development guidance document consultation (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Guidance is intended to assist staff in higher education institutions with the implementation of ESD in courses and across the curriculum.
We wish to gain direct feedback, ideas, and suggestions for improvement from academics and students fro... Read More about QAA-HEA education for sustainable development guidance document consultation.

Using memristors to handle cell failures in flexible networks: From programmed cell death to zombies (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Within a network, cells may fail in multiple ways. It is important that such cells be both identified and isolated from the network as a whole to both allow the failing cell's tasks to be reallocated and for the prevention of cascade failures where a... Read More about Using memristors to handle cell failures in flexible networks: From programmed cell death to zombies.

Comparing terracotta and earthenware for multiple functionalities in microbial fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article

The properties of earthenware and terracotta were investigated in terms of structural integrity and ion conductivity, in two microbial fuel cell (MFC) designs. Parameters such as wall thickness (4, 8, 18 mm), porosity and cathode hydration were analy... Read More about Comparing terracotta and earthenware for multiple functionalities in microbial fuel cells.

Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010 (2013)
Journal Article

This paper provides a unique insight into aspects of stability and change regarding the travel time use of rail passengers in Great Britain between 2004 and 2010. Empirical evidence is presented on how rail passengers spend their time, how worthwhile... Read More about Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010.

Biodegradation and proton exchange using natural rubber in microbial fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) generate electricity from waste but to date the technology's development and scale-up has been held-up by the need to incorporate expensive materials. A costly but vital component is the ion exchange membrane (IEM) which c... Read More about Biodegradation and proton exchange using natural rubber in microbial fuel cells.

New technologies for the old: Potential implications of living in later life for travel demand (2013)
Journal Article

Assistive technologies for older people, such as personal tracking devices and community alarms, can facilitate living independently for longer. Where and how older people live will affect patterns of travel associated with their lifestyles and needs... Read More about New technologies for the old: Potential implications of living in later life for travel demand.

The power of glove: Soft microbial fuel cell for low-power electronics (2013)
Journal Article

A novel, soft microbial fuel cell (MFC) has been constructed using the finger-piece of a standard laboratory natural rubber latex glove. The natural rubber serves as structural and proton exchange material whilst untreated carbon veil is used for the... Read More about The power of glove: Soft microbial fuel cell for low-power electronics.

Valuation of travel time savings for business travellers (2013)
Report

Use of photometric stereo for the accurate modelling of three-dimensional skin microrelief (2013)
Thesis

Perception of own and robot engagement in human-robot interactions and their dependence on robotics knowledge (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Communication between socially assistive robots and humans might be facilitated by intuitively understandable mechanisms. To investigate the effects of some key nonverbal gestures on a human's own engagement and robot engagement experienced by humans... Read More about Perception of own and robot engagement in human-robot interactions and their dependence on robotics knowledge.

Breath volatile analysis from patients diagnosed with harmful drinking, cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy: A pilot study (2013)
Journal Article

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric state potentially complicating cirrhosis following the accumulation of toxic compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier and affect brain function; the compounds may undergo alveolar gas exchange and... Read More about Breath volatile analysis from patients diagnosed with harmful drinking, cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy: A pilot study.

An empirical investigation into the influence of sealing crimp geometry and process settings on the seal integrity of traditional and biopolymer packaging materials (2013)
Journal Article

This article presents the results of investigations to determine how process settings and crimp geometry affect the seal strength and integrity of traditional polyolefin and biopolymer flexible packaging materials. The results show agreement with pre... Read More about An empirical investigation into the influence of sealing crimp geometry and process settings on the seal integrity of traditional and biopolymer packaging materials.