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Multi-objective optimal design of a three phase induction motor using geometric programming (2012)
Journal Article

This paper presents the use of Geometric Programming optimisation in the optimal design of a three phase induction motor. In order to get the best result we used multi-objective functions with the same constraints. Comparison is made between the inde... Read More about Multi-objective optimal design of a three phase induction motor using geometric programming.

Path loss measurement and model analysis of 1.8GHz wireless network in Benin City, Nigeria (2012)
Journal Article

The frequencies of GSM service in Nigeria are 900 and 1800 MHZ and like all radio frequencies they are susceptible to path loss. In this work, field strength data was collected in Benin City, Nigeria and was used to calculate the path loss suffered b... Read More about Path loss measurement and model analysis of 1.8GHz wireless network in Benin City, Nigeria.

Banking Secrecy and Offshore Financial Centers: Money Laundering and Offshore Banking (2012)
Book

This book brings together the issues surrounding banking secrecy and confiscation of criminal proceeds. The book examines the existing legal agreements at the international, regional and national levels and their interaction in the substantive areas... Read More about Banking Secrecy and Offshore Financial Centers: Money Laundering and Offshore Banking.

Poverty, power and politics: Considerations for engaging citizens in social marketing programmes (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Contemporary artists and the art of the book (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sarah Bodman has been invited to give the lecture Contemporary Artists and the Art of the Book as part of the 2012 University of Bristol Art Lectures. This series of lecutres looks at the art of the book, from the physical beauty that books can conv... Read More about Contemporary artists and the art of the book.

Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system (2012)
Journal Article

The Beaming project recreates, virtually, a real environment; using immersive VR, remote participants can visit the virtual model and interact with the people in the real environment. The real environment doesn't need extensive equipment and can be a... Read More about Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system.

Prolong the stack life of PEM fuel cell system via higher order sliding mode control (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fuel cells are electrochemical generators where produce electrical energy from chemical reactants. It is why these are good candidates to provide clean energy generation. This paper presents a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) dynamic model of polymer... Read More about Prolong the stack life of PEM fuel cell system via higher order sliding mode control.

Post graduate models of delivery and remote learning (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Developing the current and future healthcare workforce is of paramount importance and various Government legislation highlights the direction of travel with regards to ensuring flexible and adaptive delivery of education. This presentation will focu... Read More about Post graduate models of delivery and remote learning.

Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment (2012)
Journal Article

Background: Parenting and children's adjustment were examined in 30 surrogacy families, 31 egg donation families, 35 donor insemination families, and 53 natural conception families. Methods: Parenting was assessed at age 3 by a standardized interview... Read More about Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment.

Lessons from Lance: Moralities of the human cyborg (2012)
Journal Article

The mid-to-late pleistocene palaeoenvironments of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset (2012)
Thesis

This study constitutes the first reconstruction of Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental change from the Gordano Valley, a low-lying valley marginal to the Severn Estuary in southwest England. The valley lies at the limit of Pleistocene glacial expansion a... Read More about The mid-to-late pleistocene palaeoenvironments of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset.

Agriculture and rural policy since 1914 (2012)
Book Chapter

The chapter considers agriculture and rural policy in the six counties of Ulster that formed Northern Ireland after 1921. First, trends in the socio-economic structure
of the rural world are examined, considering changes in farm size, production pat... Read More about Agriculture and rural policy since 1914.

Business and finance, 1780-1945 (2012)
Book Chapter

Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: A comparative study of institutional and legislative framework (2012)
Book

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of ‘environmental governance’ and its status in Europe and Asia. The bo... Read More about Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: A comparative study of institutional and legislative framework.

Researching the passenger experience of bus travel (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Key questions:

“What’s actually going on on the bus?”

“How might this knowledge be used to improve passengers’ experiences, market the bus, and help bring about important policy outcomes (i.e. help make the bus more attractive)?”

There has b... Read More about Researching the passenger experience of bus travel.

An automated method for costing flood risk mitigation measures for use with flood risk management decision support systems (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Managing the director’s views; Personal and professional identities in action (2012)
Book Chapter

The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8 (2012)
Journal Article

This article examines the interface of military service and the Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services during the First World War. That convergence encompassed efforts by those institutions to respond in a patriotic spirit to demands for... Read More about The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8.

Tensile properties and microstructural characteristics of indirect rheoformed A356 aluminum alloy (2012)
Journal Article

The effects of rheoforming parameters such as the rheoforming temperature and pressure on the tensile properties of H-shaped components were examined. An H-shaped component is useful for practical investigation into the influence of different wall th... Read More about Tensile properties and microstructural characteristics of indirect rheoformed A356 aluminum alloy.

Afterword: Literature and philosophy 1850–1910: The view from New England (2012)
Journal Article

In this afterword I look at the period 1850–1910 from a Transatlantic perspective, focusing on key New England writers whose work spans the disciplines of philosophy and literature: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Herman Me... Read More about Afterword: Literature and philosophy 1850–1910: The view from New England.