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The failure of lifestyle environmentalism and the promise of the Green New Deal for working-class people (2021)
Journal Article

There is an urgent need to address a range of environmental issues, including climate change, but the policies enacted to date have usually done nothing to address class inequities and have often led to increased working-class disadvantage. The cause... Read More about The failure of lifestyle environmentalism and the promise of the Green New Deal for working-class people.

Role-play as responsible robotics: The virtual witness testimony role-play interview for investigating hazardous human-robot interactions (2021)
Journal Article

The development of responsible robotics requires paying attention to responsibility within the research process in addition to responsibility as the outcome of research. This paper describes the preparation and application of a novel method to explor... Read More about Role-play as responsible robotics: The virtual witness testimony role-play interview for investigating hazardous human-robot interactions.

Art and ecology: Reshaping environmental crises through creativity (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As extinction crises become an increased focus of contemporary environmental conversations, creative projects that engage with stories of loss have emerged as a visible fixture of the cultural and creative landscape. This invites the question of what... Read More about Art and ecology: Reshaping environmental crises through creativity.

A web-based Decision Support System (DSS) for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield sites (2021)
Thesis

Reusing brownfield sites always raises concern for the health and safety of site workers involved in site renovations and redevelopments and, subsequently, for the residents or occupants of the sites. As a minimum, a preliminary risk assessment is ne... Read More about A web-based Decision Support System (DSS) for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield sites.

Online peer-mentoring for the development of cultural intelligence (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cultural intelligence (CQ) and intercultural competence are key skills for the development of future global leaders and the recruitment of young graduates. Mentoring and coaching are increasingly used in Higher Education, yet we lack practical exampl... Read More about Online peer-mentoring for the development of cultural intelligence.

The disruptive effects of pain on the early allocation of attentional resources: An attentional blink study (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Recent evidence suggests that pain dampens attentional processes. However, much of this work has been based on higher-order attentional tasks that involve only spatial attention. Other aspects of the process through which pain engages and... Read More about The disruptive effects of pain on the early allocation of attentional resources: An attentional blink study.

Virtual reality-induced sensorimotor conflict evokes limb-specific sensory disturbances in complex regional pain syndrome (2021)
Journal Article

The origin of sensory disturbances in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) remains unclear. It has been hypothesized that such disturbances are due to attentional effects and/or sensorimotor integration deficits. If sensory disturbances are explaine... Read More about Virtual reality-induced sensorimotor conflict evokes limb-specific sensory disturbances in complex regional pain syndrome.

On coevolution: Asymmetry in the NKCS model (2021)
Journal Article

The NKCS model was introduced to explore coevolutionary systems, that is, systems in which multiple species are closely interconnected. The fitness landscapes of the species are coupled to a controllable amount, where the underlying properties of the... Read More about On coevolution: Asymmetry in the NKCS model.

Framework for inclusive teaching and reducing awarding gaps (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This session introduces a Framework for Inclusive Teaching, initially designed to reduce awarding gaps for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students, but adopting approaches that support diverse students. Three lenses are used: accessibility,... Read More about Framework for inclusive teaching and reducing awarding gaps.

Expanding support services for adults born with cleft lip and/or palate in the United Kingdom: An exploratory evaluation of the cleft lip and palate association adult services programme (2021)
Journal Article

Background: The largest group of people living with repaired cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) are adults. Previous research has identified unmet treatment and psychosocial needs, yet few interventions exist. This article outlines 3 interventions develo... Read More about Expanding support services for adults born with cleft lip and/or palate in the United Kingdom: An exploratory evaluation of the cleft lip and palate association adult services programme.

How can racism against people of African descent be tackled? (2021)
Digital Artefact

A United Nations report set out a four-point plan of action to tackle systemic racism.

“Systemic racism needs a systemic response.”

That is the call to action from the UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who released a scathing report into... Read More about How can racism against people of African descent be tackled?.

Investigation of haematopoietic stem cell homing post-transplantation using an in vitro model of the bone marrow/vasculature interface (2021)
Thesis

Homing of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to the bone marrow (BM) niches after transplantation (HSCT) is controlled by chemotactic signalling released from the BM microenvironment. This process is incompletely understood, but some factors are known,... Read More about Investigation of haematopoietic stem cell homing post-transplantation using an in vitro model of the bone marrow/vasculature interface.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 1 (2021)
Journal Article

There is little in mental health as controversial as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has a lot to answer for, but equally one can understand public caution about a technique involving anaesthesia and induced seizures.... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 1.

Modelling of the materials classification of in-orbit debris using DISCOSweb and other sources (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Space debris is a topic of growing concern as the space industry evolves. This paper describes the findings of a new model used to classify the materials used in current orbital objects. It utilises data from sources including ESA’s DISCOS (Database... Read More about Modelling of the materials classification of in-orbit debris using DISCOSweb and other sources.

Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development (2021)
Journal Article

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative chang... Read More about Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development.

Call into the now. Guided visual mediation workshop (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Floating University site was originally constructed so as to control of rainwater levels associated with the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin. Previously an airport, the Feld is now one of the cities most important green recreational spaces. As result... Read More about Call into the now. Guided visual mediation workshop.

The political climate we are in (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Towards energy efficient clustering in wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive review (2021)
Journal Article

Clustering is one of the fundamental approaches used to optimize energy consumption in wireless sensor networks. Clustering protocols proposed in the literature can be classified according to different criteria related to their features such as the c... Read More about Towards energy efficient clustering in wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive review.

Challenging conversations with Geraldine Strathdee: Human Factors: Are we forgetting the human? (2021)
Digital Artefact

As we push ahead with developing advanced mental health care systems, we remind ourselves that those at the core of the system remain the ‘only human’ workforce, patients, families, and carers.

This month we bring together professional experts in... Read More about Challenging conversations with Geraldine Strathdee: Human Factors: Are we forgetting the human?.

Low-power contactless physiological sensor (2021)
Patent

A system-on-chip contactless physiological sensor (10) is provided which comprises a capacitive-sensor electrode (14) having a first capacitance (C1) and an amplifier device (18) connected to the capacitive-sensor electrode (14), the capacitive-senso... Read More about Low-power contactless physiological sensor.