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The alchemical dream of man-made gemstones (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

With crystal growing techniques having been around for many years, bespoke man-made crystals now drive innovations in a range of industries. This has however not fully translated to the jewellery industry, where innovations with man-made crystals hav... Read More about The alchemical dream of man-made gemstones.

An agent-based approach for energy-efficient sensor networks in logistics (2023)
Journal Article

As part of the fourth industrial revolution, logistics processes are augmented with connected information systems to improve their reliability and sustainability. Above all, customers can analyse process data obtained from the networked logistics ope... Read More about An agent-based approach for energy-efficient sensor networks in logistics.

Dollar liquidity, financial vulnerability and monetary sovereignty (2023)
Journal Article

Periods of dollar-led global monetary tightening generate negative effects in many lower- and middle-income countries. The tightening cycle which commenced in early 2022 has exacerbated the financial dislocation experienced by countries including Zam... Read More about Dollar liquidity, financial vulnerability and monetary sovereignty.

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition 2023 (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize received 3,000 submissions from 1,450 candidates located across the world for its 2023 edition. A total of 124 works by 111 drawing practit... Read More about Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition 2023.

The spirit of modern academic legal education: Towards governing principles (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The contribution promotes the idea of principles in academic legal education. Principles are taken to be abstract notions that can offer a certain direction of things in academic legal education. The paper posits that such principles should be taken... Read More about The spirit of modern academic legal education: Towards governing principles.

Connecting communities programme evaluation: Small grants fund (2023)
Report

This is a report on the evaluation of the Connecting Communities Small Grants Fund, one of five pilot projects developed by Age UK Bristol (AUKB) for the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (BNSSG ICS) Ageing Well... Read More about Connecting communities programme evaluation: Small grants fund.

Communicative perspectives on COVID-19 in Ghana: At the intersection of culture, science, religion and politics (2023)
Book

This collection explores the communicative dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, redressing the absence of perspectives from Africa and the Global South in pandemic discourses and highlighting the importance of considering the impact of local... Read More about Communicative perspectives on COVID-19 in Ghana: At the intersection of culture, science, religion and politics.

Implementing net zero affordable housing — towards a human-centred approach (2023)
Journal Article

This paper reviews the UK Net Zero Strategy in conjunction with the decarbonisation of the affordable housing sector, with a focus on the key stakeholders involved in the decar-bonisation process. Viewing it from a socio-technical perspective, this p... Read More about Implementing net zero affordable housing — towards a human-centred approach.

Relationship between 3-meter backward walk test and grip strength in community-dwelling older adults (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: The 3-Meter Backward Walk Test (3-MBWT) is an important assessment tool used in evaluating neuromuscular control, proprioception, risk of fall and balance. On the other hand, the Hand Grip Strength (HGS) test primarily is used to measur... Read More about Relationship between 3-meter backward walk test and grip strength in community-dwelling older adults.

Putting food in the driver’s seat: Aligning food-systems policy to advance sustainability, health, and security (2023)
Journal Article

Food is a basic need, but seldom a basic policy area. Food systems are widely governed by disconnected policies distributed across a range of sectors including agriculture, education, health, environment, economy, and security. Failure to align food... Read More about Putting food in the driver’s seat: Aligning food-systems policy to advance sustainability, health, and security.

Intergem Fair display (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

During the Intergem Fair 2023 the pieces created in collaboration with Brevalor were displayed by the stand 'Klein & Becker'.

Do the ‘risks’ to public order posed by the journeys of transnational migrants challenge the stability, effectiveness and redemptive power of international human rights law to protect migrant rights? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whether through the Mediterranean, the English Channel or other routes, migrants and refugees, through crossing national borders in their attempt to reach an international destination, challenge an international system built on the premise of state s... Read More about Do the ‘risks’ to public order posed by the journeys of transnational migrants challenge the stability, effectiveness and redemptive power of international human rights law to protect migrant rights?.

Revisiting WTI–Brent spread and its drivers (2023)
Journal Article

We made two key contributions to energy economics and finance by revealing new insights on the WTI–Brent spread (WBS). Our first exercise engages with the stylized facts of the WBS and its role as an indicator, identifying the time around the shale o... Read More about Revisiting WTI–Brent spread and its drivers.

Improving women's accessibility to public transport through participatory street experiments: The case of Maltepe, Istanbul (2023)
Journal Article

Building on the literature concerning gender-responsive mobility, this paper aims to explore how street experiments can be used to promote gendered mobilities and create streetscapes in order to prioritise the needs of women in the improvement of acc... Read More about Improving women's accessibility to public transport through participatory street experiments: The case of Maltepe, Istanbul.

Towards social understanding of energy storage systems - A perspective (2023)
Journal Article

Renewable, decentralised, and citizen-centred energy paradigms have emerged as feasible and reliable alternatives to the traditional centralised fossil-based infrastructure. In this scenario, energy storage systems (ESSs) are enabling technologies to... Read More about Towards social understanding of energy storage systems - A perspective.

From dictatorship to democracy in South Africa (2023)
Book Chapter

South Africa’s transition to democracy in the early 1990s can be described as a complex transition. It was not only a transition from a dictatorship and an oppressive regime to a democratic dispensation. It was, first and foremost, a transition from... Read More about From dictatorship to democracy in South Africa.

An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site (2023)
Journal Article

The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted the world and society in its entirety. The labour-intensive construction industry is especially disrupted by COVID-19 and construction workers have a higher chance of exposure to COVID-19. Despite the extensivene... Read More about An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site.

The incidence of physician-diagnosed food allergy declines with age: A specialist UK centre experience (2023)
Journal Article

The incidence of physician-diagnosed food allergy declined with age in a cohort of UK adults. Men were more likely to be diagnosed with food allergy than women. The incidence of shellfish, wheat & cereals and vegetable & herb allergies increase... Read More about The incidence of physician-diagnosed food allergy declines with age: A specialist UK centre experience.

Towards a socio-material approach to reducing the water demand of cleanliness (2023)
Thesis

In the UK, water supplies are under pressure from climate, population, and lifestyle change, and showering is the largest component of domestic water consumption. Students are high water-users, in part due to pressure to conform to high standards of... Read More about Towards a socio-material approach to reducing the water demand of cleanliness.

WATER'S SILENT HORMONE MONITORING: A novel electrochemical sensor for on-site detection of estradiol in water (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The supply of safe drinking water is paramount for the health and well-being of people across the globe. Environmental pollutants such as estradiol (E2) threaten water supplies. Estradiol contamination of water sources is a growing global concern tha... Read More about WATER'S SILENT HORMONE MONITORING: A novel electrochemical sensor for on-site detection of estradiol in water.