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A New Dynamic Rule Activation Method for Extended Belief Rule-Based Systems (2015)
Journal Article
Calzada, A., Liu, J., Wang, H., & Kashyap, A. (2015). A New Dynamic Rule Activation Method for Extended Belief Rule-Based Systems. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 27(4), 880-894. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2014.2356460

© 2014 IEEE. Data incompleteness and inconsistency are common issues in data-driven decision models. To some extend, they can be considered as two opposite circumstances, since the former occurs due to lack of information and the latter can be regard... Read More about A New Dynamic Rule Activation Method for Extended Belief Rule-Based Systems.

Towards a theory of the dynamics of household car ownership: Insights from a mobility biographies approach (2015)
Book Chapter
Clark, B., Chatterjee, K., & Lyons, G. (2015). Towards a theory of the dynamics of household car ownership: Insights from a mobility biographies approach. In J. Scheiner, & C. Holz-Rau (Eds.), Mobility Biographies and Mobility Socialisation (97-144). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-07546-0_6

Household car ownership has arguably been one of the most widely studied areas within the field of transport research. Recently, studies in this area have moved to a focus on understanding the dynamic (time varying) nature of household car ownership.... Read More about Towards a theory of the dynamics of household car ownership: Insights from a mobility biographies approach.

Performance of pilot-scale microbial fuel cells treating wastewater with associated bioenergy production in the Caribbean context (2015)
Journal Article
Tota-Maharaj, K., & Paul, P. (2015). Performance of pilot-scale microbial fuel cells treating wastewater with associated bioenergy production in the Caribbean context. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 6(3), 213-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-015-0169-x

© 2015, The Author(s). Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology represents a form of renewable energy that generates bioelectricity from what would otherwise be considered a waste stream. MFCs may be ideally suited to the small island developing state (S... Read More about Performance of pilot-scale microbial fuel cells treating wastewater with associated bioenergy production in the Caribbean context.

Development of ST: REAM: A reach-based stream power balance approach for predicting alluvial river channel adjustment (2015)
Journal Article
Clifford, N. J., Thorne, C. R., Parker, C., Thorne, C., & Clifford, N. (2015). Development of ST: REAM: A reach-based stream power balance approach for predicting alluvial river channel adjustment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(3), 403-413. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3641

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. River channel sediment dynamics are important in integrated catchment management because changes in channel morphology resulting from sediment transfer have important implications for many river functions. However, a... Read More about Development of ST: REAM: A reach-based stream power balance approach for predicting alluvial river channel adjustment.

Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework (2015)
Book Chapter
Hill, J., Curtin, S., & Gough, G. (2015). Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework. In A. Lew (Ed.), New Research Paradigms in Tourism Geography. Routledge

This chapter 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 obs... Read More about Understanding tourist encounters with nature: a thematic framework.

Changes in level of household car ownership: The role of life events and spatial context (2015)
Journal Article
Clark, B., Chatterjee, K., & Melia, S. (2016). Changes in level of household car ownership: The role of life events and spatial context. Transportation, 43(4), 565-599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-015-9589-y

Recent longitudinal studies of household car ownership have examined factors associated with increases and decreases in car ownership level. The contribution of this panel data analysis is to identify the predictors of different types of car ownershi... Read More about Changes in level of household car ownership: The role of life events and spatial context.

Understanding the performance of deep mixed column improved soils - A review (2015)
Journal Article
Abbey, S. J., Ngambi, S., & Ngekpe, B. E. (2015). Understanding the performance of deep mixed column improved soils - A review. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 6(3), 97-117

The essence of ground improvement is to enhance the engineering properties of weak soils to provide stability and sufficient bearing capacity for construction and other engineering purposes. Deep soil mixing is one method that has been widely employe... Read More about Understanding the performance of deep mixed column improved soils - A review.

Real estate market led land development strategies for regional economic corridors - A tale of two mega projects (2015)
Journal Article
Mittal, J., & Kashyap, A. (2015). Real estate market led land development strategies for regional economic corridors - A tale of two mega projects. Habitat International, 47, 205-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.01.026

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The rapid population growth has outpaced the planning interventions in most large Indian cities resulting into unplanned, leapfrogged physical development and considerable transport challenges for intra-city and regional traffic.... Read More about Real estate market led land development strategies for regional economic corridors - A tale of two mega projects.

Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status (2015)
Journal Article
Kulkarni, S., & Lewis, T. (2015). Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3(1), Article e4451. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e4451

The male sex of Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 is described based on specimens from the type locality. The distinguishing characters from its closest species Tylorida ventralis (Thorell, 1877) are detailed. An interesting behaviour of going unde... Read More about Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status.

Reading groups as radical practice (2015)
Journal Article
Mason, K., Halvorsen, S., & Burton, K. (2015). Reading groups as radical practice

Reading groups represent a common practice both inside and outside the university, and in many cases provide an important space that breaches the divide. Nevertheless, there is relatively little critical reflection on the political significance of re... Read More about Reading groups as radical practice.

Physico-chemical characteristics of borehole water quality in Gassol Taraba State, Nigeria (2015)
Journal Article
Adekola, O., Bashir, A., & Kasimu, A. M. (2015). Physico-chemical characteristics of borehole water quality in Gassol Taraba State, Nigeria. https://doi.org/10.5897/ajest2014.1794

Many people in Africa depend on water from borehole, but purity of the drinking water from this source remains questionable. In a bid to ascertain the health risk local people are exposed to, this study analyses the physico-chemical characteristics o... Read More about Physico-chemical characteristics of borehole water quality in Gassol Taraba State, Nigeria.

What are shared and social values of ecosystems? (2015)
Journal Article
Kenter, J. O., O'Brien, L., Hockley, N., Ravenscroft, N., Fazey, I., Irvine, K. N., …Williams, S. (2015). What are shared and social values of ecosystems?. Ecological Economics, 111, 86-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.006

© 2015. Social valuation of ecosystem services and public policy alternatives is one of the greatest challenges facing ecological economists today. Frameworks for valuing nature increasingly include shared/social values as a distinct category of valu... Read More about What are shared and social values of ecosystems?.

Learning to be resilient by moving between ‘poor by chance’ to ‘not-so-poor by intent’ identities: Lessons from conversations with labor migrants in Southern India (2015)
Journal Article
Gopinath, D., & Nair, M. (2015). Learning to be resilient by moving between ‘poor by chance’ to ‘not-so-poor by intent’ identities: Lessons from conversations with labor migrants in Southern India. Social Development Issues, 37(1), 1-10

Through their engagement with the lives of labor migrants working on construction sites in southern India, the authors advance a critical understanding linking poverty, place, and migration. This article challenges conventional images of poverty asso... Read More about Learning to be resilient by moving between ‘poor by chance’ to ‘not-so-poor by intent’ identities: Lessons from conversations with labor migrants in Southern India.

Beaver-mediated methane emission: The effects of population growth in Eurasia and the Americas (2015)
Journal Article
Whitfield, C. J., Baulch, H. M., Chun, K. P., & Westbrook, C. J. (2015). Beaver-mediated methane emission: The effects of population growth in Eurasia and the Americas. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 44(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0575-y

Globally, greenhouse gas budgets are dominated by natural sources, and aquatic ecosystems are a prominent source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. Beaver (Castor canadensis and Castor fiber) populations have experienced human-driven change, and CH4... Read More about Beaver-mediated methane emission: The effects of population growth in Eurasia and the Americas.

Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions (2015)
Thesis
Pardoel, H. J. Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839406

Approaches to place and landscape have concerned geographers, at least throughout Modern history. In geographical place and landscape writings, notions of dwelling have been taken up and developed since the 1970s to indicate the lived and practised c... Read More about Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions.

The Contribution of the Creative Economy to the Resilience of Rural Communities: Exploring Cultural and Digital Capital (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, E., & Townsend, L. (2016). The Contribution of the Creative Economy to the Resilience of Rural Communities: Exploring Cultural and Digital Capital. Sociologia Ruralis, 56(2), 197-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12075

© 2016 European Society for Rural Sociology. This article develops understanding of cultural and digital capital in order to evaluate the contribution of creative practitioners to rural community resilience. Online practices today impact on creative... Read More about The Contribution of the Creative Economy to the Resilience of Rural Communities: Exploring Cultural and Digital Capital.

Geology and regional significance of the Sarnoo Hills, eastern rift margin of the Barmer Basin, NW India (2015)
Journal Article
Bladon, A. J., Burley, S. D., Clarke, S. M., & Beaumont, H. (2015). Geology and regional significance of the Sarnoo Hills, eastern rift margin of the Barmer Basin, NW India. Basin Research, 27(5), 636-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12093

The Barmer Basin is a poorly understood rift basin in Rajasthan, northwest India. Exposures in the Sarnoo Hills, situated along the central eastern rift margin of the Barmer Basin, reveal a sedimentary succession that accumulated prior to the main Ba... Read More about Geology and regional significance of the Sarnoo Hills, eastern rift margin of the Barmer Basin, NW India.

When policy recommendations get lost in translation: An examination of the express coach ‘niche’ as a missed sustainable mobility opportunity in the dominant inter-city travel regime (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Clark, B., & Parkhurst, G. (2015, January). When policy recommendations get lost in translation: An examination of the express coach ‘niche’ as a missed sustainable mobility opportunity in the dominant inter-city travel regime. Paper presented at 47th Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference, London, UK

Public express coach services potentially offer a solution to many inter-urban transport problems, providing additional capacity at a comparatively low financial and environmental cost, and deliverable in a much quicker timescale than the alternative... Read More about When policy recommendations get lost in translation: An examination of the express coach ‘niche’ as a missed sustainable mobility opportunity in the dominant inter-city travel regime.