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Micro- and nano-structure based oligonucleotide sensors (2015)
Journal Article
Ferrier, D. C., Shaver, M. P., & Hands, P. J. (2015). Micro- and nano-structure based oligonucleotide sensors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 68, 798-810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2015.01.031

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. This paper presents a review of micro- and nano-structure based oligonucleotide detection and quantification techniques. The characteristics of such devices make them very attractive for Point-of-Care or On-Site-Testing biosensin... Read More about Micro- and nano-structure based oligonucleotide sensors.

The urban dimension in cohesion policy: Past developments and future prospects (2015)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. (2015). The urban dimension in cohesion policy: Past developments and future prospects. European Structural and Investment Funds Journal, 3(1), 21-31

Over the last 20 years the EU has implemented a wide range of initiatives on urban policy and urban matters more generally; a ‘European Urban Agenda’ has emerged and gradually the European Commission is working to ‘create’ a ‘consensus’ that may one... Read More about The urban dimension in cohesion policy: Past developments and future prospects.

Embedding the expectations of the Quality Assurance Agency – Higher Education Academy Guidance on Education for Sustainable Development in the institutional Quality Management and Enhancement Framework of UWE, Bristol (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J., Gough, G., & Hills, S. (2015, January). Embedding the expectations of the Quality Assurance Agency – Higher Education Academy Guidance on Education for Sustainable Development in the institutional Quality Management and Enhancement Framework of UWE, Bristol. Presented at Sustainability in Higher Education: Achievements and Prospects, Plymouth, UK

Collaborative approaches to embedding sustainability across the curriculum (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gough, G., Longhurst, J., & Hills, S. (2015, January). Collaborative approaches to embedding sustainability across the curriculum. Presented at Education for Sustainability in Higher Education: Achievements and Prospects, Plymouth

This conference contribution explores the approach by UWE, Bristol to embed education for sustainable development in the curricula of the university.

The affordances of virtual world technologies to empower the visualisation of complex theory concepts in computer science: Enhancing success and experience in higher education (2015)
Thesis
Attallah, B. The affordances of virtual world technologies to empower the visualisation of complex theory concepts in computer science: Enhancing success and experience in higher education. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839602

Abstract: This research targeted complex abstract concepts in Computer Science and focused on bringing about the visualisation of such concepts using virtual world technologies. The research proposed the use of virtual world elements to support th... Read More about The affordances of virtual world technologies to empower the visualisation of complex theory concepts in computer science: Enhancing success and experience in higher education.

Do randomised control trials offer a solution to 'low quality' transport research? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Melia, S. (2015, January). Do randomised control trials offer a solution to 'low quality' transport research?. Paper presented at 47th Annual UTSG Conference, London, UK

This article responds to Graham-Rowe et al. (2011), which categorised 77 evaluations of transport interventions into 5 levels of ‘quality’. This article focuses on Graham-Rowe et al.’s treatment of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and their recom... Read More about Do randomised control trials offer a solution to 'low quality' transport research?.

Flexi-mobility: Helping local authorities unlock low carbon travel? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Williams, D., Marsden, G., Mullen, C., Anable, J., Docherty, I., …Doughty, K. (2015, January). Flexi-mobility: Helping local authorities unlock low carbon travel?. Paper presented at University Transport Studies Group (UTSG) 47th Annual Conference, London

This paper sets out eight key contentions about the need to re-think transport policy that emerged from three years of quantitative and qualitative research into people’s travel practices. Based on these contentions we suggest the need for a ‘toolk... Read More about Flexi-mobility: Helping local authorities unlock low carbon travel?.

The future of transport (2015)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2015). The future of transport

This document was prepared for Future Agenda 2.0. Future Agenda is billed as the world's largest open foresight initiative (www.futureagenda.org). Future Agenda 2.0, running throughout 2015, encompasses 20 topics looking at key changes in the world b... Read More about The future of transport.

Understanding change and continuity in walking and cycling over the life course: A first look at gender and cohort differences (2015)
Book Chapter
Jones, H., Chatterjee, K., & Gray, S. (2015). Understanding change and continuity in walking and cycling over the life course: A first look at gender and cohort differences. In J. Scheiner, & C. Holz-Rau (Eds.), Mobility Biographies and Mobility Socialisation (115-132). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-07546-0_7

Research of walking and cycling is dominated by approaches oriented to explanations of behavioural outcomes as a function of contemporaneous circumstances. The lack of a long term temporal perspective precludes understanding of behaviour as an outcom... Read More about Understanding change and continuity in walking and cycling over the life course: A first look at gender and cohort differences.

Spirit of place (2015)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2015). Spirit of place

Place-based leadership allows strong and decisive planners to prove their value, with Melbourne a perfect example of what can be achieved. Here, Robin Hambleton looks at the Melbourne story - and explains how place-based leadership should be structur... Read More about Spirit of place.

Rees Jeffreys Road Fund study: Major roads for the future - Identifying network users and their characteristics (2015)
Report
Clayton, W., Calvert, T., Parkin, J., & Parkhurst, G. (2015). Rees Jeffreys Road Fund study: Major roads for the future - Identifying network users and their characteristics

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund (RJRF) has commissioned an ambitious two-year study of major roads in England with a horizon of 2040. There are seven topics of interest, and the first topic of interest has two tasks, one of which (Task 1B) is to identify... Read More about Rees Jeffreys Road Fund study: Major roads for the future - Identifying network users and their characteristics.

A GIS-based assessment of the suitability of SCIAMACHY satellite sensor measurements for estimating reliable CO concentrations in a low-latitude climate (2015)
Journal Article
Fagbeja, M. A., Hill, J. L., Chatterton, T. J., & Longhurst, J. W. (2015). A GIS-based assessment of the suitability of SCIAMACHY satellite sensor measurements for estimating reliable CO concentrations in a low-latitude climate. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4227-2

© 2015, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. An assessment of the reliability of the Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography (SCIAMACHY) satellite sensor measurements to interpolate tropospheric concentrations o... Read More about A GIS-based assessment of the suitability of SCIAMACHY satellite sensor measurements for estimating reliable CO concentrations in a low-latitude climate.

Coverage-driven verification — An approach to verify code for robots that directly interact with humans (2015)
Journal Article
Pipe, A., Araiza-Illan, D., Western, D., Pipe, A. G., & Eder, K. (2015). Coverage-driven verification — An approach to verify code for robots that directly interact with humans. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9434, 69-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26287-1_5

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Collaborative robots could transform several industries, such as manufacturing and healthcare, but they present a significant challenge to verification. The complex nature of their working environ... Read More about Coverage-driven verification — An approach to verify code for robots that directly interact with humans.

Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism (2015)
Journal Article
Cole, S., & Ferguson, L. (2015). Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism. Tourism Geographies, 17(4), 511-528. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2015.1065509

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. In many holiday destinations, the tourism industry exerts an enormous strain on water supplies. This generates a range of social problems, not least because local inhabitants often have to compete with the tourism sector ov... Read More about Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism.

Interview with Dr Thomas Appleby (2015)
Digital Artefact
Appleby, T. (2015). Interview with Dr Thomas Appleby

Interview on the management of the Severn estuary

Book reviews: Performativity, Politics and the Production of Space and Geographies of Peace (2015)
Journal Article
Burton, K. (2015). Book reviews: Performativity, Politics and the Production of Space and Geographies of Peace. Space and Polity, 19(2), 212-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2015.1041264

An emerging field of geographical research is making a concerted effort to engage with the everyday “off the page” political geographies and the alternative spaces of politics and geopolitics. Human Geography has benefited from the “cultural turn” th... Read More about Book reviews: Performativity, Politics and the Production of Space and Geographies of Peace.

Improving the effectiveness of Ugandan water user committees (2015)
Journal Article
Terry, A., McLaughlin, O., & Kazooba, F. (2015). Improving the effectiveness of Ugandan water user committees. Development in Practice, 25(5), 715-727. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2015.1046421

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This article outlines issues affecting the functionality of Ugandan water user committees responsible for managing communal water and sanitation (WASH) services. Research undertaken demonstrated that their effectiveness is... Read More about Improving the effectiveness of Ugandan water user committees.

Family Rituals 2.0 (2015)
Report
Bichard, J., Chatting, D., Clayton, W., Jain, J., Kirk, D., Ladkin, A., …Yurman, P. (2015). Family Rituals 2.0

The notion of family is broad (and changing) and encompasses a variety of different social structures beyond the classic conception of the nuclear family yet it is a cornerstone of our social worlds. Even as many in ‘Western’ society follow the trend... Read More about Family Rituals 2.0.

The probabilistic approach to limited packings in graphs (2015)
Journal Article
Zverovich, V., & Gagarin, A. (2015). The probabilistic approach to limited packings in graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 184, 146-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2014.11.017

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. We consider (closed neighbourhood) packings and their generalization in graphs. A vertex set X in a graph G is a k-limited packing if for every vertex vεV(G), |N[v]∩X|≤k, where N[v] is the closed neighbourhoo... Read More about The probabilistic approach to limited packings in graphs.