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Motivations for energy efficiency refurbishment in owner-occupied housing (2013)
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Purpose: The existing housing stock needs substantial adaptation to meet national and international carbon reduction targets. The largest proportion of housing is owner-occupied, and will require improvement works which go beyond those measures provi... Read More about Motivations for energy efficiency refurbishment in owner-occupied housing.

Current generation in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) treating urine (2013)
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This study investigated a novel treatment process for human urine in membraneless single-chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs). The performances of SCMFCs with Pt-based or Pt-free cathode were tested for over 1000 hours of operation. The pH of the an... Read More about Current generation in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) treating urine.

Long-term effectiveness and tolerability of vagal nerve stimulation in adults with intractable epilepsy: A retrospective analysis of 100 patients (2013)
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Data for 100 vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) patients were collected and analysed retrospectively. The mean seizure reduction was 17.86% (n = 67) at 6 months, 26.21% (n = 63) at 1 year, 30.43% (n = 53) at 2 years, 48.10% (n = 40) at 3 years, 49.44% (n... Read More about Long-term effectiveness and tolerability of vagal nerve stimulation in adults with intractable epilepsy: A retrospective analysis of 100 patients.

“Understanding behavioural change: An international perspective on sustainable travel behaviours and their motivations” Selected papers from the 12th world conference on transport research (2013)
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Applying valence framing to enhance the effect of information on transport-related carbon dioxide emissions (2013)
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The provision of information about transport-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the traveler can be seen as an instrument to increase the likelihood of more sustainable choices being made by individuals. However, as transport-related CO2 emiss... Read More about Applying valence framing to enhance the effect of information on transport-related carbon dioxide emissions.

The bondage number of graphs on topological surfaces and Teschner's conjecture (2013)
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The bondage number of a graph is the smallest number of its edges whose removal results in a graph having a larger domination number. We provide constant upper bounds for the bondage number of graphs on topological surfaces, and improve upper bounds... Read More about The bondage number of graphs on topological surfaces and Teschner's conjecture.

Miniature microbial fuel cells and stacks for urine utilisation (2013)
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MFCs are becoming a stronger contender in the area of alternative energy sources and show great promise in utilising a wide variety of organic sources. This paper describes the utilisation of neat undiluted urine as the main feedstock for different t... Read More about Miniature microbial fuel cells and stacks for urine utilisation.

Effects of sulphate addition and sulphide inhibition on microbial fuel cells (2013)
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The effects of adding sulphate in: (i) standard activated sludge microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and (ii) larger-scale leachate-treating columns - both as individual units and as a system connected in cascade - are reported. S-replete power output was ∼2... Read More about Effects of sulphate addition and sulphide inhibition on microbial fuel cells.

Bio-development of motorway network in the Netherlands: A slime mould approach (2013)
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Plasmodium of a cellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a very large eukaryotic microbe visible to the unaided eye. During its foraging behavior the plasmodium spans sources of nutrients with a network of protoplasmic tubes. In this paper we at... Read More about Bio-development of motorway network in the Netherlands: A slime mould approach.

Designing complex dynamics in cellular automata with memory (2013)
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Since their inception at Macy conferences in later 1940s, complex systems have remained the most controversial topic of interdisciplinary sciences. The term "complex system" is the most vague and liberally used scientific term. Using elementary cellu... Read More about Designing complex dynamics in cellular automata with memory.

Up Frenchman's creek: A case study on managing commercial fishing in an English special area of conservation and its implications (2013)
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The Habitats Directive has matured over the years since it has been implemented. One of the last industries to feel its application is the commercial sea fishing industry: the industry which according to the Royal Commission on Environmental Poll... Read More about Up Frenchman's creek: A case study on managing commercial fishing in an English special area of conservation and its implications.

"If only I had taken the other road...": Regret, risk and reinforced learning in informed route-choice (2013)
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This paper presents a study of the effect of regret on route choice behavior when both descriptional information and experiential feedback on choice outcomes are provided. The relevance of Regret Theory in travel behavior has been well demonstrated i... Read More about "If only I had taken the other road...": Regret, risk and reinforced learning in informed route-choice.

In vivo measurement of skin microrelief using photometric stereo in the presence of interreflections (2013)
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This paper proposes and describes an implementation of a novel photometric stereo based technique for in vivo assessment of three-dimensional (3D) skin topography in the presence of interreflections. The proposed method illuminates skin with red, gr... Read More about In vivo measurement of skin microrelief using photometric stereo in the presence of interreflections.

The impact of travel information's accuracy on route-choice (2013)
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Advanced Travel Information Systems (ATISs) are designed to assist travellers in making better travel choices by providing pre-trip and en-route information such as travel times on the relevant alternatives. Travellers' choices are likely to be sensi... Read More about The impact of travel information's accuracy on route-choice.

Food security framings within the UK and the integration of local food systems (2013)
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This paper provides a critical interpretation of food security politics in the UK. It applies the notion of food security collective action frames to assess how specific action frames are maintained and contested. The interdependency between scale an... Read More about Food security framings within the UK and the integration of local food systems.

A pilot randomised controlled trial of the pelvic toner device in female stress urinary incontinence (2013)
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Introduction and hypothesis To determine the feasibility of using the pelvic toner device (PTD) in aiding pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) Methods Forty women, aged at least 18 years with symptoms of pure stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or stres... Read More about A pilot randomised controlled trial of the pelvic toner device in female stress urinary incontinence.

Methods of calculating aerodynamic force on a vehicle subject to turbulent crosswinds (2013)
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Comparative process architectures in two higher education institutions (2013)
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Enterprises are increasingly organising their activities and IT support around key business processes. These processes and their interrelationships may be identified in a process architecture. Ould (2005) claims that the Riva method identifies the pr... Read More about Comparative process architectures in two higher education institutions.

Multi-criteria evaluation model for the selection of sustainable materials for building projects (2013)
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Sustainable material selection represents an important strategy in building design. Current building materials selection methods fail to provide adequate solutions for two major issues: assessment based on sustainability principles, and the process o... Read More about Multi-criteria evaluation model for the selection of sustainable materials for building projects.

A particle swarm optimisation algorithm with interactive swarms for tracking multiple targets (2013)
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We propose a novel particle swarm optimisation algorithm that uses a set of interactive swarms to track multiple pedestrians in a crowd. The proposed method improves the standard particle swarm optimisation algorithm with a dynamic social interaction... Read More about A particle swarm optimisation algorithm with interactive swarms for tracking multiple targets.