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A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells (2016)
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© 2016 The Authors. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer great promise as a technology that can produce electricity whilst at the same time treat wastewater. Although significant progress has been made in recent years, the requirement for cheaper materi... Read More about A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells.

Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists (2015)
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© 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Cycling is an attractive form of transport. It is beneficial to the individual as a form of physical activity that may fit more readily into an individual's daily routine, such as for cycling to work and... Read More about Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists.

Micro- and nano-structure based oligonucleotide sensors (2015)
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© 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.

Conceptualizing how group singing may enhance quality of life with Parkinson's disease (2014)
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Purpose: Group singing could be a promising component of neurorehabilitative care. This article aims to conceptualize how group singing may enable people with Parkinson's disease (PD) to synchronize their movement patterns to musical rhythm and enhan... Read More about Conceptualizing how group singing may enhance quality of life with Parkinson's disease.

Complex dynamics of elementary cellular automata emerging from chaotic rules (2012)
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We show techniques of analyzing complex dynamics of cellular automata (CA) with chaotic behavior. CA are well-known computational substrates for studying emergent collective behavior, complexity, randomness and interaction between order and chaotic s... Read More about Complex dynamics of elementary cellular automata emerging from chaotic rules.

The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review (2011)
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Background: Spatial planning affects the built environment, which in turn has the potential to have a significant impact on health, for good or ill. One way of ensuring that spatial plans take due account of health is through the inclusion of health... Read More about The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review.

Biomimetic vibrissal sensing for robots (2011)
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Active vibrissal touch can be used to replace or to supplement sensory systems such as computer vision and, therefore, improve the sensory capacity of mobile robots. This paper describes how arrays of whisker-like touch sensors have been incorporated... Read More about Biomimetic vibrissal sensing for robots.

A review of ant algorithms (2009)
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Ant algorithms are optimisation algorithms inspired by the foraging behaviour of real ants in the wild. Introduced in the early 1990s, ant algorithms aim at finding approximate solutions to optimisation problems through the use of artificial ants and... Read More about A review of ant algorithms.

"But it's all true!": Commercialism and commitment in the discourse of organic food promotion (2009)
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Debates over food politics provide insight into the convergence of commercial and political discourses. As the organic food market has grown, campaigners and independent producers have faced the dilemma of how far they should promote their cause usin... Read More about "But it's all true!": Commercialism and commitment in the discourse of organic food promotion.

Visible difference amongst children and adolescents: Issues and interventions (2007)
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Whether present at birth or acquired later in life, a visible difference (disfigurement) can have considerable psychological ramifications for children and adolescents. Whilst many young people adapt to the demands placed upon them and appear relativ... Read More about Visible difference amongst children and adolescents: Issues and interventions.

Fluorescence analysis of dissolved organic matter in natural, waste and polluted waters - A review (2007)
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in aquatic systems originates from a range of sources. Some is allochthonous, transported from the surrounding landscape to the water body, and is derived from and influenced by the geology, land use and hydrology of it... Read More about Fluorescence analysis of dissolved organic matter in natural, waste and polluted waters - A review.

Bridging the gap: An attempt to reconcile strategic planning and very local community-based planning in Rural England (2007)
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This paper reviews briefly the emergence of holistic governance at the strategic and very local levels in rural England before reporting a programme of action research designed to address the need to develop an effective 'bridge' between planning act... Read More about Bridging the gap: An attempt to reconcile strategic planning and very local community-based planning in Rural England.

A quantitative model for assessing the impact of land use planning on urban housing development in Nigeria (2007)
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The institution of land use planning in the cities of Nigeria significantly affects development. It is responsible for delays in securing land and development rights, affects plot sizes, and imposes unrealistic standards on housing development. No ap... Read More about A quantitative model for assessing the impact of land use planning on urban housing development in Nigeria.

Face transplantation: A review of the technical, immunological, psychological and clinical issues with recommendations for good practice (2007)
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Three years ago, the Working Party on Facial Transplantation concluded that until there was more information available about risks any potential patient would be exposed to, it would be unwise to proceed with transplantation of the human face. Over t... Read More about Face transplantation: A review of the technical, immunological, psychological and clinical issues with recommendations for good practice.

Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England (2006)
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Local authority planning departments within the United Kingdom are required to undertake gender mainstreaming as a result of European Union and domestic government requirements. However, research undertaken for the Royal Town Planning Institute demon... Read More about Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England.

City/culture discourses: Evidence from the competition to select the European Capital of Culture 2008 (2006)
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In the current era of globalization, manufacturing decline and place marketing, many cities have turned to culture as a favoured means of gaining competitive advantage. The European Capital of Culture (ECOC) programme has been a significant catalyst... Read More about City/culture discourses: Evidence from the competition to select the European Capital of Culture 2008.

Diversity or the lack of it in the architectural profession (2005)
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Approximately 37 per cent of architectural students are women and the percentage is increasing. This increase is not reflected in the architectural profession; women represent only 13 per cent of the total and analysis reveals that women are leaving... Read More about Diversity or the lack of it in the architectural profession.

Promoting social change: The experience of health action zones in England (2005)
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When New Labour came to power in the UK in 1997 it brought with it a strong commitment to reducing inequality and social exclusion. One strand of its strategy involved a focus on area-based initiatives to reduce the effects of persistent disadvantage... Read More about Promoting social change: The experience of health action zones in England.

Overcoming the factors inhibiting the mainstreaming of gender into spatial planning policy in the United Kingdom (2005)
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This paper investigates why gender is not being effectively mainstreamed into the work of local planning authorities in the UK. It discusses means whereby this reluctance might be overcome. Research undertaken for the Royal Town Planning Institute is... Read More about Overcoming the factors inhibiting the mainstreaming of gender into spatial planning policy in the United Kingdom.

Making reconnections in agro-food geography: Alternative systems of food provision (2005)
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This article reviews recent research into alternative systems of food provision. It considers, first, what the concept of 'alternativeness' might mean, based on recent discussions in economic geography. Informed by this, it discusses food relocalizat... Read More about Making reconnections in agro-food geography: Alternative systems of food provision.