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Effects of sulphate addition and sulphide inhibition on microbial fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article

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.

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.

Comparative process architectures in two higher education institutions (2013)
Journal Article

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.

Comparing the short and long term stability of biodegradable, ceramic and cation exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article

The long and short-term stability of two porous dependent ion exchange materials; starch-based compostable bags (BioBag) and ceramic, were compared to commercially available cation exchange membrane (CEM) in microbial fuel cells. Using bi-directional... Read More about Comparing the short and long term stability of biodegradable, ceramic and cation exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells.

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.

Case commentary - fishing quota: A very large squatting claim? (2013)
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United Kingdom Association of Fish Producer Organisations v
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
[2013] This case was a judicial review over the reallocation of unused fishing quota from the from the larger to smaller scale op... Read More about Case commentary - fishing quota: A very large squatting claim?.

Beyond fish as commodities: Understanding the socio-cultural role of inshore fisheries in England (2013)
Journal Article

Inshore fishing, by boats under 10. m, has a long tradition on the coasts of England but its role in the contemporary communities is not well understood, and increasingly policy makers have become focused on trying to find ways to improve its environ... Read More about Beyond fish as commodities: Understanding the socio-cultural role of inshore fisheries in England.

Food security framings within the UK and the integration of local food systems (2013)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.

Multi-criteria evaluation model for the selection of sustainable materials for building projects (2013)
Journal Article

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.

The impact of travel information's accuracy on route-choice (2013)
Journal Article

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.

Methods of calculating aerodynamic force on a vehicle subject to turbulent crosswinds (2013)
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A particle swarm optimisation algorithm with interactive swarms for tracking multiple targets (2013)
Journal Article

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.

"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.

Up Frenchman's creek: A case study on managing commercial fishing in an English special area of conservation and its implications (2013)
Journal Article

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.

Bio-development of motorway network in the Netherlands: A slime mould approach (2013)
Journal Article

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.

Rationalising risk: Grower strategies to manage plant disease in the UK wheat and potato sectors (2012)
Journal Article

The threat that plant diseases and pests pose to food production and ecosystem services is neither well understood in the social sciences nor publicly debated, despite the fact that it is significant and growing. This paper presents findings from int... Read More about Rationalising risk: Grower strategies to manage plant disease in the UK wheat and potato sectors.

Towards temporal verification of swarm robotic systems (2012)
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A robot swarm is a collection of simple robots designed to work together to carry out some task. Such swarms rely on the simplicity of the individual robots; the fault tolerance inherent in having a large population of identical robots; and the self-... Read More about Towards temporal verification of swarm robotic systems.

Clinical outcomes from bilateral versus unilateral stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus with and without concomitant caudal zona incerta region stimulation in Parkinson's disease (2012)
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Introduction. The Pedunculopontine nucleus is a novel target for deep brain stimulation and this may improve postural instability and gait dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. If unilateral Pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation is as efficacious as bil... Read More about Clinical outcomes from bilateral versus unilateral stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus with and without concomitant caudal zona incerta region stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

The role of trust in the development of connectivities amongst rural elders in England and Wales (2012)
Journal Article

Using Simmel's notion of sociation, the way in which rural elders in England and Wales relate to, or connect with, each other and others within their community, can be seen to be conflictual as well as consensual. As a vehicle for exploiting this rel... Read More about The role of trust in the development of connectivities amongst rural elders in England and Wales.