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Innovative shallow sump customizations for aero-engine bearing chambers (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aero-engines incorporate various bearing chambers and these typically contain bearings, seals, rotating shafts, stationary walls and struts, and sometimes gears. Oil is supplied for lubrication and cooling and is removed (scavenged) from the sump reg... Read More about Innovative shallow sump customizations for aero-engine bearing chambers.

Microalgae as substrate in low cost terracotta-based microbial fuel cells: Novel application of the catholyte produced (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. In this work, the by-product generated during the operation of cylindrical MFCs, made out of terracotta material, is investigated as a feasible means of degrading live microalgae for the first time. In addition to the low cost ma... Read More about Microalgae as substrate in low cost terracotta-based microbial fuel cells: Novel application of the catholyte produced.

Scaling-up of a novel, simplified MFC stack based on a self-stratifying urine column (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Walter et al. Background: The microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a technology in which microorganisms employ an electrode (anode) as a solid electron acceptor for anaerobic respiration. This results in direct transformation of chemical energy into e... Read More about Scaling-up of a novel, simplified MFC stack based on a self-stratifying urine column.

Learning by teaching a robot: The case of handwriting (2016)
Journal Article

© 1994-2011 IEEE. Thomas (all children's names have been changed) is five and a half years old and has been diagnosed with visuoconstructive deficits. He is under the care of an occupational therapist and tries to work around his inability to draw le... Read More about Learning by teaching a robot: The case of handwriting.

The Symmetry of Partner Modelling (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc. Collaborative learning has often been associated with the construction of a shared understanding of the situation at hand. The psycholinguistics mechanisms at work while establishing common... Read More about The Symmetry of Partner Modelling.

A critical review of the robustness of the UK government’s air quality plan and expected compliance dates (2016)
Journal Article

Globally, poor air quality is the most significant environmental health concern. Across Europe, 400,000 deaths were attributed to air pollution in 2012, whilst in the UK over 50,000 deaths per year are due to a combination of gaseous and particulate... Read More about A critical review of the robustness of the UK government’s air quality plan and expected compliance dates.

The EVIDENCE project: Measure no. 17 - Travel and passenger information (2016)
Journal Article

This paper is taken from the findings of the EU Evidence project. This project provides evidence that sustainable transport interventions and spending have as much to contribute to wider societal goals and strongly posi¬tive Benefit Cost Analysis res... Read More about The EVIDENCE project: Measure no. 17 - Travel and passenger information.

Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport (2016)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2016, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. In 2007, under contract to the UK Department for Transport, we engaged with the public about the infrastructure to supply hydrogen for transport. We combined a quota-sample survey of 1003 across th... Read More about Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport.

Guidance for transport planning and policymaking in the face of an uncertain future (2016)
Journal Article

Uncertainty of outcome is widely recognised as a concern facing decision-makers and their advisors. In a number of spheres of policy, it appears uncertainty has intensified in the face of globalisation, economic instability, climate change, technolog... Read More about Guidance for transport planning and policymaking in the face of an uncertain future.

From Real-time Attention Assessment to “With-me-ness” in Human-Robot Interaction (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. Measuring "how much the human is in the interaction" - the level of engagement - is instrumental in building effective interactive robots. Engagement, however, is a complex, multi-faceted cognitive mechanism that is only indirectly obser... Read More about From Real-time Attention Assessment to “With-me-ness” in Human-Robot Interaction.

From Characterising Three Years of HRI to Methodology and Reporting Recommendations (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research requires the integration and cooperation of multiple disciplines, technical and social, in order to make progress. In many cases using different motivations, each of these disciplines bring with the... Read More about From Characterising Three Years of HRI to Methodology and Reporting Recommendations.

Financial implications of car use and the drive to work: A social and spatial distributional analysis using income data and area classifications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Using new datasets from the UK Department of Transport that permit the calculation of annual fuel costs and Vehicle Excise Duty for all private motor vehicles under 3.5 tonnes in Great Britain, this paper presents an analysis on variations in househo... Read More about Financial implications of car use and the drive to work: A social and spatial distributional analysis using income data and area classifications.

National and local initiatives for closer working between planning and health (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This is a presentation for the fourth ESRC seminar on “Reuniting Planning and Health” held on 7 April 2016, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Re-uniting Planning and Health: tackling the implementation gaps in evidence, governance and knowledge, funded by... Read More about National and local initiatives for closer working between planning and health.

On hybrid circuits exploiting thermistive properties of slime mould (2016)
Journal Article

Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a single cell visible by the unaided eye. Let the slime mould span two electrodes with a single protoplasmic tube: if the tube is heated to approximately ≈40 °C, the electrical resistance of the protoplasmic tube... Read More about On hybrid circuits exploiting thermistive properties of slime mould.

Developing graduate attributes through participation in undergraduate research conferences (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: Graduate attributes are a framework of skills, attitudes, values and knowledge that graduates should develop by the end of their degree programmes. Adopting a largely qualitative approach and using semi-structured... Read More about Developing graduate attributes through participation in undergraduate research conferences.

Effective research communication (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter begins by outlining the nature of research, identifying the key steps that both comprise the research process and help you to plan the presentation of your research. It highlights the advantages that can be gained as a geography student... Read More about Effective research communication.

Semantic derivation of enterprise information architecture from riva-based business process architecture (2016)
Thesis

Contemporary Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) design practice in the industry still suffers from issues that hamper the investment in the EIA design. First and foremost of these issues is the shortcoming of EIA design research to bridge the... Read More about Semantic derivation of enterprise information architecture from riva-based business process architecture.

Celtic pilgrimage, past and present: from historical geography to contemporary embodied practices (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. Perigrinatio, the Latin term for pilgrimage was at the heart of the medieval Celtic church, but was this was understood and practised not only as a journey to a shrine, but more broadly as a spir... Read More about Celtic pilgrimage, past and present: from historical geography to contemporary embodied practices.

Local and national action – next steps? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation covers the latest LAQM and Action Plan consultations from Defra and speculates on the effects that recent legislative actions may have on air quality management in the near future.

Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (2): Reviving cultural meaning and value (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Cultural and other less directly exploited ecosystem services tend to be excluded from decision-making, yet may underlie strong ties between people and their surroundings providing significant incentives for engagement with ecosy... Read More about Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (2): Reviving cultural meaning and value.