All Outputs (2297)

From Characterising Three Years of HRI to Methodology and Reporting Recommendations (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Kennedy, J., Baxter, P., Senft, E., Lemaignan, S., & Belpaeme, T. (2016). From Characterising Three Years of HRI to Methodology and Reporting Recommendations. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference (alt.HRI) (391-398). https://doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2016.7451777

© 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
Chatterton, T., Anable, J., Cairns, S., & Wilson, R. (2016, April). Financial implications of car use and the drive to work: A social and spatial distributional analysis using income data and area classifications. Paper presented at DEMAND Conference, Lancaster, UK

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
Carmichael, L. (2016, April). National and local initiatives for closer working between planning and health. Presented at Fuse (Centre for translational research in public health) Quarterly Research Meetings: reuniting planning and health, Fuse (Centre for translational research in public health), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

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
Walter, X. A., Horsfield, I., Mayne, R., Ieropoulos, I. A., & Adamatzky, A. (2016). On hybrid circuits exploiting thermistive properties of slime mould. Scientific Reports, 6(23924), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23924

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
Hill, J., & Walkington, H. (2016). Developing graduate attributes through participation in undergraduate research conferences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40(2), 222-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2016.1140128

© 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
Hill, J., & Walkington, H. (2016). Effective research communication. In N. Clifford, S. French, M. Cope, & T. Gillespie (Eds.), Key Methods in Geography. SAGE

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
Ahmad, M. Semantic derivation of enterprise information architecture from riva-based business process architecture. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/913713

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
Maddrell, A., & Scriven, R. (2016). Celtic pilgrimage, past and present: from historical geography to contemporary embodied practices. Social and Cultural Geography, 17(2), 300-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2015.1066840

© 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
Barnes, J. (2016, February). Local and national action – next steps?. Presented at Westminster Briefing 'Air Quality Management Under the New Government: Understanding National Priorities and the Next Steps for LAQM', London, UK

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
Everard, M. (2016). Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (2): Reviving cultural meaning and value. Ecosystem Services, 18, 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.01.007

© 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.

60 years of Health Protection under the Clean Air Acts (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J. (2016, February). 60 years of Health Protection under the Clean Air Acts. Presented at Environmental Protection UK Annual General Meeting 2016, Millbank, London, UK

2016 marks 60 years of UK Clean Air Acts. This presentation explores the challenges, opportunities and progress since the Clean Air Act, 1956. It reflects upon historical attempts to manage air pollution noting success factors and barriers to progres... Read More about 60 years of Health Protection under the Clean Air Acts.

From single MFC to cascade configuration: The relationship between size, hydraulic retention time and power density (2016)
Journal Article
Walter, X. A., Forbes, S., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2016). From single MFC to cascade configuration: The relationship between size, hydraulic retention time and power density. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 14, 74-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2016.01.006

© 2016 The Authors. Achieving useful electrical power production with the MFC technology requires a plurality of units. Therefore, the main objective of much of the MFC research is to increase the power density of each unit. Collectives of MFCs will... Read More about From single MFC to cascade configuration: The relationship between size, hydraulic retention time and power density.

The UK scallop fishery: Time for a fundamental review (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T. (2016, January). The UK scallop fishery: Time for a fundamental review. Paper presented at Coastal Futures Conference, SOAS London

The global fishing industry is facing unprecedented pressures. In the past (for a variety of reasons) the entire ocean was designated as a fishery using any gear type but increasingly this approach is untenable. The seas and the fishery (albeit thr... Read More about The UK scallop fishery: Time for a fundamental review.

Field measurements of surface waves using a 5-beam ADCP (2016)
Journal Article
Bouferrouk, A., Saulnier, J. B., Smith, G. H., & Johanning, L. (2016). Field measurements of surface waves using a 5-beam ADCP. Ocean Engineering, 112, 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.12.025

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This study examines the performance of an improved 5-beam ADCP, with a vertical beam, when deployed to measure non-directional waves in waters of 40 m depth. To assess the performance, the ADCP is compared wi... Read More about Field measurements of surface waves using a 5-beam ADCP.

A gendered political ecology of tourism and water (2016)
Book Chapter
Cole, S. (2016). A gendered political ecology of tourism and water. In M. Mostafanezhad, ,, A. Thompson, R. Norum, & E. Shelton, (Eds.), Political Ecology of Tourism: Community, Power and the Environment. Routledge

Book Chapter

Public attitudes to road pricing: Exploring the role of older age, pro-sociality, social norms and trust (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Nikitas, A., Avineri, E., & Parkhurst, G. (2016, January). Public attitudes to road pricing: Exploring the role of older age, pro-sociality, social norms and trust. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Washington, USA

Understanding the socio-psychological mechanisms that determine the public acceptability of road pricing could be a key for its implementation in urban environments where this is a viable scenario. Studying the attitudes of older people is of particu... Read More about Public attitudes to road pricing: Exploring the role of older age, pro-sociality, social norms and trust.

Financial implications of car ownership and use (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Anable, J., Cairns, S., Wilson, R. E., & Yeboah, G. (2016, January). Financial implications of car ownership and use. Paper presented at University Transport Studies Group (UTSG) 48th Annual Conference, Bristol, UK

This paper presents a new perspective on assessing the financial impacts of private car usage in England and Wales, using novel datasets to explore implications of motoring costs (Vehicle Excise Duty and road fuel costs) for households as part of the... Read More about Financial implications of car ownership and use.

Cycling and disability: A review (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Clayton, W., & Parkin, J. (2016, January). Cycling and disability: A review. Paper presented at Universities' Transport Study Group 48th Annual Conference, Bristol, UK

People with a disability have been found to be at increased risk of developing serious health conditions – often linked to obesity as a consequence of a more sedentary life. Cycling has the potential to offer significant health benefits to disabled p... Read More about Cycling and disability: A review.

Adaptive foraging for simulated and real robotic swarms: The dynamical response threshold approach (2016)
Journal Article
Castello, E., Yamamoto, T., Liu, W., Winfield, A. F., Nakamura, Y., & Ishiguro, H. (2016). Adaptive foraging for simulated and real robotic swarms: The dynamical response threshold approach. Swarm Intelligence, 10(1), 1-31

Developing self-organised swarm systems capable of adapting to environmental changes as well as to dynamic situations is a complex challenge. An efficient labour division model, with the ability to regulate the distribution of work among swarm robots... Read More about Adaptive foraging for simulated and real robotic swarms: The dynamical response threshold approach.

Emergent behaviors in a bio-inspired platform controlled by a physical cellular automata cluster (2016)
Journal Article
Assaf, T., Mayne, R., Adamatzky, A., & Melhuish, C. (2016). Emergent behaviors in a bio-inspired platform controlled by a physical cellular automata cluster. Biomimetics, 1(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics1010005

This work illustrates behavior patterns and trajectories of a bio-inspired artificial platform induced by a cellular automata (CA)-based control strategy. The platform embeds both CA control as physical electronic architecture and a distributed hardw... Read More about Emergent behaviors in a bio-inspired platform controlled by a physical cellular automata cluster.