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Air pollution in the Aveiro region, Portugal: A citizens' engagement approach (2018)
Journal Article
Coelho, S., Rodrigues, V., Barnes, J., Boushel, C., Devito, L., & Lopes, M. (2018). Air pollution in the Aveiro region, Portugal: A citizens' engagement approach. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 230, 253-262. https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR180241

© 2018 WIT Press. Air pollution has become a growing concern in the past few years, with an increasing number of acute air pollution episodes in many cities worldwide. In Portugal, especially in the region of Aveiro, high concentrations of particulat... Read More about Air pollution in the Aveiro region, Portugal: A citizens' engagement approach.

“Unfortunately, I use my car”: Commuter transport choices in Bristol, UK (2018)
Journal Article
Boushel, C., Barnes, J., Chatterton, T., Devito, L., Edwards, A., Rogers, L. F., …Hayes, E. (2018). “Unfortunately, I use my car”: Commuter transport choices in Bristol, UK. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 230, 243-252. https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR180231

© 2018 WIT Press. The leading source of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in Bristol, United Kingdom is road transport, and Bristol exceeds the annual mean national air quality objective of 40 µg/m3 for NO2 in many locations around the city. Unde... Read More about “Unfortunately, I use my car”: Commuter transport choices in Bristol, UK.

Experiments in artificial theory of mind: From safety to story-telling (2018)
Journal Article
Winfield, A. F. (2018). Experiments in artificial theory of mind: From safety to story-telling. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 5(JUN), https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2018.00075

© 2018 Winfield. Theory of mind is the term given by philosophers and psychologists for the ability to form a predictive model of self and others. In this paper we focus on synthetic models of theory of mind. We contend firstly that such models-espec... Read More about Experiments in artificial theory of mind: From safety to story-telling.

The effects of music therapy on cognition, psychiatric symptoms, and activities of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease (2018)
Journal Article
Lyu, J., Zhang, J., Mu, H., Li, W., Champ, M., Qian, X., …Li, M. (2018). The effects of music therapy on cognition, psychiatric symptoms, and activities of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 64(4), 1347-1358. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180183

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, affecting millions of older people worldwide. However, pharmacological therapies have not achieved desirable clinical efficacy in the past decades. Non-pharmacological therapie... Read More about The effects of music therapy on cognition, psychiatric symptoms, and activities of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Dispositional mindfulness and its relationship with distress and functioning in adolescents with chronic pain and low-level pain (2018)
Journal Article
Waldron, S., Marks, E., Loades, M., Gauntlett-Gilbert, J., & Jacobs, K. (2018). Dispositional mindfulness and its relationship with distress and functioning in adolescents with chronic pain and low-level pain. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 43(9), 1038-1046. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy036

© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. Objective Dispositional mindfulness is the general tendency to pay attention to present-moment awareness without judgment. The main aim of th... Read More about Dispositional mindfulness and its relationship with distress and functioning in adolescents with chronic pain and low-level pain.

Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals (2018)
Journal Article
Williamson, H., Antonelli, P., Bringsen, A., Davies, G., Detorre, D., Harcourt, D., …Persson, M. (2018). Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals. NursingPlus Open, 4, 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.npls.2018.05.001

© 2018 The Authors Appearance-related concerns resulting from disfigurement or pressure to conform to beauty ideals, indiscriminately affect patients’ mental and physical health. Healthcare professionals face the challenge of addressing patients’ sup... Read More about Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals.

A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry (2018)
Journal Article
Seifullina, A., Er, A., Nadeem, S. P., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2018). A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51(11), 1149-1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.435

© 2018 The adoption of Lean concepts beyond the manufacturing sector has been increasing recently. In this line, its scope has been expanded to the mining industry under the realisation of the need for productivity improvements and a leverage for eff... Read More about A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry.

Novel Analytical Microbial Fuel Cell Design for Rapid in Situ Optimisation of Dilution Rate and Substrate Supply Rate, by Flow, Volume Control and Anode Placement (2018)
Journal Article
You, J., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2018). Novel Analytical Microbial Fuel Cell Design for Rapid in Situ Optimisation of Dilution Rate and Substrate Supply Rate, by Flow, Volume Control and Anode Placement. Energies, 11(9), 2377. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11092377

© 2018 MDPI AG. All rights reserved. A new analytical design of continuously-fed microbial fuel cell was built in triplicate in order to investigate relations and effects of various operating parameters such as flow rate and substrate supply rate, in... Read More about Novel Analytical Microbial Fuel Cell Design for Rapid in Situ Optimisation of Dilution Rate and Substrate Supply Rate, by Flow, Volume Control and Anode Placement.

A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control (2018)
Journal Article
Ding, H., Zhao, J., & Zhu, Q. (2018). A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control. IEEE Access, 6, 55257-55263. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2872605

© 2013 IEEE. To improve the comprehensive performances of hydraulic speed regulation systems, this paper proposes and develops a new control scheme, valve-pump parallel variable mode control, which can adopt different control modes in different speed... Read More about A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control.

Facilitating stakeholder dialogues on a carbon neutral city: We need to talk about carbon (and air quality) (2018)
Journal Article
Prestwood, E., Longhurst, J., Townsend, I., Haines, T., & Tsiarapa, E. (2018). Facilitating stakeholder dialogues on a carbon neutral city: We need to talk about carbon (and air quality). WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 230, 501-510. https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR180461

© 2018 WIT Press. The issues surrounding successful public engagement with climate change mitigation policy and decision-making have been extensively researched and identified as barriers to long-term civic and civil engagement. The challenge of tran... Read More about Facilitating stakeholder dialogues on a carbon neutral city: We need to talk about carbon (and air quality).

Treatment of fatigue with physical activity and behavioural change support in vasculitis: Study protocol for an open-label randomised controlled feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article
Harper, L., Morgan, M. D., Chanouzas, D., Caulfield, H. K., Coughlan, L., Dean, C., …Daley, A. (2018). Treatment of fatigue with physical activity and behavioural change support in vasculitis: Study protocol for an open-label randomised controlled feasibility study. BMJ Open, 8(10), e023769. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023769

© 2018 Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Introduction Fatigue is a major cause of morbidity, limiting quality of life, in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV). The aetiology of fatigue is multifactorial; biolo... Read More about Treatment of fatigue with physical activity and behavioural change support in vasculitis: Study protocol for an open-label randomised controlled feasibility study.

Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project (2018)
Journal Article
Bourne, K., Wilkinson, C., Bancroft, M., Robinson, G., Noel, C., Varadi, A., …Lewis, D. (2018). Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project. Higher Education Pedagogies, 3(1), 451-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2018.1462098

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences at the University of the West of England, Bristol has been piloting a schools outreach project entitled BoxED (EDuc... Read More about Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project.

Bridging the gap: A case study of a partnership approach to skills development through student engagement in bristol’s green capital year (2018)
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Bigg, M., Brooks, I., Clayton, W., Darwen, J., Gough, G., Hyland, F., …Willmore, C. (2018). Bridging the gap: A case study of a partnership approach to skills development through student engagement in bristol’s green capital year. Higher Education Pedagogies, 3(1), 417-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2018.1499419

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. HEIs are well placed to engage with local communities, and can connect students with organisations through several pathways, such as volunteering opportunitie... Read More about Bridging the gap: A case study of a partnership approach to skills development through student engagement in bristol’s green capital year.