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Quantitative conversations: the importance of developing rapport in standardised interviewing (2014)
Journal Article
Bell, K., Fahmy, E., & Gordon, D. (2016). Quantitative conversations: the importance of developing rapport in standardised interviewing. Quality and Quantity, 50(1), 193-212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-014-0144-2

© 2014, The Author(s). When developing household surveys, much emphasis is understandably placed on developing survey instruments that can elicit accurate and comparable responses. In order to ensure that carefully crafted questions are not undermine... Read More about Quantitative conversations: the importance of developing rapport in standardised interviewing.

Robotic hand posture and compliant grasping control using operational space and integral sliding mode control (2014)
Journal Article
Khan, S. G., Herrmann, G., Jalani, J., Mahyuddin, M. N., Khan, S. G., & Melhuish, C. (2016). Robotic hand posture and compliant grasping control using operational space and integral sliding mode control. Robotica, 34(10), 2163-2185. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574714002811

© 2014 Cambridge University Press. This paper establishes a novel approach of robotic hand posture and grasping control. For this purpose, the control uses the operational space approach. This permits the consideration of the shape of the object to b... Read More about Robotic hand posture and compliant grasping control using operational space and integral sliding mode control.

Guidelines for sustainable intertidal bait and seaweed collection in Wales: Legislative review (2014)
Report
Bean, E., & Appleby, T. (2014). Guidelines for sustainable intertidal bait and seaweed collection in Wales: Legislative review

The foreshore is subject to various public rights including the public right to fish in tidal waters. Ancillary to this right is the public right to collect, for personal use, bait on the foreshore and floating seaweed from the tidal waters. The... Read More about Guidelines for sustainable intertidal bait and seaweed collection in Wales: Legislative review.

Social practice theory and sustainable mobility: An analysis of the English local transport planning as a system of provision (2014)
Thesis
Williams, D. Social practice theory and sustainable mobility: An analysis of the English local transport planning as a system of provision. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806568

The UK Government is committed to reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. Reducing emissions from motorised transport and changing travel behaviour of people wishing to travel are two possible means of achieving this.... Read More about Social practice theory and sustainable mobility: An analysis of the English local transport planning as a system of provision.

Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres (2014)
Report
Lamond, J., Wilkinson, S., Rose, C., & Proverbs, D. (2014). Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres. London: RICS Research Trust

AIM The aim of this research was to examine the potential for mitigation of predominantly pluvial flooding in CBDs through retrofitting of such systems. The research used two case study areas to explore the challenges and opportunities for retrofit... Read More about Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres.

Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells (2014)
Journal Article
You, J., Santoro, C., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Cristiani, P., Li, B., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21811-21818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.07.136

© 2014 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Two different anode materials, carbon veil (CV) and carbon cloth (CC), were modified with a micro-porous layer (MPL) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). When the bi... Read More about Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells.

Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes (2014)
Journal Article
Chambers, L. D., Winfield, J., Rossiter, J., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21803-21810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.071

© 2014 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Natural rubber from laboratory gloves (GNR) was compared to cation exchange membrane (CEM) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). GNR-MFCs immediately generated power... Read More about Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes.

Future demand: Summary report (2014)
Report
Lyons, G. (2014). Future demand: Summary report

New Zealanders are driving nearly 30 billion kilometres each year in their cars, vans, utes and SUVs. The road network also carries 70 percent of all of our freight. As a nation we have built and continue to maintain a network of roads to allow us to... Read More about Future demand: Summary report.

Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future? (2014)
Report
Lyons, G., Davidson, C., Forster, T., Sage, I., McSaveney, J., MacDonald, E., …Kole, A. (2014). Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future?

New Zealand’s land transport programme has a current expenditure target for the next ten years of $38.7bn including $10bn to change the shape of the road network and improve its quality and capacity. Yet such investment plans are in the face of a cou... Read More about Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future?.

Transport's digital age transition (2014)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2015). Transport's digital age transition. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 8(2), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2014.751

2014 marks the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web. We have seen some remarkable developments as part of the digital age revolution in the last quarter of a century. These have taken place concurrently with a motor age that is possibly past its prime... Read More about Transport's digital age transition.

Active-elastic bistable minimum energy structures (2014)
Journal Article
Follador, M., Conn, A. T., Mazzolai, B., & Rossiter, J. (2014). Active-elastic bistable minimum energy structures. Applied Physics Letters, 105(14), 141903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898142

© 2014 AIP Publishing LLC. The design of structures that combine the principles of minimum energy and bistable mechanisms is presented. A minimum energy configuration is achieved by the interaction of one or more elastic elements and two strips of st... Read More about Active-elastic bistable minimum energy structures.

Simultaneous electricity generation and microbially-assisted electrosynthesis in MFCs (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014, October). Simultaneous electricity generation and microbially-assisted electrosynthesis in MFCs. Paper presented at 226th ECS Meeting,Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico

Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are bio-electrochemical transducers that generate electricity as a direct result of microbial metabolism, when breaking down organic matter for continuous growth and maintenance. On the other hand, Microbial Electrolysis C... Read More about Simultaneous electricity generation and microbially-assisted electrosynthesis in MFCs.

Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots (2014)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F. (2014). Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots. In J. Pitt (Ed.), The Computer After Me: Awareness And Self-Awareness In Autonomic Systems (237-252). London: Imperial College Press

The aim of this chapter is to set out the case for building robots with internal models as a possible route toward achieving a level of functional self-awareness that would usefully extend the capabilities of autonomous robots. The chapter argues tha... Read More about Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots.

An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decision to start bicycling in England (2014)
Journal Article
Sherwin, H., Chatterjee, K., & Jain, J. (2014). An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decision to start bicycling in England. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 68, 32-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2014.05.001

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding, through qualitative exploration, of the ways in which social influence affects the decision to start bicycling in England. 'Social influence' is defined as the process... Read More about An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decision to start bicycling in England.

Personal birth preferences and actual mode of delivery outcomes of obstetricians and gynaecologists in South West England; With comparison to regional and national birth statistics (2014)
Journal Article
Shaw, E., Lightly, K., Dailami, N., & Bisson, D. (2014). Personal birth preferences and actual mode of delivery outcomes of obstetricians and gynaecologists in South West England; With comparison to regional and national birth statistics. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 181, 95-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.07.005

© 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Objective: To determine personal birth preferences of obstetricians in various clinical scenarios, in particular elective caesarean section for maternal request. To determine actual rates of modes of... Read More about Personal birth preferences and actual mode of delivery outcomes of obstetricians and gynaecologists in South West England; With comparison to regional and national birth statistics.

Control of the interaction of a gantry robot end effector with the environment by the adaptive behaviour of its joint drive actuators (2014)
Thesis
Kashikar, P. Control of the interaction of a gantry robot end effector with the environment by the adaptive behaviour of its joint drive actuators. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/810883

The thesis examines a way in which the performance of the robot electric actuators can be precisely and accurately force controlled where there is a need for maintaining a stable specified contact force with an external environment. It describes the... Read More about Control of the interaction of a gantry robot end effector with the environment by the adaptive behaviour of its joint drive actuators.

Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru (2014)
Book Chapter
Hill, J., Hill, R., & de Sausmarez, N. (2014). Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru. In B. Prideaux (Ed.), Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management: Challenges for Sustainable Development (146-162). Routledge

This chapter presents a case study of a single ecotourism initiative in Amazonian south-eastern Peru, analysing the operation of one of its lodges in detail (Posada Amazonas Lodge), and reflecting on the extent to which it can be considered a success... Read More about Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru.

Aerodynamic design of a multi-point operational high-speed inlet (2014)
Thesis
Buanga, B. H. Aerodynamic design of a multi-point operational high-speed inlet. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/811744

In air-breathing supersonic transport aircraft the efficiency of the engine inlet has a huge influence on the engine and the aircraft performance. Nowadays, variable inlet geometries allow optimised inlet geometries and by this also maximum performan... Read More about Aerodynamic design of a multi-point operational high-speed inlet.