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The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors (2018)
Journal Article
McCree, M., Cutting, R., & Sherwin, D. (2018). The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors. Early Child Development and Care, 188(7), 980-996. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1446430

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper presents a longitudinal mixed methods study tracking 11 children (aged 5–7 on entry), defined as disadvantaged in multiple ways, i.e. social, behavioural and economic. They at... Read More about The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors.

Robot-Assisted Fracture Surgery: Surgical Requirements and System Design (2018)
Journal Article
Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2018). Robot-Assisted Fracture Surgery: Surgical Requirements and System Design. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 46(10), 1637-1649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-2005-y

© 2018, Biomedical Engineering Society. The design of medical devices is a complex and crucial process to ensure patient safety. It has been shown that improperly designed devices lead to errors and associated accidents and costs. A key element for a... Read More about Robot-Assisted Fracture Surgery: Surgical Requirements and System Design.

Photometric stereo for three-dimensional leaf venation extraction (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Hansen, M. F., Smith, M., Smith, L., & Grieve, B. (2018). Photometric stereo for three-dimensional leaf venation extraction. Computers in Industry, 98, 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2018.02.006

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Leaf venation extraction studies have been strongly discouraged by considerable challenges posed by venation architectures that are complex, diverse and subtle. Additionally, unpredictable local leaf curvatures, undesirable ambie... Read More about Photometric stereo for three-dimensional leaf venation extraction.

Design mining microbial fuel cell cascades (2018)
Journal Article
Preen, R., You, J., Bull, L., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2019). Design mining microbial fuel cell cascades. Soft Computing, 23(13), 4673-7643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-018-3117-x

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) perform wastewater treatment and electricity production through the conversion of organic matter using microorganisms. For practical applications, it has been suggested that greater efficiency can be achieved by arranging... Read More about Design mining microbial fuel cell cascades.

Developing an injury prevention photosphere (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Deave, T., Whale, K., Whiskard, H., Hicks, B., & Emond, A. (2018, March). Developing an injury prevention photosphere. Presented at iHV Evidence-based practice conference Promoting “The Best Start in Life”, Manchester, England

Background Burn and scald injuries in children are common in the UK; 50,000 children under 14 years old attend emergency departments (EDs) annually. Approximately 70% of these children are under three years old, injuries are likely to occur in the... Read More about Developing an injury prevention photosphere.

Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, J., Liu, Y., Ding, F., & Zhu, Q. (2018). Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2018.2810277

A stochastic gradient (SG)-based particle filter (SG-PF) algorithm is developed for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output in this paper. This ARX model consists of two submodels, one is a linear ARX model and the other is a nonlinear outpu... Read More about Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output.

Exposure to childhood adversity and deficits in emotion recognition: results from a large, population-based sample (2018)
Journal Article
Dunn, E. C., Crawford, K. M., Soare, T. W., Button, K. S., Raffeld, M. R., Smith, A. D. A. C., …Munafò, M. R. (2018). Exposure to childhood adversity and deficits in emotion recognition: results from a large, population-based sample. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(8), 845-854. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12881

© 2018 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Background: Emotion recognition skills are essential for social communication. Deficits in these skills have been implicated in mental disorders. Prior studies of clinical and high-risk sampl... Read More about Exposure to childhood adversity and deficits in emotion recognition: results from a large, population-based sample.

Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash (2018)
Journal Article
Waterfield, T., Dyer, E. M., & Lyttle, M. (2018). Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash. Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, 103(5), 236-240. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313998

Its 2am and you are called to review a “well looking child” in the emergency department who has presented with a new non-blanching rash. He has been hot at home with some coryzal symptoms. Mum is worried, she thinks the rash has spread in the last... Read More about Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash.

Evidence briefing: Dementia, accessibility and minority groups (2018)
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Cheston, R., & Bradbury, N. (2018). Evidence briefing: Dementia, accessibility and minority groups

Different communities have different dementia related needs and should not be treated as a single homogenous grouping. • The numbers of people from BAME communities who are affected by dementia will increase more rapidly than those of the white com... Read More about Evidence briefing: Dementia, accessibility and minority groups.

Complementary landmarks facilitate ant navigation (2018)
Journal Article
Hunt, E., Kendall, C., Stanbury, E., Sendova-Franks, A., & Franks, N. (2018). Complementary landmarks facilitate ant navigation. Behavioural Processes, 157, 702-710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.03.004

© 2018 The Authors Visual landmarks are important navigational aids to many animals, and when more than one is available their juxtaposition can convey valuable new information to a navigator about progress toward a goal, depending on the landmarks’... Read More about Complementary landmarks facilitate ant navigation.

A randomised-controlled trial investigating potential underlying mechanisms of a functionality-based approach to improving women’s body image (2018)
Journal Article
Alleva, J. M., Diedrichs, P. C., Halliwell, E., Martijn, C., Stuijfzand, B. G., Treneman-Evans, G., & Rumsey, N. (2018). A randomised-controlled trial investigating potential underlying mechanisms of a functionality-based approach to improving women’s body image. Body Image, 25, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.02.009

Focusing on body functionality is a promising technique for improving women's body image. This study replicates prior research in a large novel sample, tests longer-term follow-up effects, and investigates underlying mechanisms of these effects (body... Read More about A randomised-controlled trial investigating potential underlying mechanisms of a functionality-based approach to improving women’s body image.

Cultural corridors: An analysis of persistence in impacts on local development — A neo-Weberian perspective on South-East Europe (2018)
Journal Article
Tubadji, A., & Nijkamp, P. (2018). Cultural corridors: An analysis of persistence in impacts on local development — A neo-Weberian perspective on South-East Europe. Journal of Economic Issues, 52(1), 173-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2018.1430948

Culture matters for economic development. This postulate has been a main conceptual concern for “old” institutional economics (OIE) and has lately also been tested through neoclassically inspired econometric techniques. This conceptual foundation has... Read More about Cultural corridors: An analysis of persistence in impacts on local development — A neo-Weberian perspective on South-East Europe.

The nearest relative in the Mental Health Act 2007: Still an illusionary and inconsistent safeguard? (2018)
Journal Article
Laing, J., Dixon, J., Stone, K., & Wilkinson-Tough, M. (2018). The nearest relative in the Mental Health Act 2007: Still an illusionary and inconsistent safeguard?. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 40(1), 37-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2018.1414366

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The role of nearest relative (NR) is intended as a safeguard in the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended in 2007) to curb the excesses of professional discretion and protect patients from... Read More about The nearest relative in the Mental Health Act 2007: Still an illusionary and inconsistent safeguard?.

Analysis of competencies for effective virtual team leadership in building successful organisations (2018)
Journal Article
Maduka, N., Edward, H., Greenwood, D., Osborne, A., & Babtunde, S. (2018). Analysis of competencies for effective virtual team leadership in building successful organisations. Benchmarking, 25(2), 696-712. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-08-2016-0124

Purpose: Global competition and advances in technology have enhanced the growing trend of virtual teams in order to execute business strategies. Thus, understanding the competencies needed for virtual leadership effectiveness is essential and vital t... Read More about Analysis of competencies for effective virtual team leadership in building successful organisations.

Social robots for engagement in rehabilitative therapies: Design implications from a study with therapists (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Design implications from a study with therapists. Paper presented at 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Chicago, IL, USA

In this paper we present the results of a qualitative study with therapists to inform social robotics and human robot interaction (HRI) for engagement in rehabilitative therapies. Our results add to growing evidence that socially assistive robots (SA... Read More about Social robots for engagement in rehabilitative therapies: Design implications from a study with therapists.

Automated monitoring of dairy cow body condition, mobility and weight using a single 3D video capture device (2018)
Journal Article
Hansen, M. F., Smith, M. L., Smith, L. N., Abdul Jabbar, K., & Forbes, D. (2018). Automated monitoring of dairy cow body condition, mobility and weight using a single 3D video capture device. Computers in Industry, 98, 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2018.02.011

© 2018 Here we propose a low-cost automated system for the unobtrusive and continuous welfare monitoring of dairy cattle on the farm. We argue that effective and regular monitoring of multiple condition traits is not currently practicable and go on t... Read More about Automated monitoring of dairy cow body condition, mobility and weight using a single 3D video capture device.

Involving young people in drug and alcohol research (2018)
Journal Article
Brady, L. M., Templeton, L., Toner, P., Watson, J., Evans, D., Percy-Smith, B., & Copello, A. (2018). Involving young people in drug and alcohol research. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 18(1), 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-08-2017-0039

© 2018, Louca-Mai Brady, Lorna Templeton, Paul Toner, Judith Watson, David Evans, Barry Percy-Smith and Alex Copello. Purpose: Young people’s involvement should lead to research, and ultimately services, that better reflect young people’s priorities... Read More about Involving young people in drug and alcohol research.

A partnership approach to carbon neutral Bristol 2050 (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Prestwood, E., Rosenberg, G., Longhurst, J., & Townsend, I. (2018, March). A partnership approach to carbon neutral Bristol 2050. Presented at IPCC Cities and Climate Change Conference 2018, Edmonton, Canada

Presentation on the Urban ID project and Bristol Green Capital Partnership sustainability community case study in the "Governing climate change in complex urban settings" session at the IPCC Climate Change Science and Cites Conference.