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When and how can surveyors improve the uptake of property flood resilience? New evidence and case studies (2018)
Journal Article
Lamond, J., & Rose, C. B. (2018). When and how can surveyors improve the uptake of property flood resilience? New evidence and case studies. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 7(3), 202-211

This paper discusses the role of surveyors in increasing resilience to flooding through property level measures. It explores findings of recent research, both in the UK and internationally, and describes ongoing initiatives to increase the uptake of... Read More about When and how can surveyors improve the uptake of property flood resilience? New evidence and case studies.

Investigative Study of Behaviour of Treated Expansive Soil Using Empirical Correlations (2018)
Journal Article
Ng'Ambi, S., Eyo, E., & Abbey, S. (2018). Investigative Study of Behaviour of Treated Expansive Soil Using Empirical Correlations. Geotechnical Special Publications, 2018-March(GSP 296), 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481592.037

© 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).All Rights Reserved. In this study, the effect of the soil mixing method on the swelling behaviour of expansive soils is investigated. Recent studies have demonstrated the modification effect of cemen... Read More about Investigative Study of Behaviour of Treated Expansive Soil Using Empirical Correlations.

Widening participation and social mobility: Encompassing and integrating learning opportunities (2018)
Journal Article
Fowles-Sweet, W., & Barker, J. (2018). Widening participation and social mobility: Encompassing and integrating learning opportunities. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 20(2), 69-95. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.20.2.69

Abstract Many regional universities occupy interesting positions between hi-tech, urban employers and learners, and learners from less socially or economically advantaged (including rural) backgrounds. Many such institutions have maintained their pre... Read More about Widening participation and social mobility: Encompassing and integrating learning opportunities.

Experiential Avoidance as a Common Psychological Process in European Cultures (2018)
Journal Article
Monestès, J. L., Monestes, J., Karekla, M., Jacobs, N., Michaelides, M. P., Hooper, N., …Hayes, S. C. (2018). Experiential Avoidance as a Common Psychological Process in European Cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 34(4), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000327

© 2016 Hogrefe Publishing. Experiential avoidance, the tendency to rigidly escape or avoid private psychological experiences, represents one of the most prominent transdiagnostic psychological processes with a known role in a wide variety of psycholo... Read More about Experiential Avoidance as a Common Psychological Process in European Cultures.

Visualization of phage genomic data: Comparative genomics and publication-quality diagrams (2018)
Book Chapter
Reynolds, D. M., Turner, D., Sutton, J. M., Reynolds, D. M., Sim, E. M., & Petty, N. K. (2018). Visualization of phage genomic data: Comparative genomics and publication-quality diagrams. In R. Lavigne, A. M. Kropinski, & M. Clokie (Eds.), Bacteriophages. Methods in Molecular Biology (239-260). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7343-9_18

© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media LLC. The presentation of bacteriophage genomes as diagrams allows the location and organization of features to be communicated in a clear and effective manner. A wide range of software applications are availabl... Read More about Visualization of phage genomic data: Comparative genomics and publication-quality diagrams.

A resource-aware preference model for context-aware systems (2018)
Journal Article
Uddin, I., & Rakib, A. (2018). A resource-aware preference model for context-aware systems. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 217, 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77818-1_1

© 2018, ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. In mobile computing, context-awareness has recently emerged as an effective approach for building adaptive pervasive computing applications. Many of... Read More about A resource-aware preference model for context-aware systems.

Governing narrative events with tropes as institutional norms (2018)
Journal Article
Thompson, M., Padget, J., & Battle, S. (2018). Governing narrative events with tropes as institutional norms. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 732, 133-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90418-4_11

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. A narrative world can be viewed as a form of society in which characters follow a set of social norms whose collective function is to guide the characters through (the creation of)... Read More about Governing narrative events with tropes as institutional norms.

A modal logic analysis of a line-following robot (2018)
Journal Article
Battle, S., & Thompson, M. (2018). A modal logic analysis of a line-following robot. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 732, 42-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90418-4_4

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. The behaviour of a reactive, line-following robot is analysed using modal logic. This provides an approach that is complementary to numerical simulation, allowing us to explore the... Read More about A modal logic analysis of a line-following robot.

Audiovisual resource allocation for bimodal virtual environments (2018)
Journal Article
Doukakis, E., Debattista, K., Harvey, C., Bashford-Rogers, T., & Chalmers, A. (2018). Audiovisual resource allocation for bimodal virtual environments. Computer Graphics Forum, 37(1), 172-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13258

© 2017 The Authors and 2017 The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Fidelity is of key importance if virtual environments are to be used as authentic representations of real environments. However, simulating the multitude of senses... Read More about Audiovisual resource allocation for bimodal virtual environments.

Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector (2018)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J., Yu, M., Kumar, V., & Upadhyay, A. (2018). Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector. TQM Journal, 30(1), 2-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-05-2017-0052

© 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: To address the critical sustainability challenges currently faced by China, manufacturers in this country have committed to improve their environmental performance. To support this commitment, evidence sugg... Read More about Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector.

Investigation of patterned and non-patterned poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene) oxide based anion exchange membranes for enhanced desalination and power generation in a microbial desalination cell (2018)
Journal Article
Moruno, F. L., Rubio, J. E., Atanassov, P., Cerrato, J. M., Arges, C. G., & Santoro, C. (2018). Investigation of patterned and non-patterned poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene) oxide based anion exchange membranes for enhanced desalination and power generation in a microbial desalination cell. Solid State Ionics, 314, 141-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2017.11.004

© 2017 The Authors Quaternary ammonium poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene oxide) (QAPPO) anion exchange membranes (AEMs) with topographically patterned surfaces were assessed in a microbial desalination cell (MDC) system. The MDC results with these QAPP... Read More about Investigation of patterned and non-patterned poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene) oxide based anion exchange membranes for enhanced desalination and power generation in a microbial desalination cell.

Absorpcja nadwyżki i marnotrawstwo w neoliberalnym kapitalizmie monopolistycznym (2018)
Book Chapter
Wrenn, M. (2018). Absorpcja nadwyżki i marnotrawstwo w neoliberalnym kapitalizmie monopolistycznym. In G. Konat, & P. Wielgosz (Eds.), Realny kapitalizm: Wokół teorii kapitału monopolistycznego (147-174). Instytut Wydawniczy Książka i Prasa

W rozwiniętym kapitalizmie monopolistycznym centralnym problemem nie jest to, że rzadkie zasoby zderzają się z wrodzonymi, niezaspokojonymi potrzebami, lecz to, że obfitość produkcji zderza się z nasyconym rynkiem konsumpcyjnym i inwestycyjnym. Aby w... Read More about Absorpcja nadwyżki i marnotrawstwo w neoliberalnym kapitalizmie monopolistycznym.

Passive feeding in paper-based microbial fuel cells (2018)
Journal Article
Winfield, J., Milani, P., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2018). Passive feeding in paper-based microbial fuel cells. ECS Transactions, 85(13), 1193-1200. https://doi.org/10.1149/08513.1193ecst

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are often constructed using materials such as plastic that can be hazardous to the environment. Building MFCs from paper is a sustainable option, making the fuel cells lightweight and easy to carry. Transported in the bott... Read More about Passive feeding in paper-based microbial fuel cells.

Anticipation in robotics (2018)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F., & Hafner, V. V. (2018). Anticipation in robotics. In R. Poli (Ed.), Handbook of Anticipation: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of the Use of Future in Decision Making. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31737-3_73-1

In this chapter, we introduce anticipatory robotic systems. We show how intelligent robots can anticipate the future, by outlining two broad approaches: the first shows how robots can use anticipation to learn how to control their own bodies and the... Read More about Anticipation in robotics.

The long road to sustainability: integrated water quality and quantity assessments in the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia (2018)
Book Chapter
Wanke, H., Beyer, M., Hipondoka, M., Hamutoko, J., Gaj, M., Koeniger, P., & Himmelsbach, T. (2018). The long road to sustainability: integrated water quality and quantity assessments in the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia. In R. Revermann, K. Krewenka, U. Schmiedel, J. Olwoch, J. Helmschrot, & N. Jürgens (Eds.), Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa – assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions. Klaus Hess Publishers

Many arid and semi-arid regions of Southern Africa experience pressure on water resources as a result of limited rainfall, droughts, high population growth, and poor infrastructure. To satisfy domestic, agricultural, and livestock demands, multiple... Read More about The long road to sustainability: integrated water quality and quantity assessments in the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia.

Research on intelligent controller design for MIMO spatially -Distributed systems with applications (2018)
Thesis
Wang, Y. Research on intelligent controller design for MIMO spatially -Distributed systems with applications. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/876409

Spatially dynamic distributed systems have been attracting increasing attention from researchers in the field of system modelling and control since their introduction as an alternative to simple systems to meet the ever-greater requirements to make i... Read More about Research on intelligent controller design for MIMO spatially -Distributed systems with applications.

Part III – Contexts, people and practices (2018)
Book Chapter
Waller, R., Milana, M., Webb, S., & Holford, J. (2018). Part III – Contexts, people and practices. In M. Milana, S. Webb, J. Holford, R. Waller, & P. Jarvis (Eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning (737-740). London: Palgrave

An overview of the third section of the edited handbook

Higher education and social inequalities: University admissions, experiences and outcomes (2018)
Book
Waller, R., Ingram, N., & Ward, M. R. M. (2018). Higher education and social inequalities: University admissions, experiences and outcomes. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

An edited collection of twelve original chapters of contemporary research into higher education and social inequality. The book is divided into three distinct sections exploring how social inequality manifests itself in three stages of the student li... Read More about Higher education and social inequalities: University admissions, experiences and outcomes.