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Ethical standards in Robotics and AI (2019)
Journal Article
Winfield, A. F. (2019). Ethical standards in Robotics and AI. Nature Electronics, 2(2), 46-48

A new generation of ethical standards in robotics and artificial intelligence is emerging as a direct response to a growing awareness of the ethical, legal and societal impact of the fields. But what exactly are these ethical standards and how do the... Read More about Ethical standards in Robotics and AI.

Valley-polarized tunneling currents in bilayer graphene tunneling transistors (2019)
Journal Article
Thompson, J. J. P., Leech, D. J., & Mucha-Kruczyński, M. (2019). Valley-polarized tunneling currents in bilayer graphene tunneling transistors. Physical Review B, 99(8), Article 085420. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.085420

We study theoretically the electron current across a monolayer graphene/hexagonal boron nitride/bilayer graphene tunneling junction in an external magnetic field perpendicular to the layers. We show that change in effective tunneling barrier width fo... Read More about Valley-polarized tunneling currents in bilayer graphene tunneling transistors.

CYP enzymes, expressed within live human suspension cells, are superior to widely-used microsomal enzymes in identifying potent CYP1A1/CYP1B1 inhibitors: Identification of quinazolinones as CYP1A1/CYP1B1 inhibitors that efficiently reverse B[a]P toxicity and cisplatin resistance (2019)
Journal Article
Sonawane, V. R., Mohd Usman, M. S., Gatchie, L., Williams, I. S., Bharate, S. B., Jayaprakash, V., …Chaudhuri, B. (2019). CYP enzymes, expressed within live human suspension cells, are superior to widely-used microsomal enzymes in identifying potent CYP1A1/CYP1B1 inhibitors: Identification of quinazolinones as CYP1A1/CYP1B1 inhibitors that efficiently reverse B[a]P toxicity and cisplatin resistance. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 131, 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2019.02.016

Microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, isolated from recombinant bacterial/insect/yeast cells, are extensively used for drug metabolism studies. However, they may not always portray how a developmental drug would behave in human cells with intact... Read More about CYP enzymes, expressed within live human suspension cells, are superior to widely-used microsomal enzymes in identifying potent CYP1A1/CYP1B1 inhibitors: Identification of quinazolinones as CYP1A1/CYP1B1 inhibitors that efficiently reverse B[a]P toxicity and cisplatin resistance.

Widening the discourse on team-teaching in higher education (2019)
Journal Article
Minett-Smith, C., & Davis, C. L. (2020). Widening the discourse on team-teaching in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(5), 579-594. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1577814

Team-teaching is arguably shifting from the realm of pedagogic choice to that of necessity in a complex and demanding Higher Education (HE) landscape. This research gives a voice to staff collaborating in team-teaching, considering their motivations... Read More about Widening the discourse on team-teaching in higher education.

Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites (2019)
Journal Article
Qureshi, T. S., & Panesar, D. K. (2019). Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites. Construction and Building Materials, 206, 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.01.176

This study examines and compares the performance of two specific forms of graphene nanomaterials in the cement based composite, namely graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO). A typical forms of GO with the average C:O ratio of 54:46 and... Read More about Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites.

MC/Host Polar Produce (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Dillon, T., Rich, K., & Multiple Others, M. O. (2019, February). MC/Host Polar Produce. Presented at RADMIN -A festival of Administration, Bristol, UK

Feral Business Network presents: RADMIN -A festival of Administration Feb 14-16 2019, Cube Microplex, Bristol UK What can artists do for business? At a time where the legitimacy of 'business as usual' has been called spectacularly into doubt... Read More about MC/Host Polar Produce.

Visual analytics for collaborative human-machine confidence in human-centric active learning tasks (2019)
Journal Article
Legg, P., Smith, J., & Downing, A. (2019). Visual analytics for collaborative human-machine confidence in human-centric active learning tasks. Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences, 9, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13673-019-0167-8

Active machine learning is a human-centric paradigm that leverages a small labelled dataset to build an initial weak classifier, that can then be improved over time through human-machine collaboration. As new unlabelled samples are observed, the mach... Read More about Visual analytics for collaborative human-machine confidence in human-centric active learning tasks.

Examining flood policy change in Jakarta, Indonesia using the Multiple Stream model (2019)
Book Chapter
Octavianti, T. (2019). Examining flood policy change in Jakarta, Indonesia using the Multiple Stream model. In E. Penning-Rowsell, & M. Becker (Eds.), Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities. Abingdon: Routledge

This chapter examines the usability of Kingdon’s (2003) Multiple Stream (MS) model to understand the extent to which major flood events precipitated policy changes in Jakarta, Indonesia. Scholars (Rosenthal and t’Hart, 1998; Johnson et al. 2005; Sult... Read More about Examining flood policy change in Jakarta, Indonesia using the Multiple Stream model.

Audio-visual-olfactory resource allocation for tri-modal virtual environments (2019)
Journal Article
Doukakis, E., Debattista, K., Bashford-Rogers, T., Dhokia, A., Asadipour, A., Chalmers, A., & Harvey, C. (2019). Audio-visual-olfactory resource allocation for tri-modal virtual environments. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 25(5), 1865-1875. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2019.2898823

© 2019 IEEE. Virtual Environments (VEs) provide the opportunity to simulate a wide range of applications, from training to entertainment, in a safe and controlled manner. For applications which require realistic representations of real world environm... Read More about Audio-visual-olfactory resource allocation for tri-modal virtual environments.

Building bridges with your audience: Find your readers (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Pender, E. (2019, February). Building bridges with your audience: Find your readers. Presented at Publishing Lunchtime Seminar Event Series, Oxford Brookes University

Eleanor was invited by Oxford Brookes University to deliver a Publishing Lunchtime Seminar on digital media communications in the publishing industry.

Self-management support intervention for parents of children with developmental disorders: The role of gratitude and hope (2019)
Journal Article
Martin, F., Clyne, W., Pearce, G., & Turner, A. (2019). Self-management support intervention for parents of children with developmental disorders: The role of gratitude and hope. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(4), 980-992. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-01308-1

Objectives: Many parents of children with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders and attention deficit disorders, experience poor well-being and increased anxiety and depression. Very few interventions directly target parents... Read More about Self-management support intervention for parents of children with developmental disorders: The role of gratitude and hope.

Working with trauma: personal and professional development needs of psychosocial intervention practitioners working with refugees in Greece (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Fragkiadaki, E., Ghafoori, B., & Triliva, S. (2019, February). Working with trauma: personal and professional development needs of psychosocial intervention practitioners working with refugees in Greece. Paper presented at 3rd European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Edinburgh, Scotland

Approximately 860,000 refugees and immigrants entered Greece without appropriate travel documents over the last three years. The traumatic events of their lives can be numerous and prolonged as they can be part of their past, current interpersonal re... Read More about Working with trauma: personal and professional development needs of psychosocial intervention practitioners working with refugees in Greece.

The architecture of identity: Sensory investigations in the post-occupancy evaluation of a university’s ‘new building’ #myUWEBBSview (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Warren, S., & Shortt, H. (2019, February). The architecture of identity: Sensory investigations in the post-occupancy evaluation of a university’s ‘new building’ #myUWEBBSview. Presented at Swansea University Research Staff Seminar Series, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales

We report on preliminary findings from an innovative post-occupancy evaluation of the Bristol Business and Law School’s new building at the Frenchay Campus, University of West of England (UWE), UK. This project is an academic-industry collaboration b... Read More about The architecture of identity: Sensory investigations in the post-occupancy evaluation of a university’s ‘new building’ #myUWEBBSview.

Changing significance of embodied energy: A comparative study of material specifications and building energy sources (2019)
Journal Article
Ajayi, S. O., Oyedele, L. O., & Ilori, O. M. (2019). Changing significance of embodied energy: A comparative study of material specifications and building energy sources. Journal of Building Engineering, 23, 324-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.02.008

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Despite the increasing significance of embodied impacts of buildings, efforts to reduce their environmental footprints have been concentrated on the operational impacts of buildings. This study investigates the changing significan... Read More about Changing significance of embodied energy: A comparative study of material specifications and building energy sources.

‘The open typology’: Towards socially sustainable architectural and care types (2019)
Journal Article
Landi, D., & Everett, G. (2019). ‘The open typology’: Towards socially sustainable architectural and care types. Architecture_MPS, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.amps.2019v16i1.001

One aspect that characterises the twenty-first century is its accomplishments such as better health-care systems, improved economies, a reduction in infant mortality and a growing number of adults living longer. However, these accomplishments can hav... Read More about ‘The open typology’: Towards socially sustainable architectural and care types.

The estimation of crop emergence in potatoes by UAV RGB imagery (2019)
Journal Article
Li, B., Xu, X., Han, J., Zhang, L., Bian, C., Jin, L., & Liu, J. (2019). The estimation of crop emergence in potatoes by UAV RGB imagery. Plant Methods, 15(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-019-0399-7

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Crop emergence and canopy cover are important physiological traits for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivar evaluation and nutrients management. They play important roles in variety screening, field management and... Read More about The estimation of crop emergence in potatoes by UAV RGB imagery.

Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses (2019)
Journal Article
Kirkpatrick, S., Harding, S., Pollard, K., & Tacchi, P. (2019). Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 28(3), 162-167. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.3.162

Clinical research nurses (CRNs) need to be competent in both clinical and research skills. In the past 10 years there has been increasing focus on developing the research competencies of CRNs. Employers, however, use the nurses’ registered status as... Read More about Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses.

Wnt signaling is a major determinant of neuroblastoma cell lineages (2019)
Journal Article
Szemes, M., Greenhough, A., & Malik, K. (2019). Wnt signaling is a major determinant of neuroblastoma cell lineages. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 12(90), https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00090

© 2019 Szemes, Greenhough and Malik. The neural crest (NC), which has been referred to as the fourth germ layer, comprises a multipotent cell population which will specify diverse cells and tissues, including craniofacial cartilage and bones, melanoc... Read More about Wnt signaling is a major determinant of neuroblastoma cell lineages.

Seismic performance of cold-formed steel bolted moment connections with bolting friction-slip mechanism (2019)
Journal Article
Ye, J., Mojtabaei, S. M., & Hajirasouliha, I. (2019). Seismic performance of cold-formed steel bolted moment connections with bolting friction-slip mechanism. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 156, 122-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2019.01.013

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Typical cold-formed steel (CFS) moment-resisting connections generally have relatively low ductility and energy dissipation capacity as a result of low local/distortional buckling resistance of thin-walled CFS elements, and theref... Read More about Seismic performance of cold-formed steel bolted moment connections with bolting friction-slip mechanism.

A reliable adaptive forwarding approach in named data networking (2019)
Journal Article
Rezaeifar, Z., Wang, J., Oh, H., Lee, S. B., & Hur, J. (2019). A reliable adaptive forwarding approach in named data networking. Future Generation Computer Systems, 96, 538-551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.12.049

Named Data Networking (NDN) is a new paradigm for the future Internet infrastructure based on routable named data. The NDN infrastructure consists of a new component called strategy layer. The strategy layer allows for dynamically selecting network i... Read More about A reliable adaptive forwarding approach in named data networking.