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New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice (2022)
Journal Article
Walpole, G., Bacon, E., Beverley, K., De Laurentis, C., Renfrew, K., & Rudd, J. (in press). New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice. Public Money and Management, 42(8), 668-671. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.2021658

Public services have recently experienced a ‘perfect storm’: dealing with challenges including the task demands of Covid-19, increased financial pressures derived from the pandemic and its impact on future revenue flows, and obligations to meet carbo... Read More about New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice.

A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks (2022)
Journal Article
Johnson, S. J., Verster, J. C., & Alford, C. (2022). A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 57(5), 630-640. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab086

AIMS: To compare alcohol consumption and risk-taking behaviours on alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) and alcohol-only (AO) drinking occasions collected via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) versus retrospective survey methods (adapted-Quick... Read More about A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks.

Inter-annotator agreement using the Conversation Analysis Modelling Schema, for dialogue (2022)
Journal Article
Duran, N., Battle, S., & Smith, J. (2022). Inter-annotator agreement using the Conversation Analysis Modelling Schema, for dialogue. Communication Methods and Measures, 16(3), 182-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2021.2020229

We present the Conversation Analysis Modeling Schema (CAMS), a novel dialogue labeling schema that combines the Conversation Analysis concept of Adjacency Pairs, with Dialogue Acts. The aim is to capture both the semantic and syntactic structure of d... Read More about Inter-annotator agreement using the Conversation Analysis Modelling Schema, for dialogue.

Challenges to implementing environmental-DNA monitoring in Namibia (2022)
Journal Article
Perry, I., Jâms, I. B., Casas-Mulet, R., Hamutoko, J., Marchbank, A., Lendelvo, S., …Kille, P. (2022). Challenges to implementing environmental-DNA monitoring in Namibia. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, Article 773991. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.773991

By identifying fragments of DNA in the environment, eDNA approaches present a promising tool for monitoring biodiversity in a cost-effective way. This is particularly pertinent for countries where traditional morphological monitoring has been sparse.... Read More about Challenges to implementing environmental-DNA monitoring in Namibia.

Transfer learning for operator selection: A reinforcement learning approach (2022)
Journal Article
Durgut, R., Aydin, M. E., & Rakib, A. (2022). Transfer learning for operator selection: A reinforcement learning approach. Algorithms, 15(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/a15010024

In the past two decades, metaheuristic optimisation algorithms (MOAs) have been increasingly popular, particularly in logistic, science, and engineering problems. The fundamental characteristics of such algorithms are that they are dependent on a par... Read More about Transfer learning for operator selection: A reinforcement learning approach.

Investigation of nanocrystalline zinc oxide and zinc oxide/copper oxide composites for use in a continuous flow biosensor (2022)
Thesis
Cao, L. Investigation of nanocrystalline zinc oxide and zinc oxide/copper oxide composites for use in a continuous flow biosensor. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1863268

There are an increasing number of applications for point-of-care biosensing technologies that are able to monitor biochemical levels over a period, rather than as a measurement at a single time point. As with all point-of-care devices, cost and appro... Read More about Investigation of nanocrystalline zinc oxide and zinc oxide/copper oxide composites for use in a continuous flow biosensor.

Are current UK coastal defences good enough for Tomorrow? An assessment of vulnerability to coastal erosion (2022)
Journal Article
Kantamaneni, K., Rice, L., Du, X., Allali, B., & Yenneti, K. (in press). Are current UK coastal defences good enough for Tomorrow? An assessment of vulnerability to coastal erosion. Coastal Management, 50(2), 142-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2022.2022971

Coastal vulnerability and its physical, economic and social consequences at national and international scales is of high scientific, political and policy interest. Anthropogenic climate change and coastal erosion threaten the very fabric of a society... Read More about Are current UK coastal defences good enough for Tomorrow? An assessment of vulnerability to coastal erosion.

La vivienda sigue sin ser delito (2022)
Book Chapter
Youngman, T., & Barrio, L. (2022). La vivienda sigue sin ser delito. In La Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca: Una década de lucha por la vivienda digna 2009-2019. Barcelona: Bellatera

En el año 2019 se cumplió el décimo aniversario de la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH de ahora en adelante), nacida en Barcelona en febrero del 2009. Con motivo de este aniversario, un grupo de investigadoras en ciencias sociales, conoce... Read More about La vivienda sigue sin ser delito.

Exploring the role of contextual behavioural science variables and education in the prosocial domain of global poverty and human rights (2022)
Journal Article
Thompson, M., Bond, F. W., Lloyd, J., Anslow, S., & Berry, E. (2022). Exploring the role of contextual behavioural science variables and education in the prosocial domain of global poverty and human rights. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.01.004

Two preliminary, single session, lab-based experiments sought to examine the differing roles of: contextual behavioural science variables (i.e. ACT/mindfulness), charity focused education and control conditions in terms of their influence on donation... Read More about Exploring the role of contextual behavioural science variables and education in the prosocial domain of global poverty and human rights.

It’s time to act on pavement misuse (2022)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2022). It’s time to act on pavement misuse. Local Transport Today, 23-25

This short commentary article offers a critical assessment of the mistreatment of pavements (walkways) in the UK in the face of continued (ab)use of the pavement for parking motorised vehicles.

Methods, techniques, and tools for assessing the seismic vulnerability of building stocks (2022)
Book Chapter
Ferreira, T. M., & Bernardini, G. (2022). Methods, techniques, and tools for assessing the seismic vulnerability of building stocks. In Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures At Multiple Scales: From Single Buildings to Large-Scale Assessment (229-247). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824071-7.00009-3

The task of selecting the most appropriate method or technique to assess the seismic vulnerability of large building stocks must be based on a proper balance between the simplicity of the tool to be used and the accuracy of the results, knowing that... Read More about Methods, techniques, and tools for assessing the seismic vulnerability of building stocks.

Tongues in trees: Hannah More and the nature inscription (2022)
Book Chapter
Jarvis, R. (2022). Tongues in trees: Hannah More and the nature inscription. In Hannah More in Context (14-33). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092971-1

Hannah More's ill-fated engagement to the affluent William Turner of Belmont (an estate situated around six miles from Bristol) is a well-known episode of her early life. Turner and More shared a keen interest in gardening and are said to have planne... Read More about Tongues in trees: Hannah More and the nature inscription.

Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system (2022)
Journal Article
Khadka, A., Parkin, J., Pilkington, P., Joshi, S. K., & Mytton, J. (2022). Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system. Traffic Injury Prevention, 23(2), 79-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2021.2012766

Objective: Accurate road crash reporting is essential for evaluating road safety interventions and plans. Under-reporting of road traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities in police records has been widely described. The aim of this study was to appl... Read More about Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system.

Contagion testing in frontier markets under alternative stressful S&P 500 market scenarios (2022)
Journal Article
Mahadeo, S., Heinlein, R., & Legrenzi, G. (2022). Contagion testing in frontier markets under alternative stressful S&P 500 market scenarios. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 60, Article 101629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2021.101629

We use alternative approaches to identify stable and stressful scenarios in the S&P 500 market, to offer a new perspective for constructing contagion tests in recipient frontier markets vulnerable to disturbances from this source market. The S&P 500... Read More about Contagion testing in frontier markets under alternative stressful S&P 500 market scenarios.

“It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Whitehouse, S. (2022). “It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education. Journal of Social Science Education, 20(4), 93-120. https://doi.org/10.11576/jsse-4551

Purpose: Climate change education and the emotional consequences this topic raises in the classroom has been largely ignored by researchers. This paper considers the emotional response to climate education in a primary classroom (age 9-10 years) in E... Read More about “It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education.

Team Academy in Diverse Settings (2022)
Book
Urzelai, B., & Vettraino, E. (Eds.). (2022). Team Academy in Diverse Settings. Routledge

“Entrepreneurship education was born in Genesis. We had no research, no theory, and, therefore, very few options for teaching entrepreneurship except hearing the war stories” (Neck et al., 2014, p.10). This last book of a four-book series collate... Read More about Team Academy in Diverse Settings.

Team coaching practice in the UK, a comparative study (2022)
Book Chapter
Iraci, D., Urzelai, B., & Dance, G. (2022). Team coaching practice in the UK, a comparative study. In B. Urzelai, & E. Vettraino (Eds.), Team Academy in Diverse Settings. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This research focuses on the differences between the programmes, TA tools and the methods used, with the main focus on Team coaching practices (especially in the context of training sessions) in the UK. A qualitative method is employed, through a mul... Read More about Team coaching practice in the UK, a comparative study.

The Amber Project: A survey of methods and inks for the reproduction of the color of translucent objects (2022)
Journal Article
Trujillo-Vazquez, A., Fuller, H., Klein, S., & Parraman, C. (2022). The Amber Project: A survey of methods and inks for the reproduction of the color of translucent objects. Applied Sciences, 12(2), Article 793. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020793

Unlike regular pigments based on selective light absorption, the so-called “effect pigments” are based on the phenomena of structural color, or selective reflectance. Structural color has appealing aesthetic qualities, such as angle-dependent hue, an... Read More about The Amber Project: A survey of methods and inks for the reproduction of the color of translucent objects.

Transitional justice and Peacemaking/Peacebuilding (2022)
Book Chapter
Brett, R., & Malagon Diaz, L. (2022). Transitional justice and Peacemaking/Peacebuilding. In R. Mac Ginty, & A. Wanis-St. John (Eds.), Contemporary Peacemaking (475-505). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82962-9_23

States and societies do not tend to follow a linear or sequential logic in the aftermath of conflict: poor quality peace, post-accord violence and conflict recidivism occur regularly in the wake of armed conflict and initially successful negotiations... Read More about Transitional justice and Peacemaking/Peacebuilding.