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Challenges to implementing environmental-DNA monitoring in Namibia (2022)
Journal Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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.

100 Ways to write a book (2022)
Book Chapter

Writing a novel - collected authors discuss their process

A systematic approach to understand hydrogeochemical dynamics in large river systems: Development and application to the River Ganges (Ganga) in India (2022)
Journal Article

Large river systems, such as the River Ganges (Ganga), provide crucial water resources for the environment and society, yet often face significant challenges associated with cumulative impacts arising from upstream environmental and anthropogenic inf... Read More about A systematic approach to understand hydrogeochemical dynamics in large river systems: Development and application to the River Ganges (Ganga) in India.

Global value chain reconfiguration and COVID-19: Investigating the case for more resilient redistributed models of production (2022)
Journal Article

The COVID-19 pandemic shocked the global economy, laying bare the coordination challenges and vulnerabilities of global value chains (GVCs) across sectors. Governments, consumers, and firms alike have called for greater GVC resilience to ensure criti... Read More about Global value chain reconfiguration and COVID-19: Investigating the case for more resilient redistributed models of production.

Assessment and treatment of nocturia in neurological disease in a primary care setting: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus (2022)
Journal Article

Context: Neurological disease can affect the rate of urine production and bladder storage function, increasing nocturia severity, with additional risks if mobility or cognition is impaired. Objective: To conduct a systematic review (SR) of nocturia i... Read More about Assessment and treatment of nocturia in neurological disease in a primary care setting: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus.