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Electrical properties of proteinoids for unconventional computing architectures (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Electrical properties of proteinoids for unconventional computing architectures. In NANOARCH '23: Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1145/3611315.3633264

Proteinoids are peptide-like molecules that arise from the combination of amino acids in pre-biotic environments. Recent studies have revealed distinctive electrical characteristics of proteinoids, such as the presence of voltage-gated ion channels,... Read More about Electrical properties of proteinoids for unconventional computing architectures.

Thriving communities Bristol evaluation report 2023 (2023)
Report
Holt, N., & Dunn, L. (2023). Thriving communities Bristol evaluation report 2023. Arts Council and National Academy of Social Prescribing

Thriving Communities Bristol developed partnerships between grassroots organisations with the aim of improving practice and knowledge of social prescribing in the city. Between June 2021 and June 2022, the project’s partners identified need and de... Read More about Thriving communities Bristol evaluation report 2023.

Thermal comfort study in MSMEs in Cairo using onsite measurements and optimization algorithm (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Lila, A., Sharmin, T., Khalil, A., Ismaeel, W. S., Karram, M., Ewida, S., …Ammar, H. M. (2023). Thermal comfort study in MSMEs in Cairo using onsite measurements and optimization algorithm. In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA (1579-1586). https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2023.1374

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the hot climates in Egypt face many challenges with increased heat stress, reduced labour productivity and adverse occupational health effects often leading to work injuries and heat stroke. This study inv... Read More about Thermal comfort study in MSMEs in Cairo using onsite measurements and optimization algorithm.

Nationwide tracing of two top freshwater fish invaders in Greece using environmental DNA sampling (2023)
Journal Article
Kalogianni, E., Kalaitzakis, N., Vardakas, L., Koutsikos, N., Zimmerman, B., Meek, S., …Steer, M. D. (2024). Nationwide tracing of two top freshwater fish invaders in Greece using environmental DNA sampling. Diversity, 16(1), Article 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16010028

Alien fish invasions are causing devastating impacts on native freshwater fauna; thus, rigorous, non-invasive and cost-effective biomonitoring of lotic and lentic freshwaters to design and implement appropriate prevention and control measures is now... Read More about Nationwide tracing of two top freshwater fish invaders in Greece using environmental DNA sampling.

A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Del Carlo, F., Caprili, S., Ferreira, T. M., Roca, P., & Uzielli, M. (2023). A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings. In M. Papadrakakis, & M. Fragiadakis (Eds.), A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings Proceedings - Volume 2 (2741-2751)

UnReinforced Masonry (URM) religious buildings have proven to require special attention in the context of natural hazards risk assessment due to their high vulnerability - connected to aging and types of construction ' and to their strong links with... Read More about A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings.

Introducing the concept of repurposing robots; to increase their useful life, reduce waste, and improve sustainability in the robotics industry (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mcgloin, H., Studley, M., Mawle, R., & Winfield, A. (2023). Introducing the concept of repurposing robots; to increase their useful life, reduce waste, and improve sustainability in the robotics industry. In R. W. de Bruin, M. O. Tokhi, L. Belder, M. I. A. Ferreira, N. S. Govindarajulu, & M. F. Silva (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.13180/icres.2023.17-18.07.007

Based on current definitions of electronic waste, the robotics industry faces a future where products created for both business and consumer markets could be required to meet regulations to manage the control of electronic products at the end of thei... Read More about Introducing the concept of repurposing robots; to increase their useful life, reduce waste, and improve sustainability in the robotics industry.

Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry?. In A. Tutesigensi, & C. J. Neilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference (14-23)

Adversarialism within the UK construction industry fosters poor payment practices. Thus, stakeholders down the supply chain consistently suffer cashflow issues which can cause insolvencies. This study consisted of a critical review of literature and... Read More about Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry?.

Digital technology in engineering design teaching (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Valentine, R., & Matthews, J. (2023). Digital technology in engineering design teaching. In DS 123: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2023) (73-78). https://doi.org/10.35199/epde.2023.13

Digital technology is widely used in engineering design teaching, enabling students to create parametric models of their solutions and data files for computer-aided manufacture (CAM). However, the digital industry is predicted to grow significantly t... Read More about Digital technology in engineering design teaching.

Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2023). Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site. In R. Kilian, S. Saba, & C. Gietz (Eds.), EEHB 2022 Post Prints. The 4th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings (219-227)

Carbon emissions from the built environment must be urgently reduced to mitigate climate change. Retrofit of existing buildings is key. However, heritage buildings pose a particular challenge, particularly domestic buildings where retrofit is mainly... Read More about Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site.

Artificial intelligence for occupational health and safety management in construction (2023)
Book Chapter
Perera, S., Paton-Cole, V., Gao, S., Francis, V., Urhal, P., Manu, P., …Babalola, A. (2023). Artificial intelligence for occupational health and safety management in construction. In P. Manu, S. Gao, P. J. S. Bartolo, V. Francis, & A. Sawhney (Eds.), Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era (154-168). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003213796-15

Reducing occupational safety and health (OSH) incidents has been an area of significant importance to the construction industry. The industry remains one of the most dangerous, with significant occupational fatalities and injuries. Artificial intelli... Read More about Artificial intelligence for occupational health and safety management in construction.

Developing Industry 4.0 applications - A social construction of technology approach (2023)
Book Chapter
Collinge, W. H., Osorio-Sandoval, C. A., Manu, P., & Cheung, C. (2023). Developing Industry 4.0 applications - A social construction of technology approach. In P. Manu, S. Gao, P. Jorge Silva Bartolo, V. Francis, & A. Sawhney (Eds.), Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era (42-51). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003213796-5

The design and development of Industry 4.0 applications requires focused research work and close collaboration with the industry. Such an approach requires a balance between technical work and social interactions with industry partners: a social cons... Read More about Developing Industry 4.0 applications - A social construction of technology approach.

The confluence of Industry 4.0 and construction occupational safety, health and well-being (2023)
Book Chapter
Manu, P., Gao, S., Da Silva Bartolo, P. J., Francis, V., & Sawhney, A. (2023). The confluence of Industry 4.0 and construction occupational safety, health and well-being. In P. Manu, S. Gao, P. J. D. S. Bartolo, V. Francis, & A. Sawhney (Eds.), Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era (1-14). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003213796-1

Globally, the construction sector accounts for more than100,000 occupational fatalities annually. There is an urgent need to improve the poor occupational safety, health and well-being (OSHW) outlook of the construction sector. The advent of the four... Read More about The confluence of Industry 4.0 and construction occupational safety, health and well-being.

Application of exoskeletons for occupational safety and health management in construction (2023)
Book Chapter
Babalola, A., Urhal, P., Manu, P., Da Silva Bartolo, P. J., Cheung, C., Yunusa-Kaltungo, A., …Paton-Cole, V. (2023). Application of exoskeletons for occupational safety and health management in construction. In P. Manu, S. Gao, P. J. S. Bartolo, V. Francis, & A. Sawhney (Eds.), Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era (249-264). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003213796-23

The construction industry is a high-risk industry due to its poor record of injuries and deaths globally. Recently, exoskeletons, as part of a suite of Industry 4.0 technologies, have emerged as a potential effective technological approach for addres... Read More about Application of exoskeletons for occupational safety and health management in construction.

Critical community psychology: The perceptions of UK undergraduate psychology students (2023)
Journal Article
Thompson, M., & Thomas, Z. (2023). Critical community psychology: The perceptions of UK undergraduate psychology students. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 9(2), 125-146. https://doi.org/10.1285/i24212113v9i2p125

Psychology undergraduates represent the future workforce of the applied psychology professions. As such, this study explores UK psychology undergraduates’ views of critical community psychology and its relevance to applied psychology related to well-... Read More about Critical community psychology: The perceptions of UK undergraduate psychology students.

Evolving multi-valued regulatory networks on tuneable fitness landscapes (2023)
Journal Article
Bull, L. (2023). Evolving multi-valued regulatory networks on tuneable fitness landscapes. Complex Systems -Champaign-, 32(3), 289-307. https://doi.org/10.25088/ComplexSystems.32.3.289

Random Boolean networks have been used widely to explore aspects of gene regulatory networks. As the name implies, traditionally the model has used a binary representation scheme. This paper uses a modified form of the model to systematically explore... Read More about Evolving multi-valued regulatory networks on tuneable fitness landscapes.

Profit aus Glaubenmachen - Gewinn aus Dichtung: Wirtschaft als Wahrheitskampf (2023)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (2023). Profit aus Glaubenmachen - Gewinn aus Dichtung: Wirtschaft als Wahrheitskampf. In I. D. Gennaro, G. N. Schaefer, & S. E. Schuster (Eds.), Geld und Gewinn. Zur Erweiterung monetär-ökonomischer Logiken (11-40). Verlag Karl Alber

Die Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Moderne befasst sich maßgeblich mit der Frage, was der Markt ist bzw. wie vom Markt zu denken ist. Aus eigener Erfahrung teilen wir hier die Einsicht des Wirtschaftsphilosophen Philip Mirowski (2013), dass die in der H... Read More about Profit aus Glaubenmachen - Gewinn aus Dichtung: Wirtschaft als Wahrheitskampf.

Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Adzic, F., Mustafa, M., Wild, O., Cheung, H. Y. W., & Malki-Epshtein, L. (2023). Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate (Indoor Air 2022) (1-8)

This post-occupancy study aims to assess the indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation performance in workshops and laboratories of a UK university during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply airflow rates and CO2 were monitored as a proxy for evaluating ven... Read More about Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic.