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Flash flooding as a threat to settlements even in remote areas (2016)
Journal Article
Gohar, A., & Kondolf, G. M. (2017). Flash flooding as a threat to settlements even in remote areas. Environment and Urbanization, 29(2), 503-514. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247816672158

Desert environments are subject to flash floods in wadi floors, which may occur only once every decade or two in a given wadi (dry channels or valleys, except during rains). In areas of rapid growth, flood-prone areas can become urbanized in the time... Read More about Flash flooding as a threat to settlements even in remote areas.

Where three roads meet: Triangulation in the care sector, a psycho-social view on caring & vulnerability (2016)
Thesis
Felix, S. Where three roads meet: Triangulation in the care sector, a psycho-social view on caring & vulnerability. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/904534

ABSTRACT Where Three Roads Meet: Triangulation in the Care Sector: A Psycho-Social View on Caring and Vulnerability In this thesis I explore the effect on the lived experience of care workers and their managers in the residential elderly care... Read More about Where three roads meet: Triangulation in the care sector, a psycho-social view on caring & vulnerability.

Litigating extraterritorial nuisances under English Common Law and UK Statute (2016)
Journal Article
Blanco, E. M., & Pontin, B. (2017). Litigating extraterritorial nuisances under English Common Law and UK Statute. Transnational Environmental Law, 6(2), 285-308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102516000303

© 2016 Cambridge University Press. English common law and United Kingdom legislation provide various - overall liberal - jurisdictional grounds for hearing foreign tort claims. The article examines these grounds with reference to recent and ongoing o... Read More about Litigating extraterritorial nuisances under English Common Law and UK Statute.

On emulation of flueric devices in excitable chemical medium (2016)
Journal Article
Adamatzky, A. (2016). On emulation of flueric devices in excitable chemical medium. PLoS ONE, 11(12), Article e0168267. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168267

Flueric devices are fluidic devices without moving parts. Fluidic devices use fluid as a medium for information transfer and computation. A Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) medium is a thin-layer spatially extended excitable chemical medium which exhibits t... Read More about On emulation of flueric devices in excitable chemical medium.

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid direct detection and differentiation of nonpathogenic and verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli in beef and bovine faeces (2016)
Journal Article
Stratakos, A. C., Stratakos, A., Linton, M., Millington, S., & Grant, I. R. (2017). A loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid direct detection and differentiation of nonpathogenic and verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli in beef and bovine faeces. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 122(3), 817-828. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13381

© 2016 The Society for Applied Microbiology Aim: To develop a multiplex loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay capable of quantifying Escherichia coli and differentiating verocytotoxigenic E.coli (VTEC). Methods and Results: Primer sets... Read More about A loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid direct detection and differentiation of nonpathogenic and verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli in beef and bovine faeces.

Ten concerns about blood pressure measurement and targets in paediatric sepsis (2016)
Journal Article
Lyttle, M. D., Marlais, M., Lyttle, M., & Inwald, D. (2017). Ten concerns about blood pressure measurement and targets in paediatric sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine, 43(3), 433-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4642-7

Current paediatric sepsis guidelines suggest that resuscitation is titrated against clinical markers of hypovolaemia and end organ perfusion [1], including blood pressure (BP), heart rate and capillary refill time (CRT). BP is used both as a defining... Read More about Ten concerns about blood pressure measurement and targets in paediatric sepsis.

Deck your halls with dinosaurs! (2016)
Digital Artefact
Ollerenshaw, K., & Hobbs, L. (2016). Deck your halls with dinosaurs!

Behind door 17, a guest post from Cotton On’s Kerry Ollerenshaw and Science From the Start’s Dr Laura Hobbs – if you create a dinosaur tree decoration, let us know in the comments, on their Facebook pages or via #geoadvent on twitter!

Response to European Union Select Commitee Brexit: Fisheries (2016)
Journal Article
Appleby, T. (2016). Response to European Union Select Commitee Brexit: Fisheries

Response by Dr Thomas Appleby – Associate Professor at the University of the West of England, member of the International Water Security Network and non-practising solicitor. Dr Appleby is also a trustee of one of the UK’s leading marine and fisheri... Read More about Response to European Union Select Commitee Brexit: Fisheries.

Recent developments in public health education accreditation (2016)
Journal Article
Goodman, J., Gray, S., Chambaud, L., Sprenger, M., de Viggiani, N., Kalediene, R., & de Boer, J. (2016). Recent developments in public health education accreditation. Eurohealth, 22(4), 17-20

Summary: In 2011, ASPHER established the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA). This represented the culmination of nearly a quarter of a century of activities dating back to 1988 in developing and assuring quality in public health... Read More about Recent developments in public health education accreditation.

Cell Signalling (2016)
Book
Hancock, J. T. (2016). Cell Signalling. Oxford: Oxford University Press

4th Edition of Cell Signalling published by OUP

Effect of mobile phase additives on solute retention at low aqueous pH in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (2016)
Journal Article
McCalley, D. V. (2017). Effect of mobile phase additives on solute retention at low aqueous pH in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 1483, 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2016.12.035

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Trifluoracetic acid (TFA) added to the aqueous acetonitrile mobile phase induces some unexpected changes in the ionic component of retention in hydrophilic interaction separations when using Type B silica and amide-bonded silica... Read More about Effect of mobile phase additives on solute retention at low aqueous pH in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography.

Interactive virtual archaeology: Constructing the prehistoric past at Avebury henge (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L. (2016, December). Interactive virtual archaeology: Constructing the prehistoric past at Avebury henge. Paper presented at Virtual Environments and Advanced Interfaces Workshop at IUCC 2016, Granada, Spain

— Avebury Henge is situated approximately 20 miles north of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, U.K. and contains the largest known Neolithic stone circle in Europe. It is part of the Avebury, Stonehenge and Associated Sites World Heritage Site but is less well... Read More about Interactive virtual archaeology: Constructing the prehistoric past at Avebury henge.

As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, S., McEwen, L. J., & Quinn, N. (2017). As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education. Journal of Environmental Education, 48(3), 154-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2016.1256261

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. It is a concern that children represent an under-researched group in flood education and preparedness because as adults they are more likely to experience flooding as the climate changes, and because it suggests... Read More about As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education.

Lyra: blurring the line between the physical and virtual to encourage engagement (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Shand, M. (2016, December). Lyra: blurring the line between the physical and virtual to encourage engagement. Presented at Playful Learning Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University

This project sought to address concerns about student engagement with a previously handbook-based module and its task-based approach. An aesthetic approach to the challenge was adopted, with an extra layer of meaning being added through external play... Read More about Lyra: blurring the line between the physical and virtual to encourage engagement.

Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2016, December). Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government. Paper presented at Environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: Making a difference - Stakeholders consultation, Utrecht, The Netherlands

This presentation introduces the background document: environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: making a difference". The document itself will be launched at the 6th ministerial conference on environment and health, in Ostrava,... Read More about Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government.

(De)constructing the financialised culture of owner-occupation in the UK, with the aid of the 10Cs (2016)
Journal Article
Robertson, M. (2017). (De)constructing the financialised culture of owner-occupation in the UK, with the aid of the 10Cs. New Political Economy, 22(4), 398-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2017.1259303

Taking owner-occupation as the quintessential form of financialised housing provision, this paper investigates how housing cultures, understood as a set of shared behaviours and beliefs about housing, have been (re)shaped in the UK in a way that favo... Read More about (De)constructing the financialised culture of owner-occupation in the UK, with the aid of the 10Cs.