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Capturing and cultivating print & book craft practices in the UK (2024)
Journal Article

The type of intensive training previously needed for crafts in the printing trade is now redundant, but as craft practices are added biannually to Heritage Craft’s UK Red List of Endangered Crafts, there is a pressing need to preserve skills whilst a... Read More about Capturing and cultivating print & book craft practices in the UK.

Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on a mixed methods study investigating the on-board passenger experience of one of the world’s first autonomous bus trials open to the general public. The MultiCAV project – branded publicly as Mi-Link – was an autonomous bus trial... Read More about Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project.

Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation reports on a mixed methods study investigating the on-board passenger experience of one of the world’s first autonomous bus trials open to the general public. The MultiCAV project – branded publicly as Mi-Link – was an autonomous bu... Read More about Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project.

Arthroplasty follow‐up pathways: A qualitative study of current practice and healthcare professionals' attitudes and motivations for change (2024)
Journal Article

Background
There is considerable diversity in arthroplasty follow-up pathways. This qualitative study aimed to understand healthcare professionals' practice and attitude to follow-up, their motivation for change and what evidence they considered bef... Read More about Arthroplasty follow‐up pathways: A qualitative study of current practice and healthcare professionals' attitudes and motivations for change.

Artists' Books and Libraries (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation for (Malmö Artists' Books Biennial) MABB 2022
Artists’ Books and Libraries seminar at Malmö University: the Scandinavian Artists’ Books Partnership Project
CFPR, UWE, funded by Nordic Culture Point (Feb 2021-Dec 2022)

MABB Seminar The Artist's Book as Commodity (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentations and seminar discussion from venues bookartbookshop: London, Boekie Woekie: Amsterdam, Bladr: Copenhagen and Per Engström: Malmö Kunsthall on spaces for exhibiting and selling artists' books and why we still need real spaces in addition... Read More about MABB Seminar The Artist's Book as Commodity.

Malmö Artists’ Books Biennial (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

Malmö Artists’ Books Biennial, Sweden: IMPACT press and ABPress exhibition stands 06-08 May 2022
Artists' books from IMPACT Press, ABPress and research colleagues.

Moderating effects of coping behaviors on stressors–Stress relationships of ethnic minority construction workers (2024)
Journal Article

To overcome the shortage of construction workers in developed countries, the construction industry recruits a minority workforce from developing countries. However, ethnic minority construction workers (EM-CWs) experience numerous stressors in the h... Read More about Moderating effects of coping behaviors on stressors–Stress relationships of ethnic minority construction workers.

Rural mobility fund evaluation: Interim report (2023)
Report

The Rural Mobility Fund (RMF) provides funding to local transport authorities (LTAs) to trial demand responsive transport (DRT) in rural and suburban areas of England. DRT is a flexible service that provides shared transport to users who can specify... Read More about Rural mobility fund evaluation: Interim report.

Baseline synthesis: Transforming cities fund national evaluation (2024)
Report

Between 2018/19 and 2022/23, the Department for Transport allocated the £2.45bn Transforming Cities Fund across 18 English city regions – to support delivery of sustainable transport improvements which would enhance intra-city connectivity and boost... Read More about Baseline synthesis: Transforming cities fund national evaluation.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one.

The main evaluation report reveals that:

- the pilot was successful in attracting interest f... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The appendices present the full results of social research conducted for the evaluation, alongside... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The learning for practitioners report outlines 15 lessons learned from the pilot, to help inform th... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners.

Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment (2024)
Report

The report collated information from 18 trials, pilots or research programmes considering e-cycle interventions. In particular, the review looked for evidence of behavioural changes related to the chance to try an e-cycle without having to purchase o... Read More about Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment.

Validation of a sensor system for the measurement of breath ammonia using selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry (2024)
Journal Article

The measurement of trace breath gases is of growing interest for its potential to provide non-invasive physiological information in health and disease. While instrumental techniques such as selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) can achie... Read More about Validation of a sensor system for the measurement of breath ammonia using selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry.

B FOR BOOK (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

An exhibition of artists' books from 28 June - 19 July at Frankenstein Press, North Street, Bristol to co-incide with BABE Bristol Artist's Book Event 2024.

Conversations between spaces and screens (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

This exhibition comprises four films that present an investigation of ‘Touch’ through the staging of an online event, planned previously as a physical one:
1. Touch Vignettes
2. Familiar spaces
3. letterpress/noletterpressproject
4. Ritual, g... Read More about Conversations between spaces and screens.

MABB Catalogue 2022 (2022)
Other

Catalogue forward, MABB Malmö Artists’ Books Biennial catalogue 2022. A post-pandemic reflection on our physical and online connection with artists' books and our book arts community since the last MABB (2018). Plus an introduction to the Scandinavia... Read More about MABB Catalogue 2022.

Communicating Touch (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An investigation of ‘Touch’ through the staging of an online event, planned previously as a physical one. When the possibility of meeting up in 2020 for a practice-based research event on the theme of ‘Touch’ was removed, how could we engage practiti... Read More about Communicating Touch.

Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024) (2024)
Journal Article

This article reports changes to virus taxonomy and taxon nomenclature that were approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in April 2024. The entire ICTV membership was invited to vote on 203 taxonomic proposal... Read More about Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024).

Capturing and cultivating craft practices in the UK (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The type of intensive training previously needed for crafts in the printing trade is now redundant, but as craft practices are added biannually to Heritage Craft’s UK Red List of Endangered Crafts, there is a pressing need to preserve skills whilst a... Read More about Capturing and cultivating craft practices in the UK.

Fixation characteristics at off-gaze positions in typical observers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Why is Keir Starmer ignoring the concrete and steel elephant in the room? (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine

Keir Starmer has just announced that if Labour wins the election, they will build 1.5m homes in England, and that they will be prepared to ‘bulldoze’ any local opposition. These are persuasive numbers and statements – but who is he trying to impress?... Read More about Why is Keir Starmer ignoring the concrete and steel elephant in the room?.

CFPR Book & Print Festival (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

CFPR PRINT AND BOOK SUMMER FESTIVAL
MONDAY 20TH JULY ¬ MONDAY 3RD AUGUST
A series of free talks, CPD, readings, Q&A sessions and In Conversations by visiting artists and poets, and CFPR / UWE staff, on printmaking, artists’ books, poetry, publishi... Read More about CFPR Book & Print Festival.

The potential off-axis performance and accuracy of the PowerRef 3 for measurements in nystagmus (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Accommodation is vital to produce a clear, focussed image for close work. In nystagmus, a continuous conjugate oscillation of the eyes, studies on accommodation are lacking. Ong et al. (1993) demonstrated normal static accommodation, apart from incre... Read More about The potential off-axis performance and accuracy of the PowerRef 3 for measurements in nystagmus.

Medicamentosa keratoconjunctivitis: A case report (2016)
Journal Article

We present a case of medicamentosa keratoconjunctivitis in a 42-year-old woman who complained of eye redness, blurred vision and pain after using inappropriate medications for treatment. Examination revealed severe conjunctival injection as well as p... Read More about Medicamentosa keratoconjunctivitis: A case report.

The validity and reliability of the handheld SW-100 autokeratometer (2015)
Journal Article

Background: The agreement of new instruments or clinical tests with other instruments or tests defines the possibility of these being used interchangeably. Aim: To investigate the validity and reliability of the SW-100 autokeratometer using a Bausch... Read More about The validity and reliability of the handheld SW-100 autokeratometer.

A comparison of the occurence of dry eye between arthritic and non-arthritic subjects (2013)
Journal Article

Various studies have reported that dry eye is a common occurrence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis but not much has been done to determine its occurrence in other forms of arthritis. This study was designed to compare the symptoms of dry eye, te... Read More about A comparison of the occurence of dry eye between arthritic and non-arthritic subjects.

Pattern of referrals by Optometrists in Nigeria in relation to glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (2016)
Journal Article

Referrals from primary care practitioners such as optometrists to other health care providers is critical to the health care delivery system of any society. This study explores the pattern of referrals of Nigerian optome-trists with respect to glauco... Read More about Pattern of referrals by Optometrists in Nigeria in relation to glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.

“Such works of handwork and hybridity remember the body. Heavy on this planet and in this space and moment, the book in hand completing the circle from artist, to press to reader, and completing us in turn” (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In setting phenomenology within the context of art-making it is possible to investigate how we use our minds and bodies through the experience of practice. This discussion considers that contemporary artist-publishing activities that employ the lette... Read More about “Such works of handwork and hybridity remember the body. Heavy on this planet and in this space and moment, the book in hand completing the circle from artist, to press to reader, and completing us in turn”.

Mending and making anew with creative, elegant frugality (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

Mending and making anew with creative, elegant frugality.
Angie Butler and Davina Kirkpatrick at The Launderette (artist-led project space), Stokes Croft, Bristol.

“The act of sewing is an act of emotional repair” - Louise Bourgeois

Anxieties... Read More about Mending and making anew with creative, elegant frugality.

Expert report on meeting with Greek representatives on the assessment, management and reintegration of persons accused or convicted of sexual offences (2024)
Report

This report is based on meeting between Council of Europe and Greece exports on the 12th of September 2024 at the General Secretariat for anti-Crime Police, Ministry of Civil Protection in Athens. The meeting was to discuss the current approach by th... Read More about Expert report on meeting with Greek representatives on the assessment, management and reintegration of persons accused or convicted of sexual offences.

SCOPING REVIEW of international approaches to child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention interventions by law enforcement (2024)
Report

The current scoping review examines law enforcement’s understanding of perspectives on and practices regarding the prevention of child sexual exploitation and abuse (in this report, child sexual exploitation and abuse is referred to as “CSEA”). The p... Read More about SCOPING REVIEW of international approaches to child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention interventions by law enforcement.

These books of handwork and hybridity remember the body… (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Through studying and working with poets, printers, artists, designers and others across a series of projects in the UK, Europe and the USA, Angie has identified particular methodologies and methods of application by individual practitioners who use l... Read More about These books of handwork and hybridity remember the body….

abbe 2020 artists book fair (2020)
Exhibition / Performance

The abbe events were initiated in 2015 in response to Johanna Drucker’s 2004 call for the artists book community to contribute to the development of a critical language to evaluate artists books. The proceedings at abbe 2015 were framed around the te... Read More about abbe 2020 artists book fair.

Services, people and skills: Final report for future data services (2024)
Report

The aim of Future Data Services is to enable ESRC to make a long-term strategic decision about how to invest in data services infrastructure from 2024 onwards. The vision for the supply of data services post-2024 is one in which the benefits of tech... Read More about Services, people and skills: Final report for future data services.

Proteinoids–polyaniline interaction with stimulated neurons on living and plastic surfaces (2024)
Journal Article

The integration of proteinoid-polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers with neuromorphic architectures shows potential for developing computer systems that are adaptable, energy-efficient, and have the capacity of tolerating faults. This work examines the capac... Read More about Proteinoids–polyaniline interaction with stimulated neurons on living and plastic surfaces.

Dynamic inversion-enhanced U-control of quadrotor trajectory tracking (2024)
Journal Article

This study proposes a universal (U)-control enhanced with dynamic inversion for a class of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) quadrotor flight tracking operations. In the technique, a robust compensator is integrated with the U-controller to achie... Read More about Dynamic inversion-enhanced U-control of quadrotor trajectory tracking.

Memes of propaganda: Birth of the citizen propagandist (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of internet memes as a propaganda tool and the implications for democratic discourse.

Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change - The WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC (2024)
Journal Article

High-quality climate information tailored to cities' needs assists decision makers to prepare for and adapt to climate change impacts, as well as to support the targeted transition towards climate resilient cities. During the last decades, two main m... Read More about Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change - The WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC.

Gifts, corporate policies and individual morality in UK’s alternative real estate lending market (2024)
Journal Article

Gifts, gratuities and hospitality are commonplace in industry and more so in the financial sector. They are often offered without any mention of their intention. However, they raise controversial and non-detectable reciprocity expectations. We invest... Read More about Gifts, corporate policies and individual morality in UK’s alternative real estate lending market.

Broken Words/Broken Language Portfolio (2024)
Physical Artefact

Portfolio of prints and books made during a week-long knowledge exchange event (07-13 Oct 2024) with printers and museum volunteers/Linotype and Ludlow casters at Vingaards Officin Book Printing Museum, Viborg, Denmark. Edition of 20.

Angie Butler... Read More about Broken Words/Broken Language Portfolio.

Connecting and developing printing heritage: The Nordic letterpress network (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We wish to showcase how a hands-on craft has relevance and capacity within the Nordic regions, and in doing so: to discover what role a heritage process and facilities can play in our contemporary culture and connect its existing communities of pract... Read More about Connecting and developing printing heritage: The Nordic letterpress network.

How to Be in the Future (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

How to be in the Future?
Salon for a Speculative Future: Women Artists’ Print Portfolio
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8-11 March 2023

MOCA London presents How to be in the Future? - Salon for a Speculative Future: Women Artists’ Print Portfolio exhibition and publicatio... Read More about How to Be in the Future.

Reactive astrocytes generated from human iPSC are pro-inflammatory and display altered metabolism (2024)
Journal Article

Astrocytes are the most abundant type of glial cell in the central nervous system and they play pivotal roles in both normal health and disease. Their dysfunction is detrimental to many brain related pathologies. Under pathological conditions, such a... Read More about Reactive astrocytes generated from human iPSC are pro-inflammatory and display altered metabolism.

Commentary: Analysis of SUMO1-conjugation at synapses (2017)
Journal Article

Fighting polyglutamine disease by wrestling with SUMO (2015)
Journal Article

Spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked disease characterized by degeneration of motor neurons, muscle atrophy, and progressive weakness. It is caused by a polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in the androgen receptor (AR), a transcription fact... Read More about Fighting polyglutamine disease by wrestling with SUMO.

Neuronal SUMOylation: Mechanisms, Physiology, and Roles in Neuronal Dysfunction (2014)
Journal Article

Protein SUMOylation is a critically important posttranslational protein modification that participates in nearly all aspects of cellular physiology. In the nearly 20 years since its discovery, SUMOylation has emerged as a major regulator of nuclear f... Read More about Neuronal SUMOylation: Mechanisms, Physiology, and Roles in Neuronal Dysfunction.

SUMOylation is required for glycine-induced increases in AMPA receptor surface expression (ChemLTP) in hippocampal neurons (2013)
Journal Article

Multiple pathways participate in the AMPA receptor trafficking that underlies long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission. Here we demonstrate that protein SUMOylation is required for insertion of the GluA1 AMPAR subunit following transient... Read More about SUMOylation is required for glycine-induced increases in AMPA receptor surface expression (ChemLTP) in hippocampal neurons.

SUMOylation, Arc and the regulation homeostatic synaptic scaling: Implications in health and disease (2012)
Journal Article

Neurons compensate for changes in network activity by altering the sensitivity of transmission across collections of synapses by up- or downregulating the number of synaptic AMPA receptors. We recently reported that, in parallel to increasing AMPA re... Read More about SUMOylation, Arc and the regulation homeostatic synaptic scaling: Implications in health and disease.