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Effect Of Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density On Growth, Photosynthetic Competence And Antioxidant Enzymes Activity During Ex Vitro Acclimatization Of Dieffenbachia Cultivars, M. E. El-Mahrouk, Y. H. Dewir, H. N. Murthy, H. Z. Rihan, H. S. Al-Shmgani, M. P. Fuller Jan 2016

Effect Of Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density On Growth, Photosynthetic Competence And Antioxidant Enzymes Activity During Ex Vitro Acclimatization Of Dieffenbachia Cultivars, M. E. El-Mahrouk, Y. H. Dewir, H. N. Murthy, H. Z. Rihan, H. S. Al-Shmgani, M. P. Fuller

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Geography And Post-Phenomenology, James Ash, Paul Simpson Jan 2016

Geography And Post-Phenomenology, James Ash, Paul Simpson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper examines geography’s engagements with phenomenology. Tracing phenomenology’s influence, from early humanist reflections on the lifeworld to non-representational theories of practice, the paper identifies the emergence of a distinct post-phenomenological way of thinking. However, there is currently no clear articulation of what differentiates post-phenomenology from phenomenology as a set of theories or ideas, nor is there a clear set of trajectories along which such difference can be pursued further. In response to this, the paper outlines three key elements that differentiate phenomenology from post-phenomenology and that require further exploration. First is a rethinking of intentionality as an emergent relation …


Abandoned Metal Mines And Their Impact On Receiving Waters: A Case Study From Southwest England., Sj Beane, Sd Comber, J Rieuwerts, P Long Jan 2016

Abandoned Metal Mines And Their Impact On Receiving Waters: A Case Study From Southwest England., Sj Beane, Sd Comber, J Rieuwerts, P Long

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Historic mine sites are a major source of contamination to terrestrial and river environments. To demonstrate the importance of determining the significance of point and diffuse metal contamination and the related bioavailability of the metals present from abandoned mines a case study has been carried out. The study provides a quantitative assessment of a historic mine site, Wheal Betsy, southwest England, and its contribution to non-compliance with Water Framework Directive (WFD) Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn. Surface water and sediment samples showed significant negative environmental impacts even taking account of the bioavailability of the metal …


Evaluation Of The Minimum Inhibition Concentration (Mic) Assay For Environmental Assessment Of Nanomaterials, J Vassallo, A Besinis, R Boden, Rd Handy Jan 2016

Evaluation Of The Minimum Inhibition Concentration (Mic) Assay For Environmental Assessment Of Nanomaterials, J Vassallo, A Besinis, R Boden, Rd Handy

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


People Interpret Robotic Non-Linguistic Utterances Categorically, R Read, T Belpaeme Jan 2016

People Interpret Robotic Non-Linguistic Utterances Categorically, R Read, T Belpaeme

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Sublethal Effects Of Copper Sulphate Compared To Copper Nanoparticles In Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) At Low Ph: Physiology And Metal Accumulation, Ga Al-Bairuty, D Boyle, Tb Henry, Rd Handy Jan 2016

Sublethal Effects Of Copper Sulphate Compared To Copper Nanoparticles In Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) At Low Ph: Physiology And Metal Accumulation, Ga Al-Bairuty, D Boyle, Tb Henry, Rd Handy

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Nanomaterials In The Aquatic Environment: A European Union-United States Perspective On The Status Of Ecotoxicity Testing, Research Priorities, And Challenges Ahead, H Selck, Rd Handy, Tf Fernandes, Sj Klaine, Ej Petersen Jan 2016

Nanomaterials In The Aquatic Environment: A European Union-United States Perspective On The Status Of Ecotoxicity Testing, Research Priorities, And Challenges Ahead, H Selck, Rd Handy, Tf Fernandes, Sj Klaine, Ej Petersen

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Long-Term Modifications Of Coastal Defences Enhance Marine Biodiversity, Gustavo M. Martins, Stuart R. Jenkins, Ana I. Neto, Stephen J. Hawkins, Richard C. Thompson Jan 2016

Long-Term Modifications Of Coastal Defences Enhance Marine Biodiversity, Gustavo M. Martins, Stuart R. Jenkins, Ana I. Neto, Stephen J. Hawkins, Richard C. Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Material Type And Roughness Influence Structure Of Inter-Tidal Communities On Coastal Defenses, Eva Cacabelos, Gustavo M. Martins, Richard Thompson, Afonso C.L. Prestes, José Manuel N. Azevedo, Ana I. Neto Jan 2016

Material Type And Roughness Influence Structure Of Inter-Tidal Communities On Coastal Defenses, Eva Cacabelos, Gustavo M. Martins, Richard Thompson, Afonso C.L. Prestes, José Manuel N. Azevedo, Ana I. Neto

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour As A Dominance Display, Sarah M. Lane, Alice E. Haughan, Daniel Evans, Tom Tregenza, Clarissa M. House Jan 2016

Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour As A Dominance Display, Sarah M. Lane, Alice E. Haughan, Daniel Evans, Tom Tregenza, Clarissa M. House

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning As Creative Problem Solving, Tr Colin, T Belpaeme, A Cangelosi, N Hemion Jan 2016

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning As Creative Problem Solving, Tr Colin, T Belpaeme, A Cangelosi, N Hemion

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Although creativity is studied from philosophy to cognitive robotics, a definition has proven elusive. We argue for emphasizing the creative process (the cognition of the creative agent), rather than the creative product (the artifact or behavior). Owing to developments in experimental psychology, the process approach has become an increasingly attractive way of characterizing creative problem solving. In particular, the phenomenon of insight, in which an individual arrives at a solution through a sudden change in perspective, is a crucial component of the process of creativity. These developments resonate with advances in machine learning, in particular hierarchical and modular approaches, as …


Boa Constrictor (Common Boa). Reproduction / Courtship, R Puschendorf, G Chaves Jan 2016

Boa Constrictor (Common Boa). Reproduction / Courtship, R Puschendorf, G Chaves

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Lyase Ablation Disrupts Presynaptic Architecture And Function Via An Ubiquitin- Proteasome Mediated Mechanism, Dn Mitroi, Au Deutschmann, M Raucamp, I Karunakaran, K Glebov, M Hans, J Walter, J Saba, M Gräler, D Ehninger, E Sopova, O Shupliakov, D Swandulla, Echten-Deckert G Van Jan 2016

Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Lyase Ablation Disrupts Presynaptic Architecture And Function Via An Ubiquitin- Proteasome Mediated Mechanism, Dn Mitroi, Au Deutschmann, M Raucamp, I Karunakaran, K Glebov, M Hans, J Walter, J Saba, M Gräler, D Ehninger, E Sopova, O Shupliakov, D Swandulla, Echten-Deckert G Van

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


From Characterising Three Years Of Hri To Methodology And Reporting Recommendations, P Baxter, J Kennedy, E Senft, S Lemaignan, T Belpaeme Jan 2016

From Characterising Three Years Of Hri To Methodology And Reporting Recommendations, P Baxter, J Kennedy, E Senft, S Lemaignan, T Belpaeme

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research requires the integration and cooperation of multiple disciplines, technical and social, in order to make progress. In many cases using different motivations, each of these disciplines bring with them different assumptions and methodologies. We assess recent trends in the field of HRI by examining publications in the HRI conference over the past three years (over 100 full papers), and characterise them according to 14 categories. We focus primarily on aspects of methodology. From this, a series of practical recommendations based on rigorous guidelines from other research fields that have not yet become common practice in HRI …


What’S On The Inside Counts: A Grounded Account Of Concept Acquisition And Development, S Thill, K Twomey Jan 2016

What’S On The Inside Counts: A Grounded Account Of Concept Acquisition And Development, S Thill, K Twomey

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Understanding the factors which affect the age of acquisition (AoA) of words and concepts is fundamental to understanding cognitive development more broadly. Traditionally, studies of AoA have taken two approaches, either exploring the effect of linguistic variables such as input frequency (e.g., Naigles and Hoff-Ginsberg, 1998) or the semantics of the underlying concept, such as concreteness or imageability (e.g., Bird et al., 2001). Embodied theories of cognition, meanwhile, assume that concepts, even relatively abstract ones, can be grounded in the embodied experience. While the focus of such discussions has been mainly on grounding in external modalities, more recently some have …


Assessing Walking Posture With Geometric Morphometrics: Effects Of Rearing Environment In Pigs, C Tallet, E Sénèque, C Mégnin, S Morisset, Et Al Jan 2016

Assessing Walking Posture With Geometric Morphometrics: Effects Of Rearing Environment In Pigs, C Tallet, E Sénèque, C Mégnin, S Morisset, Et Al

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Rearing social animals like pigs in isolation from conspecifics can have consequences on behaviour and physiology. The aim of this experiment was to determine whether rearing conditions affect body posture. We adapted a method for quantitative evaluation of posture based on geometric morphometrics, developed in horses, for pigs and applied it in different conditions. Forty-eight 75-day-old females were reared either alone in 2.25 m2 pens (IH, N = 24 animals and 4 groups) or in groups of four in 4.64 m2 pens (GH, N = 24) for two weeks. They were habituated to human handling (stroking, speaking) and marking on …


Can’T Count Or Won’T Count? Embedding Quantitative Methods In Substantive Sociology Curricula: A Quasi-Experiment, Malcolm Williams, Luke Sloan, Sin Yi Cheung, Carole Sutton, Sebastian Stevens, Libby Runham Jan 2016

Can’T Count Or Won’T Count? Embedding Quantitative Methods In Substantive Sociology Curricula: A Quasi-Experiment, Malcolm Williams, Luke Sloan, Sin Yi Cheung, Carole Sutton, Sebastian Stevens, Libby Runham

Peninsula Medical School

This paper reports on a quasi-experiment in which quantitative methods (QM) are embedded within a substantive sociology module. Through measuring student attitudes before and after the intervention alongside control group comparisons, we illustrate the impact that embedding has on the student experience. Our findings are complex and even contradictory. Whilst the experimental group were less likely to be distrustful of statistics and appreciate how QM inform social research, they were also less confident about their statistical abilities, suggesting that through ‘doing’ quantitative sociology the experimental group are exposed to the intricacies of method and their optimism about their own abilities …


Innovation And Model Organisms For The Environmental Hazard Assessment Of Engineered Nanomaterials, Rd Handy Jan 2016

Innovation And Model Organisms For The Environmental Hazard Assessment Of Engineered Nanomaterials, Rd Handy

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Sources, Distribution, And Fate Of Microscopic Plastics In Marine Environments, Richard C. Thompson Jan 2016

Sources, Distribution, And Fate Of Microscopic Plastics In Marine Environments, Richard C. Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Development Of A User Experience Enhanced Teleoperation Approach, Junshen Chen, Marc Glover, Chunxu Li, Chenguang Yang Jan 2016

Development Of A User Experience Enhanced Teleoperation Approach, Junshen Chen, Marc Glover, Chunxu Li, Chenguang Yang

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Ten Practical Realities For Institutional Animal Care And Use Committees When Evaluating Protocols Dealing With Fish In The Field, Steven J. Cooke, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Chris K. Elvidge, Robert J. Lennox, Niels Jepsen, Alison H. Colotelo, Richard S. Brown Jan 2016

Ten Practical Realities For Institutional Animal Care And Use Committees When Evaluating Protocols Dealing With Fish In The Field, Steven J. Cooke, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Chris K. Elvidge, Robert J. Lennox, Niels Jepsen, Alison H. Colotelo, Richard S. Brown

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Poly(Propylene Glycol) And Urethane Dimethacrylates Improve Conversion Of Dental Composites And Reveal Complexity Of Cytocompatibility Testing, Nick J. Walters, Wendy Xia, Vehid Salih, Paul F. Ashley, Anne M. Young Jan 2016

Poly(Propylene Glycol) And Urethane Dimethacrylates Improve Conversion Of Dental Composites And Reveal Complexity Of Cytocompatibility Testing, Nick J. Walters, Wendy Xia, Vehid Salih, Paul F. Ashley, Anne M. Young

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.


Gigantic: Mediation Beyond Surface (Panel), Ml Phillips, S Hessels, M Benayoun, J Shaw, S Travis Jan 2016

Gigantic: Mediation Beyond Surface (Panel), Ml Phillips, S Hessels, M Benayoun, J Shaw, S Travis

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.


Rejecting Probability Summation For Radial Frequency Patterns, Not So Quick!, Alex S. Baldwin, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Frederick A.A. Kingdom, Robert F. Hess Jan 2016

Rejecting Probability Summation For Radial Frequency Patterns, Not So Quick!, Alex S. Baldwin, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Frederick A.A. Kingdom, Robert F. Hess

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.


Simultaneous Removal Of Cr(Vi) And 4-Chlorophenol Through Photocatalysis By A Novel Anatase/Titanate Nanosheet Composite: Synergetic Promotion Effect And Autosynchronous Doping, Wen Liu, Weiling Sun, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Ting Wang, Fan Li, Yidong Guan Jan 2016

Simultaneous Removal Of Cr(Vi) And 4-Chlorophenol Through Photocatalysis By A Novel Anatase/Titanate Nanosheet Composite: Synergetic Promotion Effect And Autosynchronous Doping, Wen Liu, Weiling Sun, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Ting Wang, Fan Li, Yidong Guan

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


An Advanced Micro-Bio-Loop To Produce Biogas, Qiang Jin, Alistair G.L. Borthwick Jan 2016

An Advanced Micro-Bio-Loop To Produce Biogas, Qiang Jin, Alistair G.L. Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Copy Number Variation In Bipolar Disorder, Ek Green, E Rees, Jtr Walters, K-G Smith, Et Al Jan 2016

Copy Number Variation In Bipolar Disorder, Ek Green, E Rees, Jtr Walters, K-G Smith, Et Al

School of Biomedical Sciences

Large (>100 kb), rare (<1% in the population) copy number variants (CNVs) have been shown to confer risk for schizophrenia (SZ), but the findings for bipolar disorder (BD) are less clear. In a new BD sample from the United Kingdom (n=2591), we have examined the occurrence of CNVs and compared this with previously reported samples of 6882 SZ and 8842 control subjects. When combined with previous data, we find evidence for a contribution to BD for three SZ-associated CNV loci: duplications at 1q21.1 (P=0.022), deletions at 3q29 (P=0.03) and duplications at 16p11.2 (P=2.3 × 10(-4)). The latter survives multiple-testing correction for the number of recurrent large CNV loci in the genome. Genes in 20 regions (total of 55 genes) were enriched for rare exonic CNVs among BD cases, but none of these survives correction for multiple testing. Finally, our data provide strong support for the hypothesis of a lesser contribution of very large (>500 kb) CNVs in BD compared with SZ, most notably for deletions >1 Mb (P=9 × 10(-4)).


Pharmaceuticals In Soils Of Lower Income Countries: Physico-Chemical Fate And Risks From Wastewater Irrigation., Katherine Lees, Mark Fitzsimons, Jason Snape, Alan Tappin, Sean Comber Jan 2016

Pharmaceuticals In Soils Of Lower Income Countries: Physico-Chemical Fate And Risks From Wastewater Irrigation., Katherine Lees, Mark Fitzsimons, Jason Snape, Alan Tappin, Sean Comber

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Population growth, increasing affluence, and greater access to medicines have led to an increase in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) entering sewerage networks. In areas with high wastewater reuse, residual quantities of APIs may enter soils via irrigation with treated, partially treated, or untreated wastewater and sludge. Wastewater used for irrigation is currently not included in chemical environmental risk assessments and requires further consideration in areas with high water reuse. This study critically assesses the contemporary understanding of the occurrence and fate of APIs in soils of low and lower-middle income countries (LLMIC) in order to contribute to the development of …


Baghdad’S Thirdspace: Between Liminality, Anti-Structures And Territorial Mappings, Sana Murrani Jan 2016

Baghdad’S Thirdspace: Between Liminality, Anti-Structures And Territorial Mappings, Sana Murrani

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Wedged in-between the dense urban grain of Baghdad, blast walls of t-shaped concrete have littered the streets and neighbourhoods since 2003, after the US led invasion. The idiosyncrasy of these walls lies in their exaggerated spatial liminality. They appear, change location and disappear overnight, and on a daily basis, leaving Iraqis to navigate through labyrinths of in-between spaces. This article critically reveals the new social and power structures that have emerged in the context of the city in response to the condition resulting from this unique urban intervention. This uncanny spatial and social condition of permanent liminality will be analysed …


Identification Of An Antibacterial Protein By Functional Screening Of A Human Oral Metagenomic Library, Preeti Arivaradarajan, Philip J. Warburton, Gunasekaran Paramasamy, Sean P. Nair, Elaine Allan, Peter Mullany Jan 2016

Identification Of An Antibacterial Protein By Functional Screening Of A Human Oral Metagenomic Library, Preeti Arivaradarajan, Philip J. Warburton, Gunasekaran Paramasamy, Sean P. Nair, Elaine Allan, Peter Mullany

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.