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Deterioration of geotechnical infrastructure: the influence of asset aging through environmental cycling (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Stirling, S., Helm, P., Glendinning, S., Asquith, J., Hughes, P., & Toll, D. (2017). Deterioration of geotechnical infrastructure: the influence of asset aging through environmental cycling.

This paper sets out to establish the implication of weather driven deterioration processes on the long-term performance of infrastructure earthworks. With particular reference to UK transport network slopes, the work presented here centres on their s... Read More about Deterioration of geotechnical infrastructure: the influence of asset aging through environmental cycling.

Cumulative attraction and spatial dependence in a destination choice model for beach recreation (2017)
Journal Article
Matthews, Y., Scarpa, R., & Marsh, D. (2017). Cumulative attraction and spatial dependence in a destination choice model for beach recreation. Tourism Management, 66, 318-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.12.009

The destination choices of individual recreationalists are dependent on the spatial distribution of sites and attractions. An important issue in destination choice modelling is how to account for the effects of cumulative attraction from multiple sit... Read More about Cumulative attraction and spatial dependence in a destination choice model for beach recreation.

Stability Condition Identification of Rock and Soil Cutting Slopes Based on Soft Computing (2017)
Journal Article
Tinoco, J., Gomes Correia, A., Cortez, P., & Toll, D. G. (2017). Stability Condition Identification of Rock and Soil Cutting Slopes Based on Soft Computing. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 32(2), Article 04017088. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29cp.1943-5487.0000739

For transportation infrastructure, one of the greatest challenges today is to keep large-scale transportation networks, such as railway networks, operational under all conditions. This task becomes even more difficult to accomplish if one takes into... Read More about Stability Condition Identification of Rock and Soil Cutting Slopes Based on Soft Computing.

The seconomics (security-economics) vulnerabilities of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Massacci, F., Ngo, C., Nie, J., Venturi, D., & Williams, J. (2017). The seconomics (security-economics) vulnerabilities of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. In F. Stajano, J. Anderson, B. Christianson, & V. Matyáš (Eds.), Security protocols XXV : 25th international workshop, Cambridge, UK, March 20-22, 2017 : revised selected papers (171-179). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71075-4_19

Traditionally, security and economics functionalities in IT financial services and protocols (FinTech) have been perceived as separate objectives. We argue that keeping them separate is a bad idea for FinTech “Decentralized Autonomous Organizations”... Read More about The seconomics (security-economics) vulnerabilities of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations.

Drift-dependent changes in iceberg size-frequency distributions (2017)
Journal Article
Kirkham, J. D., Rosser, N. J., Wainwright, J., Vann Jones (née Norman), E. C., Dunning, S. A., Lane, V. S., …Szczuciński, W. (2017). Drift-dependent changes in iceberg size-frequency distributions. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 15991. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14863-2

Although the size-frequency distributions of icebergs can provide insight into how they disintegrate, our understanding of this process is incomplete. Fundamentally, there is a discrepancy between iceberg power-law size-frequency distributions observ... Read More about Drift-dependent changes in iceberg size-frequency distributions.

On the prospects of cross-calibrating the Cherenkov Telescope Array with an airborne calibration platform (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, A. M. (2018). On the prospects of cross-calibrating the Cherenkov Telescope Array with an airborne calibration platform. Astroparticle Physics, 97, 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.10.013

Recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have made UAVs an attractive possibility as an airborne calibration platform for astronomical facilities. This is especially true for arrays of telescopes spread over a large area such as th... Read More about On the prospects of cross-calibrating the Cherenkov Telescope Array with an airborne calibration platform.

Joint parental school choice: exploring the influence of individual preferences of husbands and wives (2017)
Journal Article
Mariel, P., Scarpa, R., & Vega-Bayo, A. (2018). Joint parental school choice: exploring the influence of individual preferences of husbands and wives. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 68, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.10.017

The objective of this paper is to study school choice as a deliberate joint parental decision. This decision is affected by the underlying preferences of the husband and wife. We use survey data from a sample of parents in the metropolitan area of Bi... Read More about Joint parental school choice: exploring the influence of individual preferences of husbands and wives.

A catchment-scale model to predict spatial and temporal burden of E . coli on pasture from grazing livestock (2017)
Journal Article
Oliver, D. M., Bartie, P. J., Louise Heathwaite, A., Reaney, S. M., Parnell, J. A., & Quilliam, R. S. (2018). A catchment-scale model to predict spatial and temporal burden of E . coli on pasture from grazing livestock. Science of the Total Environment, 616-617, 678-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.263

Effective management of diffuse microbial water pollution from agriculture requires a fundamental understanding of how spatial patterns of microbial pollutants, e.g. E. coli, vary over time at the landscape scale. The aim of this study was to apply t... Read More about A catchment-scale model to predict spatial and temporal burden of E . coli on pasture from grazing livestock.

Comparing Serial, and Choice Task Stated and Inferred Attribute Non-Attendance Methods in Food Choice Experiments (2017)
Journal Article
Caputo, V., van Loo, E., Scarpa, R., Nayga Jr., R., & Verbeke, W. (2018). Comparing Serial, and Choice Task Stated and Inferred Attribute Non-Attendance Methods in Food Choice Experiments. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 69(1), 35-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12246

A number of choice experiment (CE) studies have shown that survey respondents employ heuristics such as attribute non-attendance (ANA) while evaluating food products. This paper addresses a set of related methodological questions using empirical cons... Read More about Comparing Serial, and Choice Task Stated and Inferred Attribute Non-Attendance Methods in Food Choice Experiments.

A Theory of Minimalism (2017)
Book
Botha, M. (2017). A Theory of Minimalism. Bloomsbury

The explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music and literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of the most radical and decisive revolutions in aesthetic history. Detested by some, embraced by others, minimalism's i... Read More about A Theory of Minimalism.

Data-driven Classification Approaches for Stability Condition Prediction of Soil Cutting Slopes (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Tinoco, J., Gomes Correia, A., Cortez, P., & Toll, D. (2017). Data-driven Classification Approaches for Stability Condition Prediction of Soil Cutting Slopes.

For transportation infrastructures, one of the greatest challenges today is to keep large-scale transportation networks, such as railway networks, operational under all conditions. In this paper we present a tool aimed at helping in management tasks... Read More about Data-driven Classification Approaches for Stability Condition Prediction of Soil Cutting Slopes.

The effect of aluminium and sodium impurities on the in vitro toxicity and pro-inflammatory potential of cristobalite (2017)
Journal Article
Nattrass, C., Horwell, C., Damby, D., Brown, D., & Stone, V. (2017). The effect of aluminium and sodium impurities on the in vitro toxicity and pro-inflammatory potential of cristobalite. Environmental Research, 159, 164-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.054

Background: Exposure to crystalline silica (SiO2), in the form of quartz, tridymite or cristobalite, can cause respiratory diseases, such as silicosis. However, the observed toxicity and pathogenicity of crystalline silica is highly variable. This ha... Read More about The effect of aluminium and sodium impurities on the in vitro toxicity and pro-inflammatory potential of cristobalite.

Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support (2017)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Densmore, A., Williams, J., Kincey, M., Benjamin, J., & Bell, H. (2017). Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17(9), 1521-1540. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1521-2017

Current methods to identify coseismic landslides immediately after an earthquake using optical imagery are too slow to effectively inform emergency response activities. Issues with cloud cover, data collection and processing, and manual landslide ide... Read More about Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support.

Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: a study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples (2017)
Journal Article
Damby, D., Horwell, C., Larsen, G., Thordarson, T., Tomatis, M., Fubini, B., & Donaldson, K. (2017). Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: a study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples. Environmental Health, 16, Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0302-9

Background: The eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull (2010) and Grímsvötn (2011), Iceland, triggered immediate, international consideration of the respiratory health hazard of inhaling volcanic ash, and prompted the need to estimate the potential hazard pos... Read More about Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: a study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples.

The iron-catalysed surface reactivity and health-pertinent physical characteristics of explosive volcanic ash from Mt. Etna, Italy (2017)
Journal Article
Horwell, C., Sargent, P., Andronico, D., Lo Castro, M., Tomatis, M., Hillman, S., …Fubini, B. (2017). The iron-catalysed surface reactivity and health-pertinent physical characteristics of explosive volcanic ash from Mt. Etna, Italy. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 6(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13617-017-0063-8

Mount Etna is Europe’s largest and most active volcano. In recent years, it has displayed enhanced explosive activity, causing concern amongst local inhabitants who frequently have to live with, and clean up, substantial ashfall. Basaltic volcanic as... Read More about The iron-catalysed surface reactivity and health-pertinent physical characteristics of explosive volcanic ash from Mt. Etna, Italy.