The electrochemical reduction of perchloroethylene (PCE) in water has been analyzed through voltammetric studies with a
rotating disc electrode and controlled potential bulk electrolysis. The influence of the mass transport conditions and initial concentration on lead, copper and carbon electrodes…

Virtual and remote laboratories have improved
learning and training in the academic community. They allow students to acquire methods, skills and experience related to real equipment in an intuitive and cost-effective way. The purpose of this paper is to present…

Tool path generation problem is one of the most complexes in Computer Aided Manufacturing. Although some efficient algorithms have been developed to solve it, their technological dependency makes them efficient in only a limited number of cases. In the article…

Drawing partly on personal experience, the author of this article seeks to unpack the expertise that service users bring to the design and delivery of mental health services. Service user involvement cannot be imposed by policy diktat from above, she…

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in ‘Evidence
and Policy’. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Statham, E., 2009.
Promoting intergenerational programmes: where is the evidence to inform policy and
practice? Evidence and Policy: A Journal of…

Copyright by Sage Publications, 2008. Published in Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(6), pp.465-477., Action research (AR) is promoted for health care development. A systematic review was undertaken to gain insight into the uptake and designs of practice-based AR. Empirical…

In this paper we analyze a simple experiment to study the effects of polarized light. A simple optical system composed of a polarizer, a retarder (cellotape) and an analyzer is used to study the effect on the polarization state of…

Nowadays robots are being created that interact with human beings in order to satisfy certain social needs. Following this trend, the development of the social robot Probo has started. The robot will be used in hospitals, as a tele-interface for…

Recent multi-robot exploration algorithms usually rely on occupancy grids as their core world representation. However, those grids are not appropriate for environments that are very large or whose boundaries are not well delimited from the beginning of the exploration. In…

This is an electronic version of an article published in Ethics and Social Welfare, 3(3), pp.229-233. Ethics and Social Welfare is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t744402347., In the flyer for the ‘Ethics that Work’ conference organized by this journal in November…