Microwave assisted Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic residues for better performance as solid fuels in fluidised bed technologies Jan 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2021
Exploitation of alternative fuels (lignocellulosic biomass waste) in energy production offers the advantages of: resource efficiency and improved waste management, increased renewables in power production and reduced dependence on imported energy. Ad...
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European Colonial Heritage Modalities in Entangled Cities Feb 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2021
ECHOES addresses a pressing dilemma at the heart of contemporary Europe: the fact that while the history of empires and colonialism undoubtedly constitutes a shared European past, this past remains strangely silent in official narratives about Europe...
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Sublittoral rock indicator: spatial correlation between environmental conditions and biological data Jan 1, 2017 - Jun 1, 2018
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) wish to develop and calibrate the ‘morphological diversity of sponge assemblages plus anthozoan species composition and abundance’ indicator for the monitoring of sublittoral rock. Initial analysis of So...
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ThrombiGlow: ‘Smart’ Multimodal Platelet Specific ‘Theranostic’ Drug Delivery Imaging Feb 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2020
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) including heart attacks and strokes constitute the leading cause of mortality in the UK. The pathology underlying CVD is called atherothrombosis and is a complex, multi-cellular-inflammatory disorder. Central to this is...
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DataCube Service for Copernicus Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2021
DCS4COP will enable U HULL to build on the previous HIGHROC project and further develop supply chains for satellite earth observation for marine and coastal users. The products arising will be used to build services which can be offered to our existi...
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How do deep-ocean turbidity currents behave that form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth? Apr 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2025
Seafloor flows called turbidity currents form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth (submarine fans). They flushglobally significant amounts of sediment, organic carbon, nutrients and fresher-water into the deep ocean, and affect itsoxygen leve...
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Understanding floods from catchment to coast Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
Runner-Up Award as part of the favourite exhibit at Into the Blue held in Manchester 2016
Low Energy Dew Point Cooling for Computing Data Centres Jan 1, 2017 - Oct 31, 2022
Cooling systems for Computing & Data Centres consume 30% to 40% of energy delivered into the centre spaces, while electricity use in CDCs represents 1.3% of the world total energy consumption. The traditional vapour compression cooling systems for CD...
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Legal advice to legislatures – supporting a professionalising legislature May 6, 2017 - May 7, 2019
Parliamentarians lack the time and often the expertise to scrutinise legislation and its implementation: they need institutional support. A lack of appropriate support therefore has consequences to the quality of legislative scrutiny. This 18 month r...
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Blood test for clinical therapy guidance of non-small cell lung cancer patients Jan 1, 2017 - Oct 31, 2022
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. NSCLC alone make up about 75% of all lung cancers and most hospitals currently test all NSCLC patients for EGFR mutations (pharmacogenomics) for treatment decision (personalised medicine) – i.e., patie...
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Catalyst Cascade Reactions in ‘One-Flow’ within a Compartmentalized, Green-Solvent ‘Digital Synthesis Machinery’ – End-to-End Green Process Design for Pharmaceuticals Jan 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2021
ONE-FLOW translates ‘vertical hierarchy’ of chemical multistep synthesis with its complex machinery into self-organising ‘horizontal hierarchy’ of a compartmentalized flow reactor system – a biomimetic digital flow cascade machinery with just one rea...
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Morphodynamic Stickiness: the influence of physical and biological cohesion in sedimentary systems May 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2023
Our coasts, estuaries, & low-land river environments are some of the most sensitive systems to sea-level rise & environmental change. In order to manage these systems, & adapt to future changes, we desperately need to be able to predict how they will...
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Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education - Erasmus Sport Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019
The use of performance enhancing drugs represents a threat to European sport, because doping undermines the key principles of open and fair competition. Doping also poses a significant threat to the physical and mental health of athletes. Although on...
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Neyland marina dredging impact study Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
NEYLAND YACHT HAVEN DREDGING : STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 2004-2016
Analysis of benthic and sediment (particle size parameters) data for the Neyland Yacht Haven dredging project.
spatial analysis of benthic community and sediment parameters for 2016...
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Project Aura: Visiting Appointments and Post-Graduate Placements Jan 11, 2017 - Mar 31, 2019
Project Aura: Visiting Appointments and Post-Graduate Placements
Green Port Growth Programme funding, matched by University and other public/private funds, to engage internationally leading experts in offshore wind to bring their knowledge, experi...
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TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research Sep 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2026
The death rate is higher in Yorkshire than the rest of England resulting in about 200 extra deaths each year of which more than half are in Hull. There are other significant cancer outcome inequalities between different groups; for example poorer pe...
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PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL Jun 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2023
More people are diagnosed with and die from lung cancer in Hull than any other place in Yorkshire. Our aim is to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer by [1] getting people to see their doctor if they get lung symptoms and [2] getting GPs to refe...
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GCRF: The Antislavery Knowledge Network: Community-Led Strategies for Creative and Heritage-Based Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa Sep 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2021
The Antislavery Knowledge Network offers the first extended effort to address slavery as a core development challenge in sub-Saharan Africa via innovative approaches from the arts and humanities that deliver community-engaged antislavery work. Focusi...
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Do Bees regulate the composition of food they give their offspring, and does it matter? Feb 1, 2015 - Oct 30, 2020
Bees are of national importance, with UK pollination currently worth ~£1.8bn annually. Yes bees are declining, with dire consequences for ecosystems services. Wild bees buffer against honeybee losses, making them vital for food security research. To...
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Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies Sep 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2023
This project aims to strengthen the professional profile of both teacher educators and teachers in schools by enhancing their capacity to use digital technologies (mobile devices) in ways that are innovative and promote new teaching methods and pedag...
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