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Enhancing solids deposit prediction in gully pots with explainable hybrid models: A review (2024)
Journal Article

Urban flooding has made it necessary to gain a better understanding of how well gully pots perform when overwhelmed by solids deposition due to various climatic and anthropogenic variables. This study investigates solids deposition in gully pots thro... Read More about Enhancing solids deposit prediction in gully pots with explainable hybrid models: A review.

Living the change you want to see: The importance of role modelling and mentoring for diverse culture change (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As a social psychologist, Laura explores how to embed theories about groups and communications into practice, developing projects with communities to enable climate action and sustainable development. In this talk, she outlines how role modelling and... Read More about Living the change you want to see: The importance of role modelling and mentoring for diverse culture change.

A dynamic movement primitives-based tool use skill learning and transfer framework for robot manipulation (2024)
Journal Article

This paper presents a framework for learning and transferring robot tool-use skills based on Dynamic Movement Primitives (DMPs) for robot fine manipulation. DMPs and their enhanced methods are employed to acquire a specific tool-use skill applicable... Read More about A dynamic movement primitives-based tool use skill learning and transfer framework for robot manipulation.

Investigating the impact of blockchain on project risk management success: A structural equation model (2024)
Journal Article

Lately, the construction industry has shown a great deal of openness to utilizing novel and innovative technologies. The industry’s complexity necessitates cooperative and efficient process management. Utilizing value-adding technologies is crucial i... Read More about Investigating the impact of blockchain on project risk management success: A structural equation model.

Role modelling climate action in communities (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As a social psychologist, Laura explores how to embed theories about groups and communications into practice, developing projects with communities to enable climate action and sustainable development. In this talk, she outlines how role modelling an... Read More about Role modelling climate action in communities.

Experimental study of bonded, bolted, and hybrid bonded-bolted single lap shear joints with woven CFRP adherends (2024)
Journal Article

This paper presents an extensive experimental performance study of bonded joints (BJs), only bolted joints (OBJs) and hybrid bonded-bolted joints (HJs). For each joint type, three test configurations are considered: namely, short, medium and long ove... Read More about Experimental study of bonded, bolted, and hybrid bonded-bolted single lap shear joints with woven CFRP adherends.

An ICT-enhanced methodology for the characterization of vernacular built heritage at a regional scale (2024)
Journal Article

The characterization of vernacular buildings is crucial for understanding the historical, social, and cultural significance of a community. These buildings reflect a collective memory and result from a long adaptation process to the local environment... Read More about An ICT-enhanced methodology for the characterization of vernacular built heritage at a regional scale.

Voices in a pandemic: using deep mapping to explore children’s sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK (2024)
Journal Article

Children’s sense of place is important for wellbeing, development and belonging in a community or place. The VIP-CLEAR (Voices in a Pandemic – Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery) project used creative methods and repeat engagement t... Read More about Voices in a pandemic: using deep mapping to explore children’s sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK.

Curiosity Connections - Inspire Sustainability 2024 (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Curiosity Connections is the network for inspirational science education in the West of England. Our aim is that every child will have an inspirational and relevant science education. The network is managed by the Inspire Sustainability team in UWE B... Read More about Curiosity Connections - Inspire Sustainability 2024.

Editorial: Sensing and control for efficient human-robot collaboration (2024)
Journal Article

Experimental investigation of mechanical properties of concrete mix with lightweight expanded polystyrene and steel fibers (2024)
Journal Article

The demand for lightweight aggregates in concrete compositions for diverse structural and non-structural applications in contemporary building construction has increased. This is to achieve a controllable low-density lightweight concrete, which reduc... Read More about Experimental investigation of mechanical properties of concrete mix with lightweight expanded polystyrene and steel fibers.

A two-stage approach using YOLO for automated assessment of digital dermatitis within Dairy Cattle (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Digital dermatitis stands as a primary cause of lameness in dairy cows, significantly impacting various facets of productivity. This paper proposes an innovative two-stage vision system aimed at early detection of digital dermatitis (DD) lesions, ult... Read More about A two-stage approach using YOLO for automated assessment of digital dermatitis within Dairy Cattle.

Citizen-led emissions reduction: Enhancing enjoyment and understanding for diverse citizen engagement with air pollution and climate change decision making (2024)
Journal Article

Diverse citizens need to be involved in net zero transitions to ensure policy interventions do not entrench inequalities for people from minoritised or disenfranchised groups and ensure public engagement with rapid social changes. This paper illustra... Read More about Citizen-led emissions reduction: Enhancing enjoyment and understanding for diverse citizen engagement with air pollution and climate change decision making.

Optimisation of small-scale aquaponics systems using artificial intelligence and the IoT: Current status, challenges, and opportunities (2024)
Journal Article

Environment changes, water scarcity, soil depletion, and urbanisation are making it harder to produce food using traditional methods in various regions and countries. Aquaponics is emerging as a sustainable food production system that produces fish a... Read More about Optimisation of small-scale aquaponics systems using artificial intelligence and the IoT: Current status, challenges, and opportunities.

Convolutional neural network ensemble learning for hyperspectral imaging-based blackberry fruit ripeness detection in uncontrolled farm environment (2024)
Journal Article

Fruit ripeness estimation models have for decades depended on spectral index features or colour-based features, such as mean, standard deviation, skewness, colour moments, and/or histograms for learning traits of fruit ripeness. Recently, few studies... Read More about Convolutional neural network ensemble learning for hyperspectral imaging-based blackberry fruit ripeness detection in uncontrolled farm environment.

Adaptive security control for uncertain delayed semi-Markov jump systems subject to cyber attacks and actuator failures (2024)
Journal Article

This note investigates the adaptive security control issue for uncertain delayed semi-Markov jump systems (DSMJSs) within the framework of sliding mode control (SMC), in which the DSMJSs are affected by generally unknown transition rates (GUTRs), act... Read More about Adaptive security control for uncertain delayed semi-Markov jump systems subject to cyber attacks and actuator failures.

A pilot study on mixed-reality approaches for detecting upper-limb dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: Insights on cerebellar tremor (2024)
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The assessment and rehabilitation of upper-limb functionality are crucial for addressing motor disorders in individuals with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Traditional methods often lack the sensitivity to quantify subtle motor impairments, with cerebell... Read More about A pilot study on mixed-reality approaches for detecting upper-limb dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: Insights on cerebellar tremor.

Variable autonomy through responsible robotics: Design guidelines and research agenda (2024)
Journal Article

Physically embodied artificial agents, or robots, are being incorporated into various practical and social contexts, from self-driving cars for personal transportation to assistive robotics in social care. To enable these systems to better perform un... Read More about Variable autonomy through responsible robotics: Design guidelines and research agenda.

Development of analytical model for bonding of CFRP rod in concrete subjected to cyclic loads (2024)
Journal Article

Recent material science advances have resulted in the use of High-Performance Concrete (HPC) and Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) in superstructures, which were chosen for their superior strength. However, under cyclic loads, these materials fr... Read More about Development of analytical model for bonding of CFRP rod in concrete subjected to cyclic loads.

Tactile-based grasping stability prediction based on human grasp demonstration for robot manipulation (2024)
Journal Article

To minimize irrelevant and redundant information in tactile data and harness the dexterity of human hands. In this paper, we introduce a novel binary classification network with normalized differential convolution (NDConv) layers. Our method leverage... Read More about Tactile-based grasping stability prediction based on human grasp demonstration for robot manipulation.