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Multi-vulnerability analysis for seismic risk management in historic city centres: an application to the historic city centre of La Serena, Chile (2023)
Journal Article

A comprehensive understanding of the elements at risk, through the identification of the main hazards, level of exposure and different dimensions of the vulnerability of the communities, is an essential step toward the definition and adoption of more... Read More about Multi-vulnerability analysis for seismic risk management in historic city centres: an application to the historic city centre of La Serena, Chile.

Methodologies and practice for improving measurement in urodynamics – quantifying accuracy, quality and contractility (2023)
Thesis

Any clinical practitioner using a physiological measurement relies on assurance of the quality of that measurement. In urodynamics, the measurement of lower urinary tract function, poor quality results leading to incorrect diagnoses could result in m... Read More about Methodologies and practice for improving measurement in urodynamics – quantifying accuracy, quality and contractility.

Roots and models (2023)
Journal Article

One of us comes from dance, the other from robotics, and you would be forgiven for thinking immediately about the YouTube films created by Boston Dynamics. But what connects us is our concern that human-ness is losing ground to machine-ness. To partl... Read More about Roots and models.

Impedance learning for human-guided robots in contact with unknown environments (2023)
Journal Article

Previous works have developed impedance control to increase safety and improve performance in contact tasks, where the robot is in physical interaction with either an environment or a human user. This article investigates impedance learning for a rob... Read More about Impedance learning for human-guided robots in contact with unknown environments.

Seismic vulnerability assessment of Portuguese masonry buildings (2023)
Journal Article

According to the 2011 National Housing Census, masonry buildings comprise more than 50% of the Portuguese building stock. This type of construction has demonstrated a poor performance during the destructive events that struck Portugal in the last cen... Read More about Seismic vulnerability assessment of Portuguese masonry buildings.

The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article

This paper offers a new child-centred methodology that explores children's visions of their futures, encourages self-reflection and depth and shares children's voices with peers and researchers, as unbrokered as possible. This final stage of a longit... Read More about The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19.

Uncovering gas insulated substation transient behaviours using the equivalent cable model (2023)
Journal Article

An improved circuit theory is proposed for verification of data obtained with the ElectroMagnetic Field (EMF) theory approach for the study of Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) transient behaviours. The improved circuit theory utilises the concept of a... Read More about Uncovering gas insulated substation transient behaviours using the equivalent cable model.

Amplifying the voices of neurodivergent students in relation to higher education assessment at UWE Bristol (2023)
Report

This paper reports on a study funded by the UWE Pedagogical Project fund in 2021-2022, which aimed to amplify the voices of neurodivergent (referred to as ‘ND’) students in relation to lived experiences of Higher Education (HE) assessment practices w... Read More about Amplifying the voices of neurodivergent students in relation to higher education assessment at UWE Bristol.

A novel human-robot skill transfer method for contact-rich manipulation task (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to enhance the robot’s ability to complete multi-step contact tasks in unknown or dynamic environments, as well as the generalization ability of the same task in different environments. Design/methodology/approac... Read More about A novel human-robot skill transfer method for contact-rich manipulation task.

Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presentation outlines early-stage, ongoing research into novel approaches with Additive Layer Manufacturing for the direct manufacture of ceramic shell investment casting moulds. The research is focused on the use of 3D printing with refra... Read More about Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds.

Graphene-based electrodes for monitoring of Estradiol (2023)
Journal Article

This study explores the potential use of graphene-based electrodes in the electrochemical determination of estradiol using amperometric techniques as a simple, enzyme-free approach. Graphene, a carbon-based nanomaterial, has been extensively investig... Read More about Graphene-based electrodes for monitoring of Estradiol.

Propagation of electrical signals by fungi (2023)
Journal Article

Living fungal mycelium networks are proven to have properties of memristors, capacitors and various sensors. To further progress our designs in fungal electronics we need to evaluate how electrical signals can be propagated through mycelium networks.... Read More about Propagation of electrical signals by fungi.

Investigation of energy absorption performances of a 3D printed fiber-reinforced bio-inspired cellular structure under in-plane compression loading (2023)
Journal Article

This article proposes glass-fiber-reinforced bone-inspired cellular structures to enhance energy absorption capability. The elastic modulus of the bone-inspired unit cell is obtained analytically based on the energy method and then employed in Partic... Read More about Investigation of energy absorption performances of a 3D printed fiber-reinforced bio-inspired cellular structure under in-plane compression loading.

Dynamic motion primitives-based trajectory learning for physical human-robot interaction force control (2023)
Journal Article

One promising function of interactive robots is to provide a specific interaction force to human users. For example, rehabilitation robots are expected to promote patients' recovery by interacting with them with a prescribed force. However, motion un... Read More about Dynamic motion primitives-based trajectory learning for physical human-robot interaction force control.

Rapid detection of tetracycline residues at clinically relevant levels via a novel, inexpensive and analytically-sensitive magneto-immunoassay – A feasibility study (2023)
Journal Article

Expensive, time-consuming and labour-intensive solvent-extraction and liquid-chromatography methods are the industry's current gold standard for antibiotic residue quantification. A novel immunoassay methodology and system for the rapid detection of... Read More about Rapid detection of tetracycline residues at clinically relevant levels via a novel, inexpensive and analytically-sensitive magneto-immunoassay – A feasibility study.

Performance enhancement by exploiting geometrical nonlinearity of inerters in a two-stage vibration isolator (2023)
Journal Article

This research proposes a two-stage vibration isolation system (TS-VIS) exploiting geometrical nonlinearity by inerters for performance enhancement. Lateral inerters are added to upper and lower stages creating geometric nonlinearity. The transmissibi... Read More about Performance enhancement by exploiting geometrical nonlinearity of inerters in a two-stage vibration isolator.

A human-robot collaboration method for uncertain surface scanning (2023)
Journal Article

Robots are increasingly expected to replace humans in many repetitive and high-precision tasks, of which surface scanning is a typical example. However, it is usually difficult for a robot to independently deal with a surface scanning task with uncer... Read More about A human-robot collaboration method for uncertain surface scanning.

Recent advancements in multimodal human–robot interaction (2023)
Journal Article

Robotics have advanced significantly over the years, and human–robot interaction (HRI) is now playing an important role in delivering the best user experience, cutting down on laborious tasks, and raising public acceptance of robots. New HRI approach... Read More about Recent advancements in multimodal human–robot interaction.

Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives (2023)
Report

This study aims to identify and analyse the various factors leading to low female participation in Maldivian aerospace industry and discuss the policies required to improve this sector. Using a qualitative method, data from both male and female aeros... Read More about Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives.

A non-faradaic impedimetric biosensor for monitoring of caspase 9 in mammalian cell culture (2023)
Journal Article

Lower yields and poorer quality of biopharmaceutical products result from cell death in bioreactors. Such cell death is commonly associated with programmed cell death or apoptosis. During apoptosis, caspases are activated and cause a cascade of event... Read More about A non-faradaic impedimetric biosensor for monitoring of caspase 9 in mammalian cell culture.