Solar street art for a participatory energy transition
(2024)
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An exploration of greenspace metric proximity and NDVI vs configurational accessibility from residential postcodes in the West of England (2024)
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Greenspaces are recognised as important features of an urban environment which are visited by residents for different purposes. This paper investigates the relationship between residents in the West of England and their surrounding greenspaces, by st... Read More about An exploration of greenspace metric proximity and NDVI vs configurational accessibility from residential postcodes in the West of England.
Student interactions and self-directed activities in School Libraries: The design potentiality vs operational actuality (2024)
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School libraries contribute to student learning through accommodating the student self-directed activities (e.g. reading, studying, revising, drawing, etc) and interactions, all taking place during break-times. This research explores the design of sc... Read More about Student interactions and self-directed activities in School Libraries: The design potentiality vs operational actuality.
From logwood to lasers: Bio-digital textile dyeing and design (2024)
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The textile industry is a global giant whose environmental consequences are severe. Textile processing accounts for 51% of a textile's overall carbon footprint (WRAP, 2022) and is estimated to contribute up to 20% of global industrial water pollution... Read More about From logwood to lasers: Bio-digital textile dyeing and design.
Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy (2024)
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This paper reports a new process which can be used to re-purpose a robot at the end of its primary life. Repurposing a robot enables it to continue delivering value beyond the point at which it might have been otherwise recycled or scrapped. The repu... Read More about Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy.
Cyber security unplugged: Teaching security management through immersive gameplay (2024)
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Cyber security education and the online safety of young people is key on the government agenda. A variety of initiatives are designed to raise awareness about the threats and safeguards related to children and their use of technology. Furthermore, cy... Read More about Cyber security unplugged: Teaching security management through immersive gameplay.
Evaluation and design recommendations for a folding morphing-wheg robot for nuclear characterisation (2024)
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This paper explores the design and development of a folding robot required to survey and characterize nuclear facilities only accessible via 150 mm diameter entry ducts. The enclosed legacy facilities at old nuclear sites like Sellafield in the UK ha... Read More about Evaluation and design recommendations for a folding morphing-wheg robot for nuclear characterisation.
Multimodal haptic interface for walker-assisted navigation (2024)
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This study investigates the efficacy of a haptic interface, aiming to offer the walking frame users accurate, intuitive, and easily understandable directional cues. The research introduces a novel haptic feedback interface incorporated into a walking... Read More about Multimodal haptic interface for walker-assisted navigation.
Development and functional evaluation of the PrHand V3 soft-robotics prosthetic hand (2024)
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The affordability and functionality of hand pros-thetics in developing countries are still very limited. This work aims to present and evaluate the new version of the PrHand affordable robotic prosthesis (PrHand V3), built with soft robotics and comp... Read More about Development and functional evaluation of the PrHand V3 soft-robotics prosthetic hand.
History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students (2024)
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his research explores the use of History to enhance education in the field of ICT For Sustainability (ICT4S) in response to a challenge from the ICT4S 2023 conference. No previous studies were found in ICT4S but the literature on History and Educatio... Read More about History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.
Linear modeling of the ankle joint during walking as mechanical impedance for exoskeletons control and gait analysis (2024)
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Ankle exoskeletons controllers use mathematical models and sensors to calculate the kinematics and kinetics of the ankle, to ensure safe transitions. This paper presents the parameterization and validation of a linear model of the ankle joint for a h... Read More about Linear modeling of the ankle joint during walking as mechanical impedance for exoskeletons control and gait analysis.
Evaluating microplastic and macroplastic presence in the ephemeral fluvial systems (2024)
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To our knowledge this is the first study that looks at macro- and microplastics in ephemeral fluvial systems in deserts worldwide. By necessity, where formal waste disposal systems cannot be implemented, informal waste disposal takes place. Here, we... Read More about Evaluating microplastic and macroplastic presence in the ephemeral fluvial systems.
Meta-verse assisted healthcare body sensor network architecture (2024)
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These days, the usage of body area network enabled healthcare services has been increasing widely in practice. The objective is to monitor healthcare in real time from different remote services. However, the existing body area network architecture fo... Read More about Meta-verse assisted healthcare body sensor network architecture.
Second chances (2024)
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On the 10th December Jonathan Gilbert delivered a keynote speech entitled ‘Second Chance’ at HMPPS Wales, Learning and Skills, Continuing Professional Development, 2024 Event at the Mercure Hotel, Cardiff. Other speakers included sector experts, incl... Read More about Second chances.
Dropped leading-edge aerofoil for improved aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance (2024)
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Extended Abstract Ensuring the optimal performance of aerofoils is a critical engineering design challenge in aviation. The difficulty of enhancing aerodynamic efficiency whilst simultaneously reducing aeroacoustic emissions is well documented. Altho... Read More about Dropped leading-edge aerofoil for improved aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance.
PP34 Benefits, barriers and facilitators for out-of-hospital point of care testing: A qualitative study (2024)
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Creating a learning environment that values multiple perspectives, in the face of climate related design challenges (2024)
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This presentation explores the importance of learning environments for Higher Education students that value multiple perspectives on a specific design challenge. Using examples from the classroom, this presentation will explore the vital role of inte... Read More about Creating a learning environment that values multiple perspectives, in the face of climate related design challenges.
Adapting ergonomics and human factors in remote work for employee well-being: A conceptual study (2024)
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This study explores the ergonomic factors essential for enhancing employee well-being and
performance in remote work environments. Using a qualitative approach, 49 relevant articles from
Scopus, EBSCO, Google Scholar and Web of Science were analy... Read More about Adapting ergonomics and human factors in remote work for employee well-being: A conceptual study.
Understanding how value perception changes in response to electronic word-of-mouth (2024)
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In the past few decades, value creation has emerged as one of the key priorities of many organisations. Under the COVID-19 epidemic, numerous companies discovered e-business generating the largest income in their overall portfolios. Such changes are... Read More about Understanding how value perception changes in response to electronic word-of-mouth.
Control of biohybrid actuators using neuroevolution (2024)
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In medical-related tasks, soft robots can perform better than conventional robots because of their compliant building materials and the movements they are able perform. However, designing soft robot controllers is not an easy task, due to the non-lin... Read More about Control of biohybrid actuators using neuroevolution.