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The effects of ownership identities on corporate industrial diversification strategy of Brazilian companies in cross-border M&As (2020)
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In this paper we investigate the role of ownership identities of acquiring Brazilian multinational enterprises in determining industrial diversification strategies in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Based on institutions-based theory and risk... Read More about The effects of ownership identities on corporate industrial diversification strategy of Brazilian companies in cross-border M&As.

Putting users at the centre of MaaS (2020)
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The rapid emergence of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) into the transport sector’s lexicon has brought with it an air of expectation that suggests a future mobility revolution. The authors take an action-oriented approach putting MaaS theory into practi... Read More about Putting users at the centre of MaaS.

The effect of ethical and sustainability issues on consumer adoption of digital technology in the consumer purchasing journey (2020)
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Against a background of increasing use of digital technology in society including the retail sector, this developmental paper identifies a need for research into ethical and sustainability issues that affect an individual's decision to use digital te... Read More about The effect of ethical and sustainability issues on consumer adoption of digital technology in the consumer purchasing journey.

Elderly mobility under the microscope: A multidisciplinary perspective (2020)
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Mobility in later life is a key determinant in modern societies dealing with ageing population. Despite being studied in medicine, sociology and transport, this topic displayed findings which have been exploited within each discipline. Potential spil... Read More about Elderly mobility under the microscope: A multidisciplinary perspective.

A leakage detection system extracting the most meaningful features with decision trees (2020)
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To learn from experience and to unleash the creativity, a novelty approach has been proposed with the main aim of detecting the different leakages of a fictitious L-town, containing a total of thirty three different pressure sensors in the whole infr... Read More about A leakage detection system extracting the most meaningful features with decision trees.

Covid-19: “Honey, we forgot the kids”; Why many children in England have lost out in the current crisis and how educational provision needs to change (2020)
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In 1918, influenza swept across the world and is estimated to have killed between 50-100 million people in one year. Prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, historians and public health specialists alike warned of our vulnerability to a new and devastati... Read More about Covid-19: “Honey, we forgot the kids”; Why many children in England have lost out in the current crisis and how educational provision needs to change.

Time and value at Bath Abbey: Erosion, fragmentation and the role of the replica (2020)
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Bath Abbey is undergoing a substantial programme of conservation and change; including the removal and reinstatement/replacement of the 847 ledger stones comprising its floor. The floor is, in fact, almost entirely comprised of these burial markers.... Read More about Time and value at Bath Abbey: Erosion, fragmentation and the role of the replica.

Unlocking the potential of videogames as a pedagogical tool in political science and international relations (2020)
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ClairCity Citizen-led air pollution reduction in cities (2020)
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A de-risked bio-inspired condylar prosthetic knee joint for a robotic leg test rig (2020)
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The design of the human knee joint has been a challenging task due to the presence of intricate parts, complex mechanisms and their interdependence which joins them together. A bio-inspired design for the condylar knee joint has been proposed in earl... Read More about A de-risked bio-inspired condylar prosthetic knee joint for a robotic leg test rig.

Application of machine learning towards design optimisation of bio-inspired transfemoral prosthetic socket for robotic leg test rig (2020)
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In the past century many medical advancements in prosthetics have been achieved, however, discomfort in prosthetic socket remains one of the toughest challenges faced by both amputees and prosthetists. Wearing an uncomfortable socket can lead to user... Read More about Application of machine learning towards design optimisation of bio-inspired transfemoral prosthetic socket for robotic leg test rig.

3D printing the Woodburytype – Plastic printing the plate or gel printing the image? (2020)
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The Woodburytype process is one of the only printing processes capable of producing continuous tone. It is a 2.5D process that produces a textured relief print from a gelatin-based ink that contains no photo-active element and therefore does not degr... Read More about 3D printing the Woodburytype – Plastic printing the plate or gel printing the image?.

The use of low-cost 3D printing technology to develop fabrication tools for clay profile extrusion (2020)
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This paper reports on interim results from ongoing research which investigate how low-cost 3D printing technologies can assist innovation with the clay extrusion process.
The project explores the possibility of using standard plastic filament 3D pr... Read More about The use of low-cost 3D printing technology to develop fabrication tools for clay profile extrusion.

Cardiff University at SemEval-2020 Task 6: Fine-tuning BERT for Domain-Specific Definition Classification (2020)
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We describe the system submitted to SemEval-2020 Task 6, Subtask 1. The aim of this subtask is to predict whether a given sentence contains a definition or not. Unsurprisingly, we found that strong results can be achieved by fine-tuning a pre-trained... Read More about Cardiff University at SemEval-2020 Task 6: Fine-tuning BERT for Domain-Specific Definition Classification.

The reconstruction of the appearance of the Acancéh frieze by 2.5D printing (2020)
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The aim of the project is to reconstruct the appearance of the Maya frieze of the Palace of the Stuccoes in Acancéh Yucatán, dating from c. 350 BC to AD 850. The frieze itself is destroyed by now but was documented by Adela Breton in 1907. Her waterc... Read More about The reconstruction of the appearance of the Acancéh frieze by 2.5D printing.

Sample and time efficient policy learning with CMA-ES and Bayesian Optimisation (2020)
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In evolutionary robot systems where morphologies and controllers of real robots are simultaneously evolved, it is clear that there is likely to be requirements to refine the inherited controller of a ‘newborn’ robot in order to better align it to its... Read More about Sample and time efficient policy learning with CMA-ES and Bayesian Optimisation.

Fuzzy tuned PID controller for vibration control of agricultural manipulator (2020)
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Image-based phenotyping systems have evolved over the years, and become an integral part of crop and plant science research. Phenotyping systems provide great potential to deliver critical insights, than the conventional destructive field methods. St... Read More about Fuzzy tuned PID controller for vibration control of agricultural manipulator.

A Contextual Understanding of Youth of Entrepreneurship Education Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (2020)
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Prompted by growing emphasis, particularly in Africa where poverty and conflict have been associated with high youth unemployment, to use entrepreneurship education to influence young people’s post-study intentions, this paper articulates the effect... Read More about A Contextual Understanding of Youth of Entrepreneurship Education Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Innovative model in NGO management: Implementation of SEAM as a consulting management methodology (2020)
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This paper is a qualimetrics research to show how the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) methodology is the pathway to create a sustainable Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It describes the framework of an effective organization built o... Read More about Innovative model in NGO management: Implementation of SEAM as a consulting management methodology.

Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates (2020)
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Photovoltaic degradation rates play a vital role in visualizing and analyzing the performance of the PV modules over the long run. A site survey is conducted to calculate PV degradation rates. The results have shown that for the first three years sin... Read More about Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates.