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Tamil Talk: What you speak is what you get! (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tamil is one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world. Speech to text in Tamil would benefit to
a lot of native Tamil speakers throughout the world. There are many speech recognition and speech to text applications
available for a... Read More about Tamil Talk: What you speak is what you get!.

Teaching robots social autonomy from in situ human guidance (2019)
Journal Article

Striking the right balance between robot autonomy and human control is a core challenge in social robotics, in both technical and ethical terms. On the one hand, extended robot autonomy offers the potential for increased human productivity and for th... Read More about Teaching robots social autonomy from in situ human guidance.

A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator (2019)
Journal Article

It has been established that design contributes to the occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses in the construction sector. This has resulted in the need for designers to implement design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH), which is... Read More about A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator.

‘Can I be a kinky ace?’: How asexual people negotiate their experiences of kinks and fetishes (2019)
Journal Article

Prior research has found that asexual people may fantasise or participate in activities typically conceptualised as ‘sexual’. These behaviours may be considered paradoxical when an asexual person is conceptualised as someone who does not experience s... Read More about ‘Can I be a kinky ace?’: How asexual people negotiate their experiences of kinks and fetishes.

Bayesian estimation of human impedance and motion intention for human-robot collaboration (2019)
Journal Article

This article proposes a Bayesian method to acquire the estimation of human impedance and motion intention in a human-robot collaborative task. Combining with the prior knowledge of human stiffness, estimated stiffness obeying Gaussian distribution is... Read More about Bayesian estimation of human impedance and motion intention for human-robot collaboration.

Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy? (2019)
Thesis

In accordance with the UWE regulations for DPhil degrees, this thesis incorporates a body of published academic material supported by a critical commentary of the work.
The work collected in this DPhil portfolio reflects a long-standing interest in,... Read More about Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy?.

A robot learning framework based on adaptive admittance control and generalizable motion modeling with neural network controller (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Robot learning from demonstration (LfD) enables robots to be fast programmed. This paper presents a novel LfD framework involving a teaching phase, a learning phase and a reproduction phase, and proposes methods in each of these... Read More about A robot learning framework based on adaptive admittance control and generalizable motion modeling with neural network controller.

Supporting the uptake of resilient repair in the recovery process (FD2706) (2019)
Report

Executive Summary
This Defra research project (FD2706) was concerned with how the professionals and organisations involved in the recovery process following a flood incident interact with householders and business owners. In particular, the way in w... Read More about Supporting the uptake of resilient repair in the recovery process (FD2706).

Reproducing Images: Colour and Texture (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation will explore the relationship between the appearance of colour and materials and how these are captured as paintings and photographs. It will also explore parallels between paintings made by old masters of Still Life and Trompe l’Oe... Read More about Reproducing Images: Colour and Texture.

Anomaly detection using pattern-of-life visual metaphors (2019)
Journal Article

Complex dependencies exist across the technology estate, users and purposes of machines. This can make it difficult to efficiently detect attacks. Visualization to date is mainly used to communicate patterns of raw logs, or to visualize the output of... Read More about Anomaly detection using pattern-of-life visual metaphors.

How is coaching perceived by leaders engaged in a global talent management and leadership development programme? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Asking for Help: Does Adult Care Law Help or Hinder Relationship Building (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation and workshop item focused on how adult care law - principally the Care Act 2014 , Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983(2007) - impact on service users' ability to ask for support in their lives.

The presentation l... Read More about Asking for Help: Does Adult Care Law Help or Hinder Relationship Building.

A point prevalence study to determine the inpatient rate of carbapenemase-producing organisms at a large London NHS Trust (2019)
Journal Article

Summary
Background
There has been an increase in the number of carbapenemase-producing organisms documented across the UK over the past 10 years. From these, the ‘big five’ carbapenemases (KPC, OXA-48, IMP, VIM, and NDM) are the most common types r... Read More about A point prevalence study to determine the inpatient rate of carbapenemase-producing organisms at a large London NHS Trust.

Important times for breastfeeding support: a qualitative study of mothers’ experiences (2019)
Journal Article

Breastfeeding rates in the UK remain persistently low, with a rapid fall off during the first 6–8 weeks. The work of healthcare and public health practitioners impacts on mothers’ experiences of infant feeding. Support, promotion and protection of br... Read More about Important times for breastfeeding support: a qualitative study of mothers’ experiences.

A study of employee learning agility - the effects of individual differences and the work and learning context (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose – During the last decade, learning agility has continued to grow as an important construct in the field of leadership development and talent management. The current academic debates on the construct, however, are less about its relevance to t... Read More about A study of employee learning agility - the effects of individual differences and the work and learning context.

Contribution of shape and surface reflectance information to kinship detection in 3D face images (2019)
Journal Article

Previous research has established that humans are able to detect kinship among strangers from facial images alone. The current study investigated what facial information is used for making those kinship judgments, specifically the contribution of fac... Read More about Contribution of shape and surface reflectance information to kinship detection in 3D face images.

Cinematic collage as architectural design research (2019)
Book Chapter

This chapter argues that cinematic representation can, and must, be understood as a method of developing a form of critical architectural enquiry and thinking in the same manner as text - a textual analysis and a communication means for practice-base... Read More about Cinematic collage as architectural design research.

Comparison of peak times of photopic flicker electroretinogram responses recorded using conventional and portable systems in Birdshot chorioretinopathy (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose
Assessing disease activity in Birdshot uveitis can be challenging. The peak time of the 30 Hz flicker photopic electroretinogram (ERG) was shown to be sensitive for detecting retinal dysfunction. ERG testing is not readily available in many... Read More about Comparison of peak times of photopic flicker electroretinogram responses recorded using conventional and portable systems in Birdshot chorioretinopathy.

Tying together solutions for digital manufacturing: Assessment of connectivity technologies & approaches (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper concerns the development of low-cost solutions to address challenges in digital manufacturing (DM). Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) are a promising approach for addressing the requirements of a low-cost DM architecture. Interaction b... Read More about Tying together solutions for digital manufacturing: Assessment of connectivity technologies & approaches.

The Role of Transport in Supporting a Healthy Future for Young People (2019)
Report

The Health Foundation commissioned Sustrans and the University of the West of England to ‘assess the role of transport in supporting young people to develop and transition to an independent healthy future’. This report focuses on the transport availa... Read More about The Role of Transport in Supporting a Healthy Future for Young People.