Outputs (16)

Altered body image: Appearance-related concerns of people with visible disfigurement (2004)
Journal Article
Garlick, W., Wyn-Williams, M., Rumsey, N., Clarke, A., & White, P. (2004). Altered body image: Appearance-related concerns of people with visible disfigurement. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 48(5), 443-453. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03227.x

Aim. The aim of this paper is to report a study to establish the extent and type of psychosocial needs of outpatients attending for treatment of a wide range of disfiguring conditions. Background. Visible disfigurements can be associated with extensi... Read More about Altered body image: Appearance-related concerns of people with visible disfigurement.

Improvement in collective performance with experience in ants (2004)
Journal Article
Langridge, E. A., Franks, N. R., & Sendova-Franks, A. B. (2004). Improvement in collective performance with experience in ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56(6), 523-529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-004-0824-3

We show that entire ant colonies can improve their collective performance progressively when they repeat the same process. Colonies of Leptothorax albipennis can reduce their total emigration times over successive emigrations. We show that this impro... Read More about Improvement in collective performance with experience in ants.

Design and control concepts of a hyper redundant haptic interface for interaction with virtual environments (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Ueberle, M., Mock, N., Peer, A., Michas, C., & Buss, M. (2004, September). Design and control concepts of a hyper redundant haptic interface for interaction with virtual environments. Paper presented at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai, Japan

This paper discusses the design concept of a hyper-redundant haptic interface with 10 actuated degreesof- freedom (DOF). The kinematical redundancies allow a significantly larger workspace, while reducing the overall device size. Moreover, an increas... Read More about Design and control concepts of a hyper redundant haptic interface for interaction with virtual environments.

Algorithms for building annular structures with minimalist robots inspired by brood sorting in ant colonies (2004)
Journal Article
Wilson, M., Melhuish, C., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Scholes, S. (2004). Algorithms for building annular structures with minimalist robots inspired by brood sorting in ant colonies. Autonomous Robots, 17(2-3), 115-136. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AAURO.0000033969.52486.3d

This study shows that a task as complicated as multi-object 'ant-like annular sorting' can be accomplished with 'minimalist' solutions employing simple mechanisms and minimal hardware. It provides an alternative to 'patch sorting' for multi-object so... Read More about Algorithms for building annular structures with minimalist robots inspired by brood sorting in ant colonies.

Towards dependable swarms and new discipline of swarm engineering (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Winfield, A. F., Harper, C., & Nembrini, J. (2004, July). Towards dependable swarms and new discipline of swarm engineering. Paper presented at Swarm Robotics, SAB 2004 International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers, Santa Monica, CA, USA

The original shorter paper was given as an invited talk at the SAB '04 workshop on Swarm Robotics. Selected papers were invited to be extended and following further full review were published in this volume in the highly-regarded 'state of the art re... Read More about Towards dependable swarms and new discipline of swarm engineering.

Development of a one point quadrature EAS solid-shell element (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Sousa, R., Cardoso, R. P., Valente, R., Yoon, J., Gracio, J., & Natal, R. (2004, July). Development of a one point quadrature EAS solid-shell element. Paper presented at NUMIFORM’04, 8th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

Utilizacao de elementos do tipo ”casca e solido-casca” com extensoes acrescentadas para problemas elasto-plasticos com grandes deformacoes (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Valente, R., Sousa, R., Natal, R., Cardoso, R. P., Cesar de Sa, J., & Gracio, J. (2004, July). Utilizacao de elementos do tipo ”casca e solido-casca” com extensoes acrescentadas para problemas elasto-plasticos com grandes deformacoes. Paper presented at Congresso de Metodos Computacionais em Engenharia, Toronto, Canada, July 2004, Toronto, Canada

A general purpose one point quadrature shell element based on resultant-stress (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Yoon, J., Cardoso, R. P., Wang, S., & Choudry, S. (2004, June). A general purpose one point quadrature shell element based on resultant-stress. Paper presented at NUMIFORM’04, 8th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

Some demands on rapid prototypes used as master patterns in rapid tooling for injection moulding (2004)
Journal Article
Venus, A., Dunne, P., Soe, S., Byrne, G., & Wheatley, A. R. (2004). Some demands on rapid prototypes used as master patterns in rapid tooling for injection moulding. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 150(3), 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-0136%2803%2900571-5

Injection moulded components are finding vigorously increasing applications in numerous sectors. The flexibility of the process allows complex components to be manufactured in high volumes in fully automated environments. Associated with such compone... Read More about Some demands on rapid prototypes used as master patterns in rapid tooling for injection moulding.

Use of External Magnetic Fields to Reduce Reaction Times in an Immunoassay Using Micrometer-Sized Paramagnetic Particles as Labels (Magnetoimmunoassay) (2004)
Journal Article
Luxton, R., Badesha, J., Kiely, J., & Hawkins, P. (2004). Use of External Magnetic Fields to Reduce Reaction Times in an Immunoassay Using Micrometer-Sized Paramagnetic Particles as Labels (Magnetoimmunoassay). Analytical Chemistry, 76(6), 1715-1719. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac034906%2B

The paper presents a rapid immunoassay system capable of quantifying analyte in complex biological and environmental media. Antibody-coated micrometer-sized paramagnetic particles are used as labels in an assay in which they bind quantitatively with... Read More about Use of External Magnetic Fields to Reduce Reaction Times in an Immunoassay Using Micrometer-Sized Paramagnetic Particles as Labels (Magnetoimmunoassay).