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Personalised medical product development: methods, challenges and opportunities (2011)
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Le, C. H., Okereke, M. I., Nguyen, V. H., Dao, V. D., Soe, S., Zlatov, N., & Le, T. H. (2011). Personalised medical product development: methods, challenges and opportunities. Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics and Mechatronics, 40, 11--20

Personalised health care in general and personalised medical products in particular aim to provide the optimal diagnosis and treatment with the use of the right medicine, tools and devices to the right patient at the right time in order to meet well... Read More about Personalised medical product development: methods, challenges and opportunities.

Coarsening of equiaxed microstructure in the semisolid state of aluminum 7075 alloy through SIMA processing (2011)
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Bolouri, A., Shahmiri, M., & Kang, C. G. (2012). Coarsening of equiaxed microstructure in the semisolid state of aluminum 7075 alloy through SIMA processing. Journal of Materials Science, 47(8), 3544-3553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-011-6200-6

In the present study, the coarsening mechanism of equiaxed grains in the semisolid state of aluminum 7075 alloy, treated via strain induced melting activation process, was investigated. The kinetics of equiaxed grain growth in the semisolid state of... Read More about Coarsening of equiaxed microstructure in the semisolid state of aluminum 7075 alloy through SIMA processing.

Correlation between solid fraction and tensile properties of semisolid RAP processed aluminum alloys (2011)
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Bolouri, A., & Kang, C. G. (2012). Correlation between solid fraction and tensile properties of semisolid RAP processed aluminum alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 516, 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2011.12.045

Recrystallization and remelting (RAP), a promising route for thixoforming process, was used to process three aluminum alloys, AA2024, AA6061, and A356, under experimental conditions designed to yield various solid fractions (liquid fractions) within... Read More about Correlation between solid fraction and tensile properties of semisolid RAP processed aluminum alloys.

Modelling the material flow and web tension in the vertical form-fill-seal packaging process (2011)
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Matthews, J., Hicks, B., Mullineux, G., Goodwin, J., & Burke, A. (2011). Modelling the material flow and web tension in the vertical form-fill-seal packaging process. Packaging Technology and Science, 24(8), 435-450. https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.949

Vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) machines are widely used to form bags for packaging products such as confectionary and snack food. One critical component of the machine is the forming shoulder, which needs to manipulate, without damage, the packaging... Read More about Modelling the material flow and web tension in the vertical form-fill-seal packaging process.

Development of an autonomous unmanned aerial system to collect time-stamped samples from the atmosphere and localize potential pathogen sources (2011)
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Walker, R., Gonzalez, F., Castro, M. P., Narayan, P., & Zeller, L. (2011). Development of an autonomous unmanned aerial system to collect time-stamped samples from the atmosphere and localize potential pathogen sources. Journal of Field Robotics, 28(6), 961-976. https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.20417

This paper presents the hardware development and testing of a new concept for air sampling via the integration of a prototype spore trap onboard an unmanned aerial system (UAS). We propose the integration of a prototype spore trap onboard a UAS to al... Read More about Development of an autonomous unmanned aerial system to collect time-stamped samples from the atmosphere and localize potential pathogen sources.

Capturing constraint evolution: A technique to preserve and handle design knowledge (2011)
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Ding, L., Matthews, J., & Mullineux, G. (2011). Capturing constraint evolution: A technique to preserve and handle design knowledge. International Journal of Product Development, 15(1-3), 135-155. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPD.2011.043665

Product development can be considered as the evolutionary and iterative process of recognition, formulation and satisfaction of constraints. These become the rationale driving the design to the final specifications, with the evolution of constraints... Read More about Capturing constraint evolution: A technique to preserve and handle design knowledge.

Comprehensive distribution network fault location using the distributed parameter model (2011)
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Nouri, H., & Alamuti, M. M. (2011). Comprehensive distribution network fault location using the distributed parameter model. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 26(4), 2154-2162. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2011.2161620

A typical low-or medium-voltage distribution feeder consists of numerous branches as well as laterals and heterogenic conductor lines. The lack of measurement points and the presence of unbalanced loads make it more complicated for the construction o... Read More about Comprehensive distribution network fault location using the distributed parameter model.

Knowledge networks for innovation: From theory into practice, the case for SMEs (2011)
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Bradford, J., Saad, M., Winnington, T., & Mahdi, S. (2011). Knowledge networks for innovation: From theory into practice, the case for SMEs

This paper is part of an externally funded three year Network for Innovation (iNET), whose main goal is to improve the innovative capacities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Aerospace and Advanced Engineering (AAE) across the South West of... Read More about Knowledge networks for innovation: From theory into practice, the case for SMEs.

Allosteric interactions across native adenosine-A 3 receptor homodimers: Quantification using single-cell ligand-binding kinetics (2011)
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May, L. T., Bridge, L., Stoddart, L. A., Briddon, S. J., & Hill, S. J. (2011). Allosteric interactions across native adenosine-A 3 receptor homodimers: Quantification using single-cell ligand-binding kinetics. FASEB Journal, 25(10), 3465-3476. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.11-186296

A growing awareness indicates that many G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) exist as homodimers, but the extent of the cooperativity across the dimer interface has been largely unexplored. Here, measurement of the dissociation kinetics of a fluoresce... Read More about Allosteric interactions across native adenosine-A 3 receptor homodimers: Quantification using single-cell ligand-binding kinetics.

Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation (2011)
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Raabe, D., Tzemanaki, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011). Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMS.2011.5999150

Rehabilitation Robotics involves the use of robotic systems as an enabling technology for people with kinetic problems, in order to help them recover from a physical trauma. This paper presents the investigation of a robotic system for stroke and pos... Read More about Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation.

Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers (2011)
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Terzakis, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011). Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6856 LNAI, 402-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23232-9_48

The degree of accuracy by which a mobile robot can estimate the properties of its surrounding environment, and the ability to successfully navigate throughout the explored space are the main factors that may well determine its autonomy and efficiency... Read More about Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers.

Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime (2011)
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Bengherbia, T., Yao, Y., Bauer, P., Giraud, M., & Knowlen, C. (2011). Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 78(5), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004327

The subdetonative propulsion mode using thermal choking has been studied with a one-dimensional (1D) real gas model that included projectile acceleration. Numerical results from a control volume analysis that accounted for unsteady flow effects estab... Read More about Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime.

Handshake: Realistic human-robot interaction in haptic enhanced virtual reality (2011)
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Wang, Z., Giannopoulos, E., Slater, M., Peer, A., & Buss, M. (2011). Handshake: Realistic human-robot interaction in haptic enhanced virtual reality. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 20(4), 371-392. https://doi.org/10.1162/PRES_a_00061

This paper focuses on the development and evaluation of a haptic enhanced virtual reality system which allows a human user to make physical handshakes with a virtual partner through a haptic interface. Multimodal feedback signals are designed to gene... Read More about Handshake: Realistic human-robot interaction in haptic enhanced virtual reality.

Development and evaluation of a device for the haptic rendering of rotatory car doors (2011)
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Strolz, M., Groten, R., Peer, A., & Buss, M. (2011). Development and evaluation of a device for the haptic rendering of rotatory car doors. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 58(8), 3133-3140. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2010.2087292

Virtual prototyping of car doors enhanced with haptic feedback is a promising way to decrease the number of physical prototypes. We clarify, correct, summarize, and extend our previous work on the haptic simulation of car doors. A fundamental issue i... Read More about Development and evaluation of a device for the haptic rendering of rotatory car doors.

Contributions of the PPC to online control of visually guided reaching movements assessed with fMRI-Guided TMS (2011)
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Bülthoff, H. H., Reichenbach, A., Bresciani, J. P., Peer, A., & Thielscher, A. (2011). Contributions of the PPC to online control of visually guided reaching movements assessed with fMRI-Guided TMS. Cerebral Cortex, 21(7), 1602-1612. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhq225

The posterior parietal cortex (PPC) plays an important role in controlling voluntary movements by continuously integrating sensory information about body state and the environment. We tested which subregions of the PPC contribute to the processing of... Read More about Contributions of the PPC to online control of visually guided reaching movements assessed with fMRI-Guided TMS.

Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis (2011)
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Damghani, M., Kennedy, D., & Featherston, C. (2011). Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis. Computers and Structures, 89(13-14), 1286-1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2011.04.003

The critical buckling of composite plates with through-the-length delaminations is studied using exact stiffness analysis and the Wittrick-Williams algorithm. Computational efficiency is achieved by avoiding discretisation into elements, making the m... Read More about Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis.

U-model-based adaptive control for a class of stochastic non-linear dynamic plants with unknown parameters (2011)
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Wu, X., Liu, L., Zhu, Q., Du, W., Wang, B., & Zhang, J. (2011). U-model-based adaptive control for a class of stochastic non-linear dynamic plants with unknown parameters. International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 13(3), 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMIC.2011.041300

In this paper, an adaptive control algorithm within a U-model framework is developed for controlling a class of stochastic non-linear discrete-time models with unknown parameters. With the authors' previous justification, the control-oriented model n... Read More about U-model-based adaptive control for a class of stochastic non-linear dynamic plants with unknown parameters.