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Recent advances in bidirectional modeling and structural control (2015)
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Paul, S., Yu, W., & Li, X. (2016). Recent advances in bidirectional modeling and structural control. Shock and Vibration, 2016, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6275307

© 2016 Satyam Paul et al. This paper provides an overview of building structure modeling and control under bidirectional seismic waves. It focuses on different types of bidirectional control devices, control strategies, and bidirectional sensors used... Read More about Recent advances in bidirectional modeling and structural control.

Rapid, automated detection of stem canker symptoms in woody perennials using artificial neural network analysis (2015)
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Li, B., Hulin, M. T., Brain, P., Mansfield, J. W., Jackson, R. W., & Harrison, R. J. (2015). Rapid, automated detection of stem canker symptoms in woody perennials using artificial neural network analysis. Plant Methods, 11(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-015-0100-8

© 2015 Li et al. Background: Pseudomonas syringae can cause stem necrosis and canker in a wide range of woody species including cherry, plum, peach, horse chestnut and ash. The detection and quantification of lesion progression over time in woody tis... Read More about Rapid, automated detection of stem canker symptoms in woody perennials using artificial neural network analysis.

Flexibility in MOFs: Do scalar and group-theoretical counting rules work? (2015)
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Marmier, A., & Evans, K. E. (2016). Flexibility in MOFs: Do scalar and group-theoretical counting rules work?. Dalton Transactions, 45(10), 4360-4369. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt03586d

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016. We investigate the ability of counting rules drafted from engineering to predict the flexibility or rigidity of bar-and-joint or body-and-joint assemblies representing metal organic frameworks. We show that whil... Read More about Flexibility in MOFs: Do scalar and group-theoretical counting rules work?.

Live-birth rate associated with repeat in vitro fertilization treatment cycles (2015)
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Smith, A. D. A. C., Tilling, K., Nelson, S. M., & Lawlor, D. A. (2015). Live-birth rate associated with repeat in vitro fertilization treatment cycles. Journal of the American Medical Association, 314(24), 2654-2662. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.17296

© 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Importance The likelihood of achieving a live birth with repeat in vitro fertilization (IVF) is unclear, yet treatment is commonly limited to 3 or 4 embryo transfers. Objective To determine th... Read More about Live-birth rate associated with repeat in vitro fertilization treatment cycles.

Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique (2015)
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Saeedifar, M., Fotouhi, M., & Ahmadi Najafabadi, M. (2016). Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique. Journal of Composite Materials, 50(25), 3577-3588. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998315622983

© The Author(s) 2015. Push-out delamination is a serious concern in the drilling of fibre-reinforced composite materials. This damage occurs as the drill reaches the exit side of the material and can reduce the strength and stiffness of the structure... Read More about Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique.

Row-bot: An energetically autonomous artificial water boatman (2015)
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Philamore, H., Rossiter, J., Stinchcombe, A., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Row-bot: An energetically autonomous artificial water boatman. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 3888-3893. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2015.7353924

© 2015 IEEE. We present a design for an energetically autonomous artificial organism, combining two subsystems; a bio-inspired energy source and bio-inspired actuation. The work is the first demonstration of energetically autonomy in a microbial fuel... Read More about Row-bot: An energetically autonomous artificial water boatman.

Increasing the impedance range of admittance-type haptic interfaces by using Time Domain Passivity Approach (2015)
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Hwang, J. H., Nabeel, M., Lee, J., Mehmood, U., Jafari, A., & Ryu, J. H. (2015). Increasing the impedance range of admittance-type haptic interfaces by using Time Domain Passivity Approach. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015-December, 585-590. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2015.7353431

© 2015 IEEE. This paper proposes a method to increase the impedance range of admittance-type haptic interfaces. Admittance-type haptic interfaces are used in various applications that typically require interaction with high impedance virtual environm... Read More about Increasing the impedance range of admittance-type haptic interfaces by using Time Domain Passivity Approach.

Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC (2015)
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Taghavi, M., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Mattoli, V., Beccai, L., Mazzolai, B., …Ieropoulos, I. A. (2016). Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 11(1), Article 016001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/11/1/016001

© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. The first self-sufficient system, powered by a wearable energy generator based on microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is introduced. MFCs made from compliant material were developed in the frame of a pair of socks, which w... Read More about Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC.

Stability and reliability of anodic biofilms under different feedstock conditions: Towards microbial fuel cell sensors (2015)
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Walter, X. A., You, J., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Stability and reliability of anodic biofilms under different feedstock conditions: Towards microbial fuel cell sensors. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 6, 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2015.11.007

© 2015 The Authors. Stability and reliability of microbial fuel cell anodic biofilms, consisting of mixed cultures, were investigated in a continuously fed system. Two groups of anodic biofilm matured with different substrates, acetate and casein for... Read More about Stability and reliability of anodic biofilms under different feedstock conditions: Towards microbial fuel cell sensors.

Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture (2015)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Santoro, C., Li, B., Cristiani, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture. Water Research, 86, 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.014

© 2015 The Authors. In Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), the recovery of water can be achieved with the help of both active (electro-osmosis), and passive (osmosis) transport pathways of electrolyte through the semi-permeable selective separator. The elec... Read More about Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture.

Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flows around a tandem expansion-compression corner (2015)
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Zheltovodov, A. A., Fang, J., Yao, Y., Li, Z., & Lu, L. (2015). Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flows around a tandem expansion-compression corner. Physics of Fluids, 27(12), 125104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936576

© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. The M = 2.9 supersonic turbulent flows over a tandem expansion-compression corner configuration with a sharp deflection angle of 25° at three Reynolds numbers Reδ = 20 000, 40 000, and 80 000 were studied by using direct nu... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flows around a tandem expansion-compression corner.

Kinetic energy extraction of a tidal stream turbine and its sensitivity to structural stiffness attenuation (2015)
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Morris, C. E., O'Doherty, D. M., O'Doherty, T., & Mason-Jones, A. (2016). Kinetic energy extraction of a tidal stream turbine and its sensitivity to structural stiffness attenuation. Renewable Energy, 88, 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.10.037

© 2015 The Authors. The hydrodynamic forces imparted on a tidal turbine rotor, whilst causing it to rotate and hence generate power, will also cause the blades to deform. This deformation will affect the turbine's performance if not included in the e... Read More about Kinetic energy extraction of a tidal stream turbine and its sensitivity to structural stiffness attenuation.

Robust state estimation and unknown inputs reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems: Multiobjective approach (2015)
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Delshad, S. S., S. Delshad, I., Johansson, A., Darouach, M., & Gustafsson, T. (2016). Robust state estimation and unknown inputs reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems: Multiobjective approach. Automatica, 64, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2015.10.051

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We consider a novel method to design H∞ observers for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. First, the main system dynamics are rewritten as an augmented system with state vector including both the sta... Read More about Robust state estimation and unknown inputs reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems: Multiobjective approach.

High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application (2015)
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Atanassov, P., Schuler, A. J., Artyushkova, K., Babanova, S., Stariha, S., Villarrubia, C. W., …Santoro, C. (2015). High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application. Scientific Reports, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16596

© 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. For the first time, a new generation of innovative non-platinum group metal catalysts based on iron and aminoantipyrine as precursor (Fe-AAPyr) has been utilized in a membraneless single-cham... Read More about High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application.

Organisational culture and its role in developing a sustainable science communication platform (2015)
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France, B., Cridge, B., & Fogg-Rogers, L. (2017). Organisational culture and its role in developing a sustainable science communication platform. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 7(2), 146-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2015.1106025

© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. There is an ongoing tension for scientists when deciding to engage with the public about their research as many scientists view direct participation as peripheral to their role. Pressure... Read More about Organisational culture and its role in developing a sustainable science communication platform.

Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation (2015)
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Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015). Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2015-November, 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318248

© 2015 IEEE. Reduction is a crucial step in the treatment of broken bones. Achieving precise anatomical alignment of bone fragments is essential for a good fast healing process. Percutaneous techniques are associated with faster recovery time and low... Read More about Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation.

Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation (2015)
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Richards, D. S., Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015). Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2015-November, 4635-4638. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319427

© 2015 IEEE. Robotic rehabilitation is a currently underutilised field with the potential to allow huge cost savings within healthcare. Existing rehabilitation exoskeletons oversimplify the importance of movement of the hand while undertaking everyda... Read More about Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation.

Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery (2015)
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Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015). Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2015-November, 4902-4905. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319491

© 2015 IEEE. Our group at Bristol Robotics Laboratory has been working on a new robotic system for fracture surgery that has been previously reported [1]. The robotic system is being developed for distal femur fractures and features a robot that mani... Read More about Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery.

Effective emotion regulation strategies improve fMRI and ECG markers of psychopathology in panic disorder: Implications for psychological treatment action (2015)
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Reinecke, A., Filippini, N., Berna, C., Western, D. G., Hanson, B., Cooper, M. J., …Harmer, C. J. (2015). Effective emotion regulation strategies improve fMRI and ECG markers of psychopathology in panic disorder: Implications for psychological treatment action. Translational Psychiatry, 5(e673), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.160

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Impairments in emotion regulation are thought to have a key role in the pathogenesis of anxiety disorders, but the neurobiological underpinnings contributing to vulnerability remain poorly und... Read More about Effective emotion regulation strategies improve fMRI and ECG markers of psychopathology in panic disorder: Implications for psychological treatment action.

Differentiated anti-predation responses in a superorganism (2015)
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O'Shea-Wheller, T. A., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2015). Differentiated anti-predation responses in a superorganism. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0141012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141012

© 2015 O'Shea-Wheller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source... Read More about Differentiated anti-predation responses in a superorganism.