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Zeolite supported palladium nanoparticle characterization for fuel cell application (2017)
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Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2017). Zeolite supported palladium nanoparticle characterization for fuel cell application. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(29), 18560-18567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.182

© 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC Palladium (Pd) has been widely used as a type of hydrogen storage material and has attracted much attention for fuel cell applications, due to its high solubility and mobility of hydrogen in Pd. In this study,... Read More about Zeolite supported palladium nanoparticle characterization for fuel cell application.

Minimizing separability: A comparative analysis of illumination compensation techniques in face recognition (2017)
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Olisah, C. C. (2017). Minimizing separability: A comparative analysis of illumination compensation techniques in face recognition. International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science, 9(5), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2017.05.06

Feature extraction task are primarily about making sense of the discriminative features/patterns of facial information and extracting them. However, most real world face images are almost always intertwined with imaging modality problems of which... Read More about Minimizing separability: A comparative analysis of illumination compensation techniques in face recognition.

Unsupervised machine learning for developing personalised behaviour models using activity data (2017)
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Fiorini, L., Cavallo, F., Dario, P., Eavis, A., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2017). Unsupervised machine learning for developing personalised behaviour models using activity data. Sensors, 17(5), Article 1034. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17051034

© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The goal of this study is to address two major issues that undermine the large scale deployment of smart home sensing solutions in people’s homes. These include the costs associated with havin... Read More about Unsupervised machine learning for developing personalised behaviour models using activity data.

Intra-operative fiducial-based CT/fluoroscope image registration framework for image-guided robot-assisted joint fracture surgery (2017)
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Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Morad, S., Gibbons, P., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Intra-operative fiducial-based CT/fluoroscope image registration framework for image-guided robot-assisted joint fracture surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 12(8), 1383-1397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-017-1602-9

© 2017, The Author(s). Purpose: Joint fractures must be accurately reduced minimising soft tissue damages to avoid negative surgical outcomes. To this regard, we have developed the RAFS surgical system, which allows the percutaneous reduction of intr... Read More about Intra-operative fiducial-based CT/fluoroscope image registration framework for image-guided robot-assisted joint fracture surgery.

Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments (2017)
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Zverovich, V., Mahdjoubi, L., Boguslawski, P., & Fadli, F. (2017). Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(9), 727-747. https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12260

Applications to prioritize indoor routes for emergency situations in a complex built facility have been restricted to building simulations and network approaches. These types of applications often failed to account for the complexity and trade-offs... Read More about Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments.

Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (2017)
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Bryson, J., & Winfield, A. F. (2017). Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems. Computer, 50(5), 116-119. https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2017.154

© 1970-2012 IEEE. AI is here now, available to anyone with access to digital technology and the Internet. But its consequences for our social order aren't well understood. How can we guide the way technology impacts society?

Urine disinfection and in situ pathogen killing using a Microbial Fuel Cell cascade system (2017)
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Ieropoulos, I., Pasternak, G., & Greenman, J. (2017). Urine disinfection and in situ pathogen killing using a Microbial Fuel Cell cascade system. PLoS ONE, 12(5), e0176475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176475

© 2017 Ieropoulos 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 are... Read More about Urine disinfection and in situ pathogen killing using a Microbial Fuel Cell cascade system.

A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance (2017)
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Chance, G., Jevtić, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 4(MAY), https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2017.00013

© 2017 Chance, Jevtić, Caleb-Solly and Dogramadzi. Assistive robots have a great potential to address issues related to an aging population and an increased demand for caregiving. Successful deployment of robots working in close proximity with people... Read More about A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance.

To err is robot: How humans assess and act toward an erroneous social robot (2017)
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Mirnig, N., Stollnberger, G., Miksch, M., Stadler, S., Giuliani, M., & Tscheligi, M. (2017). To err is robot: How humans assess and act toward an erroneous social robot. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 4(MAY), 21. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2017.00021

© 2017 Mirnig, Stollnberger, Miksch, Stadler, Giuliani and Tscheligi. We conducted a user study for which we purposefully programmed faulty behavior into a robot's routine. It was our aim to explore if participants rate the faulty robot different fro... Read More about To err is robot: How humans assess and act toward an erroneous social robot.

Personality perception of robot avatar teleoperators in solo and dyadic tasks (2017)
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Bremner, P., Celiktutan, O., & Gunes, H. (2017). Personality perception of robot avatar teleoperators in solo and dyadic tasks. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 4(MAY), https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2017.00016

© 2017 Bremner, Celiktutan and Gunes. Humanoid robot avatars are a potential new telecommunication tool, whereby a user is remotely represented by a robot that replicates their arm, head, and possible face movements. They have been shown to have a nu... Read More about Personality perception of robot avatar teleoperators in solo and dyadic tasks.

Polarisation photometric stereo (2017)
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Atkinson, G. (2017). Polarisation photometric stereo. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 160, 158-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2017.04.014

© 2017 This paper concerns a novel approach to fuse two-source photometric stereo (PS) data with polarisation information for complete surface normal recovery for smooth or slightly rough surfaces. PS is a well-established method but is limited in ap... Read More about Polarisation photometric stereo.

Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note (2017)
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Santoro, C., Arbizzani, C., Erable, B., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note. Journal of Power Sources, 356, 223-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.04.071

The Special Section “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications” covers many diverse and multidisciplinary aspects of the entire microbial electrochemical field, with a special emphasis on microbial and abiotic/microbial electron transfe... Read More about Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note.

A generalisation of the Hill's quadratic yield function for planar plastic anisotropy to consider loading direction (2017)
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Cardoso, R. P., & Adetoro, O. B. (2017). A generalisation of the Hill's quadratic yield function for planar plastic anisotropy to consider loading direction. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 128-129, 253-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.04.024

© 2017 The Authors In this work, a new generalised quadratic yield function for plane stress analysis that is able to describe the plastic anisotropy of metals and also the asymmetric behaviour in tension-compression typical of the Hexagonal Closed-P... Read More about A generalisation of the Hill's quadratic yield function for planar plastic anisotropy to consider loading direction.

Extended state observer-based integral sliding mode control for an underwater robot with unknown disturbances and uncertain nonlinearities (2017)
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Cui, R., Chen, L., Yang, C., & Chen, M. (2017). Extended state observer-based integral sliding mode control for an underwater robot with unknown disturbances and uncertain nonlinearities. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(8), 6785-6795. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2694410

© 2017 IEEE. This paper develops a novel integral sliding mode controller (ISMC) for a general type of underwater robots based on multiple-input and multiple-output extended-state-observer (MIMO-ESO). The difficulties associated with the unmeasured v... Read More about Extended state observer-based integral sliding mode control for an underwater robot with unknown disturbances and uncertain nonlinearities.

Principles of robotics: regulating robots in the real world (2017)
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Boden, M., Winfield, A., Bryson, J., Caldwell, D., Dautenhahn, K., Edwards, L., …Whitby, B. (2017). Principles of robotics: regulating robots in the real world. Connection Science, 29(2), 124-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2016.1271400

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper proposes a set of five ethical principles, together with seven high-level messages, as a basis for responsible robotics. The Principles of Robotics... Read More about Principles of robotics: regulating robots in the real world.

Mathematical model of electromagnetic field with skin-effect in closed electrical contacts (2017)
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Nouri, H. (2017). Mathematical model of electromagnetic field with skin-effect in closed electrical contacts. International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 113(4), 625-637

The mathematical model describing electromagnetic field in closed electrical contacts is elaborated. It takes into account a non-uniformity of the current density on the contact spot which can be explained by three factors: 1) physical phenomena of t... Read More about Mathematical model of electromagnetic field with skin-effect in closed electrical contacts.

Implementation fidelity of a computer-assisted intervention for children with speech sound disorders (2017)
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McCormack, J., Baker, E., Masso, S., Crowe, K., McLeod, S., Wren, Y., & Roulstone, S. (2017). Implementation fidelity of a computer-assisted intervention for children with speech sound disorders. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(3), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2017.1293160

© 2017 The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background: Implementation fidelity refers to the degree to which an intervention or programme adheres to its original... Read More about Implementation fidelity of a computer-assisted intervention for children with speech sound disorders.

Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system (2017)
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Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2424905X17400086

This paper presents a safety analysis of a Robotic Fracture Surgery System using the Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA). It focuses particularly on hazards caused by the human in the loop. The robotic system and operating staff are modeled inc... Read More about Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system.

Protocol for a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, crossover trial of Melatonin for treatment of Nocturia in adults with Multiple Sclerosis (MeNiMS) (2017)
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Delgado, D., Canham, L., Cotterill, N., Cottrell, D., Drake, M. J., Inglis, K., …White, P. (2017). Protocol for a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, crossover trial of Melatonin for treatment of Nocturia in adults with Multiple Sclerosis (MeNiMS). BMC Neurology, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-017-0845-y

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Nocturia (the symptom of needing to wake up to pass urine) is common in progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Moderate-to-severe nocturia affects quality of life, can exacerbate fatigue and may affect capacit... Read More about Protocol for a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, crossover trial of Melatonin for treatment of Nocturia in adults with Multiple Sclerosis (MeNiMS).

“Robots Vs Animals”: Establishing a Culture of Public Engagement and Female Role Modeling in Engineering Higher Education (2017)
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Fogg-Rogers, L., Sardo, M., & Boushel, C. (2017). “Robots Vs Animals”: Establishing a Culture of Public Engagement and Female Role Modeling in Engineering Higher Education. Science Communication, 39(2), 195-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547017696169

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. A widespread culture supporting public engagement activities in higher education is desirable but difficult to establish. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this science communication project aimed to enhance culture ch... Read More about “Robots Vs Animals”: Establishing a Culture of Public Engagement and Female Role Modeling in Engineering Higher Education.