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Randomized clinical trial of local anesthetic versus a combination of local anesthetic with self-hypnosis in the management of pediatric procedure-related pain (2006)
Journal Article
Liossi, C., White, P., & Hatira, P. (2006). Randomized clinical trial of local anesthetic versus a combination of local anesthetic with self-hypnosis in the management of pediatric procedure-related pain. Health Psychology, 25(3), 307-315. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.25.3.307

A prospective controlled trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of an analgesic cream (eutectic mixture of local anesthetics, or EMLA) with a combination of EMLA with hypnosis in the relief of lumbar puncture-induced pain and anxiety in 45 pedia... Read More about Randomized clinical trial of local anesthetic versus a combination of local anesthetic with self-hypnosis in the management of pediatric procedure-related pain.

A new approach to reduce membrane and transverse shear locking for one-point quadrature shell elements: Linear formulation (2006)
Journal Article
Valente, R. A., Cardoso, R. P., & Yoon, J. W. (2006). A new approach to reduce membrane and transverse shear locking for one-point quadrature shell elements: Linear formulation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 66(2), 214-249. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1548

In the last decade, one-point quadrature shell elements attracted many academic and industrial researchers because of their computational performance, especially if applied for explicit finite element simulations. Nowadays, one-point quadrature finit... Read More about A new approach to reduce membrane and transverse shear locking for one-point quadrature shell elements: Linear formulation.

Solid-shell element development emphasizing on plasticity applications (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sousa, R., Yoon, J., Cardoso, R. P., Valente, R., & Gracio, J. (2006, April). Solid-shell element development emphasizing on plasticity applications. Paper presented at 9th ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, Glasgow, UK, April, 2006, Glasgow, UK

Psychosocial outcomes derived from an acid burned population in Bangladesh, and comparison with Western norms (2006)
Journal Article
Salmanta, S., Mannan, A., Ghani, S., Clarke, A., White, P., & Butler, P. E. (2006). Psychosocial outcomes derived from an acid burned population in Bangladesh, and comparison with Western norms. Burns, 32(2), 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2005.08.027

Assault by acid burns typically results in severe disfigurement, yet the psychosocial impact of this injury is so far unreported. This study provides the first empirical data using standardised assessment scales, from 44 acid burns survivors in Bangl... Read More about Psychosocial outcomes derived from an acid burned population in Bangladesh, and comparison with Western norms.

A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control (2006)
Journal Article
Harper, C. J., & Winfield, A. F. (2006). A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 54(1), 52-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2005.09.014

This paper presents a design methodology for a class of behaviour-based control systems, arguing its potential for application to safety critical systems. We propose a formal basis for subsumption architecture design based on two extensions to Lyapun... Read More about A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control.

A constraint-based modelling approach, to assess the capability of food processing equipment to handle product variation (2006)
Book Chapter
Matthews, J., Singh, B., Medland, A. J., & Mullineux, G. (2006). A constraint-based modelling approach, to assess the capability of food processing equipment to handle product variation. In R. Rohatyski, & P. Polednik (Eds.), Design methods for practice (95-104). Zielona Gora, Poland: Design Society

For design and development engineers, difficulties arise ensuring that existing manufacturing equipment has the potential to handle both large product variation and complexity of process. The food processing industry maintains the highest number of p... Read More about A constraint-based modelling approach, to assess the capability of food processing equipment to handle product variation.

Constraint modelling as a means for understanding the limitations of a design and its performance (2006)
Book Chapter
Matthews, J., Singh, B., Medland, A. J., Mullineux, G., & Hicks, B. (2006). Constraint modelling as a means for understanding the limitations of a design and its performance. In S. Tichkiewitch, & M. Tollenaere (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering, IDMME 2006. AIP-PRIMECA

When new design tasks are undertaken, knowledge of the design area is often ill-understood and the appropriate design rules are unclear. What are more apparent are the constraints which place limits upon the allowable forms of feasible design. This p... Read More about Constraint modelling as a means for understanding the limitations of a design and its performance.

Development of a high-performance haptic telemanipulation system with dissimilar kinematics (2006)
Journal Article
Stanczyk, B., Peer, A., & Buss, M. (2006). Development of a high-performance haptic telemanipulation system with dissimilar kinematics. Advanced Robotics, 20(11), 1303-1320. https://doi.org/10.1163/156855306778792461

This work addresses selected practical issues regarding the development of a telerobotic system for 6-d.o.f. tasks. The system consists of a hyper-redundant 10-d.o.f. haptic input device ViSHaRD10, a redundant 7-d.o.f. manipulator and a stereo vision... Read More about Development of a high-performance haptic telemanipulation system with dissimilar kinematics.

A high performance fuzzy logic architecture for UAV decision making (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Wu, P. P., Narayan, P. P., Campbell, D. A., Lees, M., & Walker, R. A. (2006, January). A high performance fuzzy logic architecture for UAV decision making. Paper presented at IASTED International Conference on Computational Intelligence, San Francisco

The majority of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in operation today are not truly autonomous, but are instead reliant on a remote human pilot. A high degree of autonomy can provide many advantages in terms of cost, operational resources and safety. Ho... Read More about A high performance fuzzy logic architecture for UAV decision making.