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Learning compliant robotic movements based on biomimetic motor adaptation (2020)
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Zeng, C., Chen, X., Wang, N., & Yang, C. (2021). Learning compliant robotic movements based on biomimetic motor adaptation. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 135, Article 103668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2020.103668

It is one of the great challenges for a robot to learn compliant movements in interaction tasks. The robot can easily acquire motion skills from a human tutor by kinematics demonstration, however, this becomes much more difficult when it comes to the... Read More about Learning compliant robotic movements based on biomimetic motor adaptation.

Exposure to early childhood maltreatment and its effect over time on social cognition (2020)
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Crawford, K. M., Choi, K., Davis, K. A., Zhu, Y., Soare, T. W., Smith, A. D., …Dunn, E. C. (2022). Exposure to early childhood maltreatment and its effect over time on social cognition. Development and Psychopathology, 34(1), 409 - 419. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457942000139x

Social cognitive deficits can have many negative consequences, spanning social withdrawal to psychopathology. Prior work has shown that child maltreatment may associate with poorer social cognitive skills in later life. However, no studies have exami... Read More about Exposure to early childhood maltreatment and its effect over time on social cognition.

Daily medical liaison is associated with reduced length of stay and complications in selected patients admitted to a regional vascular surgery service (2020)
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Mitchell, E., Coary, R., White, P., Farrow, E., Crees, A., Beedham, W., …Shipway, D. (2020). Daily medical liaison is associated with reduced length of stay and complications in selected patients admitted to a regional vascular surgery service. Geriatrics, 5(4), Article 78. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics5040078

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Older adults undergoing vascular surgery are particularly vulnerable to adverse outcomes by virtue of their vascular risk factors and medical comorbidities. This study aimed to determine the i... Read More about Daily medical liaison is associated with reduced length of stay and complications in selected patients admitted to a regional vascular surgery service.

A computer vision approach to improving cattle digestive health by the monitoring of faecal samples (2020)
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Atkinson, G. A., Smith, L. N., Smith, M. L., Reynolds, C. K., Humphries, D. J., Moorby, J. M., …Kingston-Smith, A. H. (2020). A computer vision approach to improving cattle digestive health by the monitoring of faecal samples. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 17557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74511-0

The digestive health of cows is one of the primary factors that determine their well-being and productivity. Under- and over-feeding are both commonplace in the beef and dairy industry; leading to welfare issues, negative environmental impacts, and e... Read More about A computer vision approach to improving cattle digestive health by the monitoring of faecal samples.

Optimisation of the filament winding approach using a newly developed in-house uncertainty model (2020)
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Aldoumani, N., Giannetti, C., Abdallah, Z., Belblidia, F., Khodaparast, H. H., Friswell, M. I., & Sienz, J. (2020). Optimisation of the filament winding approach using a newly developed in-house uncertainty model. Eng, 1(2), 122-136. https://doi.org/10.3390/eng1020008

The device under investigation in this paper consists of a float used to capture tidal energy, which is tethered by multiple flexible cables to a large barge-like reactor. The proposed float is made of a continuously wound glass-reinforced composite... Read More about Optimisation of the filament winding approach using a newly developed in-house uncertainty model.

Exact solutions and equi-dosing regimen regions for multi-dose pharmacokinetics models with transit compartments (2020)
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Hof, F., & Bridge, L. J. (2021). Exact solutions and equi-dosing regimen regions for multi-dose pharmacokinetics models with transit compartments. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 48, 99-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10928-020-09719-8

Compartmental models which yield linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) provide common tools for pharmacokinetics (PK) analysis, with exact solutions for drug levels or concentrations readily obtainable for low-dimensional compartment models.... Read More about Exact solutions and equi-dosing regimen regions for multi-dose pharmacokinetics models with transit compartments.

Virtual characterization of nonlocal continuum damage model parameters using a high fidelity finite element model (2020)
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Reiner, J., Xu, X., Zobeiry, N., Vaziri, R., Hallett, S. R., & Wisnom, M. R. (2021). Virtual characterization of nonlocal continuum damage model parameters using a high fidelity finite element model. Composite Structures, 256, Article 113073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113073

A virtual finite element framework is presented to provide the transition from a high fidelity model to a more computationally efficient continuum model for simulating fibre-dominated damage behavior in composite laminates subjected to tensile loadin... Read More about Virtual characterization of nonlocal continuum damage model parameters using a high fidelity finite element model.

How many words make a sample? Determining the minimum number of word tokens needed in connected speech samples for child speech assessment (2020)
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Wren, Y., Titterington, J., & White, P. (2021). How many words make a sample? Determining the minimum number of word tokens needed in connected speech samples for child speech assessment. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 35(8), 761-778. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1827458

Connected speech (CS) is an important component of child speech assessment in both clinical practice and research. There is debate in the literature regarding what size sample of CS is required to facilitate reliable measures of speech output. The ai... Read More about How many words make a sample? Determining the minimum number of word tokens needed in connected speech samples for child speech assessment.

Experimental and numerical study of auxetic sandwich panels on 160 grams of PE4 blast loading (2020)
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Arifurrahman, F., Critchley, R., & Horsfall, I. (2021). Experimental and numerical study of auxetic sandwich panels on 160 grams of PE4 blast loading. Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 23(8), 3902-3931. https://doi.org/10.1177/1099636220961756

Mines, specifically as Anti-Tank (AT) mines are a significant threat for defence vehicles. While approaches such as v-shaped hulls are currently used to deflect the blast products from such threats, such a solution is not always usable when hull stan... Read More about Experimental and numerical study of auxetic sandwich panels on 160 grams of PE4 blast loading.

Parent-reported socioemotional and cognitive development in children with a cleft lip and/or palate at 18 months: Findings from a UK birth cohort (2020)
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Costa, B., White, P., Kiff, J. D., Davies, A., & Stock, N. M. (2021). Parent-reported socioemotional and cognitive development in children with a cleft lip and/or palate at 18 months: Findings from a UK birth cohort. Child: Care, Health and Development, 47(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12813

Background: One of the most common congenital conditions in the world, cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) has been shown to potentially impact long-term physical and developmental outcomes in affected children. However, little is known about the factors... Read More about Parent-reported socioemotional and cognitive development in children with a cleft lip and/or palate at 18 months: Findings from a UK birth cohort.

A blow-up dichotomy for semilinear fractional heat equations (2020)
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Laister, R., & Sierżęga, M. (2021). A blow-up dichotomy for semilinear fractional heat equations. Mathematische Annalen, 381, 75–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-020-02078-2

We derive a blow-up dichotomy for positive solutions of fractional semilinear heat equations on the whole space. That is, within a certain class of convex source terms, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition on the source for all positive... Read More about A blow-up dichotomy for semilinear fractional heat equations.

Laser powder bed fusion of WC-reinforced Hastelloy-X composite: Microstructure and mechanical properties (2020)
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Han, Q., Gu, Y., Gu, H., Yin, Y., Song, J., Zhang, Z., & Soe, S. (2021). Laser powder bed fusion of WC-reinforced Hastelloy-X composite: Microstructure and mechanical properties. Journal of Materials Science, 56, 1768-1782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05327-6

Nickel-based superalloys such as Hastelloy X (HX) are widely used in gas turbine engines for their exceptional oxidation resistance and high-temperature strength. The addition of ceramic reinforcement further enhances these superalloys’ mechanical pe... Read More about Laser powder bed fusion of WC-reinforced Hastelloy-X composite: Microstructure and mechanical properties.

Effects of an unexpected and expected event on older adults’ autonomic arousal and eye fixations during autonomous driving (2020)
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Stephenson, A. C., Eimontaite, I., Caleb-Solly, P., Morgan, P. L., Khatun, T., Davis, J., & Alford, C. (2020). Effects of an unexpected and expected event on older adults’ autonomic arousal and eye fixations during autonomous driving. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 571961. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.571961

© Copyright © 2020 Stephenson, Eimontaite, Caleb-Solly, Morgan, Khatun, Davis and Alford. Driving cessation for some older adults can exacerbate physical, cognitive, and mental health challenges due to loss of independence and social isolation. Fully... Read More about Effects of an unexpected and expected event on older adults’ autonomic arousal and eye fixations during autonomous driving.

Robust neurooptimal control for a robot via adaptive dynamic programming (2020)
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Kong, L., He, W., Yang, C., & Sun, C. (2021). Robust neurooptimal control for a robot via adaptive dynamic programming. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 32(6), 2584-2594. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2020.3006850

We aim at the optimization of the tracking control of a robot to improve the robustness, under the effect of unknown nonlinear perturbations. First, an auxiliary system is introduced, and optimal control of the auxiliary system can be seen as an appr... Read More about Robust neurooptimal control for a robot via adaptive dynamic programming.

Factors associated with advanced colorectal cancer differ between young and older adults in England: A population-based cohort study (2020)
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Chambers, A. C., Dixon, S. W., White, P., Thomas, M. G., Williams, A. C., & Messenger, D. E. (2020). Factors associated with advanced colorectal cancer differ between young and older adults in England: A population-based cohort study. Colorectal Disease, 22(12), 2087-2097. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15361

Aim: Advanced stage presentation of colorectal cancer is associated with poorer survival outcomes, particularly among young adults. This study aimed to determine whether demographic risk factors for advanced stage presentation differed between young... Read More about Factors associated with advanced colorectal cancer differ between young and older adults in England: A population-based cohort study.

Cost-effective fabrication of bio-inspired nacre-like composite materials with high strength and toughness (2020)
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Wan, H., Leung, N., Algharaibeh, S., Sui, T., Liu, Q., Peng, H., & Su, B. (2020). Cost-effective fabrication of bio-inspired nacre-like composite materials with high strength and toughness. Composites Part B: Engineering, 202, 108414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108414

A cost-effective one-step densification process based on bi-directional freeze casting was investigated to produce nacre-like alumina/poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) composites with a unique micro-layered (μL) architecture. This method has the adva... Read More about Cost-effective fabrication of bio-inspired nacre-like composite materials with high strength and toughness.

The mental health effects of pet death during childhood: Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? (2020)
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Crawford, K. M., Zhu, Y., Davis, K. A., Ernst, S., Jacobsson, K., Nishimi, K., …Dunn, E. C. (2021). The mental health effects of pet death during childhood: Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 30, 1547–1558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01594-5

Pet ownership is common. Growing evidence suggests children form deep emotional attachments to their pets. Yet, little is known about children’s emotional reactions to a pet’s death. The goal of this study was to describe the relationship between exp... Read More about The mental health effects of pet death during childhood: Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?.

Evaluation of artificial neural network algorithms for predicting the effect of the urine flow rate on the power performance of microbial fuel cells (2020)
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de Ramón-Fernández, A., Salar-García, M. J., Ruiz Fernández, D., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2020). Evaluation of artificial neural network algorithms for predicting the effect of the urine flow rate on the power performance of microbial fuel cells. Energy, 213, Article 118806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118806

© 2020 The Authors Microbial fuel cell (MFC) power performance strongly depends on the biofilm growth, which in turn is affected by the feed flow rate. In this work, an artificial neural network (ANN) approach has been used to simulate the effect of... Read More about Evaluation of artificial neural network algorithms for predicting the effect of the urine flow rate on the power performance of microbial fuel cells.

Flow analysis in right-angled pipes with different geometric shapes and parameters for sludge discharge in slime shield machines measured using a CFD-DEM method (2020)
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Chen, L., Liu, K., Yao, Y., Yao, J., Su, Z., & Luo, G. (2020). Flow analysis in right-angled pipes with different geometric shapes and parameters for sludge discharge in slime shield machines measured using a CFD-DEM method. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 21(5), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2020.1809554

Mud and gravel deposition often occurs in circulation systems of pumps. In this paper, a liquid-solid coupling method combining CFD and DEM is proposed to study two-phase flow behavior of water, The flow characteristics of water-clay mud and the moti... Read More about Flow analysis in right-angled pipes with different geometric shapes and parameters for sludge discharge in slime shield machines measured using a CFD-DEM method.

Fragmentation studies by non-explosive cylinder expansion technique (2020)
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Rao, P., Painter, J., Appleby-Thomas, G., Critchley, R., Wood, D., Roberts, A., & Hazael, R. (2020). Fragmentation studies by non-explosive cylinder expansion technique. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 146, Article 103714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103714

Expansion and fragmentation of metallic cylinders is an important area of study both for designing munitions and mitigation techniques against fragments as well as in the failure of pressurised pipes in industry. Most of the reported studies on fragm... Read More about Fragmentation studies by non-explosive cylinder expansion technique.