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Bristol COPD knowledge questionnaire (BCKQ): Testing what we teach patients about COPD (2006)
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Health professionals recommend education of patients about COPD. There is no satisfactory instrument to measure their knowledge and therefore to assess the results of education. A multiple-choice questionnaire (BCKQ) has been designed and tested. Eac... Read More about Bristol COPD knowledge questionnaire (BCKQ): Testing what we teach patients about COPD.

A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness - Part II: Nonlinear applications (2006)
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In this work the recently proposed Reduced Enhanced Solid-Shell (RESS) finite element, based on the enhanced assumed strain (EAS) method and a one-point quadrature integration scheme, is extended in order to account for large deformation elastoplasti... Read More about A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness - Part II: Nonlinear applications.

Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate (2006)
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Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to analyse all stages of the CastForm™ polystyrene (CF) pattern fabrication process, identify the reasons leading to inferior quality, and outline techniques for its improvement and reduction of failures.... Read More about Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate.

Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization (2006)
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When unpolarized light is reflected from a smooth dielectric surface, it becomes partially polarized. This is due to the orientation of dipoles induced in the reflecting medium and applies to both specular and diffuse reflection. This paper is concer... Read More about Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization.

Attitudes to face transplantation: Results of a public engagement exercise at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (2006)
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Hettiaratchy and Butler (Lancet 2002;360:5-6) framed face transplantation as the next logical step on the reconstructive ladder for severe facial injury, in particular, pan-facial burns. The procedure formed the basis for a Royal College of Surgeons... Read More about Attitudes to face transplantation: Results of a public engagement exercise at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.

Randomized clinical trial of local anesthetic versus a combination of local anesthetic with self-hypnosis in the management of pediatric procedure-related pain (2006)
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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)
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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.

Psychosocial outcomes derived from an acid burned population in Bangladesh, and comparison with Western norms (2006)
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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)
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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.

Practice-based learning in information systems: The advantages for students (2006)
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Development of a high-performance haptic telemanipulation system with dissimilar kinematics (2006)
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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.

Recording forces exerted on the bowel wall during colonoscopy: In vitro evaluation (2005)
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One point quadrature shell element with through-thickness stretch (2005)
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A general purpose one point quadrature shell element accounting for through-thickness deformation is developed. In the shell, a complete 3-D constitutive law is introduced, leading to a 7-parameter theory which explicitly accounts for thickness chang... Read More about One point quadrature shell element with through-thickness stretch.

A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness: Part I - Geometrically linear applications (2005)
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Accuracy and efficiency are the main features expected in finite element method. In the field of low-order formulations, the treatment of locking phenomena is crucial to prevent poor results. For three-dimensional analysis, the development of efficie... Read More about A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness: Part I - Geometrically linear applications.

Application of Multi-Agent Technology to Fault Diagnosis of Power Distribution Systems (2005)
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When a fault occurs in a power system, the protective relays detect the fault and trip appropriate circuit breakers, which isolate the affected equipment from the rest of the power system. Fault diagnosis of power systems is the process of identifyin... Read More about Application of Multi-Agent Technology to Fault Diagnosis of Power Distribution Systems.

Rolling horizon heuristics for production planning and set-up scheduling with backlogs and error-prone demand forecasts (2005)
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Three families of models and fast heuristic methods are developed for identifying a production plan and immediate set-up schedule for a manufacturing line with changeover times. The initial model is exact, but is optimally solvable only for very shor... Read More about Rolling horizon heuristics for production planning and set-up scheduling with backlogs and error-prone demand forecasts.

EcoBot-II: An artificial agent with a natural metabolism (2005)
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In this paper we report the development of the robot EcoBot-II, which exhibits a primitive form of artificial symbiosis. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) were used as the onboard energy supply, which consisted of bacterial cultures from sewage sludge and... Read More about EcoBot-II: An artificial agent with a natural metabolism.

Altered body image: Appearance-related concerns of people with visible disfigurement (2004)
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Aim. The aim of this paper is to report a study to establish the extent and type of psychosocial needs of outpatients attending for treatment of a wide range of disfiguring conditions. Background. Visible disfigurements can be associated with extensi... Read More about Altered body image: Appearance-related concerns of people with visible disfigurement.

Improvement in collective performance with experience in ants (2004)
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We show that entire ant colonies can improve their collective performance progressively when they repeat the same process. Colonies of Leptothorax albipennis can reduce their total emigration times over successive emigrations. We show that this impro... Read More about Improvement in collective performance with experience in ants.

Algorithms for building annular structures with minimalist robots inspired by brood sorting in ant colonies (2004)
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This study shows that a task as complicated as multi-object 'ant-like annular sorting' can be accomplished with 'minimalist' solutions employing simple mechanisms and minimal hardware. It provides an alternative to 'patch sorting' for multi-object so... Read More about Algorithms for building annular structures with minimalist robots inspired by brood sorting in ant colonies.