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Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans (2012)
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Robots should be capable of interacting in a cooperative and adaptive manner with their human counterparts in open-ended tasks that can change in real-time. An important aspect of the robot behavior will be the ability to acquire new knowledge of the... Read More about Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans.

Dynamic deflectometry: A novel approach for the on-line reconstruction of specular freeform surfaces (2012)
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The dynamic inspection and reverse engineering of specular freeform surfaces is a challenge so far largely unsolved. Products produced in high quantities in industrial environments are still inspected manually which is labour intensive, expensive, mo... Read More about Dynamic deflectometry: A novel approach for the on-line reconstruction of specular freeform surfaces.

Multi-block high-order dns code development for jet in turbulent cross-flow simulation (2012)
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A multi-block high-order finite-difference direct numerical simulation (DNS) code has been developed for studying turbulent flows over complex geometries. A global mapping technique is adopted and applied to a multi-block domain arrangement, in which... Read More about Multi-block high-order dns code development for jet in turbulent cross-flow simulation.

Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system (2012)
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The Beaming project recreates, virtually, a real environment; using immersive VR, remote participants can visit the virtual model and interact with the people in the real environment. The real environment doesn't need extensive equipment and can be a... Read More about Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system.

Tensile properties and microstructural characteristics of indirect rheoformed A356 aluminum alloy (2012)
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The effects of rheoforming parameters such as the rheoforming temperature and pressure on the tensile properties of H-shaped components were examined. An H-shaped component is useful for practical investigation into the influence of different wall th... Read More about Tensile properties and microstructural characteristics of indirect rheoformed A356 aluminum alloy.

Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room (2012)
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Numerical simulation of airflow in an indoor environment has been carried out for forced, natural, and mixed convection modes, respectively, by using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach of solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equat... Read More about Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room.

Single end feeder arcing fault location using mutual inductance (2012)
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Impedance-based fault location methods to date are able to locate only permanent and linear faults. Current fault location methods assume that arc resistance is constant to locate the fault. However, because of the variable nature of the arc resistan... Read More about Single end feeder arcing fault location using mutual inductance.

Effect of jet inclination angle and hole exit shape on vortical flow structures in low-reynolds number jet in cross-flow (2012)
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Numerical studies have been performed to visualize vortical flow structures emerged from jet cross-flow interactions. A single square jet issuing perpendicularly into a cross-flow was simulated first, followed by two additional scenarios, that is, in... Read More about Effect of jet inclination angle and hole exit shape on vortical flow structures in low-reynolds number jet in cross-flow.

CFD prediction and experimental measurement of blade water coverage in a diesel turbocharger (2012)
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A turbocharger unit for diesel engine is often equipped with a built-in online water washing system and its performance is not always satisfactory because of efficiency declination due to deposit accumulated on blade surfaces not being washed away. I... Read More about CFD prediction and experimental measurement of blade water coverage in a diesel turbocharger.

Longitudinal comparisons of dietary patterns derived by cluster analysis in 7- to 13-year-old children (2012)
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Little is known about changes in dietary patterns over time. The present study aims to derive dietary patterns using cluster analysis at three ages in children and track these patterns over time. In all, 3 d diet diaries were completed for children f... Read More about Longitudinal comparisons of dietary patterns derived by cluster analysis in 7- to 13-year-old children.

Additive manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship (2012)
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the suitability of additive manufacturing technologies in the reconstruction of archaeological discoveries as illustrative models. The processes of reverse engineering and part fabrication are discuss... Read More about Additive manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship.

The enhanced assumed strain method for the isogeometric analysis of nearly incompressible deformation of solids (2012)
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Isogeometric analysis has recently become very popular for the numerical modeling of structures and fluids. Among other potential features, advantages of using a non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS)-based isogeometric analysis over the traditional... Read More about The enhanced assumed strain method for the isogeometric analysis of nearly incompressible deformation of solids.

Validation of virtual reality simulation for obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cross-sectional study (2012)
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INTRODUCTION: Ultrasonography is an important skill for obstetricians and gynecologists; however, trainees have highlighted ultrasonography as an area of deficiency in their training. We undertook a prospective cross-sectional comparative study to as... Read More about Validation of virtual reality simulation for obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cross-sectional study.

Transient fuel spray impingement at atmospheric and elevated ambient conditions (2012)
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This study analyses detailed temporally resolved full flow field data for pre- and post-impingement fuel sprays under atmospheric and elevated ambient conditions. A comprehensive suite of diagnostic techniques is utilised comprising of phase-resolved... Read More about Transient fuel spray impingement at atmospheric and elevated ambient conditions.

Deviation and failure of enhanced recovery after surgery following laparoscopic colorectal surgery: Early prediction model (2012)
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Aim Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes are well established, but deviation from the postoperative elements may result in delayed discharge. Early identification of such patients may allow remedial action to be taken. The aims of this s... Read More about Deviation and failure of enhanced recovery after surgery following laparoscopic colorectal surgery: Early prediction model.

Dietary patterns obtained through principal components analysis: The effect of input variable quantification (2012)
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Principal components analysis (PCA) is a popular method for deriving dietary patterns. A number of decisions must be made throughout the analytic process, including how to quantify the input variables of the PCA. The present study aims to compare the... Read More about Dietary patterns obtained through principal components analysis: The effect of input variable quantification.

Illumination compensation for nominally planar surface recovery (2012)
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A uniform distribution of illumination radiance across the surface of objects of interest is desired for most scene analysis approaches, including that of photometric stereo. Either specially designed parallel illumination or distant point light sour... Read More about Illumination compensation for nominally planar surface recovery.

Possibility of control of transition of switching arc dc into glowing (2012)
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Low priority? A cross sectional study of appearance anxiety in 500 consecutive referrals for cosmetic surgery (2012)
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Low priority treatment guidance is used in the National Health Service to manage requests for cosmetic surgery where there is no associated functional impairment. Provision is made in this guidance to provide surgery on exceptional grounds, and this... Read More about Low priority? A cross sectional study of appearance anxiety in 500 consecutive referrals for cosmetic surgery.

A robust multi-scale integration method to obtain the depth from gradient maps (2012)
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We describe a robust method for the recovery of the depth map (or height map) from a gradient map (or normal map) of a scene, such as would be obtained by photometric stereo or interferometry. Our method allows for uncertain or missing samples, which... Read More about A robust multi-scale integration method to obtain the depth from gradient maps.