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Underactuated fingers controlled by robust and adaptive trajectory following methods (2012)
Journal Article

Choosing an appropriate control scheme to alleviate nonlinearities and uncertainties is not a trivial task, especially when models are not easily available and practical evaluation provides the only means for actual performance assessment. Various fa... Read More about Underactuated fingers controlled by robust and adaptive trajectory following methods.

Managing transport induced urban air quality – A review of British experience (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol (2012)
Thesis

Although sporadic attacks on fire crews have long been acknowledged as an occupational hazard facing the fire service, in the mid 2000s, attacks seemed to be increasing in both prevalence and severity, accompanied by a feeling that fire safety messag... Read More about Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol.

3D face recognition using photometric stereo (2012)
Thesis

Automatic face recognition has been an active research area for the last four decades. This thesis explores innovative bio-inspired concepts aimed at improved face recognition using surface normals. New directions in salient data representation are e... Read More about 3D face recognition using photometric stereo.

Managing air quality in the Niger delta (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building visual memories of video streams (2012)
Journal Article

A real-time method that automatically creates a visual memory of a scene using the growing neural gas (GNG) algorithm is described. The memory consists of a graph where nodes encode the visual information of a video stream as a limited set of represe... Read More about Building visual memories of video streams.

The use of new technology in module delivery to large cohorts (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Teaching mathematics to level 1 engineers is a difficult task due to the size of the cohort, the diversity of ability and the limit on both space and staff resources. Modern equipment provision in lecture theatres means that staff have been forced ad... Read More about The use of new technology in module delivery to large cohorts.

2050: Sustainable oceans in a changing climate Cabot Institute Position Paper (2012)
Journal Article

The world’s oceans are a potentially hugely productive resource. Against a backdrop of climate change, ocean acidification, population growth and poor governance and regulation, it is vital that we change our management strategies to maximise marin... Read More about 2050: Sustainable oceans in a changing climate Cabot Institute Position Paper.

Sustainable rural development in England: Policy problems and equity consequences (2012)
Journal Article

Spatial planning policies ensure a 'no development' ethic for rural areas in England, brought about by strong restrictive housing polices and an urban-centric view of sustainable development. Such an ethic is unlikely to be ameliorated by the Localis... Read More about Sustainable rural development in England: Policy problems and equity consequences.

To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel (2012)
Journal Article

This quantitative study provides more insight into the relative strength of various factors affecting the use and non-use of pre-trip Public Transport (PT) information for business and leisure trips. It also illuminates comparing car with public tran... Read More about To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel.

User driven modelling: Visualisation and systematic interaction for end-user programming with tree-based structures (2012)
Thesis

This thesis addresses certain problems encountered by teams of engineers when modelling complex structures and processes subject to cost and other resource constraints. The cost of a structure or process may be ‘read off’ its specifying model, but th... Read More about User driven modelling: Visualisation and systematic interaction for end-user programming with tree-based structures.

Developing an emission inventory of air pollutants and GHGs from residential sources in the Niger Delta (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Unsupervised sub-segmentation for pigmented skin lesions (2012)
Journal Article

Background: Early identification of malignant melanoma with the surgical removal of thin lesions is the most effective treatment for skin cancers. A computer-aided diagnostic system assists to improve the diagnostic accuracy, where segmenting lesion... Read More about Unsupervised sub-segmentation for pigmented skin lesions.

Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

UK transport statistics suggest there was a marked decline in levels of walking and cycling in the second half of the twentieth century, yet what this looks like in the life course patterns of walking and cycling of individuals and cohorts alive at t... Read More about Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective.

An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing (2012)
Journal Article

With the emergence of new methodologies and technologies it has now become possible to manage large amounts of environmental sensing data and apply new integrated computing models to acquire information intelligence. This paper advocates the applicat... Read More about An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing.

Complex dynamics of elementary cellular automata emerging from chaotic rules (2012)
Journal Article

We show techniques of analyzing complex dynamics of cellular automata (CA) with chaotic behavior. CA are well-known computational substrates for studying emergent collective behavior, complexity, randomness and interaction between order and chaotic s... Read More about Complex dynamics of elementary cellular automata emerging from chaotic rules.

Traction on the cervix in theatre before anterior repair: Does it tell us when to perform a concomitant hysterectomy? (2012)
Journal Article

Objective: To evaluate the surgical outcome of uterine preservation during anterior colporrhaphy, in women with apparent uterine descent, after the application of validated cervical traction under anaesthesia. Study design: This study was conducted a... Read More about Traction on the cervix in theatre before anterior repair: Does it tell us when to perform a concomitant hysterectomy?.

ATTREG: The attractiveness of European regions and cities for residents and visitors (2012)
Report

Helping clinicians improve the health of their communities: The Beddoes Fellows Programme (2012)
Journal Article

The importance of prevention in medical practice has been recognised for well over a century. In recent years however, the amount of engagement in preventative medicine has lessened as consultants have been concentrating on achieving targets and the... Read More about Helping clinicians improve the health of their communities: The Beddoes Fellows Programme.

Stability lobes prediction for corner radius end mill using nonlinear cutting force coefficients (2012)
Journal Article

There are a vast number of different types of end mill tools used in the manufacturing industry, each type with a unique shape. These tool shapes have a direct influence on the cutting force it generates during machining. This article presents a more... Read More about Stability lobes prediction for corner radius end mill using nonlinear cutting force coefficients.