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An agenda without a plan: Robert E Lucas’s trajectory through the public debate (2019)
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This article explores Robert E. Lucas’s policy agenda and his engagement with the public debate between the late 1960s and late 1980s. It investigates how he interacted with the public debate by envisioning key principles of his macroeconomic theory... Read More about An agenda without a plan: Robert E Lucas’s trajectory through the public debate.

Robotic technology for palliative and supportive care: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (2019)
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Background: Medical robots are increasingly used for a variety of applications in healthcare. Robots have mainly been used to support surgical procedures, and for a variety of assistive uses in dementia and elderly care. To date, there has been limit... Read More about Robotic technology for palliative and supportive care: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

CPD What Do Award-winning Academics Do - Ed Devs 20.2 June 2019 (2019)
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Force Sensorless Admittance Control for Teleoperation of Uncertain Robot Manipulator Using Neural Networks (2019)
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In this paper, a force sensorless control scheme based on neural networks (NNs) is developed for interaction between robot manipulators and human arms in physical collision. In this scheme, the trajectory is generated by using geometry vector method... Read More about Force Sensorless Admittance Control for Teleoperation of Uncertain Robot Manipulator Using Neural Networks.

Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry into rock weathering field methodologies (2019)
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© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Despite recent rapid advances in the field of structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry, the use of high-resolution data to investigate small-scale processes is a relatively underdeveloped field. In particular, rock... Read More about Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry into rock weathering field methodologies.

Wireless energy efficient occupancy-monitoring system for smart buildings (2019)
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Rationalizing energy consumption in smart buildings is considered in this paper, and a wireless monitoring system based on Passive Infrared sensors (PIRs) is proposed. The proposed system is pervasive and can be integrated in exi... Read More about Wireless energy efficient occupancy-monitoring system for smart buildings.

What can you see? Identifying cues on internal states from the movements of natural social interactions (2019)
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© 2019 Bartlett, Edmunds, Belpaeme, Thill and Lemaignan. In recent years, the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has seen an increasing demand for technologies that can recognize and adapt to human behaviors and internal states (e.g., emotions an... Read More about What can you see? Identifying cues on internal states from the movements of natural social interactions.

The Urban Food Question in the Context of Inequality and Dietary Change: A Study of Schoolchildren in Accra (2019)
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© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Diets are changing globally, as agricultural and food systems have become globalised. Understanding how patterns of globalisation affect welfare is a key development question, bu... Read More about The Urban Food Question in the Context of Inequality and Dietary Change: A Study of Schoolchildren in Accra.

Neuroscience patient identification using big data and fuzzy logic–An Alzheimer’s disease case study (2019)
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Modern neuroscience imaging technologies considerably affect diagnostic and prognostic accuracy and facilitate progress towards the cure of brain diseases. The benefits largely depend on the practicalities by which the large-scale imaging and clinica... Read More about Neuroscience patient identification using big data and fuzzy logic–An Alzheimer’s disease case study.

Mature female learners activating agency after completion of an education foundation degree: professional progression and the teacher shortage crisis (2019)
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This paper draws upon questionnaire data from 126 mature, female alumni students and interviews with a subset of 20 participants who completed education foundation degrees in three English universities in the South West. Three illustrative cases from... Read More about Mature female learners activating agency after completion of an education foundation degree: professional progression and the teacher shortage crisis.

Towards UK poSt Arthroplasty Follow-up rEcommendations (UK SAFE): Protocol for an evaluation of the requirements for arthroplasty follow-up, and the production of consensus-based recommendations (2019)
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Introduction
Hip and knee arthroplasties have revolutionised the management of degenerative joint diseases and, due to an ageing population, are becoming increasingly common. Follow-up of joint prostheses is to identify problems in symptomatic or as... Read More about Towards UK poSt Arthroplasty Follow-up rEcommendations (UK SAFE): Protocol for an evaluation of the requirements for arthroplasty follow-up, and the production of consensus-based recommendations.

Cumulative weather effects can impact across the whole life cycle (2019)
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Predicting how species will be affected by future climatic change requires the underlying environmental drivers to be identified. As vital rates vary over the lifecycle, structured population models derived from statistical environment-demography rel... Read More about Cumulative weather effects can impact across the whole life cycle.

Time to let go? The difficulties of simple conclusions from attachment theory. (2019)
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This article questions the usefulness of attachment theory in educational contexts, and also queries its scientific validity more general. It argues for a more clear stance on behaviour management and exclusions in the classroom.

The biopsychosocial barriers and enablers to being physically active following childbirth: A systematic literature review (2019)
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Background: Physical activity brings significant health benefits. Childbirth presents many physical, emotional and practical challenges to women and is known to disrupt engagement in regular physical activity. However the specific barriers and enable... Read More about The biopsychosocial barriers and enablers to being physically active following childbirth: A systematic literature review.

The effect of plugging of tubes on failure of shell and tube heat exchanger (2019)
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In shell and tube heat exchangers, deep cracks can occur in tube-to-tubesheet welding and repairing such cracks is an impossible task which makes these tubes totally out of service. To preserve the thermal and mechanical integrity of heat exchanger,... Read More about The effect of plugging of tubes on failure of shell and tube heat exchanger.

Metagenomics reveals seasonality of human pathogenic bacteria from hand-dug well water in the Cuvelai Etosha Basin of Namibia (2019)
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Namibia is a large country with a population slightly above 2 million of which 73% live in rural areas. It is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa with unpredictable rainfall patterns which occur between October and May. The Cuvelai Etosha Basin... Read More about Metagenomics reveals seasonality of human pathogenic bacteria from hand-dug well water in the Cuvelai Etosha Basin of Namibia.

The variable and evolving nature of ‘cuckooing’ as a form of criminal exploitation in street level drug markets (2019)
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A form of criminal exploitation rarely mentioned in the academic literature has recently emerged, evolved and taken meaningful hold in the UK. Hundreds of cases of ‘cuckooing’ have been reported, where heroin and crack cocaine dealers associated with... Read More about The variable and evolving nature of ‘cuckooing’ as a form of criminal exploitation in street level drug markets.

Always endangered, never extinct: Exploring contemporary butch lesbian identity in the UK (2019)
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd This article presents empirical data from survey research into lesbian and queer masculinities in the United Kingdom, conducted in 2017, which garnered over two hundred responses. Four dominant themes emerged from the data gathere... Read More about Always endangered, never extinct: Exploring contemporary butch lesbian identity in the UK.

Radiotherapy students’ perceptions of support provided by clinical supervisors (2019)
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Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of radiotherapy students on clinical placement, specifically focussing on the provision of well-being support from clinical supervisors.Materials and methods: Twenty-five students from the Uni... Read More about Radiotherapy students’ perceptions of support provided by clinical supervisors.

Can big business foster positive body image? Qualitative insights from industry leaders walking the talk (2019)
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The fashion, beauty, and advertising industries have been positioned as key contributors to body dissatisfaction through the promotion of unrealistic and homogenous appearance ideals. Recently, some businesses within these industr... Read More about Can big business foster positive body image? Qualitative insights from industry leaders walking the talk.