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Inspiration from animal's collective behavior for home energy demand management (2023)
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Badarnah, L., Barakat, M., & Oliveira, S. (2023). Inspiration from animal's collective behavior for home energy demand management. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/2/022013

An interdisciplinary approach towards managing energy demand through users' behavior is discussed, drawing on knowledge from studies on collective behavior in nature. Studies on home energy demand management have focused mainly on social, technical a... Read More about Inspiration from animal's collective behavior for home energy demand management.

Reproducing "Show, attend and tell: Neural image caption generation with visual attention" (2023)
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Liu, H., & Brailsford, T. (2023). Reproducing "Show, attend and tell: Neural image caption generation with visual attention". Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2589(1), Article 012012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2589/1/012012

This paper replicates the experiment presented in the work of Xu et al. [1], and examines errors in the generated captions. The analysis of the identified errors aims to provide deeper insight into the underlying causes. This study also encompass... Read More about Reproducing "Show, attend and tell: Neural image caption generation with visual attention".

Ethical assessment of a hospital disinfection robot (2023)
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McGinn, C., Scott, R., Donnelly, N., Cullinan, M. F., Winfield, A., & Treusch, P. (2023). Ethical assessment of a hospital disinfection robot. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 12008-12014. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160903

Robots have the potential to deliver very positive impacts for society, however, it's critical that in preparing for real-world deployments, we recognize and take steps to mitigate against the potential harms, both direct and indirect, that they may... Read More about Ethical assessment of a hospital disinfection robot.

E038 A common measure of the impact of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions - The Steroid PRO: A cross-cultural validation study with Rasch models (2023)
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Bridgewater, S., Ndosi, M., Dawson, J., Richards, P., Silverthorne, C., Dures, E., …Robson, J. C. (2023). E038 A common measure of the impact of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions - The Steroid PRO: A cross-cultural validation study with Rasch models. Rheumatology, 62(Supplement_2), ii143. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead104.287

Background/Aims Systemic glucocorticoids are key in the management of life- and organ-threatening rheumatic diseases, but have wide-ranging adverse effects of concern to patients and clinicians. We aimed to validate a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) m... Read More about E038 A common measure of the impact of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions - The Steroid PRO: A cross-cultural validation study with Rasch models.

Development of an antimicrobial lipid coating to prevent infections in uncemented joint replacements (2023)
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Azizova, L., Morgan, D., Rowlands, J., Brousseau, E., Kulik, T., Palianytsia, B., …Ayre, W. (2023). Development of an antimicrobial lipid coating to prevent infections in uncemented joint replacements. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_9), 80-80. https://doi.org/10.1302/1358-992x.2023.9.080

Preventing infections in joint replacements is a major ongoing challenge, with limited effective clinical technologies currently available for uncemented knee and hip prostheses. This research aims to develop a coating for titanium implants, consisti... Read More about Development of an antimicrobial lipid coating to prevent infections in uncemented joint replacements.

Structural design and aeromechanical analysis of unconventional blades for future mars rotorcraft (2023)
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Lumba, R., Chi, C., Datta, A., Koning, W., Perez, N. P., & Cummings, H. (2023). Structural design and aeromechanical analysis of unconventional blades for future mars rotorcraft. Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 68(4), 42003-42018. https://doi.org/10.4050/JAHS.68.042003

The structural design of rotor blades with ultra-thin, unconventional airfoils is conducted in support of the NASA Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) project. The outer mold line was provided by NASA, and the internal... Read More about Structural design and aeromechanical analysis of unconventional blades for future mars rotorcraft.

Static analysis of security issues of the Python packages ecosystem (2023)
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Gorine, A., & Spondon, F. (2023). Static analysis of security issues of the Python packages ecosystem. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 17(3), 33-40

Python is considered the most popular programming language and offers its own ecosystem for archiving and maintaining open-source software packages. This system is called the python package index (PyPI), the repository of this programming language. U... Read More about Static analysis of security issues of the Python packages ecosystem.

Interactive cyber-physical system hacking: Engaging students early using scalextric (2023)
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White, J., Legg, P., & Mills, A. (2023). Interactive cyber-physical system hacking: Engaging students early using scalextric. Journal of The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, 10(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.53735/cisse.v10i1.163

Cyber Security as an education discipline covers a variety of topics that can be challenging and complex for students who are new to the subject domain. With this in mind, it is crucial that new students are motivated by understanding both the techni... Read More about Interactive cyber-physical system hacking: Engaging students early using scalextric.

Real world prospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in patients with non-metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer treated with darolutamide (2023)
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Challapali, A., Rennison, E., White, P., Elumalai, T., Parikh, O., Vickers, A., …Bahl, A. (2023). Real world prospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in patients with non-metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer treated with darolutamide. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(6_suppl), 335. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.6_suppl.335

Background: The RECORD Study is a real world data, prospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in patients with nmCRPC treated with Darolutamide. This study will increase the understanding of treatment response and management and in particular inform... Read More about Real world prospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in patients with non-metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer treated with darolutamide.

Investigation of the electrical properties of Graphene-reinforced geopolymer composites (2023)
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Krishna, R. S., Saha, S., Korniejenko, K., Qureshi, T. S., & Mustakim, S. M. (in press). Investigation of the electrical properties of Graphene-reinforced geopolymer composites. Materials Proceedings, 13(1), Article 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2023013034

Geopolymer composites provide an environmentally friendly alternative to cement-based composites in the construction industry. Due to their distinctive material composition, geopolymers also exhibit electrically conductive properties, which permit th... Read More about Investigation of the electrical properties of Graphene-reinforced geopolymer composites.

Retention of limitation of liability in maritime claims in modern business environment in the UK, USA, and Nigeria (2022)
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Obuka, U., & Nwafor, N. A. (2022). Retention of limitation of liability in maritime claims in modern business environment in the UK, USA, and Nigeria. International Journal of Private Law, 10(2-4), 175-190. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPL.2022.129670

This paper examines the relevance of limitation of liability in maritime claims in today’s business environment in the UK, USA, and Nigeria. The paper finds that the concept is well entrenched in the legislation of many countries especially the ones... Read More about Retention of limitation of liability in maritime claims in modern business environment in the UK, USA, and Nigeria.

Modelling interrelationship between diseases with communicating stream x-machines (2022)
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Jayatilake, D., Phung, K., Ogunshile, E., & Aydin, M. (2022). Modelling interrelationship between diseases with communicating stream x-machines. Proceedings of the Institute for System Programming of the RAS, 34(6), 147-164. https://doi.org/10.15514/ispras-2022-34%286%29-11

The world is moving towards alternative medicine and behavioural alteration for treating, managing, and preventing chronical diseases. In the last few decades, diagrammatical models have been extensively used to describe and understand the behaviou... Read More about Modelling interrelationship between diseases with communicating stream x-machines.

Interactive documentary: Re-setting the field (2022)
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Aston, J. (2022). Interactive documentary: Re-setting the field. Interactive Film & Media Journal, 2(4), 7-18. https://doi.org/10.32920/ifmj.v2i4.1732

This article responds to the 4th Interactive Film and Media International Conference (IFM 2022) themes of eco-media, epistemologies and listening by focusing on the role that interactive documentary can play in addressing the existential and pressing... Read More about Interactive documentary: Re-setting the field.

Restorative justice in cases of sexual offending  (2022)
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Gavin, P., Kite, C., McCartan, K., & Porter, C. (2022). Restorative justice in cases of sexual offending . Probation Quarterly, 26, 23-26. https://doi.org/10.54006/ukle4326

On August 2022 the Department of Social Sciences at the University of the West of England ‘UWE’ Bristol held an in person one-day conference to consider the role that restorative justice can play in cases of sexual offending. The event was a part of... Read More about Restorative justice in cases of sexual offending .

Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis (2022)
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Arco, L. D., Pontes, M. J., Segatto, M. E. V., Monteiro, M. E., Cifuentes, C. A., & Díaz, C. A. R. (2022). Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2407(1), 012010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2407/1/012010

The principal cause of upper limb amputations is due to traumatism. The prosthesis is an assistive device to help in the activities of daily for the amputee person. However, one of the latest reports shows that in developing countries there are aroun... Read More about Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis.

Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030 (2022)
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Fogg-Rogers, L., Bakthavatchaalam, V., Richardson, D., & Fowles-Sweet, W. (2022). Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Cahiers COSTECH, 5, Article 133

The environmental and health impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss are now apparent and yet cohesive policymaking to mitigate emissions is moving too slowly. The UK’s target for carbon neutrality has been set for 2050, but this has been sup... Read More about Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for safety in the construction industry: A systematic literature review (2022)
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Perera, S., Gao, S., Manu, P., Valerie, F., & Urhal, P. (2022). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for safety in the construction industry: A systematic literature review. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1101(9), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/9/092008

The construction industry is one of the most dangerous sectors with poor safety performance. With recent technological developments, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are demonstrating the potential to be a valuable innovation to improve construction sa... Read More about Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for safety in the construction industry: A systematic literature review.

‘It’s there, it’s in front of your face if you put on the radio or the TV’: COVID-19, perceptions of death and dying and the context of public engagement (2022)
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Llewellyn, A., Wilkinson, C., McCabe, C., Byron, J., Madel, L., & Wilson, A. (2022). ‘It’s there, it’s in front of your face if you put on the radio or the TV’: COVID-19, perceptions of death and dying and the context of public engagement. Palliative Medicine, 36(1 Suppliment), 3-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221093145

Background/aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought conversations about death and dying to the fore. Prior studies indicate that holding conversations about the future and end of life planning is beneficial but can be very difficult. Therefore, it is... Read More about ‘It’s there, it’s in front of your face if you put on the radio or the TV’: COVID-19, perceptions of death and dying and the context of public engagement.