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Hierarchies of adaptable learning during product development (2011)
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Tourassis, V. D., & Chatzimichali, A. (2011). Hierarchies of adaptable learning during product development. IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, 458-464. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083708

Shorter product lifecycles, shrinking time-to-market and increasing global competition, drive companies to premature transitions from the development laboratory to full-scale commercial production. This ramp-up period is usually considered as a trans... Read More about Hierarchies of adaptable learning during product development.

Bridging the multiple reality gap: Application of augmented reality in new product development (2011)
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Verlinden, J. C., Jonker, P. P., Smulders, F. E., Segers, M. S., Gijselaers, W. H., Chatzimichali, A., …Van Emmerik, H. (2011). Bridging the multiple reality gap: Application of augmented reality in new product development. IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, 1914-1919. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083952

Increased product complexity and internal team dynamics pose serious challenges to the quality of collaboration, usually reflected upon long delays, cost overruns and poor design quality during product development. Our focus is to study the factors t... Read More about Bridging the multiple reality gap: Application of augmented reality in new product development.

Engineers and planners: Sustainable water management alliances (2011)
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Potter, K., Ward, S., Shaw, D., Macdonald, N., White, I., Fischer, T., …Kellagher, R. (2011). Engineers and planners: Sustainable water management alliances. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 164(4), 239-246. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2011.164.4.239

In the future, increasing pressure will inevitably be placed on the spatial planning system to improve its consideration of water management issues. Emerging challenges include designing for climatic extremes, reducing flood risk, managing increasing... Read More about Engineers and planners: Sustainable water management alliances.

"Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes (2011)
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Van Den Heuvel, H., Huijnen, C., Badii, A., Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., & Thiemert, D. (2011). "Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7040 LNCS, 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25167-2_44

This paper describes the findings arising from ongoing qualitative usability evaluation studies on mobile companion robotics in smart home environments from two research projects focused on socio-technical innovation to support independent living (Co... Read More about "Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes.

Reverse traffic: Intersecting inequalities in human egg donation (2011)
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Nahman, M. (2011). Reverse traffic: Intersecting inequalities in human egg donation. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 23(5), 626-633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.08.003

The paper examines a case of cross-border reproductive care that happens in reverse by looking at Israeli-Romanian transnational ova traffic. The state of Israel claims to have the most IVF clinics per capita in the world, some of the highest success... Read More about Reverse traffic: Intersecting inequalities in human egg donation.

Semantic annotation for indexing archaeological context: A prototype development and evaluation (2011)
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Vlachidis, A., & Tudhope, D. (2011). Semantic annotation for indexing archaeological context: A prototype development and evaluation. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 240 CCIS, 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24731-6_37

The paper discusses the process of developing Semantic Annotations, a form of metadata for assigning conceptual entities to textual instances, in this case archaeological grey literature. The use of Information Extraction (IE), a Natural Language Pro... Read More about Semantic annotation for indexing archaeological context: A prototype development and evaluation.

Biological indexes based reflectional asymmetry for classifying cutaneous lesions (2011)
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Liu, Z., Smith, L., Sun, J., Smith, M., & Warr, R. (2011). Biological indexes based reflectional asymmetry for classifying cutaneous lesions. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6893 LNCS(PART 3), 124-132. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23626-6_16

This paper proposes a novel reflectional asymmetry descriptor to quantize the asymmetry of the cutaneous lesions for the discrimination of malignant melanoma from benign nevi. A pigmentation elevation model of the biological indexes is first construc... Read More about Biological indexes based reflectional asymmetry for classifying cutaneous lesions.

Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology (2011)
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Caleb-Solly, P., Flind, A., & Vargheese, J. P. (2011). Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMS.2011.5999158

A pre-requisite for a human-centred design approach to technology development is gaining an intimate understanding of not only the people for whom the technology is being designed, but also the contexts within which they will be using it. This paper... Read More about Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology.

Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation (2011)
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Raabe, D., Tzemanaki, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011). Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMS.2011.5999150

Rehabilitation Robotics involves the use of robotic systems as an enabling technology for people with kinetic problems, in order to help them recover from a physical trauma. This paper presents the investigation of a robotic system for stroke and pos... Read More about Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation.

Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers (2011)
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Terzakis, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011). Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6856 LNAI, 402-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23232-9_48

The degree of accuracy by which a mobile robot can estimate the properties of its surrounding environment, and the ability to successfully navigate throughout the explored space are the main factors that may well determine its autonomy and efficiency... Read More about Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers.

The role of organisational culture in occupational well-being and quality of care: A systematic review (2011)
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Gerogiannis, I. (2011). The role of organisational culture in occupational well-being and quality of care: A systematic review. Psychology and Health, 26(Sup2), 281-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2011.617190

Background: Organisational culture determines how individuals behave. Within healthcare, there is a link between patient safety, healthcare well-being and organisational culture. The present paper will systematically review the literature on this iss... Read More about The role of organisational culture in occupational well-being and quality of care: A systematic review.

Distributed receiver/receiver synchronization in wireless sensor networks: New solution and joint offset/skew estimators for Gaussian delays (2011)
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Djenouri, D. (2011). Distributed receiver/receiver synchronization in wireless sensor networks: New solution and joint offset/skew estimators for Gaussian delays. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6843 LNCS, 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23490-3_2

This paper proposes a new synchronization protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSN). The proposed protocols is based on the receive/reieve approach, which was introduced by the Reference Broadcast Synchronization (RBS). This approach has been chose... Read More about Distributed receiver/receiver synchronization in wireless sensor networks: New solution and joint offset/skew estimators for Gaussian delays.

Patient perspective workshop: Moving towards OMERACT guidelines for choosing or developing instruments to measure patient-reported outcomes (2011)
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Leong, A. L., Sanderson, T. C., Van De Laar, M. A., Osborne, R. H., Fries, J. F., Kirwan, J. R., …Richards, P. (2011). Patient perspective workshop: Moving towards OMERACT guidelines for choosing or developing instruments to measure patient-reported outcomes. Journal of Rheumatology, 38(8), 1711-1715. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.110391

The workshop Choosing or Developing Instruments held at the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 10 meeting was designed to help participants think about the underlying methods of instrument development. Conference pre-reading material and 3 br... Read More about Patient perspective workshop: Moving towards OMERACT guidelines for choosing or developing instruments to measure patient-reported outcomes.

Patient perspective: Choosing or developing instruments (2011)
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Osborne, R. H., Kirwan, J. R., Fries, J. F., & Hewlett, S. (2011). Patient perspective: Choosing or developing instruments. Journal of Rheumatology, 38(8), 1716-1719. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.110390

Previous Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) meetings recognized that patients view outcomes of intervention from a different perspective. This preconference position paper briefly sets out 2 patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument approache... Read More about Patient perspective: Choosing or developing instruments.

OMERACT 10 patient perspective virtual campus: Valuing health; measuring outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis fatigue, RA sleep, arthroplasty, and systemic sclerosis; and clinical significance of changes in health (2011)
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Dworkin, R. H., Furst, D. E., Singh, J. A., Wells, G. A., Harrison, M. J., Boonen, A., …Hewlett, S. (2011). OMERACT 10 patient perspective virtual campus: Valuing health; measuring outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis fatigue, RA sleep, arthroplasty, and systemic sclerosis; and clinical significance of changes in health. Journal of Rheumatology, 38(8), 1728-1734. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.110393

This workshop reviewed progress in a number of areas related to patient perspective outcomes that were not specifically included within other areas of the program. A substantial review of the work of the valuing health outcomes group (the "QALY" work... Read More about OMERACT 10 patient perspective virtual campus: Valuing health; measuring outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis fatigue, RA sleep, arthroplasty, and systemic sclerosis; and clinical significance of changes in health.

Identifying preliminary domains to detect and measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 10 RA Flare Workshop (2011)
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Woodworth, T. G., Strand, V., Sanderson, T. C., Pohl, C., Montie, P., May, J. E., …Hewlett, S. (2011). Identifying preliminary domains to detect and measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 10 RA Flare Workshop. Journal of Rheumatology, 38(8), 1751-1758. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.110401

Background. While disease flares in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are a recognized aspect of the disease process, there is limited formative research to describe them. Methods. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) RA Flare Defin... Read More about Identifying preliminary domains to detect and measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 10 RA Flare Workshop.

Towards a mapping of modern AIS and LCS (2011)
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Bull, L. (2011). Towards a mapping of modern AIS and LCS. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6825 LNCS, 371-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22371-6_32

For many years correlations between aspects of Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) and Learning Classifier Systems (LCS) have been highlighted. However, neither field appears to have benefitted from such work not least since the differences between the t... Read More about Towards a mapping of modern AIS and LCS.

Is prevention better than cure? a re-evaluation of the potential use of nicotine conjugate vaccine in children (2011)
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McMahon-Parkes, K. (2011). Is prevention better than cure? a re-evaluation of the potential use of nicotine conjugate vaccine in children. Public Health Ethics, 4(2), 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phr018

Despite worldwide efforts to reduce the consumption of tobacco, legislative and educational measures have failed to eradicate the practice of cigarette smoking. Indeed, in many populations, particularly in the developing world, its prevalence is incr... Read More about Is prevention better than cure? a re-evaluation of the potential use of nicotine conjugate vaccine in children.

Numerical study of gaseous reactive flow over a ram accelerator projectile in subdetonative velocity regime (2011)
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Bengherbia, T., Yao, Y., Bauer, P., & Knowlen, C. (2011). Numerical study of gaseous reactive flow over a ram accelerator projectile in subdetonative velocity regime. European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, 55(1), 11102 -11113. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2011100087

Computational fluid dynamics solutions of the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations have been used to numerically predict the thrust of a thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime. Studies were focused on a projectile oper... Read More about Numerical study of gaseous reactive flow over a ram accelerator projectile in subdetonative velocity regime.