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Transcending equality, diversity and inclusion at work. A self-critical engagement (2024)
Book

The book reflects on ways of transcending Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) by establishing a dialogue between the professional experience of the authors and experts from academia and practitioners from financial services and executive search.... Read More about Transcending equality, diversity and inclusion at work. A self-critical engagement.

The use of deep learning to solve the inverse problem of ground penetrating radar and its application to potato farming (2024)
Thesis

This thesis reviews current analytical approaches to solving the inverse problem for Ground Penetrating Radar and then walks the reader through the creation of a 2D image creation method with the aim of demonstrating that the use of deep learning to... Read More about The use of deep learning to solve the inverse problem of ground penetrating radar and its application to potato farming.

A symbolic defeat? Exploring symbolism and failure in the social reuse of confiscated mafia real estate in Italy (2024)
Journal Article

Italy’s pioneering anti-mafia legislation allows confiscated assets to be handed over to civil society groups. The ‘symbolic’ benefits of this approach are much lauded, but ill-defined. In the context of increasing global interest in the social reuse... Read More about A symbolic defeat? Exploring symbolism and failure in the social reuse of confiscated mafia real estate in Italy.

Influence of process parameters in powder bed fusion of 316L steel: A residual stress study (2024)
Journal Article

To maintain the structural integrity in additively manufactured samples, it is important to study the induced residual stresses which are widely ignored. Powder bed fusion (PBF) is a type of additive manufacturing process in which the metal powder is... Read More about Influence of process parameters in powder bed fusion of 316L steel: A residual stress study.

Spike trains in PANI-proteinoid nanomaterials with different light pulse rates (2024)
Journal Article

Bio-inspired computing emulates the brain's information processing power in artificial architectures. We investigate the modification of emergent spike train dynamics in hybrid networks of polyaniline (PANI) nanomaterials hybridised with proteinoids... Read More about Spike trains in PANI-proteinoid nanomaterials with different light pulse rates.

Dynamic movement primitives-based human action prediction and shared control for bilateral robot teleoperation (2024)
Journal Article

This article presents a novel shared-control teleoperation framework that integrates imitation learning and bilateral control to achieve system stability based on a new dynamic movement primitives (DMPs) observer. First, a DMPs-based observer is firs... Read More about Dynamic movement primitives-based human action prediction and shared control for bilateral robot teleoperation.

On the relationship between benchmarking, standards and certification in robotics and AI (2024)
Book Chapter

Benchmarking, standards and certification are closely related processes. Standards can provide normative requirements that robotics and AI systems may or may not conform to. Certification generally relies upon conformance with one or more standards a... Read More about On the relationship between benchmarking, standards and certification in robotics and AI.

Coupling of cold atmospheric plasma treatment with ultrasound-assisted extraction for enhanced recovery of bioactive compounds from cornelian cherry pomace (2024)
Journal Article

Cornelian cherry pomace is produced during the production of juice from this traditional superfood. Due to its high nutritive value, the by-product can be utilized as a source of bioactive compounds. The present study aimed to develop a sustainable m... Read More about Coupling of cold atmospheric plasma treatment with ultrasound-assisted extraction for enhanced recovery of bioactive compounds from cornelian cherry pomace.

Laying Pluckley’s ghosts: Frederick Sanders and the origins of the “Most Haunted Village in England” 1939 – 1979 (2024)
Journal Article

The village of Pluckley in the British county of Kent has enjoyed a reputation for being ‘the most haunted village in England’ for over seventy years. Popular books on ghosts have featured the village and its stories since the late 1960s, and the tot... Read More about Laying Pluckley’s ghosts: Frederick Sanders and the origins of the “Most Haunted Village in England” 1939 – 1979.

Thermosensory spiking activity of proteinoid microspheres cross-linked by actin filaments (2024)
Journal Article

Actin, found in all eukaryotic cells as globular (G) or filamentous (F) actin, undergoes polymerization, with G-actin units changing shape to become F-actin. Thermal proteins, or proteinoids, are created by heating amino acids (160-200 °C), forming p... Read More about Thermosensory spiking activity of proteinoid microspheres cross-linked by actin filaments.

Empirical investigation of supply chain 4.0 adoption in Vietnam (2024)
Thesis

Purpose The rise of Industry 4.0, also known as the 4th Industrial Revolution, has transformed traditional supply chains into Supply Chain 4.0 (SC4.0), often referred interchangeably as Digital Supply Chains (DSC). This shift is crucial for firms, e... Read More about Empirical investigation of supply chain 4.0 adoption in Vietnam.

The ballad of the bots: Sonification using cognitive metaphor to support immersed teleoperation of robot teams (2024)
Journal Article

As an embodied and spatial medium, virtual reality is proving an attractive proposition for robot teleoperation in hazardous environments. This paper examines a nuclear decommissioning scenario in which a simulated team of semi-autonomous robots are... Read More about The ballad of the bots: Sonification using cognitive metaphor to support immersed teleoperation of robot teams.

Patient perspectives of general practice consultation for musculoskeletal disorders: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs) are a significant reason for general practice consultations in the United Kingdom. Current models of care include consultation with a General Practitioner (GP) or a First Contact Physiotherapy Practitione... Read More about Patient perspectives of general practice consultation for musculoskeletal disorders: A qualitative study.

Art on prescription: Supporting wellbeing in cities (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This talk for the WHO Healthy Cities Network contributed to a webinar on the arts on health in cities. This talk focused on the role of social prescribing, in particular arts on prescription, presenting research based in Bristol on the use of arts on... Read More about Art on prescription: Supporting wellbeing in cities.

Voices from the staffroom: Impacts of further education policy on CPD in the sector (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses the findings of doctoral research into further education lecturers' and middle managers' perceptions of how Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the sector is planned and implemented. Thematic analysis revealed that man... Read More about Voices from the staffroom: Impacts of further education policy on CPD in the sector.

Veganism as anti-anthropocentrism: The potential of vegan advocacy discourse (2024)
Journal Article

Proceeding from an identification of anthropocentrism as the ideological bedrock of interconnected human to nonhuman animal and intra-human oppressions, and the central role played by discourse in transmitting and normalising anthropocentrism and its... Read More about Veganism as anti-anthropocentrism: The potential of vegan advocacy discourse.

Context, consciousness and caution: Teachers of history in England and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice (2024)
Book Chapter

Abstract This chapter is about primary and secondary school teachers of history in England, and how they negotiate policy in order to teach sensitive and controversial issues which feature as part of the history curriculum. We present research condu... Read More about Context, consciousness and caution: Teachers of history in England and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice.

Teaching and learning as complex phenomena: Implications for policy and teacher professional identity (2024)
Book Chapter

Widespread support exists for the view that teaching is a complex task (Schulman, 2004), that learning is a complex, dynamic phenomenon and that classrooms are ‘complex systems’ (Hardman, 2010). Systems behaving in complex, emergent ways cannot be su... Read More about Teaching and learning as complex phenomena: Implications for policy and teacher professional identity.

Rescuing transport from inequities: How can automated and connected transport contribute to a more inclusive transport system? (2024)
Book Chapter

The massive investment in, and development of, automated and connected transport (ACT) technology development has triggered much debate about this breakthrough technology’s potential positive and negative impacts. Multiple studies have explored the p... Read More about Rescuing transport from inequities: How can automated and connected transport contribute to a more inclusive transport system?.

Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship (2024)
Book Chapter

Rapid technological change in the transport sector is leading to a growing range of potential and actual ‘business models’ deployable for the movement of goods and people. Two key uncertainties arise from this proliferation: first, concerning which o... Read More about Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship.