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Birth order does not affect ability to detect kin (2019)
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Fasolt, V., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., O’Shea, K. J., & Debruine, L. M. (2019). Birth order does not affect ability to detect kin. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.235

Previous studies suggest that birth order affects kinship detection ability. Kaminski et al. (2010) argued that firstborns use contextual cues (e.g., maternal perinatal association) to assess kinship in their own family, leading to a disadvantage in... Read More about Birth order does not affect ability to detect kin.

A reverse-engineering methodology for medical enhancement processes (2019)
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Rahmouni, H. B. (2019). A reverse-engineering methodology for medical enhancement processes. Procedia Computer Science, 164, 714-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2019.12.240

© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This study was initiated for the benefit of the Tunisian Ministry of Health and the Informatics Centre of the Ministry of Health (CIMSP). The scope of our study is restricted to two university hospitals:... Read More about A reverse-engineering methodology for medical enhancement processes.

Enhanced privacy governance in Health Information Systems through business process modelling and HL7 (2019)
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Rahmouni, H. B., Essefi, I., & Ladeb, M. F. (2019). Enhanced privacy governance in Health Information Systems through business process modelling and HL7. Procedia Computer Science, 164, 706-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2019.12.239

© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Medical data privacy is nowadays an alarming issue thanks to the technological revolution witnessed in the medical field and the ease of data access and exchange leveraged by newly implemented Hospital I... Read More about Enhanced privacy governance in Health Information Systems through business process modelling and HL7.

Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold (2019)
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Dadomo, C. (2019). Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold. International Comparative Jurisprudence, 5(2), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2019.12.001

European regional integration seemed to be unstoppable and unbreakable despite the many political and economic crises it navigated since the 70s, and more recently in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Yet, for the first time in its history,... Read More about Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold.

A debris clearance robot for extreme environments (2019)
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West, C., Giuliani, M., Lennox, B., Cheah, W., Arvin, F., West, A., & Watson, S. (2019). A debris clearance robot for extreme environments. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 11649 LNAI, 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23807-0_13

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. The need for nuclear decommissioning is increasing globally, as power stations and other facilities utilising nuclear reaches the end of their operational life. Currently the majority of decommissioning tasks ar... Read More about A debris clearance robot for extreme environments.

Estimation of EMG-Based force using a neural-network-based approach (2019)
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Luo, J., Liu, C., & Yang, C. (2019). Estimation of EMG-Based force using a neural-network-based approach. IEEE Access, 7, 64856-64865. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2917300

© 2013 IEEE. The dynamics of human arms has a high impact on the humans' activities in daily life, especially when a human operates a tool such as interactions with a robot with the need for high dexterity. The dexterity of human arms depends largely... Read More about Estimation of EMG-Based force using a neural-network-based approach.

A Wave Variable Approach with Multiple Channel Architecture for Teleoperated System (2019)
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Luo, J., Liu, C., Wang, N., & Yang, C. (2019). A Wave Variable Approach with Multiple Channel Architecture for Teleoperated System. IEEE Access, 7, 143912-143920. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2945674

© 2013 IEEE. Performance of teleoperation can be greatly influenced by time delay in the process of tele-manipulation with respect to accuracy and transparency. Wave variable is an effective algorithm to achieve a good stable capability. However, som... Read More about A Wave Variable Approach with Multiple Channel Architecture for Teleoperated System.

Encoding Multiple Sensor Data for Robotic Learning Skills from Multimodal Demonstration (2019)
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Zeng, C., Yang, C., Zhong, J., & Zhang, J. (2019). Encoding Multiple Sensor Data for Robotic Learning Skills from Multimodal Demonstration. IEEE Access, 7, 145604-145613. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2945484

© 2013 IEEE. Learning a task such as pushing something, where the constraints of both position and force have to be satisfied, is usually difficult for a collaborative robot. In this work, we propose a multimodal teaching-by-demonstration system whic... Read More about Encoding Multiple Sensor Data for Robotic Learning Skills from Multimodal Demonstration.

Social robots: The influence of human and robot characteristics on acceptance (2019)
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Bishop, L., van Maris, A., Dogramadzi, S., & Zook, N. (2019). Social robots: The influence of human and robot characteristics on acceptance. Paladyn, 10(1), 346-358. https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2019-0028

Research in social robotics is focused on the development of robots that can provide physical and cognitive support in a socially interactive way. Whilst some studies have previously investigated the importance of user characteristics (age, gender, e... Read More about Social robots: The influence of human and robot characteristics on acceptance.

Science Live -articulating the aims and ethos of science event practitioners in the USA and UK (2019)
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Fogg-Rogers, L., Wiehe, B., Comerford, D., Fooshee, J., & Durant, J. (2019). Science Live -articulating the aims and ethos of science event practitioners in the USA and UK. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(04), Article NO1. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18040801

Live science events engage publics with science in a social context. This article articulates the aims and ethos of this growing sector within a research context. Semi-structured interviews (N=13) and focus groups (N=77) were conducted with event pra... Read More about Science Live -articulating the aims and ethos of science event practitioners in the USA and UK.

Environmental reporting disclosure in South Africa: A comparative study of the expectations of selected groups of preparers and users (2019)
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Mitchell, C. G., & Quinn, N. (2019). Environmental reporting disclosure in South Africa: A comparative study of the expectations of selected groups of preparers and users. Meditari Accountancy Research, 13(2), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/10222529200500010

© 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This study measures and compares the expectations of two different groups – the first is selected preparers of environmental reports (ERs) in South Africa (companies and professional environmental consultants... Read More about Environmental reporting disclosure in South Africa: A comparative study of the expectations of selected groups of preparers and users.

Small aircraft infrared radiation measurements supporting the engine airframe aero-thermal integration (2019)
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Rohacs, J., Jankovics, I., Gal, I. L., Bakunowicz, J., Mignione, G., & Carozza, A. (2019). Small aircraft infrared radiation measurements supporting the engine airframe aero-thermal integration. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 47(1), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPtr.11514

© 2018 Budapest University of Technology and Economics. All rights reserved. The large, EU Supported ESPOSA (Efficient Systems and propulsion for Small Aircraft) project has developed new small gas turbines for small aircraft. One of the important ta... Read More about Small aircraft infrared radiation measurements supporting the engine airframe aero-thermal integration.

Screen printing as a 20th Century graphic medium (2019)
Journal Article
Hoskins, S. (2019). Screen printing as a 20th Century graphic medium. Journal of the Printing Historical Society, 30,

Within the canon of twenty-first century printing history, screen printing is definitely the poor relation. By comparison a great deal of literature concerning the demise and continued existence of metal type and letterpress has been published and di... Read More about Screen printing as a 20th Century graphic medium.

Leading Through Art: An Interview With Vicki Heywood CBE, Chair, Royal Society of Arts (2019)
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Edwards, G., & O'Regan, N. (2019). Leading Through Art: An Interview With Vicki Heywood CBE, Chair, Royal Society of Arts. Journal of Management Inquiry, 28(1), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617750491

© The Author(s) 2018. A recent interview with Vicki Heywood, Chair of the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA), highlights the role that arts can play in dealing with complex problems in society today and particularly from an international perspective. Th... Read More about Leading Through Art: An Interview With Vicki Heywood CBE, Chair, Royal Society of Arts.

Macroeconomics, development economics, and biographical topics: Two years in the history of economic thought (2016-2017) (2019)
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Beal, D., Silva, V. C., & Guizzo, D. (2019). Macroeconomics, development economics, and biographical topics: Two years in the history of economic thought (2016-2017). History of Economic Ideas, 27(2), 163-196. https://doi.org/10.19272/201906102006

This article provides a formal account of some of the major themes that shaped the history of economic thought during the biennium 2016-2017. It focuses on three areas, namely, macroeconomics, development economics, and the lives and ideas of selecte... Read More about Macroeconomics, development economics, and biographical topics: Two years in the history of economic thought (2016-2017).

Lived experience of Silver-Russell syndrome: Implications for management during childhood and into adulthood (2019)
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Ballard, L. M., Jenkinson, E., Byrne, C. D., Child, J. C., Davies, J. H., Inskip, H., …Fenwick, A. (2019). Lived experience of Silver-Russell syndrome: Implications for management during childhood and into adulthood. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(1), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314952

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2019. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. Objective There is limited information on the psychosocial imp... Read More about Lived experience of Silver-Russell syndrome: Implications for management during childhood and into adulthood.

Freelance networks, trade unions and below-the-line solidarity in regional film and television clusters: An interview with the Bristol editors network (2019)
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Presence, S. (2019). Freelance networks, trade unions and below-the-line solidarity in regional film and television clusters: An interview with the Bristol editors network. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 16(2), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2019.0470

This article consists of an introduction and extended interview transcript conducted with several members of the Bristol Editors’ Network (BEN), an organization established in May 2015 to support the large community of editors that work in and around... Read More about Freelance networks, trade unions and below-the-line solidarity in regional film and television clusters: An interview with the Bristol editors network.