All Outputs (423)

Towards the safety of human-in-the-loop robotics: Challenges and opportunities for safety assurance of robotic co-workers' (2014)
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The success of the human-robot co-worker team in a flexible manufacturing environment where robots learn from demonstration heavily relies on the correct and safe operation of the robot. How this can be achieved is a challenge that requires addressin... Read More about Towards the safety of human-in-the-loop robotics: Challenges and opportunities for safety assurance of robotic co-workers'.

The effect of magnesia on the self-healing performance of Portland cement with increased curing time (2014)
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Design procedure of chattering attenuation sliding mode attitude control of a satellite system (2014)
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This study presents a design procedure for a new robust nonlinear control algorithm based on the theory of the terminal sliding mode (TSM) to control the attitude of a satellite system. Since the traditional TSM controllers include a discontinuous fu... Read More about Design procedure of chattering attenuation sliding mode attitude control of a satellite system.

MSR: Minimum-Stop Recharging Scheme for Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks (2014)
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© 2014 IEEE. This paper deals with simultaneous energy transfer to multiple nodes for scalable wireless recharging in wireless sensor networks. All existing recharging schemes rely on the use of a mobile charger that roves the network and drops by so... Read More about MSR: Minimum-Stop Recharging Scheme for Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks.

The effect of CO2 laser irradiation on surface and dyeing properties of wool for textile design (2014)
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The consumption of water and energy used in current dyeing and finishing processes in the textile industry pose significant environmental concern. By offering alternative solutions to traditional textile wet processing through laser technology, there... Read More about The effect of CO2 laser irradiation on surface and dyeing properties of wool for textile design.

Feasibility of using Duraform® flex lattice structures and additive manufacturing for optimising bicycle helmet design safety (2014)
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Bicycle helmets are designed to attenuate forces and accelerations experienced by the head during cycling accidents. An essential element of bicycle helmet design is, therefore, the appropriate manufacturing of energy dissipating components. The focu... Read More about Feasibility of using Duraform® flex lattice structures and additive manufacturing for optimising bicycle helmet design safety.

Sensitivity analysis of an eco-design house of quality model (2014)
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Impact of current steel lintels on the thermal performance of cavity wall buildings under the elemental recipe of Part L1A 2013 (2014)
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This study investigates the impact of current steel lintels on the CO2 emissions of a notional building when trying to comply with the new PART L1A 2013 of the Building Regulations of England and Wales. For this purpose different families of lintels... Read More about Impact of current steel lintels on the thermal performance of cavity wall buildings under the elemental recipe of Part L1A 2013.

The Gothicisation of World War I (2014)
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A new approach to urban water management: Safe and sure (2014)
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This paper introduces a new approach to water management that is 'Safe & SuRe'. This includes presenting a conceptual framework to link the emerging threats of climate change and variability, rapid urbanization and population growth, energy constrain... Read More about A new approach to urban water management: Safe and sure.

Position paper: Provenance data visualisation for neuroimaging analysis (2014)
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Visualisation facilitates the understanding of scientific data both through exploration and explanation of visualised data. Provenance contributes to the understanding of data by containing the contributing factors behind a result. With the significa... Read More about Position paper: Provenance data visualisation for neuroimaging analysis.

Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo (2014)
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes, sources of the massive quantum of construction waste generated in the densest habitation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) which is the Greater Cairo (GC). The case study approach that the... Read More about Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo.

Opening-up education to inspire future learners and teachers (2014)
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The global open education movement involves a variety of initiatives ranging from access to educational resources, to short courses and degree programmes. We are presently in a situation where the technological advances and global demands have outpac... Read More about Opening-up education to inspire future learners and teachers.

Ceramic MFCs for energy conversion in practical applications (2014)
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Towards cloud based smart cities data security and privacy management (2014)
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Smart cities accumulate and process large amount of data streams which raise security and privacy concerns at individual and community levels. Sizeable attempts have made to ensure security and privacy of inhabitants’ data. However, security and priv... Read More about Towards cloud based smart cities data security and privacy management.

Using space-based downstream services for urban management in smart cities (2014)
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Data collected through remote sensing (for instance geo-satellite) provides necessary stimulus for developing smart solutions for climate change & public health, energy efficiency and land monitoring in an urban environment. The velocity, variety, vo... Read More about Using space-based downstream services for urban management in smart cities.

Scientific workflow repeatability through cloud-aware provenance (2014)
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The transformations, analyses and interpretations of data in scientific workflows are vital for the repeatability and reliability of scientific workflows. This provenance of scientific workflows has been effectively carried out in Grid based scientif... Read More about Scientific workflow repeatability through cloud-aware provenance.

The decomposition of autonomy: Or, drones and global technicity (2014)
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This paper assesses the political and global security implications of the use of automated weapon systems by several advanced industrial powers through a critical frame informed by the work of Bernard Stiegler, Gregoire Chamayou, Derek Gregory and ot... Read More about The decomposition of autonomy: Or, drones and global technicity.

Familiar ways: Vulnerable auto-ethnography in creative practice (2014)
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Sobers’ presentation discusses different ways the notion of family has entered his work: from the macro perspective of identity through diaspora communities through to very personal reflections relating to immediate family members and events. Showin... Read More about Familiar ways: Vulnerable auto-ethnography in creative practice.

Physiological inspiration for self-management in smart grid systems opportunities and challenges (2014)
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© 2014 IEEE. Technologies, concepts and architectures for renewable energy are currently in the thick of engineering researches. Technological application examples are sustainable electric supplies and emission-free buildings where infrastructures of... Read More about Physiological inspiration for self-management in smart grid systems opportunities and challenges.