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Open education: Sustainability versus vulnerability (2015)
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The idea of innovation in education (or anywhere) is dependent on the ability of people to embrace a shared problem (Nisbet & Collins 1978). In doing so, the seeking of solutions often gives rise to tensions; these develop from dichotomies of ideas a... Read More about Open education: Sustainability versus vulnerability.

Transition dynamics to complex rules in elementary cellular automata from Wolfram classes (2015)
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We overview the basis of Elementary Cellular Automata and Wolfram’s Classes, subsequently we show a technique known as Memory Based Rule Analysis, to extract complex systems from a family of chaotic discrete dynamical system. Cases of study rules 30... Read More about Transition dynamics to complex rules in elementary cellular automata from Wolfram classes.

Swarm of robots simulator (2015)
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If a robot can perform a specific task by itself... Can you imagine the work that can be done by hundreds of robots working all together?. Swarms have emerged as a way to assimilate the behavior of nature like insects, school of fish or flocks; becau... Read More about Swarm of robots simulator.

'Inward industry engagement': Exploring production cultures in British film and television (2015)
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This paper stems from research undertaken as part of SiFTI (Success in the Film and Television Industries), a research project analysing the production cultures of several small-to-medium sized critically and commercially successful film and televisi... Read More about 'Inward industry engagement': Exploring production cultures in British film and television.

Robust state estimation and unknown inputs reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems: Multiobjective approach (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We consider a novel method to design H∞ observers for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. First, the main system dynamics are rewritten as an augmented system with state vector including both the sta... Read More about Robust state estimation and unknown inputs reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems: Multiobjective approach.

Evaluation of undergraduate cancer pathway for adult nursing students (2015)
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Introduction
A three year Undergraduate Cancer Pathway (UCP) has been incorporated into the BSc Adult Nursing programme at University of West of England. The UCP mirrors a possible pathway for a person with cancer. Thus, content includes preventio... Read More about Evaluation of undergraduate cancer pathway for adult nursing students.

Social trust in a familiar community (2015)
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Most computation of social trust have been used for maintaining communities of individuals, based on their past activities. The behaviour of idle individuals or non-contributors to the communities have been totally ignored in the computation as they... Read More about Social trust in a familiar community.

Using the ICIQ validated bladder diary and questionnaires in lower urinary tract dysfunction (2015)
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Use of the ICIQ modules for the assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms.

UWE response to the Defra Air Quality Plan consultation (2015)
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Market manipulation: Regulatory and enforcement responses in the United Kingdom and United States of America (2015)
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The aim of this conference paper is to provide a critical assessment of the response to market manipulation in the United Kingdom and the United States of America following the 2007/2008 financial crisis. The paper concentrates on the imposition of f... Read More about Market manipulation: Regulatory and enforcement responses in the United Kingdom and United States of America.

Mnemic neglect in dementia (2015)
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Paper

What difference do directly elected mayors make? A panel discussion (2015)
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Thinking Futures festival discussion (part of ESRC Festival of Social Science), convened by the University of Bristol exploring the success of the Directly Elected Mayor model.

Panel Abstract:
Strengthening city leadership by introducing directly... Read More about What difference do directly elected mayors make? A panel discussion.

“We all keep schtum”: The experiences and coping styles of men with RA (2015)
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“We all keep schtum”: The experiences and coping styles of men with RA

Urban energy and transport: Public transport (2015)
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Presentation as a part of the UWE Green Capital Seminar Series.

Absorptive capacity in the Brazilian cosmetics industry (2015)
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There is currently a growing interest in two concepts and practices related to open innovation and absorptive capacity, in particular with regard to the role played by individuals. This requires a deeper understanding of these concepts because the fu... Read More about Absorptive capacity in the Brazilian cosmetics industry.

Illustrator as detective: Discovery through drawing (2015)
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For the many visitors coming to the Museum of East Asian Art, objects in the museum’s collection may appear exotic and unfamiliar. It is nevertheless possible to appreciate the beauty of foreign objects without knowing much about their history or cu... Read More about Illustrator as detective: Discovery through drawing.

The efficacy of “busyness” as a measure for behaviour pattern analysis using unlabelled sensor data: A case study (2015)
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The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) into our daily lives has the potential to significantly improve the quality of life and well-being of citizens, especially older adults who want to continue to live independently in their own home. In order... Read More about The efficacy of “busyness” as a measure for behaviour pattern analysis using unlabelled sensor data: A case study.

Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation (2015)
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© 2015 IEEE. Robotic rehabilitation is a currently underutilised field with the potential to allow huge cost savings within healthcare. Existing rehabilitation exoskeletons oversimplify the importance of movement of the hand while undertaking everyda... Read More about Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation.

Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation (2015)
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© 2015 IEEE. Reduction is a crucial step in the treatment of broken bones. Achieving precise anatomical alignment of bone fragments is essential for a good fast healing process. Percutaneous techniques are associated with faster recovery time and low... Read More about Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation.

Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery (2015)
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© 2015 IEEE. Our group at Bristol Robotics Laboratory has been working on a new robotic system for fracture surgery that has been previously reported [1]. The robotic system is being developed for distal femur fractures and features a robot that mani... Read More about Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery.