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Tactile discrimination using active whisker sensors (2012)
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Fox, C. W., Lepora, N. F., Sullivan, J. C., Mitchinson, B., Pearson, M., Evans, M., …Prescott, T. J. (2012). Tactile discrimination using active whisker sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 12(2), 350-362. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2011.2148114

We describe a novel, biomimetic tactile sensing system modeled on the facial whiskers (vibrissae) of animals such as rats and mice. The "BIOTACT Sensor" consists of a conical array of modular, actuated hair-like elements, each instrumented at the bas... Read More about Tactile discrimination using active whisker sensors.

Is the use of an invitation letter effective in prompting patients with severe mental illness to attend a primary care physical health check? (2012)
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Hardy, S., & Gray, R. (2012). Is the use of an invitation letter effective in prompting patients with severe mental illness to attend a primary care physical health check?. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 13(4), 347-352. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423612000023

Annual physical health checks are recommended for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) as this group has a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than the rest of the general population. There is little guidance for healthcare professi... Read More about Is the use of an invitation letter effective in prompting patients with severe mental illness to attend a primary care physical health check?.

Stability lobes prediction for corner radius end mill using nonlinear cutting force coefficients (2012)
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Adetoro, O. B., Sim, W. M., & Wen, P. H. (2012). Stability lobes prediction for corner radius end mill using nonlinear cutting force coefficients. Machining Science and Technology, 16(1), 111-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/10910344.2012.648570

There are a vast number of different types of end mill tools used in the manufacturing industry, each type with a unique shape. These tool shapes have a direct influence on the cutting force it generates during machining. This article presents a more... Read More about Stability lobes prediction for corner radius end mill using nonlinear cutting force coefficients.

Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Misconceptions, myths, and facts (2012)
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Aufricht, C., Verster, J. C., Verster, J., Aufrich, C., & Alford, C. (2012). Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Misconceptions, myths, and facts. International Journal of General Medicine, 5(5), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S29313

Background: Whilst energy drinks improve performance and feelings of alertness, recent articles suggest that energy drink consumption combined with alcohol may reduce perception of alcohol intoxication, or lead to increased alcohol or drug use. This... Read More about Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Misconceptions, myths, and facts.

Academic achievement in individuals with cleft: A population-based register study (2012)
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Persson, M., Becker, M., & Svensson, H. (2012). Academic achievement in individuals with cleft: A population-based register study. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 49(2), 153-159. https://doi.org/10.1597/09-047

Objective: The focus of this study was to determine whether there were any significant differences in academic achievement between students with a cleft and the general population of Swedish students at the typical time of graduation from compulsory... Read More about Academic achievement in individuals with cleft: A population-based register study.

Professional autonomy, collaboration with physicians, and moral distress among European intensive care nurses. (2012)
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Karanikola, M. N., Papathanassoglou, E. D., Kalafati, M., Giannakopoulou, M., Lemonidou, C., & Albarran, J. (2012). Professional autonomy, collaboration with physicians, and moral distress among European intensive care nurses. American Journal of Critical Care, 21(2), 41-52. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2012205

Discretionary autonomy is a key factor in enhanced patient outcomes and nurses' work satisfaction. Among nurses, insufficient autonomy can result in moral distress. To explore levels of autonomy among European critical care nurses and potential assoc... Read More about Professional autonomy, collaboration with physicians, and moral distress among European intensive care nurses..

Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator (2012)
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Alemzadeh, K., Dogramadzi, S., Raabe, D., Harrison, A., Ireland, A., Sandy, J., …Burgess, S. (2012). Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016002

This paper presents a new in vitro wear simulator based on spatial parallel kinematics and a biologically inspired implicit force/position hybrid controller to replicate chewing movements and dental wear formations on dental components, such as crown... Read More about Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator.

Flood Risk in Asia's Urban Mega-deltas: Drivers, Impacts and Response (2012)
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Chan, F. K. S., Mitchell, G., Adekola, O., & Mcdonald, A. (2012). Flood Risk in Asia's Urban Mega-deltas: Drivers, Impacts and Response. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 3(1), 41-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/097542531200300103

Asia's urbanized mega-deltas are experiencing increased incidences of flooding. Flood risk is increasing due to urban growth, which makes people more vulnerable and threatens economic assets, and due to factors that increase flood hazard, including r... Read More about Flood Risk in Asia's Urban Mega-deltas: Drivers, Impacts and Response.

An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing (2012)
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Khan, Z., Ludlow, D., McClatchey, R., & Anjum, A. (2012). An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing. Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications, 1(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/2192-113X-1-1

With the emergence of new methodologies and technologies it has now become possible to manage large amounts of environmental sensing data and apply new integrated computing models to acquire information intelligence. This paper advocates the applicat... Read More about An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing.

The influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on their travel patterns in sustainable neighborhoods in the UK (2012)
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Susilo, Y. O., Williams, K., Lindsay, M., & Dair, C. (2012). The influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on their travel patterns in sustainable neighborhoods in the UK. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 17(3), 190-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2011.11.007

This paper explores the influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on travel behavior, including mode choice. It uses data from residents of 13 new neighborhood UK developments designed to support sustainable travel.... Read More about The influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on their travel patterns in sustainable neighborhoods in the UK.

Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis (2012)
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Raabe, D., Dogramadzi, S., & Atkins, R. (2012). Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2679-2684. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225076

Robot-assisted orthopaedic surgery has proved to provide better outcomes over conventional surgery in terms of improved spatial accuracy and more reliable and repeatable results. We present a novel use of robots in orthopaedic surgery - precise anato... Read More about Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis.

Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions (2012)
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Line, T., Chatterjee, K., & Lyons, G. (2012). Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 17(3), 270-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2011.12.004

Transport policy in the UK is seeking to promote the development of low carbon transport technology and to encourage people to choose to use low carbon travel options. This paper draws on existing behavioural theories to study young people's travel b... Read More about Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions.

Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods (2012)
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Shortt, H. (2012). Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods. Sociological Research Online, 17(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2690

This article considers how one group of workers, hairdressers, use aspects of their material landscape of work as important resources in the production and re-production of their work identities. It shows how the participants of the study use the spa... Read More about Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods.

MatchPad: Interactive glyph-based visualization for real-time sports performance analysis (2012)
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Legg, P. A., Chung, D. H., Parry, M. L., Jones, M. W., Long, R., Griffiths, I. W., & Chen, M. (2012). MatchPad: Interactive glyph-based visualization for real-time sports performance analysis. Computer Graphics Forum, 31(3 PART 4), 1255-1264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03118.x

Today real-time sports performance analysis is a crucial aspect of matches in many major sports. For example, in soccer and rugby, team analysts may annotate videos during the matches by tagging specific actions and events, which typically result in... Read More about MatchPad: Interactive glyph-based visualization for real-time sports performance analysis.

What is commitment? women's accounts of intimate attachment (2012)
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Carter, J. (2012). What is commitment? women's accounts of intimate attachment. Families, Relationships and Societies, 1(2), 137-153. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674312X645484

© The Policy Press 2012. Commitment is a widely acknowledged concern among the general public as well as among academics and scholars. What commitment actually constitutes, however, is not easily defined. This article explores existing theories of co... Read More about What is commitment? women's accounts of intimate attachment.

Interactive documentary: Setting the field (2012)
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Aston, J., & Gaudenzi, S. (2012). Interactive documentary: Setting the field. Studies in Documentary Film, 6(2), 125-139. https://doi.org/10.1386/sdf.6.2.125_1

This article articulates the authors’ combined vision behind convening i-Docs, the first international symposia to focus exclusively on the rapidly evolving field of interactive documentary. In so doing, it provides a case study of practice-driven re... Read More about Interactive documentary: Setting the field.

Microbial fuel cells for robotics: Energy autonomy through artificial symbiosis (2012)
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Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Horsfield, I. (2012). Microbial fuel cells for robotics: Energy autonomy through artificial symbiosis. ChemSusChem, 5(6), 1020-1026. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201200283

The development of the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has seen an enormous growth over the last hundred years since its inception by Potter in 1911. The technology has reached a level of maturity that it is now considered to be a field in its o... Read More about Microbial fuel cells for robotics: Energy autonomy through artificial symbiosis.

Alterations in peripheral muscle contractile characteristics following high and low intensity bouts of exercise (2012)
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Morris, M. G., Dawes, H., Howells, K., Scott, O. M., Cramp, M., & Izadi, H. (2012). Alterations in peripheral muscle contractile characteristics following high and low intensity bouts of exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 112(1), 337-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-011-1970-8

The aim of this study was to monitor muscle contractile performance in vivo, using an electrical stimulation protocol, immediately following an acute high and low intensity exercise session conducted at the same average intensity performed on a cycle... Read More about Alterations in peripheral muscle contractile characteristics following high and low intensity bouts of exercise.

Context caches in the Clouds (2012)
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Kiani, S. L., Anjum, A., Antonopoulos, N., Munir, K., & McClatchey, R. (2012). Context caches in the Clouds. Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications, 1(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/2192-113X-1-7

In context-aware systems, the contextual information about human and computing situations has a strong temporal aspect i. e. it remains valid for a period of time. This temporal property can be exploited in caching mechanisms that aim to exploit such... Read More about Context caches in the Clouds.