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The impact of an extreme observation in a paired samples design (2017)
Journal Article
Derrick, B., Broad, A., Toher, D., & White, P. (2017). The impact of an extreme observation in a paired samples design

The effect of systematically altering the value of a single observation within a paired differences design is considered. A paradox is observed for the paired samples t-test, where increasing the value of an observation in the direction of the true m... Read More about The impact of an extreme observation in a paired samples design.

Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Wallbridge, C. D., Lemaignan, S., & Belpaeme, T. (2017). Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation. In ACM Human-Agent Interaction Conference. , (359-363). https://doi.org/10.1145/3125739.3132593

© 2017 ACM. This paper provides a qualitative review of different object recognition techniques relevant for near-proximity Human- Robot Interaction. These techniques are divided into three categories: 2D correspondence, 3D correspondence and nonvisi... Read More about Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation.

Developing elastomeric cellular structures for multiple head impacts (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Robinson, M., Soe, S., McShane, G., Celeghini, R., Burek, R., Alves, M., & Theobald, P. (2017). Developing elastomeric cellular structures for multiple head impacts. In 2017 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings

Foam?based materials were originally incorporated into helmets in the 1970?s, providing an effective method of absorbing impact energy and so protecting against severe head injury. Similar materials still exist in the majority of protective helmets t... Read More about Developing elastomeric cellular structures for multiple head impacts.

Estimation of the dynamic leakage current of a supercapacitor in energy harvesting powered autonomous wireless sensor nodes (2017)
Journal Article
Yue, X., Kiely, J., Farooq, A., & Champneys, A. (2017). Estimation of the dynamic leakage current of a supercapacitor in energy harvesting powered autonomous wireless sensor nodes. Intelec, 2017-October, 278-281. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTLEC.2017.8214147

© 2017 IEEE. The supercapacitor is a candidate energy storage component for energy harvesting powered autonomous wireless sensor node aiming to achieve battery replacement-free, 'fit and forget' sensor node in low-power IoT applications. The leakage... Read More about Estimation of the dynamic leakage current of a supercapacitor in energy harvesting powered autonomous wireless sensor nodes.

Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content (2017)
Journal Article
Atanassov, P., Soavi, F., Howe, K. J., Kodali, M., Serov, A., Abad, F. B., & Santoro, C. (2017). Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content. Applied Energy, 208, 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.10.056

© 2017 The Author(s) In this work, the electrodes of a microbial desalination cell (MDC) are investigated as the positive and negative electrodes of an internal supercapacitor. The resulting system has been named a supercapacitive microbial desalinat... Read More about Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content.

Realizing low-impedance rendering in admittance-type haptic interfaces using the input-to-state stable approach (2017)
Journal Article
Nabeel, M., Jafari, A., & Ryu, J. H. (2017). Realizing low-impedance rendering in admittance-type haptic interfaces using the input-to-state stable approach. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017-September, 914-919. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8202254

© 2017 IEEE. This paper proposes an approach to enlarge the impedance range of admittance-type haptic interfaces. Admittance-type haptic interfaces have advantages over impedance-type haptic interfaces in the interaction with high impedance virtual e... Read More about Realizing low-impedance rendering in admittance-type haptic interfaces using the input-to-state stable approach.

3D video based detection of early lameness in dairy cattle (2017)
Thesis
Abdul Jabbar, K. 3D video based detection of early lameness in dairy cattle. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/877245

Lameness is a major issue in dairy cattle and its early and automated detection offers animal welfare benefits together with potentially high commercial savings for farmers. Current advancements in automated detection have not achieved a sensitive me... Read More about 3D video based detection of early lameness in dairy cattle.

What works in the field? Evaluating informal science events (2017)
Journal Article
Grand, A., & Sardo, A. M. (2017). What works in the field? Evaluating informal science events. Frontiers in Communication, 2, Article 22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2017.00022

Around the world, increasing numbers of people are attending informal science events, often ones that are part of multi-event festivals that cross cultural boundaries. For the researchers who take part, and the organizers, evaluating the events' succ... Read More about What works in the field? Evaluating informal science events.

What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Chance, G., Caleb-Solly, P., Jevtic, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant. In 2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (284-291). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172315

© 2017 IEEE. Robots that can assist in activities of daily living (ADL) such as dressing assistance, need to be capable of intuitive and safe interaction. Vision systems are often used to provide information on the position and movement of the robot... Read More about What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant.

Robots vs animals: Cultures of public engagement (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Fogg Rogers, L. (2017, December). Robots vs animals: Cultures of public engagement. Poster presented at Engage 2017, Bristol, UK

A widespread culture supporting public engagement activities in higher education is desirable but difficult to establish. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this science communication project aimed to enhance culture change in engineering by develop... Read More about Robots vs animals: Cultures of public engagement.

Development of multi-fidelity powertrain simulation for future legislation (abstract) (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Van Niekerk, A. S., Kay, P. J., Drew, B., & Larsen, N. (2017, December). Development of multi-fidelity powertrain simulation for future legislation (abstract). Paper presented at Internal Combustion Engines 2017, Birmingham

Automotive manufacturers are facing increased pressure from more stringent emissions legislation and new legislative driving cycles. This creates a need for increased simulation capabilities. An engine simulation was developed in Ricardo WAVE, and wa... Read More about Development of multi-fidelity powertrain simulation for future legislation (abstract).

Kinship structures create persistent channels for language transmission (2017)
Journal Article
Guillot, E. G., Lansing, J. S., Abundo, C., Jacobs, G. S., Guillot, E., Thurner, S., …Cox, M. P. (2017). Kinship structures create persistent channels for language transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(49), 12910-12915. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706416114

© 2017, National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Languages are transmitted through channels created by kinship systems. Given sufficient time, these kinship channels can change the genetic and linguistic structure of populations. In traditi... Read More about Kinship structures create persistent channels for language transmission.

Coordinated control of a wind-methanol-fuel cell system with hydrogen storage (2017)
Journal Article
Hu, J., Cao, W., Yuan, X., Chen, X., Duan, Q., Yuan, T., & Zhu, Q. (2017). Coordinated control of a wind-methanol-fuel cell system with hydrogen storage. Energies, 10(12), 2053. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10122053

This paper presents a wind-methanol-fuel cell system with hydrogen storage. It can manage various energy flow to provide stable wind power supply, produce constant methanol, and reduce CO2 emissions. Firstly, this study establishes the theoretical ba... Read More about Coordinated control of a wind-methanol-fuel cell system with hydrogen storage.

Development of an Indoor Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Module for Autonomous Sensors in Building Air Quality Applications (2017)
Journal Article
Yue, X., Kauer, M., Bellanger, M., Beard, O., Brownlow, M., Gibson, D., …Song, S. (2017). Development of an Indoor Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Module for Autonomous Sensors in Building Air Quality Applications. IEEE Internet of Things, 4(6), 2092-2103. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2017.2754981

© 2017 IEEE. A 50 mm × 20 mm × 15 mm indoor photovoltaic (PV) energy harvesting power module (IPEHPM) has been developed for powering an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor node containing a low-power CO 2 sensor for automatic building ventilation. It i... Read More about Development of an Indoor Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Module for Autonomous Sensors in Building Air Quality Applications.

Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts (2017)
Journal Article
Atanassov, P., Ieropoulos, I., Merino-Jimenez, I., Serov, A., Gokhale, R., Kodali, M., …Santoro, C. (2017). Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts. ChemElectroChem, 4(12), 3322-3330. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201700626

© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. An iron-nitrogen-carbon-based catalyst was used at the cathode of a microbial desalination cell (MDC) and compared with platinum (Pt) and an activated carbon (AC) cathode. The Fe-N−C catalyst was p... Read More about Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts.

Large-Scale Streamwise Vortices in Turbulent Channel Flow Induced by Active Wall Actuations (2017)
Journal Article
Ni, W., Lu, L., Fang, J., Moulinec, C., & Yao, Y. (2018). Large-Scale Streamwise Vortices in Turbulent Channel Flow Induced by Active Wall Actuations. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 100(3), 651-673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-017-9871-5

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature. Direct numerical simulations of turbulent flow in a plane channel using spanwise alternatively distributed strips (SADS) are performed to investigate the characteristics of large-... Read More about Large-Scale Streamwise Vortices in Turbulent Channel Flow Induced by Active Wall Actuations.

Non-invasive parameter for assessing urine flow rate in frequency domain to differentiate detrusor underactivity with bladder outlet obstruction in male (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Lli, R., Gammie, A., Zhu, Q., & Nibouche, M. (2017, November). Non-invasive parameter for assessing urine flow rate in frequency domain to differentiate detrusor underactivity with bladder outlet obstruction in male. Presented at Incontinence XI: The Engineering Challenge, London, England

To differentiate Detrusor underactivity (DU) with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), we have assessed free urine flow in frequency domain, and proposed median power frequency (MPF) as a potential urodynamic indicator for diagnosing DU. As a continuat... Read More about Non-invasive parameter for assessing urine flow rate in frequency domain to differentiate detrusor underactivity with bladder outlet obstruction in male.

Ensemble-Empirical-Mode-Decomposition based micro-Doppler signal separation and classification (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Lin, P., Emrith, K., Narayan, P. P., & Yao, Y. (2017). Ensemble-Empirical-Mode-Decomposition based micro-Doppler signal separation and classification. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 56(4), 253-263. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCAT.2017.10009946

The target echo signals obtained by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI platforms are mainly composed of two parts, the micro-Doppler signal and the target body part signal. The wheeled vehicle and the track vehicl... Read More about Ensemble-Empirical-Mode-Decomposition based micro-Doppler signal separation and classification.

Improved power and long term performance of microbial fuel cell with Fe-N-C catalyst in air-breathing cathode (2017)
Journal Article
Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Santoro, C., Serov, A., Melhuish, C., Atanassov, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2018). Improved power and long term performance of microbial fuel cell with Fe-N-C catalyst in air-breathing cathode. Energy, 144, 1073-1079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.11.135

© 2017 Power output limitation is one of the main challenges that needs to be addressed for full-scale applications of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology. Previous studies have examined electrochemical performance of different cathode electrode... Read More about Improved power and long term performance of microbial fuel cell with Fe-N-C catalyst in air-breathing cathode.

Experimental–numerical study on minimizing impact induced damage in laminated composites under low-velocity impact (2017)
Journal Article
Pashmforoush, F., Fotouhi, M., & Sarhan, A. A. D. (2018). Experimental–numerical study on minimizing impact induced damage in laminated composites under low-velocity impact. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 37(3), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684417737166

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. In this study, an experimentally validated numerical analysis was performed toward optimization of stacking sequence in multidirectional laminated composites subjected to low-velocity impact. For this purpose, an optimiz... Read More about Experimental–numerical study on minimizing impact induced damage in laminated composites under low-velocity impact.