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A conceptual exoskeleton shoulder design for the assistance of upper limb movement (2018)
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© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. There is an increased interest on wearable technologies for rehabilitation and human augmentation. Systems focusing on the upper limbs are attempting to replicate the musculoskelet... Read More about A conceptual exoskeleton shoulder design for the assistance of upper limb movement.

Easy undressing with soft robotics (2018)
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© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. Dexterity impairments affect many people worldwide, limiting their ability to easily perform daily tasks and to be independent. Difficulty getting dressed and undressed is commonly... Read More about Easy undressing with soft robotics.

Selecting Display Products for Furniture Stores Using Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making Techniques (2018)
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© 2018, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Efficient marketing in which the right products are supplied to the right consumer plays a crucial role for a profitable business in the age of highly accessible and competitive global market. This fact enforce... Read More about Selecting Display Products for Furniture Stores Using Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making Techniques.

Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals (2018)
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© 2018 The Authors Appearance-related concerns resulting from disfigurement or pressure to conform to beauty ideals, indiscriminately affect patients’ mental and physical health. Healthcare professionals face the challenge of addressing patients’ sup... Read More about Supporting patients with body dissatisfaction: A survey of the experiences and training needs of european multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals.

Feature and performance comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS robot simulators (2018)
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© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. In this paper, the characteristics and performance of three open-source simulators for robotics, V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS, are thoroughly analysed and compared. While they all allow... Read More about Feature and performance comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS robot simulators.

Diversifying search in bee algorithms for numerical optimisation (2018)
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018. Swarm intelligence offers useful instruments for developing collective behaviours to solve complex, ill-structured and large-scale problems. Efficiency in collective behaviours depends on how to harmonise the in... Read More about Diversifying search in bee algorithms for numerical optimisation.

Building collaboration in multi-agent systems using reinforcement learning (2018)
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018. This paper presents a proof-of concept study for demonstrating the viability of building collaboration among multiple agents through standard Q learning algorithm embedded in particle swarm optimisation. Collabo... Read More about Building collaboration in multi-agent systems using reinforcement learning.

A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry (2018)
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© 2018 The adoption of Lean concepts beyond the manufacturing sector has been increasing recently. In this line, its scope has been expanded to the mining industry under the realisation of the need for productivity improvements and a leverage for eff... Read More about A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry.

Novel Analytical Microbial Fuel Cell Design for Rapid in Situ Optimisation of Dilution Rate and Substrate Supply Rate, by Flow, Volume Control and Anode Placement (2018)
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© 2018 MDPI AG. All rights reserved. A new analytical design of continuously-fed microbial fuel cell was built in triplicate in order to investigate relations and effects of various operating parameters such as flow rate and substrate supply rate, in... Read More about Novel Analytical Microbial Fuel Cell Design for Rapid in Situ Optimisation of Dilution Rate and Substrate Supply Rate, by Flow, Volume Control and Anode Placement.

The European producer: Simon Perry (2018)
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This is the first detailed interview with Simon Perry, an important independent producer and who was CEO of British Screen from 1991-2000 during which he help to support a range of British films that would otherwise not have been produced. Perry was... Read More about The European producer: Simon Perry.

A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control (2018)
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© 2013 IEEE. To improve the comprehensive performances of hydraulic speed regulation systems, this paper proposes and develops a new control scheme, valve-pump parallel variable mode control, which can adopt different control modes in different speed... Read More about A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control.

Facilitating stakeholder dialogues on a carbon neutral city: We need to talk about carbon (and air quality) (2018)
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© 2018 WIT Press. The issues surrounding successful public engagement with climate change mitigation policy and decision-making have been extensively researched and identified as barriers to long-term civic and civil engagement. The challenge of tran... Read More about Facilitating stakeholder dialogues on a carbon neutral city: We need to talk about carbon (and air quality).

Negative updating combined with opinion pooling in the best-of-n problem in swarm robotics (2018)
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© 2018, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. There is a need for effective collective decision making in decentralised multi-agent and robotic systems. This paper introduces a novel approach to the best-of-n decision problem with large n. It utilises nega... Read More about Negative updating combined with opinion pooling in the best-of-n problem in swarm robotics.

Treatment of fatigue with physical activity and behavioural change support in vasculitis: Study protocol for an open-label randomised controlled feasibility study (2018)
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© 2018 Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Introduction Fatigue is a major cause of morbidity, limiting quality of life, in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV). The aetiology of fatigue is multifactorial; biolo... Read More about Treatment of fatigue with physical activity and behavioural change support in vasculitis: Study protocol for an open-label randomised controlled feasibility study.

Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project (2018)
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© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences at the University of the West of England, Bristol has been piloting a schools outreach project entitled BoxED (EDuc... Read More about Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project.

Bridging the gap: A case study of a partnership approach to skills development through student engagement in bristol’s green capital year (2018)
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© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. HEIs are well placed to engage with local communities, and can connect students with organisations through several pathways, such as volunteering opportunitie... Read More about Bridging the gap: A case study of a partnership approach to skills development through student engagement in bristol’s green capital year.