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Exposure to green and historic urban environments and mental well-being: Results from EEG and psychometric outcome measures (2022)
Journal Article

Previous studies have identified the benefits of exposure to green or historic environments using qualitative methods and psychometric measures, but studies using a combination of measures are lacking. This study builds on current literature by focus... Read More about Exposure to green and historic urban environments and mental well-being: Results from EEG and psychometric outcome measures.

Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts (2022)
Journal Article

While investigating the bacterial populations of environmental samples taken from a mix of healthy and Acute Oak Decline afflicted Quercus robur (pedunculate or English oak) rhizosphere soil samples and swabs of bleeding lesions on Tilia spp. (lime)... Read More about Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts.

Multiple adversarial domains adaptation approach for mitigating adversarial attacks effects (2022)
Journal Article

Although neural networks are near achieving performance similar to humans in many tasks, they are susceptible to adversarial attacks in the form of a small, intentionally designed perturbation, which could lead to misclassifications. The best defense... Read More about Multiple adversarial domains adaptation approach for mitigating adversarial attacks effects.

Non-singular fixed-time sliding mode control for unknown-dynamics manipulators interacting with environment (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, a robust fixed-time controller is de-signed for manipulators with unknown dynamics while interacting with environment. To realize compliance of the manipulator to the environment, an admittance model is adopted in the system. In the co... Read More about Non-singular fixed-time sliding mode control for unknown-dynamics manipulators interacting with environment.

Novel gripper-like exoskeleton design for robotic grasping based on learning from demonstration (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Learning from demonstration (LfD) has been developed and proved to be a promising method for transferring skill knowledge from human to robot. It is desired to have a demonstration device that can effectively map demonstrations to the robot's motion... Read More about Novel gripper-like exoskeleton design for robotic grasping based on learning from demonstration.

Fixed-time adaptive neural control for robot manipulators with input saturation and disturbance (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A fixed-time adaptive neural network control scheme is designed for an unknown model manipulator system with input saturation and external environment disturbance, so that the system convergence time can be parameterized and not affected by the initi... Read More about Fixed-time adaptive neural control for robot manipulators with input saturation and disturbance.

Social embedding, artisanal markets and cultural fields: Quality, value and marketing in the cases of new wave custom motorcycles and boutique guitar pedals (2022)
Book Chapter

Taking two case studies of artisanal production (new wave custom motorcycles and boutique guitar pedals), this chapter argues for the value of adopting a social embedding perspective for understanding artisanal markets. Specifically, it claims that w... Read More about Social embedding, artisanal markets and cultural fields: Quality, value and marketing in the cases of new wave custom motorcycles and boutique guitar pedals.

Learning from collective lived experience: A case study of an experts by experience group (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a case study tracking the development and engagement of a group of experts by experience (The Independent Futures (IF) Group) who provided a lived experience voice to the Bristol Golden Key (GK) partne... Read More about Learning from collective lived experience: A case study of an experts by experience group.

Optical fiber angle sensors for the PrHand prosthesis: Development and application in grasp types recognition with machine learning (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This work presents the instrumentation of the PrHand upper-limb prosthesis with optical fiber sensors to measure the angle of the proximal interphalangeal joint. The angle sensors are based on bending-induced loss and are fabricated with polymer opti... Read More about Optical fiber angle sensors for the PrHand prosthesis: Development and application in grasp types recognition with machine learning.

Recent developments in research with bisexual women (2022)
Journal Article

This article is organised into sections that explore three key themes. The first is overarching and cuts across the literature, where within recent bisexuality research there has been increased inclusion of those whose identities are defined by attra... Read More about Recent developments in research with bisexual women.

Vibration power dissipation in a spring-damper-mass system excited by dry friction (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study investigates the vibration transmission and power dissipation behaviour of a mass-spring-damper system mounted on a conveyor belt. Coulomb friction exists between the mass and the belt moving at a constant velocity and acts as the external... Read More about Vibration power dissipation in a spring-damper-mass system excited by dry friction.

Wuon-Gean Ho: Visiting artist lecture at University of North Carolina, Charlotte (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Wuon-Gean Ho reflects on how she made the transition from studying as a veterinarian in Cambridge University to a career as an artist researcher working at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol. She touched upon some of the residencies she has e... Read More about Wuon-Gean Ho: Visiting artist lecture at University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Right here, right Now, stories from these times (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

In 2016 I was invited to be a fellow at the Royal Academy Schools in London, renowned as the world’s oldest art school, with a tiny cohort of students who bond over fantastic lunches and a sense of tight companionship. It was there that I started thi... Read More about Right here, right Now, stories from these times.

The lived experience of healthcare workers in preventing falls in community dwelling individuals with dementia (2022)
Journal Article

Older adults living with dementia have at least twice the risk of falling compared to their peers living without cognitive impairment. There is evidence for the effectiveness of standard interventions in falls prevention in community dwellings, but t... Read More about The lived experience of healthcare workers in preventing falls in community dwelling individuals with dementia.

The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures? (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Recent research indicates that the percentage of employees in Britain who are low paid – earning below two-thirds median hourly earnings – has been falling in the last 6-7 years. It points to the increased ‘bite’ of the adult National Minimum Wage (N... Read More about The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures?.

U-Model-Based adaptive sliding mode control using a deep deterministic policy gradient (2022)
Journal Article

This paper presents a U-model-based adaptive sliding mode control (SMC) using a deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) for uncertain nonlinear systems. The configuration of the proposed methodology consisted of a U-model framework and an SMC with... Read More about U-Model-Based adaptive sliding mode control using a deep deterministic policy gradient.

"I turned in my man card": A qualitative study of the experiences, coping styles and support needs of men with systemic sclerosis (2022)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVES: Men with SSc have a more severe clinical phenotype and reduced survival compared with women. No previous psychosocial studies have focused solely on men with SSc. This study aimed to explore experiences, coping strategies and support pref... Read More about "I turned in my man card": A qualitative study of the experiences, coping styles and support needs of men with systemic sclerosis.

Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia × moltkei and Tilia × europaea trees in the UK (2022)
Journal Article

Several strains of a previously undescribed bacterial species were isolated from mature Tilia hybrid trees suffering from bleed-ing cankers at various geographic locations in the UK. The strains were Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, and partia... Read More about Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia × moltkei and Tilia × europaea trees in the UK.

A phenomenological inquiry into the therapeutic aspects of tabletop roleplaying games (2022)
Thesis

Table-top Role Playing Games (RPGs) have risen in popularity since their conception in the 1970’s. While some literature has explored their emergent psychological processes, very few studies have explicitly reflected on the therapeutic potential of t... Read More about A phenomenological inquiry into the therapeutic aspects of tabletop roleplaying games.

Cockney Cary (2022)
Digital Artefact

Book Launch for James Naremore’s Some Versions of Cary Grant and Cary Comes Home festival programme announcement, 5 October. “Cary Grant famously said, ‘Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant’. His development of that star i... Read More about Cockney Cary.