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"The fridge door is open" : temporal verification of a robotic assistant's behaviours
(Springer Nature, 2014)Robotic assistants are being designed to help, or work with, humans in a variety of situations from assistance within domestic situations, through medical care, to industrial settings. Whilst robots have been used in ... -
A friend in need
(2010)The Valuing People Project was launched in May 2008 as a response to concerns about education commissioning, particularly pre-registration learning disability nursing, as well as to explore more generally the specialist ... -
Frock coats, yo-yos and a chair with a panda on it : nostalgia for the future in the life of a 'Doctor Who' fan
(Intellect, 2013-08)The scene revealed by a London policeman’s torch in the low-key opening moments of a new television series on the evening of Saturday 23rd November 1963 now seems emblematic. Doctor Who began in a junkyard and the secret ... -
From "Special K" to "Special M" : The Evolution of the Recreational use of Ketamine and Methoxetamine
(2013-06)Objective: To review the recreational use of ketamine (‘Special K’; KET) and explore the recent diffusion of its new derivative methoxetamine (‘Special M’; MXE). Methods: The literature search on the non-clinical/recreational ... -
‘From a guy’s perspective’? Male students, masculinity and autobiographical loneliness narratives
(2023-05-23)While student loneliness is increasingly visible on the research agenda, the relationship between gender and loneliness among students remains unclear. This article employs a feminist perspective on loneliness to interrogate ... -
'From a woman's point of view': the Presbyterian archive as a source for women's and gender history in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland.
(2022-12-23)This article responds to the 'Agenda for Irish Women's History' by highlighting the explanatory potential of the Presbyterian archive in extending and reshaping our understanding of women, gender, and the family in Ireland. ... -
From Architecture to Design: A Comparative and Evaluative Study of Professional Practice
(2015-08-19)This research considers the development of design practice over the last decades where a gap between practice and theory can be observed. Apparently, design education failed to follow the pace of change from practice. In ... -
From artmaking to changemaking: Conceptualizing the PATCH (Palliative care patient-led change) programme
(2021-08-17)This article charts the learning from an online, artmaking programme supporting individuals with a life-limiting illness. The programme sought to fill a gap caused by the temporary closure of face-to-face UK hospice-based ... -
From babbling towards first words : The emergence of speech in a robot in real-time interaction
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)This paper describes a system that simulates word form acquisition without meaning as a preliminary stage in language acquisition, through interaction with a human teacher. The system extracts phonemes from the teacher's ... -
From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree : A centenary of filmmaking and television production in the studios of Elstree and Borehamwood
(2014-10-04)A documentary telling the story of 100 years of filmmaking and television production in the studios of Elstree and Borehamwood, featuring interviews with cast, crew, producers, directors, studio managers and publicists, ... -
From Cambridge Keynesian to Institutional Economist: The Unnoticed Contributions of Robert Neild
(2018-08-01)Robert Neild (born 1924) has made a major contribution to economics and to peace studies. This paper provides a brief sketch of Neild’s life and work. While noting his research in economic policy and peace studies, this ... -
From Comic to Hypercomic
(Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2013)The medium of comics is undergoing a period of transition as the predominant mode of creation, distribution and consumption shifts from print to digital display. Digital comic pioneers have explored many of the new ... -
From complexity to algebra and back: : digraph classes, collapsibility and the PGP
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015-08-03)Inspired by computational complexity results for the quantified constraint satisfaction problem, we study the clones of idem potent polymorphisms of certain digraph classes. Our first results are two algebraic dichotomy, ... -
From concept(ion) to life after death/the grave: the ‘natural’ history and life-cycle(s) of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
(2017-06-28)A range of information needs should be met in order to better understand and predict the longevity/existence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS). This conceptual paper argues that one way of assessing how long a molecule ... -
From crisis to choice : Managing change in shrinking cities
(European Land and Soil Alliance, 2013-11)This article builds on the results of an URBACT project aimed at reviewing and assessing contemporary practice in dealing with urban shrinkage and demographic change (Schlappa and Neill 2013). We examine the generic aspects ...