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Effects of Previous Exposure on Children’s Perception of a Humanoid Robot
(Springer London, 2019-11-17)The study described in this paper investigated the effects of previous exposure to robots on children’s perception of the Kaspar robot. 166 children aged between 7 and 11 participated in the study in the framework of a UK ... -
Estimation of microphysical parameters of atmospheric pollution using machine learning
(Springer Verlag, 2018-09-27)The estimation of microphysical parameters of pollution (effective radius and complex refractive index) from optical aerosol parameters entails a complex problem. In previous work based on machine learning techniques, ... -
Empowerment as a Generic Utility Function for Agents in a Simple Team Sport Simulation
(Springer, Cham, 2017-08-11)Players in team sports cooperate in a coordinated manner to achieve common goals. Automated players in academic and commercial team sports simulations have tradi- tionally been driven by complex externally motivated value ... -
A Double diffusion of innovations: the case of electric automobility Product Service System
(2017-01-16)This paper explores the double diffusion of an electric vehicle Product Service System (PSS). The research is based on a case study of a use orientated PSS run by UK-based e-car club. The double diffusion involves consumers ... -
Assessing the role of the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the provision and management of grassroots sport for disabled adults
(2016)Legacies from hosting the Paralympic Games is an under-developed area. In a thematic analysis of Paralympic legacies, Misener et al. (2013) discovered few empirically researched studies focusing on legacies from the hosting ... -
Influence of Ply Stacking Sequences on the Impact Response of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite Laminates
(2019-12-18)In recent years, there has been a growing demand for high strength-to-weight ratio and lightweight structures in several applications, such as wind energy, automotive, aerospace, telecommunication and construction industries. ... -
Barbara Johnson’s Album: Material Literacy and Consumer Practice, 1746-1823
(2019-09)This article examines Barbara Johnson’s Album, a prolific record of the dress consumption of a Reverend’s daughter. The Album contains over one-hundred samples of dress fabrics acquired by Johnson between the ages of eight ... -
Masculinities, Wallpaper, and Crafting Domestic Space within the University, 1795-1914
(2018-09)During renovations in the late 1990s, a ‘wallpaper sandwich’—made up of twelve preserved layers of wallpaper—was removed from the wall of a student room at Peterhouse College, at the University of Cambridge. This sandwich, ... -
Is the IMF in ellipticals bottom-heavy? Clues from their chemical abundances
(2019-02)We tested the implementation of different initial mass functions (IMFs) in our model for the chemical evolution of ellipticals, with the aim of reproducing the observed relations of [Fe/H] and [Mg/Fe] abundances with galaxy ... -
Accounting for voluntary hospices in England: A business model perspective
(2018-07)This paper accounts for the sustainability of voluntary hospices in England that provide palliative end of life care for patients. A critical evaluation of the challenges facing hospices in England can be located within a ... -
Importance of endogenous fibrinolysis in platelet thrombus formation
(2017-09-01)The processes of thrombosis and coagulation are finely regulated by endogenous fibrinolysis maintaining healthy equilibrium. When the balance is altered in favour of platelet activation and/or coagulation, or if endogenous ... -
A Novel High Linearity and Low Power Folded CMOS LNA for UWB Receivers
(2018-03)This paper presents a high linearity and low power Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) receivers based on CHRT 0.18μm CMOS technology. In this work, the folded topology is adopted in order to reduce the ... -
Poly-glutamic dendrimer-based conjugates for cancer vaccination - a computational design for targeted delivery of antigens
(2017-08-10)Computational techniques are useful to predict interaction models and molecular properties for the design of drug delivery systems, such as dendrimers. Dendrimers are hyperbranched macromolecules with repetitive building ... -
An international survey on the awareness, use, preference and health perception of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
(2017-05-08)ObjectiveThis survey investigated the level of public awareness, preference and motivation of NPS use as well as knowledge of potential associated health risks.Methods A Bristol Online Survey was advertised through social ... -
Redox properties of alkyl-substituted 4-aryl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acids
(2017-03)Redox properties of a set of aryldiketo acids (ADKs), small organic molecules that comprise 2,4-dioxobutanoic acid moiety, were studied. Along with well-known HIV-1 integrase (IN) inhibition, ADKs exert widespread biological ... -
Wolves in the Wolds: Late Capitalism, the English Eerie, and the Wyrd Case of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull Werewolf
(2019-05)In this article, I depart from the earlier opinions of Emily Gerard, Sabine Baring-Gould, and others, who explained the disappearance of the werewolf in folklore as following the extinction of the wolf. I argue instead ... -
Anharmonic quantum mechanical systems do not feature phase space trajectories
(2018-07-15)Phase space dynamics in classical mechanics is described by transport along trajectories. Anharmonic quantum mechanical systems do not allow for a trajectory-based description of their phase space dynamics. This invalidates ... -
Using data mining to refine digital behaviour change interventions
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017-07-31)Do Something Different (DSD) behaviour change interventions are digitally delivered programmes designed to help people improve their health and wellbeing by adopting healthier habits. In addition to content addressing ... -
Development of a vibration measurement device based on a MEMS accelerometer
(SciTePress, 2017)This paper proposes a portable and low cost vibration detection device. Enhanced vibration calculation, reduction of error and low storage memory are complementary accomplishments of this research. The device consists of ... -
Empowerment as a Generic Utility Function for Agents in a Simple Team Sport Simulation
(Springer, Cham, 2017-08-11)Players in team sports cooperate in a coordinated manner to achieve common goals. Automated players in academic and commercial team sports simulations have tradi- tionally been driven by complex externally motivated value ...