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Information-theoretic measures as a generic approach to human-robot interaction : Application in CORBYS project
(ACM Press, 2014)
The objective of the CORBYS project is to design and implement a robot control architecture that allows the integration of high-level cognitive control modules, such as a semantically-driven self-awareness module and a ...
An integrated ABCDE approach to managing medical emergencies using CRM principles
(2014)
There is increasing recognition of the vital role of non-technical skills in managing medical emergencies. An ABCDE approach has been very successful in training healthcare professionals in technical skills. Using a similar ...
Diversity as a strategic competitive advantage: The impact of cultural diversity on hotel employees’ satisfaction and retention.
(2014)
This research paper, as part of one of the authors’ doctoral thesis, reviews the existing diversity management literature and aims to investigate the impact of diversity on hotel employees’ satisfaction and retention in ...
Cooperative 5G Switched and adaptive receiver beamforming for fibre wireless networks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
This paper introduces an eNodeB receiver beamforming technique to mitigate future 5G network uplink inter-cell interference. This technique is based on the concept of smart antennas, improving the uplink signal-to-interference ...
Chocolate, Coffee and Commodity
(2014)
This comment considers the history of chocolate in parallel to that of coffee, in order to identify not only patterns of similarity and distinction, but also to highlight potential strategies for explanation and their ...
Towards Designing Artificial Universes for Artificial Agents under Interaction Closure
(MIT Press, 2014)
We are interested in designing artificial universes for artificial agents. We view artificial agents as networks of highlevel processes on top of of a low-level detailed-description system. We require that the high-level ...
Stratford Revisited
(University of Delaware Press, 2014)
‘Shakespeare and Englishness’ uses Andy Cadiff’s 2008 film A Bunch of Amateurs to extrapolate and assess contemporary meanings of ‘Stratford-upon-Avon’, from prestigious national arts centre to inaccessible rural backwater. ...
An exploration of the development of academic identity in a School of Education
(2014)
This paper explores the complex processes involved in the self-construction of academic identity in a UK School of Education. Building on seminal literature in this field and drawing on the research of four academics, it ...
A review of recent perspectives on biomechanical risk factors associated with anterior cruciate ligament injury
(2014)
There is considerable evidence to support a number of biomechanical risk factors associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This paper aimed to review these biomechanical risk factors and highlight ...