All Outputs (1333)

Local and remote cooperation with virtual and robotic agents:a P300 BCI study in healthy and people living with spinal cord injury (2016)
Journal Article
Tidoni, E., Abu-Alqumsan, M., Leonardis, D., Kapeller, C., Fusco, G., Guger, C., Hintermuller, C., Peer, A., Frisoli, A., Tecchia, F., Bergamasco, M., & Aglioti, S. M. (2017). Local and remote cooperation with virtual and robotic agents:a P300 BCI study in healthy and people living with spinal cord injury. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(9), 1622-1632. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2016.2626391

The development of technological applications that allow people to control and embody external devices within social interaction settings represents a major goal for current and future brain-computer interface (BCI) systems. Prior research has sugges... Read More about Local and remote cooperation with virtual and robotic agents:a P300 BCI study in healthy and people living with spinal cord injury.

Welfare and distributional impacts of financial liberalization in an open economy : lessons from a multi-sectoral dynamic CGE model for Nepal (2016)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2016). Welfare and distributional impacts of financial liberalization in an open economy : lessons from a multi-sectoral dynamic CGE model for Nepal. International Business Research, 10(1), 181-198. https://doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v10n1p181

By equalizing rates of return across sectors, financial liberalization improves efficiency and equalizes the distribution of income. Efficiency gained in the allocation of resources increases capital usage more in previously heavily repressed sectors... Read More about Welfare and distributional impacts of financial liberalization in an open economy : lessons from a multi-sectoral dynamic CGE model for Nepal.

Born to win or bred to lose: aggressive and submissive behavioural profiles in crickets (2016)
Journal Article
Rose, J., Cullen, D. A., Simpson, S. J., & Stevenson, P. A. (2017). Born to win or bred to lose: aggressive and submissive behavioural profiles in crickets. Animal behaviour, 123, 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.021

Aggression between conspecific males is widespread in the animal kingdom, as is the fact that some individuals are far more aggressive than others. Consistent interindividual differences in behavioural profiles are generally regarded as a hallmark fo... Read More about Born to win or bred to lose: aggressive and submissive behavioural profiles in crickets.

Towards autonomy in agriculture: Design and prototyping of a robotic vehicle with seed selector (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hassan, M. U., Ullah, M., & Iqbal, J. (2016, November). Towards autonomy in agriculture: Design and prototyping of a robotic vehicle with seed selector. Presented at 2016 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, ICRAI 2016, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Traditional method of seeding by farmers demands laborious work and is now becoming story of the past. Technological revolution in mechatronics and allied areas is reshaping the agricultural processes, making the robots an integral part of this autom... Read More about Towards autonomy in agriculture: Design and prototyping of a robotic vehicle with seed selector.

Sliding mode control of rigid-link anthropomorphic robotic arm (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ajwad, S. A., Islam, R. U., Azam, M. R., Ullah, M. I., & Iqbal, J. (2016, November). Sliding mode control of rigid-link anthropomorphic robotic arm. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, ICRAI 2016, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Increasing demands of accuracy, productivity, reliability and repeatability in today's robotic applications have highlighted significance of modern control techniques. The associated control law must be able to handle perturbation forces, joint frict... Read More about Sliding mode control of rigid-link anthropomorphic robotic arm.

A centralized architecture for inventory management using RFID (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zohaib, M., Pasha, S. M., Hassan, Z., & Iqbal, J. (2016, November). A centralized architecture for inventory management using RFID. Presented at 2016 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, ICRAI 2016, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

The paper presents Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based solution for inventory management reported by the researchers in various case studies of warehouses. Limitations and challenges faced by companies in monitoring and managing inventory are... Read More about A centralized architecture for inventory management using RFID.

Flexible joint robotic manipulator: Modeling and design of robust control law (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aziz, H. M. W., & Iqbal, J. (2016, November). Flexible joint robotic manipulator: Modeling and design of robust control law. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, ICRAI 2016, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

This paper presents modeling and sophisticated control of a single Degree Of Freedom (DOF) flexible robotic arm. The derived model is based on Euler-Lagrange approach while the first and second order (super twisting) Sliding Mode Control (SMC) is pro... Read More about Flexible joint robotic manipulator: Modeling and design of robust control law.

Evidence for HI replenishment in massive galaxies through gas accretion from the cosmic web (2016)
Journal Article
Kleiner, D., Pimbblet, K. A., Heath Jones, D., Koribalski, B. S., & Serra, P. (2017). Evidence for HI replenishment in massive galaxies through gas accretion from the cosmic web. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(4), 4692-4710. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3328

We examine the H i -to-stellar mass ratio (H i fraction) for galaxies near filament backbones within the nearby Universe (d < 181 Mpc). This work uses the 6 degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) and the Discrete Persistent Structures Extractor (DisPerSE... Read More about Evidence for HI replenishment in massive galaxies through gas accretion from the cosmic web.

Reciprocal regulation of mTOR complexes in pancreatic islets from humans with type 2 diabetes (2016)
Journal Article
Yuan, T., Rafizadeh, S., Gorrepati, K. D. D., Lupse, B., Oberholzer, J., Maedler, K., & Ardestani, A. (2017). Reciprocal regulation of mTOR complexes in pancreatic islets from humans with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia, 60(4), 668-678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-016-4188-9

Aims/hypothesis: Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is a master regulator of nutritional status at the cellular and organismic level. While mTORC1 mediates beta cell growth and expansion, its hyperactivation has been observed in pancr... Read More about Reciprocal regulation of mTOR complexes in pancreatic islets from humans with type 2 diabetes.

Tailored mesoporous silica supports for Ni catalysed hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming (2016)
Journal Article
Parlett, C. M., Aydin, A., Durndell, L. J., Frattini, L., Isaacs, M. A., Lee, A. F., Liu, X., Olivi, L., Trofimovaite, R., Wilson, K., & Wu, C. (2017). Tailored mesoporous silica supports for Ni catalysed hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming. Catalysis communications, 91, 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2016.12.021

Mesoporous silica supported Ni nanoparticles have been investigated for hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming. Ethanol reforming is structure-sensitive over Ni, and also dependent on support mesostructure; three-dimensional KIT-6 possessin... Read More about Tailored mesoporous silica supports for Ni catalysed hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming.

Business-state relations in Brazil: Challenges of the port reform lobby (2016)
Book
Doctor, M. (2017). Business-state relations in Brazil: Challenges of the port reform lobby. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203744031

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. In recent years, the spotlight of international attention on Brazil has often been in the area of logistics infrastructure-for example, on its capacity to deal with the high demand expected during the W... Read More about Business-state relations in Brazil: Challenges of the port reform lobby.

Atomic “bomb testing”: the Elitzur–Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett–Garg inequality (2016)
Journal Article
Robens, C., Alt, W., Emary, C., Meschede, D., & Alberti, A. (2017). Atomic “bomb testing”: the Elitzur–Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett–Garg inequality. Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 123(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6581-y

Elitzur and Vaidman have proposed a measurement scheme that, based on the quantum superposition principle, allows one to detect the presence of an object—in a dramatic scenario, a bomb—without interacting with it. It was pointed out by Ghirardi that... Read More about Atomic “bomb testing”: the Elitzur–Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett–Garg inequality.

Morphological and Mechanical Biomimetic Bone Structures (2016)
Journal Article
Parwani, R., Curto, M., Kao, A. P., Rowley, P. J., Pani, M., Tozzi, G., & Barber, A. H. (2017). Morphological and Mechanical Biomimetic Bone Structures. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 3(11), 2761-2767. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00652

Cortical bone is an example of a mineralized tissue containing a compositional distribution of hard and soft phases in 3-dimensional space for mechanical function. X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is able to describe this compositional and morphologic... Read More about Morphological and Mechanical Biomimetic Bone Structures.

Effects of uncertainty on a tire closed-loop supply chain network (2016)
Journal Article
Amin, S. H., Zhang, G., & Akhtar, P. (2017). Effects of uncertainty on a tire closed-loop supply chain network. Expert Systems with Applications, 73, 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.12.024

In a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) network, there are both forward and reverse supply chains. In this research, a tire remanufacturing CLSC network is designed and optimized based on tire recovery options. The objective of the optimization model is... Read More about Effects of uncertainty on a tire closed-loop supply chain network.

The sternalis – more common than we believe? A cadaveric study (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Krishnan, J. V., Brittain, J., Gabriel, J., Murphy, T., Reid, M. D., Shaw, V., & Smith, C. F. (2016, December). The sternalis – more common than we believe? A cadaveric study. Presented at Anatomical Society Winter meeting. King's College London, 2016. Understanding Anatomy Through Embryology, London, UK

Introduction
The sternalis is a normal anatomical variant that is typically poorly understood and not taught at undergraduate level. It is a thin, para‐sternal strap muscle that originates from the upper sternum and infra‐clavicular region with vari... Read More about The sternalis – more common than we believe? A cadaveric study.

Neuromuscular changes and the rapid adaptation following a bout of damaging eccentric exercise (2016)
Journal Article
Goodall, S., Thomas, K., Barwood, M., Keane, K., Gonzalez, J. T., St Clair Gibson, A., & Howatson, G. (2017). Neuromuscular changes and the rapid adaptation following a bout of damaging eccentric exercise. Acta Physiologica, 220(4), 486-500. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.12844

Introduction
An initial bout of eccentric exercise is known to protect against muscle damage following a repeated bout of the same exercise; however, the neuromuscular adaptations owing to this phenomenon are unknown.

Aim
To determine whether ne... Read More about Neuromuscular changes and the rapid adaptation following a bout of damaging eccentric exercise.

Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion (2016)
Journal Article
Shields, L., Watson, R., Darbyshire, P., McKenna, H., Williams, G., Hungerford, C., Stanley, D., Ben-Sefer, E., Benedict, S., Goodman, B., Draper, P., & Anderson, J. (2018). Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion. Nursing Ethics, 25(7), 841-854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733016677870

A paper was published in 2003 discussing the ethics of nurses participating in executions by inserting the intravenous line for lethal injections and providing care until death. This paper was circulated on an international email list of senior nurse... Read More about Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion.

Structure and electronic properties of the quasi-one-dimensional Ba₂Co₁₋ₓZnₓS₃ series (2016)
Journal Article
Harrison, M. R., Maignan, A., Hardy, V., Lebedev, O. L., Young, N. A., & Francesconi, M. G. (2017). Structure and electronic properties of the quasi-one-dimensional Ba₂Co₁₋ₓZnₓS₃ series. Inorganic chemistry, 56(1), 213-223. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02014

This work focuses on the structure and physical properties of the solid solution Ba₂Co₁₋ₓZnₓS₃ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1), a family of quasi-one-dimensional sulfides with end members Ba₂CoS₃ and Ba₂ZnS₃. The structure of selected compounds with increasing Zn²⁺ cont... Read More about Structure and electronic properties of the quasi-one-dimensional Ba₂Co₁₋ₓZnₓS₃ series.

Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda (2016)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., & O’Neill, K. (2017). Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda. Regional studies, 51(1), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1255719

The past thirty years have seen an explosion of interest and concern over the detrimental impacts of economic and industrial development. Despite this, the environmental agenda has not featured substantially in the regional studies literature. This p... Read More about Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda.

Political Obedience (2016)
Book Chapter
Burgess, G. (2016). Political Obedience. In U. Rublack (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations (83-102). Oxford University Press