Biologically inspired design and development of a variable stiffness powered ankle-foot prosthesis

Dobson, AA; Wei, G; Ren, L

doi:10.1115/1.4043603

Infrastructure delivery systems : governance and implementation issues (2019)
Book
Awuzie, B., & McDermott, P. (2019). Infrastructure delivery systems : governance and implementation issues. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7291-9

This book provides a framework for governing policy implementation by various stakeholders during the delivery of infrastructure projects. This framework relies on the tenets of the Viable Systems Model (VSM), a systems cybernetic model that enjoys a... Read More about Infrastructure delivery systems : governance and implementation issues.

Linking effective population size dynamics to phenotypic traits in the common toad (Bufo bufo) (2019)
Journal Article
in the common toad (Bufo bufo). Conservation Genetics, 20, 987-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01185-1

The effective size of a population (Ne) determines the retention of neutral genetic variation in isolated populations, and is therefore a key parameter in conservation genetics. However, while our knowledge on the genetic properties of endangered pop... Read More about Linking effective population size dynamics to phenotypic traits in the common toad (Bufo bufo).

A Novel Character Segmentation-Reconstruction Approach for License Plate Recognition (2019)
Journal Article
Khare, V., Shivakumara, P., Seng Chan, C., Lu, T., Kim Meng, L., Hock Woon, H., & Blumenstein, M. (2019). A Novel Character Segmentation-Reconstruction Approach for License Plate Recognition. Expert systems with applications, 131, 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.04.030

Developing an automatic license plate recognition system that can cope with multiple factors is challenging and interesting in the current scenario. In this paper, we introduce a new concept called partial character reconstruction to segment characte... Read More about A Novel Character Segmentation-Reconstruction Approach for License Plate Recognition.

Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study (2019)
Journal Article
Akangbou, H., Burby, M., & Nasr, G. (2019). Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 21(1), 57-75. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.099522

This work presents a rigorous sensitivity analysis on cresting using a physical model, to investigate the effects of varying inclined section of horizontal well, lateral length in reservoir and oil viscosity on oil recovered, cumulative of water pr... Read More about Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study.

Three-dimensional bioconvection nanofluid flow from a bi-axial stretching sheet with anisotropic slip (2019)
Journal Article
Amirsom, N., Uddin, M., Basir, M., Ismail, A., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2019). Three-dimensional bioconvection nanofluid flow from a bi-axial stretching sheet with anisotropic slip. Sains malaysiana, 48(5), 1137-1149. https://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2019-4805-23

A theoretical study is presented for three-dimensional flow of bioconvection nanofluids containing gyrotactic microorganisms over a bi-axial stretching sheet. The effects of anisotropic slip, thermal jump and mass slip are considered in the mathemat... Read More about Three-dimensional bioconvection nanofluid flow from a bi-axial stretching sheet with anisotropic slip.

Target cost contracts and the development of collaborative behaviours and value for money in the UK construction industry (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Wood, G. (2019). Target cost contracts and the development of collaborative behaviours and value for money in the UK construction industry. Journal of international business research and marketing, 4(4), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.18775/jibrm.1849-8558.2015.44.3001

TCCs are seen to be a procurement model capable of achieving value for money through aligning the objectives of the parties to reduce costs. The use of Target Cost Contracts (TCCs) within the UK construction industry has increased dramatically over t... Read More about Target cost contracts and the development of collaborative behaviours and value for money in the UK construction industry.

Archaeological evaluation report : Christ Church, (Plot K), King Street, Salford (2019)
Report
Cook, O. (2019). Archaeological evaluation report : Christ Church, (Plot K), King Street, Salford

Retrieval of crop biophysical parameters from Sentinel-2 remote sensing imagery (2019)
Journal Article
Xie, Q., Dash, J., Huete, A., Jiang, A., Yin, G., Ding, Y., …Huang, W. (2019). Retrieval of crop biophysical parameters from Sentinel-2 remote sensing imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 80, 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.04.019

The red-edge bands place the recently available multispectral Sentinel-2 imagery at an advantage over other multispectral sensors, and hypothetically offer improved crop biophysical variable retrieval accuracy. In this study, Sentinel-2 data was test... Read More about Retrieval of crop biophysical parameters from Sentinel-2 remote sensing imagery.

A framework for auralization of boundary element method simulations including source and receiver directivity (2019)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, J., Rendell, L., & Lam, Y. (2019). A framework for auralization of boundary element method simulations including source and receiver directivity. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 145(4), 2625-2637. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5096171

The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is a proven numerical prediction tool for computation of room acoustic transfer functions, as are required for auralization of a virtual space. In this paper it is validated against case studies drawn from the ‘Groun... Read More about A framework for auralization of boundary element method simulations including source and receiver directivity.

Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm (2019)
Journal Article
Oyewale, A., Hughes, C., & Saraee, M. (2019). Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm

A growing number of applications that generate massive streams of data need intelligent data processing and online analysis. Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) has been known to stimulate the exchange of ideas and interaction between these two rela... Read More about Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm.

A global risk assessment of primates under climate and land use/cover scenarios (2019)
Journal Article
Carvalho, J., Graham, B., Rebelo, H., Bocksberger, G., Meyer, C., Wich, S., & Kühl, H. (2019). A global risk assessment of primates under climate and land use/cover scenarios. Global Change Biology, 25(9), 3163-3178. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14671

Primates are facing an impending extinction crisis, driven by extensive habitat loss, land use change, and hunting. Climate change is an additional threat, which alone or in combination with other drivers, may severely impact those taxa unable to tra... Read More about A global risk assessment of primates under climate and land use/cover scenarios.

Synergetic exploitation of the sentinel-2 missions for validating the sentinel-3 ocean and land color instrument terrestrial chlorophyll index over a vineyard dominated Mediterranean environment (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, L., Dash, J., Lidon, A., Lopez-Baeza, E., & Dransfeld, S. (2019). Synergetic exploitation of the sentinel-2 missions for validating the sentinel-3 ocean and land color instrument terrestrial chlorophyll index over a vineyard dominated Mediterranean environment. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12(7), 2244-2251. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2019.2899998

Continuity to the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) will be provided by the Ocean and Land Color Instrument (OLCI) on-board the Sentinel-3 missions. To ensure its utility in a wide range of scientific... Read More about Synergetic exploitation of the sentinel-2 missions for validating the sentinel-3 ocean and land color instrument terrestrial chlorophyll index over a vineyard dominated Mediterranean environment.

Age at sexual maturity, first parturition and reproductive senescence in wild lowland pacas (Cuniculus paca): implications for harvest sustainability (2019)
Journal Article
Rocha El Bizri, H., Fa, J., Valsecchi, J., Bodmer, R., & Mayor, P. (in press). Age at sexual maturity, first parturition and reproductive senescence in wild lowland pacas (Cuniculus paca): implications for harvest sustainability. Animal Reproduction Science, 205, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.04.009

Generation length (GL) of a mammal, calculated through the age at sexual maturity, first reproduction and reproductive senescence can be used to assess the capacity of a population of a species to withstand differing amounts of hunting pressure by hu... Read More about Age at sexual maturity, first parturition and reproductive senescence in wild lowland pacas (Cuniculus paca): implications for harvest sustainability.

Southern theories in ICT4D (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Kreps, D., & Bass, J. (2019). Southern theories in ICT4D. In P. Nielsen, & H. Kimaro (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Dar es Salaam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_1

This paper suggests that the dominance of northern research paradigms in ICT4D may be viewed as a continuation of colonial sway over the endeavors of the global South. The notion of Southern Theory - as introduced in the work of Raewyn Connell, the... Read More about Southern theories in ICT4D.

RNAseq analysis reveals virus diversity within Hawaiian apiary insect communities (2019)
Journal Article
Brettell, L., Schroeder, D., & Martin, S. (2019). RNAseq analysis reveals virus diversity within Hawaiian apiary insect communities. Viruses, 11(5), 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11050397

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is the most abundant viral pathogen of honey bees and has been associated with large-scale colony losses. DWV and other bee-associated RNA viruses are generalists capable of infecting diverse hosts. Here we used RNAseq analy... Read More about RNAseq analysis reveals virus diversity within Hawaiian apiary insect communities.

Energy-per-bit performance analysis of relay-based visible-light communication systems (2019)
Journal Article
Gheth, W., Rabie, K., Adebisi, B., Ijaz, M., & Harris, G. (2019). Energy-per-bit performance analysis of relay-based visible-light communication systems. Physical Communication, 35, 100699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2019.04.013

Relaying systems, such as amplify-and-forward (AF), decode-and-forward (DF), selective DF (SDF) and incremental DF (IDF) relaying are usually used to ensure high performance and reliability for communication systems. A comprehensive energy efficiency... Read More about Energy-per-bit performance analysis of relay-based visible-light communication systems.

Agile software development practices in Egypt SMEs : a grounded theory investigation (2019)
Journal Article
Mohallel, A., & Bass, J. (2019). Agile software development practices in Egypt SMEs : a grounded theory investigation. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_29

Agile information system development methods have been adopted by most software development organizations due to their proven benefits in terms of flexibility, reliability, and responsiveness. However, companies face significant challenges in adop... Read More about Agile software development practices in Egypt SMEs : a grounded theory investigation.

Thermal performance of thermal paint and surface coatings in buildings in heating dominated climates (2019)
Journal Article
Simpson, A., Fitton, R., Rattigan, I., Marshall, A., Parr, G., & Swan, W. (2019). Thermal performance of thermal paint and surface coatings in buildings in heating dominated climates. Energy and Buildings, 197, 196-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.04.027

A purported approach to reducing heating energy in solid wall “hard to heat” housing is the simple application of a thin layer (< 1mm) of thermal paint containing insulating additives. The objective of this study was to test the energy saving clai... Read More about Thermal performance of thermal paint and surface coatings in buildings in heating dominated climates.

Computational study of unsteady couple stress magnetic nanofluid flow from a stretching sheet with ohmic dissipation (2019)
Journal Article
Kumar, M., Reddy, G., Kumar, N., & Beg, O. (2019). Computational study of unsteady couple stress magnetic nanofluid flow from a stretching sheet with ohmic dissipation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, 233(2-4), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1177/2397791419843730

To provide a deeper insight of the transport phenomena inherent to the manufacturing of magnetic nano-polymer materials, in the present work a mathematical model is developed for time-dependent hydromagnetic rheological nanopolymer boundary layer flo... Read More about Computational study of unsteady couple stress magnetic nanofluid flow from a stretching sheet with ohmic dissipation.

Biologically inspired design and development of a variable stiffness powered ankle-foot prosthesis (2019)
Journal Article
Dobson, A., Wei, G., & Ren, L. (2019). Biologically inspired design and development of a variable stiffness powered ankle-foot prosthesis. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043603

Recent advancements in powered lower limb prostheses have appeased several difficulties faced by lower limb amputees by using a Series-Elastic Actuator (SEA) to provide powered sagittal plane flexion. Unfortunately, these devices are currently unable... Read More about Biologically inspired design and development of a variable stiffness powered ankle-foot prosthesis.

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