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Sffl: Self-Aware Fairness Federated Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Data Distributions (2024)
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Zhang, J., Li, Y., Wu, D., Zhao, Y., & Palaiahnakote, S. Sffl: Self-Aware Fairness Federated Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Data Distributions

Recent years have witnessed increasing development towards federated learning. However, federated learning has been proven to show biased predictions against certain demographic groups, such as sex or race, especially under heterogeneous data distrib... Read More about Sffl: Self-Aware Fairness Federated Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Data Distributions.

Addressing Financial and Digital Literacy Challenges for Inclusive Finance: insights from Microfinance Institutions and FinTech Organisations (2024)
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Koefer, F., Bokkens, A., Preziuso, M., & Ehrenhard, M. Addressing Financial and Digital Literacy Challenges for Inclusive Finance: insights from Microfinance Institutions and FinTech Organisations

This paper investigates strategies of European microfinance institutions (MFIs) and inclusive FinTech organisations to address financial and digital illiteracy among vulnerable customers. It reveals that both MFIs and FinTech organisations focus on p... Read More about Addressing Financial and Digital Literacy Challenges for Inclusive Finance: insights from Microfinance Institutions and FinTech Organisations.

Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol (2023)
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Hammocks, A., Price, C., & Jones, P. Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol

Objective:
The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map the approaches of current literature in biomechanically quantifying the gross-motor movement of children.

Introduction:
Children continually learn new motor skills and progr... Read More about Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol.

Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm (2023)
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Yang, H., Wei, G., Ren, L., & Yan, L. Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm

This paper endeavours to bridge the existing gap in muscular actuator design for ligament-skeletal-inspired robots, thereby fostering the evolution of these robotic systems. We introduce two novel compliant actuators, namely the Internal Torsion Spri... Read More about Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm.

Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips (2023)
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Rowland, A., Reynolds, A., Sherwood, N., & Dasgupta, S. Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips

Children seen for pre-adoption medicals (PAMs) or Initial Health Assessments (IHAs) often have experiences in common. There may be features in the child’s family history, intrauterine environment and experiences following birth which can have signifi... Read More about Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips.

Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing (2023)
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Warwick, B., Fussey, E., Rowland, A., & of Paediatrics and Child Health, R. C. Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing

Ahead of Second Reading of the Illegal Migration Bill on 9 May, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has prepared this briefing which focuses on new clauses added to the Bill at Report Stage in the Commons on age assessment of u... Read More about Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing.

Tldsmi: Genetic Algorithm Based Network for Text Localization in Distorted Social Media Images (2023)
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Palaiahnakote, S., Pavan Kumar, C., Aggarwal, P., Sharma, S., Chandana, P., Basavanna, M., & Pal, U. Tldsmi: Genetic Algorithm Based Network for Text Localization in Distorted Social Media Images

This paper presents a novel model for understanding social image content through text localization. For text localization, we explore Maximally Stable Extremal Regions (MSER) for detecting components, that works by clustering pixels having similar pr... Read More about Tldsmi: Genetic Algorithm Based Network for Text Localization in Distorted Social Media Images.

Intergenerational effects from spatial and genetic environment predict early-life social network structure (2022)
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R. Franks, V., Thorogood, R., & Brekke, P. Intergenerational effects from spatial and genetic environment predict early-life social network structure

Early independence is a crucial stage in the ontogeny of social environments, but it is often challenging to study in the wild. Genetics may structure groups if young animals associate with familiar kin, but association opportunities also develop as... Read More about Intergenerational effects from spatial and genetic environment predict early-life social network structure.

The mathematics of committees (2021)
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Fox, R. The mathematics of committees. Salford

What is the accuracy of a majority committee decision compared to individual accuracies? What is the effect of actions? What is the effect of requiring unanimity of near unanimity? What is the effect of faction formation? When should a committee foll... Read More about The mathematics of committees.

A Qualitative Study of User Perspectives on Outcomes of Orthotic Interventions (2020)
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Hall, N., Parker, D., & Ellen Williams, A. A Qualitative Study of User Perspectives on Outcomes of Orthotic Interventions

Background: Orthotic services offer various health benefits and it is estimated that for every £1 spent on orthotic care the savings to the NHS are up to £4. Several reports into orthotic services in the UK have reported a lack of data relating to ou... Read More about A Qualitative Study of User Perspectives on Outcomes of Orthotic Interventions.

Cut hours, not people : no work, furlough, short hours and mental health during COVID-19 pandemic in the UK (2020)
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Burchell, B., Wang, S., Kamerāde, D., Bessa, I., & Rubery, J. Cut hours, not people : no work, furlough, short hours and mental health during COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

The unprecedented shock to the UK economy inflicted by government measures to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) risked plunging millions of workers into unemployment as businesses were forced to close or scale back activity. To avoid that cliff edg... Read More about Cut hours, not people : no work, furlough, short hours and mental health during COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.