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A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing (2015)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a novel design of an end-effector and a process for automatic electrochemical mechanical polishing of conductive materials. The proposed end-effector employs three different actions, electrical, chemical and mechanical in a synerg... Read More about A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing.

Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share (2015)
Conference Proceeding

Online social networks are complex systems that are traditionally discussed in several different ways, often revolving around either the technology and design of the platforms themselves, or the behaviour and social interactions of the communities th... Read More about Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share.

The effects of aging and exercise on recollection and familiarity based memory processes (2015)
Book Chapter

Frames of Ubuntu: (Re)framing an ethical education (2015)
Book Chapter

Ubuntu, Indigeneity, and an Ethic for Decolonizing Global Citizenship (2015)
Book Chapter

Ubuntu, Radical Hope, and an Onto-epistemology of Conscience (2015)
Journal Article

Via the evocation of a lived narrative related to witnessing Middle Eastern refugees’ attempts at entering into the European Union in September 2015, I draw connections between the political, ethical, spiritual and embodied, recognising their always-... Read More about Ubuntu, Radical Hope, and an Onto-epistemology of Conscience.

The Self and Others in CFS/ME: Reinterpreting Research Evidence (2015)
Book Chapter

Chapter 7 provided interpersonal perspectives on CFS/ME without offering any theoretical commentary. This chapter considers how the meanings of CFS/ ME are developed between individuals and others. We begin with a critique of the cognitive-behavioura... Read More about The Self and Others in CFS/ME: Reinterpreting Research Evidence.

Meanings of CFS/ME in the Lives of Couples (2015)
Book Chapter

Meanings develop within relationships, and this chapter is based on a qualitative study involving seven adults diagnosed with CFS/ME along with a ‘significant other ’. The first section concerns the couples ’ narratives of illness, with accounts of C... Read More about Meanings of CFS/ME in the Lives of Couples.

Migrant organisations: embodied community capital? (2015)
Book Chapter

Serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and development of radiographic and painful knee osteoarthritis. A community-based cohort of middle-aged women (2015)
Journal Article

Context and objective: We evaluated the predictive value of serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (sCOMP) levels over 20 years on the development of radiographic (RKOA) and painful knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in a longitudinal cohort of middle-aged... Read More about Serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and development of radiographic and painful knee osteoarthritis. A community-based cohort of middle-aged women.

Flow characteristics of carbon fibre sheet moulding compounds (2015)
Conference Proceeding

© 2015 International Committee on Composite Materials. All rights reserved. This paper presents the development of a low cost carbon fibre moulding compound using a robotic spray deposition process, developed at the University of Nottingham. Directed... Read More about Flow characteristics of carbon fibre sheet moulding compounds.

The Making of Liturgy in the Ottonian Church: Books, Music and Ritual in Mainz, 950–1050 (2015)
Book

This highly original study examines the history and religious life of the Ottonian Church through its ritual books. With forensic attention to the writing and design of four important manuscripts from the city of Mainz - a musician's troper, a priest... Read More about The Making of Liturgy in the Ottonian Church: Books, Music and Ritual in Mainz, 950–1050.

Cybercrime: Attack Motivations and Implications for Big Data and National Security (2015)
Book Chapter

Organizations are increasingly turning to the immeasurable quantities of data available through open-source mediums such as the web and social media to enhance their analytical capability and ultimately improve the quality and quantity of the informa... Read More about Cybercrime: Attack Motivations and Implications for Big Data and National Security.

Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 American Society of Brewing Chemists, Inc. Volatile esters are amongst the most important yeast-derived flavoractive compounds produced during brewery fermentation. Dissolved oxygen concentration has long been recognized as an effector for the... Read More about Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing.

Lipopolysaccharide hyporesponsiveness: Protective or damaging response to the brain? (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Editura Academiei Romane. All rights reserved. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) endotoxins are widely used as experimental models of systemic bacterial infection and trigger robust inflammation by potently activating toll-like receptors 4 (TLR4) expr... Read More about Lipopolysaccharide hyporesponsiveness: Protective or damaging response to the brain?.

The circle of life: A cross-cultural comparison of children's attribution of life-cycle traits (2015)
Journal Article

© 2016 The British Psychological Society. Do children attribute mortality and other life-cycle traits to all minded beings? The present study examined whether culture influences young children's ability to conceptualize and differentiate human beings... Read More about The circle of life: A cross-cultural comparison of children's attribution of life-cycle traits.

Appendix: The Shrine of Mu?ammad Shar?f and its Qing-era Patrons (2015)
Book Chapter

The maintenance of hegemony: The short history of Indian doctors in the Colonial Medical Service, British East Africa (2015)
Book Chapter

Histories of the Colonial Medical Service have considered the European Medical Officers forming their elites and also the subsidiary auxiliary staff who provided supporting healthcare provision. No research has, however, taken account of the Indian ‘... Read More about The maintenance of hegemony: The short history of Indian doctors in the Colonial Medical Service, British East Africa.

The Colonial Medical Service and the struggle for control of the Zanzibar Maternity Association, 1918–47 (2015)
Book Chapter

The Zanzibar Maternity Association (ZMA) was a charitable organisation established in 1918 to help Zanzibari women during parturition. Majority funding came from the Arab and Indian communities who, correspondingly, had considerable say in the organi... Read More about The Colonial Medical Service and the struggle for control of the Zanzibar Maternity Association, 1918–47.

The Fallacy of Endogenous Discounting of Trust Recommendations (2015)
Conference Proceeding

Recommendations are widely used in recommender systems, reputation systems, and trust-based security systems. Some existing reputation systems and trust-based security systems use the flawed notion of endogenous discounting. Endogenous discounting is... Read More about The Fallacy of Endogenous Discounting of Trust Recommendations.