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How Multifunctioning Joints Produce Highly Agile Limbs in Animals with Lessons for Robotics by Burgess, Stuart C

“…This paper reviews how multifunctioning joints produce highly agile limbs in animals with lessons for robotics. One of the key reasons why animals are so fast…”
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Current hybrid-electric powertrain architectures: Applying empirical design data to life cycle assessment and whole-life cost analysis by Hutchinson, Tim, Burgess, Stuart, Herrmann, Guido

“…•Design data for 44 hybrid cars available in the US has been gathered and analysed.•An empirical life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions is…”
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A Multimode Transverse Dynamic Force Microscope-Design, Identification, and Control by Zhang, Kaiqiang, Hatano, Toshiaki, Herrmann, Guido, Antognozzi, Massimo, Edwards, Christopher, Nguyen, Thang Tien, Burgess, Stuart C., Miles, Mervyn

“…The transverse dynamic force microscope (TDFM) and its shear force sensing principle permit true noncontact force detection in contrast to typical atomic force…”
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Toward a Dielectric Elastomer Resonator Driven Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle by Cao, Chongjing, Burgess, Stuart, Conn, Andrew T

“…In the last two decades, insect-inspired flapping wing micro air vehicles (MAVs) have attracted great attention for their potential for highly agile flight…”
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Reducing waste: repair, recondition, remanufacture or recycle? by King, Andrew M., Burgess, Stuart C., Ijomah, Winnie, McMahon, Chris A.

“…Between 1980 and 1997, municipal waste in OECD countries increased by around 40%. This paper outlines the very real negative effects of this increase and then…”
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A Bio-Inspired Arched Foot with Individual Toe Joints and Plantar Fascia by Burgess, Stuart, Beeston, Alex, Carr, Joshua, Siempou, Kallia, Simmonds, Maya, Zanker, Yasmin

“…This paper presents the design and testing of an arched foot with several biomimetic features, including five individual MTP (toe) joints, four individual…”
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Development of a biologically inspired multi-modal wing model for aerial-aquatic robotic vehicles through empirical and numerical modelling of the common guillemot, Uria aalge by Lock, Richard J, Vaidyanathan, Ravi, Burgess, Stuart C, Loveless, John

“…The common guillemot, Uria aalge, a member of the auk family of seabirds, exhibits locomotive capabilities in both aerial and aquatic substrates. Simplistic…”
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Real‐Time Sliding Mode Observer Scheme for Shear Force Estimation in a Transverse Dynamic Force Microscope by Nguyen, Thang, Khan, Said G, Hatano, Toshiaki, Zhang, Kaiqiang, Edwards, Christopher, Herrmann, Guido, Harniman, Robert, Burgess, Stuart C., Antognozzi, Massimo, Miles, Mervyn

“…This paper describes a sliding mode observer scheme for estimation of the shear force affecting the cantilever in a Transverse Dynamic Force Microscope (TDFM)…”
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Developing an asset management value improvement model (a-VIM) approach for an airport operational engineering environment by Gibbons, Paul M, Kennedy, Colin, Burgess, Stuart C, Godfrey, Patrick

“…Purpose - A previous attempt to implement the use of historical measures of asset management effectiveness - as part of a value improvement model (VIM) for…”
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Lessons Learned From Implementing an Incident Command System During a Local Multiagency Response to a Legionnaires' Disease Cluster in Sydney, NSW by Quinn, Emma, Johnstone, Travers, Najjar, Zeina, Cains, Toni, Tan, Geoff, Huhtinen, Essi, Nilsson, Sven, Burgess, Stuart, Dunn, Matthew, Gupta, Leena

“…The incident command system (ICS) provides a common structure to control and coordinate an emergency response, regardless of scale or predicted impact. The…”
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Introducing OEE as a measure of lean Six Sigma capability by Gibbons, Paul M., Burgess, Stuart C.

“…Purpose - The current paradigm for assessing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is challenged as being anachronistic to the needs of businesses that now…”
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Estimation of the shear force in transverse dynamic force microscopy using a sliding mode observer by Nguyen, Thang, Hatano, Toshiaki, Khan, Said G., Zhang, Kaiqiang, Edwards, Christopher, Harniman, Robert, Burgess, Stuart C., Antognozzi, Massimo, Miles, Mervyn, Herrmann, Guido

“…In this paper, the problem of estimating the shear force affecting the tip of the cantilever in a Transverse Dynamic Force Microscope (TDFM) using a real-time…”
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The development of a lean resource mapping framework: introducing an 8th waste by Gibbons, Paul M., Kennedy, Colin, Burgess, Stuart C., Godfrey, Patrick

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a useful framework for identifying a new lean waste classified as polarization. Complementing the extant lean…”
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Biomimetic Analysis of Insect Wing Kinematics for Flapping MAVs by Conn, Andrew T., Ling, Chung Seng, Burgess, Stuart C.

“…Despite significant interest for over a decade in developing micro air vehicles (MAVs) that mimic the flight performance exhibited by insects, no design has…”
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An analysis of optimal structural features in the peacock tail feather by Burgess, Stuart C., King, Andrew, Hyde, Rick

“…This paper presents an analysis of the optimal structural features in the peacock tail feather. Peacock tail feathers are highly optimized in three respects…”
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Silicone oil tamponade to seal macular holes without position restrictions by Goldbaum, M H, McCuen, B W, Hanneken, A M, Burgess, S K, Chen, H H

“…The authors performed a study to determine the effectiveness and safety of silicone oil as a substitute for gas to fill the vitreous cavity to treat macular…”
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Power optimization of a conical dielectric elastomer actuator for resonant robotic systems by Cao, Chongjing, Gao, Xing, Burgess, Stuart, Conn, Andrew T.

“…Insects utilize resonant actuation to amplify the flapping stroke and improve the energy efficiency. The inherent elasticity in dielectric elastomer actuators…”
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A case study exploring regulated energy use in domestic buildings using design-of-experiments and multi-objective optimisation by Evins, Ralph, Pointer, Philip, Vaidyanathan, Ravi, Burgess, Stuart

“…The newly-released Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) 2009 [1] underpins all energy calculations for Building Regulations compliance and Code for Sustainable…”
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Investigating and Characterising Variability in CAD Modelling and its Potential Impact on Editability: An Exploratory Study by Rosso, Peter, Gopsill, James, Burgess, Stuart, Hicks, Ben

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TENAYA and LUCERNE: Two-Year Results from the Phase 3 Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Trials of Faricimab with Treat-and-Extend Dosing in Year 2 by Khanani, Arshad M, Kotecha, Aachal, Chang, Andrew, Chen, Shih-Jen, Chen, Youxin, Guymer, Robyn, Heier, Jeffrey S, Holz, Frank G, Iida, Tomohiro, Ives, Jane A, Lim, Jennifer I, Lin, Hugh, Michels, Stephan, Quezada Ruiz, Carlos, Schmidt-Erfurth, Ursula, Silverman, David, Singh, Rishi, Swaminathan, Balakumar, Willis, Jeffrey R, Tadayoni, Ramin

“…To evaluate 2-year efficacy, durability, and safety of the bispecific antibody faricimab, which inhibits both angiopoietin-2 and VEGF-A.PURPOSETo evaluate…”
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