United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations have been increasingly deployed in many crisis contexts. The practice has been established by the UN to ensure peace and protect victims of different types of armed conflict. ...

The ability of animals to learn and remember underpins many behavioural actions and can be crucial for survival in certain contexts, for example in finding and recognising a habitual refuge. The sensory cues that an animal ...

In this paper we examine the state of the art in tactile sensing for mechatronics. We define a tactile sensor as a device or system that can measure a given property of an object or contact event through physical contact ...

Success in experiments and/or technology mainly depends on a properly designed process or product. The traditional method of process optimization involves the study of one variable at a time, which requires a number of ...

This paper presents a novel application of fuzzy-rough setbased feature selection (FRFS) for Mars terrain image classification. The work allows the induction of low-dimensionality feature sets from sample descriptions of ...

This paper explores the use of dialogic learning with distance learners to promote deep learning and an increased sense of cohort identity. The case study describes an experiment which took place as part of a new lecturers’ ...

In search of Neher: notes from a presentation A few days before I came to the archive a theatre director called Annie Castledine phoned me after many years silence, Annie had been a significant person in my early career ...