A5108120651- Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
- Advanced Vision and Imaging
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- Robotics and Automated Systems
- Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
- Mobile Agent-Based Network Management
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
- Business Process Modeling and Analysis
- Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
- Safety Warnings and Signage
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- IoT-based Smart Home Systems
- Image Enhancement Techniques
- Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques
Jaguar Land Rover (United Kingdom)
2017-2022
Coventry (United Kingdom)
2019-2022
British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)
2017-2022
The Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute
2021
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
2007-2019
BT Research
2003-2018
Woodside (Australia)
2018
University of the West of England
2013
Center for Strategic Research
2012
Japan Science and Technology Agency
2009
Objective: Choosing an appropriate method for regression analyses of cost data is problematic because it must focus on population means while taking into account the typically skewed distribution data. In this paper we illustrate use generalised linear models analysis Methods: We consider with either identity link function (providing additive covariate effects) or log multiplicative effects), and gaussian (normal), overdispersed poisson, gamma, inverse distributions. These are applied to...
Background. The treatment of deliberate self-harm (parasuicide) remains limited in efficacy. Despite a range psychosocial, educational and pharmacological interventions only one approach, dialectical behaviour therapy, form cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT), has been shown to reduce repeat episodes, but this is lengthy intensive difficult extrapolate busy clinical practice. We investigated the effectiveness new manual-based varying from bibliotherapy (six self-help booklets) alone six...
Background. We carried out a large randomized trial of brief form cognitive therapy, manual-assisted behaviour therapy (MACT) versus treatment as usual (TAU) for deliberate self-harm. Method. Patients presenting with recurrent self-harm in five centres were to either MACT or and followed up over 1 year. patients received booklet based on (CBT) principles offered plus two booster sessions CBT from therapist the first 3 months study. Ratings parasuicide risk, anxiety, depression, social...
Background Cannabinoids have dose-related antinociceptive effects in animals. This clinical study aimed to investigate whether a single oral dose of cannabis plant extract (Cannador; Institute for Clinical Research, IKF, Berlin, Germany) could provide pain relief with minimal side postoperative pain. Methods Patients (aged 18-75 yr) were recruited and consented before surgery if patient-controlled analgesia was planned provision relief. Each patient received 5, 10, or 15 mg Cannador he she...
Objectives. Hopelessness about the future is a key element in suicidal behaviour. The aim of present study was to examine possible components hopelessness, particular, contrast positive and negative thinking separately number, expectancy, value anticipated experiences. Design. A correlational design. Method. Repeat parasuicide patients ( N =441) were administered Beck Scale, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale task, measure that assesses perceived likelihood, events. Results. Consistent with...
In order to effectively plan paths in environments inhabited by humans, robots must accurately predict human motion. Typical approaches prediction simply assume a constant velocity which is not always valid. This paper proposes determine the likely navigation intent of humans and use that Navigation determined function structure environment. Manually assigned functional places are combined with automatically extracted way-points define number targets within To motion toward these targets,...
Recently, commentators have suggested that the distributional form of cost data should be explicitly modelled to gain efficiency in estimating population mean. We perform a series simulation experiments evaluate usual sample mean and estimator lognormal distribution, context both theoretical distributions three large empirical datasets. The is always unbiased, but somewhat less efficient when distribution truly lognormal. However can appallingly true not In practical situations, where...
Background Case management, particularly in intensive form, has been widely introduced for the treatment of severe mental illness. However, optimal intensity case management not determined. Aims We aimed to assess whether (small load) reduces hospitalisation and costs compared with standard management. Method Development rationale a large randomised controlled trial comparing (case load per worker? 15 patients) 30–35 Results Two-year outcome data will be obtained on patients representative...
Background. Deliberate self-harm can be costly, in terms of treatment and subsequent suicide. Any intervention that reduces episodes might therefore have a major impact on the costs incurred by service providers productivity losses due to illness or premature death. Method. Four hundred eighty patients with history recurrent deliberate were randomized manual-assisted cognitive behaviour therapy (MACT) as usual. Economic data collected from at baseline, 6 12 months, these complete for 397...
Interest in nonauditory physiological effects of noise on man continues to be high as exposures the living and work environments most populations worsen.Research long-term has been motivated primarily by ndings from laboratory studies showing that activates endocrine sympathetic systems triggering acute physiologic changes identical a general stress response The major health studied are cardiovascular, particular elevated blood pressure (BP) ischemic heart disease (II-ID); mental problems;...
The ability to create reliable, scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, CONOISE-G project, we are developing an infrastructure support robust resilient organisation formation operation. Specifically, provides mechanisms assure effective operation agent-based VOs face disruptive potentially malicious entities environments. this paper, describe system, outline its use VO...
In this paper, we propose a novel indirect monocular simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm called "VITAMIN-E," which is highly accurate robust as result of tracking extremely dense feature points. Typical methods have difficulty in reconstructing geometry because their careful point selection for matching. Unlike conventional methods, the proposed method processes an enormous number points using local extrema curvature based on dominant flow estimation. Because may lead to...
The demands placed on native and non-native speakers in understanding creating coherent monologue are well-recognized. In order to achieve a interpretation of monologue, the listener must be able interpret semantic relations lying beneath surface text. speaker is therefore primarily responsible for making these meaning networks transparent listener. This paper analyses twenty different monologues examines interrelating roles which clause relations, lexico-grammatical cohesion, intonation...
Specific vehicle automation use-cases such as traffic jams will be the first level 3 functions on market. When ‘traffic jam pilot’ nears its limits in non-critical situations, control needs to handed back driver, enabling appropriate situation awareness (SA) and handling. According previous research, operational stabilisation can achieved within a transfer-of-control (TOC) of few seconds simple environments, but tactical decisions benefit from longer hand-over times. To date, effects TOCs...
Appropriate information flow is crucial to the care of patients, particularly at interface between primary and secondary care. Communication problems can result from inadequate organisation training, There a major expectation that communication technologies may offer solutions, but little reliable evidence. This paper reports design performance multi-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT), unparalleled in telemedicine research either scale or range outcomes. The study investigated...
Partially automated vehicles present interface design challenges in ensuring the driver remains alert should vehicle need to hand back control at short notice, but without exposing cognitive overload. To date, little is known about expectations of partial driving automation and whether this affects information they require inside vehicle. Twenty-five participants were presented with five partially events a simulator. After each event, semi-structured interview was conducted. The data coded...
This paper presents an extension of cubic curvature polynomial trajectory planning to include a mechanism for obstacle avoidance. Cubic polynomials have been used describe continuous trajectories car like robots. From known start and end robot postures, (position, orientation curvature) can be decided. We extend fourth order polynomials, introduce cost function, describing accumulated distance obstacles along trajectory, the posture vector. Such trajectories, generated by gradient descent...
The treatment protocol and baseline characteristics of 480 subjects with a history repeated parasuicide recruited in five centres to randomised therapeutic trial manual assisted cognitive-behaviour therapy (MACT) as usual (TAU) are described. Most patients had significant anxiety depressive disturbance 42% having personality disorder. Variation service policies influenced recruitment, earlier assessment seeing people more frequent episodes self-harm greater risk than later ones. Parasuicide...
This paper presents various optimisation that can be applied to the sum of absolute differences (SAD) correlation algorithm for automated landmark detection. has applications in mobile robotic navigation and mapping. We show how some assumptions about environment generic form strong landmarks selected by SAD have led development an enable near real tune selection from visual information. The been a series frames using our are shown stable through image sequence, demonstration scale...