Background Enhancing evidence based practice via the rapid translation of new research evidence into every day clinical practice is fundamental to the success of health care and in turn health care professions. There is little known about the research capacity and culture of the podiatry profession across Australia. This study aimed to investigate the research capacity and culture of the podiat...

Shoulder joint replacement, or arthroplasty, is indicated in cases where arthritis or trauma has resulted in severe joint damage that in turn causes increased pain and decreased function. However, shoulder arthroplasty is less successful than hip and knee replacement, mostly due to the complexity of the shoulder joint and the resultant complexity of the replacement operation. In this paper we p...

This paper explores the notion of ‘provocation through concrete experience’ towards a provotyping approach. It addresses the question: How do we on the one hand, devise qualitatively new systems, and on the other hand, ensure their usability in a given practice? The notion of provocation through concrete experience is developed through an investigation of prototyping and activity theory. Explor...

❏ Despite the large number of methodologies, standards, and tools, large-scale information system development remains a challenging task. ❏ The percentage of unsuccessful development projects in terms of exceeding time and/or budget is constantly between 50% and 70%.

Topology control algorithms are used to improve the energy efficiency (or other quality parameters) of wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we report on the application of graph transformation in the domain of wireless sensor networks by proposing a model-driven rapid prototyping approach for the kTC topology control algorithm to enable the fast implementation and the evaluation of its diff...

This paper presents an assessment of the steps involved in trajectory synthesis (for example, trajectory layout, trajectory generation, trajectory spacing, trajectory postprocessing, and trajectory verification) for shape-creating manufacturing operations such as rapid prototyping, milling, and electrical discharge machining. The rationale for this paper is that trajectory plays an important ro...

In this paper we present a modular sensor data fusion functional architecture, tailored for development of automotive active safety systems. The purpose of the fusion system is to provide active safety applications with accurate knowledge regarding the environment surrounding the vehicle. Our proposed functional architecture is designed in such way that the fusion system is easy to maintain, up...

Undergraduate, Interactive Games Design (IGD) courses offered by technical universities in the UK recruit students who are not required to have art or design backgrounds. However, they need to be able to represent their creative ideas. Observations at the University of Gloucestershire have shown that many students find difficulties in expressing their ideas in a visual manner as they do not hav...