Introduction: Exploring the long-term social policy consequences of COVID-19. [PDF]
Glob Soc Policy, 2023 Dorlach T.
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Liquid metal additives are processed in elastomer host resulting in highly conductive and stretchable composites. The material functions as a piezoresistive sensor with minimal drift, low stiffness, and enhanced operating range. The film can replace wires to charge a mobile phone at ∼350% strain and monitors bodily motion in real‐time via a portable ...
Patryk Wojciak +3 more
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Costa Rica's social policy response to the pandemic: From potential for universalism to austerity-as-usual. [PDF]
Glob Soc Policy, 2023 Voorend K, Abarca DA.
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Stable Imitation of Multigait and Bipedal Motions for Quadrupedal Robots Over Uneven Terrains
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.How are quadrupedal robots empowered to execute complex navigation tasks, including multigait and bipedal motions? Challenges in stability and real‐world adaptation persist, especially with uneven terrains and disturbances. This article presents an imitation learning framework that enhances adaptability and robustness by incorporating long short‐term ...
Erdong Xiao +3 more
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Can genomic research make a useful contribution to social policy? [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2022 Asbury K, McBride T, Bawn R.
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The Future of Research in Cognitive Robotics: Foundation Models or Developmental Cognitive Models?
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Research in cognitive robotics founded on principles of developmental psychology and enactive cognitive science would yield what we seek in autonomous robots: the ability to perceive its environment, learn from experience, anticipate the outcome of events, act to pursue goals, and adapt to changing circumstances without resorting to training with ...
David Vernon
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Health Economics, Policy and LawIn public healthcare systems, effectiveness is a central requirement for determining which services should be offered and reimbursed. Yet, due to its technical nature and to the need for specification through specialised bodies, the nature of this ...
Irene Domenici +2 more
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On welfare pluralism, social policy and the contribution of sociology: Revisiting Robert Pinker. [PDF]
Front Sociol, 2023 Offer J.
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang +4 more
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Social policy reform driven by crises: Promoting and reshaping social policy during the SARS and COVID-19 pandemics in China. [PDF]
Soc Policy Adm, 2022 Liu T.
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