PISa – powered two wheeler integrated safety: development, implementation and testing of PTW integrated safety systems by Giovanni Savino, Marco Pierini, Rachel Grant, Richard Frampton, Rachel Talbot, Steffen Peldschus, Erich Schuller, Aernout Oudenhuijzen, Jasper Pauwelussen, Bart Scheepers, Arjan Teerhuis, Mangaraju K. Venkata, Rengarajan Babu, Bernd Roessler, Matteo Nanetti, Roberto Guggia, Michael G. McCarthy, Wesley Hulshof

“…The Powered two wheeler Integrated Safety (PISa) project, funded by the European Commission within the 6th Framework, aimed at identifying, developing and testing new technologies to provide integrated safety systems (ISS) for a range of powered two wheelers (PTWs) to improve primary safety and link to secondary safety systems. …”
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Temperature-responsive biobased block copolymers by RAFT polymerisation by Sarah Woods

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Hydrophilic MacroRAFT-mediated emulsion polymerization: Synthesis of latexes for cross-linked and surfactant-free films by Jennifer Lesage de la Haye, Ignacio Martin-Fabiani, Malin Schulz, Joseph L. Keddie, Franck D'Agosto, Muriel Lansalot

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Temperature-responsive lactic acid-based nanoparticles by RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly in water by Sarah Woods, James David Tinkler, Nabil Bensabeh, Marc Palà, Simon Martin, Nacho Martin-Fabiani-Carrato, Gerard Lligadas, Fiona Hatton

“…Tg(1) (7.4 to 15.7 °C) representative of PELA and Tg(2) (69.1 to 79.7 °C) of PDMLA. …”
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PH-switchable stratification of colloidal coatings: surfaces "on demand" by Ignacio Martin-Fabiani, Andrea Fortini, Jennifer Lesage de la Haye, Ming L. Koh, Spencer E. Taylor, Elodie Bourgeat-Lami, Muriel Lansalot, Franck D'Agosto, Richard P. Sear, Joseph L. Keddie

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Association of socioeconomic status change between infancy and adolescence and blood pressure in South African young adults: Birth to Twenty Cohort by Juliana Kagura, Linda S. Adair, Pedro T. Pisa, Paula Griffiths, John M. Pettifor, Shane A. Norris

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Mechanistic insights into polymerization-induced self-assembly using maleimide-based fluorophores by Amanda Pearce, Sam J Parkinson, Irem Akar, Matthew J Derry, Paul D Topham, Robert T Mathers, Vasilios G Stavros, Rachel K O’Reilly

“…In this work, we demonstrate that a maleimide-based small-molecule fluorophore can act as a powerful probe to study PISA over time using fluorescence and fluorescence lifetime as outputs. …”
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In situ small-angle x-ray scattering studies during reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer aqueous emulsion polymerization by Emma E Brotherton, Fiona Hatton, Amy A Cockram, Matthew J Derry, Adam Czajka, Erik J Cornel, Paul D Topham, Oleksandr O Mykhaylyk, Steven P Armes

“…High MOEMA conversions are achieved within 2 h at 70 °C, which makes this new PISA formulation well-suited for in situ SAXS studies using a new reaction cell. …”
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Can experienced riders benefit from an autonomous emergency braking system? by Giovanni Savino, Marco Pierini, Matteo Rizzi, Richard Frampton, Jason Thompson

“…Powered two wheelers (PTWs) are becoming increasingly popular in Europe but the risk of rider injury in a traffic crash far exceeds that for car occupants. …”
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Synthesis of well-defined epoxy-functional spherical nanoparticles by RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerization by Fiona Hatton, Joseph R Lovett, Steven P Armes

“…The epoxy groups within the nanoparticle cores were ring-opened by adding sodium azide to a 10% w/w aqueous copolymer dispersion at 50 °C, as confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy. …”
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The quandary of diagnosing mathematical difficulties in a generally low performing population by Mariuche Rodrigues de Almeida Gomides, Isabella Starling-Alves, Giulia Moreira Paiva, Leidiane da Silva Caldeira, Ana Luíza Pedrosa Neves Aichinger, Maria Raquel Santos Carvalho, Julia Bahnmueller, Korbinian Moeller, Júlia Beatriz Lopes-Silva, Vitor Geraldi Haase

“…Brazilian students’ mathematical achievement was repeatedly observed to fall below average levels of mathematical attainment in international comparison studies such as PISA. In this article, we argue that this general low level of mathematical attainment interferes with the diagnosis of developmental dyscalculia when the psychometric criteria is used: establishing of an arbitrary cut-off (e.g., performance < percentile 10) may lead to misleading diagnoses. …”
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Evaluation of an autonomous braking system in real-world PTW crashes by Giovanni Savino, Marco Pierini, Matteo Rizzi, Richard Frampton

“…Conversely, according to the analysis, an expert rider would not have been able to avoid 19 of the 37 cases. In 14 of those 19 cases, the AB would have contributed to mitigating the crash outcome. …”
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The Italy–Japan workshop: A history of bilateral cooperation, pushing the boundaries of robotics by Gabriele Trovato, Leonardo Ricotti, Cecilia Laschi, Massimiliano Zecca, Sarah Cosentino, Luca Bartolomeo, Shuji Hashimoto, Atsuo Takanishi, Paolo Dario

“…The authors present a summary of the Italy-Japan workshops, exploring topics on 1) humanoid robotics, 2) the application of robotics for exploration and rescue, 3) biorobotics, 4) the use of robots in education, 5) the ethics of robotics, 6) robotics for sports, and 7) robotics for the arts. …”
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Aqueous one-pot synthesis of epoxy-functional diblock copolymer worms from a single monomer: new anisotropic scaffolds for potential charge storage applications by Fiona Hatton, Albert M Park, Yiren Zhang, Gregory D Fuchs, Christopher K Ober, Steven P Armes

“…Finally, chain extension of this pre-cursor block via RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerization of GlyMA at 50 °C produced amphiphilic diblock copolymer chains that self-assembled in situ to form a 15% w/w aqueous dispersion of diblock copolymer worms. …”
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Can percolation theory explain the gelation behavior of diblock copolymer worms? by Joseph R Lovett, Matthew J Derry, Pengcheng Yang, Fiona Hatton, Nicholas J Warren, Patrick W Fowler, Steven P Armes

“…When prepared in aqueous media, such worms form thermoresponsive free-standing hydrogels that are (i) readily sterilizable, (ii) can act as a 3D matrix for the culture of normal mammalian cells and (iii) can induce stasis in human stem cell colonies. …”
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Soft and rigid core latex nanoparticles prepared by RAFT-mediated surfactant-free emulsion polymerization for cellulose modification – a comparative study by J Engström, Fiona Hatton, L Wågberg, F D'Agosto, M Lansalot, E Malmström, A Carlmark

“…Poly(2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) (P(DMAEMA-co-MAA)) was utilized as a hydrophilic macroRAFT agent for the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) or n-butyl methacrylate (nBMA), respectively, resulting in two different latexes, with either a core of high (PMMA) or low (PnBMA) Tg polymer. …”
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