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Publication date: 5 June 2009

Kent Council targets young people

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Human Resource Management International Digest, vol. 17 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/hrmid.2009.04417dad.011
ISSN: 0967-0734

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  • Recruitment
  • Young people
  • Retention
  • Kent County Council
  • Local government
  • United Kingdom

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Publication date: 1 December 2002

The automated filling of bonded joints – Part 1 two dimensional joints

Ken Young, Ian Pearson and R. Bull

A parameter has been identified that can be used to calculate a joint's bond‐line thicknesses. This was successfully represented by a fourth order polynomial expression…

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A parameter has been identified that can be used to calculate a joint's bond‐line thicknesses. This was successfully represented by a fourth order polynomial expression and has been used to predict the volume of adhesive required to precisely fill structural joints of unknown bond‐line thickness. This technology was further used to automatically control adhesive injection into pre‐assembled vehicle structural joints for use in an automated production environment. This has great advantage over adhesive application prior to joint assembly as the adhesive remains in the joint rather than contaminating the adherend surface and the bond‐line remains filled. This will be of benefit to the automotive industry. The method is adaptable and can be re‐programmed to cope with a number of applications.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 22 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01445150210446210
ISSN: 0144-5154

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  • Adhesives
  • Bonding
  • Joints

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Publication date: 1 December 1999

Tool integration utilising fieldbus technology

Richard Piggin, Ken Young and Richard McLaughlin

The traditional use of fieldbus is discussed. Examples of novel applications enabled by fieldbus are introduced. Work on temporary fieldbus connectivity that allows more…

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The traditional use of fieldbus is discussed. Examples of novel applications enabled by fieldbus are introduced. Work on temporary fieldbus connectivity that allows more robust and simple tool change mechanisms is then described.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 19 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01445159910295168
ISSN: 0144-5154

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  • Fieldbus
  • Robots

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Publication date: 1 December 1999

The current fieldbus standards situation – a European view

Richard Piggin, Ken Young and Richard McLaughlin

This paper reviews current and proposed fieldbus standards that affect Europe. Relevant technologies and the formation of standards are shown. The initial goal of a single…

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This paper reviews current and proposed fieldbus standards that affect Europe. Relevant technologies and the formation of standards are shown. The initial goal of a single global standard and the recognition of a number of emerging de facto standards are discussed, as is the potential future standardisation of fieldbus technology.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 19 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01445159910295159
ISSN: 0144-5154

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  • Fieldbus
  • Standards

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Publication date: 1 June 2001

Speed accuracy of the modern industrial robot

Ken Young and Craig G. Pickin

Improvements in both robot manufacture and robot controller technology have resulted in greater robot accuracy. A trial has been conducted to highlight the improvements…

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Improvements in both robot manufacture and robot controller technology have resulted in greater robot accuracy. A trial has been conducted to highlight the improvements brought by this evolution. By measuring the accuracy of the velocity profiles of two generations of the Fanuc Hexapod robot (the Flextool), these evolutionary developments are illustrated. The results from the trial show that although both generations of robot exhibit good accuracy, the later robot is superior both in terms of mechanical design and in controller processing capability.

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 28 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910110389362
ISSN: 0143-991X

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  • Robots
  • Accuracy

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Publication date: 1 March 2001

Machine safety with fieldbus

Richard Piggin and Ken Young

Standards have restricted the use of networks and programmable electronics in safety‐related applications. New standards have released technology to enable improvements in…

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Standards have restricted the use of networks and programmable electronics in safety‐related applications. New standards have released technology to enable improvements in safety and ensure developments take place within an overall safety framework. Best practice in the additional protocol enhancements required is discussed. The installation of a safety‐related fieldbus, replacing conventional hardwiring in a machine safety system is used to illustrate the potential of the technology. The use of fieldbus in safety‐related applications is shown to reduce complexity and enhance functionality, whilst enabling significantly reduced ownership cost.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 21 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01445150110381655
ISSN: 0144-5154

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  • Data
  • Communications
  • Fieldbus
  • Machine
  • Safety

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Publication date: 12 November 2015

Applications of Planned Behavior and Place Image to Visit Intentions: A Casino Gaming Context

Suosheng Wang and Yao-Yi Fu

The theory of planned behavior (TPB) and place image have both been the foci of studies in understanding one’s intentional visit behavior in leisure research. Few studies…

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The theory of planned behavior (TPB) and place image have both been the foci of studies in understanding one’s intentional visit behavior in leisure research. Few studies, however, have ever attempted to differentiate the roles of attitude and image in predicting visitors’ intentional behaviors. This study is designed to fulfill this gap by examining the two concepts together in the context of responsible casino gaming. Based on the TPB and the concept of place image, a predicting model of visitor’s intentional behavior was posited and tested, based on a survey dataset collected in an American Midwest city. This study concluded that visitor’s attitude and perception of place image both play significant and distinctive roles in predicting visitor’s intentional behavior, and such perceptual discrepancies between attitude and image should be reflected and highlighted in leisure and marketing. Implications of this study in terms of leisure marketing are discussed.

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Advances in Hospitality and Leisure
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-354220150000011005
ISBN: 978-1-78560-271-9

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  • Planned behavior
  • attitude
  • place image
  • casino gaming

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Publication date: 1 April 2006

Young offenders’ perceptions and expectations of dental health services in the north east of England: A qualitative study

Andrew Russell, Valerie White and David Landes

This article looks at the attitudes and perceptions that young offenders have of dental health and services prior to and during their time at a Young Offenders…

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This article looks at the attitudes and perceptions that young offenders have of dental health and services prior to and during their time at a Young Offenders’ Institution in the North East of England. The recent incorporation of prison health services into National Health Service (NHS) structures and funding arrangements brings with it statutory responsibilities concerning the amount and equivalence of health care in and out of prison settings. It also requires evaluation of services in comparable ways. Prison health in general and prison dental health in particular have previously been isolated from mainstream NHS health care in terms of both practice and research. The results from this study highlight the need for those responsible for dental health services at all penal institutions to examine the levels of provision they provide and how the perspectives of this marginalized and vulnerable group can be taken into account in the planning and improvement of services.

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International Journal of Prisoner Health, vol. 2 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200601069726
ISSN: 1744-9200

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  • Dental health
  • Prison health
  • Young offenders
  • Focus groups
  • NHS

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Publication date: 1 October 2005

Tackling technology’s image problem among young girls

Lisa Lee

It has been noted for some time now that the field of technology as an area of work, has been, and continues to be gender imbalanced and gender stratified This…

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It has been noted for some time now that the field of technology as an area of work, has been, and continues to be gender imbalanced and gender stratified This persistent trend has led to a growing body of theorisation and to the (re‐) evaluations of the inter relationship between gender and technology. It is beyond the scope of this article to review the rich theoretical work on gender and technol ogy, and instead the “essentialist” and “constructivist” approaches are briefly discussed here, since they offer a useful frame work within which to look at the case study policy of this article. This policy, as will be shown in the following sections, adopts an “essentialist” stance by seeing women’s under‐representation as resulting from gendered technologies and the obduracy of masculine values associated with technology, and by focusing on girls’ interests as distinct from those of boys. It adopts at the same time a “constructivist” approach through the strategy’s ability to reshape technology through girls’/women’s wider appropriation and use of technology, whereby technology is seen as socially constructed . Before exploring this dualism in more detail, it is helpful to develop a little the theoretical foundations of essentialism and constructivism.

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 25 no. 10/11
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330510791414
ISSN: 0144-333X

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  • Field of technology
  • Masculine values
  • Gendered technologies

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Publication date: 1 October 2000

A new era for BARA as it moves to Warwick

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 27 no. 5
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2000.04927eab.001
ISSN: 0143-991X

Keywords

  • Robots
  • Robotics
  • Product development

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