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IBriS project (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacVicar, S. (2014, December). IBriS project. Presented at Doctoral Midwifery Research Society, University of West Scotland, Ayr

IBRIS project- oral presentation of intervention supporting women with substance use disorder in pregnancy. Doctoral study of development and evaluation of a behavioural change intervention to support women and neonates exposed to substance use dis... Read More about IBriS project.

Intervention supporting breastfeeding in substance use disorders (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacVicar, S. (2014, December). Intervention supporting breastfeeding in substance use disorders. Presented at Scottish National Neonatal Group annual conference, University of West of Scotland, Paisley

Oral presentation of Intervention supporting breastfeeding for infants at risk of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Implications for practice and policy. Review of clinical guidelines.

Two Alternative Frameworks for Deploying Spoken Dialogue Systems to Mobile Platforms for Evaluation “In the Wild” (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hastie, H., Aufaure, M., Alexopoulos, P., Bouchard, H., Cuayáhuitl, H., Dethlefs, N., Gašic, M., Guimeráns, A. G., Henderson, J., Lemon, O., others, & Yu, Y. (2014, September). Two Alternative Frameworks for Deploying Spoken Dialogue Systems to Mobile Platforms for Evaluation “In the Wild”. Presented at 18th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, Edinburgh

We demonstrate two alternative frameworks for testing and evaluating spoken dialogue systems on mobile devices for use “in the wild”. We firstly present a spoken dialogue system that uses third party ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) and TTS (Text-T... Read More about Two Alternative Frameworks for Deploying Spoken Dialogue Systems to Mobile Platforms for Evaluation “In the Wild”.

Development and evaluation of prototype virtual reality telemedicine system for asynchronous gait analysis (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, M. S., Chan, W., Sakellariou, S., Harrison, D. K., & Charissis, V. (2014, September). Development and evaluation of prototype virtual reality telemedicine system for asynchronous gait analysis. Presented at Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Low Resource Settings (AHT 2014), London

Various rehabilitation and diagnostic methods related to musculoskeletal injuries or diseases however, can be challenging to monitor and record over long time periods. Furthermore, patients in remote locations, which represent a substantial proportio... Read More about Development and evaluation of prototype virtual reality telemedicine system for asynchronous gait analysis.

Enhancing human responses through augmented reality head-up display in vehicular environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charissis, V. (2014, October). Enhancing human responses through augmented reality head-up display in vehicular environment. Presented at 2014 11th International Conference & Expo on Emerging Technologies for a Smarter World (CEWIT), Melville, NY, USA

Contemporary needs for constant provision of information and communication has crowded the modern vehicle's interior with a variety of instrumentation displays. This abundance of automotive infotainment devices can reduce significantly driver's decis... Read More about Enhancing human responses through augmented reality head-up display in vehicular environment.

Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design for Equatorial Africa (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naman, G. Z., Sellami, N., Sarmah, N., Ivaturi, A., Senthilarasu, S., Bobbili, P., Upadhyaya, H., & Mallick, T. (2014, March). Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design for Equatorial Africa. Presented at 1st Africa Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Durban, South Africa

Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPC) design uses interposed optical devices (such as parabolic trough, parabolic dish, linear Fresnel reflectors, etc) between the source of radiation (Sun in this case) and the energy absorbing surface (solar cell).... Read More about Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design for Equatorial Africa.

Development of a concentrated photovoltaic thermal hybrid system for heat and power generation in Nigeria (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zamani Naman, G., Ivaturi, A., Sundaram, S., Bobbili, P., Sellami, N., Sarmah, N., Mallick, T. K., & Upadhyaya, H. (2014, April). Development of a concentrated photovoltaic thermal hybrid system for heat and power generation in Nigeria. Presented at PVSAT-10: 10th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, Loughborough University

Ontology based classification for multi-label image annotation (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reshma, I. A., Ullah, M. Z., & Aono, M. (2014, August). Ontology based classification for multi-label image annotation. Presented at 2014 International Conference of Advanced Informatics: Concept, Theory and Application (ICAICTA), Bandung, Indonesia

Image annotation has been an important task for visual information retrieval. It usually involves a multi-class multi-label classification problem. To solve this problem, many researches have been conducted during last two decades, although most of t... Read More about Ontology based classification for multi-label image annotation.

Query subtopic mining for search result diversification (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, M. Z., & Aono, M. (2014). Query subtopic mining for search result diversification. In 2014 International Conference of Advanced Informatics: Concept, Theory and Application (ICAICTA) (309-314). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICAICTA.2014.7005960

Web search queries are usually short, ambiguous, and contain multiple aspects or subtopics. Different users may have different search intents (or information needs) when submitting the same query. The task of identifying the subtopics underlying a qu... Read More about Query subtopic mining for search result diversification.

Optical performances of refractive Crossed Compound Parabolic Concentrator CCPC (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sellami, N., & Mallick, T. (2014, September). Optical performances of refractive Crossed Compound Parabolic Concentrator CCPC. Presented at 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam

The design of solar concentrators depends on its application (thermal or PV) and on the tracking system that will be used. Low geometrical concentration ratios (Cg) are

Mapping on surfaces: Supporting collaborative work using interactive tabletop (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sinmai, K., & Andras, P. (2014). Mapping on surfaces: Supporting collaborative work using interactive tabletop. In CYTED-RITOS International Workshop on Groupware (319-334). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10166-8_29

We investigate the usability of our mindmap application using a tabletop integrated with four Android tablets in the context of support for collaborative work. This paper presents two empirical studies that compares the conventional paper-and-pen app... Read More about Mapping on surfaces: Supporting collaborative work using interactive tabletop.

Heat Exchanger Networks Retrofitted with Simultaneous Pressure Recovery (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onishi, V., Ravagnani, M., & Caballero, J. A. (2014). Heat Exchanger Networks Retrofitted with Simultaneous Pressure Recovery. In XX Brazilian Congress of Chemical Engineering – COBEQ 2014

This paper presents a new optimization model for the retrofit of heat exchanger networks (HENs), in which the pressure recovery of streams is used to enhance heat integration. Especially important in sub-ambient processes, the HEN retrofit with press... Read More about Heat Exchanger Networks Retrofitted with Simultaneous Pressure Recovery.

Advances in Additive Manufacturing Processes (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oppon, C., Hackney, P., Shyha, I., & Beeby, J. (2014). Advances in Additive Manufacturing Processes. In 3rd Applied Research Conference in Africa

Additive Manufacturing (AM) which is also referred as Three Dimensional Printing (3DP), Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) or Rapid Prototyping (RP) is a layer-by-layer technique of producing a three-dimensional (3D) objects directly from a digital mod... Read More about Advances in Additive Manufacturing Processes.

Controllability for positive discrete–time linear systems with positive state (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guiver, C., & Townley, S. (2014, July). Controllability for positive discrete–time linear systems with positive state. Presented at The 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Groningen, The Netherlands

Controllability of componentwise nonnegative discrete-time linear systems is considered. The key difference here from the well-established positive systems theory is that we permit the case where the input takes negative values, provided that the sta... Read More about Controllability for positive discrete–time linear systems with positive state.

A stability/instability trichotomy for non-negative Lur'e systems (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bill, A., Guiver, C., Logemann, H., & Townley, S. (2014, July). A stability/instability trichotomy for non-negative Lur'e systems. Presented at 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Groningen, The Netherlands

We identify a stability/instability trichotomy for a class of non-negative continuous-time Lur'e systems. Asymptotic as well as input-to-state stability concepts (ISS) are considered. The presented trichotomy rests on Perron-Frobenius theory, absolut... Read More about A stability/instability trichotomy for non-negative Lur'e systems.

An exploration of the lived experience of occupational therapists in Accident and Emergency Departments in Scotland – All of life is here (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
James, K. (2014). An exploration of the lived experience of occupational therapists in Accident and Emergency Departments in Scotland – All of life is here

James, K. (2014). An exploration of the lived experience of occupational therapists in Accident and Emergency Departments in Scotland – All of life is here. Presented at the 16th International Conference of the World Federation of Occupational Therap... Read More about An exploration of the lived experience of occupational therapists in Accident and Emergency Departments in Scotland – All of life is here.

Individual Risk in Online Social Networking Services (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haynes, D. (2014, December). Individual Risk in Online Social Networking Services. Paper presented at Symposium at School of Maths, Computer Science and Engineering, City, University of London

When an individual signs up to an online social networking service such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, he or she is entering into a contract with the provider. In exchange for a range of services that are free at the point of usage the provider c... Read More about Individual Risk in Online Social Networking Services.

The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ablola, M., Plant, E., & Lee, C. (2014). The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London. . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0953

The use of electric delivery vehicles in urban applications is a viable solution proposed by government and academic research to enable the logistics industry to achieve the carbon emissions reduction targets set in the UK for 2050. This paper examin... Read More about The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London.

Investigating people: a qualitative analysis of the search behaviours of open-source intelligence analysts (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKeown, S., Maxwell, D., Azzopardi, L., & Glisson, W. B. (2014, August). Investigating people: a qualitative analysis of the search behaviours of open-source intelligence analysts. Presented at 5th Information Interaction in Context Symposium, Regensburg, Germany

The Internet and the World Wide Web have become integral parts of the lives of many modern individuals, enabling almost instantaneous communication, sharing and broadcasting of thoughts, feelings and opinions. Much of this information is publicly fac... Read More about Investigating people: a qualitative analysis of the search behaviours of open-source intelligence analysts.