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Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bin-Melha, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Usman, M., Elfergani, I., & Noras, J. (2012, March). Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna. Presented at The 31st PIERS (Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A triangular patch harmonic-rejecting antenna at 0.7 GHz is proposed. Simulated results obtained using HFSS software show that a triangular antenna with shorting pin feed, and of compact size, exhibits high reflection coefficients at the second and t... Read More about Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna.

Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adnan, S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Usman, M., See, C., Noras, J., & Child, M. (2012, March). Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging. Presented at The 31st Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Near field imaging using microwaves in medical applications has gained much attention recently as various researchers have shown its capability and accuracy in identifying features of interest compared to better known screening tools. This paper docu... Read More about Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging.

Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bin-Melha, M. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Alkambashi, M., Zhou, D., Jones, S. M., & Excell, P. (2012, March). Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems. Presented at 4th International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

Two novel reduced-size, printed spiral antennas are proposed for use in personal communications mobile terminals exploiting the “big low earth orbit” (Big-LEO) satellite system (uplink 1.61–1.63 GHz; downlink 2.48–2.5 GHz). The two proposed antenna g... Read More about Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems.

Video quality degradation on IPTV networks (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Okyere-Benya, J., Aldiabat, M., Menkovski, V., Exarchakos, G., & Liotta, A. (2012, January). Video quality degradation on IPTV networks. Presented at 2012 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Maui, HI, USA

In IPTV streaming, issues of entire frame losses limit the use of state-of-the-art video quality analyses techniques. We present an experimental evaluation of degradation in video quality when streaming different types of video in an IPTV scenario. T... Read More about Video quality degradation on IPTV networks.

An autonomic plane for wireless body sensor networks (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fortino, G., Galzarano, S., & Liotta, A. (2012, January). An autonomic plane for wireless body sensor networks. Presented at 2012 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Maui, HI, US

Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSN) have proved to be a potential technology for developing applications that can monitor and control physical and biochemical parameters on the human body. Developing such applications is rather cumbersome, since the... Read More about An autonomic plane for wireless body sensor networks.

A wireless mesh communication protocol for smart-metering (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Geelen, D., Van Kempen, G., Van Hoogstraten, F., & Liotta, A. (2012, January). A wireless mesh communication protocol for smart-metering. Presented at 2012 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Maui, HI, US

Worldwide there has been increasing interest over the past few years for so-called “Smart Meters”, in academia, governments and in industry. Such smart-metering systems need a way to communicate the collected data reliably and cost efficiently to the... Read More about A wireless mesh communication protocol for smart-metering.

Hugh MacDiarmid (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2012, March). Hugh MacDiarmid. Presented at The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Debate. Aye Write!, Mitchell Library, Glasgow

No abstract available.

Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2012, July). Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making. Presented at 4th Annual Conference of the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC)

ARIMA models have been extensively used for property market modelling. Property researchers have used this type of univariate forecasting technique to predict property rents, returns and yields. However, it has been indicated that ARIMA models could... Read More about Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making..

From Skills Development to Skills Use and Articulation: Insights from the Interface Between University and Work. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M., Smith, S., & Boyle, F. (2012, March). From Skills Development to Skills Use and Articulation: Insights from the Interface Between University and Work. Paper presented at QAA Enhancement Themes

Much work has been dedicated to how universities define graduate attributes and how they can help their students develop these academic abilities, personal qualities and skills. But how do our students actually use and articulate those skills when th... Read More about From Skills Development to Skills Use and Articulation: Insights from the Interface Between University and Work..

Cloud Forensics. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Macfarlane, R., Graves, J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., & Bose, N. (2012, March). Cloud Forensics. Paper presented at International Seminar on Policing Digital Crime

This presentation outlines the usage of digital forensics in the Cloud.

Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dickson, C., Prach, M., Fraser, J., Ingram, L., Barlow, P., Hutchison, G., Proudfoot, L., & Malone, E. (2012, February). Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation. Presented at NanoImpactNet-QNANO conference - European Network on the Health and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials, Dublin, Ireland

Neutrophils, the rapid responders of the innate immune system, are central to the initial immune responses of a host to foreign particles. Circulating in the blood, they are the predominant leukocyte (40-75%), and are positioned to rapidly migrate to... Read More about Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation.

Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., Lo, O., & Thuemmler, C. (2012, February). Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud. Paper presented at Cloud Computing in the Public Sector: The Way Forward

Case Study: Moving Towards an e-health Platform to Store NHS Patient Information in the Cloud The NHS pilot scheme to store patient information in the Cloud How can the health sector can gain greater value from its infrastructure by moving services i... Read More about Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud..

Designing tangible interaction for embodied facilitation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A. (2012, February). Designing tangible interaction for embodied facilitation. Presented at Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction - TEI '12

Designing and evaluating tangible interaction is a challenging ad-hoc process. This paper argues that if the field of tangible interaction is to continue to develop, it will need to adopt design methodologies and guidelines that reflect its unique fe... Read More about Designing tangible interaction for embodied facilitation.

Homeokinetic Reinforcement Learning (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. C., & Herrmann, J. M. (2011, September). Homeokinetic Reinforcement Learning. Presented at First IAPR TC3 Workshop, PSL 2011, Ulm, Germany

In order to find a control policy for an autonomous robot by reinforcement learning, the utility of a behaviour can be revealed locally through a modulation of the motor command by probing actions. For robots with many degrees of freedom, this type o... Read More about Homeokinetic Reinforcement Learning.