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BIM articulation and implementation in different-sized architectural firms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaradat, S., & Sexton, M. (2016). BIM articulation and implementation in different-sized architectural firms. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ARCOM Conference (63-72)

The empirical domain of research into the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has tended to be large architectural practices working on mega projects. The majority of construction projects that use BIM (including mega projects) inv... Read More about BIM articulation and implementation in different-sized architectural firms.

Control of rotorcraft landing gear on different ground conditions (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Goh, K., Boix, D. M., McWhinnie, J., & Smith, G. (2016). Control of rotorcraft landing gear on different ground conditions. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icma.2016.7558557

This paper presents an example of a PID controller applied to a 2-dimensional rotorcraft landing gear with two DOF (degrees of freedom), as well as the design of the landing gear dynamic model. The focus of this work is to maintain the landing spot t... Read More about Control of rotorcraft landing gear on different ground conditions.

A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kourkoulis, S. K., Marinelli, A., & Dakanali, I. (2016, June). A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks. Presented at ECCOMAS congress 2016: VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Crete Island, Greece

The present study describes the first stage of an ongoing research project aiming to investigate the failure mechanisms activated when reinforcing bars are pulled-out from the body of the reinforced element. Attention is given to the progressive fail... Read More about A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks.

A longitudinal interpretive phenomenological investigation into latent entrepreneurial learning processes: Key implications for entrepreneurial education. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Devlin, J. (2016, September). A longitudinal interpretive phenomenological investigation into latent entrepreneurial learning processes: Key implications for entrepreneurial education. Poster presented at British Academy of Management, Newcastle, UK

The effectiveness and value of entrepreneurship education is much debated within academic literature. The individual’s experience is advocated as being key to shaping entrepreneurial education and design through a multiplicity of theoretical concepts... Read More about A longitudinal interpretive phenomenological investigation into latent entrepreneurial learning processes: Key implications for entrepreneurial education..

Development of mitochondria- and protease-specific prodrugs in the potential treatment of parasitic helminth infections (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oluwadare, E., Rehan, A., Ding, Y., Turnbull, A., Malone, E., Mincher, D., & Proudfoot, L. (2016, September). Development of mitochondria- and protease-specific prodrugs in the potential treatment of parasitic helminth infections. Poster presented at Molecular & Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites X, Hydra, Greece

Anthelmintic resistance and the shortage of new drugs represent an urgent need for the development of novel anti-parasite drugs with effective delivery to the target site. Reduced bioavailability and sub-optimal doses can be responsible for generatio... Read More about Development of mitochondria- and protease-specific prodrugs in the potential treatment of parasitic helminth infections.

Problem Solving: Grand Challenges of Portsmouth and the Region, With Cllr. D. Jones (Portsmouth Council Leader), Dr. Ruth Kaufman O.B.E. (ORS President), Rear Admiral Nick Lambert (Maritime Domain Expert) and Felicity McLeister (Pro Bono O.R. Project Manager) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2016, September). Problem Solving: Grand Challenges of Portsmouth and the Region, With Cllr. D. Jones (Portsmouth Council Leader), Dr. Ruth Kaufman O.B.E. (ORS President), Rear Admiral Nick Lambert (Maritime Domain Expert) and Felicity McLeister (Pro Bono O.R. Project Manager). Presented at Making an Impact Workshop, OR58

Addressing “grand challenges” is very much in the history and tradition of Operational Research (O.R.), in the past saving millions of lives and protecting Britain, ultimately helping to liberate Europe. Lane (2010) provides an account of how O.R. ha... Read More about Problem Solving: Grand Challenges of Portsmouth and the Region, With Cllr. D. Jones (Portsmouth Council Leader), Dr. Ruth Kaufman O.B.E. (ORS President), Rear Admiral Nick Lambert (Maritime Domain Expert) and Felicity McLeister (Pro Bono O.R. Project Manager).

Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic system using phase change material (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al Siyabi, I., Sharma, S., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2016). Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic system using phase change material. In AIP Conference Proceedings (090001). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962107

Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic (BICPV) systems have a direct influence on the photovoltaic performance. This paper investigates the thermal behavior of a BICPV and phase change material (PCM) system through numer... Read More about Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic system using phase change material.

Speed channel interactions in naturalistic motion stimuli (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gekas, N., Meso, A., Masson, G., & Mamassian, P. (2016). Speed channel interactions in naturalistic motion stimuli. Journal of Vision, 16(12), 1131. https://doi.org/10.1167/16.12.1131

Human observers are very sensitive to speeds of moving stimuli. However little is known about how such sensitivity arises independently upon the spatiotemporal properties of the stimulus. Here, we investigate the interactions between spatiotemporal f... Read More about Speed channel interactions in naturalistic motion stimuli.

Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sweet, T. K., Rolley, M., Min, G., Knox, A., Gregory, D., Paul, D., …et al. (2016). Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP). In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962105

This paper presents the design, manufacture and electrical test of a novel integrated III:V low concentrator photovoltaic and thermoelectric device for enhanced solar energy harvesting efficiency. The PCB-based platform is a highly reliable means of... Read More about Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP).

A service oriented QoS architecture targeting the smart grid world & machine learning aspects (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chrysoulas, C., & Fasli, M. (2016). A service oriented QoS architecture targeting the smart grid world & machine learning aspects. . https://doi.org/10.1109/splitech.2016.7555923

Dynamic selection of services and by extension of service providers are vital in today's liberalized market of energy. On the other hand it is equally important for Service Providers to spot the one QoS Module that offers the best QoS level in a give... Read More about A service oriented QoS architecture targeting the smart grid world & machine learning aspects.

Sticky policy enabled authenticated OOXML (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spyra, G., Buchanan, W. J., & Ekonomou, E. (2016). Sticky policy enabled authenticated OOXML. In Conference Proceedings of the IEEE Technically Sponsored SAI Computing Conference 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/SAI.2016.7556117

This paper proposes a secure document sharing construction, which addresses confidentiality and authenticity concerns related to cloud-based data sharing. The goal of this research is to find an efficient way to share data in the cloud across various... Read More about Sticky policy enabled authenticated OOXML.

Systematic Review Medicines Adherence in the ID population (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R. (2016, August). Systematic Review Medicines Adherence in the ID population. Paper presented at International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD), Melbourne, Australia

This presented my systematic review from my PhD thesis.

Intelligent DMU creation: Nominal CAD model preparation for automated tolerance allocation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Friel, I., Butterfield, J., & Marzano, A. (2016, August). Intelligent DMU creation: Nominal CAD model preparation for automated tolerance allocation. Paper presented at 33rd International Manufacturing Conference (IMC33), University of Limerick, Ireland

This paper examines the integration of a tolerance design process within the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) environment having identified the potential to create an intelligent Digital Mock-Up [1]. The tolerancing process is complex in nature and as suc... Read More about Intelligent DMU creation: Nominal CAD model preparation for automated tolerance allocation.

Effect of orthogonal adaptation on the perceived velocity of multidirectional random dot stimuli at different speeds (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gekas, N., & Mamassian, P. (2016). Effect of orthogonal adaptation on the perceived velocity of multidirectional random dot stimuli at different speeds. Perception, 45(2_suppl), 101-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006616671273

Motion adaptation generates strong aftereffects in the opposite direction. Here, we investigated the effect of orthogonal adaptation on perceived velocity across different speeds. Human observers adapted to a broadband grating, moving upwards at 6°/s... Read More about Effect of orthogonal adaptation on the perceived velocity of multidirectional random dot stimuli at different speeds.

Pricing Ontology for Task-Oriented Cloud Sourcing (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Greenwell, R., Liu, X., & Chalmers, K. (2016). Pricing Ontology for Task-Oriented Cloud Sourcing. In 2016 IEEE 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud). https://doi.org/10.1109/ficloud.2016.17

Cloud computing allows access to computing resources from a number of providers, who offer multiple pricing strategies for selected product characteristics. The service offerings are becoming increasingly complex, with innovations such as spot market... Read More about Pricing Ontology for Task-Oriented Cloud Sourcing.

Grid Routing: An Energy-Efficient Routing Protocol for WSNs with Single Mobile Sink (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, Q., Zhang, K., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016). Grid Routing: An Energy-Efficient Routing Protocol for WSNs with Single Mobile Sink. In Cloud Computing and Security (232-243). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48674-1_21

In a traditional wireless sensor network with static sinks, sensor nodes close to the sink run out of their batteries quicker than other nodes due to the increased data traffic towards the sink. These nodes with huge data traffic are easy to become h... Read More about Grid Routing: An Energy-Efficient Routing Protocol for WSNs with Single Mobile Sink.

A Method for Electric Load Data Verfication and Repair in home Environment (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, Q., Li, S., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016, July). A Method for Electric Load Data Verfication and Repair in home Environment. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security

Most people do not have a consciousness of energy saving. For this phenomenon, the governments are building smart grids to take measures for the energy crisis. Electric load data records the electric consumption and plays an important role in operati... Read More about A Method for Electric Load Data Verfication and Repair in home Environment.