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Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Avdukić, A., & Khaleel, F. (2019, October). Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body. Presented at Sarajevo Islamic Finance and Economics Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The aim in this paper is to examine the implementation and working of market regulations within the Muslim world with the objective of investigating the political economy of institution of hisbah, and examining the process of construction of regulati... Read More about Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body.

Impact of Board Structure on Chinese Firms' Cross- Border M&A Performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ding, S., Du, M., Cui, T., Zhang, Y., & Duygun, M. (2019, October). Impact of Board Structure on Chinese Firms' Cross- Border M&A Performance. Paper presented at Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance, Hanoi, Vietnam

The impact of corporate board characteristics on firm performance continues to be an issue that has given risen to a set of polarizing corporate governance doctrines. In this paper, we identify the impact of corporate board characteristics on Chinese... Read More about Impact of Board Structure on Chinese Firms' Cross- Border M&A Performance.

Do Conforming to State-Directed Investment Policies in Emerging Countries Create Value for Acquiring Firms (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boateng, A., & Du, M. (2019, October). Do Conforming to State-Directed Investment Policies in Emerging Countries Create Value for Acquiring Firms. Paper presented at Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance, Hanoi, Vietnam

In this paper we explore whether firms conforming to state-directed investment policy creates value in the short-term for emerging market acquiring firms. Employing a sample of 468 Chinese cross-border acquisitions (CBA) over the period of 1998-2011,... Read More about Do Conforming to State-Directed Investment Policies in Emerging Countries Create Value for Acquiring Firms.

Grading entropy coordinates and criteria for evaluation of liquefaction potential (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barreto Gonzalez, D., Leak, J., Dimitriadi, V., McDougall, J., Imre, E., & Lőrincz, J. (2019, June). Grading entropy coordinates and criteria for evaluation of liquefaction potential. Presented at 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome, Italy

Several methods are commonly used for the evaluation of liquefaction potential in soils. These include criteria based on SPT and CPT tests, shear wave velocity measurements and gradation limits, amongst others. This study applies the concept of gradi... Read More about Grading entropy coordinates and criteria for evaluation of liquefaction potential.

JUNGLE: An Interactive Visual Platform for Collaborative Creation and Consumption of Nonlinear Transmedia Stories (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kapadia, M., Muniz, C. M., Sohn, S. S., Pan, Y., Schriber, S., Mitchell, K., & Gross, M. (2019, November). JUNGLE: An Interactive Visual Platform for Collaborative Creation and Consumption of Nonlinear Transmedia Stories. Presented at International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2019), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

JUNGLE is an interactive, visual platform for the collaborative manipulation and consumption of nonlinear transmedia stories. Intuitive visual interfaces encourage JUNGLE users to explore vast libraries of story worlds, expand existing stories, or co... Read More about JUNGLE: An Interactive Visual Platform for Collaborative Creation and Consumption of Nonlinear Transmedia Stories.

Video Art as a Tool of Aesthetic Investigation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2019, October). Video Art as a Tool of Aesthetic Investigation. Presented at International Forum on Cross Media Art and Design, Shanghai University of Engineering Science

Holmes, P. (2019, October). Video Art as a Tool of Aesthetic Investigation. Presented at International Forum on Cross Media Art and Design, Shanghai University of Engineering Science.

Partnerships and where we go from here: SIPR & SCLEPH (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aston, E. (2019, October). Partnerships and where we go from here: SIPR & SCLEPH. Paper presented at International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health, Edinburgh

Reducing reoffending and improving health: Increasing occupational participation for people with criminal justice involvement and a personality disorder. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Connell, C., Furtado, V., McKay, E., & Singh, S. (2019, October). Reducing reoffending and improving health: Increasing occupational participation for people with criminal justice involvement and a personality disorder. Paper presented at Fifth International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health, Edinburgh

High Performance On-Chip Array Antenna Based on Metasurface Feeding Structure for Terahertz Integrated Circuits (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Limiti, E. (2019, September). High Performance On-Chip Array Antenna Based on Metasurface Feeding Structure for Terahertz Integrated Circuits. Presented at 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Paris, France

In this letter, a novel on-chip array antenna with high-performances is investigated which is based on CMOS 20μm Silicon technology for operation over 0.6-0.65 THz. The proposed array structure is constructed on three layers composed of Silicon-Groun... Read More about High Performance On-Chip Array Antenna Based on Metasurface Feeding Structure for Terahertz Integrated Circuits.

Multi-miner's Cooperative Evolution Method of Bitcoin Pool Based on Temporal Difference Leaning Method (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ou, W., Deng, M., Luo, E., Shi, W., Tan, Z., & Bhuiyan, M. (2019, July). Multi-miner's Cooperative Evolution Method of Bitcoin Pool Based on Temporal Difference Leaning Method. Presented at The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom-2019), Atlanta, USA

Proof of Work (PoW) is used to provide a consensus mechanism for Bitcoin. In this mechanism, the process of generating a new block in the blockchain is referred to as mining. Such process is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and time co... Read More about Multi-miner's Cooperative Evolution Method of Bitcoin Pool Based on Temporal Difference Leaning Method.

Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., Quintal, F., Caires, F., Baptista, V., & Mendes, P. (2019). Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input. In 2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19). https://doi.org/10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876565

This paper presents Wattom, a highly interactive ambient eco-feedback smart plug that aims to promote a more sustainable use of electricity in the home. This paper describes our latest implementation of the Wattom plug, and three system applications.... Read More about Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input.

Post-war Fiction and the Literary Marketplace: Gilbert Frankau and Ford Madox Ford (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2019, October). Post-war Fiction and the Literary Marketplace: Gilbert Frankau and Ford Madox Ford. Paper presented at Upheaval and Reconstruction: Modernist Studies Association Conference, University of Toronto, Canada

Presentation at the Modernist Studies Association conference, on a panel organised by the British Association for Modernist Studies.

Navigating transnational migrant family: A multi-generational perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ran, G. J. (2019, October). Navigating transnational migrant family: A multi-generational perspective. Paper presented at RC06 (Research Committee of Family, International Sociological Association) - VSA (Vietnam Sociological Association) International Conference: The Family in Modern and Global Societies: Persistence and Change, Hanoi, Vietnam

Optimal Antenna Array Topologies for Energy Efficiency Maximization by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huang, Y., Karadimas, P., & Sohrab, A. P. (2019, September). Optimal Antenna Array Topologies for Energy Efficiency Maximization by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization. Presented at 2019 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), Granada, Spain

The purpose of this work is to design novel antenna array topologies that maximize the energy efficiency (EE) in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems. To provide insights into EE optimization issues, the particle swarm optimization... Read More about Optimal Antenna Array Topologies for Energy Efficiency Maximization by Employing Particle Swarm Optimization.

Diversity Antenna for Vehicular Communications in Microwave and mm-Wave Bands (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sohrab, A. P., Karadimas, P., & Huang, Y. (2019, September). Diversity Antenna for Vehicular Communications in Microwave and mm-Wave Bands. Presented at 2019 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), Granada, Spain

A dual band diversity antenna is proposed for vehicular communications. The antenna works at both 5.9 GHz and 60 GHz simultaneously which makes it a suitable candidate for next generation intelligent transportation systems (ITS). High isolation of th... Read More about Diversity Antenna for Vehicular Communications in Microwave and mm-Wave Bands.

Functionalized Carbon Reinforcement Structures with Optical Fibre Sensors for Carbon Concrete Composites (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bremer, K., Alwis, L. S. M., Weigand, F., Kuhne, M., Heibig, R., & Roth, B. (2019). Functionalized Carbon Reinforcement Structures with Optical Fibre Sensors for Carbon Concrete Composites. . https://doi.org/10.1109/cleoe-eqec.2019.8872285

Here we present our latest efforts in the development of functionalized carbon reinforcement structures (FCSs). FCSs are textile based carbon structures that are functionalized with optical fibre sensors and are designed for the reinforcement as well... Read More about Functionalized Carbon Reinforcement Structures with Optical Fibre Sensors for Carbon Concrete Composites.

Eating the Ecrits (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2019, October). Eating the Ecrits. Presented at Ecrits Conference, Pittsburgh, US