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Performance for Care (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahoney, C., & Mermikedes, A. (2020, November). Performance for Care. Presented at Performance for Care, Online

As the use of drama in the education of healthcare professionals becomes more widely accepted, its relationship to the more established practice of simulation based learning merits further examination. Though these two pedagogic approaches stem from... Read More about Performance for Care.

Effect of Freezing and Fixation on Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters in Phantoms of Brain and Brain Tumour (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, H., Yang, S., Cochran, S., Stritch, T., & Baldwin, M. (2020, September). Effect of Freezing and Fixation on Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters in Phantoms of Brain and Brain Tumour. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Las Vegas, NV, USA

Quantitative ulltrasound (QUS) analyzes unprocessed radio frequency data from an ultrasound transducer or array and infers properties about tissue microstructure. Whilst it has shown success in diagnosing various soft tissue diseases, there have been... Read More about Effect of Freezing and Fixation on Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters in Phantoms of Brain and Brain Tumour.

FaceMagic: Real-time Facial Detail Effects on Mobile (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Casas, L., Li, Y., & Mitchell, K. (2020, December). FaceMagic: Real-time Facial Detail Effects on Mobile. Presented at SA '20: SIGGRAPH Asia 2020, Online [Republic of Korea]

We present a novel real-time face detail reconstruction method capable of recovering high quality geometry on consumer mobile devices. Our system firstly uses a morphable model and semantic segmentation of facial parts to achieve robust self-calibrat... Read More about FaceMagic: Real-time Facial Detail Effects on Mobile.

Compact, Low-profile and Robust Inversely E-shaped Antenna Integrated with EBG Structures for Wearable Application (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ashyap, A., Abidin, . Z., Dahlan, S. H., Shah, . S., Yee, S., Majid, H., Qureshi, . S., & See, C. H. (2020, September). Compact, Low-profile and Robust Inversely E-shaped Antenna Integrated with EBG Structures for Wearable Application. Presented at 2020 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

A compact and robust inversely E-shaped antenna (IESA) integrated with electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) is presented for wearable applications at 2.4 GHz. The EBG introduced in this paper to shield the antenna from body effects, due to it... Read More about Compact, Low-profile and Robust Inversely E-shaped Antenna Integrated with EBG Structures for Wearable Application.

Liquid-Sensing Metamaterial Ring Resonator in Millimeter-wave Band for 5G Applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gureshi, S., Ashyap, . A., Abidin,, Z., Dahlan, S. H., Majid, . H., & See, C. H. (2020, September). Liquid-Sensing Metamaterial Ring Resonator in Millimeter-wave Band for 5G Applications. Presented at 2020 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

A novel microwave technology-based biosensor operating at 36 GHz is developed for liquid-sensing properties for 5G applications. The metamaterial resonator in the designed biosensor consists of a single ring connected by two microstrip lines. The ove... Read More about Liquid-Sensing Metamaterial Ring Resonator in Millimeter-wave Band for 5G Applications.

Towards Continuous User Authentication Using Personalised Touch-Based Behaviour (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aaby, P., Giuffrida, M. V., Buchanan, W. J., & Tan, Z. (2020, August). Towards Continuous User Authentication Using Personalised Touch-Based Behaviour. Presented at CyberSciTech 2020, Calgary, Canada

In this paper, we present an empirical evaluation of 30 features used in touch-based continuous authentication. It is essential to identify the most significant features for each user, as behaviour is different amongst humans. Thus, a fixed feature s... Read More about Towards Continuous User Authentication Using Personalised Touch-Based Behaviour.

Music classroom as the shifting ground for patriotism: National Anthem Law in Hong Kong (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cheng, L. (2020, July). Music classroom as the shifting ground for patriotism: National Anthem Law in Hong Kong. Presented at 20th International Seminar of the ISME Commission on Policy: Culture, Media and Education, Online

Music as an expressive art form can convey meaning and carry emotional associations. It can promote universal values such as anti-war and equality, or political ideology including both pro- and anti-establishment sentiments. As a result, various coun... Read More about Music classroom as the shifting ground for patriotism: National Anthem Law in Hong Kong.

Experiences of mirror therapy in the sub-acute phase of stroke (in World Stroke Congress Abstracts, 2020) (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turtle, B., Porter-Armstrong, A., Robinson, L., & Stinson, M. Experiences of mirror therapy in the sub-acute phase of stroke (in World Stroke Congress Abstracts, 2020). Presented at World Stroke Congress, Online

Background And Aims: Mirror therapy provides a novel, cost-effective approach to upper limb treatment following stroke. However, the effectiveness of mirror therapy in sub-acute stroke is unclear. Qualitative studies enable exploration and optimisati... Read More about Experiences of mirror therapy in the sub-acute phase of stroke (in World Stroke Congress Abstracts, 2020).

Double Trouble: The Effect of Eye Gaze on the Social Impression of Mobile Robotic Telepresence Operators (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wolf, E. D., & Li, J. (2020, November). Double Trouble: The Effect of Eye Gaze on the Social Impression of Mobile Robotic Telepresence Operators. Presented at International Conference on Social Robotics, Golden, CO, USA

Eye gaze is used to convey crucial information during interactions with humans and robots. Modern video conferencing systems, an aspect of mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) systems, have limited eye gaze functionality due to the Mona Lisa effect. Thi... Read More about Double Trouble: The Effect of Eye Gaze on the Social Impression of Mobile Robotic Telepresence Operators.

Using AI-Enhanced Social Robots to Improve Children’s Healthcare Experiences (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellen Foster, M., Ali, S., Litwin, S., Parker, J., Petrick, R. P. A., Harris Smith, D., Stinson, J., & Zeller, F. (2020, November). Using AI-Enhanced Social Robots to Improve Children’s Healthcare Experiences. Presented at International Conference on Social Robotics, Golden, Colorado

This paper describes a new research project that aims to develop an autonomous and responsive social robot designed to help children cope with painful procedures in hospital emergency departments. While this is an application domain where psychologic... Read More about Using AI-Enhanced Social Robots to Improve Children’s Healthcare Experiences.

Investigating the Talent Development Environment in Scottish Football: a Comparison between Elite and Grassroots Academies (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, D., Armatas, V., & Andronikos, G. (2020, November). Investigating the Talent Development Environment in Scottish Football: a Comparison between Elite and Grassroots Academies. Paper presented at 3rd International e-Congress on Functional Rehabilitation of Injuries in Athletes and Trainees, Online

The Talent Development Environment (TDE) refers to the organised system influencing the progression of players and it is a crucial part of the development pathway. The purpose of the present study was to examine players’ perceptions regarding the qua... Read More about Investigating the Talent Development Environment in Scottish Football: a Comparison between Elite and Grassroots Academies.

Improving Emergency Vehicles’ Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bram-Larbi, K. F., Charissis, V., Khan, S., Harrison, D. K., & Drikakis, D. (2020, July). Improving Emergency Vehicles’ Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence. Presented at 22nd HCI International Conference (HCII 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark

The rapid mobilization of Emergency Services (ES) could be particularly challenging for ES drivers and staff that have to navigate and manoeuvre through various traffic and weather conditions. Driving, in high speeds through dense traffic is a partic... Read More about Improving Emergency Vehicles’ Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence.

Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oye, T. K., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. T. (2020, September). Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System. Presented at 2020 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA), Glasgow, United Kingdom

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21 st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption of environmental resources. The bathroom has been estimated to be the principal user o... Read More about Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System.

Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2020, September). Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning. Presented at 2020 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA), Glasgow, United Kingdom

This paper presents the modelling of smart indoor control for renewable air-conditioning using fuzzy logic control and proportional-integral-derivatives for improved thermal comfort. The proposed control techniques are systematically designed and tun... Read More about Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning.

Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bagherian, M. A., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., Nafea, M., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., & Wooi, C.-L. (2020, September). Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification. Presented at 2020 2nd International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems (SPIES), Bangkok, Thailand

Over the past centuries, discovery and utilization of fossil fuels has revolutionized the world pushing societies towards modernization. This source of energy that is being referred as black gold, has faced extensive consumption which consequently st... Read More about Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification.