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A comparative study of the experiences of students completing social work placements within the University of Colombia (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Davey, J. (2017, December). A comparative study of the experiences of students completing social work placements within the University of Colombia. Paper presented at Bournemouth Research Conference: Student Engagement with Research, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth

This was a student co-authored article on their experiences of a student practice placement in Colombia.

Flocking Together - Career Guidance in a Group (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Meldrum, S. (2017, December). Flocking Together - Career Guidance in a Group. Presented at Career Development Institute Annual Conference and Exhibition, Solihull

Dramatic Effect: Enhancing Nurse Education Through Performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hoyle, L., Bastow, F., Mahoney, C., Kyle, R., & Veitch, L. (2017, December). Dramatic Effect: Enhancing Nurse Education Through Performance

Health and social care education programmes use the ‘professional world’ to enhance authentic learning. This real-word learning is one of the most powerful pedagogical experiences a student can have. Authentic learning employs innovative and motivati... Read More about Dramatic Effect: Enhancing Nurse Education Through Performance.

Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Tingas, E., Kashtanov, R., Hernández Pérez, F., Im, H., Paolo Ciottoli, P., Malpica Galassi, R., & Valorani, M. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime. Paper presented at 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Sydney, Australia

Tingas, E., Kashtanov, R., Hernández Pérez, F., Im, H., Paolo Ciottoli, P., Malpica Galassi, R., & Valorani, M. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime. Paper presented at 11th A... Read More about Dynamical Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime.

Dynamical Analysis of Methanol-Dimethyl Ether Autoignition at Engine-Relevant Conditions (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Song, W., Tingas, E., & Im, H. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Methanol-Dimethyl Ether Autoignition at Engine-Relevant Conditions. Paper presented at 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Sydney, Australia

Song, W., Tingas, E., & Im, H. (2017, December). Dynamical Analysis of Methanol-Dimethyl Ether Autoignition at Engine-Relevant Conditions. Paper presented at 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Sydney, Australia.

An ensemble model with ranking for social dialogue (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Papaioannou, I., Curry, A. C., Part, J. L., Shalyminov, I., Xu, X., Yu, Y., …Lemon, O. (2017, December). An ensemble model with ranking for social dialogue. Paper presented at NIPS 2017 Conversational AI Workshop, Long Beach, US

Open-domain social dialogue is one of the long-standing goals of Artificial Intelligence. This year, the Amazon Alexa Prize challenge was announced for the first time, where real customers get to rate systems developed by leading universities worldwi... Read More about An ensemble model with ranking for social dialogue.

Solar powered charging backpack (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Taverne, J., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ayub, A. S., Sellami, N., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Bani, N. A., & Mas'ud, A. A. (2017, December). Solar powered charging backpack. Paper presented at 2017 International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering (ICEECC2017), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This paper demonstrated a step by step process in designing a solar powered charging backpack that is capable of charging a mobile phone efficiently. A selection of existing products available on the market were reviewed and compared to ascertain the... Read More about Solar powered charging backpack.

Solar Concentrator: The next-generation solar photovoltaic system (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2017, December). Solar Concentrator: The next-generation solar photovoltaic system. Presented at Recent advances in Energy Conservation Techniques for Buildings Workshop, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Can You Hear What I Feel? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z. (2017, December). Can You Hear What I Feel?. Paper presented at Art of Record Production

No abstract available.

Activating the diaspora: engagement and satisfaction amongst philanthropic transient volunteer tourists (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, J., Gannon, M. J., Curran, R., & Taheri, B. (2017, December). Activating the diaspora: engagement and satisfaction amongst philanthropic transient volunteer tourists. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing: Tourism Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG)

This study develops understanding of diasporic volunteers who travel for the purpose of fundraising and other supporting roles (excluding service delivery), and seek to contribute positively to social welfare in their homeland. Such volunteers are de... Read More about Activating the diaspora: engagement and satisfaction amongst philanthropic transient volunteer tourists.

Over and over: consumer engagement and turning sports tourists into fans (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Cordina, R., Gannon, M. J., & Croall, R. (2017, December). Over and over: consumer engagement and turning sports tourists into fans. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing: Tourism Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG)

Travel to consume sport is an increasingly popular and prevalent leisure pursuit (Fourie & Santana-Gallego, 2011; Fredline, 2005). From those who follow Formula 1 across the globe (Henderson et al., 2010), to Tennis’ most ardent fans (Fredline, 2005)... Read More about Over and over: consumer engagement and turning sports tourists into fans.

Science communication & sensitive issues: putting risk in context (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kerr, G. (2017, November). Science communication & sensitive issues: putting risk in context. Presented at NATO BRITE Advanced Research Workshop, Yerevan, Armenia

One of the global challenges the world faces is the possibility of a chemical or nuclear attack by terrorists or a rogue state, or of an accidental nuclear disaster. With a breakdown in diplomacy between the USA and North Korea and tensions between b... Read More about Science communication & sensitive issues: putting risk in context.

Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Onishi, V., Labarta, J., Caballero, J., & Antunes, C. (2017, November). Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives. Paper presented at 18th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry - EMEC18: Chemistry Towards an Infinite Environment, Porto, Portugal

Wastewater management is nowadays one of the major concerns faced by the shale gas industry to improve its cost-effectiveness, while preserving the human health and environment. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations usually demand e... Read More about Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives.

Teachers’ and young adolescents’ qualitative opinions of an eight-week, feasibility/pilot, sit-stand desk intervention (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Pitkethly, A., Campbell, A., Sproule, J., Booth, J., Fawkner, S., & Hutson, D. (2017, November). Teachers’ and young adolescents’ qualitative opinions of an eight-week, feasibility/pilot, sit-stand desk intervention. Poster presented at Scottish Physical Activity Research Connections 2017, University of Edinburgh

Aim: Nine sit-stand desks were installed in an Edinburgh Primary 7 class to determine the feasibility of their use and the effects on sedentary, activity, learning outcome variables. This abstract details the qualitative aspect of this study to disco... Read More about Teachers’ and young adolescents’ qualitative opinions of an eight-week, feasibility/pilot, sit-stand desk intervention.

Sensing domestic energy use (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Davison, B. (2017, November). Sensing domestic energy use. Paper presented at U!REKA 2017: Towards and Education and Research Strategy, Edinburgh

Building accurate models of domestic energy use is difficult because of a lack of reliable representative data. This paper outlines a strategy for recruiting home owners to provide data from actual dwellings. Sensor networks are deployed to provide b... Read More about Sensing domestic energy use.

Optical Fibre Sensors technology towards smart cities concept (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Alwis, L. S., & Kerrouche, A. (2017, November). Optical Fibre Sensors technology towards smart cities concept. Presented at 2nd International Conference of the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance, Edinburgh, Scotland

With the advancements in material sciences, the sensor research field is heading towards the implementation of an ultimate “nerves system” that can be utilized to sense various, if not all, physical, chemical and biological aspects not only of living... Read More about Optical Fibre Sensors technology towards smart cities concept.

Investigation of Turbulent Hydrogen Premixed Flame Topologies at Different Combustion Regimes Using Computational Singular Perturbation (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Tingas, S., Hernandez Perez, F., & Im, H. (2017, November). Investigation of Turbulent Hydrogen Premixed Flame Topologies at Different Combustion Regimes Using Computational Singular Perturbation. Paper presented at 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Denver, Colorado

The investigation of turbulent flames at higher Reynolds and Karlovitz numbers has been gaining research interest, due to the advances in the computational power that has facilitated the use of direct numerical simulations (DNS). One of the additiona... Read More about Investigation of Turbulent Hydrogen Premixed Flame Topologies at Different Combustion Regimes Using Computational Singular Perturbation.

Underwater Plastic Frankenstein (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Alder, E. (2017, November). Underwater Plastic Frankenstein. Paper presented at Gothic Nature, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland