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Meta-Heuristic Optimization of Sliding Mode Control—Application to Quadrotor-Based Inspection of Solar Panels (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rezoug, A., Bouderbala, F.-Z., Baizid, K., & Iqbal, J. (2022, December). Meta-Heuristic Optimization of Sliding Mode Control—Application to Quadrotor-Based Inspection of Solar Panels. Presented at 1st International Conference on Advanced Renewable Energy Systems (ICARES 2022), Tipaza, Algeria

In this paper, inspection of solar energy system is addressed using a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. The accurate positioning of the system on the solar panel requires a robust controller to precisely address the fault while ensuring... Read More about Meta-Heuristic Optimization of Sliding Mode Control—Application to Quadrotor-Based Inspection of Solar Panels.

ViPER - Introducing a service to deliver restorative supervision for nursing students, to improve retention and raise the quality of student experiences. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jennison, L., Walker, J., Credland, N., Dixon, P., & Dunn, R. (2024, April). ViPER - Introducing a service to deliver restorative supervision for nursing students, to improve retention and raise the quality of student experiences. Paper presented at RCN Education Forum National Conference and Exhibition 2024: Future Insights: Enabling professional practice in health and social care nursing education, York

Abstract ID 239: Introduction: Restorative Supervision (RS) is increasingly being delivered to post qualified healthcare staff, via the growth of the PNA role (NHS England,2023). The benefits of delivering this to pre-registration students in educa... Read More about ViPER - Introducing a service to deliver restorative supervision for nursing students, to improve retention and raise the quality of student experiences..

Can restorative supervision positively impact the emotional wellbeing of HEI lecturers in healthcare? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jennison, L., Credland, N., & Walker, J. (2024, April). Can restorative supervision positively impact the emotional wellbeing of HEI lecturers in healthcare?. Paper presented at ANTF Symposium 2024: Association of National Teaching Fellows; Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence Network, Nottingham

Staff wellbeing is crucial to providing a high standard of education for students. Restorative Supervision has been shown to have positive impacts on staff wellbeing including feeling 'valued', reductions in stress and burnout, increased job satisfac... Read More about Can restorative supervision positively impact the emotional wellbeing of HEI lecturers in healthcare?.

Paper 4: Instabilities in downslope propagating gravity currents (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Skevington, E. W. G., Lloyd, C. J., Atoufi, A., & Doak, A. (2023, July). Paper 4: Instabilities in downslope propagating gravity currents. Presented at NFFDy Summer Programme on ‘Data in Fluids’, Cambridge

In this paper, the stability of a gravity current propagating down an inclined channel is explored. The gravity current is generated through a partial lock release. A local analysis of the flow about the lock is conducted using classical methodologie... Read More about Paper 4: Instabilities in downslope propagating gravity currents.

Help-seeking as relationship-saving: opposing perspectives within the intimate relationship when fathers suffer from postnatal depression (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, C. (2024, March). Help-seeking as relationship-saving: opposing perspectives within the intimate relationship when fathers suffer from postnatal depression. Paper presented at Journeys of Masculinity: Bodies, Identities, Wellbeing and the Life Course, University of Surrey [online]

Opening slide: Current guidance recommends that professionals screen and support mothers during the antenatal and postnatal periods for their mental health. Despite recommendations that father mental health is assessed, this is not currently routin... Read More about Help-seeking as relationship-saving: opposing perspectives within the intimate relationship when fathers suffer from postnatal depression.

Getting to the Point: Walking and feeling on the shorelines of Spurn (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horkan, T. (2024, March). Getting to the Point: Walking and feeling on the shorelines of Spurn. Paper presented at ACLA 2024 Annual Conference (American Comparative Literature Association), Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Spurn is a narrow sandy spit on the Holderness coast of East Yorkshire, UK, which juts out into the mouth of the Humber Estuary, and is a place of rich ecological and historical interest. Because of its position at the boundary of river and sea, Spur... Read More about Getting to the Point: Walking and feeling on the shorelines of Spurn.

AI-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Through Camera on Robot (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Csonka, G., Khalid, M., Rafiq, H., & Ali, Y. (2023, December). AI-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Through Camera on Robot. Presented at 2023 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad

This paper presents an innovative approach to real-time hand gesture recognition for robot control using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The core of this project is a machine learning model trained on a custom data set of hand gestures, which was metic... Read More about AI-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Through Camera on Robot.

Improving Rice Yield Prediction Accuracy Using Regression Models with Climate Data (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohamad Mohsin, M. F., Umana, M. K., Hassan, M. G., Sharif, K. I. M., Ismail, M. A., Salleh, K., Zahari, S. M., Sarmani, M. A., & Gordon, N. Improving Rice Yield Prediction Accuracy Using Regression Models with Climate Data. Presented at International Conference on Computing and Informatics 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rice production is critical to food security, and accurate yield predictions are required for planning and decision-making. However, precisely predicting rice yields using machine learning models can be difficult due to the complicated interactions o... Read More about Improving Rice Yield Prediction Accuracy Using Regression Models with Climate Data.

SmartTURVENT: Conceptual and Feasibility Studies of Smart Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Enhancement and Wind Energy Harvesting (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohd Nasir, D., Hughes, B. R., & Ibrahim, A. (2024, January). SmartTURVENT: Conceptual and Feasibility Studies of Smart Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Enhancement and Wind Energy Harvesting. Presented at 4th Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Vina Del Mar, Chile

Shifting from fossil fuel-based power and dive into clean energy solutions are strived for 2030 and 2050 under the SDG agenda. There is huge potential to convert roof ventilators as ventilation to energy technologies via taking advantage of low-high... Read More about SmartTURVENT: Conceptual and Feasibility Studies of Smart Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Enhancement and Wind Energy Harvesting.

Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohd Nasir, D., Hughes, B. R., & Ibrahim, A. (2024). Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting. Energy Proceedings, 43, https://doi.org/10.46855/energy-proceedings-11026

This paper introduces "SmartTURVENT," a hybrid windcatcher and turbine roof ventilator system with triple benefits: enhancing indoor environmental quality (IEQ), harnessing renewable energy, and reducing carbon emissions. Utilising a transient state... Read More about Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting.

Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gater, M., Adawi, A., & Kemp, N. (2023, December). Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots. Presented at NANOARCH 2023: IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures, Dresden, Germany

We report on the electrical effects of single and double polymer (polymethacrylate) barriers on polyethylene oxide (PEO) based memristors. The single barrier device with an active layer embedded with WS2 quantum dots is also investigated. The additio... Read More about Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots.

4Bii. Improving undergraduate student attrition and experience  through an innovative  Restorative Supervision project. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jennison, L., & Walker, J. (2023, December). 4Bii. Improving undergraduate student attrition and experience  through an innovative  Restorative Supervision project. Paper presented at Advance HE NETworking & Innovation in Healthcare Education Conference, Liverpool

Abstract: Principles of the PNA role and A-EQUIP model (NHS England, 2017) and specifically the Restorative Supervision (RS) element can also be applied to healthcare students during their training. RS can be defined “A model of supervision designe... Read More about 4Bii. Improving undergraduate student attrition and experience  through an innovative  Restorative Supervision project..

The Contribution of Major Historical Orefields to Coastal Trace Metal(loid) Fluxes in North-East England (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Riley, A. L., Onnis, P., Gandy, C. J., Kanu, C. V., Umeobika, C. V., Cameron, J., Burke, I. T., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Jarvis, A. P., & Mayes, W. M. (2023, July). The Contribution of Major Historical Orefields to Coastal Trace Metal(loid) Fluxes in North-East England. Presented at IMWA 2023 – ”Y Dyfodol | The Future”, Newport, Wales

Mine waters and tailings are key inputs to riverine metal(loid) transport to the coast. However, coastal areas also face local contaminant pressures, e.g. active industries and abandoned landfill sites. Annual riverine metal(loid) flux data were asse... Read More about The Contribution of Major Historical Orefields to Coastal Trace Metal(loid) Fluxes in North-East England.

PC030. Unconscious Bias Training for our Simulated Patients: Showcasing a new and innovative workshop (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., Whittaker, J., Frere, T., & Stockbridge, C. (2023, December). PC030. Unconscious Bias Training for our Simulated Patients: Showcasing a new and innovative workshop. Poster presented at 5th Developing Excellence in Medical Education Conference (DEMEC): Education in the wider context – the patient, the team and the global community, Manchester

Background: Unconscious biases are beliefs, attitudes and stereotypes that can affect our understanding and decisions in a way that we're not aware of. If steps aren't taken to avoid acting on such biases, it can lead to unfair treatments and discri... Read More about PC030. Unconscious Bias Training for our Simulated Patients: Showcasing a new and innovative workshop.

Micro (and macro) aggressions: We all have a responsibility to ensure an open, supportive and inclusive culture (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A. (2023, November). Micro (and macro) aggressions: We all have a responsibility to ensure an open, supportive and inclusive culture. Presented at Yorkshire and Humber School of Psychiatry Annual Conference, Harrogate

During this session you will: * Consider what is meant by the term ‘microaggression’ * Reflect on your own ‘culture’ * Consider what might impact your responding to a microaggression in everyday life * Be introduced to the Recognise, Choose, Act... Read More about Micro (and macro) aggressions: We all have a responsibility to ensure an open, supportive and inclusive culture.

Microaggressions & Bystander Training for Tutors and SPs: Providing a safe environment for Year 3 & 4 MB BS student to discuss and role play dealing with microaggressions personally or as a bystander in Communication Masterclasses (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., Frere, T., Stockbridge, C., & Whittaker, J. (2023, November). Microaggressions & Bystander Training for Tutors and SPs: Providing a safe environment for Year 3 & 4 MB BS student to discuss and role play dealing with microaggressions personally or as a bystander in Communication Masterclasses. Paper presented at Simulated Patients in Healthcare Education: A National Conference, Online

Presentation Objectives: To develop awareness of HYMS innovative Microaggression/Bystander Training delivered to our Communication Masterclass tutors & SPs to improve their skills and confidence in providing an opportunity for students to discuss... Read More about Microaggressions & Bystander Training for Tutors and SPs: Providing a safe environment for Year 3 & 4 MB BS student to discuss and role play dealing with microaggressions personally or as a bystander in Communication Masterclasses.

Using Peripheral Blood (PB) Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) Levels to Predict <0.01% Bone Marrow Disease (BM uMRD4): Identification of Effective PB Targets for CLL Treatment Cessation in the Ibrutinib+Venetoclax Arm of the FLAIR Trial (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rawstron, A., Webster, N., Dalal, S., de Tute, R. M., Bell, S., Cairns, D. A., Girvan, S., Greatorex, N., Hockaday, A., Jackson, S., Phillips, D., Stones, D., Allsup, D., Bloor, A. J. C., Sarma, A., Varghese, A. M., Munir, T., & Hillmen, P. Using Peripheral Blood (PB) Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) Levels to Predict <0.01% Bone Marrow Disease (BM uMRD4): Identification of Effective PB Targets for CLL Treatment Cessation in the Ibrutinib+Venetoclax Arm of the FLAIR Trial. Presented at 65th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA

Molecular Analysis at Relapse of Patients Treated on the Ibrutinib and Rituximab Arm of the National Multi-Centre Phase III FLAIR Study in Previously Untreated CLL Patients (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sarma, A., Evans, C., Dalal, S., Webster, N., Rawstron, A., Shingles, J., …Hillmen, P. (2023). Molecular Analysis at Relapse of Patients Treated on the Ibrutinib and Rituximab Arm of the National Multi-Centre Phase III FLAIR Study in Previously Untreated CLL Patients. Blood, 142(Supplement 1), 4636-4636. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-188597

Ibrutinib Plus Venetoclax with MRD-Directed Duration of Treatment Is Superior to FCR and Is a New Standard of Care for Previously Untreated CLL: Report of the Phase III UK NCRI FLAIR Study (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillmen, P., Cairns, D. A., Bloor, A. J. C., Allsup, D., Cwynarski, K., Pettitt, A., Paneesha, S., Fox, C. P., Eyre, T. A., Forconi, F., Elmusharaf, N., Kennedy, B., Gribben, J. G., Pemberton, N., Sheehy, O., Preston, G., Schuh, A., Howard, D., Hockaday, A., Jackson, S., …Munir, T. Ibrutinib Plus Venetoclax with MRD-Directed Duration of Treatment Is Superior to FCR and Is a New Standard of Care for Previously Untreated CLL: Report of the Phase III UK NCRI FLAIR Study. Presented at 65th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA

Introduction: Ibrutinib (I), an irreversible Btk inhibitor, and venetoclax (V), a Bcl-2 inhibitor, improve CLL outcomes in trials compared to chemoimmunotherapy. I and V target two key pathophysiological pathways in CLL and should be synergistic. Thi... Read More about Ibrutinib Plus Venetoclax with MRD-Directed Duration of Treatment Is Superior to FCR and Is a New Standard of Care for Previously Untreated CLL: Report of the Phase III UK NCRI FLAIR Study.

A Portable Multi-user Cross-Platform Virtual Reality Platform for School Teaching in Malawi (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kambili-Mzembe, F., & Gordon, N. A. A Portable Multi-user Cross-Platform Virtual Reality Platform for School Teaching in Malawi. Presented at International Conference on Immersive Learning 2023, San Luis Obispo, USA

This paper discusses and evaluates a self-contained portable multi-user cross-platform Virtual Reality (VR) setup that was devised and configured using off the shelf technologies and devices. This paper exemplifies how some fundamental challenges lik... Read More about A Portable Multi-user Cross-Platform Virtual Reality Platform for School Teaching in Malawi.