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A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buckley, C., Holley, D., & Fallin, L. (2023). A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi29.1127

Drawing upon a section of the co-created learning development (LD) Manifesto (ALDinHE, 2018), in this workshop we invite participants to come and be creative-and imagine beyond what learning developers do now into what they may do in the future, insp... Read More about A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development.

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.

A Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller for Trajectory Planning of Skid-Steer Mobile Robots in Agricultural Environments (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aro, K., Urvina, R., Deniz, N. N., Menendez, O., Iqbal, J., & Prado, A. (2023, September). A Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller for Trajectory Planning of Skid-Steer Mobile Robots in Agricultural Environments. Presented at 2023 IEEE Conference on AgriFood Electronics (CAFE), Torino, Italy

This research presents an integrated trajectory planning strategy with a motion control approach using a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) framework for Skid-Steer Mobile Robots (SSMRs) in agricultural scenarios. In a single architecture, the... Read More about A Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller for Trajectory Planning of Skid-Steer Mobile Robots in Agricultural Environments.

Intelligent digital twin - machine learning system for real-time wind turbine wind speed and power generation forecasting (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tuton, E., Ma, X., & Dethlefs, N. (2023). Intelligent digital twin - machine learning system for real-time wind turbine wind speed and power generation forecasting. . https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202343301008

Wind power is a key pillar in efforts to decarbonise energy production. However, variability in wind speed and resultant wind turbine power generation poses a challenge for power grid integration. Digital Twin (DT) technology provides intelligent ser... Read More about Intelligent digital twin - machine learning system for real-time wind turbine wind speed and power generation forecasting.

High-intensity interval training in patients with intermittent claudication (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pymer, S., Harwood, A. E., Prosser, J., Waddell, A., Rhavindhran, B., McGregor, G., Ibeggazene, S., Huang, C., Twiddy, M., Nicholls, A. R., Ingle, L., Carroll, S., He, H., Long, J., Rooms, M., & Chetter, I. C. High-intensity interval training in patients with intermittent claudication. Presented at 2022 Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Brighton, UK

Objective: Provision, uptake, adherence, and completion rates for supervised exercise programs (SEP) for intermittent claudication (IC) are low. A shorter, more time-efficient, 6-week, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program may be an effecti... Read More about High-intensity interval training in patients with intermittent claudication.

A preoperative supervised exercise program potentially improves long-term survival after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sethi, S., Ravindhran, B., Long, J., Gurung, R., Huang, C., Smith, G. E., …Pymer, S. (2024). A preoperative supervised exercise program potentially improves long-term survival after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of vascular surgery, 79(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2023.09.004

Objective: A preoperative supervised exercise program (SEP) improves cardiorespiratory fitness and perioperative outcomes for patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a pre... Read More about A preoperative supervised exercise program potentially improves long-term survival after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Abstract B001: Calcitonin receptor-like receptor agonists induce p44/42 MAPK phosphorylation in VEGF-A-stimulated human blood endothelial cells after bevacizumab treatment (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morfitt, M. A., Greenman, J., Maraveyas, A., & Nikitenko, L. L. (2023). Abstract B001: Calcitonin receptor-like receptor agonists induce p44/42 MAPK phosphorylation in VEGF-A-stimulated human blood endothelial cells after bevacizumab treatment. Cancer Research, 83(16_Supplement), B001-B001. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.kidney23-b001

Introduction. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a highly vascularized and clinically aggressive cancer. In the UK, there are around 9000 diagnoses and 3000 deaths annually. Targeted therapies that inhibit angiogenic regulators, such as bevac... Read More about Abstract B001: Calcitonin receptor-like receptor agonists induce p44/42 MAPK phosphorylation in VEGF-A-stimulated human blood endothelial cells after bevacizumab treatment.

Abstract A020: Calcitonin receptor-like receptor is expressed in blood vessels in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and upregulated in endothelial cells co-cultured with tumor cells (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morfitt, M. A., Greenman, J., Maraveyas, A., Harris, A. L., & Nikitenko, L. L. (2023). Abstract A020: Calcitonin receptor-like receptor is expressed in blood vessels in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and upregulated in endothelial cells co-cultured with tumor cells. Cancer Research, 83(16_Supplement), A020-A020. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.kidney23-a020

Introduction. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a highly vascularized and clinically aggressive kidney cancer, with high rates of metastasis and recurrence after cytoreductive nephrectomy. ccRCC can be treated with anti-angiogenic drugs, how... Read More about Abstract A020: Calcitonin receptor-like receptor is expressed in blood vessels in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and upregulated in endothelial cells co-cultured with tumor cells.

Adapting live loudspeaker array spatialisation methods for a site-specific live electronic music performance in physical, virtual and hybrid contexts (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barnard, M., Slater, M., & Martin, A. (2023, August). Adapting live loudspeaker array spatialisation methods for a site-specific live electronic music performance in physical, virtual and hybrid contexts. Presented at International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio 2023, Huddersfield

Nightports at Hull Minster is a musical project that harnesses spatialisation techniques to present music composed of the sounds of Hull Minster, UK, in both the location itself and alternative performance spaces, whilst still expressing the spatiali... Read More about Adapting live loudspeaker array spatialisation methods for a site-specific live electronic music performance in physical, virtual and hybrid contexts.

Understanding primary care diagnosis and management of sleep disturbance for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a realist review (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, J., Aryankhesal, A., Allan, L., Ballard, C., Briscoe, S., Broomfield, N., Green, L., Hilton, A., van Horik, J., Khondoker, M., Killett, A., Lazar, A., Litherland, R., Livingston, G., Maidment, I., Medina-Lara, A., Megson, M., Reeve, J., Rook, G., Scott, S., …Fox, C. Understanding primary care diagnosis and management of sleep disturbance for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a realist review. Presented at BJGP Research Conference 2023, London

Background Sleep disturbance (SD) is common among people living with dementia (PLwD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). It has a significant impact on the wellbeing of PLwD and caregivers, and makes care at home more difficult. Within primary care,... Read More about Understanding primary care diagnosis and management of sleep disturbance for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a realist review.

Memristor-based LSTM neuromorphic circuits for offshore wind turbine blade fault detection (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burton, H., Bouillard, J. S., & Kemp, N. (in press). Memristor-based LSTM neuromorphic circuits for offshore wind turbine blade fault detection. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2023, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10181552

The UK offshore wind industry is rapidly growing to meet CO2 emission targets. However, the main drawback of the offshore environment is the increased cost of maintenance. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) show great potential to reduce this cost. Lon... Read More about Memristor-based LSTM neuromorphic circuits for offshore wind turbine blade fault detection.

Equipping teachers with the skills to assist students to develop their clinical reasoning and communication skills in patient consultations: an integrated approach (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lillicrap, M., & Hammond, A. (2023, June). Equipping teachers with the skills to assist students to develop their clinical reasoning and communication skills in patient consultations: an integrated approach. Presented at Facilitator Development Day - University of Cambridge School of Medicine, Cambridge

Objectives: * To consider the challenges teachers/tutors (experts) might face in helping medical students (novices) develop their clinical reasoning skills * To develop awareness of the role of faculty development in helping teachers/tutors deve... Read More about Equipping teachers with the skills to assist students to develop their clinical reasoning and communication skills in patient consultations: an integrated approach.

Why the Educational Metaverse Is Not All About Virtual Reality Apps (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gordon, N., Brayshaw, M., Kambili-Mzembe, F., & Al Jaber, T. (2023). Why the Educational Metaverse Is Not All About Virtual Reality Apps. Lecture notes in computer science, 14041 LNCS, 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34550-0_2

This paper explores how the Metaverse can be used in the context of learning and collaboration. In it we seek to dispel the story that the Metaverse is just another synonym for Virtual Reality and future technology. Instead we will argue that the Met... Read More about Why the Educational Metaverse Is Not All About Virtual Reality Apps.

Writing remoteness: Language and place-making at Spurn (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horkan, T. (2023, June). Writing remoteness: Language and place-making at Spurn. Paper presented at Energy and Environment Institute Summer Conference 2023, University of Hull

What makes a ‘remote place’ remote? Using the example of Spurn on the Holderness coast, this flash talk will contend that ‘remoteness’ is a concept produced by the discursive juxtaposition of closeness and distance, the ‘here’ and ‘there’, both in sp... Read More about Writing remoteness: Language and place-making at Spurn.

Learning Fair Representations through Uniformly Distributed Sensitive Attributes (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kenfack, P., Rivera, A., Khan, A., & Mazzara, M. (2023, February). Learning Fair Representations through Uniformly Distributed Sensitive Attributes. Presented at 2023 IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning (SaTML), Raleigh, NC, USA

Machine Learning (ML) models trained on biased data can reproduce and even amplify these biases. Since such models are deployed to make decisions that can affect people's lives, ensuring their fairness is critical. One approach to mitigate possi... Read More about Learning Fair Representations through Uniformly Distributed Sensitive Attributes.

Quantitative proteomics of pancreatic cyst fluid for early diagnosis of cancer. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nikitenko, L. L., Manolis, D., O'Brien, D. P., Adekeye, A., Kessler, B. M., Collins, C., Kramer, H., Chang, D., & Maraveyas, A. Quantitative proteomics of pancreatic cyst fluid for early diagnosis of cancer. Presented at The London Pancreas Workshop 2023, London, United Kingdom

In our EARLY DIAgnosis of PAncreatic Cancer (EARLY DIAPAC) study, we aim to analyse molecular changes or “signatures” associated with early stages of pancreatic carcinogenesis by using the combination of: (i) Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics (LFQP)... Read More about Quantitative proteomics of pancreatic cyst fluid for early diagnosis of cancer..

Workshop 21. Faculty Development - Equipping clinical tutors with the skills to assist students to develop their clinical reasoning in patient consultations (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., Gay, S., Matthan, J., Cooper, N., & Singh, M. (2023, May). Workshop 21. Faculty Development - Equipping clinical tutors with the skills to assist students to develop their clinical reasoning in patient consultations. Presented at 9th International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Workshop Objectives To consider the particular challenges for clinical tutors (experts) in helping medical students (novices) develop their clinical reasoning skills. To develop awareness of innovative approaches to faculty development to help tuto... Read More about Workshop 21. Faculty Development - Equipping clinical tutors with the skills to assist students to develop their clinical reasoning in patient consultations.

Workshop 47. The Future of consulting: Impact of changing practice on our cognitive load as experts and educators & insights into the novice perspective (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Ambrose, L. (2023, May). Workshop 47. The Future of consulting: Impact of changing practice on our cognitive load as experts and educators & insights into the novice perspective. Presented at 9th International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Objectives 1) To consider current & future impact of remote consulting & the covid pandemic on our cognitive load as clinical reasoning ‘experts’ 2) To consider & reflect on the insights this has provided us as clinicians & educators into the stud... Read More about Workshop 47. The Future of consulting: Impact of changing practice on our cognitive load as experts and educators & insights into the novice perspective.

Oral 13. 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, May). Oral 13. Unconscious Bias Training for our Simulated Patients: Showcasing a new and innovative workshop. Presented at 9th International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Oral Presentation objectives 1) To develop awareness of our innovative workshop delivered to our Simulated Patients to increase their understanding of unconscious biases, how these might impact their work as Simulated Patients in our teaching and as... Read More about Oral 13. Unconscious Bias Training for our Simulated Patients: Showcasing a new and innovative workshop.