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Improved decision for a resource-efficient fusion scheme in cooperative spectrum sensing (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guimarães, D. A., Aquino, G. P., & Cattaneo, M. E. G. V. (2015, June). Improved decision for a resource-efficient fusion scheme in cooperative spectrum sensing. Presented at IWT 2015 - 2015 International Workshop on Telecommunications

Paper presented at at 2015 International Workshop on Telecommunications (IWT), 14th to 17th of June, Santa Rita do Sapucai, Brazil. Abstract Recently, a novel decision fusion scheme for cooperative spectrum sensing was proposed, aiming at saving reso... Read More about Improved decision for a resource-efficient fusion scheme in cooperative spectrum sensing.

Security aspects in cognitive radio networks detection and mitigation of primary user emulation attacks (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ammar, M., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2015, April). Security aspects in cognitive radio networks detection and mitigation of primary user emulation attacks. Presented at COCORA 2015 : The Fifth International Conference on Advances in Cognitive Radio

Cognitive Radio Networks (CR) is an advanced growing technique and a promising technology for the upcoming generation of the wireless networks. Deployment of such networks is hindered by the vulnerabilities that these networks are exposed to, in this... Read More about Security aspects in cognitive radio networks detection and mitigation of primary user emulation attacks.

Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hernández-Pérez, M. (2015, June). Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010). Paper presented at CSS Research Day: Spirituality and Popular Culture / Arts

Japanese Entertainment Industries may be defined by two main features: its transmedia vocation, or its ability to disseminate narratives through several media at once, and its cross-cultural, or heterogeneous representation of different cultural back... Read More about Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010).

(Japanese?) Cartoons and Manga Movies: The hard rise of Anime in UK market and society (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manuel, H.-P., Corstorphine, K., & Darren, S. (2015, June). (Japanese?) Cartoons and Manga Movies: The hard rise of Anime in UK market and society. Paper presented at MUTUAL IMAGES. 3rd International Workshop: “Japanese pop cultures in Europe today: economic challenges, mediated notions, future opportunities”

This paper has as main objective to explore, adopting a historical and critical perspective, the release of film and anime TV in UK. This would be a first step towards the studio of the peculiar implementation of manganime Culture in Britain.

Comp... Read More about (Japanese?) Cartoons and Manga Movies: The hard rise of Anime in UK market and society.

Use of 3D visualisation tools for representing urban greenspace spatial planning (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, C., Miller, D., Jiang, Y., & Donaldson-Selby, G. (2015, April). Use of 3D visualisation tools for representing urban greenspace spatial planning. Presented at 2015 2nd International Conference on Information Science and Control Engineering, Shanghai, China

The objective of this paper is to report on the development of prototype models for use in raising public awareness of changes in urban areas, focusing on green spaces, and testing responses to scenarios of change. Specifically, the focus is on the d... Read More about Use of 3D visualisation tools for representing urban greenspace spatial planning.

Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Žugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., …Wright, T. Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility

The neutron capture cross section of 58 Ni was measured at the neutron time of flight facility n-TOF at CERN, from 27 meV to 400 keV neutron energy. Special care has been taken to identify all the possible sources of background, with the so-called ne... Read More about Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility.

Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bucher, B., Fang, X., Tang, X., Tan, W., Almaraz-Calderon, S., Alongi, A., Ayangeakaa, A., Beard, M., Best, A., Browne, J., Cahillane, C., Couder, M., Dahlstrom, E., Davies, P., DeBoer, R., Kontos, A., Lamm, L., Long, A., Lu, W., Lyons, S., …Wiescher, M. Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics

The 12 C+ 12 C reaction is one of the single most important nuclear reactions in astrophysics. It strongly influences late evolution of massive stars as well as the dynamics of type Ia supernovae and x-ray superbursts. An accurate estimation of the c... Read More about Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics.

Oral Paper S26 - What are students frightened of? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2015, May). Oral Paper S26 - What are students frightened of?. Presented at 6th International Clinical Skills Conference: Creativity & Diversity in Clinical Skills Education and Research, Prato, Italy

Background
Despite extensive consistent integrated early clinical experience at HYMS, students have often been noted to struggle in making the transition from the largely University-based Phase I (2 years) to immersion in the clinically-based Phas... Read More about Oral Paper S26 - What are students frightened of?.

Roundtable RT06. Clinical Reasoning skills: Something that can be taught or just a matter of seeing lots of patients? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2015, May). Roundtable RT06. Clinical Reasoning skills: Something that can be taught or just a matter of seeing lots of patients?. Presented at Sixth International Clinical Skills Conference: Creativity & Diversity in Clinical Skills Education and Research, Prato, Italy

There is considerable literature regarding the complex nature of clinical reasoning for clinicians. Norman (2005) stated “there is no such thing as clinical reasoning - there is no best way through a problem. The more one studies the clinical expert,... Read More about Roundtable RT06. Clinical Reasoning skills: Something that can be taught or just a matter of seeing lots of patients?.

Oral Paper SP63. Learner Centred Communication Masterclasses (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A. (2015, May). Oral Paper SP63. Learner Centred Communication Masterclasses. Presented at Sixth International Clinical Skills Conference: Creativity & Diversity in Clinical Skills Education and Research, Prato, Italy

Background
HYMS 3rd and 4th Year MB ChB students frequently encountered communication challenges on clinical placements, despite extensive communication skills teaching in the first two (university based) years of the course.

Presentation
Comp... Read More about Oral Paper SP63. Learner Centred Communication Masterclasses.

Workshop 13. Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning: Equipping students with peer instruction skills to work together in developing their diagnostic reasoning (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2015, May). Workshop 13. Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning: Equipping students with peer instruction skills to work together in developing their diagnostic reasoning. Presented at Sixth International Clinical Skills Conference: Creativity & Diversity in Clinical Skills Education and Research, Prato, Italy

Workshop Format
An introductory presentation covering best evidence in current medical education literature regarding development of diagnostic clinical reasoning skills for undergraduate students Small group work focusing on clinical tutor- identi... Read More about Workshop 13. Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning: Equipping students with peer instruction skills to work together in developing their diagnostic reasoning.

Interaction between colloidal particles on an oil-water interface in dilute and dense phases (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parolini, L., Law, A. D., Maestro, A., Buzza, D. M. A., & Cicuta, P. Interaction between colloidal particles on an oil-water interface in dilute and dense phases

The interaction between micron-sized charged colloidal particles at polar/non-polar liquid
interfaces remains surprisingly poorly understood for a relatively simple physical chemistry
system. By measuring the pair correlation function g(r) for differ... Read More about Interaction between colloidal particles on an oil-water interface in dilute and dense phases.

Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hernández-Pérez, M. (2015, April). Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism. Paper presented at Exploring 30 Years of Studio Ghibli: Spirited Discussion

In the world of Japanese anime, few animators’ works have been appreciated by both communities of scholarship and journalism for their valuable and singular forms of authorship. This paper will focus on one of the most prominent figures, namely Hayao... Read More about Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism.

Introducing the Emergency Propagated Reference Network (EPRN): A practical and efficient ad hoc network for emergency response (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dixon, J. W. D., & Grey, D. J. (2015, April). Introducing the Emergency Propagated Reference Network (EPRN): A practical and efficient ad hoc network for emergency response. Presented at International Conference on Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology, Singapore

Many civilian, law enforcement or military emergency services are beginning to understand the need for rapidly deployable and dependable mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) for situations where GPS, satellite, cellular and private mobile radio (PMR) comm... Read More about Introducing the Emergency Propagated Reference Network (EPRN): A practical and efficient ad hoc network for emergency response.

Simplifying collaboration in co-located virtual environments using the active-passive approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Estrada, J. G., Springer, J. P., & Wright, H. Simplifying collaboration in co-located virtual environments using the active-passive approach. Presented at 2015 IEEE 2nd VR International Workshop on Collaborative Virtual Environments, 3DCVE 2015

The design and implementation of co-located immersive virtual environments with equal interaction possibilities for all participants is a complex topic. The main problem, on a fundamental technical level, is the difficulty of providing perspective-co... Read More about Simplifying collaboration in co-located virtual environments using the active-passive approach.

What stops students working well in clinical environments? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2015, March). What stops students working well in clinical environments?. Paper presented at UK Council for Clinical Communication National Conference, Manchester

Aims
* To discuss the challenges for Undergraduate Medical Students when moving from University Based to Full time clinical placements
* Discuss HYMS’ Year Three Induction Block
* To share ideas regarding how to address these challenges

Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: Detection and Mitigation of Primary User Emulation Attacks (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ammar, M., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2015, January). Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: Detection and Mitigation of Primary User Emulation Attacks. Presented at International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Energy and Manufacturing Engineering

Cognitive Radio Networks (CR) is an advanced growing technique and a promising technology for the upcoming generation of the wireless networks in order to efficiently utilize the limited spectrum resources and satisfy the rapidly increasing demand fo... Read More about Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: Detection and Mitigation of Primary User Emulation Attacks.

Analysis of liquid resource play potential in China (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, N. J., Evans, K. C., Robinson, L. J., & Cowley, L. A. (2014, August). Analysis of liquid resource play potential in China. Presented at Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA

The overwhelming impact of unconventional exploration in the United States of America has sparked global interest in the development of shale resource plays. In China, although shale gas exploration has been a key focus in the past five years, partic... Read More about Analysis of liquid resource play potential in China.

Waste minimization at abattoir and processor end in beef supply chain (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Singh, A., Mishra, N., & McGuire, S. (2014, May). Waste minimization at abattoir and processor end in beef supply chain. Presented at 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, San Antonio, Texas

The UK beef industry holds around 12% value of total agriculture in UK. However, it is currently suffering because of some series of events in the past like outbreak of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), Foot and Mouth disease and reforms in CAP... Read More about Waste minimization at abattoir and processor end in beef supply chain.