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Decoding the message from meteoritic stardust silicon carbide grains (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, K. M., Lugaro, M., Gibson, B. K., & Pilkington, K. Decoding the message from meteoritic stardust silicon carbide grains. Presented at ORIGIN OF MATTER AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES 2013: Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies (OMEG12), Tsukuba, Japan

SiC mainstream grains are presolar grains believed to form in the envelopes of carbon rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars with masses between 1.5 and 3 solar masses. These grains represent a conundrum as the 29Si and 30Si abundances indicate tha... Read More about Decoding the message from meteoritic stardust silicon carbide grains.

MESA and NuGrid simulations of classical nova outbursts and nucleosynthesis (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pignatari, M., Denisenkov, P. A., Herwig, F., & Truran, J. MESA and NuGrid simulations of classical nova outbursts and nucleosynthesis

Classical novae are the results of surface thermonuclear explosions of hydrogen accreted by white dwarfs (WDs) from their low-mass main-sequence or red-giant binary companions. Chemical composition analysis of their ejecta shows that nova outbursts o... Read More about MESA and NuGrid simulations of classical nova outbursts and nucleosynthesis.

The Anatomical Accuracy of the Robber King Ou Xi Fan (and his 56 dissected gang members) (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shaw, V. (2014, December). The Anatomical Accuracy of the Robber King Ou Xi Fan (and his 56 dissected gang members). Poster presented at Joint Meeting of the Anatomical Society and the Primate Society of Great Britain: Primate Ecomorpholgy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Anatomical drawings have formed the cornerstone of anatomical education in the West for centuries before the arrival of photography, the internet and virtual resources. The images in Vesalius’ On the Fabric of the Human Body and later in Gray’s Anato... Read More about The Anatomical Accuracy of the Robber King Ou Xi Fan (and his 56 dissected gang members).

Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates treatment against multiple myeloma induced bone disease using a computational model (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ji, B., Yang, Q., Genever, P. G., & Fagan, M. J. Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates treatment against multiple myeloma induced bone disease using a computational model

Multiple myeloma (MM)-induced bone disease is mortal for most MM patients. Bisphosphonates are first-line treatment for MM-induced bone disease, since it can inhibit osteoclast activity and the resultant bone resorption by suppressing the differentia... Read More about Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates treatment against multiple myeloma induced bone disease using a computational model.

Experimental detection using cyclostationary feature detectors for cognitive radios (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zolfaghari, M., Fanan, A., Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., & Ammar, M. (2014, November). Experimental detection using cyclostationary feature detectors for cognitive radios. Presented at 2014 22nd Telecommunications Forum, TELFOR 2014 - Proceedings of Papers, Serbia, Belgrade

© 2014 IEEE. Signal detection is widely used in many applications. Some examples include Cognitive Radio (CR) and military intelligence. Without guaranteed signal detection, a CR cannot reliably perform its role. Spectrum sensing is currently one of... Read More about Experimental detection using cyclostationary feature detectors for cognitive radios.

Our digital children (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, P. (2014, November). Our digital children. Presented at Scarborough Education Forum

The power relationship between adults and children in the West is shifting. Factors of age and life experience are becoming counterbalanced by children’s affinity for burgeoning developments in digital technology, where skills developed in online gam... Read More about Our digital children.

Numerical study of Taylor bubbles with adaptive unstructured meshes (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A., Xie, Z., Pavlidis, D., Percival, J., Pain, C., Matar, O., & Azzopardi, B. (2014, November). Numerical study of Taylor bubbles with adaptive unstructured meshes. Presented at 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, USA

The Taylor bubble is a single long bubble which nearly fills the entire cross section of a liquid-filled circular tube. This type of bubble flow regime often occurs in gas-liquid slug flows in many industrial applications, including oil-and-gas produ... Read More about Numerical study of Taylor bubbles with adaptive unstructured meshes.

Slugs in a large diameter column with air and high viscosity silicone oil (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A., & Azzopardi, B. (2014, November). Slugs in a large diameter column with air and high viscosity silicone oil. Presented at 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, USA

Very little information is known about the behaviour of high viscous liquids (> 100 Pa.s) in two phase slug flows. Experiments were carried out to study the behaviour of silicone oil (300 Pa.s) in gas bubble column using electrical capacitance tomogr... Read More about Slugs in a large diameter column with air and high viscosity silicone oil.

Capacity building for diffusion of intellectual capital management practices in science parks: A systematic review of the evidence (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khavandkar, E., Theodorakopoulos, N., Khavand Kar, J., & Hart, M. (2014, November). Capacity building for diffusion of intellectual capital management practices in science parks: A systematic review of the evidence. Paper presented at RENT XXVIII (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business). Entrepreneurial Endeavours: A Profusion of Research, Policy and Practitioner Practices, Luxembourg City

This paper tries to embark on a comprehensive study on the diffusion of intellectual capital management practices associated with development of innovation architecture in High-tech SMEs located in science parks. The main objective of this study is t... Read More about Capacity building for diffusion of intellectual capital management practices in science parks: A systematic review of the evidence.

Local barycentric coordinates (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, J., Deng, B., Liu, Z., Patanè, G., Bouaziz, S., Hormann, K., & Liu, L. Local barycentric coordinates

Barycentric coordinates yield a powerful and yet simple paradigm to interpolate data values on polyhedral domains. They represent interior points of the domain as an affine combination of a set of control points, defining an interpolation scheme for... Read More about Local barycentric coordinates.

Robotized task time scheduling and optimization based on Genetic Algorithms for non redundant industrial manipulators (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baizid, K., Meddahi, A., Yousnadj, A., Chellali, R., Khan, H., & Iqbal, J. (2014, October). Robotized task time scheduling and optimization based on Genetic Algorithms for non redundant industrial manipulators. Presented at 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE), Timisoara, Romania

Industrial robot manipulators must work as fast as possible in order to increase the productivity. This goal could be achieved by increasing robots speed or/and optimizing the trajectories followed by robots while performing assembly, welding or simi... Read More about Robotized task time scheduling and optimization based on Genetic Algorithms for non redundant industrial manipulators.

Fault estimation and active fault tolerant control for linear parameter varying descriptor systems (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shi, F., & Patton, R. J. Fault estimation and active fault tolerant control for linear parameter varying descriptor systems

Starting with the baseline controller design, this paper proposes an integrated approach of active fault tolerant control based on proportional derivative extended state observer (PDESO) for linear parameter varying descriptor systems. The PDESO can... Read More about Fault estimation and active fault tolerant control for linear parameter varying descriptor systems.

Assessment of the properties of the essential oil from Ridolfia segetum Moris (Portugal) on cancer cell viability (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Poças, J., Lemos, M., Cabral, C., Cavaleiro, C., Cruz, M., Salgueiro, L., & Pires, I. (2014, August). Assessment of the properties of the essential oil from Ridolfia segetum Moris (Portugal) on cancer cell viability. Presented at 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Guimarães, Portugal

Ridolfia segetum Moris, commonly known as corn parsley, false fennel, or false caraway, is distributed throughout the Mediterranean region. It belongs to the Apiaceae (carrot or parsley family), which includes well-known aromatic and medicinal plants... Read More about Assessment of the properties of the essential oil from Ridolfia segetum Moris (Portugal) on cancer cell viability.

Effectiveness of a six-week high-intensity interval training programme on cardiometabolic markers in sedentary males (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gleadall-Siddall, D., Burke, R., Gritt, J., O'Carroll, G., Bray, J., Ingle, L., & Garrett, A. Effectiveness of a six-week high-intensity interval training programme on cardiometabolic markers in sedentary males. Presented at BASES Conference 2014

High-intensity interval training (HIT) has been proposed as an effective, time efficient strategy to elicit similar cardiometabolic health benefits as traditional moderate-intensity endurance training. This is an important consideration as "lack of t... Read More about Effectiveness of a six-week high-intensity interval training programme on cardiometabolic markers in sedentary males.

The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos" (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hernández-Pérez, M. (2014, September). The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos". Paper presented at Discussing Disney

Animation Studies has provided an interesting example of how the concepts of genre and authorship can usually be considered as antithetic, and how these concepts might be discussed for a better understanding of modern Media Industries. In this sense,... Read More about The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos".

Production of syngas by pressurized fluidized bed gasification of German Lignite in a H2O/CO2 atmosphere (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Long, X., Skoulou, V., Paterson, N., & Agorio-Millan, M. (2014, September). Production of syngas by pressurized fluidized bed gasification of German Lignite in a H2O/CO2 atmosphere. Presented at 10th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications (10th ERCCIA)

The oxyfuel gasification concept enables a N2 free gas to be obtained by fluidised bed gasification (FBG). This process uses CO2 to moderate the bed temperature and thus agglomeration. An alternative cooling medium is steam, which could be employed a... Read More about Production of syngas by pressurized fluidized bed gasification of German Lignite in a H2O/CO2 atmosphere.