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Automatic mixing and tracking of on-pitch football action for television broadcasts
Presentation / Conference
Oldfield, R., & Shirley, B. Automatic mixing and tracking of on-pitch football action for television broadcasts. Presented at 130th AES Convention

For the television broadcast of football in Europe, the sound engineer will typically have an arrangement of 12 shotgun microphones around the pitch to pick up on-pitch sounds such as whistle blows, players talking and ball kicks etc. Typically, duri... Read More about Automatic mixing and tracking of on-pitch football action for television broadcasts.

VoIPText: Voice chat for deaf and hard of hearing people
Presentation / Conference
Shirley, B., Thomas, J., & Roche, P. VoIPText: Voice chat for deaf and hard of hearing people. Presented at Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2012 IEEE International Conference on, 3-5 Sept. 2012

The spread of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, equipment and clients is transforming telephony worldwide. In addition to providing inexpensive, or even free, international telephone calls there is potentially additional benefit in using... Read More about VoIPText: Voice chat for deaf and hard of hearing people.

Towards a format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media
Presentation / Conference
Niamut, O., Kaiser, R., Kienast, G., Kochdale, A., Spille, J., Schreer, O., …Shirley, B. Towards a format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media. Presented at 4th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference

The media industry is currently being pulled in the often-opposing directions of increased realism (high resolution, stereoscopic, large screen) and personalization (selection and control of content, availability on many devices). We investigate the... Read More about Towards a format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media.

Ab initio studies of the structural, dynamical and thermodynamical properties of graphitic and hydrogenated graphitic materials and their potential for hydrogen storage
Thesis
Khalil, R. Ab initio studies of the structural, dynamical and thermodynamical properties of graphitic and hydrogenated graphitic materials and their potential for hydrogen storage. (Thesis). Physics and Materials Research Centre

The study presented in this PhD thesis is related to exploration of the properties of graphitic materials within the frame-work of ab initio methods. Structural and dynamical properties of graphitic materials are evaluated using the ab initio p... Read More about Ab initio studies of the structural, dynamical and thermodynamical properties of graphitic and hydrogenated graphitic materials and their potential for hydrogen storage.

Visual, spatial and temporal quality in video-based reconstruction of people : achieving, prototyping and evaluating
Thesis
Aspin, R. Visual, spatial and temporal quality in video-based reconstruction of people : achieving, prototyping and evaluating. (Thesis). University of Salford

Capturing, recreating and representing a high fidelity virtual representation of the dynamic human form has long been a target for a diverse range of applications including tele-presence, games, film and TV special effects. The complexity of the chal... Read More about Visual, spatial and temporal quality in video-based reconstruction of people : achieving, prototyping and evaluating.

The impact of selected water and wastewater treatment process variables on sludge dewaterability
Thesis
Fitria, D. The impact of selected water and wastewater treatment process variables on sludge dewaterability. (Thesis). The University of Salford

The most significant operational cost in a treatment plant is related to the dewatering and disposal of sludge. Coagulation is the most common process in water and wastewater treatment plants and produces sludge as a by-product. The influence of diff... Read More about The impact of selected water and wastewater treatment process variables on sludge dewaterability.

Ultra-broadband frequency generation in a cavity confined Raman medium
Thesis
Rose, C. Ultra-broadband frequency generation in a cavity confined Raman medium. (Thesis). University of Salford

Throughout the past few decades, science has progressed towards the ability to probe many extremely fast processes and a large amount of research has been aimed at the area of few-femtosecond pulse generation. This thesis describes the generation of... Read More about Ultra-broadband frequency generation in a cavity confined Raman medium.

A first-principles investigation on substitutions in the carbon allotropes glitter and graphene
Thesis
Baldissin, G. A first-principles investigation on substitutions in the carbon allotropes glitter and graphene. (Thesis). University of Salford

In the literature, a number of syntheses of carbon materials under extreme condition exhibit the presence of a carbon phase, called n-diamond, whose crystal structure remains unclear. Several crystallographic arrangements have been proposed, which... Read More about A first-principles investigation on substitutions in the carbon allotropes glitter and graphene.

Rapid assessment system based on ecosystem services for retrofitting of sustainable drainage systems
Journal Article
Scholz, M. Rapid assessment system based on ecosystem services for retrofitting of sustainable drainage systems. Environmental Technology, 35(10), 1286-1295. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2013.866170

Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) design and retrofitting is predominantly based on expert opinion supported by descriptive guidance documents. The aim of this paper is to develop an innovative rapid decision support tool based on novel ecosystem s... Read More about Rapid assessment system based on ecosystem services for retrofitting of sustainable drainage systems.

Multiple motor-unit muscle models for the design of FES systems
Thesis
Hamouda, A. Multiple motor-unit muscle models for the design of FES systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

Many functional electrical stimulation (FES) controllers have been developed using a simulation approach, the performance of these controllers depends on the muscle model accuracy. Realistic models of neuro-musculoskeletal systems can provide a safe... Read More about Multiple motor-unit muscle models for the design of FES systems.

Improving television sound for people with hearing impairments
Thesis
Shirley, B. Improving television sound for people with hearing impairments. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis investigates how developments in audio for digital television can be utilised to improve the experience of hearing impaired people when watching television. The work has had significant impact on international digital TV broadcast standar... Read More about Improving television sound for people with hearing impairments.

The sound book: The science of the sonic wonders of the world
Book
Cox, T. The sound book: The science of the sonic wonders of the world. London: W. W. Norton & Company

Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a career of eradicating bizarre and unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London sewers, Cox now revels in... Read More about The sound book: The science of the sonic wonders of the world.

The Salford BBC Spatially-sampled Binaural Room Impulse Response dataset
Dataset
Satongar, D., Lam, Y., & Pike, C. The Salford BBC Spatially-sampled Binaural Room Impulse Response dataset. [Dataset]

The Salford BBC Spatially-sampled Binaural Room Impulse Response dataset (SBS-BRIR) is a freely-available spatially-sampled binaural room impulse response dataset measured at the University of Salford’s ITU-R BS.1116-1 compliant listening room. The d... Read More about The Salford BBC Spatially-sampled Binaural Room Impulse Response dataset.

Guidance document for the evaluation of railway vibration
Report
Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2014). Guidance document for the evaluation of railway vibration

The objective of this deliverable is to provide guidance on the evaluation of human response to vibration from railways in residential environments. The deliverable outlines the currently available methods for the evaluation of disturbance from railw... Read More about Guidance document for the evaluation of railway vibration.

Human response to vibration in residential environments: Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments in Chinese
Other
Tan, T., & Waddington, D. Human response to vibration in residential environments: Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments in Chinese. Salford

The aim of this work is to produce an internationally comparable social survey for the study of the annoyance due to vibration and noise in residential environments in Chinese. The challenges that China will face in terms of noise and vibration annoy... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments: Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments in Chinese.

A framework for employee appraisals based on inductive logic programming and data mining methods
Thesis
Aqel, D. A framework for employee appraisals based on inductive logic programming and data mining methods. (Thesis). University of Salford

Employee performance appraisal systems are widely regarded as fundamental for evaluating employees’ performance and enhancing organisations’ success. Yet, there is evidence that employees doubt their benefits and fairness, organisations find them dif... Read More about A framework for employee appraisals based on inductive logic programming and data mining methods.

Electronic table top exercises for major incident training : from pragmatic pilot to multicentre controlled trial
Thesis
from pragmatic pilot to multicentre controlled trial. (Thesis). University of Salford

Traditional emergency service major incident table top training exercises are presented via ‘low-technology’ means, such as plastic bricks and paper maps, or ‘front-loaded’ via slides presented by an instructor. The purpose of this research was to de... Read More about Electronic table top exercises for major incident training : from pragmatic pilot to multicentre controlled trial.

Perception & evaluation of audio quality in music production
Presentation / Conference
Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. Perception & evaluation of audio quality in music production. Presented at 16th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-13), Maynooth, Ireland

A dataset of audio clips was prepared and audio quality assessed by subjective testing. Encoded as digital signals, a large amount of feature-extraction was possible. A new objective metric is proposed, describing the Gaussian nature of a signal’s a... Read More about Perception & evaluation of audio quality in music production.

Enhanced sputtering yields from single-ion impacts on gold nanorods
Journal Article
Greaves, G., Hinks, J., Busby, P., Mellors, N., Ilinov, A., Kuronen, A., …Donnelly, S. Enhanced sputtering yields from single-ion impacts on gold nanorods. Physical Review Letters, 111(6), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.065504

Sputtering yields, enhanced by more than an order of magnitude, have been observed for 80 keV Xe ion irradiation of monocrystalline Au nanorods. Yields are in the range 100-1900 atoms/ion compared with values for a flat surface of ≈50. This enhanceme... Read More about Enhanced sputtering yields from single-ion impacts on gold nanorods.