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Detecting wash trade in the financial market (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Cao, Y., Li, Y., Coleman, S., Belatreche, A., & McGinnity, T. (2014, March). Detecting wash trade in the financial market. Presented at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Conference, London

Wash trade refers to the activities of traders who utilise deliberately designed collusive transactions to increase the trading volumes for creating active market impression. Wash trade can be damaging to the proper functioning and integrity of capit... Read More about Detecting wash trade in the financial market.

Pre-processing online financial text for sentiment classification : A natural language processing approach (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Fan, S., Belatreche, A., Coleman, S., McGinnity, T., & Li, Y. (2014, March). Pre-processing online financial text for sentiment classification : A natural language processing approach. Presented at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Conference, London

Online financial textual information contains a large amount of investor sentiment, i.e. subjective assessment and discussion with respect to financial instruments. An effective solution to automate the sentiment analysis of such large amounts of onl... Read More about Pre-processing online financial text for sentiment classification : A natural language processing approach.

Multi-agent pre-trade analysis acceleration in FPGA (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Gerlein, E., McGinnity, T., Belatreche, A., Coleman, S., & Li, Y. (2014, March). Multi-agent pre-trade analysis acceleration in FPGA. Presented at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Conference, London

Electronic trading in global markets and exchanges requires sophisticated communication and data management systems. Novel computational infrastructures and trading strategies are required to support the massive amount of incoming streaming data, whe... Read More about Multi-agent pre-trade analysis acceleration in FPGA.

A comparison of forecasting approaches for capital markets (2014)
Presentation / Conference
McDonald, S., Coleman, S., McGinnity, T., Li, Y., & Belatreche, A. (2014, March). A comparison of forecasting approaches for capital markets. Presented at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Conference, London

In recent years, machine learning algorithms have become increasingly popular in financial forecasting. Their flexible, data-driven nature makes them ideal candidates for dealing with complex financial data. This paper investigates the effectiveness... Read More about A comparison of forecasting approaches for capital markets.

Forecasting stock price directional movements using technical indicators : investigating window size effects on one-step-ahead forecasting (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shynkevich, Y., McGinnity, T., Coleman, S., Li, Y., & Belatreche, A. (2014, March). Forecasting stock price directional movements using technical indicators : investigating window size effects on one-step-ahead forecasting. Presented at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Conference, London

Accurate forecasting of directional changes in stock prices is important for algorithmic trading and investment management. Technical analysis has been successfully used in financial forecasting and recently researchers have explored the optimization... Read More about Forecasting stock price directional movements using technical indicators : investigating window size effects on one-step-ahead forecasting.

Models of training needs assessment for the Iraqi construction industry (2014)
Thesis
Alkinani, H. Models of training needs assessment for the Iraqi construction industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

Construction companies are the engines that drive a nation’s economy and must train their workforce effectively to enhance their performance. It has been recognised that training is the most effective tool for improving the performance and efficiency... Read More about Models of training needs assessment for the Iraqi construction industry.

Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands (2014)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M., Kleerekoper, L., Tenpierik, M., & van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2015). Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands. Building and Environment, 83(Jan 15), 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.014

Outdoor thermal comfort in urban spaces is known as an important contributor to pedestrians' health. The urban microclimate is also important more generally through its influence on urban air quality and the energy use of buildings. These issues are... Read More about Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands.

Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house (2014)
Journal Article
Ji, Y., Fitton, R., Swan, W., & Webster, P. (2014). Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house. Building and Environment, 77, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.012

This paper aims to investigate the likely thermal performance of a unique pre-1919 Victorian case study property by using both current and future projected weather data after a deep retrofit. The property is a re-construction within an environmental... Read More about Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house.

The rise of the ‘food charter’ : a mechanism to increase urban agriculture (2014)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., & Larkham, P. (2014). The rise of the ‘food charter’ : a mechanism to increase urban agriculture. Land Use Policy, 39, 400-402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.02.022

Urban agriculture (UA) is rapidly growing in popularity and significance across the Western hemisphere. For over two decades North Americans have embraced the concept, although in Europe the idea of UA has only recently gained attention from academic... Read More about The rise of the ‘food charter’ : a mechanism to increase urban agriculture.

The influence of habitat structure on genetic differentiation in red fox populations in north-eastern Poland (2014)
Journal Article
Mullins, J., McDevitt, A., Kowalczyk, R., Ruczyńska, I., Górny, M., & Wójcik, J. (2014). The influence of habitat structure on genetic differentiation in red fox populations in north-eastern Poland. Acta theriologica / Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Zoologiczny, 59(3), 367-376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-014-0180-2

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has the widest global distribution among terrestrial carnivore species, occupying most of the Northern Hemisphere in its native range. Because it carries diseases that can be transmitted to humans and domestic animals, it... Read More about The influence of habitat structure on genetic differentiation in red fox populations in north-eastern Poland.

View from the wheelhouse : perceptions on marine management from the fishing community and suggestions for improvement (2014)
Journal Article
Yates, K. (2014). View from the wheelhouse : perceptions on marine management from the fishing community and suggestions for improvement. Marine Policy, 48, 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.03.002

Marine capture fisheries are of global importance, supporting hundreds of millions of livelihoods and making a significant contribution to global food security. Yet many fisheries are at risk from unsustainable exploitation and fishing has caused sig... Read More about View from the wheelhouse : perceptions on marine management from the fishing community and suggestions for improvement.

Bioethanol production from sugarcane grown in heavy metal-contaminated soils (2014)
Journal Article
Xie, J., Weng, Q., Ye, G., Luo, S., Zhu, R., Zhang, A., …Lin, C. (2014). Bioethanol production from sugarcane grown in heavy metal-contaminated soils. Bioresources, 9(2), 2509-2520. https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.9.2.2509-2520

Field and laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the feasibility of bioethanol production using the juice of sugarcane grown in heavy metal-contaminated soils. The results suggest that the sugar concentration was not adversely affected whe... Read More about Bioethanol production from sugarcane grown in heavy metal-contaminated soils.

Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms (2014)
Journal Article
Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2014). Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms. Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(5), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025821

This paper presents two integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms that are inspired and evolved from origami cartons with a crash-lock base. Investigating the crash-lock base of the origami cartons, the first overconstrained mechanism is... Read More about Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms.

Allometric growth patterns in hatchery-reared larvae of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri (Pisces: Pseudopimelodidae) (2014)
Journal Article
Guimarães-Cruz, R., Veloso-Júnior, V., Guimaraes Sales, N., Oliveira, D., & Santos, J. (2014). Allometric growth patterns in hatchery-reared larvae of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri (Pisces: Pseudopimelodidae). https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-09352014000100038

The aim of the present study was to characterize the relationships that occur between morphometric variables of larvae of Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 through their allometric growth analysis. Total length, head length and body height w... Read More about Allometric growth patterns in hatchery-reared larvae of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri (Pisces: Pseudopimelodidae).

Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative mating in 2 cichlid sister species (2014)
Journal Article
Selz, O. M., Pierotti, M. E., Maan, M. E., Schmid, C., & Seehausen, O. (2014). Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative mating in 2 cichlid sister species. Behavioral Ecology, 25(3), 612–626. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru024

A critical step for speciation in the face of gene flow is the origination of reproductive isolation. The evolution of assortative mating greatly facilitates this process. Assortative mating can be mediated by one or multiple cues across an array of... Read More about Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative mating in 2 cichlid sister species.

Exploiting lanthanide luminescence in supramolecular assemblies (2014)
Journal Article
Lehr, J., Beer, P., Faulkner, S., & Davis, J. (2014). Exploiting lanthanide luminescence in supramolecular assemblies. Chemical Communications, 50(43), 5678-5687. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc01138d

Lanthanide ions, due to their unique photo-physical characteristics, have attracted considerable attention in recent years. Their long lifetimes, sharp, well-defined emission bands, and designable environmental sensitivity make them ideal for integra... Read More about Exploiting lanthanide luminescence in supramolecular assemblies.

A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms (2014)
Journal Article
Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2014). A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 6(2), 021010. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025472

This paper presents for the first time a novel two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) single-looped dual-plane-symmetric spatial eight-bar linkage with exact straight-line motion. Geometry and kinematics of the eight-bar linkage are investigated and closed-f... Read More about A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms.

Method of coating and etching (2014)
Patent
Sheel, D., & Hodgkinson, J. (2014). Method of coating and etching

A method of chemical vapour deposition of a material on a substrate or etch of material from a substrate comprises using a short pulsed power signal to form a short pulsed plasma for enhancing the deposition or etch. The power signal is preferably a... Read More about Method of coating and etching.

New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda (2014)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., Pour Rahimian, F., Arif, M., & Sharp, M. (2015). New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 11(3), 163-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2014.891501

Despite the benefits offered by offsite construction, as a percentage, the offsite market is still relatively small. This phenomena is complex; but for brevity, includes a myriad of factors, not least: lack of awareness; supply chain challenges (capa... Read More about New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda.