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Spatial solitons at interfaces: nonparaxial refraction & giant Goos-Hänchen shifts (2012)
Presentation / Conference
nonparaxial refraction & giant Goos-Hänchen shifts. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

The behaviour of light at interfaces underpins, in an essential way, the entire field of optics: almost all technological device designs and architectures rely on the interplay between material mismatches (that define the interface) and the 'degree o... Read More about Spatial solitons at interfaces: nonparaxial refraction & giant Goos-Hänchen shifts.

Spatiotemporal pulse propagation: connections to special relativity theory (2012)
Presentation / Conference
connections to special relativity theory. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

We propose a more complete model for describing the evolution of scalar optical pulses in nonlinear waveguides. The electromagnetic wave envelope u satisfies a dimensionless spatiotemporal governing equation that is of a fully-second-order form. Wit... Read More about Spatiotemporal pulse propagation: connections to special relativity theory.

Helmholtz spatial solitons: towards a theory of ultranarrow optical beams (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Walsh, T., McDonald, G., & Christian, J. (2012, June). Helmholtz spatial solitons: towards a theory of ultranarrow optical beams. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Spatial optical solitons are self-localizing and self-stabilizing beams of light that propagate with a stationary (invariant) intensity profile. Such nonlinear wave states may arise when a beam's natural tendency to diffract is exactly compensated by... Read More about Helmholtz spatial solitons: towards a theory of ultranarrow optical beams.

Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Mak, C., James, P., & Scholz, M. (2012, June). Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) have been shown to be the preferred solution in dealing with excess urban flooding compared with traditional drainage methods (Woods-Ballard et al, 2007). Aside from flood prevention and water purification, SuDS a... Read More about Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).

In/visibility of LGBTQ people in the Arab Spring (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D. (2012, June). In/visibility of LGBTQ people in the Arab Spring. Presented at Cultural attitudes towards technology and communication, Aarhus, Denmark

LGBTQ use of the internet is a growing area of study. However most studies focus mainly on the US and the UK, and none pays much (if any) attention to the experience of LGBTQ people in countries where it is illegal to be LGBTQ. The events of the Arab... Read More about In/visibility of LGBTQ people in the Arab Spring.

Supporting fathers at work? (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Gregory, A., & Milner, S. (2012, June). Supporting fathers at work?. Presented at Inaugural conference, International Work-Family Research Network Conference, New York, USA

This paper updates and develops the research presented by the authors in the book chapter entitled "Men's Work-Life Choices: Supporting Fathers at Work in France and Britain?" within the book "Men, Wage Work and Family" edited by Paula McDonald and E... Read More about Supporting fathers at work?.

Acoustic condition monitoring of wind turbines: Tip faults (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Fazenda, B., & Comboni Bustos, D. (2012, June). Acoustic condition monitoring of wind turbines: Tip faults. Presented at The 9th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, London

As a significant and growing source of the world’s energy, wind turbine reliability is becoming a major concern. At least two fault detection techniques for condition monitoring of wind turbine blades have been reported in early literature, i.e. acou... Read More about Acoustic condition monitoring of wind turbines: Tip faults.

Developing exposure-response relationships for annoyance caused by vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sharp, C., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Peris, E., Waddington, D., & Moorhouse, A. (2012, June). Developing exposure-response relationships for annoyance caused by vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic. Presented at Euronoise 2012, Prague

The aim of this paper is to apply a new categorisation algorithm to an existing database of case stud- ies in order to investigate its effectiveness in sorting unknown train vibration signals into freight and passenger train categories for exposure-r... Read More about Developing exposure-response relationships for annoyance caused by vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic.

Constructing minimum volume surfaces using level set methods for novelty detection (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Ding, X., Li, Y., Belatreche, A., & Maguire, L. (2012, June). Constructing minimum volume surfaces using level set methods for novelty detection. Presented at International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Brisbane, Australia

A reliable novelty detector employs a model that encloses the normal dataset tightly. As nonparametric probability density function estimation methods make no assumptions about the probability distribution of a dataset, this paper applies kernel dens... Read More about Constructing minimum volume surfaces using level set methods for novelty detection.

Privacy preserving mining of association rules on horizontally distributed databases (2012)
Presentation / Conference
distributed databases. Presented at International Conference on Software and Computer Applications ICSCA 2012, Singapore

These protocols are based on two main approaches named as: the Randomization approach and the Cryptographic approach. The first one is based on perturbation of the valuable information while the second one uses cryptographic techniques. The randomiza... Read More about Privacy preserving mining of association rules on horizontally distributed databases.

Urban ecology and the future of cities (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Meikel, H., & Elkadi, H. (2012, June). Urban ecology and the future of cities. Presented at The 5th Healthy Cities: Working Together to Achieve Liveable Cities Conference, Victoria, Australia

Interpreting parameter analysis through the proto-theory of design (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Kroll, E., & Koskela, L. (2012, May). Interpreting parameter analysis through the proto-theory of design. Presented at 12th International Design Conference DESIGN 2012, Cavtat, Croatia

The parameter analysis methodology of conceptual design is interpreted through the reconstructed proto-theory of design, which draws on the similarity of design and geometrical analysis, as suggested by Aristotle. The notions of the proto-theory are... Read More about Interpreting parameter analysis through the proto-theory of design.

Monitoring Anguillicoloides crassus infections in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, within UK river systems (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Ab Aziz, R., Walker, A., Williams, C., Aprahamian, M., & Brooks, D. (2012, May). Monitoring Anguillicoloides crassus infections in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, within UK river systems. Poster presented at 6th World Fisheries Congress, Edinburgh

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is an economically important species that contributes to biodiversity within UK and European inland and coastal waters. The numbers of A. anguilla have suffered serious decline in recent years and the species is n... Read More about Monitoring Anguillicoloides crassus infections in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, within UK river systems.

Pseudodactylogyrus spp. in wild eel populations of the United Kingdom (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Atiya, S., Walker, A., Williams, C., Aprahamiran, M., & Brooks, D. (2012, May). Pseudodactylogyrus spp. in wild eel populations of the United Kingdom. Poster presented at 6th World Fisheries Congress, Edinburgh

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is an economically important species that contributes to biodiversity within UK and European inland and coastal waters. The numbers of A. anguilla have suffered serious decline in recent years and the species is n... Read More about Pseudodactylogyrus spp. in wild eel populations of the United Kingdom.

Reclaiming postnatal care (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Wray, J. (2012, May). Reclaiming postnatal care. Presented at Virtual International Day of the Midwife May 5th 2012 MIDWIVES SAVE LIVES, Virtual International Day of the Midwife conference

Julie Wray, Senior Lecturer, Joint Editor The Practising Midwife Journal, University of Salford, UK Reclaiming Postnatal Care Giving birth and the aftercare within the hospital or home setting is one of the most emotive areas of healthcare an... Read More about Reclaiming postnatal care.

Developing student’s employability working with SMEs in the North West of England (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Mullin, P., & Procter, C. (2012, April). Developing student’s employability working with SMEs in the North West of England. Presented at Association of Business Schools national conference 2012, Manchester

“The Government has made it clear that we will do whatever we can to respond to the current economic challenges. Higher education can play a central role in supporting businesses and individuals with skills, advice, knowledge and know-how” (Lammy,2... Read More about Developing student’s employability working with SMEs in the North West of England.

Blended learning: what’s in the blend? (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Procter, C., & Heinze, A. (2012, April). Blended learning: what’s in the blend?. Presented at Association of Business Schools National conference 2012, Manchester

The adoption of the internet into education has led to a proliferation of use of the term “Blended Learning” as indicated by over 185k scholarly articles as reported by Google Scholar.. Not surprisingly, due to the relative novelty of the term there... Read More about Blended learning: what’s in the blend?.

Two algorithms for the sorting of unknown train vibration signals into freight and passenger train categories (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sharp, C., Waddington, D., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Peris, E., & Moorhouse, A. (2012, April). Two algorithms for the sorting of unknown train vibration signals into freight and passenger train categories. Presented at Acoustics 2012 Nantes Conference, Nantes, France

The human response to railway noise has been well researched; however, there is a need to further research the human response to railway vibration, freight in particular. To facilitate this, two algorithms have been constructed with the aim of sortin... Read More about Two algorithms for the sorting of unknown train vibration signals into freight and passenger train categories.