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Recycling of domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands for watering of vegetables (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Almuktar, S., Al-Isawi, R., Sani, A., & Scholz, M. (2014, October). Recycling of domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands for watering of vegetables. Presented at 14th International Water Association (IWA) Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, Shanghai, China

The aim was to assess if domestic wastewater treated by different vertical-flow wetlands can be successfully recycled to water commercially grown crops. The growth of both Sweet Pepper (California Wonder; cultivar of Capsicum annuum Linnaeus Grossum... Read More about Recycling of domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands for watering of vegetables.

The benefits and needs of exercise in public open spaces on women's health (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Maghrabi, A., Ormerod, M., & Newton, R. (2014, October). The benefits and needs of exercise in public open spaces on women's health. Poster presented at Habitats for Happy and Healthy Ageing, Edinburgh, UK

This research explores women’s physical activities in urban public open spaces in Saudi Arabia. Physical inactivity is a growing health concern, and research has begun to address the physical environment, a subset of which looks particularly at the r... Read More about The benefits and needs of exercise in public open spaces on women's health.

An object-based audio system for interactive broadcasting (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., & Spille, J. (2014, October). An object-based audio system for interactive broadcasting. Poster presented at 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Los Angeles, USA

This paper describes audio recording, delivery, and rendering for an end-to-end broadcast system allowing users free navigation of panoramic video content with matching interactive audio. The system is based on one developed as part of the EU FP7 fun... Read More about An object-based audio system for interactive broadcasting.

Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on envelopment (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Power, P., Davies, W., & Hirst, J. (2014, October). Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on envelopment. Presented at 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2014, Los Angeles

This investigation assessed a number of 2D and 3D surround systems focusing on the attribute „envelopment‟ to determine if surround systems with height significantly enhance the perception of envelopment over current 2D systems. To assess each of the... Read More about Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on envelopment.

Returning from out of area placements : the impact on quality of life for people with learning disabilities (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, M., McGarry, J., Westbrook, J., Williams, D., Dubrow-Marshall, L., & Cassidy, S. (2014, October). Returning from out of area placements : the impact on quality of life for people with learning disabilities. Poster presented at The Challenging Behaviours National Strategy Group Annual Conference, London

The purpose of this study was to explore quality of life issues for people with learning disabilities in both out-of-area and Salford community living. The study utilised a repeated measures design, in which the triangulation of qualitative and quant... Read More about Returning from out of area placements : the impact on quality of life for people with learning disabilities.

"Half Gandalf, Half Mr. Kipling" : Paul Cornell at Marvel and DC (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Flanagan, M. (2014, October). "Half Gandalf, Half Mr. Kipling" : Paul Cornell at Marvel and DC. Presented at Transitions 5 (Conference), Birkbeck University of London

Paul Cornell’s work for the ‘big two’ U.S. publishers transfers a distinctly British (mainly, but not exclusively, English) sensibility into a field where the centre of cultural gravity, in terms of tropes and iconography, tends to be the USA. Corne... Read More about "Half Gandalf, Half Mr. Kipling" : Paul Cornell at Marvel and DC.

Low overhead monitor mechanism for fault-tolerant analysis of NoC (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, J., Harkin, J., Li, Y., Maguire, L., & Linares-Barranco, A. (2014, September). Low overhead monitor mechanism for fault-tolerant analysis of NoC. Presented at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 8th International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC-14), Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan

Modern Networks-on-Chip (NoC) have the capability to tolerate and adapt to the faults and failures in the hardware. Monitoring and debugging is a real challenge due to the NoC system complexity and large scale size. A key requirement is an evaluation... Read More about Low overhead monitor mechanism for fault-tolerant analysis of NoC.

Collaborative environment for energy-efficient buildings at an early design stage (2014)
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Bassanino, M., Fernando, T., Masior, J., Kadolsky, M., Scherer, R., Fouchal, F., …Klobut, K. (2014, September). Collaborative environment for energy-efficient buildings at an early design stage. Presented at 10th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, Vienna, Austria

This paper provides an approach for creating a collaborative environment for energy efficient buildings highlighting the issues required to be addressed at an early design phase. The paper will discuss a design scenario for a new built and suggest sy... Read More about Collaborative environment for energy-efficient buildings at an early design stage.

A new methodology for designing energy efficient buildings in neighbourhoods (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Mäkeläinen, T., Klobut, K., Hannus, M., Sepponen, M., Fernando, T., Bassanino, M., …Firth, S. (2014, September). A new methodology for designing energy efficient buildings in neighbourhoods. Presented at 10th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, Vienna, Austria

Within the frame of the recently launched EU project “Design4Energy” an attempt is being made to develop a design methodology that is able to create energy-efficient buildings within the context of their neighbourhoods. The work presented in this pap... Read More about A new methodology for designing energy efficient buildings in neighbourhoods.

Single interfaces and coupled-waveguide arrays: off-axis nonparaxial analyses (2014)
Presentation / Conference
McCoy, E., Christian, J., McDonald, G., Sanchez-Curto, J., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2014, September). Single interfaces and coupled-waveguide arrays: off-axis nonparaxial analyses. Presented at 5th European Optical Society Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany

We report on our most recent results concerning arbitrary-angle spatial soliton refraction at the interface between dissimilar dielectrics, each of which comprises both X(3)and X(5) susceptibilities. Attention is also paid to the oblique injectio... Read More about Single interfaces and coupled-waveguide arrays: off-axis nonparaxial analyses.

Socio-technical transition of coal-CCGT in the UK electricity sector (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hussaini, M., & Scholz, M. (2014, September). Socio-technical transition of coal-CCGT in the UK electricity sector. Presented at In Proceedings of he IAFOR North American Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment, Providence Marriott Downtown, Providence, Rode Island, USA

Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bendall, R., & Thompson, C. (2014, September). Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Poster presented at British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Scientific Meeting, York

Research is increasingly demonstrating that emotional processes interact with our cognitions and that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is heavily involved during such tasks. Higher naturalistic negative mood is related to reduced PFC activity during wor... Read More about Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study..

Customer engagement persuasion process in online brand communities: Social influence theory perspective (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Poor Rezaei, S., & Heinze, A. (2014, September). Customer engagement persuasion process in online brand communities: Social influence theory perspective. Presented at BAM2014: The Role of The Business School in Supporting Economic and Social Development, Belfast, Ireland

Customer engagement is becoming a more important area in online brand community management. There are a number of competing theories that underline the importance of different types of community members in order to positively influence them for the b... Read More about Customer engagement persuasion process in online brand communities: Social influence theory perspective.

Thematic analysis to explore strategy implementation barriers (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Amjad, M., & Amjad, M. (2014, September). Thematic analysis to explore strategy implementation barriers. Presented at British Academy of Management 2014 Conference, Belfast, UK

Thematic analysis is frequently used in social sciences, but rarely in strategy research. Arguably, poor demarcation, insufficient methodological clarity, limited explanation of analytical process, and rigour issues have contributed towards this. Thi... Read More about Thematic analysis to explore strategy implementation barriers.

Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Millard, D., & Coey, C. (2014, September). Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project. Presented at Vitae Researcher Development International Conference, Manchester

This paper to presents some of the findings of the POCARIM (Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Research Degree Graduates in the Social Sciences and Humanities)study. It reports in particular on the implications of thr... Read More about Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project.