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Adaptive learning with covariate shift-detection for non-stationary environments (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Raza, H., Prasad, G., & Li, Y. (2014, September). Adaptive learning with covariate shift-detection for non-stationary environments. Presented at 14th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI2014), Bradford, England

Learning with dataset shift is a major challenge in non-stationary environments wherein the input data distribution may shift over time. Detecting the dataset shift point in the time-series data, where the distribution of time-series shifts its prope... Read More about Adaptive learning with covariate shift-detection for non-stationary environments.

Analysis of the suitability of using the A-weighting filter for evaluating road traffic exposure (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Flindell, I., & Ruiz, D. (2014, September). Analysis of the suitability of using the A-weighting filter for evaluating road traffic exposure. Presented at 7th Forum Acusticum, FA 2014, Krakow, Poland

A-weighted sound pressure level is the most widely used descriptor for evaluating noise annoyance. However, strong criticism is associated with the dB(A) scale because it overcompensates for the hearing system’s reduced sensi... Read More about Analysis of the suitability of using the A-weighting filter for evaluating road traffic exposure.

Exploratory analysis of the factors involved in the perception of the quality of urban soundscapes (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Garcia-Checa, F., Perez-Martinez, G., Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2014, September). Exploratory analysis of the factors involved in the perception of the quality of urban soundscapes. Presented at 7th Forum Acusticum, FA 2014, Krakow, Poland

The identity of urban environments are largely determined by their history and current use, which should be closely related. Moreover, the particular sound of a specific urban site should be a distinct component of its image and identity, thanks to w... Read More about Exploratory analysis of the factors involved in the perception of the quality of urban soundscapes.

Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, C., & Bendall, R. (2014, September). Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad). Poster presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Meeting, Nottingham, UK

Attention Restoration Theory (Kaplan, 1995; Kaplan & Berman, 2010) proposes that natural surroundings “restore” attentional resources, in comparison to urban surroundings. This is due to increased bottom-up processing in natural environments (relativ... Read More about Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad).

The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bower, C., & Thompson, C. (2014, September). The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour. Presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Meeting, Nottingham, UK

The effective allocation of attention and visual search is critical in many real-world tasks and there are several factors that influence the distribution of resources. These range from positive influences (e.g. top-down search that is guided on the... Read More about The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour.

The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos" (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. (2014, September). The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos". Presented at Discussing Disney, University of Hull

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".

Self harm and suicide amongst children & young people in Knowsley : a collaborative workforce development project in partnership with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group (2014)
Presentation / Conference
with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group. Presented at NET2014 25th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, Churchill College, cambridge UK

This theme paper demonstrates an innovative project that aimed to enhance knowledge, awareness and expertise around self-harm. Academic and Clinical staff at the University of Salford, United Kingdom were commissioned to work collaboratively with Kno... Read More about Self harm and suicide amongst children & young people in Knowsley : a collaborative workforce development project in partnership with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group.

Categorisation of distortion profiles in relation to audio quality (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2014, September). Categorisation of distortion profiles in relation to audio quality. Presented at 17th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-14), Erlangen, Germany

Since digital audio is encoded as discrete samples of the audio waveform, much can be said about a recording by the statistical properties of these samples. In this paper, a dataset of CD audio samples is analysed; the probability mass function of ea... Read More about Categorisation of distortion profiles in relation to audio quality.

Many-body effects in CdSe/CdTe coloidal quantum dots (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Miloszewski, J., & Tomic, S. (2014, September). Many-body effects in CdSe/CdTe coloidal quantum dots. Presented at 14th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, Palma, Spain

We present a theoretical method for calculations of exciton and bi-exciton energies in type-II colloidal quantum dots. Our methodology is based on an 8-band k.p Hamiltonian of the zinc-blend structure, which incorporates the effects of spin-orbit... Read More about Many-body effects in CdSe/CdTe coloidal quantum dots.

Non-intrusive user identity provisioning in the internet of things (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Karkhi, A., Al-Yasiri, A., & Jaseemuddin, M. (2014, September). Non-intrusive user identity provisioning in the internet of things. Presented at MobiWac '14 Proceedings of the 12th ACM international symposium on Mobility management and wireless access, Montreal, Canada

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents an evolutionary vision and a new era of such smart environments that encompass all identifiable things in a dynamic and interacting network of networks. Each user has wide interactions with a huge number of ent... Read More about Non-intrusive user identity provisioning in the internet of things.

Translating family support practice lessons (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M., & Smyth, B. (2014, September). Translating family support practice lessons. Presented at Five Nations Supporting Families Conference ‘Supporting Families in difficult times’, Leeds Beckett University

This workshop proposes to present the results of a small scale research project undertaken with a comparative component. Practitioners from intensive family support services in the UK and Ireland respectively were interviewed about their input with f... Read More about Translating family support practice lessons.

The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Darvill, A., Fallon, D., & Livesley, J. (2014, September). The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams. Presented at UK Association of Chief Children's Nurses Children's and Young People's Nursing International Conference “Building the evidence base for practice”, Jersey

This paper describes a qualitative research study into the experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams in England. The study took place at a time when the recruitment of newly qual... Read More about The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams.

Identifying project success criteria for UK social housing asset management schemes (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Higham, A., & Stephenson, P. (2014, September). Identifying project success criteria for UK social housing asset management schemes. Presented at 30th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Conference, Portsmouth

Embedding the principles of sustainable development and sustainable communities into social housing organisations represents one of the biggest challenges faced by the sector over the last decade. The increasing recognition of the limitations and fai... Read More about Identifying project success criteria for UK social housing asset management schemes.

Delivering school buildings using off-site construction : stakeholders' perceptions (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Higham, A., Boothman, J., & Scott, A. (2014, September). Delivering school buildings using off-site construction : stakeholders' perceptions. Presented at 30th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Conference, Portsmouth, UK

Following the calls from the OECD and the James Review for the increase in the use of standardisation and modern methods of construction in the delivery of new school buildings. The paper sought to appraise the views of both construction and educatio... Read More about Delivering school buildings using off-site construction : stakeholders' perceptions.

Making new : encounters through new technology in performance (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Scott, J. (2014, September). Making new : encounters through new technology in performance. Presented at TaPRA Annual Conference, Royal Holloway University

This paper engages with the key issue of newness in the field of performance and ‘new’ technology, arguing through that rather than simply engaging with new technology, this is rather a field of performance which by its nature and predominant inclina... Read More about Making new : encounters through new technology in performance.

A honeypot of rich ideas? Building online communities to promote knowledge exchange and collaboration between creative arts and engineering (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E. (2014, September). A honeypot of rich ideas? Building online communities to promote knowledge exchange and collaboration between creative arts and engineering. Presented at The 21st annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology: altc2014 Riding Giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave, Warwick, UK

A project case-study is presented which uses an innovative platform to promote the development of entrepreneurial activity between engineering and design students at the University of Huddersfield. The principle of the networking-platform is formed o... Read More about A honeypot of rich ideas? Building online communities to promote knowledge exchange and collaboration between creative arts and engineering.

Feature selection in meta learning framework (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shilbayeh, S., & Vadera, S. (2014, August). Feature selection in meta learning framework. Presented at The Science and Information Conference, Science and Information Conference

Feature selection is a key step in data mining. Unfortunately, there is no single feature selection method that is always the best and the data miner usually has to experiment with different methods using a trial and error approach, which can be time... Read More about Feature selection in meta learning framework.

Algorithm for seamless vertical handover in heterogeneous mobile networks (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Khattab, O., & Alani, O. (2014, August). Algorithm for seamless vertical handover in heterogeneous mobile networks. Presented at Science and Information Conference, London

One challenge of wireless networks integration is to provide ubiquitous wireless access abilities and seamless handover for mobile communication devices between different types of technologies (3GPP and non-3GPP) such as Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wo... Read More about Algorithm for seamless vertical handover in heterogeneous mobile networks.