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The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Izadpanahi, P., & Elkadi, H. (2014, December). The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior. Presented at 30th International Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference, Ahmedabad, India

The interrelationships between school design and children learning are well established. Less evident is the relationship between sustainable school design and the level of environmental behaviour of the children in attendance. Newly erected prim... Read More about The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior.

Empower the VLE with social computing tools: system prototype (2014)
Presentation / Conference
system prototype. Poster presented at Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2014, Doha, Qatar

In this research, new experience of enriching the Learning Management Systems (LMS) and learning apps with Social Computing SC) tools through developing new system prototype for a conceptual solution. Implementing learning systems that are based on... Read More about Empower the VLE with social computing tools: system prototype.

Ecosystem services and sustainable drainage systems (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Scholz, M. (2014, November). Ecosystem services and sustainable drainage systems. Presented at EurAqua – WssTP Workshop ‘Water-related Ecosystem Services (ESS) – Increasing the Relevance of the Concept for Operational Management on Various Scales, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway

Fibre Bragg grating sensors for in-situ measurement of resin pressure in curing composites (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ammasai Sengodan, G., Maheshwari, M., Joshi, S., Chen, Z., Asundi, A., & Tjin, S. (2014, November). Fibre Bragg grating sensors for in-situ measurement of resin pressure in curing composites. Presented at International Conference on Experimental Mechanics 2014, Singapore

A fibre optic sensor was developed for in-situ pressure measurement based on the principle of differential pressure in liquids. This sensor system is very simple and consists of fibre Bragg grating (FBG) done on a fibre with core diameter of 9 µm.... Read More about Fibre Bragg grating sensors for in-situ measurement of resin pressure in curing composites.

Turkish D-Light : accentuating heritage values with daylight (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Almaiyah, S., & Elkadi, H. (2014, November). Turkish D-Light : accentuating heritage values with daylight. Presented at International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS ) 18th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Florence, Italy

Covariate shift-adaptation using a transductive learning model for handling non-stationarity in EEG based brain-computer interfaces (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Haider, R., Prasad, G., Li, Y., & Cecotti, H. (2014, November). Covariate shift-adaptation using a transductive learning model for handling non-stationarity in EEG based brain-computer interfaces. Presented at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Belfast, UK

A major challenge to devising robust brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data is the immanent non-stationary characteristics of EEG signals. Statistical properties of the signals may shift during inter-or-intra sessio... Read More about Covariate shift-adaptation using a transductive learning model for handling non-stationarity in EEG based brain-computer interfaces.

The effect of a different environment on providing personal information when engaging in E-commerce : the case of Saudis in the UK (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Alshehri, H., & Meziane, F. (2014, November). The effect of a different environment on providing personal information when engaging in E-commerce : the case of Saudis in the UK. Presented at 24th International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference, Milan, Italy

The results reported in this paper are part of a study comparing the online behaviour of Saudis living in Saudi Arabia (SA) and those living in the United Kingdom (UK). It is acknowledged that culture and the environment play an important role to dev... Read More about The effect of a different environment on providing personal information when engaging in E-commerce : the case of Saudis in the UK.

Impact of rapid mixing velocity and rapid mixing time on sludge dewaterability (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Fitria, D., Scholz, M., & Swift, G. (2014, October). Impact of rapid mixing velocity and rapid mixing time on sludge dewaterability. Presented at 1st International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability, Batam Island, Riau Archipelago (Kepulauan Riau) Province, Indonesia

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.

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)
Presentation / Conference
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.