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Wavelength selective coupler on silicon for applications in wavelength division multiplexing (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A wavelength selective add/drop filter based on coupled vertical gratings is proposed for applications in wavelength division multiplexing on silicon. We demonstrate tailoring of device bandwidth and channel location.

Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The prevalence of obesity in the UK is mirroring trends in the USA. There is a need for research to provide public health agencies with advice as to the most effective means of securing behavioural change. The work reported here is in its very early... Read More about Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity.

Process transparency on construction sites : examples from construction companies in Brazil (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Process transparency is the core concept in Visual Management (VM), which is one of the founding blocks of the Toyota Production System. This paper presents the
preliminary results of a collaborative research conducted between Brazil and the UK, as... Read More about Process transparency on construction sites : examples from construction companies in Brazil.

Alterations in the autonomic control of heart rate and heart rate variability in an ovine model of heart failure (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome characterised by reduced contractility, ventricular dilatation and alterations to cellular, extracellular, neural and circulating factors. The aim of the present study was to develop a translationally useful... Read More about Alterations in the autonomic control of heart rate and heart rate variability in an ovine model of heart failure.

Hydrogen peroxide and sarcoplasmic reticulum dysfunction in rat ventricular myocytes (2010)
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are mediators of myocardial systolic and diastolic dysfunction in disease states such as sepsis. An understanding of ROS induced cellular dysfunction is essential to understand the underlying mechanisms. We have previous... Read More about Hydrogen peroxide and sarcoplasmic reticulum dysfunction in rat ventricular myocytes.

Los modelos de ocupación del territorio en la provincia de Alicante: medición a través de parámetros estadísticos (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Las ciudades experimentan un crecimiento cada vez mayor en extensión. Este crecimiento no se produce en la misma proporción al crecimiento de la población. Ello supone que el consumo de suelo por habitante se vaya incrementando con el tiempo, y por l... Read More about Los modelos de ocupación del territorio en la provincia de Alicante: medición a través de parámetros estadísticos.

New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the regulatory character of key parts of the latest incarnation of the EU telecommunications regulatory package, finalised at the end of 2009. Its core argument is that whilst the broad parameters of the modified Electronic Commun... Read More about New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework.

Estimation of critical occupancy values for UK motorways from traffic loop detectors (2010)
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Occupancy is the percent of time a traffic loop detector embedded in the road pavement is occupied by vehicles. This term is usually used as a substitution for the traffic density which is not feasible to obtain from detectors. One of the recent a... Read More about Estimation of critical occupancy values for UK motorways from traffic loop detectors.

The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is long-standing recognition of the role cultural and creative industries play in regional development . Creative and cultural activities contribute to development in regeneration, social inclusion, education, vocational training, social entre... Read More about The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development.

The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Since the mid-1990s, the EU has sought to engage in the formation and development of the most important multilateral Internet governance institutions, and, in doing so, has portrayed itself as a leading and influential player in the evolving global I... Read More about The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU.

Modelling ramp metering at motorway merges (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Traffic congestion has increased rapidly in the past decades mainly due to a sharp increase in vehicles using the road networks. Recently, and to deal with motorway congestion, traffic signal devices (ramp metering) installed on motorway entrances w... Read More about Modelling ramp metering at motorway merges.

Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance (2010)
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This paper evaluates the EU’s influence in shaping the global governance for telecommunications and the Internet. Through analyzing EU behavior within an actorness framework, we demonstrate how the external opportunity structure and the EU’s internal... Read More about Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance.

"Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Ambitious and elusive goals are becoming common place in the artists’ brief and yet the core motive of the practitioner remains the process and discovery of new creativity and artistic output. This paper will draw on the experience of a number of pro... Read More about "Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal.

Feedback conversations in a blended classroom (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Providing and receiving feedback is a hot issue for some time now in Higher Education. Does it have to be this way? Is there anything we can do, and should do, to enhance the feedback experience of our students and make it more meaningful? Where do w... Read More about Feedback conversations in a blended classroom.

Coupled vertical gratings on silicon for applications in wavelength division multiplexing (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An add/drop filter based on coupled vertical gratings is presented on silicon. We analyze the device theoretically and experimentally and show that the concept is easily extended to multi-channel add/drop filters. We demonstrate tunability of the dev... Read More about Coupled vertical gratings on silicon for applications in wavelength division multiplexing.

Partial elliptical two-regime speed-flow traffic model based on the highway capacity manual (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There have been several attempts to describe traffic flow behaviour by modelling the relationship between the main variables describing traffic such as speed, flow and density. Some of these models are based on simplistic assumptions and therefore,... Read More about Partial elliptical two-regime speed-flow traffic model based on the highway capacity manual.

Nanophotonics for integrated information systems (2010)
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Advances in nanoscale fabrication techniques in dielectric and metallic material systems has opened up new opportunities in photonics and plasmonics for solving long standing problems in information systems and telecommunication systems. Optics in ge... Read More about Nanophotonics for integrated information systems.

Testing visual angle car following models using different sets of data (2010)
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The basic assumption in visual angle car following models is that the following distance between successive vehicles is a function of the object (i.e. leading vehicle) width. This paper examines the validity of this assumption using two types of dat... Read More about Testing visual angle car following models using different sets of data.

Evaluation of car-following models using field data (2010)
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Traffic congestion problems have been recognised as a serious problem in all large urban areas. It significantly reduces in urban mobility. Therefore, it has become a major concern to the transportation and business community and to the public in ge... Read More about Evaluation of car-following models using field data.