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Multimodal imaging of fluid transport in living epithelial sheets (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webb, K. F., Zhang, J., & Somekh, M. (2011, December). Multimodal imaging of fluid transport in living epithelial sheets. Presented at 2011 Functional Optical Imaging, FOI 2011, Ningbo, China

Detailed knowledge on the biophysical mechanisms and local intercompartmental dynamics by which fluid and solute transport is achieved and regulated at the cellular and subcellular level is lacking. In this paper, cultures of immortalised human retin... Read More about Multimodal imaging of fluid transport in living epithelial sheets.

Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Brady, L., Leighton, P., Younis, F., Deery, C., & Dawett, B. (2011, December). Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools?. Poster presented at UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 7th Annual Scientific Meeting

Design und Evaluation von interaktiven webbasierten Bruchrechenaufgaben (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Eichelmann, A., Schnaubert, L., Narciss, S., Goguadze, G., & Melis, E. (2011, September). Design und Evaluation von interaktiven webbasierten Bruchrechenaufgaben. Presented at DeLFI 2011 - 9th e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V., Dresden, Germany

Designing a multi-agent approach system for distributed course timetabling (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Obit, J. H., Landa-Silva, D., Ouelhadj, D., Khan Vun, T., & Alfred, R. Designing a multi-agent approach system for distributed course timetabling. Presented at Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Hybrid Intelligent Systems Conference (IEEE-HIS 2011)

This paper proposes tackling the difficult course timetabling problem using a multi-agent approach. The proposed design seeks to deal with the problem using a distributed solution environment in which a mediator agent coordinates various timetabling... Read More about Designing a multi-agent approach system for distributed course timetabling.

Modelling Reactive and Proactive Behaviour in Simulation: A Case Study in a University Organisation (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdul Majid, M., Siebers, P.-O., & Aickelin, U. (2011, September). Modelling Reactive and Proactive Behaviour in Simulation: A Case Study in a University Organisation. Presented at GAMEON Arabia 2011, Arab Open University, Amman, Jordan

Simulation is a well established what-if scenario analysis tool in Operational Research (OR). While traditionally Discrete Event Simulation (DES) and System Dynamics Simulation (SDS) are the predominant simulation techniques in OR, a new simulation t... Read More about Modelling Reactive and Proactive Behaviour in Simulation: A Case Study in a University Organisation.

Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tessarolo, A., Luise, F., Raffin, P., & Degano, M. (2011, June). Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Clean Electrical Power: Renewable Energy Resources Impact, ICCEP 2011, Ischia, Italy

In today's energy-saving and optimization programs, hydroelectric power plays a key role as it is based on a clean renewable energy source and capable of fulfilling a significant portion of the overall power demand. However, many hydropower plants ha... Read More about Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator.

Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Castro-Gutierrez, J., Landa-Silva, D., & Moreno Perez, J. Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms. Presented at Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2011)

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows VRPTW) is an important logistics problem which in the realworld appears to be multi-objective. Most research in this area has been carried out using classic datasets designed for the single-objective case... Read More about Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms.

Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zanchetta, P., Degano, M., Liu, J., & Mattavelli, P. (2011, September). Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems. Presented at 2011 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA

This paper investigates the feasibility of an Iterative Leaning current Control (ILC) with variable sampling frequency to realize a 3-phase Shunt Active Filter (SAF) used for harmonic compensation in new generation aircrafts, where a Variable Speed V... Read More about Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems.

A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, T., Siebers, P.-O., & Aickelin, U. (2011, September). A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK. Presented at Energy and People: Futures, Complexity and Challenges, Oxford, UK

This paper reviews major studies in three traditional lines of research in residential energy consumption in the UK, i.e. economic/infrastructure, behaviour, and load profiling. Based on the review the paper proposes a three-dimensional model for arc... Read More about A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK.

Multi-sampled carrier-based PWM for multilevel active shunt power filters for aerospace applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Odavic, M., Biagini, V., Sumner, M., Zanchetta, P., & Degano, M. (2011, September). Multi-sampled carrier-based PWM for multilevel active shunt power filters for aerospace applications. Presented at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011,, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Active power filters create sideband harmonics over a wide frequency range around the multiple carrier-frequency harmonics and these can encroach into the low frequency range. This issue is particularly critical when low carrier-fundamental frequency... Read More about Multi-sampled carrier-based PWM for multilevel active shunt power filters for aerospace applications.

Salivary diagnostics in primary dental care (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawlett, B., Pope, L., Blake, H., Leighton, P., & Deery, C. (2011, September). Salivary diagnostics in primary dental care. Presented at BSODR Meeting, Sheffield, UK

Presented on 13 September 2011.

Reflowable documents composed from pre-rendered atomic components (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pinkney, A. J., Bagley, S. R., & Brailsford, D. F. Reflowable documents composed from pre-rendered atomic components. Presented at ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng '11)

Mobile eBook readers are now commonplace in today’s society, but their document layout algorithms remain basic, largely due to constraints imposed by short battery life. At present, with any eBook file format not based on PDF, the layout of the docum... Read More about Reflowable documents composed from pre-rendered atomic components.

Automated conversion of Web-based marriage register data into a printed format with predefined layout (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brailsford, D. F. Automated conversion of Web-based marriage register data into a printed format with predefined layout. Presented at ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng '11)

The Phillimore Marriage Registers for England were published in the period 1896 to 1922 and have defined a standard layout format for the typesetting of marriage data. However, not all English parish churches had their marriage registers analysed and... Read More about Automated conversion of Web-based marriage register data into a printed format with predefined layout.

Scalable reinforcement learning through hierarchical decompositions for weakly-coupled problems (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toutounji, H., Rothkopf, C. A., & Triesch, J. (2011, August). Scalable reinforcement learning through hierarchical decompositions for weakly-coupled problems. Presented at 2011 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Reinforcement Learning, or Reward-Dependent Learning, has been very successful at describing how animals and humans adjust their actions so as to increase their gains and reduce their losses in a wide variety of tasks. Empirical studies have furtherm... Read More about Scalable reinforcement learning through hierarchical decompositions for weakly-coupled problems.

Active control of series connected, voltage driven power devices using a single gate drive (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evans, P., Teerakawanich, N., & Johnson, C. M. (2011, August). Active control of series connected, voltage driven power devices using a single gate drive. Presented at 2011 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2011, Birmingham, UK

A novel approach for controlling series strings of voltage driven devices (e.g. JFET, MOSFET, IGBT) is presented that allows high voltage switches to be constructed from lower voltage devices. The approach allows controlled voltage sharing under stea... Read More about Active control of series connected, voltage driven power devices using a single gate drive.

Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patel, R., Clark, M., & Achamfuo-Yeboah, S. Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera. Presented at Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology 2011

A method of detecting optical heterodyne interference fringes using a custom CMOS modulated light camera array has been developed. Widefield phase images are generated using quadrature demodulation and are kept stable using a feedback system.
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