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Cresseid, Dido and the Power of Speech (2020)
Journal Article
Royan, N. (2020). Cresseid, Dido and the Power of Speech. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 64, 61-86. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.NMS.5.127657

The representation of women is often used as a critical touchstone for the re-assessment of many medieval texts: this is also true of discussions of Robert Henryson’s The Testament of Cresseid and Gavin Douglas’s Eneados. This essay compares these po... Read More about Cresseid, Dido and the Power of Speech.

Hardware Implementations with High Throughput, Low-Latency and Low-Area for Matrix Inversion (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Alqahtani, S., Zhu, Y., Shi, Q., Meng, X., & Wang, X. (2020). Hardware Implementations with High Throughput, Low-Latency and Low-Area for Matrix Inversion. In 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (ICFPT) (250-255). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICFPT51103.2020.00043

This paper proposes two hardware architectures for matrix inversion, through the use of single and double-precision floating-point representations. The architectures use a modified version of the Gauss-Jordan algorithm that accelerates the processing... Read More about Hardware Implementations with High Throughput, Low-Latency and Low-Area for Matrix Inversion.

Observation of EDM plasma behavior influenced by parasitic working gap capacitance (2020)
Journal Article
Petersen, T., Ahmed, S., Kunieda, M., & Klink, A. (2020). Observation of EDM plasma behavior influenced by parasitic working gap capacitance. Procedia CIRP, 95, 189-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.01.198

Machining large surfaces to good surface qualities is currently difficult, as optimisation of parameters does not always lead to a satisfactory outcome. This appears to be an issue with traditional EDM, and the cause is not understood very well. Obse... Read More about Observation of EDM plasma behavior influenced by parasitic working gap capacitance.

Disability in EU transport legislation (2020)
Book Chapter
Varney, E., & Pearson, A. (2020). Disability in EU transport legislation. In D. Ferri, & A. Broderick (Eds.), Research Handbook on EU Disability Law (182-200). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976428.00019

Equal access to transport plays a key role in facilitating independent living and participation in society and in realising the full enjoyment of other human rights, including the right to education and employment. The accessibility of transport goes... Read More about Disability in EU transport legislation.

State-of-the-art in point cloud analysis (2020)
Book Chapter
Catalucci, S., & Senin, N. (2020). State-of-the-art in point cloud analysis. In Advances in Optical Form and Coordinate Metrology (2-1 - 2-48). (Edited by Richard K Leach). Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-2524-0ch2

In this chapter, the state-of-the-art in point cloud analysis and processing is presented, covering formal representation, preprocessing, partitioning, fitting and registration. Recent literature on the incorporation of measurement error and measurem... Read More about State-of-the-art in point cloud analysis.

An Investigation Of The Luminous Environment In Nottingham H.O.U.S.E (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Kankipati, L. S., Rodrigues, L., & Kiamba, L. (2020). An Investigation Of The Luminous Environment In Nottingham H.O.U.S.E. In J. Rodríguez Álvarez, & J. Carla Soares Gonçalves (Eds.), Planning Post Carbon Cities: 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, A Coruña, 1st-3rd September 2020: Proceedings. Vol. 1 (311-316). https://doi.org/10.17979/spudc.9788497497947

Daylight makes an important contribution to indoor quality and building occupants’ wellbeing and productivity. Although it is well known that different spaces need different lighting quality for tasks to be performed effectively, the issue of change... Read More about An Investigation Of The Luminous Environment In Nottingham H.O.U.S.E.

The microbiological testing regulations for cannabis products in Canada: Are they enough from food safety and public health point of view? (2020)
Journal Article
Sudhakar Bhandare. (2020). The microbiological testing regulations for cannabis products in Canada: Are they enough from food safety and public health point of view?. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 18(2), 42-44. https://doi.org/10.1234/4.2020.5672

Canada has recently legalised cannabis for its production, sale and usage in various ways viz. medicinal, recreational and edible. The Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) suggests that the microbial and chemical contaminants o... Read More about The microbiological testing regulations for cannabis products in Canada: Are they enough from food safety and public health point of view?.

Rethinking ‘International Perspective’ in Education Studies: ‘Knowing’ education in the global era (2020)
Book Chapter
Yuan, T. (2020). Rethinking ‘International Perspective’ in Education Studies: ‘Knowing’ education in the global era. In C. A. Simon, & G. Downes (Eds.), Sociology for Education Studies: Connecting Theory, Settings and Everyday Experiences. Routledge

This chapter explores the knowledge of ‘education’ at an international level. The concept of ‘education’ is becoming increasingly complex in the context of modernisation and globalisation. The chapter deals with a historical review of the changing in... Read More about Rethinking ‘International Perspective’ in Education Studies: ‘Knowing’ education in the global era.

The optical reservoir computer: a new approach to a programmable integrated optics system based on an artificial neural network (2020)
Book Chapter
Phang, S., Sewell, P. D., Vukovic, A., & Benson, T. M. (2020). The optical reservoir computer: a new approach to a programmable integrated optics system based on an artificial neural network. In G. C. Righini, & M. Ferrari (Eds.), Integrated Optics Volume 2: Characterization, devices and applications (361-380). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). https://doi.org/10.1049/pbcs077g_ch12

In this chapter, we briefly reviewed some developments in the field of integrated optics since Miller first introduced this concept, noting some approaches to optimise structures based on functional performance criteria. Chapter Contents: • 12.1 Intr... Read More about The optical reservoir computer: a new approach to a programmable integrated optics system based on an artificial neural network.

Laser triangulation (2020)
Book Chapter
Isa, M. A., Piano, S., & Leach, R. Laser triangulation. In R. Leach (Ed.), Advances in Optical Form and Coordinate Metrology. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-2524-0ch3

This chapter gives a summary of laser triangulation as a measurement technique and outlines recent applications and challenges.

Review of Albore Livadie C., Vecchio G. a cura di, Nola - Croce del Papa: un villaggio sepolto dall’eruzione vesuviana delle Pomici di Avellino, Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 54, Centre Jean Bérard, Napoli, 2020 (2020)
Journal Article
Pearce, M. (2020). Review of Albore Livadie C., Vecchio G. a cura di, Nola - Croce del Papa: un villaggio sepolto dall’eruzione vesuviana delle Pomici di Avellino, Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 54, Centre Jean Bérard, Napoli, 2020. Origini, 44(2020), 197-200. https://doi.org/10.48235/1006

Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation (2020)
Book
Li, S., & Sitnikova, E. (2020). Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation. Elsevier/Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-03559-0

Numerical methods to estimate material properties usually involve analysis of a representative volume element (RVE) or unit cell (UC). The representative volume element (RVE) or unit cell (UC) is the smallest volume over which a measurement can be ma... Read More about Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Applications and Implementation.

After Enslavement Ends: Ensuring Redress for Victims (2020)
Book Chapter
Schwarz, K. (2020). After Enslavement Ends: Ensuring Redress for Victims. In K. Bales, & Z. Trodd (Eds.), The Antislavery Usable Past: History’s Lessons for How We End Slavery Today (133-156). Rights Lab, University of Nottingham

Filosofía y literatura. De la generación finisecular a la generación de 1927: la figura del nuevo intelectual (2020)
Book Chapter
Roberts, S. (2020). Filosofía y literatura. De la generación finisecular a la generación de 1927: la figura del nuevo intelectual. In M. Sonlleva Velasco, & J. L. Mora García (Eds.), Educación, Cultura y Sociedad.: Génesis y desarrollo de un proyecto reformista (193-208). Segovia: Real Academia de Historia y Arte de San Quirce

This chapter looks at the changing role of the intellectual in Spain between 1900 and 1931, focusing above all on the intellectual's relationship with education.

Unamuno’s press articles: the badge of identity of the Unamunian intellectual (2020)
Book Chapter
Roberts, S. (2020). Unamuno’s press articles: the badge of identity of the Unamunian intellectual. In L. Álvarez-Castro (Ed.), Approaches to teaching the works of Miguel de Unamuno (93-98). New York: Modern Language Association

This chapter looks at the history of Unamuno's press articles and suggests ways in which these articles can be taught in university classrooms.

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wizards of Oz (2020)
Journal Article
Porcheron, M., Fischer, J. E., & Reeves, S. (2020). Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wizards of Oz. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 4(CSCW3), Article 243. https://doi.org/10.1145/3432942

The Wizard of Oz method is an increasingly common practice in HCI and CSCW studies as part of iterative design processes for interactive systems. Instead of designing a fully-fledged system, the 'technical work' of key system components is completed... Read More about Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wizards of Oz.