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SRPioneers Ab initio study of electrical and optical properties of PEDOT:PSS, PPP and PPV for organic photovoltaics (OPVs) (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Rezaie, M. N. (2014). SRPioneers Ab initio study of electrical and optical properties of PEDOT:PSS, PPP and PPV for organic photovoltaics (OPVs).

The electrical properties of Poly (3,4 ethylene dioxy-thiophene) (PEDOT) as a hole transporting polymer in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) is investigated. The distribution of molecular orbitals and the density of electronic states were studied and the... Read More about SRPioneers Ab initio study of electrical and optical properties of PEDOT:PSS, PPP and PPV for organic photovoltaics (OPVs).

A taster of the LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) method (LSP) for higher education (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Nerantzi, C., & McCusker, S. (2014). A taster of the LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) method (LSP) for higher education.

This short paper is an introduction to the LEGO® Serious Play® method, the underpinning theories, the process and practical applications. The authors, using two distinct case studies, demonstrate how LSP can be used in higher education for different... Read More about A taster of the LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) method (LSP) for higher education.

Entangling two distinguishable quantum bright solitons via collisions (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Billam, T. P., Blackley, C. L., Gertjerenken, B., Cornish, S. L., & Weiss, C. (2014). Entangling two distinguishable quantum bright solitons via collisions. . https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/497/1/012033

The generation of mesoscopic Bell states via collisions of distinguishable bright solitons has been suggested in Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 100406 (2013). Here, we extend our former proposal to two hyperfine states of 85Rb instead of two different atomic... Read More about Entangling two distinguishable quantum bright solitons via collisions.

Multiscale modelling of the textile composite materials (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Ullah, Z., Kaczmarczyk, Ł., Cortis, M., Pearce, C., Javadi, A., & Hussain, M. S. (2014). Multiscale modelling of the textile composite materials. In Proceedings of the 22nd UK National Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering, 2nd - 4th April 2014, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, UK (214-217)

This paper presents an initial computational multiscale modelling of the fibre-reinforced composite materials. This study will constitute an initial building block of the computational framework, developed for the DURCOMP (providing confidence in dur... Read More about Multiscale modelling of the textile composite materials.

Computational Modelling of Braided Fibre for Concrete Reinforcement (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Cortis, M., Kaczmarczyk, L., Pearce, C., Javadi, A., & Hussain, M. S. (2014). Computational Modelling of Braided Fibre for Concrete Reinforcement. In Proceedings of the 22nd UK National Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering, 2nd - 4th April 2014, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, UK (189-192)

This paper presents numerical modelling of braided fibre, to be used as concrete reinforcement. Ultimately, a corrosive and fire resistant concrete will be produced. A Cubit script (geometry and mesh software) was created to mesh braided yarns under... Read More about Computational Modelling of Braided Fibre for Concrete Reinforcement.

ReEnact: Sketch Based Choreographic Design from Archival Dance Footage (2014)
Conference Proceeding
James, S., Fonseca, M. J., & Collomosse, J. (2014). ReEnact: Sketch Based Choreographic Design from Archival Dance Footage. In ICMR '14: Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (313-320). https://doi.org/10.1145/2578726.2578766

We describe a novel system for synthesising video choreography using sketched visual storyboards comprising human poses (stick men) and action labels. First, we describe an algorithm for searching archival dance footage using sketched pose. We match... Read More about ReEnact: Sketch Based Choreographic Design from Archival Dance Footage.

A review of the Material Point Method and its links to other computational methods (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Charlton, T., Coombs, W., & Augarde, C. (2014). A review of the Material Point Method and its links to other computational methods. In A. Javadi, & M. S. Hussain (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd UK National Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering, 2nd - 4th April 2014, University of Exeter, UK (17-20)

There is considerable interest in development of solid mechanics modelling which can cope with both material and geometric nonlinearity, particularly in areas such as computational geotechnics, for applications such as slope failure and foundation in... Read More about A review of the Material Point Method and its links to other computational methods.

Higher pole number synchronous reluctance machines with fractional slot concentrated windings (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Spargo, C., Mecrow, B., & Widmer, J. (2014). Higher pole number synchronous reluctance machines with fractional slot concentrated windings. In 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014) : Manchester, United Kingdom, 8 - 10 April 2014 (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0279

This paper presents an examination of the advantages, disadvantages and remaining challenges of the application of fractional slot concentrated windings to higher pole number (pole-pairs > 2) synchronous reluctance machines. It extends previous work... Read More about Higher pole number synchronous reluctance machines with fractional slot concentrated windings.

Recognition of Translator Expertise Using Sequences of Fixations and Keystrokes (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Martinez-Gomez, P., Minocha, A., Huang, J., Carl, M., Bangalore, S., & Aizawa, A. (2014). Recognition of Translator Expertise Using Sequences of Fixations and Keystrokes. In P. Qvarfordt, & D. Witzner Hansen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications - ETRA '14 (299-302). https://doi.org/10.1145/2578153.2578201

Professional human translation is necessary to meet high quality standards in industry and governmental agencies. Translators engage in multiple activities during their task, and there is a need to model their behavior, with the objective to understa... Read More about Recognition of Translator Expertise Using Sequences of Fixations and Keystrokes.

Combining optical trapping in a microfluidic channel with simultaneous micro-Raman spectroscopy and motion detection (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Lawton, P., Saunter, C., & Girkin, J. (2014). Combining optical trapping in a microfluidic channel with simultaneous micro-Raman spectroscopy and motion detection. In B. L. Gray, & H. Becker (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037022

Since their invention by Ashkin optical tweezers have demonstrated their ability and versatility as a non-invasive tool for micromanipulation. One of the most useful additions to the basic optical tweezers system is micro-Raman spectroscopy, which pe... Read More about Combining optical trapping in a microfluidic channel with simultaneous micro-Raman spectroscopy and motion detection.

Maximizing EGS earthquake location accuracies (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Foulger, G., & Julian, B. (2014). Maximizing EGS earthquake location accuracies. In 39th Workshop on geothermal reservoir engineering : Stanford Geothermal Program Workshop Report SGP-TR-202, Stanford, California, USA, 24-26 February 2014 ; proceedings (902-911)

Uncertainties in local models of seismic wave speed cause two kinds of errors in estimated microearthquake locations. Errors that differ between nearby events, and which degrade the resolution of faults and similar structures, can now be greatly redu... Read More about Maximizing EGS earthquake location accuracies.

Modelling Emotions in Music: Advances in Conceptual, Contextual and Validity Issues (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Eerola, T., Dittmar, C., Fazekas, G., & Ewert, S. (2014). Modelling Emotions in Music: Advances in Conceptual, Contextual and Validity Issues. In Audio Engineering Society conference : 53rd AES International Conference : semantic audio, 27-29 January 2014, London, UK ; proceedings (S1-1)

Modelling emotion recognition and induction by music has garnered increased attention during the last years. The present work puts together observations of the issues that need attention in order to make advances in music emotion recognition. These a... Read More about Modelling Emotions in Music: Advances in Conceptual, Contextual and Validity Issues.

Hardware-aware block size tailoring on adaptive spacetree grids for shallow water waves (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Weinzierl, T., Wittmann, R., Unterweger, K., Bader, M., Breuer, A., & Rettenberger, S. (2014). Hardware-aware block size tailoring on adaptive spacetree grids for shallow water waves. In A. Größlinger, & H. Köstler (Eds.), HiStencils 2014 - Proceedings of the 1st international workshop on high-performance stencil computations (57-64)

Spacetrees are a popular formalism to describe dynamically adaptive Cartesian grids. Though they directly yield an adaptive spatial discretisation, i.e. a mesh, it is often more efficient to augment them by regular Cartesian blocks embedded into the... Read More about Hardware-aware block size tailoring on adaptive spacetree grids for shallow water waves.

A closer look at liminality: incorrigibles and threshold capital (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Land, R., Vivian, P., & Rattray, J. (2014). A closer look at liminality: incorrigibles and threshold capital. In Threshold concepts : from personal practice to communities of practice. Proceedings of the National Academy’s Sixth Annual Conference and the Fourth Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference, January 2014 (1-12)

Design and analysis of a sustainable multi-objective distribution network using simulation-based optimisation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Rees, M., & Wang, Q. (2014). Design and analysis of a sustainable multi-objective distribution network using simulation-based optimisation. In 19th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference; 8th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems, 17-20 August 2014, Buffalo, New York ; proceedings (Paper No. DETC2014-34957, pp. V004T06A022; 10 pages). https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2014-34957

This paper examines the distribution network for a manufacturing business looking at aspects of sustainability including economic, environmental and social considerations. The problem is initially approached mathematically, then applied experimentall... Read More about Design and analysis of a sustainable multi-objective distribution network using simulation-based optimisation.

Novel basis functions for the partition of unity boundary element method for 2D Helmholtz problems (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Peake, M., Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2014). Novel basis functions for the partition of unity boundary element method for 2D Helmholtz problems. In Blucher mechanical engineering proceedings : 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.5151/meceng-wccm2012-18368

The boundary element method (BEM) is a popular tool for wave scattering problems. To reduce the number of degrees of freedom required, the partition of unity BEM (PUBEM) was developed in which the approximation space is enriched with a linear combina... Read More about Novel basis functions for the partition of unity boundary element method for 2D Helmholtz problems.

Failure rates in introductory programming revisited (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Watson, C., & Li, F. W. (2014). Failure rates in introductory programming revisited. In Å. Cajander, M. Daniels, T. Clear, & A. Pears (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Innovation & technology in computer science education (ITiCSE '14) (39-44). https://doi.org/10.1145/2591708.2591749

Whilst working on an upcoming meta-analysis that synthesized fifty years of research on predictors of programming performance, we made an interesting discovery. Despite several studies citing a motivation for research as the high failure rates of int... Read More about Failure rates in introductory programming revisited.