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Assessment of Temperature and Predation stress on the Goby (Gobius paganellus) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paul, N., Novais, S., Silva, C. S., Marques, A. F., Seixas, M., Kunzmann, A., & Lemos, M. Assessment of Temperature and Predation stress on the Goby (Gobius paganellus). Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, https://doi.org/10.3389/conf.fmars.2016.04.00006

Increasing temperature due to climate change may represent an important factor influencing the physiology of organisms, with potential impacts on the ecosystem, especially to ectotherms, which include most aquatic species that are highly sensitive to... Read More about Assessment of Temperature and Predation stress on the Goby (Gobius paganellus).

A diagnostic plot for assessing model fit in count data models (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Einbeck, J., & Wilson, P. (2016). A diagnostic plot for assessing model fit in count data models. In J. F. Dupuy, & J. Josse (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. July 4-8, 2016, Rennes, France (103-108)

Whilst many numeric methods, such as AIC and deviance, exist for assessing model fit, diagrammatic methods are few. We present here a diagnostic plot, to which we refer as `Christmas tree plot' due its characteristic shape, that may be used to visual... Read More about A diagnostic plot for assessing model fit in count data models.

Gradient test for generalised linear models with random effects (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
da Silva-Junior, A., Einbeck, J., & Craig, P. (2016). Gradient test for generalised linear models with random effects. In J. F. Dupuy, & J. Josse (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. July 4-8, 2016, Rennes, France (213-218)

This work develops the gradient test for parameter selection in generalised linear models with random effects. Asymptotically, the test statistic has a chi-squared distribution and the statistic has a compelling feature: it does not require computati... Read More about Gradient test for generalised linear models with random effects.

Performance Assessment of Distributed Communication Architectures in Smart Grid (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (2016). Performance Assessment of Distributed Communication Architectures in Smart Grid. In 2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) : proceedings. Nanjing, China, 15–18 May 2016 (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2016.7504413

The huge amount of smart meters and growing frequent data readings have become a big challenge on data acquisition and processing in smart grid advanced metering infrastructure systems. This requires a distributed communication architecture in which... Read More about Performance Assessment of Distributed Communication Architectures in Smart Grid.

Energy Efficient Massive MIMO System Design for Smart Grid Communications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiang, J., Sun, H., & Chiu, W. (2016). Energy Efficient Massive MIMO System Design for Smart Grid Communications. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-27 May 2016 (337-341). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2016.7503810

Communication technologies are critical in achieving potential advantages of smart gird (SG), as they enable electric utilities to interact with their devices and customers. This paper focuses on the integration of a massive multiple-input multiple-o... Read More about Energy Efficient Massive MIMO System Design for Smart Grid Communications.

Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mou, X., Groling, O., Gallant, A., & Sun, H. (2016). Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles. In 2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Nanjing, China 15-18 May 2016 ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2016.7504220

Wireless power transfer (WPT) could revolutionize global transportation and accelerate growth in the Electric Vehicle (EV) market, offering an attractive alternative to cabled charging. Coil misalignment is inevitable due to driver parking behaviour... Read More about Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles.

Gaze Prediction using Machine Learning for Dynamic Stereo Manipulation in Games (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Koulieris, G., Drettakis, G., Cunningham, D., & Mania, K. (2016). Gaze Prediction using Machine Learning for Dynamic Stereo Manipulation in Games. In T. Höllerer, V. Interrante, A. Lécuyer, & E. Suma (Eds.), 2016 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR) : Greenville, South Carolina, USA, 19-23 March 2016. Proceedings (113-120). https://doi.org/10.1109/vr.2016.7504694

Comfortable, high-quality 3D stereo viewing is becoming a requirement for interactive applications today. Previous research shows that manipulating disparity can alleviate some of the discomfort caused by 3D stereo, but it is best to do this locally,... Read More about Gaze Prediction using Machine Learning for Dynamic Stereo Manipulation in Games.

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance in the Context of Upper Echelon Theory (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gali, N., Hughes, M., Mallet, O., Karam, A., Domenech, J., Mas-Tur, A., …Vicente, M. (2016). Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance in the Context of Upper Echelon Theory. In CARMA 2016 : 1st International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics, July 6 - 7, 2016, Valencia, Spain. https://doi.org/10.4995/carma2016.2016.4355

Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) is a firm-level phenomenon, which involves the firm’s prospects to take risks, be proactive, and be innovative. Most of the research assumes a positive EO-performance relationship adopting the EO-as-advantage perspect... Read More about Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance in the Context of Upper Echelon Theory.

An efficient stable optical polariser module for calibration of the S4UVN earth observation satellite (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rolt, S., Calcines, A., Lomanowski, B., Bramall, D., & Shaw, B. (2016). An efficient stable optical polariser module for calibration of the S4UVN earth observation satellite. In R. Navarro, & J. H. Burge (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232358

We describe here an optical polariser module intended to deliver well characterised polarised light to an imaging spectrometer instrument. The instrument in question is the Sentinel-4/UVN Earth observation imaging spectrometer due to be deployed in 2... Read More about An efficient stable optical polariser module for calibration of the S4UVN earth observation satellite.

The Logic of Where and While in the 13th and 14th Centuries (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Uckelman, S. L. (2016). The Logic of Where and While in the 13th and 14th Centuries. In L. Beklemishev, S. Demri, & A. Máté (Eds.), Advances in modal logic (535-550)

Medieval analyses of molecular propositions include many non-truthfunctional connectives in addition to the standard modern binary connectives (conjunction, disjunction, and conditional). Two types of non-truthfunctional molecular propositions consid... Read More about The Logic of Where and While in the 13th and 14th Centuries.

Science requirements and trade-offs for the MOSAIC instrument for the European ELT (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evans, C., Puech, M., Rodrigues, M., Barbuy, B., Cuby, J., Dalton, G., …Morris, T. (2016). Science requirements and trade-offs for the MOSAIC instrument for the European ELT. In C. J. Evans, L. Simard, & H. Takami (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI (99089J-99089J-12). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231675

Building on the comprehensive White Paper on the scientific case for multi-object spectroscopy on the European ELT, we present the top-level instrument requirements that are being used in the Phase A design study of the MOSAIC concept. The assembled... Read More about Science requirements and trade-offs for the MOSAIC instrument for the European ELT.

Angular and positional dependence of Purcell effect for layered metal-dielectric structures (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gubaydullin, A., Mazlin, V., Ivanov, K., Kaliteevski, M., & Balocco, C. (2016, June). Angular and positional dependence of Purcell effect for layered metal-dielectric structures. Paper presented at Nanostructures for Photonics (NSP) 2016, St Petersburg, Russia

We study the enhancement of spontaneous emission of the dipole embedded in the layered metal-dielectric structure. Such systems have attracted great scientific interest over the past decade due to their special optical properties emanating primarily... Read More about Angular and positional dependence of Purcell effect for layered metal-dielectric structures.

Artificial Dielectric Based Antireflection layer for Terahertz Applications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hajji, M., Zeze, D., Balocco, C., & Gallant, A. (2016, June). Artificial Dielectric Based Antireflection layer for Terahertz Applications. Paper presented at Nanostructures for Photonics (NSP) 2016, St Petersburg, Russia

We report on experimental and simulation results for low-loss micromachined silicon artificial dielectrics operating as antireflection coating at terahertz frequencies. The artificial layers consist of subwavelength microgrooves with different profil... Read More about Artificial Dielectric Based Antireflection layer for Terahertz Applications.

Colouring diamond-free graphs (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dabrowski, K. K., Dross, F., & Paulusma, D. (2016). Colouring diamond-free graphs. In R. Pagh (Ed.), 15th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2016). https://doi.org/10.4230/lipics.swat.2016.16

The Colouring problem is that of deciding, given a graph G and an integer k, whether G admits a (proper) k-colouring. For all graphs H up to five vertices, we classify the computational complexity of Colouring for (diamond,H)-free graphs. Our proof i... Read More about Colouring diamond-free graphs.

A linear kernel for finding square roots of almost planar graphs (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Golovach, P., Kratsch, D., Paulusma, D., & Stewart, A. (2016). A linear kernel for finding square roots of almost planar graphs. In R. Pagh (Ed.), 15th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2016). https://doi.org/10.4230/lipics.swat.2016.4

A graph H is a square root of a graph G if G can be obtained from H by the addition of edges between any two vertices in H that are of distance 2 of each other. The Square Root problem is that of deciding whether a given graph admits a square root. W... Read More about A linear kernel for finding square roots of almost planar graphs.

Analysis of the Impacts of Formula 1 Car Wakes on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Following Vehicle (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Newbon, J., Sims-Williams, D., & Dominy, R. (2016). Analysis of the Impacts of Formula 1 Car Wakes on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Following Vehicle.

This paper investigates the impact of the wake of a Formula 1 geometry on a following vehicle. For the case considered, the vehicle downforce is seen to be reacted by the pressure force on the ground plane, resulting in little net up-wash in the wake... Read More about Analysis of the Impacts of Formula 1 Car Wakes on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Following Vehicle.