All Outputs (274)

Heritage in the crossfire (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Heritage in the Crossfire project investigates the impact of ballistics on sedimentary stone, and their consequences for further deterioration. This is particularly important in light of the ever increasing power of arms and their ubiquitous use... Read More about Heritage in the crossfire.

Microstructural damage from bullet impacts in heritage sandstones (2020)
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Despite protection in international law, cultural heritage still suffers both intentional and inadvertent damage during conflict. Behind visible surface cratering, typically caused by small arms projectiles, is a network of microscale damage that is... Read More about Microstructural damage from bullet impacts in heritage sandstones.

Crowd-driven music: Interactive and generative approaches using machine vision and Manhattan (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper details technologies and artistic approaches to crowd-driven music, discussed in the context of a live public installation in which activity in a public space (e.g. a busy railway platform) is used to drive the automated composition and pe... Read More about Crowd-driven music: Interactive and generative approaches using machine vision and Manhattan.

RCA Symposium: Reportage drawing at the end of the world (2020)
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Symposium RCA 2020: Reportage drawing at the end of the world
Reportage drawing has always borne witness to the world’s most consequential events. For most of the 19th century, reportage drawing was the news image and its perception as a piece of o... Read More about RCA Symposium: Reportage drawing at the end of the world.

There and Back Again: The Practicality of GPU Accelerated Digital Audio (2020)
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General-Purpose GPU computing is becoming an increas-ingly viable option for acceleration, including in the audiodomain. Although it can improve performance, the intrin-sic nature of a device like the GPU involves data transfersand execution commands... Read More about There and Back Again: The Practicality of GPU Accelerated Digital Audio.

Deep 3D face recognition using 3D data augmentation and transfer learning (2020)
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Abstract. Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) have achieved humancomparable performance on challenging 2D face databases, outperforming all previous shallow methods. However, current 3D face recognition research still focuses on non-deep-learn... Read More about Deep 3D face recognition using 3D data augmentation and transfer learning.

Jewellery ± Scent x Science = Alchemy? (2020)
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Contemporary jewellers are considered artists of the miniature sentiment and crafters of the wearable statement. Outside the realm of status and commodity, jewellery can be used to visualise the intangible and conceptual, creating objects and adornme... Read More about Jewellery ± Scent x Science = Alchemy?.

Embedding Academic Skills At UWE Bristol (2020)
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Presentation delivered by Morwenna Peters and Ludovik Sebire at ARLIS Conference 2019.

Outlines what UWE librarians deliver to support the development of students' academic literacy with examples; the benefits and challenges of this role and futu... Read More about Embedding Academic Skills At UWE Bristol.

Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive (2020)
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Slides presented at the final of ClairCity's four webinar series, delivered as an alternative to their planned in-person conference. Sophie spoke alongside colleagues Laura Fogg-Rogers and community organisations in Bristol.

The presentation focus... Read More about Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive.

Continuous tone relief prints in gelatin – The Woodburytype (2020)
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Since its inception, halftoning has provided us methods of print that have high throughput and are easily reproducible. However, as the complexity of our printing methods increase, we can instead turn our attention to continuous tone methods, where t... Read More about Continuous tone relief prints in gelatin – The Woodburytype.

To allow, or deny? That is the question (2020)
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The Android ecosystem is dynamic and diverse. Controls have been set in place to allow mobile device users to regulate exchanged data and restrict apps from accessing sensitive personal information and system resources. Modern versions of the operati... Read More about To allow, or deny? That is the question.

Covid-19 Pandemic and the Politicisation of remedies – which way forward? (2020)
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The metabolic profiles and bacterial interactions of Bacteroides fragilis, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, E. coli Nissle 1917 and Clostridium perfringens on RG/C2 (benign) and HCT116 (malignant) colorectal tumour cell lines (2020)
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The aim of this research was to determine the interaction of the afore mentioned bacterial species on the attachment and invasion of both benign and malignant tumour cells using the gentamicin and metronidazole bacterial infection assay. The results... Read More about The metabolic profiles and bacterial interactions of Bacteroides fragilis, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, E. coli Nissle 1917 and Clostridium perfringens on RG/C2 (benign) and HCT116 (malignant) colorectal tumour cell lines.

Digital technology, entrepreneurship, and the impact on inclusive development: A conceptual framework (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals call for inclusive development and empowerment of marginalised communities. However, scholars have suggested that one single discipline or party, Multinational Enterprises, Governments or, NGOs, cannot ta... Read More about Digital technology, entrepreneurship, and the impact on inclusive development: A conceptual framework.

Pre-hospital assessment of minor trauma in the older adult (Silver MinT) (2020)
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The UK population is growing and getting older; in 2018 there were nearly 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK. The rate of people living with dementia is also increasing, with figures suggesting that 1 in 14 people over the age of 65 (7%) a... Read More about Pre-hospital assessment of minor trauma in the older adult (Silver MinT).

Compassionate Design: A methodology for advanced dementia (2020)
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Predicted increases in the numbers of people living into the advanced stages of dementia pose a significant problem for health and care providers around the world. Finding ways to ameliorate the distressing dementia symptoms of anxiety and depression... Read More about Compassionate Design: A methodology for advanced dementia.

Usability study of a robot companion for monitoring industrial processes (2020)
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In this paper we present the findings of a usability study for a monitoring robotic unit tele-operated via a virtual fixtures (VF) based control framework. The study aims at investigating the impact of VF on the robot navigation as well as the impact... Read More about Usability study of a robot companion for monitoring industrial processes.

Are construction professionals equipped with the knowledge and tools to address the sustainability dilemma? (2020)
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This study attempts to explore the depth of knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues across a range of construction professions and utilise this evidence to reveal if Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM... Read More about Are construction professionals equipped with the knowledge and tools to address the sustainability dilemma?.

3D face recognition using photometric stereo and deep learning (2020)
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Illumination variance is one of the largest real-world problems when deploying face recognition systems. Over the last few years much work has gone into the development of novel 3D face recognition methods to overcome this issue. Photometric stereo i... Read More about 3D face recognition using photometric stereo and deep learning.

Digital branding luxury student ‘hotels’ at UK universities (2020)
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This essay builds on an on-going cinematic survey of the changing neoliberal landscape of UK university campuses, started in 2016
who have been filming the physical transformation that has been occurring in the lifecycle of many university campuses... Read More about Digital branding luxury student ‘hotels’ at UK universities.