All Outputs (370)

Enhancing student engagement through case method with guest speakers (CMGS) (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Almenta, E., & Vallespin, M. (2015, June). Enhancing student engagement through case method with guest speakers (CMGS). Presented at UWL 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference, University of West London, London, England

Enhancing student engagement through Case method with Guest Speakers (CMGS)

Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gough, G., Cicmil, S., & Longhurst, J. (2015, June). Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England. Presented at From Millennium Development to Sustainable Development Goals– A Vision for Responsible Management Post 2015. 2nd PRME Regional Chapter Meeting UK and Ireland. Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Through a case study of the University of the West of England this presentation explores the relationship between Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). The paper considers the al... Read More about Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England.

Healthcare education in 140 characters (2015)
Presentation / Conference
St. John-Matthews, J. (2015, June). Healthcare education in 140 characters. Presented at UK Radiological Conference, Liverpool, UK

Learning from Bristol: A novel method for local air quality action planning (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Barnes, J., Hayes, E. T., & Longhurst, J. (2015, June). Learning from Bristol: A novel method for local air quality action planning. Poster presented at 52nd International Making Cities Livable Conference on Achieving Green, Healthy Cities, Bristol

The primary source of air pollution in urban areas is road traffic with >60% UK local authorities exceeding the health-based annual mean air quality objective for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Ambient air pollution is carcinogenic and the cardiovascular an... Read More about Learning from Bristol: A novel method for local air quality action planning.

Experiences with radiographic simulation software, student evaluation and an overview of simulation strategies for learning: A work in progress (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Stewart, R. (2015, June). Experiences with radiographic simulation software, student evaluation and an overview of simulation strategies for learning: A work in progress. Presented at UK Radiological Conference, Liverpool, UK

Experiences with radiographic simulation software within UWE 2014-2015. Student evaluation and an overview of simulation research by students. Strategies for learning

Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Cai, Y., van Ees, H., van Veen, K., & Gubbi, S. (2015, June). Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As?. Paper presented at Academy of International Business 2015 Annual Conference, Bengaluru

The speed with which a merger and acquisition (M&A) deal is completed or the number of days taken from the announcement of the deal until its completion is an important barometer of the success and efficiency of a deal. In this paper, we apply the in... Read More about Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As?.

Photography and integrity - an overview (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2015, June). Photography and integrity - an overview. Paper presented at Exclave 2015 and Photography and Integrity Symposium, Oxo Tower Wharf, London

To open the 'Integrity and Photography' symposium, this brief paper gives an overview of how I see integrity played out across various genres of photography. I argue that integrity is not a notion owned by documentary approaches to photography, and... Read More about Photography and integrity - an overview.

Low fidelity interdisciplinary ward simulation for patient safety: how feasible and effective is it in undergraduate healthcare training? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Kennedy, J., Berragan, E., & Ellis, A. (2015, June). Low fidelity interdisciplinary ward simulation for patient safety: how feasible and effective is it in undergraduate healthcare training?. Paper presented at ASME 2015 and SESAM 2015, Belfast

It has been shown that UK nursing and medical students feel un-prepared for registered practice and foundation jobs (Whitehead and Holmes, 2011; Goldacre et al., 2010). A key reason for this is lack of experience in prioritisation, difficulties mana... Read More about Low fidelity interdisciplinary ward simulation for patient safety: how feasible and effective is it in undergraduate healthcare training?.

The challenge of assessing quality of life in craniofacial contexts (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, June). The challenge of assessing quality of life in craniofacial contexts. Presented at European Craniofacial Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden

When asked about their motivation for delivering cleft care and optimising treatment outcomes, the majority of clinicians claim that their ultimate aim is to optimise the quality of life of their patients. Furthermore, ‘quality of life’ (QoL) is used... Read More about The challenge of assessing quality of life in craniofacial contexts.

Translating research into practice: Trials and tribulations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, June). Translating research into practice: Trials and tribulations. Paper presented at European Craniofacial Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden

Clinicians are regularly berated by governments for failing to engage in research and regularly reminded that the care they offer their patients should be ‘evidence-based’. Similarly, researchers are increasingly judged on the ‘real-world’ relevance... Read More about Translating research into practice: Trials and tribulations.

Innovative finance for real estate development in pan-European regeneration (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Organ, S., Squires, G., Hutchison, N., Adair, A., & McGreal, S. (2015, June). Innovative finance for real estate development in pan-European regeneration. Presented at 22nd Annual European Real Estate Society Conference, ERES, Istanbul, Turkey

ERES 2015 conference presentation reporting on the findings of the RICS Research Trust funded project investigating innovative finance mechanisms being used for real estate development in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Traceability and provenance in big data medical systems (2015)
Presentation / Conference
McClatchey, R., Shamdasani, J., Branson, A., Munir, K., & Kovács, Z. (2015, June). Traceability and provenance in big data medical systems. Paper presented at IEEE Conference on Computer Based Medical Systems, Sao Carlos, Brazil

Providing an appropriate level of accessibility to and tracking of data or process elements in large volumes of medical data, is an essential requirement in the Big Data era. Researchers require systems that provide traceability of information throug... Read More about Traceability and provenance in big data medical systems.

5 years on from the EA10 - Should the armed forces remain a special case? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ball, R. (2015, June). 5 years on from the EA10 - Should the armed forces remain a special case?. Paper presented at The Equality Act 2010: Five years on, University of Chester

The Equality Act 2010 amalgamated and enhanced previous anti-discrimination laws with s 4 providing a list of protected characteristics for which direct (s 13) and indirect (s 19) discrimination was outlawed, along with harassment (s 26) and victimis... Read More about 5 years on from the EA10 - Should the armed forces remain a special case?.

Barriers to engaging: Families with under 5s (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hobbs, L. (2015, June). Barriers to engaging: Families with under 5s. Presented at Science Communication Conference 2015, Manchester, UK

Looking at the barriers to engaging families with children under the age of 5 with informal science learning and how to overcome them.

Testing of avionics (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Wright, S. (2015, June). Testing of avionics. Presented at Intelligent Testing 2015, UWE, Bristol, UK

In this talk, Dr Steve Wright discusses some of the tools and methods used for performing Hardware-in-the-Loop testing of aircraft avionics. The talk will discuss the objectives of avionics test, how these tests are performed, and the equipment neede... Read More about Testing of avionics.

Robot-assisted system for joint fracture surgery (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015, June). Robot-assisted system for joint fracture surgery. Poster presented at Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) 2015, Vancouver

Incidence of fractures is steadily increasing and is expected that in 2025, Germany will have the largest number of fractures per year in Europe (≈928,000), followed by the UK (≈682,000) (Hernlund 2013). This work is concerned with distal-femur-fract... Read More about Robot-assisted system for joint fracture surgery.

Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015, June). Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery. Paper presented at Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) 2015, Vancouver

Many surgical procedures are now performed using the techniques of minimally invasive surgery (MIS), in which the surgeon manipulates instruments inserted into the patients through small incisions. In MIS, the surgeon has no direct contact with inter... Read More about Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery.

H2S and NO signalling in plants (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Lisjak, M., Spoljarevic, M., Wood, M. E., Whiteman, M., Wilson, I. D., Hancock, J. T., & Teklic, T. (2015, June). H2S and NO signalling in plants. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Plant Biology, Petnica, Serbia, Russia

Besides already well known actions in animal organisms and described effects on stomata closing in plants, nitric oxide (NO) has an influence on seed dormancy, flower development, root gravitropism, gene expression, plant defence reactions in pathoge... Read More about H2S and NO signalling in plants.

Model based testing of avionics (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Wright, S. (2015, June). Model based testing of avionics. Presented at Model Driven Engineering 2015, West Sussex, England

A presentation on the use of modelling and simulation, and its role in the testing process for manned aircraft avionics.

Investigation into transient SFO, FFO, VFTO overvoltage characteristics for typical gas insulated substations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Nouri, H., Kim, J., & Czumbil, L. (2015, June). Investigation into transient SFO, FFO, VFTO overvoltage characteristics for typical gas insulated substations. Paper presented at International Conference on Power Systems Transient (IPST), Croatia

Overvoltage characteristics of typical single bus, double bus and one and a half bus GIS configurations under transient SFO, FFO and VFTO conditions are studied. The transient conditions are simulated through load rejections, lightning and the openi... Read More about Investigation into transient SFO, FFO, VFTO overvoltage characteristics for typical gas insulated substations.