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Beam tilting antenna using integrated metamaterial loading
Published 2014“…Results also show unlike conventional beam-tilting antennas, no gain drop is observed when the beam is tilted; in fact there is a gain enhancement of 2.73 dB compared to the original bow-tie antenna at 7.5 GHz. …”
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Valuing American style derivatives by least squares methods
Published 2007“…We implement some recent Monte Carlo estimators for option pricing and assess their performance in finite samples. We find that the accuracy of these estimators is remarkable, even when more exotic financial derivatives are considered. …”
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Periodic array of complementary artificial magnetic conductor metamaterials-based multiband antennas for broadband wireless transceivers
Published 2016“…The finalised antenna has a peak gain and radiation efficiency of 4.45 dBi and 85.8%, respectively, at 2.76 GHz. …”
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New CRLH-based planar slotted antennas with helical inductors for wireless communication systems, RF-circuits and microwave devices at UHF–SHF bands
Published 2016“…The first PSA comprising five symmetrical unit-cells of slot–inductor–slot configuration operates over a wide bandwidth extending from 1 to 4.2 GHz with a peak gain of 1.5 dBi and efficiency of 35 % at 2 GHz. …”
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Super-Wide Impedance Bandwidth Planar Antenna Based on Metamaterial Concept for Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications
Published 2019“…The antenna’s performance of bandwidth, impedance match, and radiation gain were enhanced by etching slots on the patches. …”
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Super-wide impedance bandwidth planar antenna for microwave and millimeter-wave applications
Published 2019“…The antenna’s performance of bandwidth, impedance match, and radiation gain were enhanced by etching slots on the patches. …”
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High-Isolation Leaky-Wave Array Antenna Based on CRLH-Metamaterial Implemented on SIW with ±30o Frequency Beam-Scanning Capability at Millimetre-Waves
Published 2019“…The MTM-shield is shown to suppress the mutual coupling by ~25 dB and to improve the radiation gain and efficiency by ~1 dBi and ~13% on average, respectively.…”
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Metamaterial-based antennas for integration in UWB transceivers and portable microwave handsets
Published 2015“…The T-shaped unit-cell antenna exhibits gain and efficiency of 2–7.1 dBi and 48–91%, respectively. …”
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Intelligent metasurface layer for direct antenna amplitude modulation scheme
Published 2023“…Results show that such a system can modulate electromagnetic signals directly by varying the antenna’s gain from about 2 dBi for Logic-0 to 13.8 dBi for Logic-1. …”
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Low-loss paper-substrate triple-band-frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna for sub-7 GHz applications
Published 2023“…The proposed antenna achieved peak gain and radiation efficiency of 3.4 dBi and 90%, respectively. …”
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The biosemiotic imagination in the Victorian frames of mind : Newman, Eliot and Welby
Published 2016“…Drawing on nineteenth-century debates on the origin of language and evolutionary theory, the thesis argues that the ideas of John Henry Newman, George Eliot and Lady Victoria Welby were cultural precursors to the biosemiotic thought of the second half of the twentieth century and beyond, specifically in the way in which these three thinkers sought to find a ‘common grammar’ between natural and human practices. …”
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Synthesis and structural analysis of [alpha]-aminophosphonic acids and their phosphonate ester derivatives
Published 1996“…The effects of the aromatic ring currents exerted by the extended aromatic substituents were investigated. …”
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Becoming Writers: Transforming Students' Academic Writing
Published 2017“…Rather than focussing on a deficit student in need of ‘fixing’, we introduce and reflect on the usefulness of free- and creative writing exercises as we explore how we can enable students to find ‘a voice’ as we support them on the way to becoming successful academic writers. …”
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Teaching Research Methods : a pragmatic approach
Published 2007“…Previous studies suggest that students often find such modules challenging and difficult to relate to, and recommend a number of different approaches to lessen these difficulties and to improve the student experience of research methods modules. …”
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Learning on The Move
Published 2011“…The project ‘Making the most of my space’: Students’ use of mobile phones for studying and note making, was funded by the Write Now and Learn Higher CETLs, in conjunction with the Centre for Academic Professional Development. The aim was to find out about student mobile phone ownership, their attitude to using their mobiles for learning, and if they are using them for learning, what they are using them for.…”
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Helping students select a dissertation topic : a motivation-based approach
Published 2012“…It is not unusual for students to struggle to find a dissertation topic. To address this problem, I designed an exercise that helps students to better connect with their motivations, or the inner drives they have, for wanting to choose one topic or another. …”
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Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality
Published 2023“…The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in. The book tracks how authorities have transitioned from an enforcement led to a public health approachh to tacking violence. …”
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