Biomechanics Assignment 2023

• Draft as of 15-11-2023

The assessment is a short research report based on a published bioengineering or biomechanics article.

Potential articles are available in the following link, but please seek your own on a subject you find interesting and cross check this with Prof Harwin.

(https://livereadingac-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/shshawin_reading_ac_uk/ERXtE1DmkYdHhZJyp5B6gOgB4ALyh1dHjeJoya7JbwtbsA?e=r5jyfY)

The assignment submission point opens on the 27th November 2023 The submission deadline is on or before 8th January 2024 at noon.

Each person is also expected to give a 2 minute summary of their findings in the class on 6th of December. If you are not able to attend this lecture, then you will need to either do a 2 minute video summary to be posted on blackboard, or arrange an alternative online presentation. No slides, only words.

The report

The report should include a background to put the article in context.

This background should try to assess the statistical importance of the problem. For example the incidence or prevalence of the condition, the uptake of the technology and the costs.

The background should also include a short discussion of the relevant anatomy (less than one page).

For example an article on cochlear implants would include an anatomy of the ear. It would also seek out information about the number of implants performed in different regions of the world, the number of people who might benefit from implants, the costs of the implant.

The report should summarise the key information in the article, and highlight principal findings.

The report

• should be between 4 and 10 pages (not including references)
• must be submitted as a pdf document
• must have a title
• must have your name as author
• must have an abstract (less than half a page)
• must be spell checked (UK English)
• Should have at least one hand drawn illustration

• You are not allowed to cut and paste any text into your report.
• Figures and illustrations from the review paper must be acknowledged correctly and must be discussed in context.
• Other figures and illustrations from papers or respected web sources must also be correctly cited.

Report style

Please use the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science template. Latex and word (mac and windows) templates can be found at (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines)

You will need to change the following

• There should only be one author
• You do not need to include the authors affiliation or email (your choice)
• Please export to pdf before submission to blackboard

Marking

Mark weighting

• 30% Communication: Including writing style, including ensuring facts are correctly attributed.
• 35% Content:
• 10% Formatting:
• 15% Refs, figure captions, page counts, following the assignment rubric.
• 10% For either a short class presentation or a 2 minute video presentation (no slides needed although you can use your submitted paper)

	Communication
First	Ideas are expressed exceptionally well, the article is easy to read and comprehensible. Clear introduction and conclusions
2:1	Good expression of the ideas, the article is sensible but with minor errors
2:2	Grammar and spelling mistakes are significant and are detracting from the comprehension of the article
Third	The article was difficult to understand

	Content
First	The paper under review is well analysed and presented. Analysis is convincing and useful.
2:1	The paper under review has been understood and key contributions have been identified and discussed.
2:2	The assignment is predominantly figures from the paper under review without any coherent explanation.
Third

	References
First	no errors, well formatted, a substantial portion of original literature cited, Most references are published papers, Less than 20% are unreviewed web pages
2:1	minor formatting errors, some good original references. Occasional reference missing data, e.g. dates
2:2	major formatting errors, mostly non original sources and urls
Third

	Formatting
First	Following the Springer template. Formatting to a high standard
2:1
2:2
Third	Not following the Springer template. Formatting has numerous errors

W.S.Harwin

14-11-2023