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An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model (2020)
Journal Article
Sajjadian, S. M., Jafari, M., & Pekaslan, D. (2020). An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model. Energy and Built Environment, 1(4), 385-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbenv.2020.04.005

Continuous discrepancies in building performance predictions creates an ongoing inclination to link contextualized, real-time inputs and users’ feedback for not only building control systems but also for simulation tools. It is now seeming necessary... Read More about An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model.

An Exploration of the Professional and Leader Identity of IT Professionals Transitioning to a Permanent Hybrid Role: A Longitudinal Investigation (2020)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Garavan, T., Munro, A., Ramsay, E., Smith, C., & Varey, A. (2021). An Exploration of the Professional and Leader Identity of IT Professionals Transitioning to a Permanent Hybrid Role: A Longitudinal Investigation. Information Technology and People, 34(2), 789-811. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-02-2019-0084

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the role of professional and leader identity and the maintenance of identity, through identity work as IT professionals transitioned to a permanent hybrid role. This study therefore contributes to the... Read More about An Exploration of the Professional and Leader Identity of IT Professionals Transitioning to a Permanent Hybrid Role: A Longitudinal Investigation.

How a particular view of language enables neoliberalism in student support – and how to resist it. (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (2020, May). How a particular view of language enables neoliberalism in student support – and how to resist it. Paper presented at DPR20 Discourse, Power and Resistance the values of education, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

In this presentation, extending previous research, the authors argue that a particular view of language which sees it as a concrete abstract objectivist entity separable from any context for analysis and teaching underpins neoliberal approaches to su... Read More about How a particular view of language enables neoliberalism in student support – and how to resist it..

Extracting Time Expressions and Named Entities with Constituent-Based Tagging Schemes (2020)
Journal Article
Zhong, X., Cambria, E., & Hussain, A. (2020). Extracting Time Expressions and Named Entities with Constituent-Based Tagging Schemes. Cognitive Computation, 12, 844-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-020-09714-8

Time expressions and named entities play important roles in data mining, information retrieval, and natural language processing. However, the conventional position-based tagging schemes (e.g., the BIO and BILOU schemes) that previous research used to... Read More about Extracting Time Expressions and Named Entities with Constituent-Based Tagging Schemes.

The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England (2020)
Journal Article
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., Montazami, A., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov-Salaj, A. (2020). The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England. Building and Environment, 179, Article 106933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106933

The higher education sector in the UK is responsible for large amount of the country's energy consumption. Space heating, which is the largest and most expensive part of the energy used in the UK educational buildings is a potential target for improv... Read More about The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Human Stress Level Classification based on Theta/Beta Ratio (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wen, T., Bani, N., Muhammad Sukki, F., & Mohd Aris, S. (2020, May). Electroencephalogram (EEG) Human Stress Level Classification based on Theta/Beta Ratio. Paper presented at 3rd International Conference on BioSignal Analysis, Processing and Systems (ICBAPS 2020), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Stress analysis by utilizing electroencephalography (EEG) device in conjunction with signal processing techniques has emerged as an important area of research and the efforts are being made on detecting and classifying stress level. Non-invasive EEG... Read More about Electroencephalogram (EEG) Human Stress Level Classification based on Theta/Beta Ratio.

Mobility Prediction-Based Optimisation and Encryption of Passenger Traffic-Flows Using Machine Learning (2020)
Journal Article
Asad, S. M., Ahmad, J., Hussain, S., Zoha, A., Abbasi, Q. H., & Imran, M. A. (2020). Mobility Prediction-Based Optimisation and Encryption of Passenger Traffic-Flows Using Machine Learning. Sensors, 20(9), Article 2629. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20092629

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled optimisation of train’s passenger traffic flows is a key consideration of transportation under Smart City planning (SCP). Traditional mobility prediction based optimisation and encryption approac... Read More about Mobility Prediction-Based Optimisation and Encryption of Passenger Traffic-Flows Using Machine Learning.

Diabetes research: at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing (2020)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B., & Webster, G. (2020). Diabetes research: at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing. [Blog]

This 'Diabetes Research' blog is initially about the seed-project 'Information Avoidance and diabetes'. This project is an initial investigation of how and why people with diabetes might not seek or engage with information about their diabetes. More... Read More about Diabetes research: at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing.

Review on Comparison of Solar Transport Vehicle with Full Electric Vehicle (2020)
Journal Article
Tabassum, M., Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M., Khandakar, A., Ashraf, A., & Ahmed, J. (2020). Review on Comparison of Solar Transport Vehicle with Full Electric Vehicle. International Journal of Technology, 1(2), 184-201

Nowadays, the earth is facing resources limitation especially fossil fuels. It is essential to make a new study of the renewable source to sustain the demand for energy. The solar car had been recognized to become an alternative way to replace the us... Read More about Review on Comparison of Solar Transport Vehicle with Full Electric Vehicle.

Methodology for Gender Analysis in Transport: Factors with Influence in Women’s Inclusion as Professionals and Users of Transport Infrastructures (2020)
Journal Article
García-Jiménez, E., Poveda-Reyes, S., Molero, G. D., Santarremigia, F. E., Gorrini, A., Hail, Y., Ababio-Donkor, A., Leva, M. C., & Mauriello, F. (2020). Methodology for Gender Analysis in Transport: Factors with Influence in Women’s Inclusion as Professionals and Users of Transport Infrastructures. Sustainability, 12(9), Article 3656. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093656

This work analyzes gendered processes by a methodology based on clustering factors with influence in the decision-making process of women as users or employees of the transport system. Considering gender as a social construction which changes over ti... Read More about Methodology for Gender Analysis in Transport: Factors with Influence in Women’s Inclusion as Professionals and Users of Transport Infrastructures.