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Student perception of on-line lectures with a blended learning environment. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2011, January). Student perception of on-line lectures with a blended learning environment. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University Staff Conference

Educational institutions are increasingly moving towards enhancing learning through the use of integrated information technology. Blended, or augmented, learning, aims to support the traditional learning environment – where the instructor blends onli... Read More about Student perception of on-line lectures with a blended learning environment..

Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs. (2010)
Journal Article
Fan, L., Trinder, P., & Taylor, H. (2010). Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs. International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 4, 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAMC.2010.032140

We present the design, implementation and evaluation of Deadline-Driven Auctions (DDAs), a novel task-mapping infrastructure for heterogeneous distributed environments. DDA is primarily designed for hosting Non-Player Characters (NPCs) in P2P Massive... Read More about Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs..

Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games. (2010)
Journal Article
Fan, L., Trinder, P., & Taylor, H. (2010). Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games. International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 4, 108-125. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAMC.2010.032138

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) are increasing in both popularity and scale, and while classical Client/Server (C/S) architectures convey some benefits, they suffer from significant technical and commercial drawbacks. This realisation has... Read More about Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games..

Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, M., Buchanan, W. J., Thuemmler, C., Bell, D., & Hazelhoff Roelfzema, N. (2010). Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care,

The introduction of Information Governance throughout the NHS in Great Britain from 2004 onwards, saw Pri-mary Care Medicine subject to a regulatory regime aligning current practice with codes, ethics, legislation and standa... Read More about Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care.

Investigation of the applicability of the SOLO taxonomy in the qualitative content analysis of asynchronous online discussion. (2010)
Thesis
Mainka, C. Investigation of the applicability of the SOLO taxonomy in the qualitative content analysis of asynchronous online discussion. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4418

Despite a growing research base in support of higher order thinking processes fostered in asynchronous online dialogue, the research community seems far from a consensus that would unequivocally anchor a higher level of understanding with asynchronou... Read More about Investigation of the applicability of the SOLO taxonomy in the qualitative content analysis of asynchronous online discussion..

Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System (2010)
Thesis
McEwan, C. Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4157

The immune system has long been attributed cognitive capacities such as "recognition" of pathogenic agents; "memory" of previous infections; "regulation" of a cavalry of detector and effector cells; and "adaptation" to a changing environment and evo... Read More about Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System.

Performance Evaluation of Virtualization with Cloud Computing (2010)
Thesis
Pelletingeas, C. Performance Evaluation of Virtualization with Cloud Computing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4010

Cloud computing has been the subject of many researches. Researches shows that cloud computing permit to reduce hardware cost, reduce the energy consumption and allow a more efficient use of servers. Nowadays lot of servers are used inefficiently bec... Read More about Performance Evaluation of Virtualization with Cloud Computing.

An evaluation of the power consumption and carbon footprint of a cloud infrastructure (2010)
Thesis
Yampolsky, V. An evaluation of the power consumption and carbon footprint of a cloud infrastructure. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3973

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector represent two to three percents of the world energy consumption and about the same percentage of GreenHouse Gas(GHG) emission. Moreover the IT-related costs represent fifty per-cents of the el... Read More about An evaluation of the power consumption and carbon footprint of a cloud infrastructure.