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Public tendering of ferry services in Europe (2011)
Journal Article
Baird, A., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2011). Public tendering of ferry services in Europe. Trasporti europei, 49, 90-111

This paper outlines the EU regulatory framework and analyses current practice in four European countries in respect of public procurement and tendering of ferry services. Tender management for major ferry services resides with national government age... Read More about Public tendering of ferry services in Europe.

Novel processing of solid oxide fuel cell (2011)
Thesis
Baba, N. B. Novel processing of solid oxide fuel cell. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4271

ABSTRACT
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are of major interest in fuel cell development due to their high energy conversion efficiency, wide range of fuels and environmental friendliness. One important obstacle for their industrial development is the... Read More about Novel processing of solid oxide fuel cell.

A novel multicast gateway based multi-hop routing for wireless mesh networks. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Dubai, A., Zhao, L., Zomaya, A., & Min, G. (2011, June). A novel multicast gateway based multi-hop routing for wireless mesh networks. Presented at IEEE ICC 2011: IEEE International Conference on Communications IEEE-ICC2011

Mobilities: new perspectives on transport and society. (2011)
Book
Grieco, M., & Urry, J. (Eds.). (2011). Mobilities: new perspectives on transport and society. Ashgate Publishing

Bringing together the leading authors currently working at the intersection of social science and transport science, this volume provides a companion to the well-established and extensive international Transport and Society series. Each chapter, and... Read More about Mobilities: new perspectives on transport and society..

International handbook of maritime economics. (2011)
Book
(2011). K. Cullinane (Ed.), International handbook of maritime economics. Edward Elgar Publishing

The International Handbook of Maritime Economics, expertly edited by Kevin Cullinane, is a very welcome addition to the maritime economics literature. Reflecting the widened scope of the International Association of Maritime Economics, it covers trad... Read More about International handbook of maritime economics..

The Edinburgh companion to Hugh MacDiarmid (2011)
Book
Lyall, S., & McCulloch, M. P. (Eds.). (2011). The Edinburgh companion to Hugh MacDiarmid. Edinburgh University Press

By using previously uncollected creative and discursive writings, this international group of contributors presents a vital updating of MacDiarmid scholarship. They bring fresh insights to major poems such as A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, To Circ... Read More about The Edinburgh companion to Hugh MacDiarmid.

BioVis 2011 Conference Proceedings. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2011, October). BioVis 2011 Conference Proceedings

The rapidly expanding field of biology creates enormous challenges for computational visualization techniques for enabling researchers to gain insight from their large and highly complex data sets. The goal of the BioVis 2011 symposium is to create t... Read More about BioVis 2011 Conference Proceedings..

OSCAM-optimized stereoscopic camera control for interactive 3D (2011)
Journal Article
Oskam, T., Hornung, A., Bowles, H., Mitchell, K., & Gross, M. (2011). OSCAM-optimized stereoscopic camera control for interactive 3D. ACM transactions on graphics, 30, 189. https://doi.org/10.1145/2024156.2024223

This paper presents a controller for camera convergence and interaxial separation that specifically addresses challenges in interactive stereoscopic applications like games. In such applications, unpredictable viewer- or object-motion often compromis... Read More about OSCAM-optimized stereoscopic camera control for interactive 3D.

Heaven and Hell: Visions for Pervasive Adaptation (2011)
Journal Article
Paechter, B., Pitt, J., Serbedzija, N., Michael, K., Willies, J., & Helgason, I. (2011). Heaven and Hell: Visions for Pervasive Adaptation. Procedia Computer Science, 7, 81-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2011.12.025

With everyday objects becoming increasingly smart and the “info-sphere” being enriched with nano-sensors and networked to computationally-enabled devices and services, the way we interact with our environment has changed significantly, and will conti... Read More about Heaven and Hell: Visions for Pervasive Adaptation.

This Pervasive Day: Creative, Interactive Methods for Encouraging Public Engagement with FET Research (2011)
Journal Article
Helgason, I., Bradley, J., Egan, C., Paechter, B., & Hart, E. (2011). This Pervasive Day: Creative, Interactive Methods for Encouraging Public Engagement with FET Research. Procedia Computer Science, 7, 207-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2011.09.028

This paper describes a case study of a programme of interactive public engagement activities presented by the PerAda Co-ordination Action project (FET Proactive Initiative on Pervasive Adaptation) [1] in 2011. The intention behind these events was to... Read More about This Pervasive Day: Creative, Interactive Methods for Encouraging Public Engagement with FET Research.

Gender and transport: An editorial introduction (2011)
Journal Article
Grieco, M., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Gender and transport: An editorial introduction. Research in Transportation Economics, 34(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2011.12.009

Enhanced performance of flexible dye-sensitized solar cells: Electrodeposition of Mg (OH) 2 on a nanocrystalline TiO2 electrode (2011)
Journal Article
Peiris, T. N., Senthilarasu, S., & Wijayantha, K. U. (2012). Enhanced performance of flexible dye-sensitized solar cells: Electrodeposition of Mg (OH) 2 on a nanocrystalline TiO2 electrode. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(1), 1211-1218. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp208267p

Nanocrystalline TiO2 photoanodes were prepared on a conductive indium–tin oxide coated polyethylene naphthalate (ITO-PEN) plastic substrate by the doctor-blade method to fabricate flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The surface of the photoan... Read More about Enhanced performance of flexible dye-sensitized solar cells: Electrodeposition of Mg (OH) 2 on a nanocrystalline TiO2 electrode.

A review of product-service systems design methodologies (2011)
Journal Article
Vasantha, G. V. A., Roy, R., Lelah, A., & Brissaud, D. (2012). A review of product-service systems design methodologies. Journal of Engineering Design, 23(9), 635-659. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2011.639712

Product–service systems (PSS), motivated to fulfil customers’ needs, are seen as good strategies to face today's competitive business environment. The field of PSS research is however not fully mature and many different methodologies are proposed for... Read More about A review of product-service systems design methodologies.

OSCAM - Optimized Stereoscopic Camera Control for Interactive 3D (2011)
Journal Article
Oskam, T., Hornung, A., Bowles, H., Mitchell, K., & Gross, M. (2011). OSCAM - Optimized Stereoscopic Camera Control for Interactive 3D. ACM transactions on graphics, 30, 189:1-189:8. https://doi.org/10.1145/2070781.2024223

This paper presents a controller for camera convergence and interaxial separation that specifically addresses challenges in interactive stereoscopic applications like games. In such applications, unpredictable viewer- or object-motion often compromis... Read More about OSCAM - Optimized Stereoscopic Camera Control for Interactive 3D.

A learning automata based and multicast routing energy efficiency algorithm using minimum spanning tree for wireless sensor networks (2011)
Journal Article
Barati, M., & Sajadi, J. (2011). A learning automata based and multicast routing energy efficiency algorithm using minimum spanning tree for wireless sensor networks. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences, 5(12), 239-248

Wireless sensor networks(WSNs) include a lot of small sensor nodes with limited energy. Multicast routing in wireless sensor networks is an appropriate method for sending a same data to several different receivers in the network. In this paper, A mul... Read More about A learning automata based and multicast routing energy efficiency algorithm using minimum spanning tree for wireless sensor networks.

Guest editorial data-based control, modeling, and optimization (2011)
Journal Article
Chai, T., Hou, Z., Lewis, F. L., Hussain, A., & Zhao, D. (2011). Guest editorial data-based control, modeling, and optimization. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 22(12), 2150-2153. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNN.2011.2177733

The 21 papers in this special section focus on data-based control, modeling, and optimization.

Can Skype be used beyond video calling? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Exarchakos, G., Menkovski, V., & Liotta, A. (2011, December). Can Skype be used beyond video calling?. Presented at 9th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Skype nodes generate a substantial part of real-time bi-directional video traffic nowadays. Employing a range of adaptive mechanisms, the application configures video streaming to meet the requirements of the communication and constraints of the unde... Read More about Can Skype be used beyond video calling?.

Towards neuro-silicon interface using reconfigurable dynamic clamping (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Luo, J. W., Mak, T., Yu, B., Andras, P., & Yakovlev, A. (2011, August). Towards neuro-silicon interface using reconfigurable dynamic clamping. Presented at 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Boston, MA, USA

Dynamic clamp emerges as an important apparatus to study the intrinsic neuronal properties through close-loop interactions between models and biological neurons. Modelling large-scale neuronal networks in software will result in significant computati... Read More about Towards neuro-silicon interface using reconfigurable dynamic clamping.

Social Networks in the Workplace - some data protection issues (2011)
Digital Artefact
Haynes, D. (2011). Social Networks in the Workplace - some data protection issues. [Article]

There are many benefits to be gained from using social networks in the workplace but there is a downside – a growing concern about privacy and misuse of personal information. Using the results from a survey he conducted to highlight the issues, David... Read More about Social Networks in the Workplace - some data protection issues.

Strengthening the links between research and practice: the Research in Librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study (RiLIES) (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2011, December). Strengthening the links between research and practice: the Research in Librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study (RiLIES). Paper presented at Online 2011

The Research in Librarianship – Impact Evaluation Project (RiLIES – pronounced “realise”) completed in August 2011 explored the extent to which funded librarianship research projects influence library practice in the UK. Of particular interest in the... Read More about Strengthening the links between research and practice: the Research in Librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study (RiLIES).