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Factorization Techniques for Predicting Student Performance (2012)
Book Chapter
Thai-Nghe, N., Drumond, L., Horváth, T., Krohn-Grimberghe, A., Nanopoulos, A., & Schmidt-Thieme, L. (2012). Factorization Techniques for Predicting Student Performance. In O. C. Santos, & J. G. Boticario (Eds.), Educational Recommender Systems and Techno

Recommender systems are widely used in many areas, especially in e-commerce. Recently, they are also applied in e-learning for recommending learning objects (e.g. papers) to students. This chapter introduces state-of-the-art recommender system techni... Read More about Factorization Techniques for Predicting Student Performance.

The Media in Transforming Audiences and Societies (2012)
Book Chapter
Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B., & Zeller, F. (2012). The Media in Transforming Audiences and Societies. In P. Pęzik (Ed.), Corpus data across languages and disciplines (133-156). Peter Lang

Biodetoxification of azo dye containing textile effluent through adapted fungal strains. (2012)
Journal Article
Rajendran, R., Sundaram, S. K., Sridevi, B., Prabhavathi, P., & Gopi, V. (2012). Biodetoxification of azo dye containing textile effluent through adapted fungal strains. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 5(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.3923

Information behaviour and music information retrieval systems (2012)
Book Chapter
Neal, D., & Conroy, N. (2012). Information behaviour and music information retrieval systems. In D. Rasmussen Neal (Ed.), Indexing and retrieval of non-text information (83-110). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110260588.83

Indexing and retrieval of non-text information (2012)
Book
Rasmussen Neal, D. (Ed.). (2012). Indexing and retrieval of non-text information. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110260588

The scope of this volume will encompass a collection of research papers related to indexing and retrieval of online non-text information. In recent years, the Internet has seen an exponential increase in the number of documents placed online that are... Read More about Indexing and retrieval of non-text information.

Incorporating web-based engagement and participatory interaction into your courses (2012)
Book Chapter
Henninger, M., & Neal, D. R. (2012). Incorporating web-based engagement and participatory interaction into your courses. In D. Rasmussen Neal (Ed.), Social Media for Academics: A Practical Guide (141-159). Chandos Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-

This chapter presents ideas for delivering online course content and communication in ways that will increase student participation and engagement. Diane Rasmussen Neal discusses options for using social media such as discussion forums, synchronous c... Read More about Incorporating web-based engagement and participatory interaction into your courses.

An Appraisal of Facilities Management Practice in Nigeria: A Perceptual Survey (2012)
Journal Article
Ikediashi, D. I., Ogunlana, S. O., & Awodele, A. (2012). An Appraisal of Facilities Management Practice in Nigeria: A Perceptual Survey. International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, 7(3), 259-271

Facilities management has transformed over the years from what was traditionally perceived to be mere facilities maintenance to a profession that integrates the management of an organization's buildings and infrastructure in order to create an enviro... Read More about An Appraisal of Facilities Management Practice in Nigeria: A Perceptual Survey.

An Evaluation of Personnel Training Policies of Construction Companies in Nigeria (2012)
Journal Article
Ikediashi, D. I., Ogunlana, S. O., Awodele, O. A., & Okwuashi, O. (2012). An Evaluation of Personnel Training Policies of Construction Companies in Nigeria. Journal of Human Ecology, 40(3), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2012/40.03.04

Construction companies are the engines that propel the construction sector of any nation's economy, and are therefore expected to vigorously train their workforce to effectively match this responsibility. This study investigates the personnel trainin... Read More about An Evaluation of Personnel Training Policies of Construction Companies in Nigeria.

Key Performance Indicators of Design and Build Projects in Nigeria (2012)
Journal Article
Ikediashi, D. I., Mendie, A., Achuenu, E., & Oladokun, M. G. (2012). Key Performance Indicators of Design and Build Projects in Nigeria. Journal of Human Ecology, 37(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.31901/24566608.2012/37.01.06

The Nigerian Construction Industry has witnessed the evolution of many procurement systems including Design-Build, mainly due to perceived failures of the one-way traditional Design approach. The study, therefore, aims to develop a set of key perform... Read More about Key Performance Indicators of Design and Build Projects in Nigeria.

A system dynamics approach to risks description in megaprojects development (2012)
Journal Article
Boateng, P., Chen, Z., Ogunlana, S., & Ikediashi, D. (2012). A system dynamics approach to risks description in megaprojects development. Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal, 4(3), 593-603. https://doi.org/10.

Indoor-indoor and indoor-outdoor propagation trial results at 2.6 GHz (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fang, C., Allen, B., Liu, E., Karadimas, P., Zhang, J., Glazunov, A. A., & Tufvesson, F. (2012). Indoor-indoor and indoor-outdoor propagation trial results at 2.6 GHz. In 2012 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC). https://doi.org/10.1109

This paper presents delay spread, coherence bandwidth, and angle-of-arrival statistics derived from an extensive MIMO channel measurement campaign carried out at a central frequency of 2.6GHz. The measurement scenarios include indoor-indoor, indoor-o... Read More about Indoor-indoor and indoor-outdoor propagation trial results at 2.6 GHz.

60 GHz time-domain propagation measurement system (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Karadimas, P., Allen, B., & Okon, E. (2012). 60 GHz time-domain propagation measurement system. In 2012 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC). https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2012.6403041

We present a measurement system and method for characterising the 60 GHz time-domain wireless propagation channel using commercially available and cost effective equipment. Our measurements campaign focuses on characterizing shadowing attenuation due... Read More about 60 GHz time-domain propagation measurement system.

A Generalized Analysis of Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Scattering in Mobile Wireless Channels-Part II: Second-Order Statistical Characterization (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Karadimas, P., & Zhang, J. (2012). A Generalized Analysis of Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Scattering in Mobile Wireless Channels-Part II: Second-Order Statistical Characterization. In 2012 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall). https://doi.org

In a recent paper [1], we presented a generalized theoretical analysis for the diffuse multipath power in mobile wireless channels accounting for three-dimensional (3-D) multi-modal (i.e., clustered) scattering. In this paper, a parameterized case-st... Read More about A Generalized Analysis of Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Scattering in Mobile Wireless Channels-Part II: Second-Order Statistical Characterization.

Aimbot detection in online fps games using a heuristic method based on distribution comparison matrix (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yu, S., Hammerla, N., Yan, J., & Andras, P. (2012). Aimbot detection in online fps games using a heuristic method based on distribution comparison matrix. In Neural Information Processing 19th International Conference, ICONIP 2012, Doha, Qatar, November

Online gaming is very popular and has gained some recognition as the so called e-sport over the last decade. However, in particular First Person Shooter (FPS) games suffer from the development of sophisticated cheating methods such as aiming robots (... Read More about Aimbot detection in online fps games using a heuristic method based on distribution comparison matrix.

Computer Anxiety and the Big Five (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crabbe, S. J., & Andras, P. (2012). Computer Anxiety and the Big Five. In PPIG 2012 - 24th Annual Workshop (12)

This paper explores the relationship between personality traits, as described by the Big Five Factors model, and the likelihood of someone suffering from computer anxiety. The research sample was a cohort of Business School Undergraduates. It was fou... Read More about Computer Anxiety and the Big Five.

Renewable heat incentive for solar thermal systems in the United Kingdom: The next big thing? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abu-Bakar, S. H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Burek, S., Mallick, T. K., McLennan, C., …Yasin, S. H. M. (2012). Renewable heat incentive for solar thermal systems in the United Kingdom: The next big thing?. In 2012 IEEE International Confe

This paper focuses on the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme in the United Kingdom (UK); and in particular, on its implications in relation to solar thermal systems. First, a short review on the UK's energy demand is provided. Then, a brief explan... Read More about Renewable heat incentive for solar thermal systems in the United Kingdom: The next big thing?.

Tackling the sheer scale of subjective QoE (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Menkovski, V., Exarchakos, G., & Liotta, A. (2012). Tackling the sheer scale of subjective QoE. In Mobile Multimedia Communications (1-15). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30419-4_1

Maximum Likelihood Difference Scaling (MLDS) used as a method for subjective assessment of video quality alleviates the inconveniencies associated with high variation and biases common in rating methods. However, the number of tests in a MLDS study r... Read More about Tackling the sheer scale of subjective QoE.

Farewell to deterministic networks (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liotta, A. (2012). Farewell to deterministic networks. . https://doi.org/10.1109/SCVT.2012.6399413

As communication networks become increasingly complex and dynamic, the three functions known as monitoring, control and management prove to be ineffective. It is increasingly difficult to operate large networks, perform diagnostics, prevent cascading... Read More about Farewell to deterministic networks.

Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices (2012)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., Alhaddad, A., See, C. H., Noras, J., Excell, P., & Gao, S. (2012). Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices. IET Science Measurement and Technology, 6(4), 306-310. https://doi.org/10.1049/ie

A balanced antenna for wireless portable devices applications with multiple band operational performance is investigated and discussed. The designed antenna is weakly ground-couple, although can be considered as an energy-efficient radiator. The ante... Read More about Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices.

Design and Analysis of Planar Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Function (2012)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S., Ho, A. T. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Li, J., & Xu, J. (2012). Design and Analysis of Planar Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Function. Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 127, 523-536

A novel planar ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with dual band-notched characteristics is proposed. The antenna is fabricated on a printed circuit board (PCB), having a circular monopole and arc-shaped parasitic strips on one side and a ground plane with... Read More about Design and Analysis of Planar Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Function.