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Temperature variations in UK heated homes (2012)
Thesis
Morton, A. Temperature variations in UK heated homes. (Thesis). Loughborough University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3701292

The domestic sector accounted for 30.5% of the 2010 final UK energy consumption, of which around 66% was used towards space heating. The energy consumption within domestic buildings can be influenced by various factors ranging from the household char... Read More about Temperature variations in UK heated homes.

Diagnosis of faults in induction generators under fluctuating load conditions through the instantaneous frequency of the fault components (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vedreno-Santos, F., Riera-Guasp, M., Henao, H., & Pineda-Sanchez, M. (2012, September). Diagnosis of faults in induction generators under fluctuating load conditions through the instantaneous frequency of the fault components. Presented at 2012 XXth International Conference on Electrical Machines

This paper introduces a methodology for
improving the reliability of diagnosis of different types of
faults in wound rotor induction generators which works under
variable load conditions; the method is based on the extraction
of the Instantaneous... Read More about Diagnosis of faults in induction generators under fluctuating load conditions through the instantaneous frequency of the fault components.

Vibration transient detection of broken bars by PSH sidebands (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Climente-Alarcon, V., Antonino-Daviu, J., Vedreno-Santos, F., & Puche-Panadero, R. (2012, September). Vibration transient detection of broken bars by PSH sidebands. Presented at 2012 XXth International Conference on Electrical Machines

Abstract:
In recent years, the study of transients of induction motors for diagnosis purposes has gained strength in order to overcome some inherent problems of the classical diagnosis of such machines, which uses Fourier analysis of steady-state qu... Read More about Vibration transient detection of broken bars by PSH sidebands.

Scottish cinema – myth and reality from Hollywood to Holyrood. (2012)
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2012). Scottish cinema – myth and reality from Hollywood to Holyrood. In E. Bell, & N. Mitchell (Eds.), Directory of World Cinema: Britain. Intellect ltd

Introductory essay on Scottish Cinema for Scotland section of Directory of World Cinema: Britain

Data quality and data cleaning in database applications (2012)
Thesis
Li, L. Data quality and data cleaning in database applications. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5788

Today, data plays an important role in people’s daily activities. With the help of some database applications such as decision support systems and customer relationship management systems (CRM), useful information or knowledge could be derived from l... Read More about Data quality and data cleaning in database applications.

Creative use of BIPV materials: barriers and solutions (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerrouche, A., Hardy, D., Blekastad, S., Roaf, S., & Richards, B. (2012, September). Creative use of BIPV materials: barriers and solutions. Paper presented at 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany

Inventive use of photovoltaic (PV) materials in architecture can be developed through use of PV in artworks. This is particularly important in increasing the uptake of building-integrated building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), by developing novel... Read More about Creative use of BIPV materials: barriers and solutions.

Development of gel-based panel loudspeakers (2012)
Thesis
Munoz-Frigola, J. Development of gel-based panel loudspeakers. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5694

Loudspeaker research has been carried out for many years and some of the latest developments involve a panel to produce the sound. Using panels to produce sound offers many possible advantages – for example, it is possible to create sound using a win... Read More about Development of gel-based panel loudspeakers.

Analysis of risks associated with facilities management outsourcing: A multivariate approach (2012)
Journal Article
Ikediashi, D. I., Ogunlana, S. O., Boateng, P., & Okwuashi, O. (2012). Analysis of risks associated with facilities management outsourcing: A multivariate approach. Journal of Facilities Management, 10(4), 301-316. https://doi.org/10.1108/14725961211265756

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to analyse the risk factors associated with outsourcing of facilities management (FM) services.

Design/methodology/approach
The study administered questionnaires on 146 registered members of International Fac... Read More about Analysis of risks associated with facilities management outsourcing: A multivariate approach.

Giving a direction to port regionalisation (2012)
Journal Article
Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2012). Giving a direction to port regionalisation. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 46(10), 1551-1561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2012.07.008

As theoretical approaches to port development have advanced over the years, the role of the inland terminal has attracted increasing focus, particularly under the framework of portregionalisation. This paper will explore portregionalisation in differ... Read More about Giving a direction to port regionalisation.

Maritime clusters: concept, trends and case studies. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cullinane, K. (2012, September). Maritime clusters: concept, trends and case studies. Presented at Developing a Knowledge-Based Marine Economy

A maritime cluster can be defined as the agglomeration (coming together) or grouping of related business activities to achieve some form of synergy and economic gain. Such a cluster will certainly have some sort of physical manifestation associated w... Read More about Maritime clusters: concept, trends and case studies..

Researching the adoption of ICT in Ethiopia: a case study of small hotels in Addis Ababa (2012)
Journal Article
Demeke, W., & Olden, A. (2012). Researching the adoption of ICT in Ethiopia: a case study of small hotels in Addis Ababa. Aslib Proceedings, 64(5), 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531211263139

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the difficulties encountered when researching the
adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) by small hotels in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, and to indicate how some of these difficulties... Read More about Researching the adoption of ICT in Ethiopia: a case study of small hotels in Addis Ababa.

New Velocity-Aware Probabilistic route discovery schemes for Mobile Ad hoc Networks. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bani Khalaf, M., Al-Dubai, A., & Abed, M. (2012, September). New Velocity-Aware Probabilistic route discovery schemes for Mobile Ad hoc Networks

In this paper, we investigate efficient strategies for supporting velocity aware probabilistic route discovery in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs). MANETs usually use broadcast mechanisms to discover routes between nodes by flooding the network with R... Read More about New Velocity-Aware Probabilistic route discovery schemes for Mobile Ad hoc Networks..

Service oriented architecture based web application model for collaborative biomedical signal analysis (2012)
Journal Article
Mahmud, M., Rahman, M. M., Travalin, D., Raif, P., & Hussain, A. (2012). Service oriented architecture based web application model for collaborative biomedical signal analysis. Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik, 57(S1), 780-783. https://doi.org/10.1515/bmt-2012-4412

The rapid growth in availability of new biomedical systems and devices capable of acquiring biosignals for disease diagnosis and health monitoring require rigorous processing. Biomedical research by nature depends on integrated problem solving softwa... Read More about Service oriented architecture based web application model for collaborative biomedical signal analysis.

On the digital forensic analysis of the Firefox browser via recovery of SQLite artefacts from unallocated space (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bagley, R., Ferguson, R. I., & Leimich, P. (2012, September). On the digital forensic analysis of the Firefox browser via recovery of SQLite artefacts from unallocated space. Paper presented at CFET (Cyberforensics in Education and Training )

A technique and supporting tool for the recovery of browsing activity (both currently stored and deleted) from the Firefox web-browser is presented. The approach is based upon applying file-carving techniques (matching regular expressions against raw... Read More about On the digital forensic analysis of the Firefox browser via recovery of SQLite artefacts from unallocated space.

Participation spaces. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E. (2012, September). Participation spaces. Presented at Fourth international conference on eParticipation (ePart 2012)

A wide democratic view of participation and eParticipation informs research centred on citizens’ experiences of participation. Case studies of participation are conceived in the vein of work place studies: ethnographic approaches to studying current... Read More about Participation spaces..