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Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces. (2015)
Journal Article
O'Neill, S., & Benyon, D. (2015). Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces. Human technology an interdisciplinary journal on humans in ICT environments, 11, 30-56. https://doi.org/10.17011/ht/urn.201505061739

In this paper, we develop a new way of understanding interactions in blended spaces. We do this by developing ideas about embodied semiotics and then apply these ideas to the analysis of interaction in mixed-reality blended spaces (where the physical... Read More about Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces..

Electric Vehicle Ventilation Using Directly Photovoltaic Powered Fans (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muneer, T., Kolhe, M. L., Adhikari, S. K., & Smith, I. (2015, September). Electric Vehicle Ventilation Using Directly Photovoltaic Powered Fans. Presented at ITEC India/IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference India

All over the world, transport sector is contributing heavily towards Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The electric vehicles offers an elegant solution in terms of increasing overall efficiency compared with its fossil-fuel counterpart. Furthermore, if... Read More about Electric Vehicle Ventilation Using Directly Photovoltaic Powered Fans.

Solar thermal panels and insulated windows. (2015)
Book Chapter
Muneer, T., Gago, E. J., & Skeaping, D. (2015). Solar thermal panels and insulated windows. In I. Stafell, D. J. L. Brett, N. P. Brandon, & A. D. Hawkes (Eds.), Domestic Microgeneration: Renewable and distributed energy technologies, policies and economics (136-162). Routledge

Monthly-averaged hourly solar diffuse radiation models for world-wide locations (2015)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., Gago, E. J., & Etxebarria, S. (2015). Monthly-averaged hourly solar diffuse radiation models for world-wide locations. Future Cities and Environment, 1, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40984-015-0008-5

Monthly-averaged daily global irradiation data are now easily available from NASA website for any global location. Using established models it is then possible to decompose the daily to averaged-hourly global irradiation. The missing link so far has... Read More about Monthly-averaged hourly solar diffuse radiation models for world-wide locations.

Coping with water supply shortages in major cities of Malawi (2015)
Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E., & Mkandawire, T. (2015). Coping with water supply shortages in major cities of Malawi. CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development, 1(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.32783/csid-jid.v1i1.6

Urban water shortages continue to pose a threat to the livelihoods of many people in most developing countries including Malawi. In the past few decades, researchers and policy makers have focused on improving the performance of water utility infrast... Read More about Coping with water supply shortages in major cities of Malawi.

Solar photovoltaic system applications: a guidebook for off-grid electrification (2015)
Book
Mohanty, P., Muneer, T., & Kolhe, M. (Eds.). (2015). Solar photovoltaic system applications: a guidebook for off-grid electrification. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14663-8

Presenting a complete guide for the planning, design and implementation of solar PV systems for off-grid applications, this book features analysis based on the authors’ own laboratory testing as well as their in the field experiences. Incorporating t... Read More about Solar photovoltaic system applications: a guidebook for off-grid electrification.

A comparative range approach using the Real World Drive Cycles and the Battery Electric Vehicle (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Milligan, R., Muneer, T., & Smith, I. (2015, August). A comparative range approach using the Real World Drive Cycles and the Battery Electric Vehicle. Presented at 2015 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC), Chennai, India

In the UK, a quarter of all CO2 emissions come from transport and 90% of this comes from road vehicles. According to the UK Government (a) at the end of 2013 there were 35 million vehicles licensed for use on the roads of UK and during 2013, over 430... Read More about A comparative range approach using the Real World Drive Cycles and the Battery Electric Vehicle.

Illegal pedestrian crossing at signalised junctions in urban areas: the impact of spatial factors. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mayeux, A., Lovreglio, R., Saleh, W., & Fonzone, A. (2015, January). Illegal pedestrian crossing at signalised junctions in urban areas: the impact of spatial factors. Presented at Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Much has still to be done to increase pedestrian safety. Illegal crossing at signalised junctions may increase the risk of accidents at the intersections where it takes place and induce dangerous habits. Therefore efforts to prevent such a harmful be... Read More about Illegal pedestrian crossing at signalised junctions in urban areas: the impact of spatial factors..

Genetic Programming (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Machado, P., Heywood, M. I., McDermott, J., Castelli, M., García-Sánchez, P., Burelli, P., Risi, S., & Sim, K. (2015, April). Genetic Programming

The 18th European Conference on Genetic Programming (EuroGP) took place during
April 8–10, 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark was the setting, and the Nationalmuseet was
the venue. EuroGP is the only conference exclusively devoted to the evolutionary
gener... Read More about Genetic Programming.

Opportunities and Challenges of Internet-Based Health Interventions in the Future Internet. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lim Jumelle, A. K., & Thuemmler, C. (2015, April). Opportunities and Challenges of Internet-Based Health Interventions in the Future Internet. Presented at 12th International Conference on Information Technology - New Generations (ITNG), 2015

Internet-based health interventions are behavioral treatments aim at changing behaviors to promote healthy living and prevent diseases and illness. This paper first discusses the benefits and effectiveness of Internet-based health interventions. It c... Read More about Opportunities and Challenges of Internet-Based Health Interventions in the Future Internet..

Ethical Issues in Digital Health. (2015)
Book Chapter
Lim Jumelle, A. K., & Ispas, I. (2015). Ethical Issues in Digital Health. In Requirements Engineering for Digital Health (75-93). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5_4

With advancement in technology and breakthrough in Internet connectivity, digital health technologies have penetrated all aspects of our lives. Hospital information systems (HIS), electronic health records (EHR), ePrescriptions, eReferrals, personal... Read More about Ethical Issues in Digital Health..

Investigating the Impact of Ground Albedo on the Performance of PV Systems (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kotak, Y., Gul, M. S., Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. M. (2015, April). Investigating the Impact of Ground Albedo on the Performance of PV Systems. Presented at CIBSE Technical Symposium

Several factors influence the energy generation of Photovoltaic (PV) installations. A ground albedo value of 0.2 is widely accepted and is used in modelling of PV systems. Foreground surfaces may have different albedo and hence a constant albedo valu... Read More about Investigating the Impact of Ground Albedo on the Performance of PV Systems.

Performance evaluation of electric vehicle ventilation using directly powered photovoltaic fans (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kolhe, M. L., Muneer, T., Adhikari, S. K., & Smith, I. (2015, April). Performance evaluation of electric vehicle ventilation using directly powered photovoltaic fans. Presented at 2015 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC)

Electric vehicles have tremendous potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One of the main draw-back of the electric vehicle though is the sourcing of energy for air-conditioning of its cabin space. In this work, a fully instrumented Renault... Read More about Performance evaluation of electric vehicle ventilation using directly powered photovoltaic fans.

Performance analysis of photovoltaic powered dc motor - Propeller system. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kolhe, M., Atlam, O., Muneer, T., & Adhikari, S. K. (2015, February). Performance analysis of photovoltaic powered dc motor - Propeller system. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems

The application of autonomous directly photovoltaic (PV) powered electro-mechanical has received increasing attention for different applications (e.g. PV water pumping, PV powered cooling of arid climate greenhouses, solar vehicles etc). The PV array... Read More about Performance analysis of photovoltaic powered dc motor - Propeller system..

Understanding seaport competitiveness of global transhipment hub ports in the Caribbean region: an application of a generalized diamond model (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Julien, S.-A., & Monios, J. (2015, August). Understanding seaport competitiveness of global transhipment hub ports in the Caribbean region: an application of a generalized diamond model. Presented at International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), Kuala Lumpur

Presentation delivered at the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Conference 2015.

Calibration and adjustments of degree-1 and -2 re-entrant turnstile circulators using a partially recessed quarter-wave long dielectric resonator. (2015)
Journal Article
Helszajn, J., Sharp, J., & Carignan, L.-P. (2015). Calibration and adjustments of degree-1 and -2 re-entrant turnstile circulators using a partially recessed quarter-wave long dielectric resonator. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2014.0358

The choice of reference planes in the design of the turnstile circulator is not unique. The purpose of this study is to examine two possibilities each of which is equally valid and experimentally verified. One possible arrangement is obtained by repl... Read More about Calibration and adjustments of degree-1 and -2 re-entrant turnstile circulators using a partially recessed quarter-wave long dielectric resonator..

Future Internet in Surgical Operating Theatre (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A. E., Schneider, A., Paulin, A., & Thuemmler, C. (2015, April). Future Internet in Surgical Operating Theatre. Presented at 12th International Conference on Information Technology - New Generations (ITNG), 2015

Developing of Future Internet creates opportunities for new applications to adopt the use of the internet. Many initiatives like FI-WARE and FI-STAR are working on promoting and supporting the use of Future Internet efficiently in different fields. H... Read More about Future Internet in Surgical Operating Theatre.

Improving survivability in environment-driven distributed evolutionary algorithms through explicit relative fitness and fitness proportionate communication. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., Steyven, A., & Paechter, B. (2015, July). Improving survivability in environment-driven distributed evolutionary algorithms through explicit relative fitness and fitness proportionate communication. Presented at Proceedings of the 2015 on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference - GECCO '15

Ensuring the integrity of a robot swarm in terms of maintaining
a stable population of functioning robots over long
periods of time is a mandatory prerequisite for building more
complex systems that achieve user-defined tasks. mEDEA
is an environ... Read More about Improving survivability in environment-driven distributed evolutionary algorithms through explicit relative fitness and fitness proportionate communication..

Workshop on Interactivity in Healthcare Systems (IHS). (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, V. L., Webster, G., & Dennis, M. (2015, September). Workshop on Interactivity in Healthcare Systems (IHS). Presented at INTERACT 2015: Human-Computer Interaction

We are all living longer with average life expectancy increasing across the globe [1]. However, chronic conditions such as heart disease, strokes and cancer, coupled with an increasing global obesity problem still cause a growing number of premature... Read More about Workshop on Interactivity in Healthcare Systems (IHS)..

Building offsite: an introduction. (2015)
Report
Hairstans, R. (2015). Building offsite: an introduction. Edinburgh, Scotland: UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)

An introduction to Building Offsite. Funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). The content was produced by an industry and academic collaboration of CCG (OSM), Stewart Milne Timber Systems, Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot... Read More about Building offsite: an introduction..