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An exploration of professional identity in the information technology sector (2016)
Thesis
Smith, S. An exploration of professional identity in the information technology sector. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9731

At present the Information Technology profession appears to be dogged by high profile project failure, high graduate unemployment rates, employers unable to recruit suitable staff and a professional body under attack. It is not even clear that IT can... Read More about An exploration of professional identity in the information technology sector.

Controlled biped balanced locomotion and climbing. (2016)
Book Chapter
Kenwright, B. (2016). Controlled biped balanced locomotion and climbing. In D. Zhang, & B. Wei (Eds.), Dynamic Balancing of Mechanisms and Synthesizing of Parallel Robots (447-456). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17683-3_17

This chapter describes the control principles necessary for an articulated biped model to accomplish balanced locomotion during walking and climbing. we explain the synthesizes mechanism for coordinated control of lower body joints (i.e. ankle, hip a... Read More about Controlled biped balanced locomotion and climbing..

Inspecting the bad society? Bentham’s panopticon revisited. (2016)
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2016). Inspecting the bad society? Bentham’s panopticon revisited. The Asian Conference on Technology, Information & Society, 13-25

In Panopticon; or, The Inspection-House (2008 [1797]), the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham outlined what he perceived to be a model prison, based on ‘the inspection-principle’ (p. 68). It was centrally about power, the control of miscreants by... Read More about Inspecting the bad society? Bentham’s panopticon revisited..

Innovative developments in HCI and future trends (2016)
Journal Article
Hasan, M. S., & Yu, H. (2017). Innovative developments in HCI and future trends. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 14(1), 10-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-016-1039-6

The recent developments in technology have made noteworthy positive impacts on the human-computer interaction (HCI). It is now possible to interact with computers using voice commands, touchscreen, eye movement, hand gesture, etc. This paper compiles... Read More about Innovative developments in HCI and future trends.

TMP: Tele-Medicine Protocol for Slotted 802.15.4 With Duty-Cycle Optimization in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (2016)
Journal Article
Akbar, M. S., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2017). TMP: Tele-Medicine Protocol for Slotted 802.15.4 With Duty-Cycle Optimization in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(6), 1925-1936. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2016.2645612

Recently, adaptive duty cycle-based medium access control (MAC) protocols based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard have been proposed to address the quality of service (QoS) requirements, including a specified and combined set of time bounded data transmi... Read More about TMP: Tele-Medicine Protocol for Slotted 802.15.4 With Duty-Cycle Optimization in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks.

Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module (2016)
Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., & Garnier, C. (2016). Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module. Journal of Today's Ideas - Tomorrow's Technologies, 4(2), 118-171. https://doi.org/10.15415/jotitt.2016.42008

This study aims at finding out whether an alternate assessment strategy in Sustainable Developments module to improve the student's employability skills and qualities. The exploratory studies, quantitative and qualitative questions acted as a data ga... Read More about Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module.

Mapping the UK information workforce in the library, archives, records, information management, knowledge management and related professions (2016)
Journal Article
Hall, H., & Raeside, R. (2016). Mapping the UK information workforce in the library, archives, records, information management, knowledge management and related professions. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 53(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301117

A workforce mapping project was carried out in the UK between August 2014 and October 2015. It was commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) to enhance unde... Read More about Mapping the UK information workforce in the library, archives, records, information management, knowledge management and related professions.

Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework (2016)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017). Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143(1), 710-718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.055

The built environment puts major pressure on the natural environment; its role in transitioning to a circular economy (CE) is therefore fundamental. However, current CE research tends to focus either on the macro-scale, such as eco-parks, or the micr... Read More about Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework.

Prototype fabrication and experimental investigation of a conjugate refractive reflective homogeniser in a cassegrain concentrator (2016)
Journal Article
Shanks, K., Baig, H., Singh, N. P., Senthilarasu, S., Reddy, K., & Mallick, T. K. (2017). Prototype fabrication and experimental investigation of a conjugate refractive reflective homogeniser in a cassegrain concentrator. Solar Energy, 142, 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.11.038

The conjugate refractive reflective homogeniser (CRRH) is experimentally tested within a cassegrain concentrator of geometrical concentration ratio 500× and its power output compared to the theoretical predictions of a 7.76% increase. I–V traces are... Read More about Prototype fabrication and experimental investigation of a conjugate refractive reflective homogeniser in a cassegrain concentrator.

Protocols for the Fabrication, Characterization, and Optimization of n-Type Thermoelectric Ceramic Oxides (2016)
Journal Article
Boston, R., Schmidt, W. L., Lewin, G. D., Iyasara, A. C., Lu, Z., Zhang, H., Sinclair, D. C., & Reaney, I. M. (2017). Protocols for the Fabrication, Characterization, and Optimization of n-Type Thermoelectric Ceramic Oxides. Chemistry of Materials, 29(1), 265-280. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03600

The development of oxides with high figure of merit, ZT, at modest temperatures (∼300–500 °C) is desirable for ceramic-based thermoelectric generator technology. Although ZT is a compound metric with contributions from thermal conductivity (κ), Seebe... Read More about Protocols for the Fabrication, Characterization, and Optimization of n-Type Thermoelectric Ceramic Oxides.

Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones (2016)
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018). Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones. Journal of Cleaner Production, 173, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.054

This paper reviews the literature on smart cities. Offering a critical synthesis of the material, it advances a Triple Helix inspired account of smart cities as future internet-based developments. In particular, as future internet-based developments... Read More about Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones.

'I hope we can handle it': A study examining student ability beliefs and motivations before transition (2016)
Journal Article
Meharg, D., Craighill, S., Varey, A., & Tizard, J. (2016). 'I hope we can handle it': A study examining student ability beliefs and motivations before transition. Education in the North, 23(2), 128-140

This paper employs the ‘Expectancy-Value Model of Achievement Motivation’ (Wigfield and Eccles, 2000) to identify performance barriers and facilitators for further education students continuing their studies at university. Using this model to unders... Read More about 'I hope we can handle it': A study examining student ability beliefs and motivations before transition.

The Influence of Train Running Direction and Track Supports Position on the Behaviour of Transition Zones (2016)
Journal Article
Sañudo, R., Miranda, M., Markine, V., & delĺOlio, L. (2016). The Influence of Train Running Direction and Track Supports Position on the Behaviour of Transition Zones. Transportation Research Procedia, 18, 281-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.12.037

Different types of track infrastructure can be found along railway lines. Separation zones between these different types of structures are the source of a lot of problems. Transition zones on a railway line represent a gradual solution for the proble... Read More about The Influence of Train Running Direction and Track Supports Position on the Behaviour of Transition Zones.

Distribution Power Loss Minimization Via Distributed Generation, Capacitor and Network Reconfiguration (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhtazaruddin, M., Bani, N., Mohd Aris, S., Jalil, S., Mad Kaidi, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S., Jamian, J., & Abd Fatah, A. (2016, December). Distribution Power Loss Minimization Via Distributed Generation, Capacitor and Network Reconfiguration. Paper presented at International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering (ICEECC2016), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

This paper presents a solution to solve the network reconfiguration, DG coordination (location and size), and capacitor coordination (location and size), simultaneously. The proposed solution will be determined by using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC). V... Read More about Distribution Power Loss Minimization Via Distributed Generation, Capacitor and Network Reconfiguration.

Frequency Dependence of Electroluminescence Measurement in LDPE (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bani, N., Mohd Aris, S., Jalil, S., Muhtazaruddin, M., Mad Kaidi, H., Syed Abd Rahaman, S., Abdul-Malek, Z., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abubakar Mas'ud, A., Abu-Bakar, S., & Ardila Rey, J. (2016, December). Frequency Dependence of Electroluminescence Measurement in LDPE. Paper presented at International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering (ICEECC2016), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

A good insulator for high voltage cable has low dielectric loss, reasonable flexibility and thermo-mechanically stable. However, prolonged application of electrical stresses on the cable will degraded the cable; physically and morphologically. Electr... Read More about Frequency Dependence of Electroluminescence Measurement in LDPE.

Potential of Implementing the Low Concentration Photovoltaic Systems in the United Kingdom (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abu-Bakar, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Mallick, T., Munir, A., Mohd Yasin, S., Abubakar Mas’ud, A., Bani, N., & Muhtazaruddin, M. (2016, December). Potential of Implementing the Low Concentration Photovoltaic Systems in the United Kingdom. Paper presented at International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering (ICEECC2016), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

This paper discusses the prospect of integrating a novel type of low concentration photovoltaic (LCPV) design known as the rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator (RACPC) in a building in the United Kingdom. This is done by proposin... Read More about Potential of Implementing the Low Concentration Photovoltaic Systems in the United Kingdom.

Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016 (2016)
Data
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016). Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2017.682133

Transcripts of semi-structured interviews with 19 Community Councillors from around Scotland. Most questions were around their use of information skills, for a project around information literacy in community-level democracy, but some questions were... Read More about Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016.

Predictive no-reference assessment of video quality (2016)
Journal Article
Torres Vega, M., Mocanu, D. C., Stavrou, S., & Liotta, A. (2017). Predictive no-reference assessment of video quality. Signal Processing: Image Communication, 52, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.image.2016.12.001

Among the various means to evaluate the quality of video streams, lightweight No-Reference (NR) methods have low computation and may be executed on thin clients. Thus, these methods would be perfect candidates in cases of real-time quality assessment... Read More about Predictive no-reference assessment of video quality.