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The Quality Assurance of Tulipwood Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) for "Multi-Ply" (2019)
Journal Article
Hairstans, R., Plowas, W., Calcagno, C., & Milne, M. (2019). The Quality Assurance of Tulipwood Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) for "Multi-Ply". Wood Design Focus, 29(2), 20-26

This paper presents the findings from the supply chain integration, pilot manufacture and quality assurance assessment of CLT made out of hardwood species, Tulipwood. The research was carried out as part of the American Hardwood Export Council indust... Read More about The Quality Assurance of Tulipwood Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) for "Multi-Ply".

Evolving planar mechanisms for the conceptual stage of mechanical design (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lapok, P., Lawson, A., & Paechter, B. (2019, July). Evolving planar mechanisms for the conceptual stage of mechanical design. Presented at GECCO '19, Prague, Czech Republic

This study presents a method to evolve planar mechanism prototypes using an evolutionary computing approach. Ultimately, the idea is to provide drafts for designers at the conceptual design stage of mechanism design which meet their design brief. The... Read More about Evolving planar mechanisms for the conceptual stage of mechanical design.

I Love Portland - public consultation summary publication (2019)
Report
Robertson, M., & Ferdinand, N. (2019). I Love Portland - public consultation summary publication. Isle of Portland, UK: b-side CIC, Arts Council England

Funding support from Arts Council England, this “Lovability” project employed the skills of Dr Nicole Ferdinand and Dr Martin Robertson in a consultation process with representatives of communities with whom b-side CIC live and work. These communitie... Read More about I Love Portland - public consultation summary publication.

Five decades of research on urban poverty: Main research communities, core knowledge producers, and emerging thematic areas (2019)
Journal Article
Panori, A., Mora, L., & Reid, A. (2019). Five decades of research on urban poverty: Main research communities, core knowledge producers, and emerging thematic areas. Journal of Cleaner Production, 237, 117850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117850

Urban poverty represents one of the greatest and most urgent challenges that modern society is facing. The criticality of this global issue is represented by a rapidly growing body of academic literature which aims to explain the dynamics of urban po... Read More about Five decades of research on urban poverty: Main research communities, core knowledge producers, and emerging thematic areas.

Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binetti, L., Stankiewicz, A., & Alwis, L. (2019, May). Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating. Presented at 7th International Symposium on Sensor Science, Napoli, Italy

A novel sensor for measuring viscoelastic properties of sodium alginate (SA) in distilled water of concentration (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 w/w%) has been tested. The sensor used is an FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) fibre optic sensor. It has seen... Read More about Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating.

Managing the co-creation of narratives in the heritage sector: The case of the Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh (2019)
Book Chapter
Urquhart, E., & Leask, A. (2019). Managing the co-creation of narratives in the heritage sector: The case of the Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh. In Experiential Consumption and Marketing in Tourism with a Cross-Cultural Context. Goodfellow Publishers

The objectives of this chapter are to:
- Link together theoretical approaches to storytelling and narrative creation with the co-creation of heritage experiences;
- Identify and discuss management practices and associated opportunities for narrati... Read More about Managing the co-creation of narratives in the heritage sector: The case of the Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh.

Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Miranda, M., da Costa, A., Castro, J., Sagaseta, C., & Cañizal, J. (2017, September). Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel. Presented at 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Stone columns installed in extremely soft soils may significantly reduce the effectiveness of this treatment due to the insufficient lateral confinement provided by the soft soil. The encasement of columns with geotextiles is commonly used in these s... Read More about Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel.

Sex differences in heel pad stiffness during a standing heel-rise task (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ugbolue, U. C., Yates, E. L., Lam, W., Valentin, S., Baker, J. S., & Gu, Y. (2019, July). Sex differences in heel pad stiffness during a standing heel-rise task. Paper presented at International Society of Biomechanics / American Society of Biomechanics 2019 Conference (ISB/ASB 2019), Calgary, Canada

The mechanical properties of the calcaneal fat pad have been determined during plantarflexion using synchronised motion analysis and force plate systems. This study showed no significant differences in stiffness measurements between genders with resp... Read More about Sex differences in heel pad stiffness during a standing heel-rise task.

Environmental and managerial information for cleaner production strategies: An environmental management development perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Gunarathne, A. N., & Lee, K.-H. (2019). Environmental and managerial information for cleaner production strategies: An environmental management development perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 237, Article 117849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117849

This paper examines the uses and characteristics of environmental and managerial information for cleaner production (CP) strategies to achieve corporate sustainability from an environmental management development perspective. Based on a development s... Read More about Environmental and managerial information for cleaner production strategies: An environmental management development perspective.

X-ray tomography of sand-rubber mixtures (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fonseca, J., Riaz, A., & Barreto, D. (2019, July). X-ray tomography of sand-rubber mixtures. Presented at International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures Australia, Cairns, Australia

The behavior of sand-rubber mixtures is controlled by the mechanisms taking place at the grain scale. Here, we use a mixture of shredded tire and a silica sand with similar grain sizes to investigate granular behavior under one-dimensional compressio... Read More about X-ray tomography of sand-rubber mixtures.

Jisc OA Annual Report 2018-19 for Edinburgh Napier University (2019)
Data
Ramage, L. (2021). Jisc OA Annual Report 2018-19 for Edinburgh Napier University. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2021.2830297

This dataset contains details of article processing charges (APCs) paid by Edinburgh Napier University to make publications open access during the academic year 2018-19. It has been completed using the Jisc APC template.

Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health (2019)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2019). Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health. Scottish Institute for Policing Research

As police contact has and continues to increase with people who are considered vulnerable, it is essential to establish a better understanding of what it means for a person to be vulnerable. To best assess whether someone is vulnerable, some form of... Read More about Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health.

Harnessing the Influence of Social Media in Online Luxury Brand Communication (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lu, X., Filieri, R., & Rahman, M. (2019, July). Harnessing the Influence of Social Media in Online Luxury Brand Communication. Presented at 2019 Global Fashion Management Conference, Paris, France

This research has adopted Word-of-Mouth (WOM) and social support theory along with a social media (SM) perspective to investigate why consumers enjoy using SM and interacting with luxury brand. Focusing on fundamental human needs, this study aims to... Read More about Harnessing the Influence of Social Media in Online Luxury Brand Communication.

Design of mobile band subsurface antenna for drainage infrastructure monitoring (2019)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Kosha, J., Mshwat, W. A., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Ong, F. L., McEwan, N. J., & Excell, P. S. (2019). Design of mobile band subsurface antenna for drainage infrastructure monitoring. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 13(13), 2380-2385. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2019.0243

This paper presents an underground subsurface wireless sensor for drainage infrastructure water level monitoring. It operates from 800 to 2170 MHz to cover the required GSM850/900, GSM1800/1900 and UMTS bands. The system consists of a wideband antenn... Read More about Design of mobile band subsurface antenna for drainage infrastructure monitoring.

An Experimental-Based Review of Image Enhancement and Image Restoration Methods for Underwater Imaging (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Song, W., Fortino, G., Qi, L.-Z., Zhang, W., & Liotta, A. (2019). An Experimental-Based Review of Image Enhancement and Image Restoration Methods for Underwater Imaging. IEEE Access, 7, 140233-140251. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2932130

Underwater images play a key role in ocean exploration, but often suffer from severe quality degradation due to light absorption and scattering in water medium. Although major breakthroughs have been made recently in the general area of image enhance... Read More about An Experimental-Based Review of Image Enhancement and Image Restoration Methods for Underwater Imaging.

Convergence with IFRS in Malaysia (2019)
Book Chapter
Abdullah, M., & Minhat, M. (2019). Convergence with IFRS in Malaysia. In P. Weetman, & I. Tsalavoutas (Eds.), Routledge Companion: Accounting in Emerging Economies. Routledge

No abstract available.

Next Generation Lightweight Cryptography for Smart IoT Devices: Implementation, Challenges and Applications (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gunathilake, N. A., Buchanan, W. J., & Asif, R. (2019, April). Next Generation Lightweight Cryptography for Smart IoT Devices: Implementation, Challenges and Applications. Presented at IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Limerick

High/ultra-high speed data connections are currently being developed, and by the year 2020, it is expected that the 5th generation networking (5GN) should be much smarter. It would provide great quality of service (QoS) due to low latency, less imple... Read More about Next Generation Lightweight Cryptography for Smart IoT Devices: Implementation, Challenges and Applications.

The effects of interacting with fish in aquariums on human health and well-being: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Clements, H., Valentin, S., Jenkins, N., Rankin, J., Baker, J. S., Gee, N., Snellgrove, D., & Sloman, K. (2019). The effects of interacting with fish in aquariums on human health and well-being: a systematic review. PLOS ONE, 14(7), Article e0220524. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220524

Background
Most research into the health benefits of human-animal interaction has focused on species that interact physically with humans, such as dogs. This may be unsuitable for certain populations for reasons including accessibility and the risk... Read More about The effects of interacting with fish in aquariums on human health and well-being: a systematic review.

Heat Capacity Effect on Ethanol Preignition in a Shock Tube (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bau Luong, M., Figueroa-Labastida, M., Tingas, S., Sow, A., Hernández Pérez, F. E., Badra, J., Farooq, A., & Im, H. G. (2019, July). Heat Capacity Effect on Ethanol Preignition in a Shock Tube. Paper presented at 27th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS), Beijing, China