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Computational Intelligence Techniques for Mobile Network Optimization [Guest Editorial] (2018)
Journal Article
Qadir, J., Hussain, A., Yau, K., Imran, M., & Wolisz, A. (2018). Computational Intelligence Techniques for Mobile Network Optimization [Guest Editorial]. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 13(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCI.2017.2773799

Modern society has become increasingly reliant on mobile networks for their communication needs. Such networks are characterized by their dynamic, heterogeneous, complex, and data intensive nature, which makes them more amenable to automated mobile n... Read More about Computational Intelligence Techniques for Mobile Network Optimization [Guest Editorial].

The development and trial of an unmanned aerial system for the measurement of methane flux from landfill and greenhouse gas emission hotspots (2018)
Journal Article
Allen, G., Hollingsworth, P., Kabbabe, K., Pitt, J. R., Mead, M. I., Illingworth, S., Roberts, G., Bourn, M., Shallcross, D. E., & Percival, C. J. (2019). The development and trial of an unmanned aerial system for the measurement of methane flux from landfill and greenhouse gas emission hotspots. Waste Management, 87, 883-892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.12.024

This paper describes the development of a new sampling and measurement method to infer methane flux using proxy measurements of CO2 concentration and wind data recorded by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The flux method described and trialed here is a... Read More about The development and trial of an unmanned aerial system for the measurement of methane flux from landfill and greenhouse gas emission hotspots.

Effectiveness, acceptability and usefulness of mobile applications for cardiovascular disease self-management: Systematic review with meta-synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data (2018)
Journal Article
Coorey, G. M., Coorey, G. M., Neubeck, L., Mulley, J., & Redfern, J. (2018). Effectiveness, acceptability and usefulness of mobile applications for cardiovascular disease self-management: Systematic review with meta-synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 25(5), 505-521. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487317750913

Background: Mobile technologies are innovative, scalable approaches to reducing risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) but evidence related to effectiveness and acceptability remains limited. We aimed to explore the effectiveness, acceptability and us... Read More about Effectiveness, acceptability and usefulness of mobile applications for cardiovascular disease self-management: Systematic review with meta-synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data.

Managing association of information system outsourcing: A case of information technology (IT) service provider (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mehmood, K., & Hussain, A. (2018). Managing association of information system outsourcing: A case of information technology (IT) service provider. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSAI.2017.8248558

Managing relationship is vital fundamental realistic concern in the accomplishment development of outsourcing information system (IS) and also begins to be a realistic dilemma that epidemic business of firms' information system. while the information... Read More about Managing association of information system outsourcing: A case of information technology (IT) service provider.

Knowledge-oriented leadership and innovation: A mediating role of knowledge creation: A case of software industry (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mehmood, K., & Hussain, A. (2018). Knowledge-oriented leadership and innovation: A mediating role of knowledge creation: A case of software industry. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSAI.2017.8248548

This study describes the mediating role of knowledge creation between knowledge-oriented leadership and innovation. We investigate 150 respondents in the software industry of Pakistan. The path analysis demonstrates that knowledge creation mediates t... Read More about Knowledge-oriented leadership and innovation: A mediating role of knowledge creation: A case of software industry.

Modeling and manufacturing for surface wave control. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spada, L. L., & Hao, Y. (2017, September). Modeling and manufacturing for surface wave control. Presented at 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP), Pavia, Italy

Recently, a huge interest emerged in the field of surface waves, in particular the possibility to control and manipulate their propagation properties at will. The aim of this paper is to present a new approach to design new devices for surface waves... Read More about Modeling and manufacturing for surface wave control..

Tolerance aware product development using an enriched hybrid digital mock up (DMU) (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Friel, I., Butterfield, J., Robinson, T., & Marzano, A. (2018, January). Tolerance aware product development using an enriched hybrid digital mock up (DMU). Presented at 2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Kissimmee, Florida

Current practice in three dimensional (3D) part construction and product assembly definition within a digital mock up (DMU) is based on the nominal sizing of geometry. This approach does not reflect real part dimensions when they are manufactured or... Read More about Tolerance aware product development using an enriched hybrid digital mock up (DMU).

Analysis of Hydrogen/Air Turbulent Premixed Flames at Different Karlovitz Numbers Using Computational Singular Perturbation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manias, D. M., Tingas, E., Hernández Pérez, F. E., Im, H. G., Galassi, R. M., Ciottoli, P. P., & Valorani, M. (2018, January). Analysis of Hydrogen/Air Turbulent Premixed Flames at Different Karlovitz Numbers Using Computational Singular Perturbation. Presented at 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Kissimmee, Florida

The dynamics and structure of two turbulent H2/air premixed flames, representative of the corrugated flamelet (Case 1) and thin reaction zone (Case 2) regimes, are analyzed and compared, using the computational singular perturbation (CSP) tools, by i... Read More about Analysis of Hydrogen/Air Turbulent Premixed Flames at Different Karlovitz Numbers Using Computational Singular Perturbation.

Workplace bullying and employee outcomes: a moderated mediated model (2018)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Sheehan, M., McCabe, T. J., & Garavan, T. (2020). Workplace bullying and employee outcomes: a moderated mediated model. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(11), 1379-1416. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1406390

This paper investigates the relationship between workplace bullying and employee outcomes in a healthcare setting. Drawing on HR process theory, we investigate the mediating role of the perceived effectiveness of implementation of anti-bullying pract... Read More about Workplace bullying and employee outcomes: a moderated mediated model.

Optimal Foot Location for Placing Wearable IMU Sensors and Automatic Feature Extraction for Gait Analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Anwary, A. R., Yu, H., & Vassallo, M. (2018). Optimal Foot Location for Placing Wearable IMU Sensors and Automatic Feature Extraction for Gait Analysis. IEEE Sensors Journal, 18(6), 2555-2567. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2017.2786587

Our aim is to maximize the interpretable information for gait analysis. To achieve this, it is important to find the optimal sensor placement and the parameters that influence the extraction of automatic gait features. We investigated the effect of d... Read More about Optimal Foot Location for Placing Wearable IMU Sensors and Automatic Feature Extraction for Gait Analysis.

The Effect of a Single Bout of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Glucose Tolerance in Non-diabetic Older Adults (2018)
Journal Article
Lithgow, H., & Leggate, M. (2018). The Effect of a Single Bout of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Glucose Tolerance in Non-diabetic Older Adults. International Journal of Exercise Science, 11(3), 95-105

Our aim was to investigate the acute effects of a single bout of high intensity intermittent training (HIIT) on glucose tolerance and other physiological and metabolic markers in non-diabetic older adults. Fourteen healthy older adults (age, 64 ± 2 y... Read More about The Effect of a Single Bout of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Glucose Tolerance in Non-diabetic Older Adults.

End effect on determining shear modulus of timber beams in torsion tests (2018)
Journal Article
Gharavi, N., Zhang, H., Xie, Y., & He, T. (2018). End effect on determining shear modulus of timber beams in torsion tests. Construction and Building Materials, 164, 442-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.191

The end effect plays an important role in determining where the rotation measuring gauges should be located in a torsion test. A thorough review on the impact of end effect in a torsion test has been conducted, followed by an experimental validation.... Read More about End effect on determining shear modulus of timber beams in torsion tests.

Accessing All Areas? Interviewing and Researching Within and Outside Difference (2018)
Book Chapter
Keval, H. (2018). Accessing All Areas? Interviewing and Researching Within and Outside Difference. In SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526437846

This case study is set against the backdrop of field work and research I conducted during my PhD. My doctoral thesis explored the intersections of race, medical sociology, and embodied experiences of health, risk, and ethnicity, later published in a... Read More about Accessing All Areas? Interviewing and Researching Within and Outside Difference.

Technology Acceptance and User-Centred Design of Assistive Exoskeletons for Older Adults: A Commentary (2018)
Journal Article
Shore, L., Power, V., de Eyto, A., & O’Sullivan, L. (2018). Technology Acceptance and User-Centred Design of Assistive Exoskeletons for Older Adults: A Commentary. Robotics, 7(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics7010003

Assistive robots are emerging as technologies that enable older adults to perform activities of daily living with autonomy. Exoskeletons are a subset of assistive robots that can support mobility. Perceptions and acceptance of these technologies requ... Read More about Technology Acceptance and User-Centred Design of Assistive Exoskeletons for Older Adults: A Commentary.

Grapevine rootstocks shape underground bacterial microbiome and networking but not potential functionality (2018)
Journal Article
Marasco, R., Rolli, E., Fusi, M., Michoud, G., & Daffonchio, D. (2018). Grapevine rootstocks shape underground bacterial microbiome and networking but not potential functionality. Microbiome, 6(3), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0391-2

Background The plant compartments of Vitis vinifera, including the rhizosphere, rhizoplane, root endosphere, phyllosphere and carposphere, provide unique niches that drive specific bacterial microbiome associations. The majority of phyllosphere endo... Read More about Grapevine rootstocks shape underground bacterial microbiome and networking but not potential functionality.

Resilience of Video Streaming Services to Network Impairments (2018)
Journal Article
Torres Vega, M., Perra, C., & Liotta, A. (2018). Resilience of Video Streaming Services to Network Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 64(2), 220-234. https://doi.org/10.1109/tbc.2017.2781125

When dealing with networks, performance management through conventional quality of service (QoS)-based methods becomes difficult and is often ineffective. In fact, quality emerges as an end-to-end factor, for it is particularly sensitive to the end-u... Read More about Resilience of Video Streaming Services to Network Impairments.

10 Qs on the Fringe: Dr Louise Todd. This Media Podcast was recorded alongside public engagement event: Dr Louise Todd, The Fringe: My BFF', 'Skeptics on the Fringe 2017 (2018)
Digital Artefact
Todd, L. (2018). 10 Qs on the Fringe: Dr Louise Todd. This Media Podcast was recorded alongside public engagement event: Dr Louise Todd, The Fringe: My BFF', 'Skeptics on the Fringe 2017

Before her talk for us on the relationships that people have with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Dr Louise Todd sat down with Heather Pentler to talk more about her research and how it came about, plus her thoughts about events and festivals in genera... Read More about 10 Qs on the Fringe: Dr Louise Todd. This Media Podcast was recorded alongside public engagement event: Dr Louise Todd, The Fringe: My BFF', 'Skeptics on the Fringe 2017.

SotF 2017: The Fringe: My BFF. This Media Podcast was recorded alongside public engagement event: Dr Louise Todd, The Fringe: My BFF', 'Skeptics on the Fringe 2017. (2018)
Digital Artefact
Todd, L. (2018). SotF 2017: The Fringe: My BFF. This Media Podcast was recorded alongside public engagement event: Dr Louise Todd, The Fringe: My BFF', 'Skeptics on the Fringe 2017

Often skeptics are charged with only concentrating on hard, physical sciences. Well, that shouldn't be the case. Recorded during our 2017 Edinburgh Fringe run, this talk from Dr Louise Todd is the perfect antidote as we hear her describe her research... Read More about SotF 2017: The Fringe: My BFF. This Media Podcast was recorded alongside public engagement event: Dr Louise Todd, The Fringe: My BFF', 'Skeptics on the Fringe 2017..

ITNr - International Trade Network (ITN) analysis in R (2018)
Digital Artefact
Smith, M. (2018). ITNr - International Trade Network (ITN) analysis in R. [R]

Functions to clean and process international trade data into an international trade network (ITN) are provided. It then provides a set a functions to undertake analysis and plots of the ITN (extract the backbone, centrality, blockmodels, clustering).... Read More about ITNr - International Trade Network (ITN) analysis in R.

An investigation into the impacts of task-level behavioural heterogeneity upon energy efficiency in Cloud datacentres (2018)
Journal Article
Panneerselvam, J., Liu, L., Lu, Y., & Antonopoulos, N. (2018). An investigation into the impacts of task-level behavioural heterogeneity upon energy efficiency in Cloud datacentres. Future Generation Computer Systems, 83, 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2017.12.064

Cloud datacentre resources and the arriving jobs are addressed to be exhibiting increased level of heterogeneity. A single Cloud job may encompass one to several number of tasks, such tasks usually exhibit increased level of behavioural heterogeneity... Read More about An investigation into the impacts of task-level behavioural heterogeneity upon energy efficiency in Cloud datacentres.