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Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs (2019)
Journal Article
Alsarhan, A., Kilani, Y., Al-Dubai, A., Zomaya, A. Y., & Hussain, A. (2020). Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(2), 1568-1581. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2019.2956228

Different studies have recently emphasized the importance of deploying clustering schemes in Vehicular ad hoc Network (VANET) to overcome challenging problems related to scalability, frequent topology changes, scarcity of spectrum resources, maintain... Read More about Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs.

Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building (2019)
Journal Article
Vand, B., Martin, K., Jokisalo, J., Kosonen, R., & Hast, A. (2020). Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 26(3), 304-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2019.1693207

This study examines the influence of demand-response control strategies on thermal conditions, indoor air CO2 concentration, and heating energy cost and consumption in an educational office building heated by a district heating system in a cold clima... Read More about Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building.

An X-linked meiotic drive allele has strong, recessive fitness costs in female Drosophila pseudoobscura (2019)
Journal Article
Larner, W., Price, T., Holman, L., & Wedell, N. (2019). An X-linked meiotic drive allele has strong, recessive fitness costs in female Drosophila pseudoobscura. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1916), Article 20192038. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2038

Selfish ‘meiotic drive’ alleles are transmitted to more than 50% of offspring, allowing them to rapidly invade populations even if they reduce the fitness of individuals carrying them. Theory predicts that drivers should either fix or go extinct, yet... Read More about An X-linked meiotic drive allele has strong, recessive fitness costs in female Drosophila pseudoobscura.

The Internationalisation of Scottish luxury SMEs and the development of Lifestyle Retailing in Malaysia (2019)
Thesis
Sabaruddin-Smith, N. The Internationalisation of Scottish luxury SMEs and the development of Lifestyle Retailing in Malaysia. (Thesis). Glasgow Caledonian University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2612198

Purpose – This study aims to critically examine the internationalisation process of Scottish luxury SMEs in the Malaysian market. To achieve this aim, research objectives were formulated examining Malaysia’s development in terms of luxury fashion and... Read More about The Internationalisation of Scottish luxury SMEs and the development of Lifestyle Retailing in Malaysia.

MRC4: A Modified RC4 Algorithm using Symmetric Random Function Generator for Improved Cryptographic Features (2019)
Journal Article
Saha, R., Geetha, G., Kumar, G., Kim, T.-H., & Buchanan, W. J. (2019). MRC4: A Modified RC4 Algorithm using Symmetric Random Function Generator for Improved Cryptographic Features. IEEE Access, 7, 172045-172054. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2956160

The Rivest Cipher 4 (RC4) has been one of the most popular stream ciphers for providing symmetric key encryption, and is now proposed as an efficient cipher within light-weight cryptography. As an algorithm it has been considered to be one of the fas... Read More about MRC4: A Modified RC4 Algorithm using Symmetric Random Function Generator for Improved Cryptographic Features.

Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems (2019)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Shukla, P., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Quazzane, K., & Limiti, E. (2020). Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 14(3), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2019.0362

A metamaterial photonic bandgap (MTM-PBG) periodic structure is used as a decoupling frame to improve the isolation between transmit–receive (T/R) sections of densely packed array antenna in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multiple-input multiple-... Read More about Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems.

Networking as an information behaviour during job search: an study of active jobseekers in the Scottish youth labour market (2019)
Journal Article
Mowbray, J., & Hall, H. (2020). Networking as an information behaviour during job search: an study of active jobseekers in the Scottish youth labour market. Journal of Documentation, 76(2), 424-439. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2019-0086

Purpose - Although social networks are considered influential to employment outcomes, little is known about the behavioural manifestation of networking during job search. To address this, the study presented here examined the role of networking among... Read More about Networking as an information behaviour during job search: an study of active jobseekers in the Scottish youth labour market.

The development and current challenges of nursing education in Hong Kong (2019)
Book Chapter
Ching, S. S., Cheung, K., & Mak, Y. W. (2020). The development and current challenges of nursing education in Hong Kong. In S. Dyson, & M. McAllister (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Nurse Education (50-63). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351121675-5

This chapter discusses the development of undergraduate and post-graduate education and continuing education opportunities in Hong Kong, examine the emerging pedagogies, and discuss the current challenges in nursing education in Hong Kong. The rankin... Read More about The development and current challenges of nursing education in Hong Kong.

Evaluation of thermal performance for a smart switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing (2019)
Journal Article
Hemaida, A., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Evaluation of thermal performance for a smart switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing. Solar Energy, 195, 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.024

A new class of smart window technologies are gaining interest as they have the functionality to control dynamic solar radiation, shading, ventilation and energy production. They are capable of improving buildings’ energy performance by adapting to di... Read More about Evaluation of thermal performance for a smart switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing.

The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (2019)
Journal Article
Schweiker, M., Abdul-Zahra, A., André, M., Al-Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., Alsaad, H., Amin, R., Ampatzi, E., Arsano, A. Y., Azadeh, M., Azar, E., Bahareh, B., Batagarawa, A., Becker, S., Buonocore, C., Cao, B., Choi, J., Chun, C., Daanen, H., …Zomorodian, Z. S. (2019). The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data, 6(1), Article 289. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes fo... Read More about The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.

Institutional investor sentiment, beta, and stock returns (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, W. (2020). Institutional investor sentiment, beta, and stock returns. Finance Research Letters, 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2019.101374

This paper examines the role of institutional investor sentiment in determination of the beta-return relation. Empirical evidence documents a positive (negative) beta-return relation over bearish (bullish) periods, implying that institutional investo... Read More about Institutional investor sentiment, beta, and stock returns.

Professional Learning for Self-Management Support: the Problem of Generic Skills Development (2019)
Journal Article
Doyle, S. (2019). Professional Learning for Self-Management Support: the Problem of Generic Skills Development. Health Education in Practice: Journal of Research for Professional Learning, 2(2), 6-26. https://doi.org/10.33966/hepj.2.2.13349

Supporting people to self-manage long-term conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, is a concern for health-care providers globally. Despite continued attention being paid to the production of educational resources for workforce development na... Read More about Professional Learning for Self-Management Support: the Problem of Generic Skills Development.

Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil (2019)
Journal Article
Fu, Q., Abadie, M., Blaud, A., Carswell, A., Misselbrook, T. H., Clark, I. M., & Hirsch, P. R. (2020). Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56(2), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-019-01411-5

Inhibitors of urease and ammonia monooxygenase can limit the rate of conversion of urea to ammonia and ammonia to nitrate, respectively, potentially improving N fertilizer use efficiency and reducing gaseous losses. Winter wheat grown on a sandy soil... Read More about Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil.

Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy (2019)
Journal Article
Kumar, R., Binetti, L., Nguyen, H. T., Alwis, L. S. M., Agrawal, A., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2019). Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 17469. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53621-4

Knowledge of the distribution of the aspect ratios (ARs) in a chemically-synthesized colloidal solution of Gold Nano Rods (GNRs) is an important measure in determining the quality of synthesis, and consequently the performance of the GNRs generated f... Read More about Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy.

Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure (2019)
Journal Article
Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., Hancock, P. J. B., Jones, H. S., Jones, B. C., Fodarella, C., Battersby, K., & Logan, K. (2020). Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26(3), 507-521. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000257

We investigated the impact of congruency between the witness interview and method used to construct a composite face. Experiment 1, using a typical feature-by-feature composite method, revealed that aligning cognitive processes during interview and... Read More about Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure.

Midwives’ views of changing to a Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) model in Scotland: a baseline survey (2019)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., MacArthur, J., Martin, C. R., & McInnes, R. J. (2020). Midwives’ views of changing to a Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) model in Scotland: a baseline survey. Women and Birth, 33(5), e409-e419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.08.005

Background: There is good evidence that Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) is associated with improved clinical outcomes, greater maternal satisfaction, and improved work experiences for midwives. Changes made to the organisation require careful impl... Read More about Midwives’ views of changing to a Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) model in Scotland: a baseline survey.

In situ characterization of nanoscale strains in loaded whole joints via synchrotron X-ray tomography (2019)
Journal Article
Madi, K., Staines, K., Bay, B., Javaheri, B., Geng, H., Bodey, A., Cartmell, S., Pitsillides, A., & Lee, P. (2020). In situ characterization of nanoscale strains in loaded whole joints via synchrotron X-ray tomography. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 4(3), 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-019-0477-1

Imaging techniques for quantifying changes in the hierarchical structure of deforming joints are constrained by destructive sample treatments, sample-size restrictions and lengthy scan times. Here, we report the use of fast low-dose pink-beam synchro... Read More about In situ characterization of nanoscale strains in loaded whole joints via synchrotron X-ray tomography.