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Simulating the actions of commuters using a multi-agent system (2019)
Journal Article
Urquhart, N., Powers, S., Wall, Z., Fonzone, A., Ge, J., & Polhill, G. (2019). Simulating the actions of commuters using a multi-agent system. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.4007

The activity of commuting to and from a place of work affects not only those travelling but also wider society through their contribution to congestion and pollution. It is desirable to have a means of simulating commuting in order to allow organisat... Read More about Simulating the actions of commuters using a multi-agent system.

Publishing. (2019)
Book Chapter
McCleery, A., & Finkelstein, D. (2019). Publishing. In A. Nash, C. Squires, & I. Willison (Eds.), The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain Vol.7 The Twentieth Century and Beyond, (146-190). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pawluczuk, A., Hall, H., Webster, G., & Smith, C. (2019). 'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity. Information Research, 24(1),

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present empirical research which examines the ways youth workers in the United Kingdom perceive their work in the context of digital literacy project facilitation. There is currently limited research focusing on d... Read More about 'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity..

Rheology of poly (lactic acid)-based systems (2019)
Journal Article
Nofar, M., Salehiyan, R., & Sinha Ray, S. (2019). Rheology of poly (lactic acid)-based systems. Polymer Reviews, 59(3), 465-509. https://doi.org/10.1080/15583724.2019.1572185

Being commercialized in 1992, poly (lactic acid) (PLA) has been considered for biomedical applications and as a reliable substitute for a wide range of commodity and engineering applications where noncompostable petroleum-based polymers are currently... Read More about Rheology of poly (lactic acid)-based systems.

A Forensic Audit of the Tor Browser Bundle (2019)
Journal Article
Muir, M., Leimich, P., & Buchanan, W. J. (2019). A Forensic Audit of the Tor Browser Bundle. Digital Investigation, 29, 118-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diin.2019.03.009

The increasing use of encrypted data within file storage and in network communications leaves investigators with many challenges. One of the most challenging is the Tor protocol, as its main focus is to protect the privacy of the user, in both its lo... Read More about A Forensic Audit of the Tor Browser Bundle.

Quantifying the effects of increasing user choice in MAP-Elites applied to a Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., Hart, E., & Hutcheson, W. (2019, April). Quantifying the effects of increasing user choice in MAP-Elites applied to a Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem. Presented at EvoStar2019: International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation, Leipzig

Quality-diversity algorithms such as MAP-Elites provide a means of supporting the users when finding and choosing solutions to a problem by returning a set of solutions which are diverse according to set of user-defined features. The number of soluti... Read More about Quantifying the effects of increasing user choice in MAP-Elites applied to a Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem..

Empowering? Discussing ‘Strong Women’ (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrison, K. (2019, March). Empowering? Discussing ‘Strong Women’. Paper presented at Scottish Universities-Prisons Network Conference - Empowering, Linking, Making, Edinburgh

The Victorian Barmaid and the British Press: How She Was Defined and Represented in Late-Nineteenth-Century Media, and How She Utilized the Press to Fight for Better Pay and Working Conditions (2019)
Journal Article
Boughey, A. (2019). The Victorian Barmaid and the British Press: How She Was Defined and Represented in Late-Nineteenth-Century Media, and How She Utilized the Press to Fight for Better Pay and Working Conditions. Journalism history, 45(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/00947679.2019.1574180

This article explores how British print media in the late-nineteenth century portrayed and represented the Victorian barmaid, utilizing newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and other printed materials as its primary sources. The barmaid was a product... Read More about The Victorian Barmaid and the British Press: How She Was Defined and Represented in Late-Nineteenth-Century Media, and How She Utilized the Press to Fight for Better Pay and Working Conditions.

ECG-based Cardiac Screening Programs: Legal, Ethical and Logistical Considerations (2019)
Journal Article
Orchard, J. J., Neubeck, L., Orchard, J. W., Puranik, R., Raju, H., Freedman, B., La Gerche, A., & Semsarian, C. (2019). ECG-based Cardiac Screening Programs: Legal, Ethical and Logistical Considerations. Heart Rhythm, 16(10), 1584-1591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.03.025

Screening asymptomatic people with a resting electrocardiogram (ECG) has been theorised to detect latent cardiovascular disease. However, resting ECG screening is not recommended for numerous populations, such as asymptomatic middle-aged (sedentary)... Read More about ECG-based Cardiac Screening Programs: Legal, Ethical and Logistical Considerations.

Swedish and Scottish National Transport Policy and Spend: a Social Equity Analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Rye, T., & Wretstrand, A. (2019). Swedish and Scottish National Transport Policy and Spend: a Social Equity Analysis. Sustainability, 11(7), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11071894

(Article in Special Issue "Accessibility and Transportation Equity")

The topic of social equity in transport planning has been dealt with, in particular, by authors such as Martens (2012) and Martens and Golob (2012) using a social justice based-a... Read More about Swedish and Scottish National Transport Policy and Spend: a Social Equity Analysis.

Decrypting Live SSH Traffic in Virtual Environments (2019)
Journal Article
Mclaren, P., Russell, G., Buchanan, W. J., & Tan, Z. (2019). Decrypting Live SSH Traffic in Virtual Environments. Digital Investigation, 29, 109-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diin.2019.03.010

Decrypting and inspecting encrypted malicious communications may assist crime detection and prevention. Access to client or server memory enables the discovery of artefacts required for decrypting secure communications. This paper develops the MemDe-... Read More about Decrypting Live SSH Traffic in Virtual Environments.

Clarifying the Difference in Local Optima Network Sampling Algorithms (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, S. L., Ochoa, G., & Verel, S. (2019). Clarifying the Difference in Local Optima Network Sampling Algorithms. In Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization. EvoCOP 2019 (163-178). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16711-0_11

We conduct the first ever statistical comparison between two Local Optima Network (LON) sampling algorithms. These methodologies attempt to capture the connectivity in the local optima space of a fitness landscape. One sampling algorithm is based on... Read More about Clarifying the Difference in Local Optima Network Sampling Algorithms.

Toward a Lightweight Intrusion Detection System for the Internet of Things (2019)
Journal Article
Jan, S. U., Ahmed, S., Shakhov, V., & Koo, I. (2019). Toward a Lightweight Intrusion Detection System for the Internet of Things. IEEE Access, 7, 42450-42471. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2907965

Integration of the Internet into the entities of the different domains of human society (such as smart homes, health care, smart grids, manufacturing processes, product supply chains, and environmental monitoring) is emerging as a new paradigm called... Read More about Toward a Lightweight Intrusion Detection System for the Internet of Things.

Non-medical prescribing behaviour in midwifery practice: a mixed-methods review (2019)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Brouns, M., Driessen, E., Mestdagh, E., & Van Rompaey, B. (2019). Non-medical prescribing behaviour in midwifery practice: a mixed-methods review. Evidence Based Midwifery, 17(1), 27-34

Background: Non-medical prescribing is a new skill in midwifery practice. Information is needed on whether this is an activity that is feasible, appropriate, meaningful and effective.

Aim: To report on the determinants of midwife prescribing beha... Read More about Non-medical prescribing behaviour in midwifery practice: a mixed-methods review.

Memory Allocation For Seamless Media Content Presentation (2019)
Patent
Mitchell, K., Koniaris, C., & Chitalu, F. (2019). Memory Allocation For Seamless Media Content Presentation. US20190096028

A system for performing memory allocation for seamless media content presentation includes a computing platform having a CPU, a GPU having a GPU memory, and a main memory storing a memory allocation software code. The CPU executes the memory allocati... Read More about Memory Allocation For Seamless Media Content Presentation.

Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready to eat plant produce are diverse and have virulence potential. (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, A., Hearn, J., Taylor, C., Wheelhouse, N., Kaczmarek, M., Moorhouse, E., & Singleton, I. (2019). Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready to eat plant produce are diverse and have virulence potential. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 299, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.03.013

Listeria monocytogenes is sporadically detected on a range of ready to eat fresh produce lines, such as spinach and rocket, and is a threat to public health. However, little is known about the diversity of L. monocytogenes present on fresh produce an... Read More about Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready to eat plant produce are diverse and have virulence potential..

Measuring the organizational impact of training: The need for greater methodological rigor (2019)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., McCarthy, A., Sheehan, M., Lai, Y., Saunders, M. N. K., Clarke, N., Carbery, R., & Shanahan, V. (2019). Measuring the organizational impact of training: The need for greater methodological rigor. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 30(3), 291-309. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21345

We review the methodological rigor of empirical quantitative studies that have investigated the training and organisational performance relationship. Through a content analysis of 219 studies published in quality journals, we reveal significant vali... Read More about Measuring the organizational impact of training: The need for greater methodological rigor.

The efficacy of Euler diagrams and linear diagrams for visualizing set cardinality using proportions and numbers (2019)
Journal Article
Stapleton, G., Chapman, P., Rodgers, P., Touloumis, A., Blake, A., & Delaney, A. (2019). The efficacy of Euler diagrams and linear diagrams for visualizing set cardinality using proportions and numbers. PLOS ONE, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211234

This paper presents the first empirical investigation that compares Euler and linear diagrams when they are used to represent set cardinality. A common approach is to use area-proportional Euler diagrams but linear diagrams can exploit length-proport... Read More about The efficacy of Euler diagrams and linear diagrams for visualizing set cardinality using proportions and numbers.