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Design and evaluation of a biologically-inspired cloud elasticity framework (2020)
Journal Article
Ullah, A., Li, J., & Hussain, A. (2020). Design and evaluation of a biologically-inspired cloud elasticity framework. Cluster Computing, 23, 3095-3117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-020-03073-7

The elasticity in cloud is essential to the effective management of computational resources as it enables readjustment at runtime to meet application demands. Over the years, researchers and practitioners have proposed many auto-scaling solutions usi... Read More about Design and evaluation of a biologically-inspired cloud elasticity framework.

KNN-Based Approximate Outlier Detection Algorithm Over IoT Streaming Data (2020)
Journal Article
Zhu, R., Ji, X., Yu, D., Tan, Z., Zhao, L., Li, J., & Xia, X. (2020). KNN-Based Approximate Outlier Detection Algorithm Over IoT Streaming Data. IEEE Access, 8, 42749-42759. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.2977114

KNN-Based outlier detection over IoT streaming data is a fundamental problem, which has many applications. However, due to its computational complexity, existing efforts cannot efficiently work in the IoT streaming data. In this paper, we propose a n... Read More about KNN-Based Approximate Outlier Detection Algorithm Over IoT Streaming Data.

Legacy (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2020, February). Legacy. Presented at Major Events as a Catalyst for Social Change, Melbourne, Australia

A discussion of the role of social legacy as drivers of events in Australia, with focus on the role of specialist sport events in social evolution of women in sport and society.

Doing More With Less: A Multitask Deep Learning Approach in Plant Phenotyping (2020)
Journal Article
Dobrescu, A., Giuffrida, M. V., & Tsaftaris, S. A. (2020). Doing More With Less: A Multitask Deep Learning Approach in Plant Phenotyping. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, Article 141. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00141

Image-based plant phenotyping has been steadily growing and this has steeply increased the need for more efficient image analysis techniques capable of evaluating multiple plant traits. Deep learning has shown its potential in a multitude of visual t... Read More about Doing More With Less: A Multitask Deep Learning Approach in Plant Phenotyping.

Trust-aware and Cooperative Routing Protocol for IoT Security (2020)
Journal Article
Djedjig, N., Tandjaoui, D., Medjek, F., & Romdhani, I. (2020). Trust-aware and Cooperative Routing Protocol for IoT Security. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 52, Article 102467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2020.102467

The resource-constrained nature of IoT objects makes the Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL) vulnerable to several attacks. Although RPL specification provides encryption protection to control messages, RPL is still vulnerable to... Read More about Trust-aware and Cooperative Routing Protocol for IoT Security.

A validation study of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) in treatment seeking veterans (2020)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., Shevlin, M., Pearson, E., Greenberg, N., Wessely, S., Busuttil, W., & Karatzias, T. (2020). A validation study of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) in treatment seeking veterans. British Journal of Psychiatry, 216(3), 132-137. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.9

Background: Veterans with PTSD typically report a poorer treatment response than those who have not served in the Armed Forces. A possible explanation is that veterans often present with complex symptoms of PTSD. ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD (CPTSD)... Read More about A validation study of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) in treatment seeking veterans.

ANIMATION IN SCOTLAND 2020: A snapshot into the Animation industry within Scotland, with recommendations for future developments (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mortimer, J. (2020, February). ANIMATION IN SCOTLAND 2020: A snapshot into the Animation industry within Scotland, with recommendations for future developments. Presented at Animation Skillnet, Dublin, Ireland

A snapshot into the Animation industry within Scotland, with recommendations for future developments. The status quo in relation to animation training, education & talent develop in Scotland, and quite possibly the rest of the UK, is not working. Cer... Read More about ANIMATION IN SCOTLAND 2020: A snapshot into the Animation industry within Scotland, with recommendations for future developments.

Flexible potentiometric pH sensors for wearable systems (2020)
Journal Article
Manjakkal, L., Dervin, S., & Dahiya, R. (2020). Flexible potentiometric pH sensors for wearable systems. RSC Advances, 10(15), 8594-8617. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra00016g

There is a growing demand for developing wearable sensors that can non-invasively detect the signs of chronic diseases early on to possibly enable self-health management. Among these the flexible and stretchable electrochemical pH sensors are particu... Read More about Flexible potentiometric pH sensors for wearable systems.

Self-generated intent-based system (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bezahaf, M., Hernandez, M. P., Bardwell, L., Davies, E., Broadbent, M., King, D., & Hutchison, D. (2019, October). Self-generated intent-based system. Presented at 2019 10th International Conference on Networks of the Future (NoF), Rome, Italy

We propose an intent-based system where, on top of the user intentions, the system itself generates suitable Quality of Service and resilience parameters and may augment the intent characteristics if it detects any room for improvement. We demonstrat... Read More about Self-generated intent-based system.

Impact of central bank independence and transparency on international equity portfolio allocation: A cross-country analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Kwabi, F. O., Boateng, A., & Du, M. (2020). Impact of central bank independence and transparency on international equity portfolio allocation: A cross-country analysis. International Review of Financial Analysis, 69, Article 101464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101464

In this study, we analyse the effects of central bank independence (CBI) and central bank transparency (CBT) and their interactions with institutional quality on foreign equity portfolio inflows. Employing a dataset from 42 countries over the period... Read More about Impact of central bank independence and transparency on international equity portfolio allocation: A cross-country analysis.

Impact of Carbon Emission Trading System Participation and Level of Internal Control on Quality of Carbon Emission Disclosures: Insights from Chinese State-Owned Electricity Companies (2020)
Journal Article
Tan, D., Bilal, Gao, S., & Komal, B. (2020). Impact of Carbon Emission Trading System Participation and Level of Internal Control on Quality of Carbon Emission Disclosures: Insights from Chinese State-Owned Electricity Companies. Sustainability, 12, Article 1788. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051788

In recent years, the quality of carbon emission disclosures has become a central area of concern for different stakeholders of companies. Specifically, stakeholders of state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) want these companies to legitimize their actions re... Read More about Impact of Carbon Emission Trading System Participation and Level of Internal Control on Quality of Carbon Emission Disclosures: Insights from Chinese State-Owned Electricity Companies.

Impact of different light induced effect on organic hole-transporting layer in perovskite solar cells (2020)
Journal Article
Bhandari, S., Roy, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Impact of different light induced effect on organic hole-transporting layer in perovskite solar cells. Materials Letters, 268, Article 127568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127568

Here, we report two different light sources such as UV-ozone and visible light to treat the graphene-PEDOT:PSS [Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (styrenesulfonate)] layer, which acts as an organic hole-transporting layer (HTL) for the CH3NH3Pb... Read More about Impact of different light induced effect on organic hole-transporting layer in perovskite solar cells.

The joint effect of weather and lighting conditions on injury severities of single-vehicle accidents (2020)
Journal Article
Fountas, G., Fonzone, A., Gharavi, N., & Rye, T. (2020). The joint effect of weather and lighting conditions on injury severities of single-vehicle accidents. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 27, Article 100124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amar.2020.100124

This study seeks to identify and analyze variations in the effect of contributing factors on injury severities of single-vehicle accidents across various lighting and weather conditions. To that end, injury-severity data from single-vehicle, injury a... Read More about The joint effect of weather and lighting conditions on injury severities of single-vehicle accidents.

The Effect of Consumer Perceptions of the Ethics of Retailers on Purchase Behavior and Word-of-Mouth: The Moderating Role of Ethical Beliefs (2020)
Journal Article
Cheung, M. F. Y., & To, W. M. (2021). The Effect of Consumer Perceptions of the Ethics of Retailers on Purchase Behavior and Word-of-Mouth: The Moderating Role of Ethical Beliefs. Journal of Business Ethics, 171(4), 771-788. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04431-6

This paper explores how consumers perceive retailer ethics. Based on a review of the marketing and consumer research literature, we conceptualize consumer perceptions of the ethics of retailers (CPER) as a multidimensional construct and propose that... Read More about The Effect of Consumer Perceptions of the Ethics of Retailers on Purchase Behavior and Word-of-Mouth: The Moderating Role of Ethical Beliefs.

Exploring Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity in the Gut: Co-occurrence of Blastocystis Subtypes and Other Protists in Zoo Animals (2020)
Journal Article
Betts, E. L., Gentekaki, E., & Tsaousis, A. D. (2020). Exploring Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity in the Gut: Co-occurrence of Blastocystis Subtypes and Other Protists in Zoo Animals. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 288. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00288

Blastocystis is a genetically diverse microbial eukaryote thriving in the gut of humans and other animals. While Blastocystis has been linked with gastrointestinal disorders, its pathogenicity remains controversial. Previous reports have suggested th... Read More about Exploring Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity in the Gut: Co-occurrence of Blastocystis Subtypes and Other Protists in Zoo Animals.

Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2020, February). Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti. Paper presented at Department of Learning and Teaching Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

What compels students to solicit personal advice from strangers by writing inscriptions on the toilet wall? Why resort to graffiti to cope with depression, deal with the fear of ‘coming out’ or even to express their (dis)satisfaction with the univer... Read More about Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti.

Leading Pro-Environmental Change (2020)
Book Chapter
Bratton, A. (2020). Leading Pro-Environmental Change. In J. Bratton (Ed.), Organizational Leadership. London: SAGE Publications

Design of a Wide-Band Microstrip Filtering Antenna with Modified Shaped Slots and SIR Structure (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., A. Alhamadani, H., Kadhim, A. S., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Saleh, A. L., Elfergani, I. T. E., Rodriguez, J., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2020). Design of a Wide-Band Microstrip Filtering Antenna with Modified Shaped Slots and SIR Structure. Inventions, 5(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions5010011

This paper presents a new compact microstrip filtering antenna with modified shaped slots to improve the impedance bandwidth. The proposed microstrip filtering antenna consists of three parts: the monopole radiating patch antenna; the Stepped Impedan... Read More about Design of a Wide-Band Microstrip Filtering Antenna with Modified Shaped Slots and SIR Structure.

Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now (2020)
Journal Article
Friess, D. A., Yando, E. S., Abuchahla, G. M., Adams, J. B., Cannicci, S., Canty, S. W., Cavanaugh, K. C., Connolly, R. M., Cormier, N., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Diele, K., Feller, I. C., Fratini, S., Jennerjahn, T. C., Yip Lee, S., Ogurcak, D. E., Ouyang, X., Rogers, K., Rowntree, J. K., Sharma, S., …Wee, A. K. (2020). Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now. Current Biology, 30(4), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.054

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