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Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., Ring, N., McCulloch, C., Willis, D., Kydonaki, K., & Williams, B. (2018, October). Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals. Presented at 6th International Conference on Antibiotics, Antimicrobials and Resistance, Edinburgh, UK

Introduction The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to public health and patient safety due to associated morbidity, mortality and healthcare-associated infections. With the lack of new antibiotics currently in de... Read More about Creating certainty in a world of uncertainty: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to understand doctors` views and experiences of antibiotic prescribing in acute hospitals..

Using Websites to Retrieve Literature (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nyangu, I. (2018, December). Using Websites to Retrieve Literature. Presented at Department of Nursing Seminar, Maseru, Lesotho

Decoupled Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Volpi, N. C., Smith, S. C., Pascoal, A. M., Simetti, E., Turetta, A., Alibani, M., & Polani, D. (2018, October). Decoupled Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles. Presented at OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, Charleston, SC

There is increasing interest in the deployment and operation of multiple autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs) for a number of challenging scientific and commercial operational mission scenarios. Some of the missions, such as geotechnical surveying and 3... Read More about Decoupled Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles.

Intervention supporting breastfeeding for the substance exposed mother and baby (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacVicar, S. (2018, December). Intervention supporting breastfeeding for the substance exposed mother and baby. Paper presented at NHS Lothian NMAHPPS Research Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Background: the promotion and protection of breastfeeding is a priority global health objective as it is well-evidenced that it confers significant health, social and economic advantages. Breastfeeding has also been forwarded as a means of alleviatin... Read More about Intervention supporting breastfeeding for the substance exposed mother and baby.

Make restaurants pay your server bills (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grubenmann, T., Dell’Aglio, D., Bernstein, A., Moor, D., & Seuken, S. (2018). Make restaurants pay your server bills.

So far, the Web of Data (WoD) has only marginally considered the problem of financing itself. In most of the cases, research funds (either public or private) and donations are supporting the creation and maintenance of WoD services. Applying typical... Read More about Make restaurants pay your server bills.

Evaluation Of Antiretroviral Therapy Programme In Primary Health Care Settings In Lesotho-Results (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nyangu, I., & Nkosi, Z. Z. (2018, October). Evaluation Of Antiretroviral Therapy Programme In Primary Health Care Settings In Lesotho-Results. Presented at SADC international conference on postgraduate research for sustainable development, Gaborone, Botswana

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antiretroviral therapy programme in primary health care setting in Lesotho. Mixed methods research using a convergent parallel design was used to collect data. Registered nurses, midwives, nurse clinician... Read More about Evaluation Of Antiretroviral Therapy Programme In Primary Health Care Settings In Lesotho-Results.

Offloading Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraint for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vu, T. T., Huynh, N. V., Hoang, D. T., Nguyen, D. N., & Dutkiewicz, E. (2018, December). Offloading Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraint for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Networks. Presented at GLOBECOM 2018 - 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

We propose a novel edge computing network architecture that enables edge nodes to cooperate in sharing computing and radio resources to minimize the total energy consumption of mobile users while meeting their delay requirements. To find the optimal... Read More about Offloading Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraint for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Networks.

Reinforcement Learning Approach for RF-Powered Cognitive Radio Network with Ambient Backscatter (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huynh, N. V., Hoang, D. T., Nguyen, D. N., Dutkiewicz, E., Niyato, D., & Wang, P. (2018, December). Reinforcement Learning Approach for RF-Powered Cognitive Radio Network with Ambient Backscatter. Presented at GLOBECOM 2018 - 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

For an RF-powered cognitive radio network with ambient backscattering capability, while the primary channel is busy, the RF-powered secondary user (RSU) can either backscatter the primary signal to transmit its own data or harvest energy from the pri... Read More about Reinforcement Learning Approach for RF-Powered Cognitive Radio Network with Ambient Backscatter.

An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, L., & Pennington, D. (2018, August). An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints. Presented at Twelfth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance, Dundee

The ability to allow users to create online communities of interest and to share a variety of personal information, collectively referred to as social media, is gradually being built into an expanding range of applications. Some of these applications... Read More about An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints.

Flexible RFID Patch for Food Spoilage Monitoring (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yuan, M., Ghannam, R., Karadimas, P., & Heidari, H. (2018, October). Flexible RFID Patch for Food Spoilage Monitoring. Presented at 2018 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PrimeAsia), Chengdu, China

When food is reversed under an inappropriate situation, for example inadequate temperature, foodstuff would turn rotten as a result of the rapid breed of food spoilage bacteria under warm and wet circumstances where bacteria can be easily generated,... Read More about Flexible RFID Patch for Food Spoilage Monitoring.

Performance Analysis of Support Vector Machine-Based Classifier for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jan, S. U., Vu, V. H., & Koo, I. S. (2018, October). Performance Analysis of Support Vector Machine-Based Classifier for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks. Presented at 2018 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC), Zhengzhou, China

In this work, the performance of support vector machine (SVM)-based classifier, applied for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio (CR) networks, is analyzed. A single observation given input to classifier is composed of three statistical features extra... Read More about Performance Analysis of Support Vector Machine-Based Classifier for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks.

Energy-Efficient Design and Control of a Vibro-Driven Robot (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, P., Neumann, G., Fu, Q., Pearson, S., & Yu, H. (2018). Energy-Efficient Design and Control of a Vibro-Driven Robot. In 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2018.8594322

Vibro-driven robotic (VDR) systems use stick-slip motions for locomotion. Due to the underactuated nature of the system, efficient design and control are still open problems. We present a new energy preserving design based on a spring-augmented pendu... Read More about Energy-Efficient Design and Control of a Vibro-Driven Robot.

Cooperation in Repeated Rock-Paper-Scissors Games in Uncertain Environments (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2018). Cooperation in Repeated Rock-Paper-Scissors Games in Uncertain Environments. In ALIFE 2018: The 2018 Conference on Artificial Life (404-411). https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00078

Cooperation among selfish individuals provides the fundamentals for social organization among animals and humans. Cooperation games capture this behavior at an abstract level and provide the tools for the analysis of the evolution of cooperation. Her... Read More about Cooperation in Repeated Rock-Paper-Scissors Games in Uncertain Environments.

Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Amplifying the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Principles in Construction Projects: A Delphi Study (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2018, April). Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Amplifying the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Principles in Construction Projects: A Delphi Study. Presented at RICS Cobra 2018, London

In recent years, there have been significant calls for a more technologically driven construction sector which would not meet the expected standards in quality, time and cost but also integrate sustainable principles in delivering its final products.... Read More about Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Amplifying the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Principles in Construction Projects: A Delphi Study.

Beneficial Factors of Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2018, January). Beneficial Factors of Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects. Presented at Hong Kong International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science (HKICEAS 2018), Hong Kong

The concepts of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and sustainability are relatively new concepts in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. This paper aims to investigate the perceived benefits of integrating BIM and susta... Read More about Beneficial Factors of Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects.

Zero-Liquid Discharge Desalination of Hypersaline Shale Gas Wastewater: Challenges and Future Directions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onishi, V. C., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2017, November). Zero-Liquid Discharge Desalination of Hypersaline Shale Gas Wastewater: Challenges and Future Directions. Presented at EMCEI: Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, Sousse, Tunisia

Unconventional natural gas extraction from tight shale reservoirs, or “shale gas”, has recently emerged as an attractive energy resource to face the rising worldwide demand.

The Promise and Perils of Sensitive Consumer Data: A Relational Exchange Perspective (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haji, I., Dose, D., & Backhaus, C. (2018, December). The Promise and Perils of Sensitive Consumer Data: A Relational Exchange Perspective. Paper presented at Thought Leaders’ Conference on Privacy in Marketing

To cope with growing market demands, retailers increasingly collect and utilize consumer data in order to provide personalized shopping experiences to their consumers and to increase marketing returns (e.g., Schumann et al., 2014). Personalizing reta... Read More about The Promise and Perils of Sensitive Consumer Data: A Relational Exchange Perspective.

Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2018). Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound. In A. Abraham, P. Sagar, & T. Thapa (Eds.), Letters to the Future: Cumulus Conference Proceedings Bengaluru 2017 (48-51)

In this installation, the artist manipulates the speed and duration of the sounds made by his digestive tract before, during, and after the consumption of a meal. Gordon (1993) discovered hidden performative meaning within moving images subjected to... Read More about Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound.

Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Omeihe, K., Saud Khan, M., Ahmed Dakhan, S., & Amoako, I. (2018, June). Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries. Presented at BABSON BCERC 2018 Conference, Waterford, Ireland

Principal Topics: There is a growing concern that entrepreneurial behaviour has to be understood in the context in which it occurs. This includes the institutional context in which the entrepreneur operates (Welter and Smallbone, 2011; Martinelli, 2... Read More about Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries.

All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Omeihe, K. O., Gustafsson, V., Amoako, I. O., & Saud Khan, M. (2018, September). All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks. Presented at 2018 British Academy of Management Conference, Bristol, UK

This paper aims to develop an understanding of trust in cross border trade networks dominating West African markets. To date most of the literature on trust and network relationships reveal a paucity of studies about West African traders. This paper... Read More about All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks.