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The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2019, March). The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance. Presented at Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2019), Dublin

Introduction: The recording of 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) is one of the most useful and commonly performed medical procedures. Interpretation of the 12-lead ECG involves analysing several waveforms (P, QRS, ST and T waves) which permits the de... Read More about The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance.

Fiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions (2019)
Journal Article
Booth, J. M., Fusi, M., Marasco, R., Mbobo, T., & Daffonchio, D. (2019). Fiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 3749. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40315-0

Ecosystem functions are regulated by compositional and functional traits of bacterial communities, shaped by stochastic and deterministic processes. Biogeographical studies have revealed microbial community taxonomy in a given ecosystem to change alo... Read More about Fiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions.

SmartEdge: An end-to-end encryption framework for an edge-enabled smart city application. (2019)
Journal Article
Jan, M. A., Zhang, W., Usman, M., Tan, Z., Khan, F., & Luo, E. (2019). SmartEdge: An end-to-end encryption framework for an edge-enabled smart city application. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 137, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2019.02.023

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to transform communities around the globe into smart cities. The massive deployment of sensor-embedded devices in the smart cities generates voluminous amounts of data that need to be stored and processe... Read More about SmartEdge: An end-to-end encryption framework for an edge-enabled smart city application..

Employer Policy and Practice Toward Older Workers in Hong Kong: The Role of Shifting Intergenerational Dynamics (2019)
Journal Article
Egdell, V., Fuertes, V., Tjandra, N. C., & Chen, T. (2019). Employer Policy and Practice Toward Older Workers in Hong Kong: The Role of Shifting Intergenerational Dynamics. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 31(5), 445-466. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2018.1563472

Many governments are seeking to encourage the extension of working lives to counteract potential labor market shortages that might result from population aging. Nevertheless, research shows that older workers continue to face a range of barriers to t... Read More about Employer Policy and Practice Toward Older Workers in Hong Kong: The Role of Shifting Intergenerational Dynamics.

Novel quadratic Bézier triangular and tetrahedral elements using existing mesh generators: Extension to nearly incompressible implicit and explicit elastodynamics in finite strains (2019)
Journal Article
Kadapa, C. (2019). Novel quadratic Bézier triangular and tetrahedral elements using existing mesh generators: Extension to nearly incompressible implicit and explicit elastodynamics in finite strains. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 119(2), 75-104. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6042

We present a novel unified finite element framework for performing computationally efficient large strain implicit and explicit elastodynamic simulations using triangular and tetrahedral meshes that can be generated using the existing mesh generators... Read More about Novel quadratic Bézier triangular and tetrahedral elements using existing mesh generators: Extension to nearly incompressible implicit and explicit elastodynamics in finite strains.

DNS of turbulent premixed flames propagating in a channel (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Song, W., Tingas, S., Hernandez Perez, F., & Im, H. (2019, March). DNS of turbulent premixed flames propagating in a channel. Poster presented at KAUST Research Conference on Future of Fuels and Energy, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Song, W., Tingas, S., Hernandez Perez, F., & Im, H. (2019, March). DNS of turbulent premixed flames propagating in a channel. Poster presented at KAUST Research Conference on Future of Fuels and Energy, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

Atlantic exchanges: The poetics of dispersal and disposal in Scottish and Caribbean seas (2019)
Journal Article
Campbell, A. (2019). Atlantic exchanges: The poetics of dispersal and disposal in Scottish and Caribbean seas. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 55(2), 195-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2019.1590622

This article offers a series of readings of poets from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean whose works make visible the otherwise invisible and offshore narratives of marine waste that currently circulate within the world’s oceans. Through a comparative... Read More about Atlantic exchanges: The poetics of dispersal and disposal in Scottish and Caribbean seas.

Lightweight Reinforcement Learning for Energy Efficient Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks (2019)
Journal Article
Savaglio, C., Pace, P., Aloi, G., Liotta, A., & Fortino, G. (2019). Lightweight Reinforcement Learning for Energy Efficient Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Access, 7, 29355-29364. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2902371

High-density communications in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) demand for new approaches to meet stringent energy and spectrum requirements. We turn to reinforcement learning, a prominent method in artificial intelligence, to design an energy-preserv... Read More about Lightweight Reinforcement Learning for Energy Efficient Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks.

An Inductive Content-Augmented Network Embedding Model for Edge Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Journal Article
Yuan, B., Panneerselvam, J., Liu, L., Antonopoulos, N., & Lu, Y. (2019). An Inductive Content-Augmented Network Embedding Model for Edge Artificial Intelligence. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15(7), 4295-4305. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2019.2902877

Real-time data processing applications demand dynamic resource provisioning and efficient service discovery, which is particularly challenging in resource-constraint edge computing environments. Network embedding techniques can potentially aid effect... Read More about An Inductive Content-Augmented Network Embedding Model for Edge Artificial Intelligence.

Who Is (Likely) Peer-Reviewing Your Papers? A Partial Insight into the World’s Top Reviewers (2019)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Rye, T. (2019). Who Is (Likely) Peer-Reviewing Your Papers? A Partial Insight into the World’s Top Reviewers. Publications, 7(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7010015

Scientific publishing is experiencing unprecedented growth in terms of outputs across all fields. Inevitably this creates pressure throughout the system on a number of entities. One key element is represented by peer-reviewers, whose demand increases... Read More about Who Is (Likely) Peer-Reviewing Your Papers? A Partial Insight into the World’s Top Reviewers.

The intervention effect of SMS delivery on Chinese adolescent's physical activity. (2019)
Journal Article
Lau, P. W. C., Pitkethly, A. J., Leung, B. W. C., Lau, E. Y., & Wang, J.-J. (2019). The intervention effect of SMS delivery on Chinese adolescent's physical activity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(5), 787. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050787

To examine the effects of short messaging service (SMS) frequency and timing on the 13 efficacy of an SMS-intervention for Hong Kong Chinese adolescents. Sixty nine students aged 14 between 12 and 16 (mean age 13.75±.90) were recruited from five scho... Read More about The intervention effect of SMS delivery on Chinese adolescent's physical activity..

Gender Diversity and Firm Value: Evidence from UK Financial Institutions (2019)
Journal Article
Agyemang-Mintah, P., & Schadewitz, H. (2019). Gender Diversity and Firm Value: Evidence from UK Financial Institutions. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 27(1), 2-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-06-2017-0073

Purpose: The purpose of this research is first, to empirically examine if the appointment of females (Board Gender Diversity) onto the corporate boards of UK financial institutions can improve the firm's value. The second purpose is to examine if hav... Read More about Gender Diversity and Firm Value: Evidence from UK Financial Institutions.

Microgrids As A Service for Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, Q., Kamoto, K. M., & Liu, X. (2020). Microgrids As A Service for Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa. Computers, Materials & Continua, 63(3), 1249-1261. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2020.05598

The majority of the population on the African continent is unable to access basic electricity services, this despite the abundance of renewable energy sources (RESs). The inability to adequately tap into these RESs has led to the continued dependence... Read More about Microgrids As A Service for Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa..

A Study on the Effect of Feature Selection on Malware Analysis using Machine Learning (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Babaagba, K. O., & Adesanya, S. O. (2019, March). A Study on the Effect of Feature Selection on Malware Analysis using Machine Learning. Presented at ICEIT 2019: 2019 8th International Conference on Educational and Information Technology, Cambridge, UK

In this paper, the effect of feature selection in malware detection using machine learning techniques is studied. We employ supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms with and without feature selection. These include both classification... Read More about A Study on the Effect of Feature Selection on Malware Analysis using Machine Learning.

Medicines adherence to anti-platelet therapy in acute coronary syndrome: part 2 (2019)
Journal Article
Paterson, R., & Mahadi, T. (2019). Medicines adherence to anti-platelet therapy in acute coronary syndrome: part 2. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 1(3), 118-120. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2019.1.3.118

Ruth Paterson and Tasha Mahadi provide an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the articles in more detail, a full reference is provided.

Weakly Supervised Segmentation of SAR Imagery Using Superpixel and Hierarchically Adversarial CRF (2019)
Journal Article
Ma, F., Gao, F., Sun, J., Zhou, H., & Hussain, A. (2019). Weakly Supervised Segmentation of SAR Imagery Using Superpixel and Hierarchically Adversarial CRF. Remote Sensing, 11(5), Article 512. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11050512

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image segmentation aims at generating homogeneous regions from a pixel-based image and is the basis of image interpretation. However, most of the existing segmentation methods usually neglect the appearance and spatial... Read More about Weakly Supervised Segmentation of SAR Imagery Using Superpixel and Hierarchically Adversarial CRF.

The Moderating Effect of Education and Experience on Students’ Use of Learning Management Systems in Saudi Higher Education (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binyamin, S., Rutter, M. J., & Smith, S. (2019). The Moderating Effect of Education and Experience on Students’ Use of Learning Management Systems in Saudi Higher Education. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3318396.3318428

Based on the technology acceptance model, this research investigated the variables that affect students’ use of LMS in Saudi public universities. The study also examined the moderating impact of education and experience on the students’ behavior towa... Read More about The Moderating Effect of Education and Experience on Students’ Use of Learning Management Systems in Saudi Higher Education.

An investigation into Scottish teenagers’ information literacy and search skills (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brazier, D., Walton, G., & Harvey, M. (2018, October). An investigation into Scottish teenagers’ information literacy and search skills. Presented at ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference 2018, Krakow, Poland

Introduction. This paper presents the results of a study investigating the information literacy and search skills of young people in Scotland. Method. The participants, secondary school pupils between the ages of 13 and 14 (n=57), completed two out... Read More about An investigation into Scottish teenagers’ information literacy and search skills.

Transitioning from club to national teams: Training and match load profiles of international footballers (2019)
Journal Article
Noor, D., McCall, A., Jones, M., Duncan, C., Ehrmann, F., Meyer, T., & Duffield, R. (2019). Transitioning from club to national teams: Training and match load profiles of international footballers. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(8), 948-954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.02.006

Objectives To quantify and profile the training and match loads of international footballers as they transition from club-to-camp-to-tournament contexts during multiple international tournaments. Design Retrospective single-cohort observational... Read More about Transitioning from club to national teams: Training and match load profiles of international footballers.