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Using ICT to Supporting Course Developers, Tutors, and Students of Scottish Gaelic. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lawson, A., Mikuta, P., & Cruickshank, P. (2013, September). Using ICT to Supporting Course Developers, Tutors, and Students of Scottish Gaelic. Poster presented at EUROCALL

This research and development is aimed at learners, tutors and course developers of Scottish Gaelic. The method of teaching Gaelic being used initially with the system is Ùlpan. This method has been used for over 50 years to great effect in Israel, w... Read More about Using ICT to Supporting Course Developers, Tutors, and Students of Scottish Gaelic..

Cyber risk and opportunities in the Cloud. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., & Smales, A. (2013, September). Cyber risk and opportunities in the Cloud. Paper presented at Cloud Security Congress 2013

This presentation outlines some of the key risks and opportunities in the Cloud.

Diagnosis of induction machines under non-stationary conditions by means of the spectral filter (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vedreno-Santos, F., Riera-Guasp, M., & Pineda-Senchez, M. (2013). Diagnosis of induction machines under non-stationary conditions by means of the spectral filter. In Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), 2013 9th IEEE

This paper introduces a new way to extract the fault components of a signal by means of a new proposed filter based on the Sampling Theorem and the properties of Discrete Fourier Transform. The proposed method is able to extract fault components... Read More about Diagnosis of induction machines under non-stationary conditions by means of the spectral filter.

Solar energy measurements. (2013)
Book Chapter
Muneer, T., & Tham, Y. W. (2013). Solar energy measurements. In M. Kutz (Ed.), Handbook of Measurment in Science and Engineering (687-726). Wiley

The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2013). The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates. AI & society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-013-0491-x

Presence research can tell us why we feel present in the real world and can experience presence while using virtual reality technology (and movies and games) but has strikingly less to say on why we feel present in the scenes described in a book. Jus... Read More about The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates.

Enhancing Bio-inspired Intrusion Response in Ad-hoc Networks (2013)
Thesis
Kazemitabar Amirkolaei, M. Enhancing Bio-inspired Intrusion Response in Ad-hoc Networks. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6533

Practical applications of Ad-hoc networks are developing everyday and safeguarding their security is becoming more important. Because of their specific qualities, ad-hoc networks require an anomaly detection system that adapts to its changing behavio... Read More about Enhancing Bio-inspired Intrusion Response in Ad-hoc Networks.

Condition monitoring of the strength and stability of civil structures using thick film ceramic sensors (2013)
Journal Article
Jabir, S. A. A., & Gupta, N. K. (2013). Condition monitoring of the strength and stability of civil structures using thick film ceramic sensors. Measurement : journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 46, 2223-2231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2013.03.018

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is about the mechanical strength and stability of a structure. The methods used to reveal and quantify the structure quality could be different in nature. Strain change is, however, the common structural parameter i... Read More about Condition monitoring of the strength and stability of civil structures using thick film ceramic sensors.

Rich Pictures: collaborative communication through icons (2013)
Journal Article
Berg, T., & Pooley, R. (2013). Rich Pictures: collaborative communication through icons. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 26, 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-012-9238-8

A visual language of pictures, such as the rich picture used in the Soft System Methodology, offers a way of global communication that far exceeds the limitations of text and speech. Simple graphics can be rapidly communicated, processed and transmit... Read More about Rich Pictures: collaborative communication through icons.

IIDWBA algorithm for integrated hybrid PON with wireless technologies for next generation broadband access networks (2013)
Journal Article
Moradpoor, N., Parr, G., McClean, S., & Scotney, B. (2013). IIDWBA algorithm for integrated hybrid PON with wireless technologies for next generation broadband access networks. Optical Switching and Networking, 10(4), 439-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.osn.2013.08.003

Optical and wireless technology integration has been proposed as one of the most promising nominees for the next-generation broadband access networks for quite some time. Integration scheme merges the high-speed and high-capacity of the optical netwo... Read More about IIDWBA algorithm for integrated hybrid PON with wireless technologies for next generation broadband access networks.

An Inter-channel and Intra-channel Dynamic Wavelength/Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm for Integrated Hybrid PON with Wireless Technologies for Next Generation Broadband Access Networks (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moradpoor, N., Parr, G., Mcclean, S., & Scotney, B. (2013, August). An Inter-channel and Intra-channel Dynamic Wavelength/Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm for Integrated Hybrid PON with Wireless Technologies for Next Generation Broadband Access Networks. Pr

Optical and wireless technology integration schemes merge the high-speed and high-capacity of the optical networks with the low-cost, wide-coverage and mobility features of wireless counterparts for Subscriber Stations (SSs). It is also financially v... Read More about An Inter-channel and Intra-channel Dynamic Wavelength/Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm for Integrated Hybrid PON with Wireless Technologies for Next Generation Broadband Access Networks.

Summary of Existing Models of the Ni-P Coating Electroless Deposition Process: MODELS OF THE NI-P COATING ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION PROCESS (2013)
Journal Article
Stankiewicz, A., Szczygieł, I., & Szczygieł, B. (2013). Summary of Existing Models of the Ni-P Coating Electroless Deposition Process: MODELS OF THE NI-P COATING ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION PROCESS. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 45(11), 755-762. https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.20810

Electroless nickel-phosphorous plating is a technique often employed in preparation of protective, decorative, and functional coatings. Several feasible mechanisms are discussed in the literature. The influence of process parameters on metal coating... Read More about Summary of Existing Models of the Ni-P Coating Electroless Deposition Process: MODELS OF THE NI-P COATING ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION PROCESS.

Design of a printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for future generation handheld devices: Design of a Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna (2013)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. . A., McEwan, N. . J., Jones, S. M. R., Asif, R., & Excell, P. . S. (2014). Design of a printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for future generation handheld devices: Design of a Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna. Inter

This article presents a printed crescent-shaped monopole MIMO diversity antenna for wireless communications. The port-to-port isolation is increased by introducing an I-shaped conductor symmetrically between the two antenna elements and shaping the... Read More about Design of a printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for future generation handheld devices: Design of a Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna.

A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design (2013)
Journal Article
Gokula Vijaykumar, A. V., Komoto, H., Hussain, R., Roy, R., Tomiyama, T., Evans, S., …Williams, S. (2013). A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design. Journal of Remanufacturing, 3(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1186/221

Manufacturers aim to design product-service systems (PSS) which integrate services with products to attain sustained competitive advantage from a life cycle perspective. PSS design should be customer-adjusted solutions which are aligned to integrated... Read More about A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design.

A brain-computer interface test-bench based on EEG signals for research and student training (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raif, P., Mahmud, M., Hussain, A., Klos-Witkowska, A., & Suchanek, R. (2013). A brain-computer interface test-bench based on EEG signals for research and student training. In 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Healthcare and e-health (C

The paper describes a test-bench model for braincomputer interface research based on EEG signals. The test-bench is going to be used for students training and education. The goal is to prepare modern Brain-Computer Interface development environment i... Read More about A brain-computer interface test-bench based on EEG signals for research and student training.

A survey of cloud computing security overview of attack vectors and defense mechanisms (2013)
Journal Article
Lemoudden, M., Ben Bouazza, N., El Ouahidi, B., & Bourget, D. (2013). A survey of cloud computing security overview of attack vectors and defense mechanisms. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 54(2), 325-330

Enterprises are more and more moving to the cloud to take advantages of its economic and technological model. However, Privacy and Security issues are often cited as the main obstacle to the adoption of cloud computing for enterprises; hence we need... Read More about A survey of cloud computing security overview of attack vectors and defense mechanisms.

Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Georgopoulos, P., Elkhatib, Y., Broadbent, M., Mu, M., & Race, N. (2013). Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming. In FhMN '13: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future human-centric multimedia net

Video streaming is an increasingly popular way to consume media content. Adaptive video streaming is an emerging delivery technology which aims to increase user QoE and maximise connection utilisation. Many implementations naively estimate bandwidth... Read More about Towards network-wide QoE fairness using openflow-assisted adaptive video streaming.

Morphological prediction of the polymorphic forms of para amino-benzoic acid based on internal crystallographic structure and crystallisation environment (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rosbottom, I., Roberts, K. J., Hammond, R. B., & Soufian, M. (2013). Morphological prediction of the polymorphic forms of para amino-benzoic acid based on internal crystallographic structure and crystallisation environment. In 17th International Conferen

Morphological prediction of the polymorphic forms of para amino-benzoic acid based on internal crystallographic structure and crystallisation environment.