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Cloud based processing of real time sensor-data streams (2014)
Thesis
Lapok, P. (2014). Cloud based processing of real time sensor-data streams. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7331

The aim of the project is to design an architecture for real time sensor data streaming, management and live visualisation over the web to contribute to existing research in the field of the Web of Things. The project will investigate the infrastruct... Read More about Cloud based processing of real time sensor-data streams.

Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development. (2014)
Book Chapter
Kumar, R. (2014). Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development. In Soveniour on 'Infrastructure development in Bihar: Strength, opportunities and challenges'. NIT Patna and ICE Patna

To preserve resources for future generation, there is rising agreement that transportation system sustainability should capture attributes of system effectiveness and system impacts on economic development, environmental integrity, and social quality... Read More about Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development..

Process discovery in highly parallel distributed systems. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J. (2014). Process discovery in highly parallel distributed systems.

In distributed data processing systems it may happen that data arrives for processing for which the appropriate algorithm is not available on the specific node of the distributed system. It is however known that the required algorithm is available... Read More about Process discovery in highly parallel distributed systems..

The design space of temporal graph visualisation. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerracher, N., Kennedy, J., & Chalmers, K. (2014). The design space of temporal graph visualisation. In N. Elmqvist, M. Hlawitschka, & J. Kennedy (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis '14). https://doi.org/10.23

This paper presents our work in mapping the design space of techniques for temporal graph visualisation. We identify two independent dimensions upon which the techniques can be classified: graph structural encoding and temporal encoding. Based on the... Read More about The design space of temporal graph visualisation..

Effectiveness and Acceptability of Group Psychoeducation for the Management of Mental Health Problems in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) (2014)
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Ferguson, S., Chouliara, Z., Gullone, A., Cosgrove, K., & Douglas, A. (2014). Effectiveness and Acceptability of Group Psychoeducation for the Management of Mental Health Problems in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). International Jour

There has been limited published research on the effectiveness of manualized psychoeducational approaches for the mental health and behavioral problems of child sexual abuse (CSA) survivors. The present study aims to add to the evidence base for the... Read More about Effectiveness and Acceptability of Group Psychoeducation for the Management of Mental Health Problems in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA).

Cloud Migration Patterns: A Multi-Cloud Service Architecture Perspective. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamshidi, P., Pahl, C., Chinenyeze, S., & Liu, X. (2014). Cloud Migration Patterns: A Multi-Cloud Service Architecture Perspective.

Many organizations migrate their on-premise software systems to the cloud. However, current coarse-grained cloud migration solutions have made a transparent migration of on-premise applications to the cloud a difficult, sometimes trial-and-error base... Read More about Cloud Migration Patterns: A Multi-Cloud Service Architecture Perspective..

Nurses' perception of senior managers at the front line: people working with clipboards. (2014)
Journal Article
Hoyle, L. (2014). Nurses' perception of senior managers at the front line: people working with clipboards. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70, 2528-2538. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12399

AIM: To provide an original perspective on front-line nurses' perception of senior managers who are not nurses. BACKGROUND: A key element of new public management had been the drive for 'hands-on' professional management within the UK Nati... Read More about Nurses' perception of senior managers at the front line: people working with clipboards..

On the life-long learning capabilities of a NELLI*: a hyper-heuristic optimisation system. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2014). On the life-long learning capabilities of a NELLI*: a hyper-heuristic optimisation system. In Proceedings of PPSN, 13th International Conference on Parallel problem Solving from Nature (282-291). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-

Real-world applications of optimisation techniques place more importance on finding approaches that result in acceptable quality solutions in a short time-frame and can provide robust solutions, capable of being modified in response to changes in the... Read More about On the life-long learning capabilities of a NELLI*: a hyper-heuristic optimisation system..

Enlightened shareholder value: did directors deliver? (2014)
Journal Article
Grier, N. (2014). Enlightened shareholder value: did directors deliver?. Juridical Review, 95,

S.172 of the Companies Act 2006 was meant to encourage company directors to behave properly. The evidence is that the wording of s.172 was well intentioned but naive, and that market forces and simpler wording would be more effective.

An Upper Ontology for Benefits Management of Cloud Computing (2014)
Journal Article
Greenwell, R., Liu, X., & Chalmers, K. (2014). An Upper Ontology for Benefits Management of Cloud Computing. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 5(12), https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2014.051211

Benefits Management provides an established approach for decision making and value extraction for IT/IS investments and, can be used to examine cloud computing investments. The motivation for developing an upper ontology for Benefits Management is th... Read More about An Upper Ontology for Benefits Management of Cloud Computing.

Benefits management of cloud computing investments (2014)
Journal Article
Greenwell, R., Liu, X., & Chalmers, K. (2014). Benefits management of cloud computing investments. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 5(7), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2014.050701

This paper examines investments in cloud computing using the Benefits Management approach. The major contribution of the paper is to provide a unique insight into how organizations derive value from cloud computing investments. The motivation for wri... Read More about Benefits management of cloud computing investments.

Critical Evaluation on jClouds and Cloudify Abstract APIs against EC2, Azure and HP-Cloud. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, S. T., & Liu, X. (2014). Critical Evaluation on jClouds and Cloudify Abstract APIs against EC2, Azure and HP-Cloud. In 2014 IEEE 38th International Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW), (510-515)

With Cloud Computing there comes new possibilities like programmability of Infrastructure via provider exposed APIs. These APIs can aid the concept of elasticity that is associated with the Cloud however, there is a trend that these APIs are provider... Read More about Critical Evaluation on jClouds and Cloudify Abstract APIs against EC2, Azure and HP-Cloud..

Exploring the impacts of the UK government’s welfare reforms on lone parents moving into work (2014)
Report
Graham, H., & McQuaid, R. W. (2014). Exploring the impacts of the UK government’s welfare reforms on lone parents moving into work. Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Glasgow has the highest proportion of lone parent households of any local authority across Scotland – around 40% of households with dependent children. Against this backdrop, lone parents moving into paid work will need to negotiate new welfare chang... Read More about Exploring the impacts of the UK government’s welfare reforms on lone parents moving into work.

Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses (2014)
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., Oreal, S., & Zhang, J. (2014). Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses. International journal of risk and contingency management, 3(2), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijrcm.2014040103

This study investigated the current perceptions and practices of financial risk management at small businesses in China. The researchers took an interpretative approach, using interviews within a case study, to collect qualitative data from Chinese b... Read More about Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses.

Design challenges in motivating change for sustainable urban mobility (2014)
Journal Article
Gabrielli, S., Forbes, P., Jylha, A., Wells, S., Sirén, M., Hemminki, S., Nurmi, P., Maimone, R., Masthoff, J., & Jacucci, G. (2014). Design challenges in motivating change for sustainable urban mobility. Computers in Human Behavior, 41, 416-423. https:/

In recent years, the design and deployment of persuasive interventions for inducing sustainable urban mobility behaviors has become a very active research field, leveraging on the pervasive usage of social media and mobile apps by citizens in their d... Read More about Design challenges in motivating change for sustainable urban mobility.

Writing disenchantment: British First World War prose, 1914-30 (2014)
Book
Frayn, A. (2014). Writing disenchantment: British First World War prose, 1914-30. Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719089220.001.0001

This book argues that disenchantment is not only a response to wartime experience, but a condition of modernity with a language that finds extreme expression in First World War literature. The objects of disenchantment are often the very same as the... Read More about Writing disenchantment: British First World War prose, 1914-30.

An emigre at home. (2014)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2014). An emigre at home. In S. Mallik (Ed.), Images of Life: Creative and other Forms of Writing. The Book World