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A new chaos-based secure image encryption scheme using multiple substitution boxes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, J. S., ur Rehman, A., Ahmad, J., & Habib, Z. (2015). A new chaos-based secure image encryption scheme using multiple substitution boxes. In 2015 Conference on Information Assurance and Cyber Security (CIACS). https://doi.org/10.1109/ciacs.2015.7395

Due to development in Internet and networking technology, multimedia data is broadly transmitted via wired and wireless medium. Thus security is a major concern in modern communication systems. Encryption is one of the pre-eminent ways to guarantee s... Read More about A new chaos-based secure image encryption scheme using multiple substitution boxes.

Making Sense of Public Policy in a fragmented World: the search for solutions and the limits of learning (2015)
Book Chapter
Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2015). Making Sense of Public Policy in a fragmented World: the search for solutions and the limits of learning. In A. Agger, B. Damgaard, A. Hagedorn Krogh, & E. Sørensen (Eds.), Collaborative Governance and Public Innovatio

This chapter considers learning, change and innovation in a public sector where the certainties of ‘New Public Management’ (NPM) have been replaced by uncertainty and flux. In this setting, policy actors may resort either to innovation or retrenchmen... Read More about Making Sense of Public Policy in a fragmented World: the search for solutions and the limits of learning.

Solar powered wheel chair for physically challenged people using surface EMG signal (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kaiser, S., Chowdhury, Z. I., Mamun, S., Hussain, A., & Mahmud, M. (2015). Solar powered wheel chair for physically challenged people using surface EMG signal. In 2015 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (833-836). https://doi.org/10.1109

This paper presents the design of low cost solar powered wheel chair for physically challenged people. The signals necessary to maneuver the wheel chair are acquired from different muscles of the hand using surface Electromyography (sEMG) technique.... Read More about Solar powered wheel chair for physically challenged people using surface EMG signal.

Electronics, communications and networks IV: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on electronics, communications and networks, 12-15 December 2014, Beijing, China (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussain, A., & Ivanovic, M. (2015). Electronics, communications and networks IV: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on electronics, communications and networks, 12-15 December 2014, Beijing, China.

The 4th International Conference on Electronic, Communications and Networks (CECNet2014) inherits the fruitfulness of the past three conferences and lays a foundation for the forthcoming next year in Shanghai. CECNet2014 was hosted by Hubei Universit... Read More about Electronics, communications and networks IV: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on electronics, communications and networks, 12-15 December 2014, Beijing, China.

Cognitively Inspired Audiovisual Speech Filtering: Towards an Intelligent, Fuzzy Based, Multimodal, Two-Stage Speech Enhancement System (2015)
Book
Abel, A., & Hussain, A. (2015). Cognitively Inspired Audiovisual Speech Filtering: Towards an Intelligent, Fuzzy Based, Multimodal, Two-Stage Speech Enhancement System. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13509-0

This book presents a summary of the cognitively inspired basis behind multimodal speech enhancement, covering the relationship between audio and visual modalities in speech, as well as recent research into audiovisual speech correlation. A number of... Read More about Cognitively Inspired Audiovisual Speech Filtering: Towards an Intelligent, Fuzzy Based, Multimodal, Two-Stage Speech Enhancement System.

A novel ontology and machine learning inspired hybrid cardiovascular decision support framework (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hussain, A., Farooq, K., Luo, B., & Slack, W. (2015). A novel ontology and machine learning inspired hybrid cardiovascular decision support framework. In 2015 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (824-832). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI.201

Healthcare information management systems (HIMS) have a substantial amount of limitations such as rigidity and nonconformity to complex clinical processes like Electronic Healthcare records and effective utilisation of clinical practice guidelines to... Read More about A novel ontology and machine learning inspired hybrid cardiovascular decision support framework.

Sir James Macmillan/Hebrides Ensemble LoLa Research between UK and Italy (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ferguson, P. (2015). Sir James Macmillan/Hebrides Ensemble LoLa Research between UK and Italy. [Video]

This video documents the use of Edinburgh Napier University's low-latency research by Sir James Macmillan and the Hebrides Ensemble. The resulting Macmillan Horn Quintet masterclass took place between three sites: Edinburgh, London and Trieste (Ital... Read More about Sir James Macmillan/Hebrides Ensemble LoLa Research between UK and Italy.

Influences of integrating touch screen smart board and CAD in collaborative design (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G. V. A., Ramesh, H. P., Sugavanam, C. M., Chakrabarti, A., & Corney, J. (2015). Influences of integrating touch screen smart board and CAD in collaborative design. In DS 79: Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Design Creativit

Although a digital design tool like CAD has a strong influence on creative design, it is merely used in the detail design stage to present the visualized final product in 3D space. Limitations in CAD have led to the great emphasis on employing suppor... Read More about Influences of integrating touch screen smart board and CAD in collaborative design.

Advances in designing product-service systems (2015)
Journal Article
Vasantha, G. V. A., Roy, R., & Corney, J. R. (2015). Advances in designing product-service systems. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 95, 429-448

Product-Service Systems (PSS) have emerged as a class of hybrid business models that have evolved particular relevance to enterprises operating in a resource-efficient, circular economy (environments that places an emphasis on sustainable, collaborat... Read More about Advances in designing product-service systems.

Transportation planning (2015)
Book Chapter
Karlaftis, M., Kepaptsoglou, K., & Fountas, G. (2015). Transportation planning. In D. Teodorović (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of transportation (188-210). New York: Routledge

No abstract available.

Dr Who and the Curriculum Planners: early observations from a longitudinal study of Associate Students’ transition to University (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fotheringham, J., & Stupart, A. (2015). Dr Who and the Curriculum Planners: early observations from a longitudinal study of Associate Students’ transition to University. In International Conference on Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education :

This paper explores early observations from a longitudinal study of second year Associate Students studying HNs in colleges prior to making their way to university for third and final year of engineering degree programmes. We consider assumptions abo... Read More about Dr Who and the Curriculum Planners: early observations from a longitudinal study of Associate Students’ transition to University.

The nomination committee and firm performance: an empirical investigation of UK financial institutions during the pre/post financial crisis (2015)
Journal Article
Agyemang-Mintah, P. (2015). The nomination committee and firm performance: an empirical investigation of UK financial institutions during the pre/post financial crisis. Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition, 11(3), 176-190. https://doi.org/10.224

This study looks at the relationship between nomination committee (NC) and the financial performance of firms among United Kingdom (UK) financial institutions. The result indicates a positive and statistically significant association between the NC o... Read More about The nomination committee and firm performance: an empirical investigation of UK financial institutions during the pre/post financial crisis.

Informal feedback : feedback via participation (2015)
Report
Sambell, K. (2014). Informal feedback : feedback via participation. Hong Kong: Centre for the enhancement of teaching and learning (CELT)

This Briefing has been written by Professor Kay Sambell at the invitation of the HKU Wise Assessment Project. Its theme, capitalising on opportunities for informal feedback to enhance learning, has been explored by Professor Sambell in a number of pu... Read More about Informal feedback : feedback via participation.

Real time feedback in large classes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sambell, K. (2015). Real time feedback in large classes. In N. Fernandez, I. S. Talledo, & E. Ruiz (Eds.), Proceedings of Ninth International Congress on Formative and Shared Assessment in Higher Education, Universidad Cantabria,

No abstract available.

QAA Student Transitions Project: A Benchmarking Exercise of Skills Award Frameworks ‘outwith’ Edinburgh Napier University (2015)
Other
Weaver, M., brodie, J., & devlin, J. (2015). QAA Student Transitions Project: A Benchmarking Exercise of Skills Award Frameworks ‘outwith’ Edinburgh Napier University. [Internal Report to QAA]. Edinburgh Napier University

A skills award provides an awareness framework which captures extra-curricular student activity with the intention of advancing student learning enhancement, future career and employability prospects. Active learning approaches will be combined with... Read More about QAA Student Transitions Project: A Benchmarking Exercise of Skills Award Frameworks ‘outwith’ Edinburgh Napier University.

Impact of 5g telematics (2015)
Journal Article
Thuemmler, C., Jell, T., Nunna, S., & Jumelle, A. K. L. (2015). Impact of 5g telematics. Asian Hospital & Healthcare Management,

New technologies such as wearable wireless medical devices are transforming the way healthcare is delivered. As these devices become more powerful and numerous, the daunting challenge is whether the existing communications infrastructure can meet the... Read More about Impact of 5g telematics.

Third sector internships Scotland: final report (2015)
Report
Caddell, M., Boyle, F., Jones, H., & Mcilwhan, R. (2015). Third sector internships Scotland: final report. Scotland: Scottish Funding Council

Third Sector Internships Scotland helped students gain paid work experience in the Third Sector. This five-year programme, part of the Scottish Funding Council’s Learning to Work 2 initiative, was open to students from all Scottish universities.