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Translating Design Details to Construction Details- with Both Eyes Open (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadianm, S. (2017, December). Translating Design Details to Construction Details- with Both Eyes Open. Presented at International Conference for Sustainable Design of the Built Environment, London

Sustainable designs will come to nothing if they are lost in construction process. Therefore, the accuracy of design details and the transformation to the construction details is vital to achieve initial design thinking targets. This is driven most i... Read More about Translating Design Details to Construction Details- with Both Eyes Open.

Quantifying the Behavior of Modern and Traditional Construction Systems on the Basis of Thermal Comfort (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S., & Sharples, S. (2017, July). Quantifying the Behavior of Modern and Traditional Construction Systems on the Basis of Thermal Comfort. Presented at PLEA 2017, Edinburgh

Thermal comfort is crucial to ascertain the energy consumption in buildings and is a key factor for decision-making in the design of sustainable building envelopes. This paper presents a methodology to assess the performance of construction systems q... Read More about Quantifying the Behavior of Modern and Traditional Construction Systems on the Basis of Thermal Comfort.

Tool Life Analysis When Turning Ti-6Al-4V Using Vegetable oil-based Cutting Fluid (2017)
Book Chapter
Gariani, S., Shyha, I., Jackson, C., & Inam, F. (2017). Tool Life Analysis When Turning Ti-6Al-4V Using Vegetable oil-based Cutting Fluid. In S. Debnath (Ed.), Manufacturing Sciences and Technologies VII (36-40). Trans Tech Publications

This paper details experimental results when turning Ti-6Al-4V using water-miscible vegetable oil-based cutting fluid. The effects of coolant concentration and working conditions on tool flank wear and tool life were evaluated. L27 fractional factori... Read More about Tool Life Analysis When Turning Ti-6Al-4V Using Vegetable oil-based Cutting Fluid.

Process Optimisation for Internal Cylindrical Rough Turning of Nickel Alloy 625 Weld Overlay (2017)
Journal Article
Chan, L., Shyha, I., Dreyer, D., Hamilton, J., & Hackney, P. (2017). Process Optimisation for Internal Cylindrical Rough Turning of Nickel Alloy 625 Weld Overlay. International Journal of Chemical, Molecular, Nuclear, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 11(4),

Nickel-based superalloys are generally known to be difficult to cut due to their strength, low thermal conductivity, and high work hardening tendency. Superalloy such as alloy 625 is often used in the oil and gas industry as a surfacing material to p... Read More about Process Optimisation for Internal Cylindrical Rough Turning of Nickel Alloy 625 Weld Overlay.

Environmental stress cracking resistance of halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites (2017)
Journal Article
Saharudin, M., Wei, J., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2017). Environmental stress cracking resistance of halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 5, 389-403. https://doi.org/10.4236/wjet.2017.53033

The environmental stress cracking resistance of halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites was investigated using fracture mechanics approach. The incorporation of halloysite nanoclay was found to improve the environmental stress cracking resistanc... Read More about Environmental stress cracking resistance of halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites.

Inflection Generation for Spanish Verbs using Supervised Learning (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barros, C., Gkatzia, D., & Lloret, E. (2017, September). Inflection Generation for Spanish Verbs using Supervised Learning. Presented at First Workshop on Subword and Character Level Models in NLP, Copenhagen, Denmark

We present a novel supervised approach to inflection generation for verbs in Spanish. Our system takes as input the verb’s lemma form and the desired features such as person, number, tense, and is able to predict the appropriate grammatical conjugati... Read More about Inflection Generation for Spanish Verbs using Supervised Learning.

Improving the Naturalness and Expressivity of Language Generation for Spanish (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barros, C., Gkatzia, D., & Lloret, E. (2017, September). Improving the Naturalness and Expressivity of Language Generation for Spanish. Presented at 10th International Conference on Natural Language Generation, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

We present a flexible Natural Language Generation approach for Spanish, focused on the surface realisation stage, which integrates an inflection module in order to improve the naturalness and expressivity of the generated language. This inflection mo... Read More about Improving the Naturalness and Expressivity of Language Generation for Spanish.

Method for Efficient CPU-GPU Streaming for Walkthrough of Full Motion Lightfield Video (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chitalu, F. M., Koniaris, B., & Mitchell, K. (2017, December). Method for Efficient CPU-GPU Streaming for Walkthrough of Full Motion Lightfield Video. Presented at 14th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2017), London, United Kingdom

Lightfield video, as a high-dimensional function, is very demanding in terms of storage. As such, lightfield video data, even in a compressed form, do not typically fit in GPU or main memory unless the capture area, resolution or duration is sufficie... Read More about Method for Efficient CPU-GPU Streaming for Walkthrough of Full Motion Lightfield Video.

Building an Adaptive E-Learning System (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chrysoulas, C., & Fasli, M. (2017, April). Building an Adaptive E-Learning System. Presented at 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Porto, Portugal

Research in adaptive learning is mainly focused on improving learners’ learning achievements based mainly on personalization information, such as learning style, cognitive style or learning achievement. In this paper, an innovative adaptive learning... Read More about Building an Adaptive E-Learning System.

Employee Engagement in Discussion: goals, perspectives and recommendations (2017)
Journal Article
Jeske, D., Sheehan, M., Linehan, C., & Moran, M. (2017). Employee Engagement in Discussion: goals, perspectives and recommendations. Journal of Human Resource Management, 20(2), 21-29

This paper represents a summary of a debate on employee engagement that was conducted in a Business School setting. in this debate, representatives from key stakeholders group participated in this debate. The debate highlighted several critical conce... Read More about Employee Engagement in Discussion: goals, perspectives and recommendations.

Beyond Logarithms & Bones: A short history of John Napier and his legacy (2017)
Book
Seath, G. (2017). Beyond Logarithms & Bones: A short history of John Napier and his legacy. Edinburgh Napier University

The purpose of this book is to provide a very short, historical account of the life and legacy of John Napier (1550-1617) and has been produced in support of a wider programme of activities to commemorate 400 years since his death.

Exploring Musical Creativity through Interactive Cymatics (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGowan, J., Leplatre, G., & McGregor, I. (2017, July). Exploring Musical Creativity through Interactive Cymatics. Presented at HCI 2017 - Digital make-believe, Sunderland, UK

What does music look like? Representation of sound has taken many forms over time, from sinusoidal wave patterns, through to random algorithm-based visualisations based on the amplitude of an audio signal. One aspect of music visualisation that has n... Read More about Exploring Musical Creativity through Interactive Cymatics.

Predicting obesity using longitudinal near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) data (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdullah, A., Hussain, A., & Khan, I. (2017, May). Predicting obesity using longitudinal near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) data. Presented at ICCDA '17: International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis, Lakeland, FL, USA

Globally there has been a dramatic increase in obesity. Thus understanding, predicting and managing obesity has the potential to save lives and billions. Behavioral studies suggest that binging by obese persons is prompted by inflated brain reward ce... Read More about Predicting obesity using longitudinal near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) data.

IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Health Informatics for the Developing World (2017)
Journal Article
Qadir, J., Mujeeb-U-Rahman, M., Rehmani, M., Pathan, A.-S., Imran, M., Hussain, A., Rana, R., & Luo, B. (2017). IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Health Informatics for the Developing World. IEEE Access, 5, 27818-27823. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2783118

We live in a world with growing disparity in the quality of life available to people in the developed and developing countries. Healthcare in the developing world is fraught with numerous problems such as the lack of health infrastructure, and human... Read More about IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Health Informatics for the Developing World.

Simulation of PMSM in maxwell 3D/simplorer to optimize direct flux control (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mueller, T., See, C., Ghani, A., & Thiemann, P. (2017, June). Simulation of PMSM in maxwell 3D/simplorer to optimize direct flux control. Presented at IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2017), Edinburgh, Scotland

This paper discusses the problem of a sensorless control method for permanent magnet synchronous machines named Direct Flux Control (DFC). Direct Flux Control provides its users with the angle of the total flux in the machine at all working points, i... Read More about Simulation of PMSM in maxwell 3D/simplorer to optimize direct flux control.

Desde la diplomacia respaldada por la fuerza a la fuerza respaldada por la diplomacia: una mirada comparativa en las conversaciones de Bosnia y Kosovo (2017)
Journal Article
Kocic, A. (2017). Desde la diplomacia respaldada por la fuerza a la fuerza respaldada por la diplomacia: una mirada comparativa en las conversaciones de Bosnia y Kosovo. Balkania : revista de estudios balcánicos, 187-208

Este documento analiza de cerca las conversaciones de paz de Bosnia y Kosovo e intenta analizar por qué el primero fue un éxito y el segundo un fracaso en términos de poner fin a la guerra. Esto se hace a través del prisma de los tres enfoques teóric... Read More about Desde la diplomacia respaldada por la fuerza a la fuerza respaldada por la diplomacia: una mirada comparativa en las conversaciones de Bosnia y Kosovo.

The Terrors of the Night: Charms against the Nightmare and the Mythology of Dreams (2017)
Journal Article
Milne, L. S. (2017). The Terrors of the Night: Charms against the Nightmare and the Mythology of Dreams. Incantatio : An International Journal on Charms, Charmers and Charming, 6, 78-116. https://doi.org/10.7592/incantatio2017_6_milne

This article takes a semiotic and structuralist approach to understanding the characteristic nightmare package of imagery, or image-constellation, which appears also in charms, curses and lullabies to do with disturbed sleep. Elements of the nightmar... Read More about The Terrors of the Night: Charms against the Nightmare and the Mythology of Dreams.

Study of Photovoltaics (PV) Performance Degradation Analysis in Oman (2017)
Journal Article
Shaik, M., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Umar, T., & Nazeema, N. (2017). Study of Photovoltaics (PV) Performance Degradation Analysis in Oman. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development, 6(2), 334-343. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijsed.2046.3707.2017.0043

The demand for electricity usage is increasing all around the globe. As an alternative and clean source to produce electricity there has been an emphasis on the usage of renewable energies. Sultanate of Oman has also taken an initiative by 2030 that... Read More about Study of Photovoltaics (PV) Performance Degradation Analysis in Oman.

The Inheritors, H. G. Wells and Science Fiction: The Dimensions of the Future (2017)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2017). The Inheritors, H. G. Wells and Science Fiction: The Dimensions of the Future. Conradiana, 49(2/3), 103-120. https://doi.org/10.1353/cnd.2017.0013

In 1901 H.G. Wells published Anticipations, a provocative speculation on the future course of technology and on how social and political systems might evolve. In the same year, Conrad and Ford published their collaborative novel The Inheritors, a fan... Read More about The Inheritors, H. G. Wells and Science Fiction: The Dimensions of the Future.