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Compact and closely spaced tunable printed F-slot multiple-input–multiple-output antenna system for portable wireless applications with efficient diversity (2014)
Journal Article
Elfergani, I. T., Hussaini, A. S., Rodriguez, J., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Jan, N., Zhu, S., & McEwan, N. J. (2014). Compact and closely spaced tunable printed F-slot multiple-input–multiple-output antenna system for portable wireless applications with efficient diversity. IET Science, Measurements and Technology, 8(6), 359-369. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2013.0276

In this work, miniaturised tunable two-antenna multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) systems composed of printed F-slot shaped are developed to operate in the global positioning system (GPS), personal communication system (PCS), distributed control s... Read More about Compact and closely spaced tunable printed F-slot multiple-input–multiple-output antenna system for portable wireless applications with efficient diversity.

Detection of Denial-of-Service Attacks Based on Computer Vision Techniques (2014)
Journal Article
Tan, Z., Jamdagni, A., He, X., Nanda, P., Liu, R. P., & Hu, J. (2015). Detection of Denial-of-Service Attacks Based on Computer Vision Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Computers, 64(9), 2519-2533. https://doi.org/10.1109/tc.2014.2375218

Detection of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks has attracted researchers since 1990s. A variety of detection systems has been proposed to achieve this task. Unlike the existing approaches based on machine learning and statistical analysis, the proposed... Read More about Detection of Denial-of-Service Attacks Based on Computer Vision Techniques.

Metasurface-Epsilon Near Zero-based Electromagnetic Wave Absorber (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L. (2014, September). Metasurface-Epsilon Near Zero-based Electromagnetic Wave Absorber. Presented at 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks, London, Great Britain

The purpose of this paper is to design a new electromagnetic wave absorber. It consists of a planar layered structure with an isotropic Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) material and a gold metal inclusion, both placed over a perfect conductor (PEC) plate. Abs... Read More about Metasurface-Epsilon Near Zero-based Electromagnetic Wave Absorber.

Engaging the multi-generational workforce in tourism and hospitality (2014)
Journal Article
Barron, P., Leask, A., & Fyall, A. (2014). Engaging the multi-generational workforce in tourism and hospitality. Tourism Review, 69(4), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-04-2014-0017

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to present strategies that hospitality and tourism organisations might adopt as a means of encouraging employee engagement, thus enabling the more effective management of an increasingly multi-generational work... Read More about Engaging the multi-generational workforce in tourism and hospitality.

Does rail freight market liberalisation lead to market entry? A case study of the British privatisation experience (2014)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2015). Does rail freight market liberalisation lead to market entry? A case study of the British privatisation experience. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 14, 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.10.004

This paper considers developments since privatisation in the British rail freight market from both general and production supply side perspectives. It also reviews the literature relating to the US railroad partial deregulation in order to identify t... Read More about Does rail freight market liberalisation lead to market entry? A case study of the British privatisation experience.

Step forward to map fully parallel energy efficient cortical columns on field programmable gate arrays (2014)
Journal Article
Ghani, A., See, C. H., & Usman Ali, S. M. U. (2014). Step forward to map fully parallel energy efficient cortical columns on field programmable gate arrays. IET Science, Measurements and Technology, 8(6), 432-440. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2014.0004

This study presents energy and area-efficient hardware architectures to map fully parallel cortical columns on reconfigurable platform - field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). An area-efficient architecture is proposed at the system level and benchm... Read More about Step forward to map fully parallel energy efficient cortical columns on field programmable gate arrays.

Surface plasmon resonance of nanoshell particles with PMMA-graphene core (2014)
Journal Article
Tarparelli, R., Iovine, R., La Spada, L., & Vegni, L. (2014). Surface plasmon resonance of nanoshell particles with PMMA-graphene core. COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 33(6), 2016-2029. https://doi.org/10.1108/compel-11-2013-0351

The purpose of this paper is to contribute an analytical and numerical study of a new type of nanoshell particles operating in the visible regime.
The structure consists of a core/shell particle, arranged in a planar array configuration, with a poly... Read More about Surface plasmon resonance of nanoshell particles with PMMA-graphene core.

Making third sector internships work. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M. & Wallace, M. (2014, October). Making third sector internships work. Presented at SRHE Conference: 'Supporting University-Work Transitions? Exploring the Impact of Work Placements and Internships'., Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

“The Caledonian Turn – People’s Protest and Alternative Media in the Run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014” (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2014, October). “The Caledonian Turn – People’s Protest and Alternative Media in the Run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014”. Paper presented at ‘Sites of Protest’ MeCCSA Protest Network Conference, Canterbury Christchurch University

The Caledonian Turn – people’s protest, alternative media and campaigning in the run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014.

The Scottish Referendum has provided the opportunity for a groundswell of people’s protest and involvement in political camp... Read More about “The Caledonian Turn – People’s Protest and Alternative Media in the Run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014”.

Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., Ip, K., Oxizidis, S., & Piroozfar, P. (2014). Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates.

Double skin facades (DSFs) are gaining momentum in Europe as a low-energy design technique for the refurbishments of office buildings due to their potential to act as a thermal buffer in winter and maximise the use of natural ventilation in... Read More about Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates.

Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements (2014)
Journal Article
Machimbarrena, M., Monteiro, C. R. A., Pedersoli, S., Johansson, R., & Smith, S. (2015). Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements. Applied Acoustics, 89, 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.09.018

In building acoustics the measurement uncertainty of sound insulation measurements is traditionally either not reported or reported as stated in the corresponding standard ISO 12999–1:2014. Determination and application of measurement uncertainties i... Read More about Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements.

Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market (2014)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2014). Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market. Research in Transportation Economics, 48, 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2014.09.049

The pure free market will theoretically result in economic efficiency being achieved. At the heart of this proposition is the idea of consumer sovereignty, where producers that best meet the material wants of consumers will be the most successful. Wi... Read More about Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market.

The marginalisation of bicycling in Modernist urban transport planning (2014)
Journal Article
Koglin, T., & Rye, T. (2014). The marginalisation of bicycling in Modernist urban transport planning. Journal of transport & health, 1(4), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2014.09.006

This article deals with the scientific factors that have contributed to the dominance of motorised transport and the development of theoretical approaches in transport planning. Connections are made to modernism and to the theories within the field o... Read More about The marginalisation of bicycling in Modernist urban transport planning.

Social Implications of Crowdsourcing in Rural Scotland (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Acur, N., Lynn, A., Jagadeesan, A., Smith, M., & Agrawal, A. (2014, June). Social Implications of Crowdsourcing in Rural Scotland. Presented at International Conference on Advances in Social Science, Economics and Management Study - SEM 2014, London, United Kingdom

Various surveys mentioned that the commercial benefits of Internet crowdsourcing are reaped largely by people located in metro areas and smaller cities. The impact of crowdsourcing on the rural population is questionable. The aim of this research is... Read More about Social Implications of Crowdsourcing in Rural Scotland.

A Novel Feature Selection Approach for Intrusion Detection Data Classification (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ambusaidi, M. A., He, X., Tan, Z., Nanda, P., Lu, L. F., & Nagar, U. T. (2014). A Novel Feature Selection Approach for Intrusion Detection Data Classification. . https://doi.org/10.1109/trustcom.2014.15

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) play a significant role in monitoring and analyzing daily activities occurring in computer systems to detect occurrences of security threats. However, the routinely produced analytical data from computer networks ar... Read More about A Novel Feature Selection Approach for Intrusion Detection Data Classification.

Enhancing Big Data Security with Collaborative Intrusion Detection (2014)
Journal Article
Tan, Z., Nagar, U. T., He, X., Nanda, P., Liu, R. P., Wang, S., & Hu, J. (2014). Enhancing Big Data Security with Collaborative Intrusion Detection. IEEE cloud computing, 1(3), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcc.2014.53

Big data, often stored in cloud networks, is changing our business models and applications. Rich information residing in big data is driving business decision making to be a data-driven process. The security and privacy of this data, however, have al... Read More about Enhancing Big Data Security with Collaborative Intrusion Detection.

A Robust Authentication Scheme for Observing Resources in the Internet of Things Environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jan, M. A., Nanda, P., He, X., Tan, Z., & Liu, R. P. (2014, September). A Robust Authentication Scheme for Observing Resources in the Internet of Things Environment. Presented at 2014 IEEE 13th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications

The Internet of Things is a vision that broadens the scope of the internet by incorporating physical objects to identify themselves to the participating entities. This innovative concept enables a physical device to represent itself in the digital wo... Read More about A Robust Authentication Scheme for Observing Resources in the Internet of Things Environment.

A Stateful Mechanism for the Tree-Rule Firewall (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chomsiri, T., He, X., Nanda, P., & Tan, Z. (2014, September). A Stateful Mechanism for the Tree-Rule Firewall. Presented at 2014 IEEE 13th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications

In this paper, we propose a novel connection tracking mechanism for Tree-rule firewall which essentially organizes firewall rules in a designated Tree structure. A new firewall model based on the proposed connection tracking mechanism is then develop... Read More about A Stateful Mechanism for the Tree-Rule Firewall.

Intermodal terminal concessions: Lessons from the port sector (2014)
Journal Article
Monios, J., & Bergqvist, R. (2015). Intermodal terminal concessions: Lessons from the port sector. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 14, 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.09.002

Tendering procedures for concession of port terminals to private operators have been the subject of considerable interest during the last decade. As a consequence, keys to effective port governance, particularly the landlord model, are fairly well un... Read More about Intermodal terminal concessions: Lessons from the port sector.