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Demolition and adaptation at the CB1 development, Cambridge (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Baker, H., & Moncaster, A. (2017). Demolition and adaptation at the CB1 development, Cambridge. In 24th Annual Conference of the the European Real Estate Society. https://doi.org/10.15396/eres2017_132

Cambridge is a historic city in the UK with an international reputation. The CB1 development is a major real estate regeneration project around the train station aiming to provide a gateway to the city. Once complete it will provide over 50,000 sq m... Read More about Demolition and adaptation at the CB1 development, Cambridge.

A parametric sensitivity analysis of the impact of built environment geometrical variables on building energy consumption (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Lila, A., & Lannon, S. (2017). A parametric sensitivity analysis of the impact of built environment geometrical variables on building energy consumption. In Proceedings from the 33 International Conference PLEA2017 : Design to Thrive : Volume 1 (2092)

The growth of urban communities creates the need for analytical frameworks that have a multiobjective and holistic approach. It is important to integrate these frameworks within commonly used architectural tools. The urban environment is mostly desig... Read More about A parametric sensitivity analysis of the impact of built environment geometrical variables on building energy consumption.

Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Wamuzir, S., & Egbu, C. (2017). Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman. In F. Emuze, & M. Behm (Eds.), Joint CIB W099 and TG59 International Safety, Health, and People in Construction Conference: Towards Better Safety, Health, Wellbeing, and Life in Construction Conference Proceedings (99-113)

The safety climate on a specific construction project refers to managers? and workers? shared perceptions of the adequacy of the safety and health programmes and the consistency between the organization?s espoused safety policies/procedures and the a... Read More about Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman.

A review of geothermal energy resources for electricity generation in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Egbu, C. (2017). A review of geothermal energy resources for electricity generation in Oman. In G. Aouad, A. Al‐Hajj, & C. Egbu (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Futures (235-244)

Oman, like other Arab gulf countries, depends on oil and gas to produce electricity. However, these resources are not guaranteed to last forever and constitute one of the energy security issues in the country. Oman’s oil and gas reserv... Read More about A review of geothermal energy resources for electricity generation in Oman.

A review: The effect of graphene oxide on the properties of cement-based composites (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Qureshi, T. S., & Panesar, D. K. (2017). A review: The effect of graphene oxide on the properties of cement-based composites. In CSCE annual conference

Graphene oxide (GO) is a recently invented 2D nanoplane fiber. GO is typically produced via the chemical oxidation and exfoliation of graphite. It contains active functional groups on its nanoplane surface, and these groups play a major role during t... Read More about A review: The effect of graphene oxide on the properties of cement-based composites.

Developing elastomeric cellular structures for multiple head impacts (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Robinson, M., Soe, S., McShane, G., Celeghini, R., Burek, R., Alves, M., & Theobald, P. (2017). Developing elastomeric cellular structures for multiple head impacts. In 2017 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings

Foam?based materials were originally incorporated into helmets in the 1970?s, providing an effective method of absorbing impact energy and so protecting against severe head injury. Similar materials still exist in the majority of protective helmets t... Read More about Developing elastomeric cellular structures for multiple head impacts.

Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Wallbridge, C. D., Lemaignan, S., & Belpaeme, T. (2017). Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation. In ACM Human-Agent Interaction Conference. , (359-363). https://doi.org/10.1145/3125739.3132593

© 2017 ACM. This paper provides a qualitative review of different object recognition techniques relevant for near-proximity Human- Robot Interaction. These techniques are divided into three categories: 2D correspondence, 3D correspondence and nonvisi... Read More about Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation.

Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Mahamadu, A., Manu, P., Poghosyan, A., Mahdjoubi, L., Gibb, A., & Behm, M. (2017). Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability. In J. Sanjayan, M. Alam, & P. X. W. Zhou (Eds.),

Design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is increasingly becoming prominent in construction. In the UK, DfOSH is a legal requirement under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015). Amongst other requirements, the CD... Read More about Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability.

Holistic sensitivity analysis on urban geometry and its effect on building performance in hot arid zones (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Lila, A., Lannon, S., & Jabi, W. (2017). Holistic sensitivity analysis on urban geometry and its effect on building performance in hot arid zones. In H. Elsharkawy, S. Zahiri, & J. Clough (Eds.), Sustainable Design of the Built Environment SDBE 2017 (193-204)

There is a need to assess the growth of urban communities through analytical frameworks that have a multi-objective and holistic approach. In this paper, a sensitivity analysis was conducted on urban geometry with a holistic and integrative approach... Read More about Holistic sensitivity analysis on urban geometry and its effect on building performance in hot arid zones.

Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Stefanou, T., Turton, A., Lenz, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing. In 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (6601-6608). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8206573

Focusing on upper limb rehabilitation of weak stroke patients, this pilot study explores how motion intent can be detected using force sensitive resistors (FSR). This is part of a bigger project which will see the actuation and control of an intent-d... Read More about Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing.

What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Chance, G., Caleb-Solly, P., Jevtic, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant. In 2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (284-291). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172315

© 2017 IEEE. Robots that can assist in activities of daily living (ADL) such as dressing assistance, need to be capable of intuitive and safe interaction. Vision systems are often used to provide information on the position and movement of the robot... Read More about What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant.

Negation of ransomware via gamification and enforcement of standards (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Dion, Y. L., Joshua, A. A., & Brohi, S. N. (2017). Negation of ransomware via gamification and enforcement of standards. In CSAI 2017: Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (203-208). https://doi.org/10.1145/3168390.3168399

With the continued advancement of the internet and relevant programs, the number of exploitable loopholes in security systems increases. One such exploit that is plaguing the software scene is ransomware, a type of malware that weaves its way through... Read More about Negation of ransomware via gamification and enforcement of standards.

An integrated real-time simulated ethical hacking toolkit with interactive gamification capabilities and cyber security educational platform (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Mathoosoothenen, V. N., Sundaram, J. S., Palanichamy, R. A., & Brohi, S. N. (2017). An integrated real-time simulated ethical hacking toolkit with interactive gamification capabilities and cyber security educational platform. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3168390.3168397

There has been an alarming rise in the number of cyber crimes occurring lately and stealthier methodologies used by attackers, which has directly contributed to the rise of online victims. With the development of advanced persistent threats, current... Read More about An integrated real-time simulated ethical hacking toolkit with interactive gamification capabilities and cyber security educational platform.

A conceptual security approach with awareness strategy and implementation policy to eliminate ransomware (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Han, J. W., Hoe, O. J., Wing, J. S., & Brohi, S. (2017). A conceptual security approach with awareness strategy and implementation policy to eliminate ransomware. In CSAI 2017: Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (222-226). https://doi.org/10.1145/3168390.3168398

Undeterred by numerous efforts deployed by antivirus software that shields users from various security threats, ransomware is constantly evolving as technology advances. The impact includes hackers hindering the user’s accessibility to their data, an... Read More about A conceptual security approach with awareness strategy and implementation policy to eliminate ransomware.

Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Fennell, J., Treadaway, C., & Kenning, G. (2017). Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Design4Health 2017 (117-120)

This paper presents research undertaken as part of the LAUGH project to explore design processes and design of hand held playful objects for people living with advanced dementia. A series of six co-design workshops were carried out with experts in re... Read More about Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty.

PROTECT: Container process isolation using system call interception (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Win, T. Y., Tso, F. P., Mair, Q., & Tianfield, H. (in press). PROTECT: Container process isolation using system call interception. In 2017 14th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms and Networks \& 2017 11th International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology \& 2017 Third International Symposium of Creative Computing (ISPAN-FCST-ISCC). , (191-196). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPAN-FCST-ISCC.2017.24

Virtualization is the underpinning technology enabling cloud computing service provisioning, and container-based virtualization provides an efficient sharing of the underlying host kernel libraries amongst multiple guests. While there has been resear... Read More about PROTECT: Container process isolation using system call interception.

Chair’s welcome: SCCTSA workshop (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Khan, Z. (2017). Chair’s welcome: SCCTSA workshop. In UCC '17 Companion: Companion Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. , (163–164). https://doi.org/10.1145/3147234.3148605

Welcome note for the 4th International workshop - Smart City Clouds: Technologies Systems and Applications co-located with 10 IEEE/ACM Utility and Cloud Computing Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, 5-8 December 2017.

Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Silverio Rodriguez, A. K., Suresh, S., Heesom, D., & Renukappa, S. (2017). Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study. In G. Aouad, A. Al‐Hajj, & C. Egbu (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Futures: International Conference on Sustainable Futures ICSF 2017 Kingdom of Bahrain (421)

Building Information Management (BIM) education is par excellence the best solution to overcome the lack of BIM knowledge and BIM skilled professionals that affect the implementation of BIM in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) indu... Read More about Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study.

The potential of biomass for electricity generation in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Ebgu, C. (2017). The potential of biomass for electricity generation in Oman. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Futures (245-251)

Oman, like other Arab gulf countries, depends on oil and gas to produce electricity. However, these resources are not guaranteed to last forever and constitute one of the energy security issues in the country. This article explores the potential of u... Read More about The potential of biomass for electricity generation in Oman.