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Curbing unethical practices associated with preferential allocation of construction contracts in Ghana: Survey professionals’ perception of who should lead the way (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Adinyira, E., Manu, P., Mahamadu, A., Olomolaiye, P., & Agyekum, K. (2018). Curbing unethical practices associated with preferential allocation of construction contracts in Ghana: Survey professionals’ perception of who should lead the way.

The construction industry in Ghana is bursting with speculations and pieces of information that suggest that certain contracts are awarded on basis other than merits of a proposed bid and the competitiveness of cost. Undoubtedly, this unethical pract... Read More about Curbing unethical practices associated with preferential allocation of construction contracts in Ghana: Survey professionals’ perception of who should lead the way.

NotPetya: Cyber attack prevention through awareness via Gamification (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Lika, R. A., Murugiah, D., Brohi, S., & Ramasamy, D. A. (2018). NotPetya: Cyber attack prevention through awareness via Gamification. In 2018 International Conference on Smart Computing and Electronic Enterprise, ICSCEE 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSCEE.2018.8538431

NotPetya, when released in 2017, was believed to be ransomware. NotPetya injects malicious codes in the computer and then attempts to gain administrator access. Following that, it infects other computers in the network. NotPetya uses the EternalBlue... Read More about NotPetya: Cyber attack prevention through awareness via Gamification.

Home activity monitoring using low resolution infrared sensor array (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Tao, L., Smith, M., Volonakis, T., Tan, B., Jing, Y., Chetty, K., & Smith, M. (2018). Home activity monitoring using low resolution infrared sensor array

Abstract. Action monitoring in a home environment provides important information for health monitoring and may serve as input into a smart home environment. Visual analysis using cameras can recognise actions in a complex scene, such as someones livi... Read More about Home activity monitoring using low resolution infrared sensor array.

EvoFIT composite face construction via practitioner interviewing and a witness-administered protocol (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gaskin, E., Martin, A., Peter, H., Frowd, C., Ford, C., Hewett, T., & Heard, P. (2018). EvoFIT composite face construction via practitioner interviewing and a witness-administered protocol. . https://doi.org/10.1109/AHS.2018.8541464

© 2018 IEEE. Police require reliable facial-composite systems to help identify, arrest and convict criminals. Recent developments, however, have allowed newer versions of the EvoFIT composite system to be made available for policing. The outcome is a... Read More about EvoFIT composite face construction via practitioner interviewing and a witness-administered protocol.

Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Pietroluongo, G., Leggett, J., Fernández, F. J. F., Linardaki, E., Steer, M., Parker, W., …Ntampakis, D. (2018). Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece

The golden jackal (Canis aureus) population that lives within the area of Samos International Airport and the surrounding area has been characterized during the past years as a potential risk for passenger and flight safety. For this reason, its excl... Read More about Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece.

Design and development of a novel controller for robust attitude stabilisation of an unmanned air vehicle for nuclear environments (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Nemati, H., & Montazeri, A. (2018). Design and development of a novel controller for robust attitude stabilisation of an unmanned air vehicle for nuclear environments. In 2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL). , (373-378). https://doi.org/10.1109/control.2018.8516729

This study presents two new robust nonlinear control algorithms based on the theory of time-varying sliding mode control (TVSMC) strategy to stabilize the attitude of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for nuclear decommissioning applications. Constant... Read More about Design and development of a novel controller for robust attitude stabilisation of an unmanned air vehicle for nuclear environments.

Broad-leaf weed detection in pasture (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, W., Hansen, M. F., Volonakis, T. N., Smith, M., Smith, L., Wilson, J., …Wright, G. (2018). Broad-leaf weed detection in pasture.

Weed control in pasture is a challenging problem that can be expensive and environmentally unfriendly. This paper proposes a novel method for recognition of broad-leaf weeds in pasture such that precision weed control can be achieved with reduced her... Read More about Broad-leaf weed detection in pasture.

Deep ground and energy: Carbon sequestration and coal gasification (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Thomas, H. R., Hosking, L. J., Sandford, R. J., Zagorščak, R., Chen, M., & An, N. (2019). Deep ground and energy: Carbon sequestration and coal gasification. In L. Zhan, Y. Chen, & A. Bouazza (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Volume 1 (38-60). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2221-1_2

Deep coal reserves represent a valuable resource, both in terms of their potential for the sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and for energy extraction through underground coal gasification (UCG). This paper looks at the current field and... Read More about Deep ground and energy: Carbon sequestration and coal gasification.

Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Lyons, G., Cragg, S., & Neil, M. (2018). Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future.

A growing number of transport bodies are trying to make sense of how to inform and shape policymaking and investment in the face of deep uncertainty. Potentially disruptive transport technologies are only part of a more complex picture of societal ch... Read More about Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future.

The development of methodologies for designers engaging with digital colour inkjet printing in textile design (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gooby, B. (2018). The development of methodologies for designers engaging with digital colour inkjet printing in textile design. In Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2018 (327-334)

Digital textile printing (DTP) offers exciting, creative potential and entrepreneurial business models in textile design. However, there is a marked difference between screen-colour to print-colour. Colour results are affected by numerous variables w... Read More about The development of methodologies for designers engaging with digital colour inkjet printing in textile design.

Open innovation: The challenge of integrating knowledge in bi-national projects (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Celadon, K. L., & Sbragia, R. (2018). Open innovation: The challenge of integrating knowledge in bi-national projects

Purpose – This paper seeks to evaluate the professional culture factors that are present in knowledge integration mechanisms in two selected open innovation cases. Design/methodology/approach – In-depth case studies were conducted in two different e... Read More about Open innovation: The challenge of integrating knowledge in bi-national projects.

Blending context-aware challenges into learning environments (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Andreea Ștefan, I., Ștefan, A., Florentina Gheorghe, A., Yanez, P., Loizou, M., Arnab, S., & Beaufoy, J. (2018). Blending context-aware challenges into learning environments. In M. {Ciussi } (Ed.), 12th European Conference on Games Based Learning (634-642). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1420965

There is a growing expectation for educational environments to be more flexible and more engaging, not only for students, but also for teachers. Project-based Learning and cooperative learning have emerged as opportunities to create motivating learni... Read More about Blending context-aware challenges into learning environments.

Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Badarnah, L. (2018). Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach.

Morphology and form are most common traits to be transferred from natural systems into architecture. However, such traits seldom retain any function of the imitated systems from nature, and therefore hardly represent a successful biomimetic design. T... Read More about Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach.

Three-dimensional solid structures simulation on isogeometric b-rep analysis (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Herrero Adan, D. (2018). Three-dimensional solid structures simulation on isogeometric b-rep analysis.

Isogeometric analysis (IGA) was devised to circumvent meshing step in the design process because it uses same basis functions as CAD packages: non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS). That NURBS information is exchangeable via Initial Graphics Exchang... Read More about Three-dimensional solid structures simulation on isogeometric b-rep analysis.

Performance comparison of MIMO CAP receivers in visible light communication (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Akande, K. O., Offiong, F. B., Alrakah, H., & Popoola, W. O. (2018). Performance comparison of MIMO CAP receivers in visible light communication. In 2018 11th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). https://doi.org/10.1109/csndsp.2018.8471813

Multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) techniques have recently been proposed to improve the spectral efficiency of the conventional carrierless amplitude and phase (CAP) modulation scheme while maintaining its implementation simplicity in visible li... Read More about Performance comparison of MIMO CAP receivers in visible light communication.

Pseudo-ductile Composites with Micro-wrapped Hybrid Tow (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Islam, M., Koncherry, V., Wisnom, M., & Potluri, P. (2018). Pseudo-ductile Composites with Micro-wrapped Hybrid Tow. . https://doi.org/10.12783/asc33/26126

ABSTRACT A novel dry fibre architecture has been developed in order to improve the ductility of high-performance composites. Micro-wrapping of high-modulus fibres with high strain (to failure fibres) resulted in a unique structure that is capable... Read More about Pseudo-ductile Composites with Micro-wrapped Hybrid Tow.

Reduction of Pollutant Toxicity Levels in Produced Water from Crude Oil Production Processes (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Tota-Maharaj, K., & Ngene, S. (2018). Reduction of Pollutant Toxicity Levels in Produced Water from Crude Oil Production Processes.

Produced water from crude oil production process is imbued with various contaminants which makes it unsafe for discharge into the environment without adequate treatment. The weight fractions of these contaminants vary from one well to another dependi... Read More about Reduction of Pollutant Toxicity Levels in Produced Water from Crude Oil Production Processes.

Feasibility of Virtual Environments to Develop Future Driving Cycles (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Kay, P. J. (2018). Feasibility of Virtual Environments to Develop Future Driving Cycles. In SAE Technical Paper Series. https://doi.org/10.4271/2018-01-1816

© 2018 SAE International. All Rights Reserved. The current procedure for testing emissions from new vehicles, the World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), was introduced in September 2017. The WLTP was developed by collecting over 765,00... Read More about Feasibility of Virtual Environments to Develop Future Driving Cycles.

Valuable Puzzles for Proofs-of-Work (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Boyd, C., & Carr, C. (2018). Valuable Puzzles for Proofs-of-Work. In Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology (130-139). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00305-0_10

Proof-of-work (PoW) is used as the consensus mechanism in most cryptocurrencies. PoW-based puzzles play an important part in the operation and security of a cryptocurrency, but come at a considerable energy cost. One approach to the problem of energy... Read More about Valuable Puzzles for Proofs-of-Work.