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Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2016). Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort. In Proceedings of 9th Windsor Conference Making Comfort Relevant. NCEUB - Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings, UK (1052-1332)

This research resides Passivhaus concept under the framework of adaptive comfort, reviews two case studies of social housing Passivhaus communities in Scotland, and explores the occupants’ lived experience and their perception of comfort in Passivhau... Read More about Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort.

Parallel BSO algorithm for association rules mining using master/worker paradigm (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Djenouri, Y., Bendjoudi, A., Djenouri, D., & Habbas, Z. (2016). Parallel BSO algorithm for association rules mining using master/worker paradigm. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32149-3_25

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. The extraction of association rules from large transactional databases is considered in the paper using cluster architecture parallel computing. Motivated by both the successful sequential BSO-ARM... Read More about Parallel BSO algorithm for association rules mining using master/worker paradigm.

Preliminary numerical simulations to investigate the kinematics of infant head impact (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Khalid, G. A., Prabhu, R., Mason-Jones, A., Theobald, P. S., Soe, S. P., & Jones, M. D. (2016). Preliminary numerical simulations to investigate the kinematics of infant head impact. In ACME - UK 2016 24th Conference on Computational Mechanics (176-179)

Presented is the development of a simulation that allows for preliminary investigation of impact to a 10 day old infant head. A computer-aided drafting (CAD) model is reconstructed from high resolution computerised tomography (CT) scan images and mes... Read More about Preliminary numerical simulations to investigate the kinematics of infant head impact.

Chattering analysis of second order sliding mode algorithms for linear plants with disturbance (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Poorinezhad, S., & Rakhtala, S. M. (2016). Chattering analysis of second order sliding mode algorithms for linear plants with disturbance. In 2015 2nd International Conference on Knowledge-Based Engineering and Innovation (KBEI) (101-105). https://doi.org/10.1109/KBEI.2015.7436029

An analysis of second-order sliding-mode algorithms, specially of super-twisting and twisting as a filter algorithm is performed in frequency domain with the use of the describing function method, and is shown that periodic motion happens and the par... Read More about Chattering analysis of second order sliding mode algorithms for linear plants with disturbance.

Strength analysis of concrete (300/20) with superplasticizer (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Wamuziri, S. (2016). Strength analysis of concrete (300/20) with superplasticizer. In M. Mohatram (Ed.), Proceedings. International Conclave on Innovations in Engineering & Management (Oman Vision 2020 : Opportunities & Challenges) (162-167)

Admixtures are used in concrete to obtain some specific properties to enhance the performance of concrete. In this research concrete of a specific grade (300/20) with a superplaticizer Ha Ba has been selected to enhance the reliability on the use of... Read More about Strength analysis of concrete (300/20) with superplasticizer.

2.5D printing: The evolution of the water lily (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Parraman, C., O'Dowd, P., & Harding, M. (2016). 2.5D printing: The evolution of the water lily. In A. Rizzi, R. Eschbach, & G. Marcu (Eds.), Color Imaging XXI: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications. , (1-8). https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.20.COLOR-344

This paper considers 2.5D printing in a number of ways: by exploring the relationship between textural appearance of objects as seen in the real world and how these are interpreted by artists and rendered as paintings and drawings. This is significan... Read More about 2.5D printing: The evolution of the water lily.

Flexible on-body coils for inductive power transfer to IoT garments and wearables (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., Pappas, O., Omirou, T., & Collett, M. (2016). Flexible on-body coils for inductive power transfer to IoT garments and wearables. In 2015 IEEE 2nd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (297-298). https://doi.org/10.1109/wf-iot.2015.7389069

Inductive power transfer is a promising technology for ambient charging and powering of wearable devices without the need for direct user intervention. Existing systems typically use circular or rectangular coils built using inflexible wire and fixed... Read More about Flexible on-body coils for inductive power transfer to IoT garments and wearables.

Short accountable ring signatures based on DDH (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Bootle, J., Cerulli, A., Chaidos, P., Ghadafi, E., Groth, J., & Petit, C. (2016). Short accountable ring signatures based on DDH. In Computer Security -- ESORICS 2015 (243-265). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24174-6_13

Ring signatures and group signatures are prominent cryptographic primitives offering a combination of privacy and authentication. They enable individual users to anonymously sign messages on behalf of a group of users. In ring signatures, the group,... Read More about Short accountable ring signatures based on DDH.

Detection of malware and kernel-level rootkits in cloud computing environments (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Win, T. Y., Tianfield, H., & Mair, Q. (in press). Detection of malware and kernel-level rootkits in cloud computing environments. In 2015 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (295-300). https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCloud.2015.54

Cyberattacks targeted at virtualization infrastructure underlying cloud computing services has become increasingly sophisticated. This paper presents a novel malware and rookit detection system which protects the guests against different attacks. It... Read More about Detection of malware and kernel-level rootkits in cloud computing environments.

Cure rate tailoring of thick composites via temperature controlled vascular pathways (2016)
Conference Proceeding
O'Donnell, M. P., Mahadik, Y., & Ward, C. (2016). Cure rate tailoring of thick composites via temperature controlled vascular pathways. In 57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-0161

© 2015 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Cure gradients in thick composite parts can lead to significant manufacturing defects. These gradients often arise due temperature differentials across the part due to differentials in extern... Read More about Cure rate tailoring of thick composites via temperature controlled vascular pathways.

A repeatable framework for best fit cloud solution (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ogunshile, E. K. A. (2016). A repeatable framework for best fit cloud solution. In D. Ferguson, V. M. Munoz, M. Helfert, & J. Cardoso (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science. , (194-205). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005808401940205

To respond to business challenges with agility, modern businesses have to evolve quickly to stay competitive. Unfortunately, in many situations, proliferation of heterogeneous Information Technology shifts act as a barrier to innovations instead of a... Read More about A repeatable framework for best fit cloud solution.

A big data analysis system for use in vehicular outdoor advertising (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ogunshile, E. K. A. (2016). A big data analysis system for use in vehicular outdoor advertising. In J. Cardoso, D. Ferguson, V. M. Munoz, & M. Helfert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (319-328). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005900303190328

Outdoor advertising is an old industry and the only reliably growing advertising sector other than online advertising. However, for it to sustain this growth, media providers must supply a comparable means of tracking an advertisement’s effectiveness... Read More about A big data analysis system for use in vehicular outdoor advertising.

Generic cloud computing framework understanding and implementation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ogunshile, E. K. A. (2016). Generic cloud computing framework understanding and implementation. In J. Cardoso, D. Ferguson, V. M. Munoz, & M. Helfert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER (206-215). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005809102060215

The rate of adoption of cloud services is increasing year on year as organisations realise the many benefits that moving operations onto a cloud based platform provides. However, there is an argument to be made that with the multitude services that o... Read More about Generic cloud computing framework understanding and implementation.

A provenance framework for policy analytics in Smart Cities (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Javed, B., McClatchey, R., Khan, Z., & Shamdasani, J. (2016). A provenance framework for policy analytics in Smart Cities. In M. Ramachandran, G. Wills, R. Walters, V. Méndez Muñoz, & V. Chang (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet of Things and Big Data (429-434). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005931504290434

Copyright © 2016 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved. Sustainable urban environments require appropriate policy management. However, such policies are established as a result of underlying, potentially comple... Read More about A provenance framework for policy analytics in Smart Cities.

On the effect of sensing-holes in PIR-based occupancy detection systems (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Ouadjaout, A., Lasla, N., Djenouri, D., & Zizoua, C. (2016). On the effect of sensing-holes in PIR-based occupancy detection systems. In Proceedings of the 5th International Confererence on Sensor Networks - Volume 1: SENSORNETS. , (175-180). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005805901750180

Sensing-holes in PIR-based motion detection systems are considered, and their impact on occupancy monitoring applications is investigated. To our knowledge, none of prior works on PIR-based systems consider the presence of these holes, which represen... Read More about On the effect of sensing-holes in PIR-based occupancy detection systems.

Microstructure and rheological properties of semi-solid 7075 slurries using SEED rheocasting process (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Bolouri, A., Zhao, Q. F., Côté, P., & Chen, X. G. (2016). Microstructure and rheological properties of semi-solid 7075 slurries using SEED rheocasting process. . https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.256.288

© 2016 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. The SEED rheocasting process was used to produce semisolid slurries of high strength 7075 aluminum wrought alloys. The effects of the SEED processing parameters on the microstructure of semisolid slurries... Read More about Microstructure and rheological properties of semi-solid 7075 slurries using SEED rheocasting process.