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IoT-DMCP: An IoT data management and control platform for smart cities (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Boulkaboul, S., Djenouri, D., Bouhafs, S., & Belaid, M. (2019). IoT-DMCP: An IoT data management and control platform for smart cities. https://doi.org/10.5220/0007861005780583

This paper presents a design and implementation of a data management platform to monitor and control smart objects in the Internet of Things (IoT). This is through IPv4/IPv6, and by combining IoT specific features and protocols such as CoAP, HTTP and... Read More about IoT-DMCP: An IoT data management and control platform for smart cities.

Open doors: Designing playful objects for dementia (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Fennell, J., Treadaway, C., & Taylor, A. (2019). Open doors: Designing playful objects for dementia

This design-based submission comprises a prototype design for a playful object for use in dementia care and the ‘Open Doors’documentary video that explains the underpinning research collaboration. LUMA is a hand-held playful object, designed for peop... Read More about Open doors: Designing playful objects for dementia.

Designing folding interventions for positive moments (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Souyave, J., Treadaway, C., Fennell, J., & Walters, A. (2019). Designing folding interventions for positive moments

People living in the advanced stages of dementia are often confined to a bed or chair and spend many hours unoccupied. Hand-based activities that are ‘in the moment’ and provide stimulation have the potential to relieve agitation, reduce stress and p... Read More about Designing folding interventions for positive moments.

A comparison of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and pure graphene: early age properties of cement composites (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Qureshi, T., & Panesar, D. (2019). A comparison of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and pure graphene: early age properties of cement composites. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS2019) New Generation of Construction Materials (342-349)

This study compares the hydration, mechanical and transport properties of cement based composites containing graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and pure graphene (G). The only mix design variable other than the type of graphene materi... Read More about A comparison of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and pure graphene: early age properties of cement composites.

Policy Recommendations for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Operations Through Hybrid Fuzzy System Dynamics Risk Analysis (FuSDRA) (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Loh, T. Y., Brito, M. P., Bose, N., Xu, J., & Tenekedjiev, K. (2019). Policy Recommendations for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Operations Through Hybrid Fuzzy System Dynamics Risk Analysis (FuSDRA)

The advancement of science and technology has resulted in an emerging trend in the use of autonomous equipment in many maritime universities. One such example is the use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) for marine research. However, a key chal... Read More about Policy Recommendations for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Operations Through Hybrid Fuzzy System Dynamics Risk Analysis (FuSDRA).

Diagnostic tool and online resource providing mathematics support for non-specialists (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Henderson, K., Gwynllyw, R., Walsh, E., Haslam, O., O'Flynn, P., Elvidge, D., & Golden, K. (2019). Diagnostic tool and online resource providing mathematics support for non-specialists. In ICERI2019 Proceedings (7756-7764). https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2019

We report on the development of a diagnostic tool to provide support for non-mathematics students. This tool has been designed to aid the transition onto university courses where mathematics is required during the course, but is not a pre-requisite.... Read More about Diagnostic tool and online resource providing mathematics support for non-specialists.

Historical 2.5D photomechanical printing (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Klein, S., & Parraman, C. (2019). Historical 2.5D photomechanical printing. In Proceedings of the Imaging Conference JAPAN 2019. , (215-217)

One of the technological achievements of the 19th century was the mass reproduction of photographic images. Woodburytype was the first commercially successful photomechanical continuous tone printing method, of unsurpassed quality until today, and, a... Read More about Historical 2.5D photomechanical printing.

Optimisation of low temperature combustion technology, for future drive cycles, using a factorial design of experiments (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Van Niekerk, A. S., Kay, P. J., Drew, B., & Larsen, N. (2019). Optimisation of low temperature combustion technology, for future drive cycles, using a factorial design of experiments.

Automotive manufacturers are facing increased pressure to meet more stringent emissions legislation and new legislative driving cycles. One technology that has the potential to meet future legislation is Low Temperature Combustion (LTC), which has th... Read More about Optimisation of low temperature combustion technology, for future drive cycles, using a factorial design of experiments.

The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Han, Y., Kumar, V., Tuyết Trương, N., & Ngoc Hoang, N. Y. (2019). The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vietnam, 2019

Culture of Quality (COQ) is regarded as an important component of TQM however this is a relatively new theme, compared to other concepts in the quality management domain. However, literature resources on this topic are relatively scarce and there is... Read More about The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance.

SAW based passively bioimpedance sensing for zero-power wearable applications of biosensors (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Yue, A., Kiely, J., McLeod, C., & Wraith, P. (in press). SAW based passively bioimpedance sensing for zero-power wearable applications of biosensors. In 2019 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS)

A novel passive bio-sensing method, which electrically connects a conventional biosensor to a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, is proposed for passively sensing bio-impedance for zero-power wearable applications. The biosensor attached to the SAW... Read More about SAW based passively bioimpedance sensing for zero-power wearable applications of biosensors.

Rectangular antenna with vertical slots implemented for WLAN applications (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Awais, Q., Khan, M. N., Zahid, T., Mehboob, K., Malik, M. H., Jamil, M., & Farasat, M. (2019). Rectangular antenna with vertical slots implemented for WLAN applications.

In this paper slot lines are introduced in WLAN antenna that has compact size of 97mm x80 to enhance the bandwidth. CPW feed mechanism is implemented which enables the system to be tuned at wide range of frequencies. The size of capacitive slots is o... Read More about Rectangular antenna with vertical slots implemented for WLAN applications.

Static and temporal differences in social signals between error-free and erroneous situations in human-robot collaboration (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Cahya, D. E., Ramakrishnan, R., & Giuliani, M. (2019). Static and temporal differences in social signals between error-free and erroneous situations in human-robot collaboration. In M. A. Salichs, S. S. Ge, E. I. Barakova, J. Cabibihan, A. R. Wagner, Ά. Castro-González, & H. He (Eds.), Social Robotics. , (189-199). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_18

The capability of differentiating error situations from error-free situations in human-robot collaboration is a mandatory skill for collaborative robots. One of the variables that robots can analyse to differentiate both situations are the social sig... Read More about Static and temporal differences in social signals between error-free and erroneous situations in human-robot collaboration.

Aerodynamic analysis of a wind turbine with elevated inflow turbulence and wake using harmonic method (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Win Naung, S., Rahmati, M., & Farokhi, H. (2019). Aerodynamic analysis of a wind turbine with elevated inflow turbulence and wake using harmonic method. In Conference Proceedings - International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2019-96769

This paper presents aerodynamic simulation and analysis of a horizontal axis wind turbine using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. The MEXICO (Model Rotor Experiments In Controlled Conditions) Experiment wind turbine is selected for simulatio... Read More about Aerodynamic analysis of a wind turbine with elevated inflow turbulence and wake using harmonic method.

Aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines using non-linear harmonic method (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Win Naung, S., Rahmati, M., & Farokhi, H. (2019). Aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines using non-linear harmonic method. In Conference Proceedings - International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1115/omae2019-96256

In this paper, aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines is presented. The distinctive feature of this paper is the use of frequency based non-linear harmonic method which is an efficient computational method to study unsteady periodic flow and aerole... Read More about Aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines using non-linear harmonic method.

Flow characteristics in aeroengine bearing chambers with shallow sump (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Chandra, B., & Simmons, K. (2019). Flow characteristics in aeroengine bearing chambers with shallow sump. . https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2019-90320

In an aeroengine oil is supplied to the bearings for lubrication and cooling. Subsequently, it creates a two phase flow environment in the bearing chamber that may contain droplets, mist, wall film, ligaments, froth or foam and liquid pools. After th... Read More about Flow characteristics in aeroengine bearing chambers with shallow sump.

Simulation-based physics reasoning for consistent scene estimation in an HRI context (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sallami, Y., Lemaignan, S., Clodic, A., & Alami, R. (2019). Simulation-based physics reasoning for consistent scene estimation in an HRI context. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. , (7834-7841). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968106

© 2019 IEEE. Reasoning about spatial and geometric relations between objects in a tabletop human-robot interaction is a challenge due to the perception not being always consistent: objects placed on a table seem to be slightly in the air; they overla... Read More about Simulation-based physics reasoning for consistent scene estimation in an HRI context.

Considering institutional logics in building performance evaluation research (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Oliveira, S., & Baborska-Narożny, M. (2020). Considering institutional logics in building performance evaluation research. In L. C. Jain, A. Capozzoli, R. J. Howlett, & J. Littlewood (Eds.), Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, (701-710). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9868-2_59

The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon potential analytical benefits of institutional theory in the study of building performance evaluation (BPE) practice. BPE studies have mostly been based on descriptive empirical insights with little concep... Read More about Considering institutional logics in building performance evaluation research.