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Sustainable energy for emerging nations development: a case study on Togo renewable energy. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
KANSONGUE, N., NJUGUNA, J. and VERTIGANS, S. 2018. Sustainable energy for emerging nations development: a case study on Togo renewable energy. In Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) and Industrial Applications Society (IAS) PowerAfrica 2018 conference, 26-29 June 2018, Cape Town, South Africa. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], pages 137-141. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2018.8521054

This paper explores the need for an appropriate energy delivery, placing emphasis on the role of the indigenous people in developing their future needs. The case study is based on Togo renewable energy sustainability and employs qualitative and quant... Read More about Sustainable energy for emerging nations development: a case study on Togo renewable energy..

A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
MICHELI, L., FERNÁNDEZ, E.F., SMESTAD, G.P., ALRASHIDI, H., SARMAH, N., SELLAMI, N., HASSAN, I.A.I., KASRY, A., NOFUENTES, G., SOOD, N., PESALA, B., SENTHILARASU, S., ALMONACID, F., REDDY, K.S., MULLER, M. and MALLICK, T.K. 2018. A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results. In the Proceedings of the 44th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) photovoltaic specialist conference 2017 (2017 IEEE PVSC-44), 25-30 June 2017, Washinghton, USA. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article ID 8366317. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366317

The present work reports on the initial results of an international collaboration aiming to investigate the spectral effects of soiling losses. Identical glass coupons have been exposed outdoors for eight weeks in different locations worldwide, and w... Read More about A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results..

Assessing system of systems security risk and requirements with OASoSIS. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
KI-ARIES, D., FAILY, S., DOGAN, H. and WILLIAMS, C. 2018. Assessing system of systems security risk and requirements with OASoSIS. In Beckers, K., Faily, S., Lee, S.-W. and Mead, N. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International workshop on evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE 2018), 20 August 2018, Banff, Canada. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society [online], pages 14-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ESPRE.2018.00009

When independent systems come together as a System of Systems (SoS) to achieve a new purpose, dealing with requirements conflicts across systems becomes a challenge. Moreover, assessing and modelling security risk for independent systems and the SoS... Read More about Assessing system of systems security risk and requirements with OASoSIS..

Tool-supporting data protection impact assessments with CAIRIS. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
COLES, J., FAILY, S. and KI-ARIES, D. 2018. Tool-supporting data protection impact assessments with CAIRIS. In Beckers, K., Faily, S., Lee, S.-W. and Mead, N. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International workshop on evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE 2018), 20 August 2018, Banff, Canada. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society [online], pages 21-27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ESPRE.2018.00010

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) encourages the use of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) to integrate privacy into organisations' activities and practices from early design onwards. To date, however, there has been little prescr... Read More about Tool-supporting data protection impact assessments with CAIRIS..

Confidence-based underwater localization scheme for large-scale mobile sensor networks. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
SABRA, A., FUNG, W.-K. and RADHAKRISHNA, P. 2018. Confidence-based underwater localization scheme for large-scale mobile sensor networks. In Proceedings of the 2018 Marine Technology Society and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MTS/IEEE) OCEANS conference (OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE), 22-25 October 2018, Charleston, USA. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article ID 8604878. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2018.8604878

The absence of Global Positioning System in underwater environment predominates in the challenges of underwater vehicles navigation or sensor nodes tracking. Localization of single or few underwater vehicles has been fostered in recent years. However... Read More about Confidence-based underwater localization scheme for large-scale mobile sensor networks..

Antioxidant activity of silver nanoparticles prepared by green synthesis. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
RUTTKAY-NEDECKÝ, B., DOČEKALOVÁ, M., HOSNEDLOVÁ, B., UHLÍŘOVÁ, D., STAŃKOVÁ, M., KEPINSKA, M., MILNEROWICZ, H., FERNANDEZ, C., BAROŇ, M., SOCHOR, J., NGUYEN, H.V. and KIZEK, R. 2018. Antioxidant activity of silver nanoparticles prepared by green synthesis. In Proceedings of 10th Nanomaterials international conference 2018 (NANOCON 2018): research and application, 17-19 October 2018, Brno, Czech Republic. Ostrava: Tanger Ltd [online], pages 392-396. Available from: https://www.confer.cz/nanocon/2018/download/189-antioxidant-activity-of-silver-nanoparticles-prepared-by-green-synthesis.pdf

At present, great attention is given to silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), which thanks to its unique properties, such as good electric conductivity, photoelectrochemical activity and antimicrobial activity are widely used. Green synthesis of nanoparticle... Read More about Antioxidant activity of silver nanoparticles prepared by green synthesis..

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (spions) modified with sarcosine oxidase-enzymatic activity analysis by sds-page. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
UHLÍŘOVÁ, D., STAŇKOVÁ, M., DOČEKALOVÁ, M., HOSNEDLOVÁ, B., KEPINSKA, M., RUTTKAY-NEDECKÝ, B., RŮŽIČKA, J., FERNANDEZ, C., MILNEROWICZ, H. and KIZEK, R. 2018. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (spions) modified with sarcosine oxidase-enzymatic activity analysis by sds-page. In Proceedings of 10th Nanomaterials international conference 2018 (NANOCON 2018): research and application, 17-19 October 2018, Brno, Czech Republic. Ostrava: Tanger Ltd [online], pages 360-364. Available from: https://www.confer.cz/nanocon/2018/download/190-superparamagnetic-iron-oxide-nanoparticles-spions-modified-with-sarcosine-oxidase-enzymatic-activity-analysis-by-sds-page.pdf

Sarcosine oxidase (SOX) is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative demethylation of sarcosine with the glycine as a product and is physiologically active in human body and other mammals. However prostate cancer cells have a high expression of sarcosin... Read More about Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (spions) modified with sarcosine oxidase-enzymatic activity analysis by sds-page..

Conjugated metallothionein-carbon-doxorubicin nanotransporter for targeted breast cancer therapy. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
SKALIČKOVÁ, S., KEPINSKA, M., LOFFELMANN, M., UHLÍŘOVÁ, D., GARGULÁK, M., DOČEKALOVÁ, M., HOSNEDLOVÁ, B., RUTTKAY-NEDECKÝ, B., MILNEROWICZ, H., FERNANDEZ, C. and KIZEK, R. 2018. Conjugated metallothionein-carbon-doxorubicin nanotransporter for targeted breast cancer therapy. In Proceedings of 10th Nanomaterials international conference 2018 (NANOCON 2018): research and application, 17-19 October 2018, Brno, Czech Republic. Ostrava: Tanger Ltd [online], pages 342-347. Available from: https://www.confer.cz/nanocon/2018/download/193-metallothionein-fullerene-doxorubicin-nanotransporter-conjugates-for-targeted-breast-cancer-therapy.pdf

Metalothionein (MT) is a polypeptide of molecular weight in the range of 6-10 kDa. MT typically contains 60 to 68 amino acid residues. MT is characterized by its unique content of metal ions as well as its sulfur content. Higher MT levels were observ... Read More about Conjugated metallothionein-carbon-doxorubicin nanotransporter for targeted breast cancer therapy..

Brain MR image segmentation using multiphase active contours based on local and global fitted images. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
AKRAM, F., SINGH, V.K., SARKER, M.M.K., GARCIA, M.A. and PUIG, D. 2018. Brain MR image segmentation using multiphase active contours based on local and global fitter images. In Falomir, Z., Gilbert, K. and Plaza, E. (eds.). Artificial intelligence research and development: current challenges, new trends and applications; contributions from 21st international conference of Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence 2018 (CCIA 2018), 8-10 October 2018, Alt Empordà, Spain. Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, 308. Amsterdam: IOP Press [online], pages 325-334. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-918-8-325

The study of white matter (WM), grey matter (GM) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) regions in the brain magnetic resonance (MR) images can be useful for determining different brain disorders, assisting brain surgery, post-surgical analysis, saliency dete... Read More about Brain MR image segmentation using multiphase active contours based on local and global fitted images..

FITsense: employing multi-modal sensors in smart homes to predict falls. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
MASSIE, S., FORBES, G., CRAW, S., FRASER, L. and HAMILTON, G. 2018. FITsense: employing multi-modal sensors in smart homes to predict falls. In Cox, M.T., Funk, P. and Begum, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 26th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2018), 9-12 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Lecture notes in computer science, 11156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 249-263. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01081-2_17

As people live longer, the increasing average age of the population places additional strains on our health and social services. There are widely recognised benefits to both the individual and society from supporting people to live independently for... Read More about FITsense: employing multi-modal sensors in smart homes to predict falls..

Case based reasoning as a model for cognitive artificial intelligence. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
CRAW, S. and AAMODT, A. 2018. Case based reasoning as a model for cognitive artificial intelligence. In Cox, M.T., Funk, P. and Begum, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 26th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2018), 9-12 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Lecture notes in computer science, 11156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 62-77. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01081-2_5

Cognitive Systems understand the world through learning and experience. Case Based Reasoning (CBR) systems naturally capture knowledge as experiences in memory and they are able to learn new experiences to retain in their memory. CBR's retrieve and r... Read More about Case based reasoning as a model for cognitive artificial intelligence..

Personalised human activity recognition using matching networks. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
SANI, S., WIRATUNGA, N., MASSIE, S. and COOPER, K. 2018. Personalised human activity recognition using matching networks. In Cox, M.T., Funk, P. and Begum, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 26th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2018), 9-12 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Lecture notes in computer science, 11156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 339-353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01081-2_23

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is typically modelled as a classification task where sensor data associated with activity labels are used to train a classifier to recognise future occurrences of these activities. An important consideration when trai... Read More about Personalised human activity recognition using matching networks..

Improving kNN for human activity recognition with privileged learning using translation models. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
WIJEKOON, A., WIRATUNGA, N., SANI, S., MASSIE, S. and COOPER, K. 2018. Improving kNN for human activity recognition with privileged learning using translation models. In Cox, M.T., Funk, P. and Begum, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 26th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2018), 9-12 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden. Lecture notes in computer science, 11156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 448-463. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01081-2_30

Multiple sensor modalities provide more accurate Human Activity Recognition (HAR) compared to using a single modality, yet the latter is preferred by consumers as it is more convenient and less intrusive. This presents a challenge to researchers, as... Read More about Improving kNN for human activity recognition with privileged learning using translation models..

Feasibility analysis of unique ID (UID) generation for personal authentication of valuable documents using dorsal hand vein pattern. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
AMBADIYIL, S., JAYARAIAN, R., PILLAI, V.P.M. and PRABHU, R. 2018. Feasibility analysis of unique ID (UID) generation for personal authentication of valuable documents using dorsal hand vein pattern. In Bouma, H., Prabhu, R., Stokes, R.J. and Yitzhaky, Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics and surveillance technologies 2018 conference: co-located with the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Security and defence conference 2018, 10-13 September 2018, Berlin, Germany. Proceedings of the SPIE, 10802. Bellingham, WA: SPIE [online], article ID 108020H. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2325346

Reliable personal authentication is a critical and vital obligation to the security in all the real-world applications. Nevertheless, biometric features are effectively used for the personal authentication, in some cases the criminal impersonation is... Read More about Feasibility analysis of unique ID (UID) generation for personal authentication of valuable documents using dorsal hand vein pattern..

Waveguide-based machine readable fluorescence security feature for border control and security applications. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
JOHNY, J., BHAVSAR, K., OFFICER, S., ADAMS, M., PRABHU, R. 2018. Waveguide-based machine readable fluorescence security feature for border control and security applications. In Bouma, H., Prabhu, R., Stokes, R.J. and Yitzhaky, Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd Counterterrorism, crime fighting, forensics and surveillance technologies 2018 conference: co-located with the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Security and defence conference 2018, 10-13 September 2018, Berlin, Germany. Proceedings of the (SPIE), 10802. Bellingham, WA: SPIE [online], article ID 1080209. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2501974

Border security challenges and immigration issues are increasing considerably in recent years. Counterfeiting and fraudulent use of identity and other travel documents are posing serious threats and safety concerns worldwide, ever since the advanceme... Read More about Waveguide-based machine readable fluorescence security feature for border control and security applications..

Making industrial robots smarter with adaptive reasoning and autonomous thinking for real-time tasks in dynamic environments: a case study. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
ZABALZA, J., FEI, Z., WONG, C., YAN, Y., MINEO, C., YANG, E., RODDEN, T., MEHNEN, J., PHAM, Q.-C. and REN, J. 2018. Making industrial robots smarter with adaptive reasoning and autonomous thinking for real-time tasks in dynamic environments: a case study. In Ren, J., Hussain, A., Zheng, J., Liu, C.-L., Lou, B., Zhao, H. and Zhao, X. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of 9th International conference on Brain inspired cognitive system 2018 (BICS2018), 7-8 July 2018, Xi'an, China. Lecture notes in computer science, 10989. Cham: Springer [online], pages 790-800. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00563-4_77

In order to extend the abilities of current robots in industrial applications towards more autonomous and flexible manufacturing, this work presents an integrated system comprising real-time sensing, path-planning and control of industrial robots to... Read More about Making industrial robots smarter with adaptive reasoning and autonomous thinking for real-time tasks in dynamic environments: a case study..

Deep Learning Based Single Image Super-Resolution: A Survey (2018)
Conference Proceeding
HA, V.K., REN, J., XU, X., ZHAO, S. XIE, G. and VARGAS, V.M. 2018. Deep learning based single image super-resolution: a survey. In Ren, J., Hussain, A., Zheng, J., Liu, C.-L., Luo, B., Zhao, H. and Zhao, X. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of 9th International conference brain inspired cognitive systems 2018 (BICS 2018), 7-8 July 2018, Xi'an, China. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 10989. Cham: Springer [online], pages 106-119. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00563-4_11

Image super-resolution is a process of obtaining one or more high-resolution image from single or multiple samples of low-resolution images. Due to its wide applications, a number of different techniques have been developed recently, including interp... Read More about Deep Learning Based Single Image Super-Resolution: A Survey.

An analysis of indirect optimisation strategies for scheduling. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
NEAU, C., REGNIER-COUDERT, O. and MCCALL, J. 2018. An analysis of indirect optimisation strategies for scheduling. In Proceedings of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) congress on evolutionary computation (IEEE CEC 2018), 8-13 July 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article ID 8477967. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2018.8477967

By incorporating domain knowledge, simple greedy procedures can be defined to generate reasonably good solutions to many optimisation problems. However, such solutions are unlikely to be optimal and their quality often depends on the way the decision... Read More about An analysis of indirect optimisation strategies for scheduling..

Tactical plan optimisation for large multi-skilled workforces using a bi-level model. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
AINSLIE, R., MCCALL, J., SHAKYA, S. and OWUSU, G. 2018. Tactical plan optimisation for large multi-skilled workforces using a bi-level model. In Proceedings of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) congress on evolutionary computation (IEEE CEC 2018), 8-13 July 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE [online], article ID 8477701. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2018.8477701

The service chain planning process is a critical component in the operations of companies in the service industry, such as logistics, telecoms or utilities. This process involves looking ahead over various timescales to ensure that available capacity... Read More about Tactical plan optimisation for large multi-skilled workforces using a bi-level model..

Effect of manufacturing method of a centrifugal fan hub on its heat dissipation characteristics. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
SWINTON, J., ESHAAFI, T., ASIM, T., IRONS, J. and MISHRA, R. 2017. Effect of manufacturing method of a centrifugal fan hub on its heat dissipation characteristics. In Sherrington, I., Onsy, A., Brooks, H., George, J. and Rao, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 30th International conference on condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management (COMADEM 2017), 10-13 July 2017, Preston, UK. Preston: University of Central Lancashire [online], pages 355-360. Available from: http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/24444/

As the process temperature of a fan system increases, the amount of heat that gets transmitted to the bearings and/or motor increases. If this is not accounted for, it can lead to catastrophic failure. The main heat conduction path is through the sha... Read More about Effect of manufacturing method of a centrifugal fan hub on its heat dissipation characteristics..