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Security patterns considered harmful? (2013)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S. 2013. Security patterns considered harmful? In Proceedings of the 2nd International workshop on cyberpatterns (Cyberpatterns 2013): unifying design patterns with security, attack and forensic patterns, 8-9 July 2013, Abingdon, UK. Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, pages 108-109.

While a useful source of repeatable security knowledge, ambiguity about what security patterns are and how they might be applied call into question their reliability as a design tool. To provoke discussion about their usefulness, this paper claims th... Read More about Security patterns considered harmful?.

Proceedings of the Workshop on web applications and secure hardware (WASH 2013). (2013)
Conference Proceeding
LYLE, J., FAILY, S. and WINANDY, M. (eds.) 2013. Proceedings of the Workshop on web applications and secure hardware (WASH 2013), co-located with the 6th International conference on trust and trustworthy computing (TRUST 2013), 20 June 2013, London, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 1011. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online]. Available from: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1011/

Web browsers are becoming the platform of choice for applications that need to work across a wide range of different devices, including mobile phones, tablets, PCs, TVs and in-car systems. However, for web applications which require a higher level of... Read More about Proceedings of the Workshop on web applications and secure hardware (WASH 2013)..

Visual documentation process of historic building refurbishment: improving energy efficiency by insulating wall cavity. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
BENNADJI, A. 2013. Visual documentation process of historic building refurbishment: improving energy efficiency by insulating wall cavity. In Grussenmeyer, P. (ed.) Proceedings of the 24th International Comité International de la Photogrammétrie Architecturale (CIPA) symposium, 2-6 September 2013, Strasbourg, France. International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, XL-5/W2. Göttingen: Copernicus Publications [online], pages 91-96. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-W2-91-2013

The North East of Scotland's construction method is similar to most popular building typologies in the UK. This typology can vary in term of external material (Granite, brick or stone) but with a secondary, usually timber sub frame with a lining on i... Read More about Visual documentation process of historic building refurbishment: improving energy efficiency by insulating wall cavity..

User perceptions of relevance and its effect on retrieval in a smart textile archive. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
HORSBURGH, B., CRAW, S., WILLIAMS, D., BURNETT, S., MORRISON, K. and MARTIN, S. 2013. User perceptions of relevance and its effect on retrieval in a smart textile archive. In Delany, S.J. and Ontañón, S. (eds.) Case-based reasoning research and development: proceedings of the 21st International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2013), 8-11 July 2013, Saratoga Springs, USA. Lecture notes in computer science, 7969. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 149-163. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39056-2_11

The digitisation of physical textiles archives is an important process for the Scottish textiles industry. This transformation creates an easy access point to a wide breadth of knowledge, which can be used to understand historical context and inspire... Read More about User perceptions of relevance and its effect on retrieval in a smart textile archive..

Generating space to articulate the value of an artists' practice. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
SMITH, H. 2013. Generating space to articulate the value of an artists' practice. In Nimkulrat, N., Niedderer, K. and Evans, M. (eds.) EKSIG 2013: knowing inside out: experiential knowledge, expertise and connoisseurship; proceedings of the 2013 International Design Research Society (DRS) special interest group on experiential knowledge conference (EKSIG 2013), 4-5 July 2013, Loughborough, UK. Loughborough: Loughborough University, pages 147-157. Available from: https://eksig.org/PDF/EKSIG2013Proceedings.pdf

The expertise of the artist, as a relational and social practice, is unstated in the sense that it is present but not articulated. Donald A. Schön's structure for the making of generative metaphor offers a theoretical and analytical framework for mov... Read More about Generating space to articulate the value of an artists' practice..

Metaphors in design: an analysis of how we represent design expertise. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
GULARI, M.N. 2013. Metaphors in design: an analysis of how we represent design expertise. In Nirmkulrat, N., Niedderer, K. and Evans, M. Proceedings of the 2013 International Design Research Society (DRS) special interest group on experiential knowledge conference: knowing inside out; experimental knowledge expertise and connoisseurship (eksig 2013), 4-5 July 2013, London, UK. London: Loughborough University, pages 289-302. Available from: http://experientialknowledge.org.uk/proceedings_2013.html

Design and design expertise are often argued about and rarely agreed upon by the design community, which is a result of their multifaceted nature and existing underlying assumptions, theoretical anomalies and fragmented knowledge in the field. Lakoff... Read More about Metaphors in design: an analysis of how we represent design expertise..

Investigation into the personal epistemology of computer science students. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
MCDERMOTT, R., PIRIE, I., CAJANDER, A., DANIELS, M. and LAXER, C. 2013. Investigation into the personal epistemology of computer science students. In Proceedings of the 18th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Innovation and technology in computer science education conference (ITiCSE 2013), 1-3 July 2013, Canterbury, UK. New York: ACM [online], pages 231-236. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2462476.2465589

In this paper, we investigate the personal epistemology of computing students, that is, their conceptions of knowledge and learning. We review some models of personal epistemological development and describe one of the questionnaire tools that have b... Read More about Investigation into the personal epistemology of computer science students..

Computational fluid dynamics based analysis of a closed thermo-siphon hot water solar system. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
FREEGAH, B., ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2013. Computational fluid dynamics based analysis of a closed thermo­siphon hot water solar system. In Proceedings of 26th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2013 (COMADEM 2013), 11-­13 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland. Birmingham: COMADEM International.

One of the alternative sources of energy is solar energy which is available in abundance throughout the world. The energy contained within the solar rays is capable of starting natural convection within closed mechanical systems containing a suitable... Read More about Computational fluid dynamics based analysis of a closed thermo-siphon hot water solar system..

Effect of blade faults on the performance characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
PARK, K.-S., ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2013. Characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine. In Proceedings of 26th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2013 (COMADEM 2013), 11­-13 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland. Birmingham: COMADEM International.

Due to the diminishing reserves of fossil fuels and increased pollution from exploitation of these fuels, the world is focusing on the renewable energy sources. Wind is being considered as one of the prime next generation energy sources. Considerable... Read More about Effect of blade faults on the performance characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine..

Effect of the shape of stator blades on the performance output of a vertical axis marine current turbine. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
ASIM, T., MISHRA, R. and UBBI, K.S. 2013. Effect of the shape of stator blades on the performance output of a vertical axis marine current turbine. In Proceedings of 26th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2013 (COMADEM 2013), 11-­13 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland. Birmingham: COMADEM International.

Due to the diminishing reserves of fossil fuels and increased pollution from exploitation of these fuels, the world is focusing on the renewable energy sources. Energy from tidal waves is one of the most exciting forms of renewable energy because of... Read More about Effect of the shape of stator blades on the performance output of a vertical axis marine current turbine..

Exploration of RTP circuit breaker with applications to video streaming. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
FOUGH, N., VERDICCHIO, F. and FAIRHURST, G. 2013. Exploration of RTP circuit breaker with applications to video streaming. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual postgraduate symposium on the convergence of telecommunications, networking and broadcasting 2013 (PGNET 2013), 24-25 June 2013, Liverpool, UK. Liverpool: Liverpool John Moores University. Hosted on Academia [online]. Available from: https://www.academia.edu/5546559/Exploration_of_RTP_Circuit_Breaker_with_Applications_to_Video_Streaming

Live multimedia streaming is becoming one of the dominant sources of internet traffic, much of which is sent over best-effort networks, i.e. along paths with a wide variety of characteristics. The multimedia traffic should be transmitted using a robu... Read More about Exploration of RTP circuit breaker with applications to video streaming..

Guidelines for integrating personas into software engineering tools. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S. and LYLE, J. 2013. Guidelines for integrating personas into software engineering tools. In Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGCHI symposium on engineering interactive computing systems (EICS 2013), 24-27 June 2013, London, UK. New York: ACM [online], pages 69-74. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2494603.2480318

Personas have attracted the interest of many in the usability and software engineering communities. To date, however, there has been little work illustrating how personas can be integrated into software tools to support these engineering activities.... Read More about Guidelines for integrating personas into software engineering tools..

Artificial chemistry approach to exploring search spaces using artificial reaction network agents. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
GERRARD, C.E., MCCALL, J., MACLEOD, C. and COGHILL, G.M. 2013. Artificial chemistry approach to exploring search spaces using artificial reaction network agents. In Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2013), 20-23 June 2013, Cancun, Mexico. New York: IEEE [online], article number 6557702, pages 1201-1208. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2013.6557702

The Artificial Reaction Network (ARN) is a cell signaling network inspired representation belonging to the branch of A-Life known as Artificial Chemistry. It has properties in common with both AI and Systems Biology techniques including Artificial Ne... Read More about Artificial chemistry approach to exploring search spaces using artificial reaction network agents..

Stress effects on flow partitioning in fractured reservoirs: equivalent porous media versus poro-elasticity coupled modeling. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
SANAEE, R., OLUYEMI, G.F., HOSSAIN, M. and OYENEYIN, M.B. 2013. Stress effects on flow partitioning in fractured reservoirs: equivalent porous media versus poro-elasticity coupled modeling. In Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Morris, J., Chan, A., Rostami, J. and Dershowitz, W. (eds.) Proceedings of the 47th U.S. rock mechanics/geomechanics American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) symposium 2013, 23-26 June 2013, San Francisco, USA. Alexandira, VA: American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA), 3, pages 2329-2337.

In this paper the effects of overburden stress on fracture-matrix flow partitioning were numerically analyzed using two different numerical approaches; the analysis was validated using a fractured Clashach core flood laboratory experimental data. In... Read More about Stress effects on flow partitioning in fractured reservoirs: equivalent porous media versus poro-elasticity coupled modeling..

Developing a framework for selection of sustainable materials based on the embedded energy for building construction. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
SENARATH, S.B.R., CHANDRATHILAKE, S.R. and VICTORIA, M.F. 2013. Developing a framework for selection of sustainable materials based on the embedded energy for building construction. In Sandanayake, Y.G. and Fernando, N.G. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd World construction symposium 2013: socio-economic sustainability in construction: practice, policy and research, 14-15 June 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo: Ceylon Institute of Builders [online], pages 150-169. Available from: https://2016.ciobwcs.com/downloads/pastsymposiums/2013/proceedings.pdf

Material selection in conventional construction projects concentrate on various criteria. However, sustainable construction must take into account of embodied energy of materials during material selection which is rarely addressed by construction pro... Read More about Developing a framework for selection of sustainable materials based on the embedded energy for building construction..

Perspectives in applied academic practice: development of a cross-institutional open access journal to support early career academics. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
STRICKLAND, K., SMYTH, K., WALKER, D. and VLACHOPOULOS, P. 2013. Perspectives in applied academic practice: development of a cross-institutional open access journal to support early career academics. In Proceedings of the 10th Enhancement and innovation in higher education conference, 11-13 June 2013, Glasgow, UK. United Kingdom: Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

Engagement in the scholarship of learning and teaching contributes to the enrichment and enhancement of academic practice. One method of engagement is through contributing to the scholarly discourse by publishing in academic journals. The publication... Read More about Perspectives in applied academic practice: development of a cross-institutional open access journal to support early career academics..

The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
VIEYRES, P., NOVALES, C., RIVAS, R., VILCAHUAMAN, L. SANDOVAL, J., CLARK, T., DESTIGTER, K., JOSSERAND, L., MORRISON, Z., ROBERTSON, A., AVGOUSTI, S., MORETTE, N., VOSKARIDES, S., FONTE, A., KASPARIS, T. and LEFEBVRE, E. 2013. The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery. In Proceedings of the 2013 Peruvian biomedical engineering, bioengineering, biotechnology and medical physics congress (TUMI II 2013), co-located with 24th annual meeting of the Coral 2013, 29-31 May 2013, Lima, Peru. Lima: PUCP [online], pages 205-210. Available from: http://www.congreso.pucp.edu.pe/tumi/docs/papers_revision.pdf

Access to good quality healthcare remains difficult for many patients whether they live in developed or developing countries. In developed countries, specialist medical expertise is concentrated in major hospitals in urban settings both to improve cl... Read More about The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery..

Bravehearts or tim'rous beasties? (2013)
Conference Proceeding
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2013. Bravehearts or tim'rous beasties? A decade of research into online election campaigns in Scotland. In Parycek, P. and Edelmann, N. (eds). Proceedings of the 2013 International conference for e-democracy and open government (CeDEM13), 22-24 May 2013, Krems, Austria. 2nd ed. Krems: Edition Donau-Universität [online], pages 75-87. Available from: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/imperia/md/content/department/gpa/zeg/bilder/cedem/cedem13_2nd_ed_final_version.pdf

Over the last ten years, the authors have conducted a series of investigations into the use of the Internet by political parties and individual candidates during parliamentary at the Scottish political arena. This paper provides an overview of the re... Read More about Bravehearts or tim'rous beasties?.

A technical evaluation of wind-hydrogen (WH) demonstration projects in Europe. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
VALVERDE, L., ALI, D., ABDEL-WAHAB, M., GUERRA, J. and HOGG, D.F. 2013. A technical evaluation of wind-hydrogen (WH) demonstration projects in Europe. In Proceedings of 4th international conference on Power engineering, energy and electrical drives 2013 (POWERENG 2013), 13-17 May 2013, Istanbul, Turkey. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 1098-1104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/powereng.2013.6635764

Investment in Renewable Energy Sources (RES) is at the center of energy policy in Europe. A key shortcoming of renewable energy is the issue of intermittency which can pose a risk to the security of energy supply. Energy storage thus becomes essentia... Read More about A technical evaluation of wind-hydrogen (WH) demonstration projects in Europe..

Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
NWOGU, N.C. and GOBINA, E. 2013. Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture. In Laudon, M., Romanowicz, B.F. and NSTI. (eds.) TechConnect briefs: Nanotechnology 2013, vol 3: bio sensors, instruments, medical, environment and energy: technical proceedings of the 2013 NSTI (Nano Science and Technology Institute) Nanotechnology conference and expo, 12-16 May 2013, Washington, USA. Boston, MA: TechConnect [online], pages 708-711. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/Nanotech2013v3/pdf/415.pdf

A nano-structure tubular hybrid inorganic membrane capable of stripping carbon dioxide from flue gas stream was designed and tested at laboratory scale to improve compliance to various environmental regulations to cushion the effect of global warming... Read More about Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture..