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Innovative cyclical development of the Russian pipeline system. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
KURUSHINA, V. and ZEMENKOV, Y. 2014. Innovative cyclical development of the Russian pipeline system. In Brebbia, C.A., Magaril, E.R. and Khodorovsky, M.Y. (eds.) Energy production and management in the 21st century: the quest for sustainable energy: proceedings of the 1st International conference on energy production and management (Energy Quest 2014), 23-25 April 2014, Ekaterinburg, Russia. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment, 190. Southampton: WIT Press [online], pages 881-888. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2495/EQ140822

This paper examines the identification of patterns of innovative development in the Russian pipeline system. An evaluation system based on the theory of technological innovation cycles is proposed. The innovation cycles identification scheme, in term... Read More about Innovative cyclical development of the Russian pipeline system..

Engaging stakeholders in security design: an assumption-driven approach. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S. 2014. Engaging stakeholders in security design: an assumption-driven approach. In Clarke, N.L. and Furnell, S.M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 8th International symposium on human aspects of information security and assurance (HAISA 2014), 8-9 July 2014, Plymouth, UK. Plymouth: Plymouth University, pages 21-29.

System stakeholders fail to engage with security until comparatively late in the design and development process. User Experience artefacts like personas and scenarios create this engagement, but creating and contextualising them is difficult without... Read More about Engaging stakeholders in security design: an assumption-driven approach..

Ethical hacking assessment as a vehicle for undergraduate cyber-security education. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S. 2014. Ethical hacking assessment as a vehicle for undergraduate cyber-security education. In Uhomoibhi, J.O., Linecar, P., Barikzai, S., Ross, M. and Staples, G. (eds.) Global issues in IT education: proceedings of the 19th International conference on software process improvement research, education and training (INSPIRE 2014), 15 April 2014, Southampton, UK. Southampton: Solent University, pages 79-90.

The need for cyber security professionals in the UK is growing, motivating the need to introduce cybersecurity at an earlier stage of an undergraduate's education. However, despite on-going interest in cybersecurity pedagogy, there has been comparati... Read More about Ethical hacking assessment as a vehicle for undergraduate cyber-security education..

The widening knowledge gap in the built environment of developed and developing nations: lean and offsite construction in Nigeria and the UK. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
OMOTAYO, T. and KERAMINIYAGE, K. 2014. The widening knowledge gap in the built environment of developed and developing nations: lean and offsite construction in Nigeria and the UK. In Proceedings of the International conference on construction in a changing world, 4-7 May 2014, Kandalama, Sri Lanka. Manchester: University of Salford [online]. Available from: https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB_DC27738.pdf

This paper assessed the knowledge divide between the UK and Nigeria construction industries in the area of lean and offsite construction. This study utilized literature review as a method of determining the extent to which lean and offsite constructi... Read More about The widening knowledge gap in the built environment of developed and developing nations: lean and offsite construction in Nigeria and the UK..

Enhanced oil recovery by CO2 injection in carbonate reservoirs. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
HAWEZ, H. and AHMED, Z. 2014. Enhanced oil recovery by CO2 injection in carbonate reservoirs. In Al-Kayiem, H.H., Brebbia, C.A. and Zubir, S.S. (eds.) Energy and sustainability V: proceedings of 5th Energy and sustainability international conference 2014, 16-18 December 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment, 186. Southampton: WIT Press [online], 547-558. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2495/ESUS140481

The majority of carbonate reservoirs have low porosity and permeability in general because of having a high amount of matrixes that make a heterogeneous reservoir, however high permeable layers are fractured. This study shows the effect of carbon dio... Read More about Enhanced oil recovery by CO2 injection in carbonate reservoirs..

Virtual embedded librarianship for information literacy teaching. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
MARTZOUKOU, K. and TRAMANTZA, E. 2014. Virtual embedded librarianship for information literacy teaching. In Kurbanoglu, S., Špiranec, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D. and Catts, R. (eds.) Information literacy: lifelong learning and digital citizeanship in the 21st century; proceedings of the 2nd European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2014), 20-23 October 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Communications in computer and information science, 492.Cham: Springer [online], pages 446-455. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14136-7_47

This paper, reports on the planning and preliminary results of an action research project undertaken for the redesign of an online distance learning information literacy (IL) module on the basis of virtual 'embedded librarianship'. The research proje... Read More about Virtual embedded librarianship for information literacy teaching..

The UK's experience in mitigating climate change: a planned strategy or a learning curve? (2014)
Conference Proceeding
BENNADJI, A. 2014. The UK's experience in mitigating climate change: a planned strategy or a learning curve? In Proceedings of the 30th Passive low energy architecture international conference (PLEA 2014): sustainable habitat for developing societies: choosing the way forward, 16-18 December 2014, Ahmedabad, India. Ahmedabad: CEPT University press [online], volume 3, pages 35-42. Available from: http://www.plea2014.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/PLEA2014_Proceedings_Vol_3.pdf

Reducing the CO2 emission by 80% from 1990 level by 2050 is a challenging operation for the UK. This challenge has embarked the whole nation in a national exercise that involves professionals in all sectors, corporations, SMEs, families and individua... Read More about The UK's experience in mitigating climate change: a planned strategy or a learning curve?.

Self-learning data processing framework based on computational intelligence enhancing autonomous control by machine intelligence. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
RATTADILOK, P. and PETROVSKI, A. 2014. Self-learning data processing framework based on computational intelligence enhancing autonomous control by machine intelligence. In Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE symposium on evolving and autonomous learning systems (EALS 2014), part of the 2014 IEEE symposium series on computational intelligence (SSCI 2014), 9-12 December 2014, Orlando, USA. New York: IEEE [online], article number 7009508, pages 87-94. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/EALS.2014.7009508

A generic framework for evolving and autonomously controlled systems has been developed and evaluated in this paper. A three-phase approach aimed at identification, classification of anomalous data and at prediction of its consequences is applied to... Read More about Self-learning data processing framework based on computational intelligence enhancing autonomous control by machine intelligence..

Automated inferential measurement system for traffic surveillance: enhancing situation awareness of UAVs by computational intelligence. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
RATTADILOK, P. and PETROVSKI, A. 2014. Automated inferential measurement system for traffic surveillance: enhancing situation awareness of UAVs by computational intelligence. In Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE symposium on computational intelligence in control and automation (CICA 2014), part of the 2014 IEEE symposium series on computational intelligence (SSCI 2014), 9-12 December 2014, Orlando, USA. New York: IEEE [online], article number 7013256, pages 229-236. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CICA.2014.7013256

An adaptive inferential measurement framework for control and automation systems has been proposed in the paper and tested on simulated traffic surveillance data. The use of the framework enables making inferences related to the presence of anomalies... Read More about Automated inferential measurement system for traffic surveillance: enhancing situation awareness of UAVs by computational intelligence..

Eliciting and visualising trust expectations using persona trust characteristics and goal models. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2014. Eliciting and visualising trust expectations using persona trust characteristics and goal models. In Lanubile, F. and Ali, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International workshop on social software engineering (SSE 2014), 17 November 2014, Hong Kong, China. New York: ACM [online], pages 17-24. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2661685.2661690

Developers and users rely on trust to simplify complexity when building and using software. Unfortunately, the invisibility of trust and the richness of a system's context of use means that factors influencing trust are difficult to see, and assessin... Read More about Eliciting and visualising trust expectations using persona trust characteristics and goal models..

Experimenting with CAAD: as a means to solve conceptual design by architecture and architecture technology students. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
SALMAN, H. 2014. Experimenting with CAAD: as a means to solve conceptual design by architecture and architecture technology students. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014): architectural technology, towards innovative professional practice, 7 November 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 266-281. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

This study sought to characterise students design activity while designing with Computer Aided Design (CAAD) professional programs and its impact on the students design process. The design protocol participants were final year students (architectural... Read More about Experimenting with CAAD: as a means to solve conceptual design by architecture and architecture technology students..

Application of a conceptual stages design protocol for early collaborative design through computer based mediation. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
LEON, M. and LAING, R. 2014. Application of a conceptual stages design protocol for early collaborative design through computer based mediation. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014): architectural technology, towards innovative professional practice, 7 November 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 192-205. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Effective conceptual and collaborative design process in architecture is a prerequisite for efficient overall project development. This can be facilitated by computer mediation methods, including emerging augmented reality technologies and tactile an... Read More about Application of a conceptual stages design protocol for early collaborative design through computer based mediation..

Environmental assessment of energy efficiency improvements in historic buildings: solid wall insulation. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
HERRERA GUTIERREZ-AVELLANOSA, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2014. Environmental assessment of energy efficiency improvements in historic buildings: solid wall insulation. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014): architectural technology, towards innovative professional practice, 7 November 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 3-12. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Since the elaboration of the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities in 2007, energy retrofit has become one of the priorities for the European Union. However, to achieve a sustainable development of the built environment, we need to not only... Read More about Environmental assessment of energy efficiency improvements in historic buildings: solid wall insulation..

The application of cloud-based photogrammetry in the study of the built heritage. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
LAING, R., SCOTT, J. and HOGG, G. 2014. The application of cloud-based photogrammetry in the study of the built heritage. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014): architectural technology, towards innovative professional practice, 7 November 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 242-252. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

This paper considers the use of cloud-based photogrammetry to collect and process 3D information pertaining to the built heritage. Although modern surveying technologies such as laser scanning are available, their application may be prohibited by cos... Read More about The application of cloud-based photogrammetry in the study of the built heritage..

SMEs and BIM in preparation for 2016: a case study. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
MELLON, S. and KOUIDER, T. 2014. SMEs and BIM in preparation for 2016: a case study. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014): architectural technology, towards innovative professional practice, 7 November 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 226-241. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

The UK Government has mandated the use of Level 2 Building Information Modelling (BIM) on all publicly funded projects above £5 million by 2016. As a major construction client, the government would hope to see the widespread adoption of BIM througho... Read More about SMEs and BIM in preparation for 2016: a case study..

Architectural technology and the BIM acronym: 2: reviewing evolving paradigms for BIM implementation among SMEs. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
KOUIDER, T. and PATERSON, J.J.G. 2014. Architectural technology and the BIM acronym: 2: reviewing evolving paradigms for BIM implementation among SMEs. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014): architectural technology, towards innovative professional practice, 7 November 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 295-312. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Among Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) (EC, 2013) in particular, the UK Governments ambitions regarding BIM uptake and diffusion across the construction sector may be tempered by a realpolitik shaped in part by interactions between the indus... Read More about Architectural technology and the BIM acronym: 2: reviewing evolving paradigms for BIM implementation among SMEs..

Modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter for HVDC systems with DC fault ride-through capability. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
AHMED, K.H. and ABOUSHADY, A.A. 2014. Modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter for HVDC systems with DC fault ride-through capability. In Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Industrial Electronics Society annual conference (IECON 2014), 30 October - 01 November 2014, Dallas, USA. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 4676-4682. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2014.7049207

One of the main challenges of voltage source converter based HVDC systems is DC faults. In this paper, two different modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter topologies are proposed. The proposed converters offer a fault tolerant against the... Read More about Modified half-bridge modular multilevel converter for HVDC systems with DC fault ride-through capability..

How nurses behave online? (2014)
Conference Proceeding
KOSTAGIOLAS, P.A., MARTZOUKOU, K., INTAS, G. and NIAKAS, D. 2014. How nurses behave online? Nurses' online information needs and internet seeking behaviour. In Proceedings of the 2nd International conference on advances in social science, management and human behaviour (SMHB 2014), 25-26 October 2014, Zurich, Switzerland. New York: Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors (IRED) [online], pages 192-199. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15224/978-1-63248-032-3-139

Registered nurses constitute the largest group of healthcare professionals with a rather distinctive and crucial role in healthcare services provision. For keeping up with their professional advances and follow the rapid and multifaceted scientific a... Read More about How nurses behave online?.

A novel license plate character segmentation method for different types of vehicle license plates. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
SARKER, M.M.K. and SONG, M.K. 2014. A novel license plate character segmentation method for different types of vehicle license plates. In Proceedings of 2014 International conference on Information and communication technology convergence (ICTC 2014): ICT convergence towards hyper-connected society, 22-24 October 2014, Busan, South Korea. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 84-88. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ictc.2014.6983089

License plate character segmentation (LPCS) is a very important part of vehicle license plate recognition (LPR) system. The accuracy of LPR system widely depends on two parts; namely license plate detection (LPD) and LPCS. Different country has diffe... Read More about A novel license plate character segmentation method for different types of vehicle license plates..

Gas transport and characterization of inorganic ceramic membrane for lactic acid esterification. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
EDIDIONG, O., HABIBA, S. and GOBINA, E. 2014. Gas transport and characterization of inorganic ceramic membrane for lactic acid esterification. In Ao, S.-I., Douglas, C., Grundfest, W.S. and Burgstone, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2014 World congress on engineering and computer science (WCECS 2014), 22-24 October 2014, San Francisco, USA. Lecture notes in engineering and computer science, 2214. Hong Kong: International Association of Engineers [online], pages 590-594. Available from: http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2014

Ethyl lactate is an important organic ester, which is biodegradable in nature and widely used as food additive, perfumery, flavor chemicals and solvent. Inorganic porous ceramic membrane has shown a lot of advantages in the equilibrium process of eth... Read More about Gas transport and characterization of inorganic ceramic membrane for lactic acid esterification..