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The effect of blade angles of the vertical axis wind turbine on the output performance. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MOHAMED, F., PARK, K.-S., PRADHAN, S., MISHRA, R., ZALA, K., ASIM, T. and AL-OBAIDI, A. 2014. The effect of blade angles of the vertical axis wind turbine on the output performance. Presented at 27th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2014 (COMADEM 2014), 16-18 September 2014, Brisbane, Australia.

There are many social, political and environmental issues associated with the use of fossil fuels. For this reason, there are numerous investigations currently being carried out to develop newer and renewable sources of energy to alleviate energy dem... Read More about The effect of blade angles of the vertical axis wind turbine on the output performance..

Numerical studies of the velocity distribution within the volute of a centrifugal pump. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AL-OBAIDI, A., PRADHAN, S., ASIM, T., MISHRA, R. and ZALA, K. 2014. Numerical studies of the velocity distribution within the volute of a centrifugal pump. Presented at 27th Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management international congress 2014 (COMADEM 2014), 16-18 September 2014, Brisbane, Australia.

Centrifugal pumps play an essential role in engineering systems since they are widely used in the process and power industries. The performance of a centrifugal pump needs to be maximised due to its importance and this depends on the flow structure w... Read More about Numerical studies of the velocity distribution within the volute of a centrifugal pump..

Authorisation in context: incorporating context-sensitivity into an access control framework. (2014)
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FAILY, S., LYLE, J., FLÉCHAIS, I., ATZENI, A., CAMERONI, C., MYRHAUG, H., GÖKER, A. and KLEINFELD, R. 2014. Authorisation in context: incorporating context-sensitivity into an access control framework. In Proceedings of the 28th International BCS human computer interaction conference (HCI 2014): sand, sea and sky: holiday HCI, 9-12 September 2014, Southport, UK. Swindon: BCS, pages 189-194. Hosted on ScienceOpen [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2014.29

With sensitive information about ourselves now distributed across personal devices, people need to make access control decisions for different contexts of use. However, despite advances in improving the usability of access control for both developers... Read More about Authorisation in context: incorporating context-sensitivity into an access control framework..

Proceedings of the 1st IEEE international workshop on evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE 2014). (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BECKERS, K., FAILY, S., LEE, S.-W. and MEAD, N. (eds.) 2014. Proceedings of the 1st IEEE international workshop on evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE 2014), co-located with the 22nd IEEE international requirements engineering conference (RE 2014), 25 August 2014, Karlskrona, Sweden. Piscataway: IEEE [online]. Available from: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6883269/proceeding

The main focus of ESPRE is to bring together practitioners and researchers interested in security and privacy requirements. ESPRE probes the interfaces between requirements engineering, security and privacy, and takes the first step in evolving secur... Read More about Proceedings of the 1st IEEE international workshop on evolving security and privacy requirements engineering (ESPRE 2014)..

A low complexity visual saliency model based on in-focus regions and centre sensitivity. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHILUKAMARI, J., KANNANGARA, S. and MAXWELL, G. 2014. A low complexity visual saliency model based on in-focus regions and centre sensitivity. In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE international conference on consumer electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2014), 7-10 September 2014, Berlin, Germany. New York: IEEE [online], article number 7034250, pages 411-414. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2014.7034250

A novel low-complexity visual saliency detection algorithm for detecting salient regions in images is proposed. The algorithm derives salient regions based on in-focus regions and image centre sensitivity. The performance of the algorithm in predicti... Read More about A low complexity visual saliency model based on in-focus regions and centre sensitivity..

The 2014 Scottish independence referendum: a study of voters' online information behaviour. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2014. The 2014 Scottish independence referendum: a study of voters' online information behaviour. Information research [online], 19(4, Supplement): proceedings of the 2014 Information behaviour conference (ISIC 2014), 2-5 September 2014, Leeds, UK, paper number isicsp5. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/19-4/isic/isicsp5.html

Introduction. The paper will present the preliminary results of a study of voters' online information behaviour being conducted during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign. The referendum provides a rare opportunity to explore politicia... Read More about The 2014 Scottish independence referendum: a study of voters' online information behaviour..

Entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance: reconciling the objective-subjective dichotomy. (2014)
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KESIDOU, E. and CARTER, S. 2014. Entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance: reconciling the objective-subjective dichotomy. Presented at the 2014 Recontres de St-Gall: leadership and the twin fields of entrepreneurship and small business management, 1-3 September 2014, St. Gallen, Switzerland [online], topic A: entrepreneurial leadership. Available from: https://www.kmu-hsg.ch/rencontres2014/resources/Topic_A/Rencontres_2014_Topic_A_KESIDOU_CARTER.pdf

A review of the entrepreneurship, leadership and strategic management literatures reveals a conceptual gap in understanding the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance. While the extant literature focuses on behavioural a... Read More about Entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance: reconciling the objective-subjective dichotomy..

Exploring escalation of commitment in construction project management: case study of the Scottish Parliament project. (2014)
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AHIAGA-DAGBUI, D.D. and SMITH, S.D. 2014. Exploring escalation of commitment in construction project management: case study of the Scottish Parliament project. In Raiden, A. and Aboagye-Nimo, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the 30th Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) annual conference, 1-3 September 2014, Portsmouth, UK. Reading: ARCOM [online], pages 753-762. Available from: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2014-0753-0762_Ahiaga-Dagbui_Smith.pdf

Successfully managing large construction projects within defined budget and time constraints has always been a major challenge largely because crucial decisions about the project's ultimate fate have to be made within an environment of significant un... Read More about Exploring escalation of commitment in construction project management: case study of the Scottish Parliament project..

Renewable energy technology means of providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas: a review. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GARBA, A. and KISHK, M. 2014. Renewable energy technology means of providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas: a review. In Raiden, A. and Aboagye-Nimo, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the 30th Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) annual conference, 1-3 September 2014, Portsmouth, UK. Reading: ARCOM [online], pages 143-151. Available from: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2014-0143-0151_Garba_Kishk.pdf

Following the failure of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and fossil fuel source applications for the provision of electricity in Nigeria, the country has been experiencing power energy shortages for over three decades now. More than 65% o... Read More about Renewable energy technology means of providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas: a review..

Characterization of synthesized polyurethane/montmorillonite nanocomposites foams. (2014)
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ANSARI, F., SACHSE, S., MICHALOWSKI, S., KAVOSH, M., PIELICHOWSKI, K. and NJUGUNA, J. 2014. Characterization of synthesized polyurethane/montmorillonite nanocomposite foams. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 64(1), Article 012039. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/64/1/012039

Nanophased hybrid composites based on polyurethane/montmorillonite (PU/MMT) have been fabricated. The nanocomposite which was formed by the addition of a polyol premix with 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate to obtain nanophased polyurethane foams whi... Read More about Characterization of synthesized polyurethane/montmorillonite nanocomposites foams..

Scrum master activities: process tailoring in large enterprise projects. (2014)
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BASS, J.M. 2014. Scrum master activities: process tailoring in large enterprise projects. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE international conference on global software engineering (ICGSE 2014), 18-21 August 2014, Shanghai, China. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society [online], article number 6915249, pages 6-15. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2014.24

This paper explores practitioner descriptions of agile method tailoring in large-scale offshore or outsourced enterprise projects. Specifically, tailoring of the scrum master role is investigated. The scrum master acts as a facilitator for software d... Read More about Scrum master activities: process tailoring in large enterprise projects..

Does the world draw? (2014)
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RAVETZ, A. and DOUGLAS, A. 2014. Does the world draw? Workshop facilitated during the 13th European Association of Social Anthropologists biennial conference of collaboration intemacy and revolution (EASA 2014): innovation and continuity in an interconnected world, 31st July-3rd August 2014, Tallinn, Estonia.

Drawing can be explained in at least two ways: exemplifying trace, an inherent capacity or collection of characteristics in an individual (Nancy 2013) e.g. Rembrandt's drawing versus Van Gogh's drawing, the drawing of a particular thing in the world... Read More about Does the world draw?.

A construction project manager's competency profile: the role of emotional-cognitive abilities. (2014)
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LAWANI, A. 2014. A construction project manager's competency profile: the role of emotional-cognitive abilities. Presented at the 2014 Project Management Institute research and education conference doctoral colloquium, 26 July 2014, Portland, Oregon, USA.

The importance of stakeholder management has been emphasised in project management literature as it directly impacts project performance. Construction project management consists of a collective term referred to as project participants: client/owner,... Read More about A construction project manager's competency profile: the role of emotional-cognitive abilities..

Minimal walsh structure and ordinal linkage of monotonicity-invariant function classes on bit strings. (2014)
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CHRISTIE, L.A., MCCALL, J.A.W. and LONIE, D.P. 2014. Minimal walsh structure and ordinal linkage of monotonicity-invariant function classes on bit strings. In Igel, C. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2014 Genetic and evolutionary computation conference (GECCO 2014): a recombination of the 23rd International conference on genetic algorithms (ICGA-2014), and the 19th Annual genetic programming conference (GP-2014), 12-16 July 2014, Vancouver, Canada. New York: ACM [online], pages 333-340. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2576768.2598240

Problem structure, or linkage, refers to the interaction between variables in a black-box fitness function. Discovering structure is a feature of a range of algorithms, including estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs) and perturbation methods (... Read More about Minimal walsh structure and ordinal linkage of monotonicity-invariant function classes on bit strings..

Festival place or place of festival? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DAVIS, A. and MARTIN, A. 2014. Festival place or place of festival? The role of place identity and attachment in the festival environment. Presented at the 2014 Annual conference of the Academy of Marketing (AM2014): marketing dimensions: people, places and spaces, 7-10 July 2014, Bournemouth, UK [online]. Available from: https://marketing.conference-services.net/resources/327/4002/pdf/AM2014_0243_paper.pdf

This paper addresses place identity and attachment theory in the context of events. Viewing place as a symbolic part of the consumption process, a "Model of Festival Place" is developed. This advances theories that presuppose environment as nothing m... Read More about Festival place or place of festival?.

A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders. (2014)
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FATUROTI, B. 2014. A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders. In Balcells, J., Cerrillo i Martínez, A., Peguera, M., Peña-López, I., Pifarré de Moner, M.J. and Vilasau, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th International conference on internet, law and politics (IDP 2014): a decade of transformations, 3-4 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona: UOC-Huygens Editorial [online], pages 97-116. Available from: http://edcp.uoc.edu/proceedings_idp2014.pdf

The emergence of peer-to-peer file sharing technology revolutionises the discourse around copyright infringement. This new pirate of digital technology poses challenges not only to legal structures but it redefines tensions among various stakeholders... Read More about A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders..

Impact of high intensity interval training (HIIT) and/or selenium (Se) supplementation on oxidative stress and antioxidant status in active females. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KEANE, K., DOLAN, E., BURGESS, K., HOWATSON, G. and BERMANO, G. 2014. Impact of high intensity interval training (HIIT) and/or selenium (Se) supplementation on oxidative stress and antioxidant status in active females. Presented at the 19th European College of Sport Science (ECSS) annual congress 2014 (ECSS 2014): sport science around the canals, 02-05 July 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Your thought will find the contours. (2014)
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DOUGLAS, A. and RAVETZ, A. 2014. Your thought will find the contours. Presented at Sewing lines, growing surfaces, breathing atmospheres: towards an ontogeny of things workshop, 2-3 July 2014, Weimar, Germany.

Our aim in this presentation is to report on research we have been doing around drawing and filming. As associates of Knowing from Inside, we are interested in discovering in what sense drawing and filming can be considered experiential ways of 'know... Read More about Your thought will find the contours..

Understanding the influence of occupants' behaviour on the hygrothermal performance of insulated solid walls. (2014)
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HERRERA GUTIERREZ-AVELLANOSA, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2014. Understanding the influence of occupants' behaviour on the hygrothermal performance of insulated solid walls. Presented at the 2014 Conference of the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR 2014), 1-4 July 2014, Edinburgh, UK.

Residential buildings in the UK consume around 28% of total final energy use. Therefore, in order to achieve the CO2 and fuel poverty reduction targets set by the Scottish government, it will be necessary to improve the energy efficiency of the exist... Read More about Understanding the influence of occupants' behaviour on the hygrothermal performance of insulated solid walls..

Building online learner communities: an activity theory perspective. (2014)
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FULFORD, H., BAILEY, M., STEPHEN, G. and MCWHIRR, S. 2014. Building online learner communities: an activity theory perspective. Presented at the ProPEL international conference: new challenges in professional practices, education and learning, 25-27 June 2014, Stirling, UK.

In recent decades there has been a considerable growth in the delivery of professional education in online mode. To support this mode of learning, educators now have at their disposal an array of tools, with recent additions comprising tools for coll... Read More about Building online learner communities: an activity theory perspective..