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Distribution power loss minimization via distributed generation, capacitor and network reconfiguration. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N.B., BANI, N.A., MOHD ARIS, S.A., JALIL, S.Z.A., MAD KAIDI, H., ABD FATAH, A.Y., JAMIAN, J.J., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and ABU-BAKAR, S.H. 2016. Distribution power loss minimization via distributed generation, capacitor and network reconfiguration. Presented at the 2016 International conference on electrical, electronic, communication and control engineering (ICEECC2016), 18-19 December 2016, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

This paper presents a solution to solve the network reconfiguration, DG coordination (location and size), and capacitor coordination (location and size), simultaneously. The proposed solution will be determined by using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC). V... Read More about Distribution power loss minimization via distributed generation, capacitor and network reconfiguration..

Potential of implementing the low concentration photovoltaic systems in the United Kingdom. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
ABU-BAKAR, S.H., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., FREIER, D., RAMIREZ-INIGUEZ, R., MALLICK, T.K., MUNIR, A.B., YASIN, S.H.M., MAS'UD, A.A., BANI, N.A. and MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N. 2016. Potential of implementing the low concentration photovoltaic systems in the United Kingdom. Presented at the 2016 International conference on electrical, electronic, communication and control engineering (ICEECC2016), 18-19 December 2016, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

This paper discusses the prospect of integrating a novel type of low concentration photovoltaic (LCPV) design known as the rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator (RACPC) in a building in the United Kingdom. This is done by proposin... Read More about Potential of implementing the low concentration photovoltaic systems in the United Kingdom..

Neuro-cognitive virtual environment for children with autism (VECA). (2016)
Journal Article
WASEEM, E., KHURSHID, K., JANJUA, G.W., ABEEL, I., KHURSHID, K., MIRZA, M.A. and KAMBOH, A.M. 2016. Neuro-cognitive virtual environment for children with autism (VECA). International journal of signal processing systems [online], 4(6), pages 469-474. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18178/ijsps.4.6.469-474

Autism a neurological disorder which is often diagnosed during early childhood and can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges over a lifetime. It is increasing day by day and people are inclining from clinical and psycholo... Read More about Neuro-cognitive virtual environment for children with autism (VECA)..

Human aspects of digital rights management: the perspective of content developers. [Journal Article] (2016)
Journal Article
FAVALE, M., MCDONALD, N., FAILY, S. and GATZIDIS, C. 2016. Human aspects of digital rights management: the perspective of content developers. SCRIPTed [online], 13(3), pages 289-304. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.130316.289

Legal norms and social behaviours are some of the human aspects surrounding the effectiveness and future of DRM security. Further exploration of these aspects would help unravel the complexities of the interaction between rights protection security a... Read More about Human aspects of digital rights management: the perspective of content developers. [Journal Article].

Online state of charge estimation for the aerial lithium-ion battery packs based on the improved extended Kalman filter method. (2016)
Journal Article
WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., SHANG, L., LI, Z. and LI, J. 2017. Online state of charge estimation for the aerial lithium-ion battery packs based on the improved extended Kalman filter method. Journal of energy storage [online], 9, pages 69-83. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2016.09.008

An effective method to estimate the integrated state of charge (SOC) value for the lithium-ion battery (LIB) pack is proposed, because of its capacity state estimation needs in the high-power energy supply applications, which is calculated by using t... Read More about Online state of charge estimation for the aerial lithium-ion battery packs based on the improved extended Kalman filter method..

Lexicon based feature extraction for emotion text classification. (2016)
Journal Article
BANDHAKAVI, A., WIRATUNGA, N., DEEPAK, P. and MASSIE, S. 2017. Lexicon based feature extraction for emotion text classification. Pattern recognition letters [online], 93, pages 133-142. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2016.12.009

General Purpose Emotion Lexicons (GPELs) that associate words with emotion categories remain a valuable resource for emotion analysis of text. However the static and formal nature of their vocabularies make them inadequate for extracting effective fe... Read More about Lexicon based feature extraction for emotion text classification..

Adaptive control of hysteretic robotic arm in operational space. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
KANNAN, S., QUINTANAR-GUZMAN, S., BEZZAOUCHA, S., OLIVARES-MENDEZ, M.A. and VOOS, H. 2016. Adaptive control of hysteretic robotic arm in operational space. In Proceedings of the 5th International conference on mechatronics and control engineering 2016 (ICMCE 2016), 14-17 December 2016, Venice, Italy. New York: ACM [online], pages 92-96. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3036932.3036957

The focus of the current article is on Operational Space Control of a single degree of freedom robotic arm with hysteretic joint behaviour due to actuation by a single Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wire. A Closed Loop Inverse Kinematics Algorithm is used... Read More about Adaptive control of hysteretic robotic arm in operational space..

Corporate global nomadism: the role of the transnational professional as consumer of popular management discourses. (2016)
Journal Article
WHITEHEAD, G. and HALSALL, R. 2017. Corporate global nomadism: the role of the transnational professional as consumer of popular management discourses. Management learning [online], 48(3), pages 311-327. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507616678758

An increasing body of research has paid particular attention to the role of different organizational actors in the consumption of popular management ideas, including their local diffusion, adaptation and enactment. However, with a few exceptions, the... Read More about Corporate global nomadism: the role of the transnational professional as consumer of popular management discourses..

A case of probable esomeprazole-induced transient liver injury in a pregnant woman with hyperemesis. (2016)
Journal Article
THOMAS, B., MOHAMED, M., AL HAIL, M., AWWAD, F.A.Y., WAHBA, R.M., HASSAN, S.B., OMAR, K., EL KASSEM, W. and ABDUL ROUF, P. 2016. A case of probable esomeprazole-induced transient liver injury in a pregnant woman with hyperemesis. Clinical pharmacology: advances and applications [online], 8, pages 199-202. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2147/CPAA.S106234

We report a case of 22-year-old primigravida presented to Women's Hospital - Hamad Medical Corporation emergency with severe epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting. On admission, she was dehydrated with remarkably worsening symptoms. Laboratory findin... Read More about A case of probable esomeprazole-induced transient liver injury in a pregnant woman with hyperemesis..

Spheres of practices for the co-design of wearables. (2016)
Journal Article
FAIRBURN, S., STEED, J. and COULTER, J. 2016. Spheres of practices for the co-design of wearables. Journal of textile design research and practice [online], 4(1), pages 85-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2016.1255445

As expectations within the area of smart textiles increasingly become informed and driven by technological developments, the disciplinary boundaries and relationship between user and technological innovation will unavoidably transform. The authors ve... Read More about Spheres of practices for the co-design of wearables..

Employee empowerment and customer satisfaction: an investigation from a UAE banking sector perspective. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
SHEDID, M. and RUSSELL, K. 2016. Employee empowerment and customer satisfaction: an investigation from a UAE banking sector perspective. Presented at the 2016 Dubai International conference for advanced research in business (ICARB 2016), 12-13 Dec 2016, Al Badaa, Dubai.

This article reflects the results of a pilot study conducted in connection with an analysis of the antecedents and consequences of empowerment on the service quality for UAE Banking customers and the banking sector in general. The research focuses on... Read More about Employee empowerment and customer satisfaction: an investigation from a UAE banking sector perspective..

Treatment challenge of a cyanobacterium Romeria elegans bloom in a South Australian wastewater treatment plant: a case study. (2016)
Journal Article
PRAPTIWI, R.A., PESTANA, C.J., SAWADE, E.T., SWAIN, N., SCHROEDER, G. and NEWCOMBE, G. 2017. Treatment challenge of a cyanobacterium Romeria elegans bloom in a South Australian wastewater treatment plant: a case study. Environmental technology [online], 38(6), 782-788. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2016.1262454

A bloom of the non-toxic cyanobacterium Romeria elegans in waste stabilisation ponds (WSPs) within Angaston waste water treatment plant (WWTP) has posed an unprecedented treatment challenge for the local water utility. The water from the WSPs is chlo... Read More about Treatment challenge of a cyanobacterium Romeria elegans bloom in a South Australian wastewater treatment plant: a case study..

Self/portraits: relating narratives. [Film screening] (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
LEUZZI, L., CASALINI, G. and GEORGIOU, D. 2016. Self/portraits: relating narratives. [Film screening]. Performed on 9 December 2016, Visual Research Centre, Dundee.

This event was the sequal to the performative screening titled "Autoritratti" (2015). Self/Portraits: Relating Narratives weaves together the visual narratives of twelve international women artists or collectives, who have worked around questions of... Read More about Self/portraits: relating narratives. [Film screening].

Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? (2016)
Journal Article
SMITH, G.D. and KYDD, A. 2017. Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? Journal of advanced nursing [online], 73(1), pages 3-4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13190

Globally, health and social care is facing extraordinary challenges due to changing patterns of disease, changing expectations of patients, financial restrictions and an ever-increasing ageing population. It is estimated that globally, the number of... Read More about Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment?.

A tracking error control approach for model predictive position control of a quadrotor with time varying reference. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
DENTLER, J., KANNAN, S., OLIVARES MENDEZ, M.A., and VOOS, H. 2016. A tracking error control approach for model predictive position control of a quadrotor with time varying reference. In Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) international conference on Robotics and biomimetrics (ROBIO 2016), 3-7 December 2016, Qingdao, China. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 2051-2056. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2016.7866631

In mobile robotic applications, a common problem is the following of a given trajectory with a constant velocity. Using standard model predictive control (MPC) for tracking of time varying trajectories leads to a constant tracking error. This problem... Read More about A tracking error control approach for model predictive position control of a quadrotor with time varying reference..

Adaptive control of robotic arm with hysteretic joint. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
KANNAN, S., BEZZAOUCHA, S., QUINTANAR-GUZMAN, S., OLIVARES-MENDEZ, M.A. and VOOS, H. 2016. Adaptive control of robotic arm with hysteretic joint. In Proceedings of 4th International conference on control, mechatronics and authormation 2016 (ICCMA 2016), 7-11 December 2016, Barcelona, Spain. New York: ACM [online], pages 46-50. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3029610.3029632

This article addresses the problem of control of robotic arm with a hysteretic joint behaviour. The mechanical design of the one-degree of freedom robotic arm is presented where the joint is actuated by a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wire. The SMA wire b... Read More about Adaptive control of robotic arm with hysteretic joint..

Model predictive control for spacecraft rendezvous. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
KANNAN, S., SAJADI-ALAMDARI, S.A., DENTLER, J., OLIVARES-MENDEZ, M.A. and VOOS, H. 2016. Model predictive control for spacecraft rendezvous. In Proceedings of the 4th International conference on control, mechatronics and automation 2016 (ICCMA 2016), 7-11 December 2016, Barcelona, Spain. New York: ACM [online], pages 121-125. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3029610.3029633

The current paper addresses the problem of Spacecraft Rendezvous using Model Predictive Control (MPC). The Clohessy-Wiltshire-Hill equations are used to model the spacecraft relative motion. Here the rendezvous problem is discussed by trajectory cont... Read More about Model predictive control for spacecraft rendezvous..

Risk factors for neuropathic pain in diabetes mellitus. (2016)
Journal Article
HÉBERT, H.L., VELUCHAMY, A., TORRANCE, N. and SMITH, B.L. 2017. Risk factors for neuropathic pain in diabetes mellitus. Pain [online], 158(4), pages 560-568. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000785

According to the International Diabetes Federation, diabetes mellitus (DM) is estimated to affect around 415 million adults worldwide, roughly 8.8% of the adult population, with the figure projected to rise to over 600 million by 2040. Regional preva... Read More about Risk factors for neuropathic pain in diabetes mellitus..

Mixing regime simulation and cellulose particle tracing in a stacked frame photocatalytic reactor. (2016)
Journal Article
NAGARAJAN, S., STELLA, L., LAWTON, L.A., IRVINE, J.T.S. and ROBERTSON, P.K.J. 2017. Mixing regime simulation and cellulose particle tracing in a stacked frame photocatalytic reactor. Chemical engineering journal [online], 313, pages 301-308. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.12.016

To sustainably meet the global energy demand, unconventional methods to produce renewable energy must emerge. Biofuels from cellulose (via fermentable sugar production) mediated via photocatalysis provides an alternative to conventional fossil fuels.... Read More about Mixing regime simulation and cellulose particle tracing in a stacked frame photocatalytic reactor..

Lost in information? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2016. Lost in information? Syrian new Scots' information literacy way-finding practices. Presented at the 10th Biannual meeting of the Scottish Information Literacy Community of Practice: the right information: information skills for the 21st century, 6 December 2016, Edinburgh, UK.

As of May 2016, Scotland has welcomed 1,602 Syrian refugees as part of the wider UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) Scheme, aiming to resettle 20,000 Syrians (over a period of five years drawn from established refugee camps). This presenta... Read More about Lost in information?.