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Localization of partial discharge by using received signal strength. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KHAN, U., LAZARIDIS, P., MOHAMED, H., UPTON, D., MISTRY, K., SAEED, B., MATHER, P., VIEIRA, F.Q., ATKINSON, R.C., TACHTATZIS, C. and GLOVER, I.A. 2018. Localization of partial discharge by using received signal strength. In Proceedings of the 2nd Union radio-scientifique internationale (URSI) Atlantic radio science conference (AT-RASC) (URSI AT-RASC 2018), 28 May - 1 June 2018, Gran Canaria, Spain. Gran Canaria: URSI [online], paper ID F01-2. Available from: http://www.ursi.org/proceedings/procAT18/papers/PID5208923.pdf

The term partial discharge (PD) refers to a partial breakdown in an insulator which bridges two conductors. PD occurs due to insulation defects which arise as a result of high voltage stresses or insulation cracks. Continuous monitoring of PD activit... Read More about Localization of partial discharge by using received signal strength..

A supervisory system for partial discharge monitoring. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SAEED, B.I., UPTON, D.W., VIEIRA, M.F.Q., TORRES, F., MOHAMED, H., MISTRY, K., MATHER, P.J., LAZARIDIS, P., KHAN, U., TACHTATZIS, C., ATKINSON, R., JUDD, M. and GLOVER, I.A. 2018. A supervisory system for partial discharge monitoring. In Proceedings of the 2nd Union radio-scientifique internationale (URSI) Atlantic radio science conference (AT-RASC) (URSI AT-RASC 2018)[online], 28 May - 1 June 2018, Gran Canaria, Spain. Gran Canaria: URSI [online}, paper ID CO2-01. Available from: http://www.ursi.org/proceedings/procAT18/papers/KPDWSNProjectProjectPapersandPresentationsPendingPublicationPID5208027.pdf

Continuous measurement of partial discharge plays a vital role in monitoring the status of high voltage equipment in electricity substations. This requires a comprehensive supervisory system to detect, monitor, collect and locate partial discharge ac... Read More about A supervisory system for partial discharge monitoring..

Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. (2018)
Journal Article
ALHARBI, W., CLELAND, J. and MORRISON, Z. 2018. Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. Oman medical journal [online], 33(3), pages 200-208. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2018.38

Objectives: We sought to evaluate patient safety culture across different healthcare professionals from different countries of origin working in an adult oncology department in a medical facility in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional survey... Read More about Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia..

Bursting bubbles: can experiments and analogues help stakeholders and the public visualise risks? (2018)
Journal Article
STALKER, L., ROBERTS, J.J. and MABON, L. 2018. Bursting bubbles: can experiments and analogues help stakeholders and the public visualise risks? The APPEA journal: journal of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association [online], 58(2), pages 612-616. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ17091

Laboratory experiments, natural analogues and pilot projects have been fundamental in developing scientific understanding of risk and uncertainty from georesource exploration. International research into CO2 and CH4 leakage provide scientific underst... Read More about Bursting bubbles: can experiments and analogues help stakeholders and the public visualise risks?.

A statistical framework to interpret individual response to intervention: paving the way for personalised nutrition and exercise prescription. (2018)
Journal Article
SWINTON, P.A., HEMINGWAY, B.S., SAUNDERS, B., GUALANO, B. and DOLAN, E. 2018. A statistical framework to interpret individual response to intervention: paving the way for personalised nutrition and exercise prescription. Frontiers in nutrition [online], 5, article number 41. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2018.00041

The concept of personalised nutrition and exercise prescription represents a topical and exciting progression for the discipline given the large inter-individual variability that exists in response to virtually all performance and health related inte... Read More about A statistical framework to interpret individual response to intervention: paving the way for personalised nutrition and exercise prescription..

Non-traditional skills in undergraduate medical education: the development of a teaching programme. (2018)
Journal Article
BRADY, C. and ZARB, M. 2018. Non-traditional skills in undergraduate medical education: the development of a teaching programme. Scottish medical journal [online], 63(3), pages 80-81. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933018776837

As a junior doctor in what is an increasingly struggling healthcare system, I am concerned to see that many of my junior and senior colleagues have opted not to continue onto the next stage of training. Whilst entrepreneurship, leadership and managem... Read More about Non-traditional skills in undergraduate medical education: the development of a teaching programme..

Namibia: energy policy. (2018)
Other

This contribution provides a general overview of Namibia's context and energy policy.

Health, self-care and the offshore workforce: opportunities for behaviour change interventions, an epidemiological survey. (2018)
Journal Article
GIBSON SMITH, K., PAUDYAL, V., KLEIN, S. and STEWART, D. 2018. Health, self-care and the offshore workforce: opportunities for behaviour change interventions, an epidemiological survey. Rural and remote health [online], 18(2), article number 4319. Available from: https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH4319

Introduction: The high risk nature of offshore work and inherent occupational hazards necessitate that offshore workers engage in behaviours that promote health and wellbeing. The survey aimed to assess offshore workers' health, self-care, quality of... Read More about Health, self-care and the offshore workforce: opportunities for behaviour change interventions, an epidemiological survey..

Mechanical, thermal, and flammability behaviour of low density polyethylene - oil based mud fillers nanocomposites. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SIDDIQUE, S., SMITH, G.D., YATES, K. and NJUGUNA, J. 2018. Mechanical, thermal, and flammability behaviour of low density polyethylene - oil based mud fillers nanocomposites. Presented at the 4th International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2018), 23-24 May 2018, Berlin, Germany.

Novel low density polyethylene (LDPE)/Oil based mud fillers (OBMF) nanocomposites were manufactured by a melt compounding process. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy was used to characterise the structure of the nanocomposites. The result... Read More about Mechanical, thermal, and flammability behaviour of low density polyethylene - oil based mud fillers nanocomposites..

Abstract book for the proceedings of the 4th International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2018), 23-24 May 2018, Berlin, Germany. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
NJUGUNA, J. and NGO, H.-D. (eds.) 2018. Abstract book for the proceedings of the 4th International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2018), 23-24 May 2018, Berlin, Germany [online]. Available from: https://www.nanostruc.info/nanostruc-conference.html

The purpose of The 4th International Conference on Structural Nano Composites (NANOSTRUC2018) is to promote activities in various areas of materials and structures by providing a forum for exchange of ideas, presentation of technical achievements and... Read More about Abstract book for the proceedings of the 4th International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2018), 23-24 May 2018, Berlin, Germany..

Ageism in the third age. (2018)
Book Chapter
KYDD, A., FLEMING, A., GARDNER, S. and HAFFORD-LETCHFIELD, T. 2018. Ageism in the third age. In Ayalon, L. and Tesch-Römer, C. (eds.) Contemporary perspectives on ageism. International perspectives on aging, 19. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 8, pages 115-130. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_8

In the developed world, later life has brought more opportunities to contribute to society and pursue personal goals outside the role of paid work, combined with less stigma and greater recognition of the worth of older people. These values do not ne... Read More about Ageism in the third age..

Discursive constructions of professional identity in policy and regulatory discourse. (2018)
Journal Article
FEALY, G., HEGARTY, J.-M., MCNAMARA, M., CASEY, M., O'LEARY, D., KENNEDY, C., O'REILLY, P., O'CONNELL, R., BRADY, A.-M. and NICHOLSON, E. 2018. Discursive constructions of professional identity in policy and regulatory discourse. Journal of advanced nursing [online], 74(9), pages 2157-2166. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13723

Aim. To examine and describe disciplinary discourses conducted through professional policy and regulatory documents within nursing and midwifery in Ireland. Background. A key tenet of discourse theory is that group identities are constructed in publi... Read More about Discursive constructions of professional identity in policy and regulatory discourse..

Weight loss interventions for adults with overweight/obesity and chronic musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods systematic review. (2018)
Journal Article
COOPER, L., RYAN, C., ELLS, L.J., HAMILTON, S., ATKINSON, G., COOPER, K., JOHNSON, M.I., KIRWAN, J.P. and MARTIN, D. 2018. Weight loss interventions for adults with overweight/obesity and chronic musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods systematic review. Obesity reviews [online], 19(7), pages 989-1007. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12686

Worldwide prevalence of adult overweight and obesity is a growing public health issue. Adults with overweight/obesity often have chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). Using a mixed-methods review, we aimed to quantify the effectiveness and explore the... Read More about Weight loss interventions for adults with overweight/obesity and chronic musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods systematic review..

Indian energy security status: what are the economic and environmental implications? (2018)
Journal Article
BABAJIDE, N. 2018. Indian energy security status: what are the economic and environmental implications? IAEE energy forum [online], 27(2nd quarter), pages 47-51. Available from: https://www.iaee.org/en/publications/newsletterdl.aspx?id=469

India's energy system is facing a rapidly increasing energy deficit despite the government's keen attention in developing renewable sources of energy, especially nuclear, solar and wind. Statistics from British Petroleum (BP) (2015) reveal that fossi... Read More about Indian energy security status: what are the economic and environmental implications?.

Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V.A., KURUSHINA, E.V. and ZEMENKOVA, M.Y. 2018. Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 357: proceedings of the International conference on transport and storage of hydrocarbons, 10-12 January 2018, Tyumen, Russia, article number 012028. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/357/1/012028

Russian polytechnic education is going through a sequence of transformations that started with the introduction of bachelor and master degrees into higher education instead of the previous "specialists". The next stage of reformation in Russian polyt... Read More about Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions..

Class imbalance ensemble learning based on the margin theory. (2018)
Journal Article
FENG, W., HUANG, W. and REN, J. 2018. Class imbalance ensemble learning based on the margin theory. Applied sciences [online], 8(5), article number 815. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/app8050815

The proportion of instances belonging to each class in a data-set plays an important role in machine learning. However, the real world data often suffer from class imbalance. Dealing with multi-class tasks with different misclassification costs of cl... Read More about Class imbalance ensemble learning based on the margin theory..

The Petroleum Industries Bill; a deficient policy for environmental management in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. (2018)
Journal Article
CHUKS-EZIKE, C. 2018. The Petroleum Industries Bill; a deficient policy for environmental management in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. Environmental risk assessment and remediation [online], 2(2), pages 35-39. Available from: http://www.alliedacademies.org/articles/the-petroleum-industries-bill-a-deficient-policy-for-environmental-management-in-nigerias-oil-and-gas-sector-9711.html

The process for passage of the Petroleum Industries Bill (PIB) of Nigeria, instituted in 2008 was done with the purpose of regulating Nigeria's oil and gas sector. This Bill is therefore, upon passage, expected to repeal all extant statutes regulatin... Read More about The Petroleum Industries Bill; a deficient policy for environmental management in Nigeria's oil and gas sector..

Environmental crime liability of the Nigerian government in its oil pollution menace. (2018)
Journal Article
CHUKS-EZIKE, C. 2018. Environmental crime liability of the Nigerian government in its oil pollution menace. Environmental risk assessment and remediation [online], 2(2), pages 1-7. Available from: http://www.alliedacademies.org/articles/environmental-crime-liability-of-the-nigerian-government-in-its-oil-pollution-menace-9631.html

The grave challenges of oil pollution have been over stated in several environmental journals. The liability accruing to such pollutions have also been extensively discussed by several legal scholars. Interestingly, this discussions on responsibility... Read More about Environmental crime liability of the Nigerian government in its oil pollution menace..

4th Media art festival (MAF 2018): the great convergence: natural and artificial intelligence. [Festival and exhibition] (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
4th Media art festival (MAF 2018): the great convergence: natural and artificial intelligence. [Festival and exhibition]. Held 17-19 May 2018, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI Museum); Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma; RUFA Space, Rome.

The fourth edition of the Media Art Festival is an initiative promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale (Rome) to explore new, increasingly collaborative and increasingly interactive forms of art. What is the relation between natural creativity and a... Read More about 4th Media art festival (MAF 2018): the great convergence: natural and artificial intelligence. [Festival and exhibition].

Creating new cities: cellular automata and social condensers. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LOMBARDI, D., DOUNAS, T. ZHANG, C., WU, H. and YANG, C. 2018. Creating new cities: cellular automata and social condensers. In Fukuda, T., Huang, W., Janssen, P., Crolla, K. and Alhadidi, S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 23rd International conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2018): learning, prototyping and adapting, 17-19 May 2018, Beijing, China. Hong Kong: CumInCAD.

This paper presents a further step of a study that is exploring the potential of applying computational strategies to design and evaluate solutions for urban development and planning in the context of contemporary China. This exploration used a city... Read More about Creating new cities: cellular automata and social condensers..