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Indiana Christmas trees: growers' perspectives. (2019)
Report
FARMER, J., BRUCE, A., STAVRIANAKIS, K., ELLETT, J., DULL, D., NORRIS, J. and DULL, L. 2019. Indiana Christmas trees: growers' perspectives. Bloomington: Indiana University SFSS [online]. Available from: https://sfss.indiana.edu/projects/indiana/christmastree/

Christmas tree farms across the USA are experiencing a decline in sales, as consumers have increasingly turned to artificial trees that are mostly imported from China. The National Christmas Tree Association reports that U.S. consumers have been choo... Read More about Indiana Christmas trees: growers' perspectives..

Macro-BIM adoption study: establishing Nigeria's BIM maturity. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
HAMMA-ADAMA, M. and KOUIDER, T. 2019. Macro-BIM adoption study: establishing Nigeria’s BIM maturity. In Aigbavboa, C. and Thwala, W. (eds.) The construction industry in the fourth industrial revolution: proceedings of the 11th Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) postgraduate research conference (CIDB 2019): positioning the construction industry in the fourth industrial revolution, 28-30 July 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa. Cham: Springer [online], pages 401-411. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26528-1_40

Construction Industry in Nigeria has since required a disruptive technology to change its construction business and improve its capabilities and productivity. As an on-going research (PhD work) to developing a strategy for an effective Building Infor... Read More about Macro-BIM adoption study: establishing Nigeria's BIM maturity..

Anomaly detection in network traffic using dynamic graph mining with a sparse autoencoder. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
JIA, G., MILLER, P., HONG, X., KALUTARAGE, H. and BAN, T. 2019. Anomaly detection in network traffic using dynamic graph mining with a sparse autoencoder. In Proceedings of 18th Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) international Trust, security and privacy in computing and communications conference, co-located with 13th IEEE international Big data science and engineering conference (TrustCom/BigDataSE), 5-8 August 2019, Rotorua, New Zealand. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 458-465. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2019.00068

Network based attacks on ecommerce websites can have serious economic consequences. Hence, anomaly detection in dynamic network traffic has become an increasingly important research topic in recent years. This paper proposes a novel dynamic Graph and... Read More about Anomaly detection in network traffic using dynamic graph mining with a sparse autoencoder..

Hydrophobically associating polymers for enhanced oil recovery, part b: a review of modelling approach to flow in porous media. (2019)
Journal Article
AFOLABI, R.O., OLUYEMI, G.F., OFFICER, S. and UGWU, J.O. 2019. Hydrophobically associating polymers for enhanced oil recovery, part b: a review of modelling approach to flow in porous media. Journal of molecular liquids [online], 293, article ID 111495. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111495

Polymer flow in porous media represents an entirely different scenario compared to bulk flow analysis using viscometers. This is due to the geometry and configuration of the medium which is made up of converging-diverging flow paths. In this article,... Read More about Hydrophobically associating polymers for enhanced oil recovery, part b: a review of modelling approach to flow in porous media..

Comparative analysis of two asynchronous parallelization variants for a multi-objective coevolutionary solver. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
ZAVOIANU, A.-C., SAMINGER-PLATZ, S. and AMRHEIN, W. 2019. Comparative analysis of two asynchronous parallelization variants for a multi-objective coevolutionary solver. In Proceedings of the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) congress on evolutionary computation (IEEE CEC 2019), 10-13 June 2019, Wellington, New Zealand. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 8790133, pages 3078-3085. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2019.8790133

We describe and compare two steady state asynchronous parallelization variants for DECMO2++, a recently proposed multi-objective coevolutionary solver that generally displays a robust run-time convergence behavior. The two asynchronous variants were... Read More about Comparative analysis of two asynchronous parallelization variants for a multi-objective coevolutionary solver..

Introducing the dynamic customer location-allocation problem. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
ANKRAH, R., LACROIX, B., MCCALL, J., HARDWICK, A. and CONWAY, A. 2019. Introducing the dynamic customer location-allocation problem. In Proceedings of the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Congress on evolutionary computation (IEEE CEC 2019), 10-13 June 2019, Wellington, NZ. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 3157-3164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2019.8790150

In this paper, we introduce a new stochastic Location-Allocation Problem which assumes the movement of customers over time. We call this new problem Dynamic Customer Location-Allocation Problem (DC-LAP). The problem is based on the idea that customer... Read More about Introducing the dynamic customer location-allocation problem..

Human factors approaches to evaluating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services: a systematic review. (2019)
Journal Article
BUGEJA, S.J., STEWART, D., STRATH, A. and VOSPER, H. 2020. Human factors approaches to evaluating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services: a systematic review. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 16(5), pages 614-627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.08.009

Background: The expansion in terms of available treatment options and models of care has led to a growing global momentum for outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services. A systematic review was undertaken to explore Human Factors aspects relati... Read More about Human factors approaches to evaluating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services: a systematic review..

Raman spectroscopy vs voltammetry: a voltammetric approach to elucidate different chemicals in a range of pharmaceutical tablets. (2019)
Journal Article
ALECRIM, M.F., MACÊDO, I.Y.L., RODRIGUES, E.B., MORENO, E.K.G., GHEDINI, P.C., FERNANDEZ, C., DOS SANTOS, W.T.P. and GIL, E.S. 2019. Raman spectroscopy vs voltammetry: a voltammetric approach to elucidate different chemicals in a range of pharmaceutical tablets. Journal of the Electrochemical Society [online], 166(12), pages H580-H586. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1331912jes

Over the years, Electroanalysis has been widely applied to elucidate redox behavior of novel molecules. The selectivity and low cost are spotlight features in pharmacopeial methods of identification, that can be reached by voltammetric approaches. In... Read More about Raman spectroscopy vs voltammetry: a voltammetric approach to elucidate different chemicals in a range of pharmaceutical tablets..

Understanding marine food web dynamics using fatty acid signatures and stable isotope ratios: improving contaminant impacts assessments across trophic levels. (2019)
Journal Article
MADGETT, A.S., YATES, K., WEBSTER, L., MCKENZIE, C. and MOFFAT, C.F. 2019. Understanding marine food web dynamics using fatty acid signatures and stable isotope ratios: improving contaminant impacts assessments across trophic levels. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science [online], 227, article ID 106327. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106327

Scotland's marine food webs support a diversity of species and habitats. They contribute to maintaining the balance of the natural environment. Previous studies show that these ecosystems are contaminated by persistent organic pollutants and trace me... Read More about Understanding marine food web dynamics using fatty acid signatures and stable isotope ratios: improving contaminant impacts assessments across trophic levels..

DEFeND architecture: a privacy by design platform for GDPR compliance. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
PIRAS, L., AL-OBEIDALLAH, M.G., PRAITANO, A., TSOHOU, A., MOURATIDIS, H., GALLEGO-NICASIO CRESPO, B., BERNARD, J.B., FIORANI, M., MAGKOS, E., SANZ, A.C., PAVLIDIS, M., D'ADDARIO, R. and ZORZINO, G.G. 2019. DEFeND architecture: a privacy by design platform for GDPR compliance. In Gritzalis, S., Weippl, E.R., Katsikas, S.K., Anderst-Kotsis, G., Tjoa, A.M. and Khalil, I. (eds.) Trust, privacy and security in digital business: 16th Trust, privacy and security in digital business international conference 2019 (TrustBus 2019), 26-29 August 2019, Linz, Austria. Lecture notes in computer science, 11711. Cham: Springer [online], pages 78-93. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27813-7_6

The advent of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes organizations to cope with radical changes concerning user data protection paradigms. GDPR, by promoting a Privacy by Design approach, obliges organizations to drastically c... Read More about DEFeND architecture: a privacy by design platform for GDPR compliance..

Infographic. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of β-alanine supplementation on exercise capacity and performance. (2019)
Journal Article
SAUNDERS, B., VIRGILE, A., ELLIOTT-SALE, K. J., ARTIOLI, G.G., SWINTON, P.A., DOLAN, E., ROSCHEL, H., SALE, C. and GUALANO, B. 2020. Infographic. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of β-alanine supplementation on exercise capacity and performance. British journal of sports medicine [online], 54(15), pages 925-926. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101129

Carnosine (β-alanyl-L-histidine) is an abundant compound in skeletal muscle, suggesting it plays an important role during exercise, with a key physiological role considered to be intracellular pH regulation. Chronic β-alanine supplementation can incr... Read More about Infographic. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of β-alanine supplementation on exercise capacity and performance..

Award. (2019)
Book Chapter
KOTELNIKOV, A. 2019. Award. In Kotelnikov, A., Kurochkin, S. and Skvortsov, O. Arbitration in Russia. Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, chapter 10.

An arbitral award is the ultimate result of the proceedings, and parties normally expect their arbitration to end in a final and binding award. It is therefore unsurprising that Article 2 of the Arbitration Act 2015 defines arbitration as a process w... Read More about Award..

The arbitration agreement. (2019)
Book Chapter
KOTELNIKOV, A. 2019. The arbitration agreement. In Kotelnikov, A., Kurochkin, S. and Skvortsov, O. Arbitration in Russia. Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, chapter 3.

It is a well-established rule that commercial arbitration stems from an agreement to arbitrate, which is a prerequisite and a basis for the arbitral procedure. The entire process, from its inception to the award, originates in the agreement of the pa... Read More about The arbitration agreement..

Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase. (2019)
Journal Article
CRUICKSHANK, E., SALAMOŃCZYK, M., POCIECHA, D., STRACHAN, G.J., STOREY, J.M.D., WANG, C., FENG, J., ZHU, C., GORECKA, E. and IMRIE, C.T. 2019. Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase. Liquid crystals [online], 46(10), pages 1595-1609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2019.1641638

The synthesis and characterisation of two series of cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers containing sulfur links between the spacer and mesogenic units, the 4ʹ-[1,ω-alkanediylbis(thio)]bis-[1,1ʹ-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (CBSnSCB), and 4ʹ-({ω-[(... Read More about Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase..

On women's video art in the context of Yugoslavia, 1969-1991. (2019)
Book Chapter
BLACKWOOD, J. 2019. On women's video art in the context of Yugoslavia, 1969-1991. In Leuzzi, L., Shemilt, E. and Partridge, S. (eds.) EWVA: European women's video art in the 70s and 80s. East Barnet: John Libbey Publishing.

Written from our vantage point, the categories of ‘Yugoslavia’ and ‘video art’ are historical. Having grown up in the 1980s with video art as the most contemporary of the new art practices, and with Yugoslavia seemingly a permanent fixture on the map... Read More about On women's video art in the context of Yugoslavia, 1969-1991..

Mixed-methods approach to determine adherence, knowledge and behavioral determinants associated with medication wastage. (2019)
Journal Article
WEST, L.M., STEWART, D. and CORDINA, M. 2020. Mixed-methods approach to determine adherence, knowledge and behavioral determinants associated with medication wastage. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 16(5), pages 654-662. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.08.003

Background: While literature quantifying medication wastage and assessing public's knowledge and practices about medication disposal is substantial, less attention is given to the public's knowledge and behavior pertaining to medication wastage preve... Read More about Mixed-methods approach to determine adherence, knowledge and behavioral determinants associated with medication wastage..

Enacting evidence-based practice: pathways for community nurses. (2019)
Journal Article
TEODOROWSKI, P., CABLE, C., KILBURN, S. and KENNEDY, C. 2019. Enacting evidence-based practice: pathways for community nurses. British journal of community nursing [online], 24(8), pages 370-376. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2019.24.8.370

Community nurses are expected to deliver evidence-based practice, which is challenging given the diversity and breadth of the evidence base from which they can draw. This study aimed to explore community nurses' experiences of implementing change in... Read More about Enacting evidence-based practice: pathways for community nurses..

Trunk muscle activation in the back and hack squat at the same relative loads. (2019)
Journal Article
CLARK, D.R., LAMBERT, M.I. and HUNTER, A.M. 2019. Trunk muscle activation in the back and hack quat at the same relative loads. Journal of strength and conditioning research [online], 33(Supplement), pages S60-S69. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002144

The hack squat (HS) is likely to produce a greater 1 repetition maximum (1RM) compared with the back squat (BS). This can be attributed to the support of the trunk during the HS compared with no support during BS. This support, however, may compromis... Read More about Trunk muscle activation in the back and hack squat at the same relative loads..

Exploring occupational irritant hand dermatitis amongst healthcare workers in NHS Grampian. (2019)
Thesis
PAPADATOU, Z. 2019. Exploring occupational irritant hand dermatitis amongst healthcare workers in NHS Grampian. Robert Gordon University [online], DPP thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

Occupational irritant hand dermatitis (OIHD) is emerging as an important risk caused by or made worse by work. OIHD can cause significant and long-term health issues, and can impact on an individual's employment. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are amongst... Read More about Exploring occupational irritant hand dermatitis amongst healthcare workers in NHS Grampian..

Explorations on an urban interventions management system: a reflection on how to deal with urban complex systems and deliver dynamic change. (2019)
Thesis
MIGUEL, M.A.G. 2019. Explorations on an urban interventions management system: a reflection on how to deal with urban complex systems and deliver dynamic change. Robert Gordon University [online], PhD thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

How we plan and manage urban development has become an increasingly complex challenge, due to unpredictable and rapid conditional changes in post-modern cities. In turn, this calls for a paradigm shift in the way we understand and practice urban plan... Read More about Explorations on an urban interventions management system: a reflection on how to deal with urban complex systems and deliver dynamic change..