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Performance analysis of vertical handover using predictable LGD event based on IEEE 802.21. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
HAJAR, M.S., CHAHINE, M.K., HAMDAN, R. and QDAH, M.S. 2021. Performance analysis of vertical handover using predictable LGD event based on IEEE 802.21. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International conference on communications workshops (ICC workshops 2021), 14-23 June 2021, Montreal, Canada. Piscataway: IEEE [online], 9473639. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCWorkshops50388.2021.9473639

Next Generation Wireless Networks (NGWN) aim to provide any service at any time and anywhere with seamless mobility between homogeneous and heterogeneous networks. IEEE defines the IEEE 802.21 standard to facilitate seamless handover, namely, Media I... Read More about Performance analysis of vertical handover using predictable LGD event based on IEEE 802.21..

Corporate governance and environmental accounting reporting in selected quoted African companies. (2021)
Journal Article
OSEMENE, O.F., ADINNU, P., FAGBEMI, T.O. and OLOWOOKERE, J.K. 2021. Corporate governance and environmental accounting reporting in selected quoted African companies. Global business review [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509211010989

Being a destination for investors around the globe, there are increasing concerns about climate change, pollution and biodegradation as well as the disposition of companies towards reporting environmental concerns in Africa. This necessitated the int... Read More about Corporate governance and environmental accounting reporting in selected quoted African companies..

Effect of produced sand particles and fines on scale inhibitor: a review. (2021)
Journal Article
ANYANWU, U.C. and OLUYEMI, G.F. 2021. Effect of produced sand particles and fines on scale inhibitor: a review. Colloids and interfaces [online], 5(3), article 35. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/colloids5030035

Application of scale inhibitors in oil and gas production is aimed at mitigating scale blockage during production. Many experimental, mathematical, and numerical simulation modeling works have been carried out to evaluate behavior, performance, and i... Read More about Effect of produced sand particles and fines on scale inhibitor: a review..

A novel approach to 1RM prediction using the load-velocity profile: a comparison of models. (2021)
Journal Article
THOMPSON, S.W., ROGERSON, D., RUDDOCK, A., GREIG, L. DORRELL, H.F. and BARNES, A. 2021. A novel approach to 1RM prediction using the load-velocity profile: a comparison of models. Sports [online], 9(7), article 88. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9070088

The study aim was to compare different predictive models in one repetition maximum (1RM) estimation from load-velocity profile (LVP) data. Fourteen strength-trained men underwent initial 1RMs in the free-weight back squat, followed by two LVPs, over... Read More about A novel approach to 1RM prediction using the load-velocity profile: a comparison of models..

Dislocations. [Exhibition] (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Dislocations. [Exhibition]. Online exhibition held 21 June - 16 July 2021, Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities, Glasgow.

This exhibition is an online video art show selected for the summer school of the Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities. It features work by Elena Chemerska, Ivana Mirchevska, Ahmet Ögut, Mila Panić, Stella Rooney, Olia Sosnovskaya and... Read More about Dislocations. [Exhibition].

Horizontal stress rotation due to reservoir depletion. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
HAMID, O., SANAEE, R. and OLUYEMI, G. 2021. Horizontal stress rotation due to reservoir depletion. Presented at 55th US rock mechanics/geomechanics American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) symposium, 18-25 June 2021, [virtual conference].

The principal stress rotations axes are observed due to fluid injection into reservoirs, hydrocarbon production, and around the fractures during wellbore stimulation operation and faults. Local stress fields around the fractures will change during re... Read More about Horizontal stress rotation due to reservoir depletion..

Multiphase flow modelling in fractured reservoirs using a novel computational fluid dynamics approach. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
HAWEZ, H., SANAEE, R. and FAISAL, N.H. 2021. Multiphase flow modelling in fractured reservoirs using a novel computational fluid dynamics approach. Presented at the 55th US rock mechanics/geomechanics American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) symposium, 18-25 June 2021, [virtual conference].

Numerical modelling of multiphase flow in naturally fractured reservoirs is a challenging issue for petroleum reservoir engineers. As a result of high degree heterogeneity in flow characteristics in fractured reservoirs, several mathematical, discret... Read More about Multiphase flow modelling in fractured reservoirs using a novel computational fluid dynamics approach..

An innovative protocol to select the best growth phase for astaxanthin biosynthesis in H. pluvialis. (2021)
Journal Article
RADICE, R.P., FIORENTINO, R., DE LUCA, M., LIMONGI, A.R., VIVIANO, E., BERMANO, G. and MARTELLI, G. 2021. An innovative protocol to select the best growth phase for astaxanthin biosynthesis in H. pluvialis. Biotechnology reports [online], 31, article e00655. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00655

H. pluvialis is a green unicellular microalgae and it is the first producer of natural astaxanthin in the world if subjected to stress conditions such as high light, high salinity and nutrient starvation. Astaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant used in... Read More about An innovative protocol to select the best growth phase for astaxanthin biosynthesis in H. pluvialis..

The Cambridge handbook of copyright limitations and exceptions. (2021)
Journal Article
OPPENHEIM, C. 2021. The Cambridge handbook of copyright limitations and exceptions. European intellectual property review [online], 43(7), pages 479-481. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

This 419-page heavyweight tome comprises 22 chapters contributed by experts, many of them very well known, together with an anonymous brief Preface. The chapters are organised into five parts, which reflect the broad themes covered. The text makes yo... Read More about The Cambridge handbook of copyright limitations and exceptions..

Health technologies for the prevention and detection of falls in adult hospital inpatients: a scoping review. (2021)
Journal Article
COOPER, K., PAVLOVA, A., GREIG, L., SWINTON, P., KIRKPATRICK, P., MITCHELHILL, F., SIMPSON, S., STEPHEN, A. and ALEXANDER, L. 2021. Health technologies for the prevention and detection of falls in adult hospital inpatients: a scoping review. JBI evidence synthesis [online], 19(10), pages 2478-2658. Available from: https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-20-00114

Objective:The objective of this scoping review was to examine and map the evidence relating to the reporting and evaluation of technologies for the prevention and detection of falls in adult hospital inpatients.Introduction:Falls are a common cause o... Read More about Health technologies for the prevention and detection of falls in adult hospital inpatients: a scoping review..

UK, Brexit and Nigeria: trade and immigration. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
LEWIS, O. and EZEANI, E.C. 2021. UK, Brexit and Nigeria: trade and immigration. Presented at the 1st Adapting to a changing world seminar, 17 June 2021, [virtual event].

This seminar was the first of six seminars in the "Adapting to a Changing World" series, convened by Elimma Ezeani. This particular event focused on the issues of trade and immigration between the UK and Nigeria. The seminar consisted of two talks: "... Read More about UK, Brexit and Nigeria: trade and immigration..

Proceedings of the Adapting to a changing world seminar series. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
EZEANI, E., WIFA, E., IBEKE, E. and ADEBOLA, T. (eds.) 2022. Proceedings of the Adapting to a changing world seminar series, 17 June 2021 - 15 September 2022, [virtual event].

The changing face of global politics necessitates an urgent enquiry into how countries - particularly African countries - are adapting to these changes, in view of Africa's Agenda 2063. The "Adapting to a Changing World" series consisted of six onlin... Read More about Proceedings of the Adapting to a changing world seminar series..

SLSNet: skin lesion segmentation using a lightweight generative adversarial network. (2021)
Journal Article
SARKER, M.M.K., RASHWAN, H.A., AKRAM, F., SINGH, V.K., BANU, S.F., CHOWDHURY, F.U.H., CHOUDHURY, K.A., CHAMBON, S., RADEVA, P., PUIG, D. and ABDEL-NASSER, M. 2021. SLSNet: skin lesion segmentation using a lightweight generative adversarial network. Expert systems with applications [online], 183, article 115433. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115433

The determination of precise skin lesion boundaries in dermoscopic images using automated methods faces many challenges, most importantly, the presence of hair, inconspicuous lesion edges and low contrast in dermoscopic images, and variability in the... Read More about SLSNet: skin lesion segmentation using a lightweight generative adversarial network..

Procurement risk management in a petroleum refinery. (2021)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2023. Procurement risk management in a petroleum refinery. Decision sciences [online], 54(3), pages 277-296. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12536

We analyze a petroleum refinery's procurement strategy, explaining how risk management affects optimal sourcing from long-term, spot, and swap contracts. We use time series analysis to model the interaction between petroleum prices, transportation co... Read More about Procurement risk management in a petroleum refinery..

Visualisation to explain personal health trends in smart homes. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
FORBES, G., MASSIE, S. and CRAW, S. 2021. Visualisation to explain personal health trends in smart homes. Presented at 1st eXplainable artificial intelligence (XAI) in healthcare international workshop 2021 (XAI-Healthcare 2021), 16 June 2021, co-located with 19th Artificial intelligence in medicine (AIME) international conference 2021 (AIME 2021), 15-17 June 2021, [virtual conference]. Hosted on ArXiv [online], article 2109.15125. Available from: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.15125

An ambient sensor network is installed in Smart Homes to identify low-level events taking place by residents, which are then analysed to generate a profile of activities of daily living. These profiles are compared to both the resident's typical prof... Read More about Visualisation to explain personal health trends in smart homes..

Fast restoration for out-of-focus blurred images of QR code with edge prior information via image sensing. (2021)
Journal Article
CHEN, R., ZHENG, Z., YU, Y., ZHAO, H., REN, J. and TAN, H.-Z. 2021. Fast restoration for out-of-focus blurred images of QR code with edge prior information via image sensing. IEEE sensors journal [online], 21(16), article 103048, pages 18222-18236. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3085568

Out-of-focus blurring of the QR code is very common in mobile Internet systems, which often causes failure of authentication as a result of a misreading of the information hence adversely affects the operation of the system. To tackle this difficulty... Read More about Fast restoration for out-of-focus blurred images of QR code with edge prior information via image sensing..

Taking matters into their own hands: lockdown and the NoFap community. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
SMITH, D.S. 2021. Taking matters into their own hands: lockdown and the NoFap community. Presented at the 2021 Robert Gordon University community seminar series, 15 June 2021, Aberdeen, UK.

The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent social distancing measures have been stressful for everyone. To combat negative feelings, such as boredom, loneliness, or isolation, the general public have increased habits such as drinking, smoking, and, most re... Read More about Taking matters into their own hands: lockdown and the NoFap community..

Performance improvement of a CPV system: experimental investigation into passive cooling with phase change materials. (2021)
Journal Article
SHARMA, S., SELLAMI, N., TAHIR, A.A., MALLICK, T.K. and BHAKAR, R. 2021. Performance improvement of a CPV system: experimental investigation into passive cooling with phase change materials. Energies [online], 14(12), article 3550. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123550

High temperature and overheating of photovoltaic panels lead to efficiency losses and eventual degradation. For solar PV systems, this is a significant impediment for achieving economic viability. In this study, a novel Window-Integrated Concentrated... Read More about Performance improvement of a CPV system: experimental investigation into passive cooling with phase change materials..

Designing laboratory experiments for electricity grid integration of renewable energy using microgrid, test-rig emulators and real time simulation tools. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
MURRAY, D.B., ERDOGAN, N., ZEHIR, A. and HAYES, B.P. 2021. Designing laboratory experiments for electricity grid integration of renewable energy using microgrid, test-rig emulators and real time simulation tools. In Proceedings of the 10th Engineering education for sustainable development conference 2021 (EESD2021): building flourishing communities, 14-16 June 2021, Cork Ireland. Cork: University College Cork, pages 380-387. Hosted on CORA [online]. Available from: https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/11674

This paper describes efforts to integrate advanced approaches in microgrid, test-rig emulators and real time simulation into early postgraduate and undergraduate engineering education. It describes two experiments designed for groups of early stage r... Read More about Designing laboratory experiments for electricity grid integration of renewable energy using microgrid, test-rig emulators and real time simulation tools..

Current status and possible future applications of marine current energy devices in Malaysia: a review. (2021)
Journal Article
KAI, L.Y., SARIP, S., KAIDI, H.M., ARDILA-REY, J.A., SAMSUDDIN, N.M., MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and AZIZ, S.A. 2021. Current status and possible future applications of marine current energy devices in Malaysia: a review. IEEE access [online], 9, pages 86869-86888. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3088761

Malaysia has a great potential to harness energy in water due to its long coastline within the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca. Malaysia's energy mix could be improved using marine current energy devices (MCEDs) to replace fossil fuel and... Read More about Current status and possible future applications of marine current energy devices in Malaysia: a review..