FLORA: Fuzzy based Load-Balanced Opportunistic Routing for Asynchronous Duty-Cycled WSNs
Journal Article
Wu, W., Wang, X., Hawbani, A., Liu, P., Zhao, L., & Al-Dubai, A. (in press)
FLORA: Fuzzy based Load-Balanced Opportunistic Routing for Asynchronous Duty-Cycled WSNs. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2021.3074739
Existing Opportunistic routing (OR) schemes work well with asynchronous duty-cycled wireless sensor networks (WSNs), which effectively reduces the sender waiting time by broad...
The chemical dynamics of hydrogen/hydrogen peroxide blends diluted with steam at compression ignition relevant conditions
Journal Article
Tingas, E. (2021)
The chemical dynamics of hydrogen/hydrogen peroxide blends diluted with steam at compression ignition relevant conditions. Fuel, 296, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.120594
In the current work, the use of hydrogen peroxide as an additive to hydrogen/air mixtures is proposed and explored computationally, in conditions relevant to compression ignit...
Building a new research framework for social evolution: intralocus caste antagonism
Journal Article
Pennell, T. M., Holman, L., Morrow, E. H., & Field, J. (2018)
Building a new research framework for social evolution: intralocus caste antagonism. Biological Reviews, 93(2), 1251-1268. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12394
The breeding and non‐breeding ‘castes’ of eusocial insects provide a striking example of role‐specific selection, where each caste maximises fitness through different morpholo...
Contrasting Effects of Local Environmental and Biogeographic Factors on the Composition and Structure of Bacterial Communities in Arid Monospecific Mangrove Soils
Journal Article
Thomson, T., Fusi, M., Bennett-Smith, M. F., Prinz, N., Aylagas, E., Carvalho, S., …Ellis, J. I. (2022)
Contrasting Effects of Local Environmental and Biogeographic Factors on the Composition and Structure of Bacterial Communities in Arid Monospecific Mangrove Soils. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00903-21
Mangrove forests are important biotic sinks of atmospheric CO2 and play an integral role in nutrient-cycling and decontamination of coastal waters, thereby mitigating climatic...
Multifactorial e- and mHealth interventions for cardiovascular disease primary prevention: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Journal Article
Direito, A., Rawstorn, J., Mair, J., Daryabeygi-Khotbehsara, R., Maddison, R., & Tai, E. S. (2020)
Multifactorial e- and mHealth interventions for cardiovascular disease primary prevention: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Digital Health, 5, https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207619890480
Objective: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of mortality and disease burden. Preventative interventions to augment the population-level adoption of health lif...
Wideband and Low-Profile Phased Array Smartphone Antenna Supporting 28-38 GHz
Conference Proceeding
Parchin, N. O., Ullah, A., Amar, A. S. I., Abdul-Al, M., Santos, H. M. D., See, C. H., …Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2021)
Wideband and Low-Profile Phased Array Smartphone Antenna Supporting 28-38 GHz. In 2021 29th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR). https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR52709.2021.9653317
This paper introduces a low-profile 5G phased array with a broad operation band for smartphone applications. The design procedure is simple and easy to accomplish. It is compo...
Great Britain's Olympians with generalised joint hypermobility have a higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis
Journal Article
Cooper, D. J., Scammell, B. E., Batt, M. E., & Palmer-Green, D. (2016)
Great Britain's Olympians with generalised joint hypermobility have a higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24(Sup. 1), S218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.421
Purpose: Individuals with generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) are reported, in the clinical setting, to be at greater risk of developing musculoskeletal related joint pain, ...
Position, commission and production: a self-reflexive investigation into the generation of ethnographic knowledge through documentary production for BBC Alba
Thesis
MacLean, D. Position, commission and production: a self-reflexive investigation into the generation of ethnographic knowledge through documentary production for BBC Alba. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8850
This thesis takes as its object of study issues emerging from the synthesis of documentary practice and theoretical discourse. Its context is formed by the production of four...
The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments.
Journal Article
McCall, R., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., O'Neill, S., McCall, R., & Carroll, F. (2006)
The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(6), 668-687. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.15.6.668
This paper describes the design, application, and refinement of a qualitative tool designed to study sense of place. The Place Probe incorporates a range of stimuli and techni...
An examination of perioperative temperature fluctuations in canine patients undergoing routine neutering.
Journal Article
Fraser, M., Beverly, F., & Wood, B. (2015)
An examination of perioperative temperature fluctuations in canine patients undergoing routine neutering. Veterinary Nurse, 6, 124-128. https://doi.org/10.12968/vetn.2015.6.2.124
Objective:
To examine the fluctuations in body temperature in dogs undergoing routine neutering both during surgery and in the recovery phase.
Methods:
Utilising a convenienc...