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Research on College Computer-Computing and Information Literacy online course based on MOOC: Taking the North Minzu University as an example (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mian, Z., Bai, Y., & Ur, R. K. (2022, June). Research on College Computer-Computing and Information Literacy online course based on MOOC: Taking the North Minzu University as an example. Presented at 2021 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Educational Informatization (CSEI), Xinxiang, China

In 2015, North Minzu University (NMU) introduced MOOC teaching method into the teaching practice of computer major. It is the first experiment of this teaching method in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In the three years of teaching practice, NMU has... Read More about Research on College Computer-Computing and Information Literacy online course based on MOOC: Taking the North Minzu University as an example.

A Navigation System for Safe Routing (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kaur, R., Goyal, V., Gunturi, V. M., Saini, A., Sanadhya, K., Gupta, R., & Ratra, S. (2021, June). A Navigation System for Safe Routing. Presented at International Conference on Mobile Data Management, Toronto, ON, Canada

Globally, women are cautious when planning their routine travel routes. In a recent survey on street harassment, 82% of international respondents reported taking a different route to their destination than the conventional route due to fear of harass... Read More about A Navigation System for Safe Routing.

A TRIANGULATED COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CONTEMPORARY COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMMES (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whelan, J. (2021, July). A TRIANGULATED COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CONTEMPORARY COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMMES. Presented at 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Online Conference

Aligning student learning to demonstrable, practical competencies is at the heart of the Transforming Programmes process at the University of Hull (UK). This paper reports on the approach created by the Department of Computer Science and Technology (... Read More about A TRIANGULATED COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CONTEMPORARY COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMMES.

Regulation of sinus node pacemaking and atrioventricular node conduction by HCN channels in health and disease (2021)
Journal Article
Boyett, M. R., Yanni, J., Tellez, J., Bucchi, A., Mesirca, P., Cai, X., Logantha, S. J. R., Wilson, C., Anderson, C., Ariyaratnam, J., Stuart, L., Nakao, S., Abd Allah, E., Jones, S., Lancaster, M., Stephenson, R., Chandler, N., Smith, M., Bussey, C., Monfredi, O., …D'Souza, A. (in press). Regulation of sinus node pacemaking and atrioventricular node conduction by HCN channels in health and disease. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2021.06.008

The funny current, If, was first recorded in the heart 40 or more years ago by Dario DiFrancesco and others. Since then, we have learnt that If plays an important role in pacemaking in the sinus node, the innate pacemaker of the heart, and more recen... Read More about Regulation of sinus node pacemaking and atrioventricular node conduction by HCN channels in health and disease.

Consequences of combined exposure to thermal stress and the plasticiser DEHP in Mytilus spp. differ by sex (2021)
Journal Article
Mincarelli, L. F., Rotchell, J. M., Chapman, E. C., Turner, A. P., & Wollenberg Valero, K. C. (2021). Consequences of combined exposure to thermal stress and the plasticiser DEHP in Mytilus spp. differ by sex. Marine pollution bulletin, 170, Article 112624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112624

Little is known about the combined effect of environmental factors and contaminants on commercially important marine species, and whether this effect differs by sex. In this study, blue mussels were exposed for seven days to both single and combined... Read More about Consequences of combined exposure to thermal stress and the plasticiser DEHP in Mytilus spp. differ by sex.

Dependability Analysis Using Temporal Fault Trees and Monte Carlo Simulation (2021)
Book Chapter
Edifor, E., Gordon, N., & Walker, M. (2021). Dependability Analysis Using Temporal Fault Trees and Monte Carlo Simulation. In W. Zamojski, J. Mazurkiewicz, J. Sugier, T. Walkowiak, & J. Kacprzyk (Eds.), Theory and Engineering of Dependable Computer Systems and Networks (86-96). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76773-0_9

The safety and reliability of high-consequence systems is an issue of utmost importance to engineers because such systems can have catastrophic effects if they fail. Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a well-known probabilistic technique for assessing the... Read More about Dependability Analysis Using Temporal Fault Trees and Monte Carlo Simulation.

UAVs-UGV Leader Follower Formation Using Adaptive Non-Singular Terminal Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control (2021)
Journal Article
Ullah, N., Mehmood, Y., Aslam, J., Ali, A., & Iqbal, J. (2021). UAVs-UGV Leader Follower Formation Using Adaptive Non-Singular Terminal Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control. IEEE Access, 9, 74385-74405. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3081483

Leader follower formation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) has found numerous applications such as surveillance of critical infrastructure, industrial automation and disaster management emergency. For completion... Read More about UAVs-UGV Leader Follower Formation Using Adaptive Non-Singular Terminal Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control.

Robust Finite-Time Trajectory Tracking Control of Quadrotor Aircraft via Terminal Sliding Mode-Based Active Antidisturbance Approach: A PIL Experiment (2021)
Journal Article
Mechali, O., Iqbal, J., Xie, X., Xu, L., & Senouci, A. (2021). Robust Finite-Time Trajectory Tracking Control of Quadrotor Aircraft via Terminal Sliding Mode-Based Active Antidisturbance Approach: A PIL Experiment. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2021, Article 5522379. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5522379

This paper presents an accurate solution of finite-time Cartesian trajectory tracking control problem of a quadrotor system by designing and implementing a novel robust flight-control algorithm. The quadrotor is subject to nonlinearities, unmodeled d... Read More about Robust Finite-Time Trajectory Tracking Control of Quadrotor Aircraft via Terminal Sliding Mode-Based Active Antidisturbance Approach: A PIL Experiment.

Using citizen science to complement IoT data collection: a survey of motivational and engagement factors in technology-centric citizen science projects (2021)
Journal Article
Ali, M. U., Mishra, B. K., Thakker, D., Mazumdar, S., & Simpson, S. (2021). Using citizen science to complement IoT data collection: a survey of motivational and engagement factors in technology-centric citizen science projects. IoT, 2(2), 275--309. https://doi.org/10.3390/iot2020015

A key aspect of the development of Smart Cities involves the efficient and effective management of resources to improve liveability. Achieving this requires large volumes of sensors strategically deployed across urban areas. In many cases, however, i... Read More about Using citizen science to complement IoT data collection: a survey of motivational and engagement factors in technology-centric citizen science projects.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: a setting for Professional and Research skills (2021)
Journal Article
Dixon, J., & Gordon, N. A. (2021). The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: a setting for Professional and Research skills. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i16.3660

This paper considers the use of the United Nations global goals to provide a framework for the teaching of professional and related skills. The main example and case study considered in this paper is from computing; however, much of the approach and... Read More about The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: a setting for Professional and Research skills.

Intelligent Predictive Maintenance Model for Rolling Components of a Machine based on Speed and Vibration (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmad, B., Mishra, B. K., Ghufran, M., Pervez, Z., & Ramzan, N. (2021, April). Intelligent Predictive Maintenance Model for Rolling Components of a Machine based on Speed and Vibration. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication, ICAIIC 2021, Jeju Island, Korea (South)

Machines have come a long way, from the industrial revolution to a modern-day industry 4.0. In this massive transition, one thing that has never changed within a machine is the moving part. Most industries use rotating machine with different load cap... Read More about Intelligent Predictive Maintenance Model for Rolling Components of a Machine based on Speed and Vibration.

Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator (2021)
Journal Article
Quintero, P., Cheng, Y., Benoit, D., Moore, C., & Beavis, A. (2021). Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator. British Journal of Radiology, 94(1122), Article 20201011. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20201011

OBJECTIVE: High levels of beam modulation complexity (MC) and monitor units (MU) can compromise the plan deliverability of intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatments. Our study evaluates the effect of three treatment planning system (TPS) parameters... Read More about Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator.

System architecture of a proactive intelligent system to monitor health of older adults living alone (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Mejibli, I., Al-Majeed, S., Karam, J., Iqbal, J., Adolfo, C. M., & Yalung, C. (2021). System architecture of a proactive intelligent system to monitor health of older adults living alone. International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, 10(1), 509-517. https://doi.org/10.12785/IJCDS/100149

Worldwide improvements in the quality of life highlight immense need to have a remote health monitoring system that can provide critical biomedical data. This paper presents a low-cost health monitoring system, forming part of the Internet of Things... Read More about System architecture of a proactive intelligent system to monitor health of older adults living alone.

SRAGL-AWCL: A two-step multi-view clustering via sparse representation and adaptive weighted cooperative learning (2021)
Journal Article
Tan, J., Yang, Z., Cheng, Y., Ye, J., Wang, B., & Dai, Q. (2021). SRAGL-AWCL: A two-step multi-view clustering via sparse representation and adaptive weighted cooperative learning. Pattern Recognition, 117, Article 107987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2021.107987

Sparse representation and cooperative learning are two representative technologies in the field of multi-view spectral clustering. The former can effectively extract features of multiple views by the removal of redundant information contained in each... Read More about SRAGL-AWCL: A two-step multi-view clustering via sparse representation and adaptive weighted cooperative learning.

Scientometric review of artificial intelligence for operations & maintenance of wind turbines: The past, present and future (2021)
Journal Article
Chatterjee, J., & Dethlefs, N. (2021). Scientometric review of artificial intelligence for operations & maintenance of wind turbines: The past, present and future. Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 144, Article 111051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111051

Wind energy has emerged as a highly promising source of renewable energy in recent times. However, wind turbines regularly suffer from operational inconsistencies, leading to significant costs and challenges in operations and maintenance (O&M). Condi... Read More about Scientometric review of artificial intelligence for operations & maintenance of wind turbines: The past, present and future.

A new perspective on teaching the natural exponential to engineering students (2021)
Journal Article
Ullah, M., Aman, M. N., Wolkenhauer, O., & Iqbal, J. (2021). A new perspective on teaching the natural exponential to engineering students. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2021.1896812

The natural exponential and logarithm are typically introduced to undergraduate engineering students in a calculus course using the notion of limits. We here present an approach to introduce the natural exponential/logarithm through a novel interpret... Read More about A new perspective on teaching the natural exponential to engineering students.

XAI4Wind: A Multimodal Knowledge Graph Database for Explainable Decision Support in Operations & Maintenance of Wind Turbines (2021)
Journal Article
Chatterjee, J., & Dethlefs, N. XAI4Wind: A Multimodal Knowledge Graph Database for Explainable Decision Support in Operations & Maintenance of Wind Turbines. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2012.10489. Manuscript submitted for publication

Condition-based monitoring (CBM) has been widely utilised in the wind industry for monitoring operational inconsistencies and failures in turbines, with techniques ranging from signal processing and vibration analysis to artificial intelligence (AI)... Read More about XAI4Wind: A Multimodal Knowledge Graph Database for Explainable Decision Support in Operations & Maintenance of Wind Turbines.

Hierarchical Multiscale Recurrent Neural Networks for Detecting Suicide Notes (2021)
Journal Article
Schoene, A. M., Turner, A. P., De Mel, G., & Dethlefs, N. (in press). Hierarchical Multiscale Recurrent Neural Networks for Detecting Suicide Notes. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2021.3057105

Recent statistics in suicide prevention show that people are increasingly posting their last words online and with the unprecedented availability of textual data from social media platforms researchers have the opportunity to analyse such data. Furth... Read More about Hierarchical Multiscale Recurrent Neural Networks for Detecting Suicide Notes.

Towards design and implementation of Industry 4.0 for food manufacturing (2021)
Journal Article
Konur, S., Lan, Y., Thakker, D., Morkyani, G., Polovina, N., & Sharp, J. (2023). Towards design and implementation of Industry 4.0 for food manufacturing. Neural Computing and Applications, 35(33), 23753–23765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-021-05726-z

Today’s factories are considered as smart ecosystems with humans, machines and devices interacting with each other for efficient manufacturing of products. Industry 4.0 is a suite of enabler technologies for such smart ecosystems that allow transform... Read More about Towards design and implementation of Industry 4.0 for food manufacturing.

A Semantic Knowledge-Based Framework for Information Extraction and Exploration (2021)
Journal Article
Aljamel, A., Osman, T., & Thakker, D. (2021). A Semantic Knowledge-Based Framework for Information Extraction and Exploration. International Journal of Decision Support System Technology, 13(2), 85--109. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJDSST.2021040105

The availability of online documents that describe domain-specific information provides an opportunity in employing a knowledge-based approach in extracting information from web data. This research proposes a novel comprehensive semantic knowledge-ba... Read More about A Semantic Knowledge-Based Framework for Information Extraction and Exploration.